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This week I am going to review an installment of the Timeline Series from Kayfabe Commentaries. Here are your four choices:

1963-69 WWE as told by Bruno Sammartino

1986 WWE as told by George Steele

1999 ECW as told by Rob Van Dam

2008 WWE Blue (Smackdown & ECW) as told by Brian Myers (Curt Hawkins)

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Saturday at noon.

http://vote.pollcode.com/21391473

I have a very busy week coming up so I have selected three tag team shoots that are short in length, at around 90 minutes. They are all entertaining, despite not being the biggest starts, and I figured it would be a lot more enjoyable than no shoot interview recap. Here are your three choices:

Powers of Pain


http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithpowersofpain.aspx

Sheepherders


http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithsheepherders.aspx

Beverly Brothers


http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwiththebeverlybrothers.aspx

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Saturday at 7pm.

http://poll.pollcode.com/22398349

Here are your choices:

1963-69 WWE as told by Bruno Sammartino

1984 WWE as told by Roddy Piper

1993 WCW as told by Vader

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Saturday at 7pm

http://poll.pollcode.com/55325683

Lets talk about video games! As you all certainly know in addition to cultivating this C+ player of a daily feature, I write about video games in my spare time – though oddly, otters, the QOTD hasn’t really featured them all that much.

Thus:

Whatcyha been playing, interactive media wise, lately? 

What’s your favorite game of all time? 

Least favorite that everyone else seems to love?

What game have you played the most, for the longest period of time? (it’s WoW isn’t it! You know its WoW!

For starters: 23 vintage games you can play in your browser

Paul Meekin’s Big Ole List of Free Games and Shit: 

Tony Stark: The post white house years.

 Golfstar  – iOS – Just a fantastic online golf game
that’s free, complex, and pretty to look at if you have a newer iPad.
It’s also punishingly unforgiving, and delightfully Japanese.

Customization options are not great, but the golf is absolutely solid and provides just enough help to ensure putting isn’t a complete disaster, but also not a joke, either.

Now Starring: Dolph Ziggler’s Push

Dead Ahead – iOS –   Imagine if you combined the animation of Invader Zim, The gameplay of the NES Classic Excite Bike, a bit of homage to Akira and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, plus some classic side-scrolling beat em’ up tropes, and you have the core of Dead Ahead.

The addicting difficulty and a certain simplicity of design that did a few things excellently, instead of many different things decently, which games tend to do now

I’d love to start a ‘league’ for this game, anyone interested?

Card Hunter – Web – On paper Card Hunter plays like a combination of “Magic The Gathering” and “Final Fantasy: Tactics”, but is a little more complex than that.

Toss in a wonderful ‘paper’ aesthetic, and rarely does a game manage to evoke nostalgia and feel completely fresh at the same time, and this is one of those instances.

Orgasm Girl
(Virtual Pet / Simulation) Mating Japanese erotica and virtual pet
style game play was a bit risky. but what emerged from these strange
bedfellows is the Hentai masterpiece, Orgasm Girl. If you were of a
certain age when this hit newgrounds.com, then you’ve played it with one
hand.

N – (Action /
Platformer) I think everyone with a computer has played this game, and
if you haven’t, play it now. it’s a fun, addicting little platformer.
The premise is you’re a Ninja, you have to collect coins, open gates,
and make it to the door. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but the game
is tense. The game reminds me of Comix Zone in that there’s patterns to
memorize and exploit, incredibly tough enemies, and you’re always a
couple of seconds away from dying.

Curve Ball – (3D Pong) –
Giving a third dimension to Pong, Curve Ball plays out like those light
disc battles in the Tron movies. By the sixth level you’re frantic. You
could probably spend a good 40 minutes with this game and not get bored.
The difficulty increases, there’s a score counter, it’s polished, and
the sound effects create a symphony of chaos in the latter levels.
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/games/columns/170414/The-Thrifty-Gamer-1.17.11:-Flash-Games.htm#3bV1kkMRFPSM6jYi.99

Orgasm Girl
(Virtual Pet / Simulation) Mating Japanese erotica and virtual pet
style game play was a bit risky. but what emerged from these strange
bedfellows is the Hentai masterpiece, Orgasm Girl. If you were of a
certain age when this hit newgrounds.com, then you’ve played it with one
hand.

