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Smackdown – May 1, 2003

Smackdown Date: May 1, 2003 Location: Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz We’re past Backlash now and Brock Lesnar retained the Smackdown World Title against John Cena in the Smackdown main event. Therefore, it’s time to get a new challenger to the title and that scares me a bit. Odds are ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x4piXb via IFTTT

Mid-South Wrestling – February 3rd, 1983

February 3, 1983 Your hosts are Boyd Pierce and Bill Watts This week in action are Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kamala, Tony Atlas, Andre the Giant, and the Junkyard Dog & Mr. Wrestling II will team up.   Watts shows us the North American Title, which he told us matchmaker Grizzly Smith received by mail. Also, ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xGaHRj via IFTTT

Flair on drinking

http://ift.tt/2yvi7Ew Nice headline, except that he was with the NWA for the bulk of his career  ​No, you see, when WWE bought out WCW, they also bought out all the history as well, so what you THINK was years of NWA programming was actually WWE all along now.  ​ from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x62FwH via IFTTT

Saturday Night Thread

I’m flying out for a work conference on Monday morning so I’m not sure what the update schedule will be like next week, but we’ll see how it goes. WhatCulture Pro Wrestling has pretty much fallen apart due to the YouTube Ad-Pocalypse so now everyone left and they’re going to be Defiant Wrestling instead.  Another ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xSvKj8 via IFTTT

WWF Superstars of Wrestling – July 7th, 1990

July 7, 1990 From the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY Your hosts are Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Vince McMahon This week in action are Jimmy Snuka, Macho King Randy Savage, Demolition, and the Big Bossman. Plus, Nikolai Volkoff is the guest on the “Brother Love Show” and more!   Demolition vs. Tony Ulysses ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x4Dwaz via IFTTT

Declining RAW ratings

Saw a good article about RAW being three hours. http://ift.tt/2fACKXK What’s your opinion on how the WWE can change this long-term trend? This chart is pretty stunning. http://ift.tt/2xNv6D4 Please, you can prove anything if you're using FACTS.  They do certainly seem to be deliberately tanking that third hour, though. Bet USA is thrilled about that, ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x5dKhF via IFTTT

Hogan’s booking pre-NWO heel turn

That was some of the worst booking I've ever seen. While we had an intriguing story around Luger (with best friend good two-shoes Sting as his occasional partner, feuding with top face Savage, managed by DOD heel Jimmy Hart), heated Sting vs Horsemen feud, later Savage vs Flair feud, exciting new/young talent starting to catch ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x3ciB7 via IFTTT

Vince McMahon’s Extra-Marital Affairs

   In a Playboy 2001, Vince McMahon reveals that he had many extra-marital affairs, and he was always honest with Linda when he would stray outside their marriage.  My question to you is was there any women in the WWE whom he supposedly had his many affairs with? ​Why do think Mae Young and Moolah ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xK2zws via IFTTT

WrestleFest 1988

Scott, Any chance you would re-do WrestleFest 1988 with Savage/DiBiase and Taylor/Hennig match reviews inserted where they would be on the card (since WWE hasn’t/won’t release the full thing for some reason)? ​Sure, once WWE puts it on the Network.  ​ from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x3bRXz via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW–11.08.93

The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW – November 8 1993 – Live from Bushkill, PA. Really? Is there also MurderObama, TX? – Your hosts are Bobby, Vince and Macho. Ugly graphics are back again. – Vince pimps a special poll, as next week Pierre can face either 1-2-3 Kid, Marty Jannetty, Doink or ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xK3Gwi via IFTTT

I have a riddle for you Scott

If Darren Young takes no days off then where the hell has that asshole been? If you look carefully at the past few John Cena matches, whenever he had to take a big bump, the camera would cut away and Cena would look darker for some reason. Man's getting old you know.  from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xQBA4K via IFTTT

Self fulfilling prophecy

You said about Roman that they intentionally Book every one down, to make him the only viable option. Why not Braun though?  Before he was crushed by lesnar, Braun lost one match all year (to Roman), and got his wins back twice on ppv! Did they even try doing any Braun merchandise? How about AJ ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yNiHNV via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – May 27, 1995

–A video package plays up the ongoing Bret Hart-Jerry Lawler feud, including Bret’s challenge to Lawler on Monday Night RAW. –Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are the commentary team for today’s show and they are taped from Danbury, Connecticut. –Opening Contest:  Men on a Mission (11-2) defeat Ross Greenberg & Tim McNeeny after Mabel pins ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fWEURZ via IFTTT

WWF Prime Time Wrestling – July 2nd, 1990

July 2, 1990 Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan Tonight’s featured match is Mr. Perfect vs. Hercules   “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka vs. Chris Duffy This match also aired on the 7/7 edition of “Superstars of Wrestling.” Duffy attacks Snuka but Snuka fights back. Duffy gets suplexed back into the ring from the apron ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x2m0yW via IFTTT

Marty wuz HACKED

OK guys, we've all been a little harsh on Marty recently, but I think everything has been cleared up and he can be admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame any day now. Marty Jannetty is trying to clear his name after one of his alleged Facebook posts asking if it was OK for him to ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xCRqQB via IFTTT

Second best promotion…ever?

Going through these Observer Flashbacks I think one thing that has stuck out is A. how hard it is to have a long lasting successful promotion and B. how many promotions didn't learn from the failure of their peers to not make the same mistakes.    Just think about the failed promotions over the last ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ydeztH via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for Lucha Underground–S1E10

The SmarK Rant for Lucha Underground – S1E10 “Law of the Jungle” Your hosts are Matt Striker & Vampiro OK, one more chance for Lucha Underground. If we don’t get 2000 pageviews (which would be about the level of one of the 1993 RAW reposts, for example) then it’s getting retired for good. So share ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xGsiWV via IFTTT

Midget Superstar…Bay Bay!

Let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of Adam Cole. However, are they going to run into a huge problem when this guy gets to the main roster? The guy is tiny, let's be honest. Like tiny tiny… smaller than some of the smaller cruiserweights. I have no doubt that HHH is going ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yMVdsa via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 29, 2017

Sky Sports Interview with Samoa Joe http://ift.tt/2fUsjyE   SI.com Interview with Jack Swagger http://ift.tt/2xzODHU   Ethan Page No Longer Working For EVOLVE Wrestling http://ift.tt/2xGP9l7   Don’t forget to vote in this week’s shoot interview poll by clicking here   Also, anyone interested in this year’s BoD Fantasy Hockey draft, which is this Sunday at 8pm ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fvAMrz via IFTTT

RF Video Shoot Interview with Tony Schiavone

This was filmed on August 13th, 2017 Rob Feinstein is the host It runs at three hours and five minutes long   Tony talks about growing up in Craigsville, VA and how he would watch Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling with his uncle as a kid. He also went to events  and even kept the ticket stubs ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yJT8NJ via IFTTT

Marty Janetty

http://ift.tt/2wm2f5A Somehow, wouldn't have life had been different if he got the big push instead of Shawn?  I feel like I need to bleach my eyes after reading that one.   from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2k9fKUX via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems–NES Classic 80s Edition!

