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[quote name='Scorch']Is this a special thing or will they be moving to Monday nights?[/QUOTE]

Its a special for that one Monday night only. Its five of TNA's best most recent PPV matches along with profiles on who is in TNA. In essence this program is aimed more towards people who are looking for a wrestling fix that Monday since RAW is not on. I think someone needs to remind TNA however that there's that show on Fox that is on at the same time too. Something about a guy named Jack Bauer and his continued "worst day of his life" syndrom. I think a few others around here watch it too. Think its called "24." :D

Oh and there has been some mention of an announcement about the March PPV will be made during the broadcast. Something about a new match will be introduced at that show. So I guess that's the hook to get all 1 million of us who watch Impact weekly to tune into the special. ;)
 
Don’t forget – check out the two-hour TNA Wrestling special on SpikeTV on Monday night, February 12!

This Thursday night, TNA Wrestling returns with “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV at 9pm ET, just prior to Sunday’s “Against All Odds” Pay-Per-View! The below is the preview for the huge program:

"TNA: THE ROAD TO AGAINST ALL ODDS” SPECIAL AIRS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT MIDNIGHT
Just hours before next Sunday’s Pay-Per-View, SpikeTV will present the “TNA: Road To Against All Odds” special on Saturday at midnight on SpikeTV! Join hosts Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme for this half-hour special spotlighting all the matches that will be featured at the event, as well as some last-minute news concerning the Pay-Per-View!
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Lots of TNA coming up.
 
[quote name='2Fast']So I'm going to Mega Con in Orlando in a few weeks, and guess who's going to be there?

Wrestling superstar Virgil! :rofl:[/QUOTE]
Take a picture of him sitting there alone or else. It has become a tradition among wrestling fans.
 
Speaking of Virgil, at Gibraltar trade center, which is a flea market of sorts around here, he was there a while back, him and Horace Hogan, and NOBODY WAS IN LINE. So my nephew and I heckled him :lol: I'm surprised we didn't get our asses beat, to be honest :rofl:
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Take a picture of him sitting there alone or else. It has become a tradition among wrestling fans.[/QUOTE]

Sad...

Here's his wikipedia picture:

VirgilWWF.jpg
 
Virgil (and the mention of Horace Hogan) got me in the mood to look up other forgettable WWF/WCW wrestlers, so naturally I looked up "The Disciple" first - I had no fucking clue he was Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Color me surprised.
 
[quote name='2Fast']Virgil (and the mention of Horace Hogan) got me in the mood to look up other forgettable WWF/WCW wrestlers, so naturally I looked up "The Disciple" first - I had no fucking clue he was Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Color me surprised.[/quote]

I have an FMW dvd, and "Horace CPA Boulder(LMAO what a play on his last name)" is on it. And they actually mention Hulk Hogan too. I'm also surprised they got away with a few WWF references, like Foleys "Have a Nice Day" and "BANG BANG."

And that brings me to my next forgettable wrestler- Zach Gowen :lol: Don't ask, first name that popped into my head.
 
Went to the ECW/Smackdown show at SIU tonight. It was pretty good for being a house show. I got Chris Benoit and Elijah Burke's autographs. Benoit had his own signing and then I saw Burke after the show at Denny's, lol. I'll post pics later.
 
Here is how the card played out:

Finlay def Boogeyman

London and Kendrick def Duece and Domino

Kane def King Booka

CM Punk def Matt Striker

Lashley def Kevin Thorn

Chris Benoit def MVP

Monty Brown and Elijah Burke def RVD and Tommy Dreamer

Batista def Mr. Kennedy

I'm sure their is a few matches I left out that I'll remember later. It was a decent house show.
 
fuck it ill post it again when its fixed

wow rodimer doesnt look the same he did in tough enough

cant believe they put eugene over.. is he playin face again?

that last smackdown segment was awesome
 
[quote name='RawisJericho']When does RVD's contract with the WWE expire?[/QUOTE]
This is just off the top of my head, but I think either June or July.
 
[quote name='SIUfan']Went to the ECW/Smackdown show at SIU tonight. It was pretty good for being a house show. I got Chris Benoit and Elijah Burke's autographs. Benoit had his own signing and then I saw Burke after the show at Denny's, lol. I'll post pics later.[/quote]

"Elijah Burke has had over 100 knockouts and would like to order the Rooty Tooty Fresh n' Fruity!"
 
