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2 hours ago, wordsfromlee said:

Of course Power Slap is aired on Rumble.

Used to be on TNT after Dynamite until somebody at Warner realised it was a stupid idea.

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11 hours ago, NeverYield said:

That was a heavy, hard KO there for Swagger, his body totally shut down, I wonder if you'll see him again in that outfit. We talk about career changing KO's in boxing & MMA, and I would say that there is certainly a career changing KO. 

He announced a wrestling comeback in the last couple of days having previously said he was completely done with the fake stuff, so it's definitely been career changing in terms of "yeah, think I've had enough of getting hit for real".

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14 minutes ago, Your Fight Site said:

In a meta-TIL, the guy who sang the Baywatch theme (Jimi Jamison) also sang Big Boss Man’s “Hard Times” theme.

 

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Something that cropped up on my his week’s Benno & Hamflett In Your House podcast, a fun little trivia note.

The first person to ever lose a match via them playing off the Montreal Screwjob was Steve Blackman in April 1998. Would make for a good quiz question. Finish comes at 6:18. The lousy bastards.

 

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1 hour ago, AshC said:

Think that's an urban myth. 

It was actually Geoffrey Hayes. 

Bob Holness played sax on Val Venus' theme.

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22 hours ago, gmoney said:

Bob Holness played sax on Val Venus' theme.

That's ludicrous.

 

 

It was Dion Dublin.

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Just seen a poster for a show up in Liverpool or there abouts where one of the tag teams is called The Yellow Submachine Guns and I honestly think that's just terrific. 

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On 8/11/2026 at 5:24 PM, AshC said:

Think that's an urban myth. 

It was actually Geoffrey Hayes. 

Isaac Hayes would have been better.

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Thanks to the excellent Nuffink and Like It podcast, I'd already learned about them becoming unlikely bezzies (via Xbox Live IIRC) back in the early 2000s, but I've just learned former FWA commentator Tony Giles hosts AJ Styles' podcast.

Shortly beforehand I learned AJ Styles has a podcast.

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Currently fascinated by different versions of factions running concurrently in different promotions. Everyone knows about NWO Japan, but did you know there was a version of the Nation of Domination in Memphis? Featuring among others; Sir Mo from Men on a Mission under the name Sir Mohammed, Tracy Smothers wrestling as Shaquille Ali, Jacqueline and Brakkus? 

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