WWE Judgment Day and One Night Stand 2007: Kind of a big deal

John Cena vs. The Great Khali at Judgment Day 2007 and One Night Stand 2007 are discussed by Jason Mann and Trey Irby. That’s right: Two matches in one podcast. And they are better than you’d think. Jason and Trey compare parts of this feud to both Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan and Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena, discuss the merits of Khali as a professional wrestler, and consider Cena’s abilities as a strategist.

Download this episode of Wrestlespective Radio. Comments can be made to @wrestlespective on Twitter.

Podcast preparation: John Cena vs. Great Khali

I’ll be recording a podcast next week with Trey Irby on a pair of John Cena vs. Great Khali main-event matches from 2007. I’ve heard they are better than you’d think, and I’m somewhat anxious to talk a bit about Khali in a bit of depth, rather than just dismissing him as awful.

So if you’d like to us to discuss anything specific, let me know on Twitter. And if you haven’t already done so, please check out the Wrestlespective podcast.

Judgment Day

 

One Night Stand

Dusty Rhodes obviously had a career of great promos, but this plea to join his son at War Games might be his best. Check out the Fall Brawl 1994 episode of Wrestlespective, where Jason Mann and Dylan Hales talked about Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes & the Nasty Boys vs. Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck & Col. Robert Parker.

professionalwrestling: Hey, guys! There’s an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT about my wrestling fanzine The Atomic Elbow on the official website. Check it out: http://theatomicelbow.blogspot.com/2012/05/atomic-elbow-2-progress-report.html This receives my hearty recommendation.

professionalwrestling:

Hey, guys! There’s an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT about my wrestling fanzine The Atomic Elbow on the official website. Check it out:

http://theatomicelbow.blogspot.com/2012/05/atomic-elbow-2-progress-report.html

This receives my hearty recommendation.

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How realistic do we need WWE to be?

In my latest piece for Cageside Seats, I look at inconsistencies, plot holes, and poor logic, and how much it really matters to me.

Front-page news: How Pro Wrestling Illustrated chronicled the Monday Night War (1995-2001)

I look at more Pro Wrestling Illustrated covers for Cageside Seats, this time ones covering major events in the Monday Night War. A million points to anyone who can tell me what Hulk Hogan is trying to do here.

old-school-wrestling: On this day last year we lost a legend. RIP brother. Is Macho Man Tebowing? Maybe we can give it a better name, then.

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On this day last year we lost a legend. RIP brother.

Is Macho Man Tebowing? Maybe we can give it a better name, then.

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droptoehold: The Ultimate Warrior vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley - WWF Wrestlemania XII 3/31/1996 Triple H on the Warrior, L.A. Times, March 2012: “It’s funny, a lot of people bring [Warrior] up in a negative way like it was this terrible thing in my life. While working with him personally wasn’t the highlight of my life from a business standpoint, for me to go to my first WrestleMania and wrestle a legendary figure in the business — and that is what he was and is — like the Ultimate Warrior, a Hall of Fame superstar in the business in my first WrestleMania appearance, squash or not, was a mind blowing thing for me. I was thrilled to be in that position and to have that match with the Ultimate Warrior. I was thrilled with the fact that at that time Vince McMahon was willing to put me in that role. The Ultimate Warrior wasn’t there till the day of the show, so I had to do all the promotion for that match. I wanted Vince McMahon to look at me as a guy he could count on to handle the return of a guy that he was hoping would be a huge impact on the business. He had the trust in me and I would do a good job with it. So to me, that was nothing but a good experience. Potentially, I could bring him back and get the win.” Triple H on the Warrior, WWE Magazine, October 2006: “Do people really think I thought I was going to beat the Ultimate Warrior? The fact of the matter is that he was a completely unprofessional dipsh*t. That’s what pisses me off about the match, not the fact that I lost.” Funny how time changes viewpoints. Also, it’s weird that the biggest star involved this match two years later was Sable.

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The Ultimate Warrior vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley - WWF Wrestlemania XII 3/31/1996

Triple H on the Warrior, L.A. Times, March 2012:

“It’s funny, a lot of people bring [Warrior] up in a negative way like it was this terrible thing in my life. While working with him personally wasn’t the highlight of my life from a business standpoint, for me to go to my first WrestleMania and wrestle a legendary figure in the business — and that is what he was and is — like the Ultimate Warrior, a Hall of Fame superstar in the business in my first WrestleMania appearance, squash or not, was a mind blowing thing for me. I was thrilled to be in that position and to have that match with the Ultimate Warrior.

I was thrilled with the fact that at that time Vince McMahon was willing to put me in that role. The Ultimate Warrior wasn’t there till the day of the show, so I had to do all the promotion for that match. I wanted Vince McMahon to look at me as a guy he could count on to handle the return of a guy that he was hoping would be a huge impact on the business. He had the trust in me and I would do a good job with it. So to me, that was nothing but a good experience. Potentially, I could bring him back and get the win.”

Triple H on the Warrior, WWE Magazine, October 2006:

“Do people really think I thought I was going to beat the Ultimate Warrior? The fact of the matter is that he was a completely unprofessional dipsh*t. That’s what pisses me off about the match, not the fact that I lost.”

Funny how time changes viewpoints. Also, it’s weird that the biggest star involved this match two years later was Sable.

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Do not trust the Big Show: A history of his duplicitous acts

My latest piece at Cageside Seats uses one of Big Show’s favorite tactics (video evidence!) against him, showing dozens of moments of turning against friends or being an awful human being. Click on the headline to read the story.

(P.S. I’ll give you a dollar if you can tell me where the “bit of a gigglepuss” reference comes from. And by “give you a dollar,” I mean I’ll think you are pretty cool and might say something nice about you)

Raw moving to three hours

I get why people aren’t enthused, but in a vacuum the hostility is kind of hilarious. Like, how dare WWE give me an extra hour a week of something I dearly love?