[quote name='neocisco']"Elijah Burke has had over 100 knockouts and would like to order the Rooty Tooty Fresh n' Fruity!"[/quote]

isnt that ihop?
 
[quote name='guyver2077']isnt that ihop?[/quote]
...yes. Crap, there went the joke. Grand Slam doesn't sound as funny.

I can't believe Elijah Burke actually was able to get service at a Denny's since, you know...
he's black.
:whistle2:$
 
[quote name='neocisco']...yes. Crap, there went the joke. Grand Slam doesn't sound as funny.

I can't believe Elijah Burke actually was able to get service at a Denny's since, you know...
he's black.
:whistle2:$[/quote]

Really? Wow... Never knew that... See like Colbert I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them since I have good credit.
 
RVD's deal expires in the summer, and according to the newest Observer, he's given his notice to WWE. He gave it before the Tuesday ECW show, which is why he was jobbed to Holly, and why he wasn't included in the old vs. new ECW feud.
 
[quote name='JaytheGamefan']RVD's deal expires in the summer, and according to the newest Observer, he's given his notice to WWE. He gave it before the Tuesday ECW show, which is why he was jobbed to Holly, and why he wasn't included in the old vs. new ECW feud.[/QUOTE]

What a fool! String them along, make them court you, make them give you all kinds of concessions, blow sunshine up your ass...and then, at the last possible moment, tell them you decline their offer.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']What a fool! String them along, make them court you, make them give you all kinds of concessions, blow sunshine up your ass...and then, at the last possible moment, tell them you decline their offer.[/QUOTE]
Look, the only things RVD plans out in advance are his matches.

Kick, kick, wheel kick, thumbs, rolling thunder, monkey flip, frog splash, unbelievable abdominal pain, pin.

Sometimes, for flavor, he'll toss in "job to Holly or Test" to switch it up. ;)
 
[quote name='mykevermin']What a fool! String them along, make them court you, make them give you all kinds of concessions, blow sunshine up your ass...and then, at the last possible moment, tell them you decline their offer.[/QUOTE]

...and then make sure you're defending your belt in your final match with a promise from management that you'll go out on top ;)
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']...and then make sure you're defending your belt in your final match with a promise from management that you'll go out on top ;)[/quote]

Watch out for RVD winning the X-Division title from Jerry Lynn in early Fall.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']...and then make sure you're defending your belt in your final match with a promise from management that you'll go out on top ;)[/QUOTE]

fuck no. You keep that belt until your contract is over, then job lazily in a match that's used to embarrass the shit out of you, but culminates behind the scenes in you making an easy quarter million dollars.

Jeff Jarrett deserves all the props in the world for doing that, IMO.

Well, brace yourselves, kids, because the amount of jobbing RVD will be doing (he has been, but I mean *who* he's jobbing to) will churn your stomachs for months to come. Keep some pepto handy when you see Matt Striker face RVD. Tell yourself it's worth it.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']fuck no. You keep that belt until your contract is over, then job lazily in a match that's used to embarrass the shit out of you, but culminates behind the scenes in you making an easy quarter million dollars.

Jeff Jarrett deserves all the props in the world for doing that, IMO.

Well, brace yourselves, kids, because the amount of jobbing RVD will be doing (he has been, but I mean *who* he's jobbing to) will churn your stomachs for months to come. Keep some pepto handy when you see Matt Striker face RVD. Tell yourself it's worth it.[/QUOTE]

Yea I give Jeff Jarrett props for that as well. If Vince wouldn't have fucked him over I bet he wouldn't have been such a dick about it.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']fuck no. You keep that belt until your contract is over, then job lazily in a match that's used to embarrass the shit out of you, but culminates behind the scenes in you making an easy quarter million dollars.

Jeff Jarrett deserves all the props in the world for doing that, IMO.

Well, brace yourselves, kids, because the amount of jobbing RVD will be doing (he has been, but I mean *who* he's jobbing to) will churn your stomachs for months to come. Keep some pepto handy when you see Matt Striker face RVD. Tell yourself it's worth it.[/QUOTE]

Actually my comment was in reference to Bret Hart but Jeff Jarret, despite my complete distaste for him, is definetly the way to do it to make out well.

Then there's always what Christian did, drop the belt for free after your contract expires...
 