  The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems – NES Classic 80s Edition! Dedicated to the memory of Hugh Hefner, who died as we all dreamed to die: Making dirty magazines, being rich, and banging hot chicks. I’m sure I’ll probably end up dropping dead of a heart attack while watching a Giant Gonzalez ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fTPiKj via IFTTT

Strength and Weaknesses of a Promoter

Hey Scott. Always appreciate your insight. For the sake of argument I'd like to lump everyone – promoters, bookers, writers, agents, whatever – into the category "creative". In your opinion, what is the biggest strength/weakness of each "creative" person: ​Sounds like a job interview.  OK then…​ Jim Cornette ​Deep understanding of the business / Too set ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hy6J6F via IFTTT

Vince’s ego

Vince isn't stupid. He has to know that the Reigns experiment isn't working. So is it safe to say that Vince's inability to admit when he's wrong is why they continue Roman's push?  Certainly wouldn't be the first time after all that his ego became his worst enemy. Thought he could took and football and ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wmrp4n via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 28, 2017

Jeff Hardy Update Hardy is expected to undergo surgery for a torn labrum on 10/3. The typical recovery time for the injury is six months. Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter   ESPN.com Interview with AR Fox http://ift.tt/2hxdGF9   CWF Mid-Atlantic Episode #124   from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xDydvE via IFTTT

Okada – Hottest Run Ever?

Since the start of the year Okada has given us 8 *****-ish star matches between January and August.  Two of those broke Meltzer who doled out a couple of ****** ratings (thus negating the concept of the ***** system, but I digress).  Two Omega matches, 2 Suzuki matches and three others against Elgin, Tiger Mask ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xDmMUO via IFTTT

Monday Night Raw – April 28, 2003

Monday Night Raw Date: April 28, 2003 Location: FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts Commentators: Jonathan Coachman, Jerry Lawler It’s the night after Backlash and that means it’s time to start the build towards Kevin Nash vs. HHH, which will be built off a combination of Nash and HHH’s long and storied off screen friendship as well as ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xCA8AC via IFTTT

Titles Rebrand

Given that they're obsessed with phasing out historic aspects of the "old wrestling business", are you surprised they have kept the IC/US titles? Whenever I'm watching the product and listen to them constantly push the words WWE, WWE Network, RAW and Smackdown…just hearing them mention the words Intercontinental and United States titles just seems so ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2y93AkN via IFTTT

NXT – September 27, 2017

NXT Date: September 27, 2017 Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson, Mauro Ranallo It’s NXT bay-bay as Adam Cole is making his in-ring debut tonight against Sanity’s Eric Young. While you can almost book the screwy finish from here, that doesn’t mean it won’t be entertaining along the way. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wY1sYe via IFTTT

The Wednesday Wackness

Oh man, I think we’re all still reeling from the Madusa-Hammer thing.  Let’s all try to regroup with baseball tonight, while I try to fix my damn toilet.  Someday I’ll be a real grown-up. Anyone wanna come change my fill valve?  I’ll be your friend. Talk about it here, and don’t forget to check out ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yIoYL2 via IFTTT

PWG Pushing Forward Back

July 7, 2017 From American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA Excalibur is your host   Sammy Guevara vs. Rey Horus This is the PWG debut of both men. Guevara flips of Horus after smacking him then Horus returns the favor. They now fight over a wristlock and that leads to a reversal sequence ending ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2k2tbpC via IFTTT

Smackdown Attendance

Idk if you've seen the pics but SD lives attendace past 2 weeks has been pretty embarrassing. Any ideas on how they can improve it? I think losing Cena hurt and they need to get the belt off Mahal. Yeah, John Canton posted pics on his site because he was at the show, and the ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ysND56 via IFTTT

Brock Lesnar

So wtf is this new thing with Brocks PPV matches going under 10 mins? If thats the new norm, they should of just ended the last 2 Raw PPVs with Reigns/Stroman and Reigns/Cena. Maybe when Brock signed on for more dates this year, he added that as clause? And btw after the Samoa Joe match ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hxDst3 via IFTTT

Raw turning into Nitro in 2001

  From what I understand the plan during the WCW Invasion in 2001 was going to be to turn Raw into "WCW Nitro", and Smackdown would be WWE's primary show.  However, did TNN put up any resistance to that idea seeing as the WWE was basically giving their 2 hour slot to a new product? ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hAqSFs via IFTTT

Arn Anderson

Any insight as to why Arn Anderson never got a main event push? Sure, he didn't have the classic look of a top guy, but he was over, he could talk and he was well known to the audience from hanging out with Flair and the Horsemen his whole career. Outside of the Fall Brawl ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2huWGzp via IFTTT

Wrestling Observer Flashback–11.15.93

“Dude, with all the problems in the world – where, oh where are the Wrestling Observer Flashbacks. Earlier this year we were on pace to hit the colossally repugnant 1995. I was waiting with baited breath. Now, my days are left unfulfilled. Help a brother out.” I see your point, especially since I’m getting sick ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fQIOM9 via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 27, 2017

Update on a Possible Shield Reunion The WWE is planning to have The Shield wrestle at the TLC PPV on October 22nd. The company is still undecided as to who they will be facing http://ift.tt/2hzu84g   WWE 2K18 Video Game DLC Wrestlers Revealed http://ift.tt/2hwLulO   NJPW Free Match of the Week You can watch Tetsuya ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hxIWjR via IFTTT

Smackdown – September 26, 2017

Smackdown Date: September 26, 2017 Location: Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton We’re coming up on the Cell and that means we have to start hammering home some of the matches. At the moment we have at least one Cell match set, along with the World and Tag Team ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2y7C72W via IFTTT

When It Was Cool podcast

http://ift.tt/2ys1cBW Hey, my retro wrestling soulmate Karl Stern has a new project covering all kinds of older pop culture that's near and dear to my heart, and he's looking for assistance via Patreon if you're into that kind of thing. I'm always happy to throw a couple of bucks his way for all the great ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xK8C6k via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – May 22, 1995

–A promo video puts over how King Kong Bundy is going to try to put Shawn Michaels on the shelf permanently tonight in their King of the Ring qualifying match. –Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are in the booth and they are taped from Binghamton, New York. –Opening Contest:  Razor Ramon (w/Savio Vega) (12-2-1) defeats ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fpyB92 via IFTTT

Braun

Watching No Mercy, I realized something, people may disagree. Brauns aura comes from fucking shit up. But put him in a regular 1 on 1 match, the auras gone, for instance my bro became a huge Braun fan after Summerslam. He was really looking forward to Braun/Brock. About 5-6 mins into it, he turned to ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2huhw1I via IFTTT

Worst consecutive title reigns

What are the worst 3 consecutive reigns for the major US titles you can think of? I'd go with WCW US title: Sasaki-One Man Gang-Konnan in late 95/early 96 WCW. Brillant to hand around the second most prestigious title of your company to some new/returning hacks like that ​That US title situation was all ridiculous ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hxg8b0 via IFTTT

WWE creative in 2017 y’all

Chris Jericho was on Live Audio Wrestling and revealed that creative (including Triple H) tried to change the way Owens turned on Jericho. Jericho: The day that we had the show, Vince wasn’t there and they tried to change it to where Kevin would just attack me. And my thing was the whole drama of ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2huhvLc via IFTTT

WWF Wrestling Challenge – July 1, 1990

July 1, 1990 From the Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, NY Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan This week, we will see the Hulk Hogan Tribute video.  Also in action are Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Demolition, Brutus Beefcake, Bad News Brown, and The Rockers.   The Rockers vs. Paul Diamond & Brooklyn Brawler Marty ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xIZUVX via IFTTT