N – (Action /
Platformer) I think everyone with a computer has played this game, and
if you haven’t, play it now. it’s a fun, addicting little platformer.
The premise is you’re a Ninja, you have to collect coins, open gates,
and make it to the door. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but the game
is tense. The game reminds me of Comix Zone in that there’s patterns to
memorize and exploit, incredibly tough enemies, and you’re always a
couple of seconds away from dying.

Curve Ball – (3D Pong) –
Giving a third dimension to Pong, Curve Ball plays out like those light
disc battles in the Tron movies. By the sixth level you’re frantic. You
could probably spend a good 40 minutes with this game and not get bored.
The difficulty increases, there’s a score counter, it’s polished, and
the sound effects create a symphony of chaos in the latter levels.
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/games/columns/170414/The-Thrifty-Gamer-1.17.11:-Flash-Games.htm#3bV1kkMRFPSM6jYi.99

Orgasm Girl
(Virtual Pet / Simulation) Mating Japanese erotica and virtual pet
style game play was a bit risky. but what emerged from these strange
bedfellows is the Hentai masterpiece, Orgasm Girl. If you were of a
certain age when this hit newgrounds.com, then you’ve played it with one
hand.

N – (Action /
Platformer) I think everyone with a computer has played this game, and
if you haven’t, play it now. it’s a fun, addicting little platformer.
The premise is you’re a Ninja, you have to collect coins, open gates,
and make it to the door. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but the game
is tense. The game reminds me of Comix Zone in that there’s patterns to
memorize and exploit, incredibly tough enemies, and you’re always a
couple of seconds away from dying.

Curve Ball – (3D Pong) –
Giving a third dimension to Pong, Curve Ball plays out like those light
disc battles in the Tron movies. By the sixth level you’re frantic. You
could probably spend a good 40 minutes with this game and not get bored.
The difficulty increases, there’s a score counter, it’s polished, and
the sound effects create a symphony of chaos in the latter levels.
Read more at http://www.411mania.com/games/columns/170414/The-Thrifty-Gamer-1.17.11:-Flash-Games.htm#3bV1kkMRFPSM6jYi.99

8-ball Pool – Mobile –  This is FREAKING AWESOME, it’s a massively mutliplayer pool game with tournaments, coins, bragging rights, and Facebook integration. It’s a blast.

You win coins which allow you to win more coins, buy different pool cues, or add a special ability or too. Odds are ONE OF US is already playing it because it’s so dang popular. Check it out!

Galaxy On Fire 2 HD – Mobile- “Galaxy on Fire” embraces a pulpy, Flash-gordon-meets-Han-Solo
vibe, where nothing is taken particularly seriously, and the dialog is
there mostly to move you along to the next mission. You can spend
hours taking on escort missions, flying cargo from one planet to
another, clear out asteroids, and escort ships or trade goods.

Thus far there’s no tight quarters to fly
through, no boss-battles…per say, but this could be because I saved up
all my credits for an expensive laser weapon that made every battle I
took part in the intergalactic version of duck hunt.

Occasionally a
mission will require you to disable an enemy ship with an EMP
blast, or fight through hordes on your way to a wormhole, disable the
guns on a capital ship, and there are momentary distractions like
asteroid mining, but alas, so far anyway, nothing has felt climatically
different to separate “big” missions from smaller ones.
 
Galaxy On Fire 2 is completely free, which is astounding. Not only does it feel like a premium product, it feels like a premium console product. It’s graphically beautiful, there’s tons of (somewhat samey) content to explore, and the audio is top-notch as well. So, while Galaxy On Fire’s flame may dim after a few hours of game play, it’s still an exceptional product, and one you’ll always find yourself jumping back into, eager to stoke the flames.

Meat Boy (Platformer)
– This is Mario honed to a point. It’s more vertical and features a
hefty dose of wall jumping, but Meat Boy, like Mario, is capable of
being mastered. The reward is a sense of accomplishment, which is why
games exist in the first place.