If Van Dam strung them along, they'd probably just keep him off TV.

Waiting for my Observer to read it for myself, but that does not surprise me at all. At a recent talent meeting, Ace and Vince were yelling at the talent about not going to the gym after they check in at the area. Van Dam asked "well can we go to the gym before we check in?" being a total smartass. You don't do that unless you don't give a shit about your job.

Glad to see he's on the way out, although TNA will waste him too.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']Yea I give Jeff Jarrett props for that as well. If Vince wouldn't have fucked him over I bet he wouldn't have been such a dick about it.[/quote]

...and TNA is born.
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']404 error Guyver.[/quote]

fixed.. its the same link from earlier..

i couldnt get the audio to sync though... which makes it a ton better

the sound of the tag makes it that much funnier

i used to watch that part over and over when i was younger
 
[quote name='guyver2077']fixed...

should be in sync now

there isnt a way for mac's to see wmv's?[/QUOTE]
There is, but it involves installing things, and frankly, I'm lazy.;)
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']
Glad to see he's on the way out, although TNA will waste him too.[/QUOTE]

QFT.

TNA will waste him just like WWE did.

If Kurt Angle can't save TNA, I don't think RVD has a chance in hell of doing it since he's been made to look like a complete chump on WWE for the last few years. I'm also thinking he's going to come into TNA with a huge fucking ego and that might be a problem as well.

All the fans are just waiting for him to show up, so RVD has to do something *epic* or else waves of disappointment will destroy the smarks.
 
Here's my rundown of Wrestling Observer Live tonight. Just a word of warning, this is a LONG post, but has some TNA, RVD, and lots of WSX stuff in it. Kevin Kleinrock of WSX was the guest in the second hour.

The show opened with Dave saying "On Monday, Undertaker will decide whether or not he'll face Bobby Lashley (NO LAUGHING), Cena, or Batista at WrestleMania. He could face Kennedy, who will be facing Batista for the SmackDown title, which he will not win.".

Dave: WWE is hot right now, UFC is hot right now, and there are a million people trying to follow in their footsteps." "Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell started an industry.". "IFL will be on a network that 96% of the country gets, but no one watches.

Bryan: I thought when you mentioned Calvin Ayre, you were going to mention seeing another billboard with just his face on it.
Dave: I don't know how much that cost, but I'm sure I could have come up with a better product that actually promoted his company. The McMahons put their faces on trashcans, which at least mentioned the name of the product, and their network. God, this reminds me of Eyada, and how much money they spent on ads for our show - we could have retired off of it.

Dave: Pride's theme song being played on a UFC broadcast is the equivalent to Nitro's theme playing on Raw in 2001.
Dave: Did anyone ask about the song playing?
Caller: Well, one person did.
Dave: ONE PERSON!?".

Dave: There are some big-time players in the works to buy PRIDE, I'm not sure if Calvin Ayre is one of them, but it wouldn't shock me. Oh God.

Dave: "For 14 years people have been voting for UFC as promotion of the year, and how could it not win? Who else could? Ring of Honor? I don't think Gabe Sapolsky himself would vote for ROH ahead of UFC.". "Boxing is a true sport, UFC is a true sport, and pro wrestling isn't a true sport. There are people who don't like the MMA-wrestling comparison, but that's the business reality of what it really is. UFC is basically the best of pro wrestling, but real, and taking what pro wrestling should have done on its own but didn't.".

Caller: Please pass along a note to WWE to hire the Tallahasee marching band for 'Mania.
Bryan: It's too bad the Spirit Squad's gone... poor Mike Mondo.

"If WSX is around by the time ECW's TV deal is up, they'll keep it going just to fight them. At least we've learned that Vince hated that Lashley vs. RVD vs. Test 3 way. I think it was the show with Punk vs. the teacher. When JBL said that Vince should be president, all I could think is what we'd invade one day, pull out the next, then start testing for steroids, and then only hire the biggest soldiers.". "HHH getting hurt was the best thing possible for WWE short-term. It lit a fire under Shawn Michaels, got heat on Orton and Edge, and he'll come back in 7 months, they'll have even bigger business, and more heat.". "Cena vs. Umaga was a great, great match.". "Kennedy did a good job in that match, but BATISTA IS HORRIBLE. His offense was way off. Was his offense better or worse than his promos? Oh boy... next to Cena... what an expose that was."
Dave: Some people have been comparing Batista to Warrior recently.
Bryan: These people clearly didn't listen to Warrior's podcast!.
"Unfortunately for Batista, "careful" and "being a good worker" are tough to pull off unless you're Shawn or Lawler.". "Vince was mad that RVD and Test didn't make Lashley look good enough in the 3 way, so he decided to run through the program on TV.".

