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[split decision]

Apparently Vader has actually slimmed down, according to J.R.'s blog:

"Loved the return of Vader on Raw. Leon White aka Vader has lost a bunch of weight after getting north or the 400 pound mark and looked to be 330ish the last time that I saw him which was down in Tampa a few weeks ago. Vader's son is 'Jake Carter' who is one half of the Florida Tag Team Champions along with Cory Graves."

[Cbear]

After years of trying, vince has finally bought the old Bill watts Mid South tape collection. That was the last great collection he didnt own. Watts was a booking genius of old style southern rasslin. He hated high flying strangely enoghh.

[dhk1980]

I really liked him back in the day. His work was stiff as hell, especially in Japan and WCW. WCW once brought him and Stan Hansen to do one of their puro style strong matches and it was brutal as hell as they beat each other up. Vader once broke a jobbers back in WCW with the power bomb. And of course he got his own eye popped out in Japan during a match (on youtube). I really liked when he used to wear the monster head thing.

are u serious?? dang.. i'm scared to look.

[Cbear]

are u serious?? dang.. i'm scared to look.

At the 2.15 mark Hansen starts throwing left hands and Vader is hurt. He ties up with Hansen to try and hide him working on his eye. Then he takes Hansen down and wipes at his right eye.. Then he rips his mask off and the crowd gasps in shock at his mutilated right eye. He took a massive Chxck Liddell eye poke most likely.

[split decision]

At the 2.15 mark Hansen starts throwing left hands and Vader is hurt. He ties up with Hansen to try and hide him working on his eye. Then he takes Hansen down and wipes at his right eye.. Then he rips his mask off and the crowd gasps in shock at his mutilated right eye. He took a massive Chxck Liddell eye poke most likely.

Reminds me of when you boil an egg too long and it bubbles out of the shell.

[Cbear]

Hansen/Vaders many strong style matches were more brutal than most mma real fights. They were the modern equivilent of classic Johnny Valentine/Wahoo McDaniel matches meaning they went full force beating the **** out of each other even though it was worked rasslin.

[HugeMMAFan]

After years of trying, vince has finally bought the old Bill watts Mid South tape collection. That was the last great collection he didnt own. Watts was a booking genius of old style southern rasslin. He hated high flying strangely enoghh.

What the **** would Vince need it for? To hog for royalties?

[Cbear]

What the **** would Vince need it for? To hog for royalties?

for the WWE tv channel they have had planned for years plus to be able to do do historical dvd releases. A ton of great names worked for Bill Watts early in their career: Sting, Jake the Snake Roberts, Kamala, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Ultimate Warrior, Terry Taylor, Ted DiBiase, Steve dr Death Williams, Rock and Roll Express, Fantastics, Sheepherders, and many others.

Beyond Vinces greed, at this point the WWE has become the curator of wrestling history by purchasing all the existing tape libraries. Most of them were simply rotting away until Vince bought them and is restoring them to make a buck off of. Alot of the greatest wrestling was simply erased as tv stations back then didnt save and archive wrestling shows, they reused the tapes week to week.

[split decision]

No Way Out: Cena beats Big Show in a cage match and then gives Johnny Ace an Attitude Adjustment through the fabled Spanish announcers table.

Yes!!!

Vince fires Laurinaitis.

Biggest waste of time: Ryback squashes Dan Delaney and Rob Grymes ON A PPV! What the hell? This slow build is getting annoying.

[craftjl]

Took kids to watch PPV at BWWs. Can't believe how dead and not into the PPV the patrons were. Very disappointed in the show. A lot of bathroom break matches with Ryback squash, tuxedo match and divas match. Although I love tag team matches, none of these teams have been given enough character development on raw or smack down so I found myself thinking why do I care about these guys. I hate how they have slowed down Sin Caras wrestling style to be consistent with WWEs style and storytelling style of matches but problem is these guys have no character development so this falls under the "why should I care" match. Then the main event. Did not like the random wrestlers coming out. Do not feel the Funkasoraus should be involved in the main event in such a major role.