Chris Press
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@prosports_life @davemeltzerWON I got free tix to WM8. They did a local Indianapolis area Burger King promo the last 3 weeks or so before the event
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@davemeltzerWON They papered WM 34 years ago. Have they do so at any notable scale since then? Also, wasn't it under 15k and not 25k? Either way it was a huge number.
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I corrected it only 24 hours ago. Multiple times. What part of this are you not understanding, bud? More importantly, nobody addresses the key fact which brought this up in the first place, which is accurate regarding the abiity to paper WrestleMania and that it's been done to a great degree in the past. But I'm sure you don't care one iota about the actual story or you'd address it.
Adstheo@AdsTheo
@ByTheAncestors @KD8ESU @davemeltzerWON Dave's a Journalist. He got a fact wrong on his podcast which people listen to for factual information. Refuses to admit he was incorrect. What part of this are you not understanding, bud?
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@Brian_Wedig @MSidgwick If I ever hear the term 4 pillars again it’ll be too soon. Stupidity
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@MSidgwick Ask yourself this: what do you build your Four Pillars on? The Cornerstone!
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@GARYwrestling @davemeltzerWON I got free tix to wrestlemania 8 from a local Burger King the week of the show. I forget what the deal was, buy such and such meal deal and get 2 tix for mania
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@davemeltzerWON Yes the show from 35 years ago with supposed papering that you have no citation for is FAR more important
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Yep, said Cleveland, not Indianapolis. Was a mistake. Notably nobody even touches the story itself which is far more important.
Nakajima2005@Nakajima20005
@PaulJames19890 @JulianWks @davemeltzerWON Yeah, he most likely just mispoke and got Cleveland mixed up with somewhere else. I get you're shamelessly desperate for him to be this compulsive liar but he's not
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@JimmyChonga454 @davemeltzerWON The dark days of late 2023 are well in the past. The company moves forward. Great job by TK and the talent to keep working at it and getting things back up
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@davemeltzerWON AEW has overcome so much including all these bot accounts that tore it down especially over the last 2 years.
I feel they've proven themselves to be over that hump as big league
No one is perfect, but they deserve the accolades for having endurance to withstand
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Collision on Saturday against the NCAA basketball tournament, NBA & UFC among others did 476K/0.07 in 18-49. Not including HBO MAX.
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@ChrisPress6 @Huge_Guy So he actually played in the real game or did they just tape extra footage?
If real game action, this might have been on the news then?
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@MikeGrinnell_ Stfu. Christ. Tourney games have been played at these hours since the early days of this event. ITS NOT GONNA CHANGE
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Every parent ive seen so far has told me they cant stay for the 9pm game. Too late for their kids. Gotta get home. What a move by the NCAA. Geniuses.
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The dirtsheets spoiling WWE matches and results shortly before this show starts is par for the course for the unprofessional, biased hacks.
I don’t know why WWE doesn’t bring the hammer down on these fucks.
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"The MLB season kicks off with an 8 pm Yankees-Giants matchup streaming on Netflix!" I hope the MLBPA demands to string Manfred up like a pinata to end the lockout next year.
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@JesusMelanin @BackupHangman Have 2 kids. Both boys in High School. They don’t and none of their friends watch or care about wrestling
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In 2008, EVERY boy in my class watched wrestling.
By the end of 2009, after guest hosts, little peoples court, and the interminable Randy/Cena program , I was the last one left and wrestling became the thing you don’t bring up out loud anymore because it was lame and embarrassing.