Dave: The Rumble was another hint out of many hints that WWE doesn't want Jim Ross around. He could go to TNA, but that would require TNA to be around, and with all of their cutbacks... oh boy.

Caller: The Test-Lashley match got crapped on by a lot of people.
Bryan: Including me!

Bryan: It's one thing to drop down so you don't get gored, but he did it in a title match, which means he's an idiot, and the belt looks worthless.
Dave: And then he got powerslammed anyway!
Bryan: Like the third match was really important.

Dave: I could tell that people were booing Cena, but it was maybe 10% what it was a year ago.
Caller: There was a guy in front of me, about 40, and he was so excited about Shawn that when he was eliminated, he was hitting his leg with his forearm and his wife had to console him.

Bryan: When you look at what they've done with Undertaker and Batista, and HBK and Edge and Orton, and I can't imagine that this same company is writing ECW.
Dave: Unlike two years ago, where we had one hot HHH-Batista feud, and now we've got the whole top of the card built up strong. It really is a promotion of 100+ being carried by 6. At least there are those people.
Bryan: It's better than trying to get EVERYBODY OVER on TNA.
Dave: Yup, and then you end up having no one being special.

Caller: I hope that RVD goes to TNA, then TNA folds because he's an idiot. He gets the WWE title and then blows it for smoking weed.
Dave: HOLD ON! Bryan, how many guy do you think have... something... on them driving back from a show.
Bryan: ...Some. It was dumb. Not the dumbest thing ever, but dumb.
Dave: I've seen so much worse, like guys going 110, and out of their minds. I'm not defending him, because his attitude towards the cops and Vince didn't help. What about Hogan, Warrior, or Shawn? Do you think that Shawn was a clean liver before finding Christianity? All of these men were champions.
Bryan: I think he's going to end up in WWE.
Dave: If he goes to TNA, they'll do the same thing with him that they've done with everyone else - maybe get one buyrate, and I don't think he's anywhere near as big a star as Kurt.
Same Caller: Hey Dave, I called you six years ago and said that Bigelow had died in a car crash. Did I have anything to do with him dying?
Dave: No, that was uncool. Bye.

Caller: Who's Lashley facing for Mania and will he pin them the week before on TV?
Dave: The idea I get is that if Marcus Cor Von gets over, he'll get the spot.
Bryan: So... we'll be getting someone from another brand to face him.
Dave: Holly might have a

Caller: Why has TNA been plugging Brock and Goldberg?
Bryan: It's called getting people's expecations up so you can't deliver.
Dave: You might as well promise Michael Jordon or God.
Bryan: God? That'd be too current for TNA.
Dave: And it might turn some people off.

Caller: What's it mean that Dana's using the PRIDE theme?
Dave: Because Dana thinks he's got the company. Otherwise, he'd be plugging the competition, so he must not view them as competition anymore.

Bryan: Here's your sports report here on Wrestling Observer Live. The Colts are ahead in the third quarter.
Caller: You guys are way ahead of the curve as far as covering MMA, and it reminds me of '88/'89 when people were pro wrestling fans. Will it last?
Dave: That's the million dollar question. If I look at history, and all I can look at is Japan, Japan had a bunch of stars, but then it died out, now it's not hot, but if they can continue to create new stars, they'll make it. If they're covered as a real sports, they can hold on a lot longer, as you're 'in'.
Bryan: I think the thing with UFC is, unless they do something crazy, I don't see a giant collapse. They have a similar business model to WWE - they aren't spending a ton of money, that they'll be fine.
Dave: BUT, if they buy PRIDE, they'll risk spreading themselves too thin.
Caller: It's getting to the point where I'm hooked on MMA and almost feel like I can miss wrestling. I just don't want the bubble to burst.
Dave: Remember the Who wants to be a Millionaire? show? When they find something hot, they run it into the ground. 2-3 years ago, you couldn't get MMA on TV, but when Ultimate Fighter became a hit, TV people suddenly cared about it.
Caller: Was the UFC show last night in HD?
Bryan: I don't think so, as no one with cable got it in that, but DirecTV people did.
Caller: What's the feeling in TNA now that WSX got a 1.0 right out of the gate and they struggled for years to get that?
Dave: Kevin Kleinrock will be on shortly, and we'll address that.