Kingslayer/King’s Landing

I'm surprised that WWE is so blatantly using Game of Thrones names for Seth Rollins.  The Kingslayer nickname was probably OK, but Cole called one of his moves last night "The King's Landing," which I hadn't heard before.  Usually when they rip off something from pop culture they alter the names slightly to avoid legal ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xxujUY via IFTTT

Monday Night Open Mic

Howdy Blog O’Doomers! I am wondering if there is a planned tribute on RAW tonight for the killing of Braun Strowman’s career? Ha. Just kidding, RAW never thinks that far ahead. Besides he’d better lay down for Curt Hawkins before he leaves! Anyway it’s post-No Mercy. Seems like Scott liked it enough (two ****+ and ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2whvHJZ via IFTTT

WWF Superstars of Wrestling – June 30th, 1990

June 30, 1990 From the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY Your hosts are Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Vince McMahon In action this week are The Bushwhackers, Earthquake, Dusty Rhodes, Rick Rude, and Tugboat.   “Ravishing” Rick Rude w/ Bobby Heenan vs. Jim Powers Rude tosses Powers off the top rope then gyrates but ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wOVq0I via IFTTT

Top 10 matches in WCW Saturday Night History

………And go ​Perhaps if they'd put the shows on the Network we'd all have a better handle on the list.  Off the top of head, I've got Flair/Windham v. Steamboat/Gilbert in 89, Flair v. Steamboat in 94, and Vader killing Cactus Jack in 93 and then a huge dropoff after that.  ​ from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xwE5XM via IFTTT

Monster Problems

Hi Scott, With Stroman taking the clean, massively anti-climactic fall, and Nia Jaxx once more getting pushed into a title shot and coming up short, what's with the WWE's hesitancy to pull the trigger on new monsters? This used to be the thing they'd do really well, or just by default (Khali), and now you ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yoHI19 via IFTTT

NJPW Destruction in Kobe

September 24th, 16:00 from Kobe World Hall, Hyogo The third of three Destruction shows sees Kenny Omega defend his United States title for the first time against Juice Robinson. Elsewhere, the build for King of Pro-Wrestling continues. Let’s get to it. Here we go… Hirai Kawato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Monster Rage (Katsuya Kitamura & ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wRwbWZ via IFTTT

Strowman

So Brock kicks out of three power slams then pins Strowman 1 F5. Is this going to kill off Strowman? Like, I cancelled my account, but I'm particularly salty (just like when Ambrose lost in the same month to HHH and Brock and I couldn't be bothered with his title reign).  But how do you ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yAjKRe via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE No Mercy 2017–09.24.17

The SmarK Rant for WWE No Mercy 2017 Live from Los Angeles, CA Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T and Corey Graves Intercontinental title: The Miz v. Jason Jordan There’s a trope in fiction called “The Mary Sue”, which is where a previously-unmentioned character suddenly becomes a major protagonist with no obvious character flaws ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ht5imD via IFTTT

Sid vs. Sabu

Hey Scott, I was just watching ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999, and they had Sabu accidentally put Sid through a table during some clusterfuck. I can only assume that we were getting Sabu vs. Sid at some point, until Sid jumped to WCW the next month. Talk about being deprived of a trainwreck-and-a-half – had Botchamania ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hq6Ml4 via IFTTT

Undertaker a politician?

Hi Scott, I've been reading a discussion under some reader question here and someone asked about Taker ever being a politician. I thought this is interesting – IWC uniformly accepts that HHH, Hogan, Cena, etc. were hogging the spotlight, using leverage, holding talent down, whatever. But Taker is never brought up in conversations like this. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xyjpjs via IFTTT

Mid-South Wrestling – January 27th, 1983

January 27, 1983 Your hosts are Boyd Pierce and Paul Boesch This week Stagger Lee will defend the North American Heavyweight Title against Ted DiBiase, Chavo Guerrero will face Matt Borne, and more!   Tom Renesto Jr. vs. Tim Horner These two were on opposite sides of a tag match last week, with Horner pinning ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jVda4C via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Collections–Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (Part 2)

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Collections – Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (Part 2) Carrying on now from 1988 onwards, although the first half of this collection was kind of disappointing and just felt like a bunch of stuff they threw together. “The Ultimate Humiliation” Weasel Suit Match: Ultimate Warrior v. Bobby Heenan From Wrestlefest ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wKoO8p via IFTTT

Sunday Thread

WWE No Mercy is tonight. The card is here. NJPW Destruction in Kobe was this morning. I’m away this weekend, so my review will be up tomorrow. For some Sunday reading, check out Thomas Hall on Backlash 2003 and Maffew on ECW on Sci-Fi. No talk, heathens! from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hosc1V via IFTTT

ECW on Sci-Fi #73 10/30/2007

We’re in Long Island New York and we have spooky graphics because IT’S HALLOWEEN MOTHERFUCKERS and we get the long-awaited Monster Mash Battle Royal! Elijah Burke vs. Jimmy Wang Yang Burke’s athleticism gets plugged because he’s on Ghost Hunters tomorrow. It’s a live episode so you know you’ll see ghosts. Wang Yang is making his ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xssCIL via IFTTT

Backlash 2003

Backlash 2003 Date: April 27, 2003 Location: Worcester Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts Attendance: 10,000 Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz, Jonathan Coachman, Jerry Lawler If WWE held the least important pay per view in recent memory, does it matter in the slightest? This is a glorified Raw pay per view with a handful of Smackdown matches thrown in ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xsgfw7 via IFTTT

Luke Harper

   Any idea on what is going on with Luke Harper?  I can't remember the last time he was on Smackdown.  Is he injured, or is it the dreaded "Creative has nothing for you at this time."?  Rowan was injured forever but I think he's fine now, but Harper is just in creative limbo.  I ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2y124RY via IFTTT

Mankind vs HBK

I was watching the fantastic Shawn Michaels vs Mankind match from Mind Games and given how good it was, and the fact that Foley was hot at the time do you think it would have been beneficial for both parties and the WWF in general to extend the feud? The way I see it playing ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jTSxpw via IFTTT

Smackdown – April 24, 2003

Smackdown Date: April 24, 2003 Location: Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz It’s the go home show for Backlash and we have a Smackdown main event. This time around it’s going to be rookie upstart John Cena challenging Brock Lesnar for the Smackdown World Title, meaning it’s likely time for a big ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wNWj51 via IFTTT

Rose

Who knew that the Adam Rose express would put out the new monsters of WAR. 1st Braun and now Lars Sullivan. He should get some credit for that ​I'm just disappointed he never got to team with Billy Gunn on the main roster.​ from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fIhDTD via IFTTT

1994 Questions

Scott, Keep up the killer work!  Just got a few questions in regards to 1994 PPVs: 1). How come Taker v Taker at Summerslam 94 went on last and not the Owen-Bret Cage match? Why wouldn't the title cage match go on last as the main event? 2). At Mania 10, what would have happened ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xmKcjA via IFTTT

bryan vs punk

so it's looking increasingly likely that daniel bryan will indeed be returning to wrestling when his contract expires in a year or so. that would make arguably the two most popular post-cena superstars free agents. my question is, how much money is in a bryan vs punk match in, say, ring of honor? ignoring that ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fHPiwG via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Collections: Bobby “The Brain” Heenan

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Collection – Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (Part 1) Well, this was a sadly obvious choice to tackle tonight, as a break from the Hidden Gems series. Obviously not many matches to review here, but that’s why the point system is perfect for it, because this is a collection of ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wIy8d0 via IFTTT