Orgasm Girl (Virtual Pet /
Simulation) Mating Japanese erotica and virtual pet style game play was
a bit risky. but what emerged from these strange bedfellows is the
Hentai masterpiece, Orgasm Girl. If you were of a certain age when this
hit newgrounds.com, then you’ve played it with one hand. – Find this one on your own folks, not googling this one.

N
– (Action / Platformer) I think everyone with a computer has played
this game, and if you haven’t, play it now. it’s a fun, addicting little
platformer. The premise is you’re a Ninja, you have to collect coins,
open gates, and make it to the door. I know it doesn’t make any sense,
but the game is tense. The game reminds me of Comix Zone in that there’s
patterns to memorize and exploit, incredibly tough enemies, and you’re
always a couple of seconds away from dying.

Curve Ball – (3D Pong)
– Giving a third dimension to Pong, Curve Ball plays out like those
light disc battles in the Tron movies. By the sixth level you’re
frantic. You could probably spend a good 40 minutes with this game and
not get bored. The difficulty increases, there’s a score counter, it’s
polished, and the sound effects create a symphony of chaos in the latter
levels.

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What? In the face?!

Seriously though,


have you ever been in a fight? 


Did you win? 


Do you generally fear physical confrontation?


Did you try and throw a Stone Cold Stunner and realize that’s really freaking hard to do? 


Do you box, MMA, or Pro Wrestle? Any insights? Things the ‘laymen’ doesn’t understand? 

If you took EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET and had them in a bare-knuckle brawl with no weapons or environmental factors, who’d win?



I”ve been in one fight during 5th grade gym class after this kid I kind of sort of knew kept calling me Piggy (Fuck you, “Lord of the Flies”), got in a gut shot, got popped on the side of head, promptly started crying “A Christmas Story” style, and have been a pacifist ever since.

Which is a shame because I’m highly competitive and think I’d enjoy boxing / contact football / perhaps one day seeing what it’s like to bump around a wrestling ring.

But I have an incredible aversion to getting punched in the face or hurt or popped in the mouth and having all my teeth fall out or something. I guess my flight or fight meter is pointed toward the former. Maybe I need some of them there supplements Stone Cold Steve Austin has been hawking.

What say you, Otters?

This time, I am going to include two “Face Off” shoots and another shoot that is similar but from a different company. The three that I picked are humorous. Here are the choices:

Raven & James Mitchell

http://www.rfvideo.com/faceoffvol8-midnightmadness.aspx

Honky Tonk Man & Missy Hyatt

http://www.rfvideo.com/faceoffvol11-biglipsandshakinghips.aspx

CM Punk & Samoa Joe (From the RoH “Straight Shootin'” Series)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/product/samoa-joe-vs-cm-punk-collectors-edition-2-disc-set

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting Ends Saturday at 7pm.

http://poll.pollcode.com/53613519

Here are your choices

Bill Watts

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithbillwatts.aspx

Ole Anderson

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwitholeanderson1.aspx

Gary Hart

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwitholeanderson1.aspx

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting Ends Saturday at 8pm.

http://poll.pollcode.com/88785522

I thought we could watch a WCW PPV. I have selected three of my favorites to watch that we can comment on in the Saturday Night Thread. Here are the three choices:

Superbrawl II
Starcade 1995
Souled Out 1998

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Friday at noon.

 http://poll.pollcode.com/32586616

Here are your choices:

Scott Hall, Volume 1

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithscotthall.aspx

Diamond Dallas Page

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithdiamonddallaspage1.aspx

Chris Kanyon

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithchriskanyon.aspx

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Saturday night at 8pm.

http://poll.pollcode.com/71191434

In honor of Black History Month, I have selected not three but four African-Americans who have contributed greatly to the wrestling shoot interview genre. All four shoots are entertaining, some more so than others, but all good interviews that are worth a watch. So, here are your choices:

Ahmed Johnson

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithahmedjohnson.aspx

Brickhouse Brown

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithbrickhousebrown.aspx

Koko B. Ware

http://www.rfvideo.com/shootwithkokobware.aspx

New Jack (2013)

http://www.rfvideo.com/newjack-liveanduncensoredshootinterview.aspx

Vote by clicking on the link below. Voting ends Saturday at 8pm.

http://poll.pollcode.com/9634193

With negotiations in place for Sting to work for WWE I felt
the need to reflect upon the storied career of The Man Called Sting.