Kleinrock is now on the show.

Dave: Kevin, how many times will the show be on?
Kevin: I'm not sure, but I think we got 14 airings between MTV and MTV 2. We do have a regular Friday night slot at 11 PM, which I believe will be the 'sneak preview' night.

Bryan: Are they looking at just Tuesday's ratings or are they looking at all of them.
Kevin: Well, he hit our audience expectations, and they're very happy with our Friday and Tuesday ratings. They want programs that replay well and air well on their first national airings.
Dave: What goals do you have? What next? Do you want to do merchadise? Touring? PPV?
Kevin: It's all been discussed, but our focus is just on getting this first season into getting the first season on TV, and making it the best it can be. We're finishing the post production on the last two episodes now. There's potential that we'll come back much much sooner from most MTV from our next season break. Merchandise, touring, and PPVs are in the future. I think you'll see more indy shows with WSX talent than you'll see anything MTV-authorized with it, as they're a TV company. Since there hasn't been somthing like us before, that's a TV show first, the focus is just going to be the next step television-wise.
Dave: How challenging is putting together a 30 minute show? TNA feels rushed because they try to cram tons of stuff into just one show? You're trying to do three matches and do character development?
Kevin: We've got about 19 1/2 minutes tops, which gives us maybe 18 minutes to get in exactly what we want. The pilot was set up to be an airable pilot, but it was also done in mind to bring MTV the most crazy and spectacular stuff we've ever seen. Some of the insane stuff you saw there will give way to more character development and wrestling. We'll probably never have 15 minute matches on the show. If people are left wanting more every week, you're basically giving a sampler on TV, which will make it more worthwile to spend your money on a house show or a PPV, where you won't walk away saying "eh, that wasn't anything I couldn't have seen on TV". The short matches on TV will make those shows special. We're very lucky to have the 30 minute WSXtra show online, as we can have more character development and more lengthy matches.

Bryan: Was there anything you learned from the first set of tapings that you incorporated into the second:
Kevin: Well, other than getting Jack Evans his omellete... no. Even Waltman and Vampiro, who have been touring for years, were taxed by having to do 10 tapings basically at once. We were lucky to have escaped without any injuries really, and making adding 1-2 days to work on the non-in-ring promos would be helpful. For the most part, it was a structure that was kind of a necessity given our deal with MTV and our production on the show. It ended up being easier than a lot of people expected, and some folks wondered after a couple of days how they were just going to get through that week. It made for a week that went by pretty fast, and was exhausting.

Caller: What waits longer to reach its climax...
Dave: I got him pretty quick.

Caller: WSX is great, but you guys need more deathmatch workers.
Kevin: What about Mr. California? I think the "next generation pro wrestler superstars" of Human Tornado and Jack Evans will be key to our success on MTV, and I think we're providing something you aren't seeing anywhere on WWE or TNA. Because of the time constraints we're under, this new highspot-heavy style is going to be important to us. As far as the deathmatch stuff, there's a large number of hardcore matches, but we're under strong guidelines of what we can and can't do, even more restrictive than TNA on Spike, so we've got to find a more spectacular way to do our violent stuff so it isn't so violent We've got a pirhana deathmatch, a time bomb death match, and some other hardcore stuff coming up.