Strong Style Saturday Thread

It’s the weekend! Woo! WWE No Mercy is tomorrow, headlined by Lesnar vs. Strowman and Cena vs. Reigns. Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor PPV took place last night. The relationship between streaming service FloSports and Gabe Sapolsky’s WWN has broken down. Japanese promotion DDT has been acquired by CyberAgent, owners of streaming service AbemaTV. More ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xzXetE via IFTTT

DiBiase

Scott,   I just recently re-watched Royal Rumble 1992.  Having a worker the caliber of Ted DiBiase as one of the first two entrants makes sense, yet he was tossed over in 1:18.  He barely lasted longer than Jerry Sags.  Was he in the doghouse or working hurt or something?  What was the point of ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wMP8Ka via IFTTT

Freaky Friday Thread

Tonight the Judge is already killing the Jays, so yay. Huge upload of Bobby Heenan clips on the Network today!  Maybe I’ll tackle that tonight. This weekend is No Mercy, and I’m pretty pumped about this one.  Cena v Reigns should be awesome and hopefully they pull the trigger on Braun. Talk about it here! from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hmZSx5 via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – May 21, 1995

–A video package hypes today’s Sid-Bob Holly feature match, with Sid saying that Holly has made the biggest mistake of his life by agreeing to face him. –Jim Ross and Todd Pettengill are doing commentary and they are inaugurating a new set of tapings in Springfield, Massachusetts.  The tapings were held on May 17 and ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wHf92z via IFTTT

WWF Wrestling Challenge – June 24th, 1990

June 24, 1990 From the Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, NY Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan In action this week are Earthquake, The Bushwhackers, Rick Rude, and Jake Roberts. Plus, an update on the condition of Hulk Hogan and an interview with Macho King Randy Savage & Queen Sherri.   The Bushwhackers ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jQp2oE via IFTTT

Nattie Neidhart

When did this current hate for Nattie begin? When she first made her debut she was heralded as this great in ring worker. People were pissed she was given the fart gimmick saying she deserved better, now suddenly she's a division killer. ​Is that the current opinion?  I dunno, I've always thought she was a ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yidaxQ via IFTTT

The Anti-Sting

Hey Scott, Just wondering, People sometimes say Sting should have been much, much bigger than he ended up, given his look, charisma, etc, but for whatever reason, it never clicked. My question is what wrestler, do you feel, with almost nothing going for him, not an indy darling, nothing that would endear him to Vince ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xnCX8s via IFTTT

Repost: The SmarK Rant for No Mercy 2016

The SmarK Rant for WWE No Mercy 2016 Straight talk here, I’m watching this after the butt-clenching adrenaline of the Blue Jays game tonight, so this is probably gonna be a letdown because I only really know two of the matches. But did I mention BLUE JAYS WIN?  (I’m much more pumped about this year’s ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xk6suA via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 22, 2017

ESPN.com Interview with Ric Flair http://ift.tt/2xqYkaL   WWE Superstar to Replace Davey Richards on This Weekend’s EVOLVE Shows Cedric Alexander will take Richards place as he will wrestle Zack Sabre Jr. tonight and Fred Yehi tomorrow. However, his matches will not air on the iPPV. http://ift.tt/2xnqp16   RoH Throwback Match of the Week You can ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fm0T80 via IFTTT

Impact Wrestling – September 21, 2017

Impact Wrestling Date: September 21, 2017 Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Jeremy Borash, Josh Matthews It’s time for whatever this promotion is called this week, though I would recommend MMA Pro Wrestling at this point as the American Top Team fighters are the undisputed top stars of the show. Lashley’s release has been revoked ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jRGysH via IFTTT

Big Brother Results?!! (Spoilers, Obviously)

Scott, What’s your take on the season and the finale? Are we going in the direction of the Sore Loser Jury? Nobody played a better game than Paul, but in the end a guy who many said they had no respect for wins?! And Cody is America’s Favorite Houseguest? I guess it will make for ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fetisY via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW–11.01.93

The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW – November 1 1993 – Taped from Poughkeepsie, NY. Is this taping cycle over yet? I already miss them going live every other week. – Your hosts are Vince & Bobby Razor Ramon v. Bastion Booger Booger actually has theme music here, which is weird. Shoving match ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xVzL7u via IFTTT

Jinder Mahal may be racist

http://ift.tt/2xr7Tqf At least he's a better person than Hulk Hogan, I guess?   Regardless, probably the best course of action here is to book a title match for SmackDown, then have Nakamura hit him with a sarcastic crane kick and immediately pin him.   from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hmb35j via IFTTT

Ring of Honor – Death Before Dishonor XV Preview!

Howdy! This Friday, Ring of Honor presents the 15th edition of the Death Before Dishonor PPV, and it’s my job to try to convince you all to give it a watch. Regardless of whether you watch the show on a weekly basis or not, ROH normally brings the goods on PPV, so let’s run down ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wKanfz via IFTTT

Kayfabe Commentaries Guest Booker: Re-Booking the InVasion with Jim Cornette

This was filmed in 2009 Sean Oliver is the host The interview runs at two hours and fifty minutes long   Cornette is asked about becoming a “seasoned” booker. He says you never become seasoned but rather you become experienced. He says the job is different from writers, who script the wrestlers and make everything ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hltjfj via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 21, 2017

Paige Update Paige is currently training at the Performance Center and there is said to be a storyline for her return and its tentatively on Smackdown. Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter   Reason Emma Was Not On RAW Emma was not at RAW this past Monday becausegiven the week off to spend more time ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fem5sS via IFTTT

Punk

Hey Scott, Do you think there's any shot that CM Punk changing his hair and facial hair seemingly every week back when he was in WWE didn't help his cause? I mean couldn't they have logically said they were having a hard time  marketing him or putting him on a poster since he was constantly ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xhNVPf via IFTTT

Bischoff

Why was Eric Bischoff so willing to work for Vince McMahon in 2002? I'd always been under the impression that while he had an onscreen role in WCW, that he was primarily a business guy. Yet he signed with WWE purely in an onscreen role with no business or creative role to go with it. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fC5ek8 via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW–10.25.93

The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW – October 25 1993 – Taped from Poughkeepsie, NY. – Your hosts are Vince & Bobby, as Savage is injured due to Crush. Evil Crush v. Phil Apollo Crush now has purple and silver attire, because he’s EVIL. Crush catches Apollo’s punches and CRUSHES his fists (har ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xhNSD3 via IFTTT

Shotgun Saturday Night

Even though most of these things on the WWE Network surveys never come to fruition, I have to admit I was incredibly excited just reading them mention the idea of a weekly "edgy" TV-14 show as one of the options. I know, I know we're completely overkilled with the amount of content each week. However, ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fc7UEp via IFTTT

Monday Night Raw – April 21, 2003

Monday Night Raw Date: April 21, 2003 Location: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia Commentators: Jonathan Coachman, Jerry Lawler It’s the go home show for Backlash and we have a major main event for a change. This week will see HHH defending the Raw World Title against Booker T. in a Wrestlemania rematch, but there’s something a ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xxXFF7 via IFTTT

NXT – September 20, 2017

NXT Date: September 20, 2017 Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Percy Watson, Nigel McGuinness This week should be centered around the fallout from last week with the Undisputed Era attacking the British contingent, which could set up a heck of a six man tag somewhere down the line. Other than ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xfOx8n via IFTTT

The Wednesday Wackness

Tonight the Jays get creamed by the Royals, and it’s the finale of Big Brother!  Who else is excited? Started watching American Vandal on Netflix and it’s pretty hilarious so far. THE BALL HAIRS. Chat about the stuff here tonight! from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hkvmAg via IFTTT

WWF Superstars of Wrestling – June 23rd, 1990

June 23, 1990 From the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY Your hosts are Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Vince McMahon This week, we will have a special tribute to Hulk Hogan. In action are Demolition, Brutus Beefcake, and Dino Bravo. Plus, the Ultimate Warrior as guest on the “Brother Love Show” and more   ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hjy48U via IFTTT

WWE Trademarking Wrestlers Move Names?