Let’s turn the clock back to 1985 when Borden started wrestling
in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) with a bleach blond flattop, rat
tail, and face paint and called himself Flash Borden. While in CWA he was
partnered with Jim Hellwig as The Freedom Fighters. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6pFj_dRiQY
) Since they were unable to get over as babyfaces they turned heel, changed
their team’s name to the Blade Runners, and changed their own characters to
Sting and Rock. Unfortunately, the Blade Runners fizzled in CWA so they moved
on to the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF).

Sting’s days as a heel ended when he was attacked by Gilbert
during his match against Terry Taylor. “Gentleman” Chris Adams rescued him then
questioned his loyalty. Sting chose to align himself with Adams and became a
babyface.

From there his star
shined brightly during his segments on World Championship Wrestling. Regularly
he would excite the crowd with what would become his trademark howl.
Additionally the Stinger Splash and Scorpion Deathlock (sharpshooter) became
his trademark moves. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBFZqZ4d4Y)

Throughout the rest of 1988 Sting was embroiled in feuds
with the Four Horsemen among others. At the Great American Bash he teamed with
“The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff to wrestle against NWA World Tag Team
Champions Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson to a time-limit draw. At Starrcade
’88 Sting teamed with Rhodes to face the freshly heel-turned Road Warriors for
the World Tag titles but only won by disqualification (DQ). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNaYbpnBig)

During the main event Sting rescued former adversary Flair
from a post-match beating orchestrated by Terry Funk and Muta. Sting and Flair
would settle that feud with a victory in a Thunderdome cage match at Halloween
Havoc. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAMY_swXQHM)
Subsequently Sting joined Flair, Arn, and Ole Anderson as a member of the Four
Horsemen.

In the show’s main event Sting attempted to climb the cage
to get to Flair; however, he suffered a severe knee injury which not only knocked
him out of action for several weeks but also cost him his title shot at the
WrestleWar ’90 PPV. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN_yLrCvHYM)

Finally upon his recovery Sting defeated Flair for the NWA
World title at the Great American Bash. While the victory seemed predictable the
pop for Sting was tremendous. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI2fN_4s8YI)
At Halloween Havoc Sting defended the World title against Sid Vicious. In a
mysterious twist it appeared that Sting had been pinned; nevertheless, Sting
re-emerged from the back having been tied up and defeated Sid.( http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4of8m_halloween-havoc-1990-sting-vs-sid-v_sport)
 In addition to those shenanigans Sting also
dealt with an enigma called the Black Scorpion.

Less than a month later Sting dropped the NWA World title to
Flair in East Rutherford, NJ, but the loss didn’t take anything away from his
shining stardom. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dGtW31X83s)
In fact at the inaugural SuperBrawl he teamed with Lex Luger to challenge the WCW
Tag Team Champion Steiner Brothers in what turned out to be one of the greatest
matches in wrestling history. (http://www.wwe.com/videos/the-steiner-brothers-vs-sting-and-lex-luger-26009312)

At Starrcade ’91 Sting won the Battlebowl battle royal and
the prize of the #1 contender’s spot to the WCW World title. He would face Lex
Luger at SuperBrawl II and win his first WCW World title. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ssoz_sting-vs-lex-luger-wcw-title_sport)
Interestingly the victory occurred while Sting was involved in a feud with Dangerous
Alliance managed by Paul E. Dangerously. The feud culminated in a WarGames match
at WrestleWar ’92 which was both a bloodbath and a classic. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7btc_01-92-05-17-wargames-wrestlewar_sport)

Later that year at Halloween Havoc Sting would be included
in what some would call a “dream match” with Jake “The Snake” Roberts; however,
WCW supposedly didn’t gimmick the wheel. (http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x142i3_JustPosting_halloween-havoc-1992/1#video=x6pomq)
So they faced off in a Coal Miner’s Glove match, but the dream became a
nightmare in spite of Sting’s victory as the match felt flat. At Starrcade ’92
Sting would avenge his earlier loss to Vader in the final of the King of Cable
tournament.