Dave: What did MTV want out of this? They had wrestling on a couple years ago with WWE, but what kind of things did they want?
Kevin: Really, the difference between us and what they did with WWE, is that WWE handed them a program and they just threw it on TV - they didn't feel it was an MTV program, it wasn't developed by them, it was just part of the Sunday night block there, and I'm not sure that executives ever watched it, and it seems like something they just had to do. When Justin Roberts and I brought the show to them, and said that had it not been for MTV and the stuff in '84, wrestling wouldn't have become what it has become, and yet there hasn't been an MTV wrestling product, so this is our vision of what wrestling could be on MTV. By the time we left their office and arrived to ours, we got a call saying that wanted to do a pilot. One of the major reasons they wanted it is so they could bring some male eyeballs to the network since most of their shows have female-heavy viewer demographics. At first, they didn't know what to expect from us and we didn't know what to expect from us, but after a few days, they knew what we were trying to do and they 'got' us. I think that 95% of the suggestions they've made have actually helped us overall to make sure that the show can be enjoyable so someone who 'gets' pro wrestling and those who don't, and maybe need their hands held for story progression. They want to make sure that the show doesn't offend or alienate die-hard wrestling fans, and while there are some folks who think we're the antithesis of pro wrestling due to short matches, I think they'll so more of a wrestling how as the season progreses. They'll always say with their changes "only do them if they makes sense to you or wrestling fans" - they're very supportive of us and pro wrestling fans.
Dave: What did you say when you knew they'd slotted you against ECW?
Kevin: Well, it was exciting to just have a timeslot, and then seconds later, I realized that it's when ECW's on, and their stance was that they didn't put it on there just to oppose it - it was just done there to fit the Tuesday block, so they aren't going to worry about it.
Dave: Did you tell them how Vince thinks?
Kevin: Well, they actually watched ECW.
Bryan: That's too bad for them.
Kevin: The subject that I got from one of the execs was "... ECW sucks"
Bryan: Well, he got it.

Caller: Any luchadores coming in?
Kevin: There are some guys we want, but since WWE likes to sign guys who aren't under contract, I don't want to say who we do or don't have under contracts. I think that international could be a big part of WSX, as it's on MTV, which IS the biggest network in the world. If we were on every network they're on, we'd be in even more countries than WWE. It's not unusual for TV shows to not air at the same time across the world, but it is unusual for wrestling, so hopefully we'll be able to merge all of these storylines together and present a unified worldwide project. Just so people know, MTV never confirmed to us that they'd be airing us at the same time across the world.

Dave: The age group you're going for is different than WWE, as they're trying to get everyone, and TNA... who I'm not sure they're trying to get, but I'll ask them someday. As for your demographics, it seems like the 18s to 24s are into the show.
Kevin: MTV considers themselves a 12-34 network, which is the primary reason why their standards and practices standards are different.
Bryan: Is it odd that this list isn't okay but man eating fish are?
Kevin: Their concern is how easy it is to imitate, and since boxes of live wires and boxes of pirhanas aren't just found in peoples' backyards, they're okay. Every stunt we do is approved on paper, but just because it's approved on paper, doesn't mean it's been approved for air, which can cause some problems if we end up having to clean something off the show. There's one example of that, and it'll be very clear in the weeks to come what it was.

Dave: Kevin, in how many weeks to you expect to hear what's next?
Kevin: Honestly, I don't know. Finding out something soon would be WONDERFUL, but I do anticipate knowing something sooner rather than later. Right now, I know we have 10 episodes that'll air until the Tuesday after 'Mania, and we'll know within the next 30 days whether we'll be coming back sooner rather than later, and whether we'll get a shorter break, no break, or a longer break. Hopefully all goes well and people keep watching on Tuesday nights and we show them that it's a good idea for the network.
 
Thanks for that post Jay.

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A classic Rumble. The beginning is awesome.
 
I contacted the professor who's teaching a course on American Pro Wrestling at MIT. I'm not confident I can divulge much of the information on it, but I can say that I would commute to Cambridge to attend this class.

Aside from having read most of the works on the syllabus, the class requires reading of the Observer (available at the MIT library!), viewing of many many videos, and several surprising guest lecturers. It's about 6 hours in-class per week, and it looks to be a very thought provoking and challenging class (despite my interest in the subject matter).
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I contacted the professor who's teaching a course on American Pro Wrestling at MIT. I'm not confident I can divulge much of the information on it, but I can say that I would commute to Cambridge to attend this class.

Aside from having read most of the works on the syllabus, the class requires reading of the Observer (available at the MIT library!), viewing of many many videos, and several surprising guest lecturers. It's about 6 hours in-class per week, and it looks to be a very thought provoking and challenging class (despite my interest in the subject matter).[/quote]

6 hours in class for a Sociology elective? Weird.
 
The first 5 minutes or so of that Rumble was one of the top 5 mark-out moments ever for me. First I get to see Demolition - far and away my favorite team...I was Smash for Halloween one year and Crush the next (Ax was gone by then) - FIGHT EACH OTHER, then I get to see them take on Andre The Giant (another favorite from childhood), and kick his ass no less.
 
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