                        Has the WWE ever tried to trademark wrestlers move names?  For example, I've heard announcers from other wrestling companies refer to a "Tombstone- Piledriver" or a "Pedigree"  Kind of weird that they haven't seeing as they do with names and characters.  Any idea?  ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fAQguT via IFTTT

Wrestling Observer Flashback–11.08.93

And now, more importantly than any news item in this week’s Observer (and there’s some BIG ones!), it’s finally time for the meme that I have been waiting for MONTHS to work in somewhere. You’ll know it when you see it. – The top story of the week (and one of the biggest of the ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fblCHG via IFTTT

WWE 205 Live – September 19th, 2017

September 19, 2017 From the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA Your hosts are Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness   Video hyping up the Enzo Amore vs. Neville Cruiserweight Championship match at No Mercy airs. These two will also have a face-to-face tonight.   Cedric Alexander vs. The Brian Kendrick We are shown the replay from ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wvlgH8 via IFTTT

Bobby Heenan

http://ift.tt/2fzkKxg Just a brief look at some Heenan moments that never fail to bring a smile to my face ​Yeah, my original plan had been to do a column tomorrow for Sporting News dedicated to my favorite Heenan moments, but I had some stuff come up tonight so we'll see if I can pump it ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xclq5I via IFTTT

Smackdown – September 19, 2017

Smackdown Date: September 19, 2017 Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, California Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton I’m getting used to this idea of having title matches booked in advance of the TV shows. This time around we have the US Title on the line as AJ Styles defends against Baron Corbin, who said he ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jJFl6A via IFTTT

Rock Star Gary reflects on WCW-NJPW Supershow ’91

Live from Tokyo, Japan Airdate: March 21, 1991 Attendance:  55,000 Since I watched this on NJPW World and know approximately three words in Japanese, this ought to be interesting. Also, this was dubbed “Starrcade ’91 in Tokyo Dome” so if the real Starrcade ’91 sucks, WCW didn’t recruit enough Japanese wrestlers. Match 1 (eight-man): Hiro ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hevTqK via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – May 20, 1995

–Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are doing commentary and they are kicking off a new set of tapings in Danbury, Connecticut.  These tapings were held on May 16 and attracted 1,800 fans according to historyofwwe.com. –Opening Contest:  The Smoking Gunns (10-2-1) beat Mike Khoury & Bob Cook after Billy pins Khoury after the Sidewinder at ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xk9YEc via IFTTT

WWF Wrestling Challenge – June 17th, 1990

June 17, 1990 From the Dane County Expo Center in Madison, WI Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan In action this week are Tugboat, Rick Martel, Demolition, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan Unfortunately, I was unable to find a copy of the show with Boris Zhukov’s squash man win. I fully understand if you ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fyBmFq via IFTTT

Big John Studd in 89

So BJS wins the rumble in 89 but then doesn't even have his own match at WM5- What gives? And he was gone by June of that year… Do you think at the time Vince wishes he had someone else win that Rumble? Seems like a wasted opportunity to push someone to the main event? ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ymwF9x via IFTTT

Bound For Glory in Ottawa

In a five-week span, Ottawa will get an Impact PPV and five straight nights of TV tapings, followed by the Grey Cup, and then topped off with the Canadian Olympic Curling trials. My question is: Should ESPN Ocho just move their studios here? ​Hey, Amazon is also looking for a second HQ.  They could go ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wtcMQG via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems–That 70s Rant!

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems- That 70s Rant! Continuing on now into the wacky new era of “color TV”. Pff, what a fad. NWA World title: Gene Kiniski v. Dory Funk Jr. (Feb 1969) Once again, my personal connection to the match is that Kiniski was my dad’s next door neighbor in ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wuczg1 via IFTTT

WWE RAW Rundown 9-18-17

September 18, 2017 From the SAP Center in San Jose, CA Your hosts are Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Booker T   We get a graphic in memory of Bobby Heenan before the live show.   The live show starts off with Kurt Angle in the ring. He is very excited with No Mercy just ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hcemQ9 via IFTTT

Monday Night Open Mic

“Now I’ve got the opportunity to come out here and be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame of Wrestling. Something I’ve loved all my life. Yeah, I got three bucks. Why did I stay? It was a job, I had to. I was feeding my mother, my grandmother and my aunt. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xhVBAt via IFTTT

TNA rebrands AGAIN

http://ift.tt/2wpOLtD (Per PWInsider) How the hell is this company still in business? And what will they do with all the shotty new GFW belts they made? Maybe they think that if they keep changing the name, creditors won't be able to find them.  from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2yl4DLt via IFTTT

No Mercy and the Network

A few months ago, the IWC was all ablaze over the churn rate on the WWE Network. WWE then ran a special 3 month free trial membership of the network for August-october, which bridges the corporate quarter. For September, they've delivered the Mae Young Classic and now a No Mercy ppv with wrestlemania caliber matches. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xbH6wl via IFTTT

WWE STARRCADE?!?

http://ift.tt/2f5dDMb Wow, we’ve kinda been waiting forever for them to use that name again, but it feels…weird to actually hear it.  Plus you’ve also got Clash of the Champions as a regular PPV thing now.  It’s a new, strange world we live in. from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xbB1zU via IFTTT

Is No Mercy really a B PPV?

I was reading through your old rants and realized every No Mercy, except for a couple in the early 2000’s was a big thumbs up from you with one or two 4 snowflake plus matches on each card.  People are talking about throwing away Cena Reigns and Strowman Lesnar on a B show this year.  ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xbPRXp via IFTTT

Wrestling Companies Holding Grudges

 Do you happen to know if there has ever been cases of TNA/GFW, ROH, New Japan, etc. holding a grudge against a departing wrestler that was WWE bound?  I.E.-"If you end up failing there, don't look to come back here when it's over."  I know in the past Vince has done this when talent left ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2y9hOOC via IFTTT

WWF Superstars of Wrestling – June 16th, 1990

June 16, 1990 From the LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, WI Your hosts are Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Vince McMahon In action this week are Rick Rude, The Rockers, Earthquake, Big Bossman, and Nikolai Volkoff. Plus, the “Brother Love Show” with guests Macho King Randy Savage & Queen Sherri Unfortunately, I could not track down ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xfh5xO via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 18, 2017

WWE.com RAW Preview http://ift.tt/2xLufUI   Independent Wrestler Cancels Rest of 2017 Appearances Due to Knee Surgery Davey Richards cancelled the rest of his appearances this year to undergo surgery on his right knee http://ift.tt/2hbDDKe   Ring of Honor Throwback Match of the Week You can watch the Motor City Machine Guns vs. Bryan Danielson & ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2hcrBg4 via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW–04.28.97

