Snitsky's back acne

I love rare stuff like this. WWE used to run shows in places like the Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts during the summer months in the 90's and early 00's. Here is a clip from the Musical Theater in Warwick, Rhode Island. A theatre-in-the-round building that seated a couple of thousand people at most where the fans were packed in tight and the wrestlers entered from the concourse area. Handheld footage, obviously, but here is HHH v Mankind from an event in 1997.

I'm not above it, I just don't get the uproar. If it had actually had an affect, I'd likely be on the same page but it hasn't and it won't. "Ah, but it's the intent!" - sure, okay, it's the intent. If their intent annoys you, fair enough. Go be annoyed. I'm not overly arsed about the intent - we all know how this works - I'm looking at the outcome. It's just different perspectives.

So why the outrage? It makes no difference. I can see why Meltzer and the like want to spin it as this horrible thing - it gives them clicks and revenue - but why does anyone else care? If it made a difference in a negative way, it would be a shitty thing to do and worthy of consternation. It doesn't and isn't.

How is it actually fucking with AEW though? Is anyone who is inclined to watch AEW suddenly going to go "Hmm, I think I'll watch When Worlds Collide" instead? Even if they did, they could still watch AEW afterwards, which will still count towards AEW's streaming numbers. I keep hearing "It's fucking with AEW" but nobody has yet to explain how it specifically does. I'm sure WWE thinks it does - but it doesn't. However, it's easy clicks and likes for pro wrestling sites to say it does. Plus, it's great fodder for the babyface (Tony Khan) to say how the big nasty heel (WWE) is continually fucking with them. It's all classic pro wrestling. Now, running a live show in the same city is unquestionably done to fuck with AEW - you are asking the local audience to choose which they go to and potentially diminish the live gate of AEW. That is a long established shitty wrestling practice that even independent promotions are guilty of. Broadcast shows, especially these days, are different. There is no "splitting the audience". Consumers choose how and when they watch. If I watch Dynamite live, and then When Worlds Collide, I am still watching both shows. It makes not one bit of difference that I don't watch one or the other at the exact time it is broadcast. Plus, as I said, we are now in a position where, if it really mattered that much, I actually could watch both live.

How is it "fucking with people" though? Seriously. What are people missing out on? If there was no way of watching both and you had to choose one over the other I would be more inclined to agree with you but just watch whichever you want to watch more first and then watch the other one. I honestly don't get it. As a kid if there were two things on at the same time that I wanted to watch I'd watch one live, tape the other one and watch it afterwards. If anything, I liked that more because it meant I got to see two things I really wanted to watch instead of just one. Maybe my autism is going into overdrive here and there is something I am not getting but I am not seeing the issue.

In the days of streaming is "counter programming" even a thing? Genuine question. Nobody is going "Shit if I watch Dynamite I can't watch When Worlds Collide". If someone is inclined to watch both they will watch one, then the other. Hell, if they are really fussed they could watch one on the TV and another at the same time on their phone. Honestly not getting the gripe.

Bret Hart gives a tour of Calgary.

Woke up to a message from my mate saying he had died. Absolute shock. Just 40 years old. I remember seeing Pac at 1PW and the King of Europe Cup in 2006 and 2007. He was so different to everyone else. Some of the moves he did were completely mind blowing and it was no surprise he caught the attention and Japan and America. I believe Regal recently posted that he held Pac in incredibly high regard and that is quite the endorsement in my opinion. RIP Pac. Incredibly sad and shocking.

Taking over the role Robbie Brookside used to have.

First seen under his real name, Paul Beswick, on Gladiators.

Bill Dundee slaps Lance Russell. NOBODY touched Lance Russell.

Bring back the Shitarse 50! EDIT - Just checked and 20 years since I joined. Damn! My username was actually relevant back then!

In Hull they would have been called the Breadcake Express.