At SuperBrawl IV Sting was intertwined in a six-man
Thundercage match with “Flyin’” Brian Pillman and “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes
against “Stunning” Steve Austin, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, and “Mr. Wonderful”
Paul Orndorff. Sting’s team won; however, Rude slammed the cage door on Sting’s
face and gave him a Rude Awakening. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPUwUGeJDU)

For Clash of the Champions XXVII WCW wanted to unify their
World titles and pitted Sting against WCW World Champion Flair. Using excellent
psychology on the part of Sherri Martel, Flair defeated Sting. (http://www.wwe.com/videos/ric-flair-vs-sting-clash-of-the-champion-xxvii-wcw-world-and-international-champ-26009634)

Considering the history of bad blood Sting had with Flair
since ’88 he remained skeptical. Surprisingly he gave Flair one last chance
being the nice guy that he is. However nobody ever accused Sting of being smart
allegedly. So, in an angle considered old school even for 1995, Sting tagged
with Flair, but Flair turned on him recreating the Four Horsemen with Brian Pillman,
Arn Anderson, and Chris Benoit.  Definitely
check this out: (http://www.wwe.com/videos/ric-flair-sting-vs-arn-anderson-brian-pillman-halloween-havoc-1995-26009446)

By 1996 Sting began altering his appearance by growing his
hair longer and darker but maintained the face paint. While tagging with Luger
they traded the WCW World Tag Team titles with Harlem Heat. But the best was
yet to come.

Following the formation of the nWo Sting was being courted to
become a member. In fact, the nWo orchestrated a ploy to con WCW wrestlers into
thinking Sting had become a member and attacked Luger; however, Sting was being
impersonated by Jeff Farmer. Since Sting felt he had been besmirched by fellow
WCW wrestlers he walked out in the middle of the WarGames match against the nWo
at Fall Brawl. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74rxa_wargames-fall-brawl-1996-part-2_sport)

As 1997 began Sting joined “blackballed” Randy Savage in the
ring on Nitro to oppose the nWo. On subsequent Nitros Sting and Savage would be
seen in the rafters leading up to SuperBrawl. At the event Savage turned his
back on Sting and joined the nWo. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15yu25_hollywood-hulk-hogan-vs-rowdy-roddy-piper-wcw-heavyweight-title_sport)

Meanwhile Sting periodically repelled from the ceiling to
assist WCW in their war against the nWo. Most times he succeeded; however,
other times they got the best of him. Sting became so popular that WCW decided
to create a mask for Sting fans. These masks would prove to be extremely
popular insomuch as the nWo masqueraded as Sting in high-profile matches. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1nz3s_hogan-vs-piper-hh-97-prt2_sport)

A clean finish by Sting over Hogan was the logical choice
but not the proper choice in order to create controversy in order to keep the
paying customer around longer. In theory this makes sense while in practice the
controversy contained mixed signals. Let’s go over the particulars:

Third, Bret Hart debuted for WCW as a special guest referee
for the Bischoff-Zbyszko match. Upon seeing the “injustice” of the questionable
pin Hart decked Patrick, restarted the match, and counted Hogan’s submission to
give the WCW World title to Sting. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZbjpZQ4S8)

Regardless, at SuperBrawl Sting successfully regained the
WCW World title but again did not dominate Hogan. In a unique twist Savage, who
had been a major player in the nWo, interfered on his behalf tainting Sting’s
win. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CKeFvwA4zU)

In an effort to improve said credibility and maintain strong
ratings, Sting repelled from a helicopter at WCW Spring Break Out ’98 in
Panama, City Beach, FL. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwa4kQI3nZ4)
But the following month at Spring Stampede Sting lost the title to Savage due
to interference by Kevin Nash. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2hvZgcMYE)

Sting would not return to WCW until March 1999 once again in
white and black face paint. The next month at Spring Stampede he wrestled in a
four corners match for the WCW World title against Hogan, Diamond Dallas Page
(DDP), and champion Flair. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2YtxTB27U)
Fifteen days later on Nitro in a great match and ratings ploy Sting would
defeat DDP for the title (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl9443_sting-vs-diamond-dallas-page_sport)
only to lose it back to him in a four-way match that included Goldberg and
Nash. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGjL0hYogM)