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 04.28.97 Although last week’s show was bookended with one of the greatest angles in the history of the show, THIS week is almost as great in a lot of ways, too. Also, they should sell retro reproductions of Vince’s black demin “RAW is WAR” jackets on ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jD7E6s via IFTTT

Red Rooster Gimmick

If Terry Taylor embraced being a rooster like Mike Perry did, do you think he would have gotten over? http://ift.tt/2wxYidB Yes. Clearly if Taylor had been MORE of a rooster, he would have been World champion.  It all makes sense now.  from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xKzq7m via IFTTT

Meltzer the Hypocrite

Hi Scott, Isn't it just a slight bit hypocritical for Meltzer to complain about dangerous pro wrestling matches while praising strong-style japanese style wrestling? He'll nitpick a WWE match to death, then give 25 5* matches to Misawa who was so utter destroyed by these matches, he died from them. I'm actually kind of annoyed by ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wzqmNN via IFTTT

Sunday Night Thread

Well, damn.  What a shitty way to kick off the evening, learning of the passing of the greatest manager in wrestling history. Here’s a compilation of some of his greatest moments from YouTube.  Chat about Bobby or whatever else is going on tonight.   from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wnITkF via IFTTT

Going out on your back

Hey Scott,     I’ve heard that when wrestlers retire (or leave a territory in the old days) they would always job for their last match.   Any instances that this didn’t happen?   ​Off the top of my head, Trish Stratus not only didn't lose in her retirement match against Lita in 2006, she ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x74g9L via IFTTT

Mid-South Wrestling – January 20th, 1983

January 20, 1983 Your hosts are Boyd Pierce and Paul Boesch In action this week are Tony Atlas, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and the main event is Stagger Lee vs. Ted DiBiase for the North American Heavyweight Title.   Pierce tells us that Lee has yet to arrive.   We are shown an interview where Bill ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xIdoCg via IFTTT

ECW on Sci-Fi #72 10/23/2007

We’re in Kansas City, Ohio and Cyber Sunday is this weekend so expect this show to be more like a Jerry Lewis telethon than a wrestling show. The Miz and his harem run down the Cyber Sunday guys (”Morrison is a fruitcake, look at him!”) before addressing Kelly Kelly’s date with Balls Mahoney and reminding ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fdKaU0 via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems–Black & White Era!

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems – Black & White Era! OK, so the first couple of parts did really well this week, and now we carry on with more of the random and wonderful stuff found in the Hidden Gems of the Network, starting all the way back in the 50s and ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xcMcKu via IFTTT

Sunday Thread

Here’s a full list of playable characters in WWE 2K18 A new series of Story Time begins on the WWE Network this Monday In the latest Extra Mustard column on Sports Illustrated, Eli Drake talks about winning the GFW world title and Bayley discusses her dream of headlining Wrestlemania Now talk, heathens! from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jzWJKS via IFTTT

Smackdown – April 17, 2003

Smackdown Date: April 17, 2003 Location: Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Virginia Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz It’s tournament night as we have the finals to crown a new #1 contender. John Cena will be facing Chris Benoit, which is pretty much the best final they could have gone for. Cena should be the favorite after having spent ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wkZPbE via IFTTT

What if Strowman wins?

Hi Scott,  I want to dream for a moment that Braun Strowman actually wins the universal title at No Mercy and we're not really going to get Lesnar-Reigns (again) at Mania… How do we get there if that's the case? I would think Reigns somehow goads the Undertaker into a Career Match to put him ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jzG5uL via IFTTT

Randomness

Scott………here's some random questions for you. 1.  I'm not familiar with Junkyard Dog at all outside of his mid-late 80's WWF run.  I have however read and I think I remember you saying before that he was a huge draw (for Bill Watts?)………can you elaborate more – when was he over, what got him over, ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xGkDKS via IFTTT

NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima

September 16th, 18:00 from Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall, Hiroshima The second of three Destruction shows sees Hiroshi Tanahashi defend his Intercontinental title against Zack Sabre Jr., KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado for the junior title and both sets of tag titles on the line. Let’s get to it. Here we go… Tiger Mask IV, Jushin Thunder ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xG9nhx via IFTTT

Wrestling Observer Flashback–11.01.93

It’s time for HALLOWEEN HAVOC ‘93! But first, Dave has a riddle for us… “Q. How is it impossible to put together a show where from bell-to-bell the match quality is the highest of any PPV show since February and is topped off by arguably the best match bell-to-bell of the year in this country ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jwYlFk via IFTTT

NXT 2

You've said in the past that NXT could be split into two separate rosters with all the developmental talent they have and Indy stars coming into the fold. What do you think of this idea? – Absorb 205 Live into NXT, rebrand CW title to Network Championship – Create a second one hour weekly show ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xGkE1q via IFTTT

The Friday Thread

It’s Friday night!  How’s about those Indians, huh?  I’m gonna keep powering through the Hidden Gems tonight, and one of my faithful minions decided to buy me the Unreleased set on Amazon,so look for that later this month as well.  I have awesome fans, what can I say? Talk about it all here tonight!   from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x5HaOh via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – May 15, 1995

–In a video package to hype tonight’s main event IRS and Bam Bam Bigelow cut promos against each other.  IRS hits a home run by threatening to get a lien of Bigelow’s tattoos. –Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are tasked with commentary and they are live from Binghamton, New York.  As expected, Lawler gloats about ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2vYBFPO via IFTTT

the podcast!

Hello, Since 'because WCW' is such a common meme on the Blog, I figured there weren't many better places to beg for a plug for what we hope will be an ongoing podcast looking at the very worst of WCW. Audio is rough round the edges as we're both new to the tech side, but ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fogzUO via IFTTT

WWF Prime Time Wrestling – June 11th, 1990

June 11, 1990 Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan This week’s featured match is Haku vs. Ronnie Garvin The show starts with Gorilla telling us he doesnt even want to be here this week due to how he is feeling over Hulk Hogan’s attack but as Heenan upsets him by telling us Hogan’s ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x7VpUk via IFTTT

Smackdown ratings rise

"According to wrestlinginc.com, Tuesday’s episode ofWWE Smackdown drew 2.754 million viewers, the best numbers since April. The show featured three title matches, and Vince Mcmahon’s first appearance on the show in four years." Now how did this happen? Announcement that Vince will appear? 3 Title matches (Tye Dillinger sells tickets, brother!!)? Good show last week leading in? ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ybDdYw via IFTTT

Hogan on Vince

Hogan must want be back in the WWE in the worst way  http://ift.tt/2fkqpaj ​Yeah, Hulk was playing it cool after the Gawker thing, probably assuming it would blow over and then they could bring him back right away, but Vince really seems to be dragging his heels about reintroducing him.  And rightly so, given what ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wf9WPf via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems (Part Two)

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems (Part Two) Continuing on with the Hidden Gems series on the Network, we take a trip to WCW in 1993! This was really fun and easy to write, by the way, so if this gets a good response on the blog I’ll probably dig into the Network ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2foblIR via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 15, 2017

WWE Superstar Returning Soon? Primo, who has been out of action since June after undergoing knee surgery, should be back imminently. Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter   WWE.com Article with Shelton Benjamin http://ift.tt/2wcQJ0D   Rolling Stone Article Interview with Sara Amato http://ift.tt/2xsxgZW   You can vote in this week’s shoot interview poll by clicking ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jvGAWU via IFTTT

Which Shoot Interview Should be Recapped Next?