DUBS@DubsTheory
POV: you tune in to Raw in 2009 💥 - SHOW INTRO - ROCK MUSIC - UNIQUE STAGE - OPENING PYRO - AUDIENCE FULL OF CROWD SIGNS There was so much LIFE to the show 🔥
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@Mishi_2210 Just watch Die hard 3! A similar question is in the movie
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Pro wrestling peaked at this moment
WCWNitroBook@WCWNitroBook
One of Dennis Rodman’s most memorable nWo moments occurred on June 16, 1997, when along with Hogan, Hall, Nash and other nWo members, he entered the United Center – the site of the Bulls’ fifth championship victory just three days prior – in an electric opening scene on Nitro. As Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’ blared from the speakers for the first time, the camera immediately showcased a limousine which ostensibly had just arrived in the backstage area. Out stepped Rodman, cigar in hand, issuing veiled threats and offhanded jibes – meanwhile, Hogan bopped his head to the music in tow; a man in his element. In a brilliant production choice, the camera laid bare a veritable behind-the-curtain view, allowing fans to witness the duo approaching the stage in real-time. As Hogan and ‘Rodzilla’ appeared in front of the audience, the building positively erupted, giving way to fireworks, an air-guitar display and, of course, the customary Michael Buffer line: Let’s get ready to rumble! If there ever was a representative moment of the nWo’s cool factor, this was it. The segment achieved the rare distinction of appearing rather spontaneous, almost as if Hogan and Rodman – in a casual, last-minute fancy – decided to stop by Nitro en route to other places. In reality, however, the backstage environment had been a whirl of activity just moments before the show went live. Days later, the Chicago Sun-Times columnist Larry Hamel described the unfolding scene: A few minutes before ‘Nitro’ goes on the air live on TNT, WCW executive vice president Eric Bischoff strides purposefully down the long corridor that is the nerve center of the show. “I need an NWO shirt, a Rodman NWO shirt, and I need it two minutes ago,” he snaps. “Will somebody, anybody, please get me an NWO shirt.” Production assistants scurry around to find one, but wrestler Scott Hall, as cool as his New World Order character, ducks into his dressing room and, upon emerging, calmly flips a black-and-white NWO T-shirt to Bischoff. Dennis Rodman pops out of the Bulls’ locker room, wearing a shirt that reads “NWO Bite Me.” He’s joined in the corridor by ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan, who’s puffing on a cigar, ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, Kevin Nash and Hall. Just as Hogan is about to go out the swinging doors, he turns to Bischoff and says, ‘You sure you don’t want to be a part of this thing?’ Bischoff shakes his head and says, ‘No, this is your deal.’ Hogan says, ‘C’mon, put your (NWO) shirt on. You’re one of us.’ Bischoff nods and follows the group out the door. A few minutes later, he’s in the ring, microphone in hand, working a crowd of more than 16,000 into a frenzy as the middleman for Hogan and Rodman. The above is excerpted from the book, BEYOND NITRO: Untold Stories from the WCW era by @GuyEvansBooks. For more: amazon.com/dp/B0F6S2PJNF
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@BadChoiceBurner @anchorofgold @pfscribe Happened in 1986 as well. Last game of rd 2 was Sunday at like 7pm est. was not a CBS game tho. NCAA productions did it and I think aired live on espn
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@anchorofgold @pfscribe That I remember. I didn’t recall not getting the late Sunday game tho
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Went back & found the NCAA Tournament tip-times for Saturday, March 17, 1990…
UConn-California 12:15pm
UNLV-Ohio State 2:25pm
Clemson-LaSalle 3pm
Oklahoma-UNC 4:40pm
Michigan St-UCSB 4:50pm
Ball St-Louisville 5pm
Dayton-Arkansas 7:10pm
LSU-Georgia Tech 8pm
Can we go back?
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@B89Adam I remember a different RB that was supposed to be the guy. Brett Law I think his name was
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I’m fairly certain that the department decided not to go to a bowl game, for financial reasons, despite winning 6 games that year. Which…well, we’ve come a long way. #iufb
17th Street Sicko@17thStreetSicko
Random Hoosiers TD of the day. Alex Smith was a much heralded RB when he debuted in 1994 for Bill Mallory against Cincinnati. He lived up to the hype with 23 rushes for 152 yards and 2 TDs. Won 28-3. Watch a very young Brad Nessler & Gary Danielson with the intro! #iufb
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@MeyekOnRoute66 @lucyshow11 No. There’s a documentary about a diff guy who knew the prices of many things
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@Birdsfan1992 @StoolMintzy @DKSportsbook Nobody at barstool actually wins betting sports. All of them are terrible
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NCAA Tourney @DKSportsbook
BYU (-2.5)
UGA (-2.5)
St Mary’s (-2.5)
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