Like so many of you, thinking of Blade a lot now on the anniversary of his passing. Still so hard to believe my friend has been gone all these years. I appreciate everyone’s kind words for sure. I know I’m not the only one who misses him dearly…my heart is with you all. Hopefully this TRIP…to the mailbag will bring us all some joy.
Thomas M kicks us off with our friend in mind…”Knowing Blade’s ties to Troma, do you have any interest in seeing the Toxic Avenger reboot coming out in August?”
That is so far outside my wheelhouse, but yeah, I think I will likely catch it at some point just to honor Blade.
Craig B wants to know…”Is there a modern day wrestler who is an instant channel-changer for you?”
Charlotte Flair tops my list. Also anytime I hear Michael Cole’s voice, I immediately walk away. Cannot even fathom he is still around.
Kurt L asks…”Do titles mean anything anymore or are they really just props?” and Arya W follows along with “What does being the World Champion really mean in this day and age? Everyone knows wrestling isn’t on the up and up and very few individual wrestlers are actual draws vs the company is the draw and most of the time you can’t even say the champion is the best or most over guy in the company”
They mean less than ever. I mean, when every company has like 40 belts how important are they really? Only championships that mean anything would be the single top belt in the promotion. That should 100000% be your top guy, which WWE has with Cody and AEW will hopefully have with Ospreay come All In. Other than that, these belts are all white noise and pointless.
Ron M ponders…”What’s your “favorite” Hulk Hogan lie?”
Probably the most recent one he told, which may have been like five minutes ago. Off the top of my head the one where Hulk saw Harley Race burn a WWF ring to the ground is hard to top though.
Jeremy W brings up my favorite show ever with…”What’s your take on the era of Prime Time where Piper hosted with Gorilla and Brain? Sometimes he seems so unsuited to hosting and sometimes his work with Bobby was amazing. Remember when he beat up the Brain dressed as Santa to finish his tenure? Good times.”
I think you hit the nail on the head, as it was wildly uneven. You could tell Roddy would sometimes step all over Bobby and The Brain would just lay out to give Piper his chance to talk. With all that said, some of my favorite PTWs ever were with Piper on there. The Halloween episode where Piper dressed as Bobby, Bobby dressed as The Genius, and Gorilla became Brother Hate (Love) is my go to when I need a laugh during a bad day. Brother Love himself showing up to get KO’ed with a pumpkin is must see.
Joseph is downing a few with…”What would Hulk’s beer be called, if he never switched his theme to “Real American”? Real Orange? Not Real?”
Not sure about today, but had that thing been out in 1994 I am positive Thunder Brau would be on store shelves, brother. Or maybe it’s Brewther. I’ll show myself out.
James B asks…”After seeing Moxley get impaled by a spiked bat, my first thought was “this year’s Gooker winner is already set”. Have there been any previous winners where you immediately just knew the minute you saw it, it would win?”
If that’s the Gooker winner this year it’s gonna be a pretty good year. The thing Mox did was completely idiotic of course, but at this point I expect nothing less. In fact, I am legitimately scared at what he and Swerve may come up with at Dynasty. Let us all pray they don’t take the idea of a DEATH MATCH as a literal challenge.
Charles B wraps us up with…”Worst wrestler, Ted Arcidi or Giant Gonzalez?”
THAT is the question of a lifetime. I am now depressed when never got that one. The stuff dreams are made of!!
That’s it for this mailbag, but I will be doing a special article this Tuesday as it will be, no joke, the 25th Anniversary of WrestleCrap.com!