This week, choose between four different Kayfabe Commentaries Title. You can view the trailer by clicking on the interview. Here are your choices:   Back to the Territories: Mid South with Jim Duggan Guest Booker: Re-Booking the InVasion with Jim Cornette Breaking Kayfabe with Raven Guest Booker: Re-Booking WCW 2000 with Jerry Jarrett   Vote ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2eZFqO2 via IFTTT

Impact Wrestling – September 14, 2017

Impact Wrestling Date: September 14, 2017 Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Josh Matthews, Jeremy Borash We’re closing in on Bound For Glory though nothing has actually been mentioned about the show yet. The big match this week is OVE vs. LAX for the Tag Team Titles….from the Crash in Tijuana, Mexico. In other words, ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2weaGEf via IFTTT

Jon Jones: GOAT…at Being a F**k Up

http://ift.tt/2xjhUpU   Missed this the other day. Serves him right. Cormier has since been awarded back the title and their previous fight has been ruled a No Contest, although I’m sure that doesn’t make DC feel much better about any of it. Yeah, and Cormier looks like a complete lame duck now, who got knocked ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x04Sh1 via IFTTT

Best burns

All the Reigns/Cena shoot stuff has me thinking, who do you has had the best burn on another wrestler? I still go with Cena mentioning Rock writing notes on his wrist cause not only can you tell it took Rock all he had in him to refrain from punching Cena in the mouth but it ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2h5Gzo7 via IFTTT

Highspots Presents: Diva Diaries with Daffney

This was released in December 2013 Michael Bochicchio is your host It runs at three hours and five minutes long.   The talk about the first interview they had 11 years prior as Daffney said she had no concept of a shoot interview and bashed Eric Bischoff the whole time as the host tells her ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2f9tg93 via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 14, 2017

Original Plans for the Mae Young Classic Finals The original plans had Kairi Sane defeating Toni Storm but that match was switched to the semi-finals when the company decided to go all out with Shayna Baszler and the Four Horsewomen angle. Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter   Big Show Update Show will be undergoing ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xB1F8z via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Hidden Gems (Part One)

WWE Network Hidden Gems! (Part One) Just for fun, let’s run through these with a Coliseum-style rant. For those looking, I found this under “Collections” although I think it was original under “Vault”. They move it around sometimes. Here’s the current link: http://ift.tt/2x1eiGH Since it’s just a combination of “stuff’, we’ll give it either a ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ya3xlQ via IFTTT

NXT – September 13, 2017

NXT Date: September 13, 2017 Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson We’re coming up on the end of a taping cycle and that could mean a variety of things around here. Last week’s show ended with Asuka vacating the Women’s Title, which will likely be resolved during ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2vUZ0C0 via IFTTT

New era

Hey Scott – are we entering the era of the worked-shoot?  Between the rash of superstars bitching on twitter, Reigns-Cena, Enzo-Miz, and Dolph's weekly slamming of current and former stars – all with a fair amount of truth – is this what we should expect up and down the card going forward? God I hope ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2waa16L via IFTTT

The Wednesday Wackness

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the Halloween Havoc ’93 rant and my tag team list from the Sporting News.  I’ve had a bunch of requests for the WWE Unreleased DVD set as a Coliseum-style rant, but I’m broke AF at the moment and I can’t find it here in Saskatoon anywhere, anyway, so instead I’ve done the ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2x1Ck4A via IFTTT

Monday Night Raw – April 14, 2003

Monday Night Raw Date: April 14, 2003 Location: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia Commentators: Jonathan Coachman, Jerry Lawler We’re less than two weeks away from Backlash and we have the bigger stories already set up. Last week saw the return of Kevin Nash for reasons of general stupidity, along with more of Eric Bischoff being evil ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jofyR9 via IFTTT

Mailbag question

Scott,   A simple yet difficult question :   Which wrestlers had the biggest gap between workrate ability and promo ability (and the other way around)?   My picks :   1.       Ricky Steamboat. 2.       Kevin Nash.   ​Steamboat was an OK promo for the level he was usually at, I think.  And Nash was ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2joFYST via IFTTT

PWG Man on the Silver Mountain

June 16, 2017 From the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA Excalibur is your host   Trevor Lee vs. Chuck Taylor Originally, Taylor was supposed to team with Trent against Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle and Lee was going to face Jake Crist but Riddle was unable to make the show because he was ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2vUcePj via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WCW Halloween Havoc 93–10.24.93

The SmarK Rant for WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 – 10.24.93 This is a show I do not even remember watching, but I did a rant way back in the day, and I know I ordered the show when it aired live, so I’ve seen it twice. But you could have fooled me. And we start ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2f5D5oH via IFTTT

WWE 205 Live – September 12, 2017

September 12, 2017 From the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV Your hosts are Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness   Dasha Fuentes asks Rich Swann how he feels about facing off against friend TJP tonight. Swann smiles and talks about their rivalry then we see clips from their first match that Swann won. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2woCO2K via IFTTT

Smackdown – September 12, 2017

Smackdown Date: September 12, 2017 Location: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada Commentators: Corey Graves, Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton I know I say it a lot but this week really is a major night for Smackdown as not only do we have three titles being defended on one show but the boss himself is ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xwjUvY via IFTTT

Rock Star Gary reflects on WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XXIX

Taped from Omaha, NE Airdate:  April 27, 1991 (taped 4/15) Attendance:  9,400 (7,000 paid) Hosted by Vince McMahon & “Macho Man” Randy Savage Can both Undertaker and Bret Hart make a big splash on network TV? Read on! From the pink locker room, Savage interviews Slaughter with Adnan and Mustafa. We then witness Slaughter tossing ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fhpsj3 via IFTTT

WWF Wrestling Challenge – June 10, 1990

June 10, 1990 From the Dane County Expo Centre in Madison, WI Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan Unfortunately, I was unable to track down a copy of this show that featured Rick Rude beating Sonny Rogers in Rude’s first match on TV since his promos against the Ultimate Warrior started to air. ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2woh6Mb via IFTTT

Sasha Banks

Hey Scott, Reading her recent interviews, its becoming apparent Sasha is a disgruntled douchebag, kind of like the female Ziggler. She's starting to bash the booking on Raw, she's called fans on twitter "airport creepers", said Rousey is not on her level and that if any of the MMA horsewomen sign, they need to go ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wYZutP via IFTTT

“Crash T.V.” Roots

  Vince Russo's style of writing in the late 1990's in The WWF and WCW was coined "Crash T.V."  Are there any T.V. Shows,(past or present), you can label "Crash T.V.", or is that a term coined just for the business? ​Russo's style owed a lot (a LOT) to shows like Melrose Place, to name ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wng1V4 via IFTTT

What the World Was Watching: In Your House #1

–Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are manning the booth and we are live from Syracuse, New York! –Todd Pettengill interviews Bret Hart, who says that he will continue to prove that he is “the best there is, best there was, and the best there ever will be.”  He wishes happy Mother’s Day to his mother ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wZeAzx via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW–10.11.93 / 10.18.93

OK, getting behind on these again, so here’s a two-fer to catch up to the Observer Flashbacks again. The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW – October 11 1993 – Taped from New Haven, CT. – Your hosts are Vince, Macho and Bobby. Intercontinental title finals: Razor Ramon v. Rick Martel Vince notes that ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xhZbLk via IFTTT

WWE RAW Rundown 9-11-17

September 11, 2017 From the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA Your hosts are Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Booker T   The show starts off with a moment of silence to pay tribute to those lives lost on September 11th, 2001.   We are shown a clip of the John Cena/Roman Reigns confrontation from last ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xhEnU4 via IFTTT