In spite of his heel turn the WCW fans didn’t want to
support Hogan in their feud thus making Sting’s turn a flop. Exit Eric Bischoff
and enter Vince Russo. What would transpire for Sting would be storyline over
substance as the rematch for Halloween Havoc became Russo’s first worked shoot
in WCW. Hogan came out in street clothes and laid down for Sting rather than
wrestle him. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21p1y_hogan-vs-sting-hh-99_sport)

In the semi-final Sting lost to Hart due to Luger’s
interference. After the match he shook Hart’s hand to become a babyface again.
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kqgp_wcw-mayhem-1999-sting-vs-bret-hart_sport)
At Starrcade he would face Luger, and despite losing, in a shocking swerve he
showed some intelligence. Sensing Elizabeth’s disloyalty Sting gave her a can,
supposedly of spray paint, but when she turned on him she sprayed silly string
at him instead. (http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/pictures/1999123p018.jpg)

On March 26, 2001 the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro aired.
In the main event Sting faced his long-time nemesis Flair in a lackluster match
with a predictable finish. In spite of that it was a nice nod to WCW history
and the two legends that made WCW great. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x555nb_ric-flair-vs-sting-last-nitro-ever_sport)

From there Sting would sign with TNA. Although his initial
stay was brief, he would return in early 2006 to wrest the NWA World title from
Jarrett. At Hard Justice Christian Cage turned heel and cost Sting the title. However,
at Bound for Glory, Sting successfully defeated Jarrett to win his second NWA
World title. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeY7XSQg2c)
Only 24 days later he would lose the title to Abyss.

In 2008 “The Icon” Sting won the TNA World title from Samoa
Joe with the help of Kevin Nash at Bound for Glory. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfN7RPvuxO4)
Amazingly Sting would hold the title for 189 days until he lost to Mick Foley
at Lockdown 2009 in a “Six Sides of Steel” match. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4becmaXrvM)

On January 4, 2010 during a live edition of Impact Sting was
shown in the rafters in the same fashion as his 1997 stint in WCW. On August 5
Sting donned the nWo Wolfpack red face paint in support of Kevin Nash. On March
3, 2011 Sting defeated Jeff Hardy to win the TNA World title for a third time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMyZXAMsQY)

By this time Sting adopted a more menacing persona similar
to the Joker from The Dark Knight.
His surname would be adjusted to “The Insane Icon.” In fact Styles, James Storm,
Frankie Kazarian, and Robert Roode (dubbed Fortune) along with Angle dressed as
clowns to assist Sting in winning the TNA World title from Mr. Anderson on July
14. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YWfB4_KeU)

For over 25 years Sting entertained fans all over the world
whether it was in the NWA, WCW, WWA, or TNA. While he may not have been the
most technically gifted performer Sting’s charisma and high-impact style carried
him to legendary status. I certainly hope that upon his introduction to WWE
fans that they realize just who “The Icon” truly is.

>

> Appreciate that there's a big difference in scale, sequence of events and the players involved but how does the current revolt for Daniel Bryan these days compare to the "We Want Flair" chants in WCW/NWA during the Jim Herd era? Just in terms of the crowd rejecting the product in front of them in favour of a specific person – the outpouring of support and chants during TV and pay per view. Was it as disruptive and overwhelming as the Bryan stuff is today? I didn't see a lot of that era growing up, was a staunch WWF kid.

>

Not so much in the Herd era, no. Everyone knew Flair was coming back eventually. The real damage was in 1998 when Bischoff tried to fire him and the fan base revolted on live TV every week. THAT was a bigger embarrassment.

Here are your choices:

Dustin Rhodes, Volume 2
Balls Mahoney, Volume 1
Matt Hardy

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Hey Scott,

Do you think the Daniel Bryan situation plays out similar to a Ric Flair scenario where the fanbase vocally starts chanting for him during any segments with Randy Orton and Big Show? Would it possibly culminate in the proposed Randy Orton/Big Show Survivor Series match just getting bludgeoned with “We want Bryan” chants?

-Vintage Gamer