WWF Superstars of Wrestling – June 9, 1990

June 9, 1990 From the LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, WI Your hosts are Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Vince McMahon This week, we will get an update on Hulk Hogan’s condition. In action are Mr. Perfect, Hart Foundation, Rhythm & Blues, Tugboat, and Jake Roberts   Hart Foundation vs. Brooklyn Brawler & Spike Jones We ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2fd8vX5 via IFTTT

Radio WWF

The Flashback story about Savage going off on Hogan got me thinking. Are any of these shows available anywhere? Ive looked and can’t seem to find anything. I didn’t get Radio WWF where I lived at the time. Did you ever hear any of its content? I think it would have been cool hearing a ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2gWt4ux via IFTTT

Question for the blog about UK wrestling

Hello With Pete Dunne due to make his NXT full time debut very soon and with the new of PROGRESS Wrestling announcing a Wembley Arena show for next September ( potential capacity of 12,500.00), do you think British Wrestling is the hottest it's been in living memory? Given I don't live there and have no ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wUYNBS via IFTTT

Wrestling Observer Flashback–10.25.93

Hey, we’re back.  I literally had a week’s worth of material finished and ready to post by last Wednesday with the Mae Young Classic rants and then after setting it all to post and watching the hits roll in, realized on Sunday night at 10:00pm that I didn’t have anything ready for Monday morning on ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jhYNqT via IFTTT

BoD Daily Update: September 11, 2017

WWE.com RAW Preview http://ift.tt/2fdh303   Reason For Shane McMahon Wrestling at Hell in a Cell The reasons Shane is wrestling is that his dad, Vince McMahon, believes his son is a huge draw due to the surge in ticket sales after he was announced as wrestling at WrestleMania 32. Shane is also contractually obliged to ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wSmECS via IFTTT

WWF Wrestling Challenge – June 3rd, 1990

June 3, 1990 From the Dane County Expo Center in Madison, WI Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan In action this week are Mr. Perfect, Hart Foundation, Ted DiBiase, and Jimmy Snuka. Plus, an interview with Rick Rude and more!   Mr. Perfect w/ Bobby Heenan vs. Warren Bianchi Perfect shoves Bianchi in ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2eYA7SE via IFTTT

Where do we go from here?

OK, so non-binding straw poll time here.  Now that the Mae Young Classic is wrapping up, I’d like to get some opinions on where I should proceed from here, review-wise.  Observer Recaps continue forever, obviously.  97 RAW is a given, I’m gonna keep going with those.  I don’t have much interest in Nitro so we’ll ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2eYH727 via IFTTT

Don’t Hinder Jinder sign in 2013

Holy shit.  I’m watching Payback 2013 right now and when Cena comes out for the 3 Stages of Hell match clear as day on the screen, the only sign visible, reads “Don’t Hinder Jinder”  I shit you not good sir. Was it Jinder himself, forced to buy a ticket because he couldn't get booked?  Because ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2gU6d2K via IFTTT

The Original Women’s Revolution

Hey, Scott: Enjoying the Mae Young recaps. They got me thinking: after decades of fits and starts, WWE finally determined the value of women's wrestling. Curious if you have an opinion on whether it was a specific match that gave the concept credibility (some iteration of Trish and Lita, maybe?) or if it was the ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2ePx2k5 via IFTTT

Sunday Night Thread

Hey, it’s Sunday, and the footballs are back with the Springfield Isotopes in action, led by quarterback Stan “the Boy” Taylor.  Go topes! Best wishes and good luck to everyone getting battered by hurricanes tonight. Tomorrow its Mae Young Classic…uh, I guess we’re out of shows.  So back to Observers again until I figure out ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xYG2Mi via IFTTT

Chemistry

I always see people talk about who had suprising chemistry such as Braun/Big show but who are some that were expected to have 4 * matches and didnt deliver? Some of my picks would be Owens/Rollins, AJ/Owens, Aries/Neville (good matches for sure but I was expecting classics) Joe/Rollins, Wyatt/Rollins and basically everyone Wyatts faced recently ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wisYza via IFTTT

Nice Package

Scott………watching the network over the last few years made me aware of something.  How great the wwe's video packages/ppv opening videos are, and how terrible WCW's were. Agreed?   Do any particular video packages stand out in your mind?  I remember the Rock-Austin one set to My Way was awesome, the Daniel Bryan one that aired ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2wSLRMZ via IFTTT

Mid-South Wrestling – January 13th, 1983

January 13, 1983 Your hosts are Boyd Pierce and Mr. Wrestling II This week we will see Chavo Guerrero vs. Gino Hernandez, Bruno Sammartino Jr. vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and more   Mike Bond vs. Kevin Von Erich Pierce tells us this match was previously taped. The two matches that followed were presented the same ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jdSGnn via IFTTT

The SmarK Rant for the Mae Young Classic–S01E08

The SmarK Rant for the Mae Young Classic – S01E08 And we wrap up the binge portion of the tournament with the semi-finals, leading to the live finale this Tuesday. Taped from Orlando, FL Your hosts are JR & Lita Mercedes Martinez v. Shayna Baszler They trade some ANGRY GIRL strikes and Mercedes takes her ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xU5rpN via IFTTT

Sunday Thread

NXT’s Kassius Ohno will challenge Insane Championship Wrestling’s Joe Coffey for the ICW title on September 19th. Anthem Sports Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm spoke to Wrestling Observer Radio about the future of GFW (via 411mania). WWE will air a half hour recap of the Mae Young Classic on the Network following Raw. The show will ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2gTtphC via IFTTT

NJPW Destruction in Fukushima

September 10th, 16:00 from Azuma Sports Park, Fukushima The first of three Destruction shows sees Minoru Suzuki defend his NEVER title against Michael Elgin in a lumberjack match, with the six-man and heavyweight tag titles also on the line. Let’s get to it. And we’re back! It’s been three weeks since the G1 final and ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2jftdde via IFTTT

ECW on Sci-Fi #71 10/16/2007

We’re in the United Kingdom (no city mentioned but it’s Birmingham), our main event is a handicap tag match and I’m looking forward to seeing which UK wrestler makes a jobber appearance. John Morrison has ”been swimming in life” since losing the title. Taz and Styles hype the interactivity of Cyber Sunday and how amazing ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2eVJyT1 via IFTTT

Saturday Night is Acceptable for Fighting

Tonight, it’s UFC 215 from Edmonton, and my buddies Zen and Rahim are there sending me photos to make me jealous. Tomorrow is the final Mae Young rant before the Tuesday wrap up, and then we’ll go back to Observer recaps again for a while. Chat about stuff and things here tonight! from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2gT3RNM via IFTTT

Smackdown – April 10, 2003

Smackdown Date: April 10, 2003 Location: Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz It’s tournament time and that means some bigger matches tonight. The tournament seems to be John Cena’s to win, especially with the FBI around to mess with Undertaker. Why he’s stuck with the FBI isn’t clear, but it’s also not clear ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2xlPjki via IFTTT

Questions

Since Luger was so amazing at the time as a heel, was there ever any thought of putting someone else in his place to take on Flair when Sting got injured? To me you could have easily put in Pillman or Muta (obviously getting why the latter didn't happen. Justs aying perfect world and all). ... Read more from Scotts Blog of Doom! http://ift.tt/2vVWteY via IFTTT