Tuesday, August 31, 2021

What's WWE Asking Price and the Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship

*Blog post was started on August 19, 2020.

And I guess we are back to rewriting wrestling history. The Facebook comments have not been read yet in regards to my statement about the Taliban's return to power, but the numbers indicate that either my opinion means something to some, or I just provided a great title with "Purple George W. Bush and Ironic Inevitability". Here is to hoping it was the latter. Explaining the Brolin/Bush/Thanos Venn Diagram to my ex was a bit of a challenge.

Speaking of challenges, WWE keeps ducking me when it comes to pulling title change triggers. I do not want to ever not seem excited about a Shinsuke Nakamura title win, but at the expense of Apollo Crews. Crews never appeared to be 6'1". With two seven-foot Nigerians, this leaves me worrying that he maybe sent to free agency.

With the planned restructuring of NXT, I worry that Nick Khan is done with experimenting and is prepping Vince McMahon to sell the company. How can you undercut your family? Revamping Triple H's vision for more of the same just indicates to me that the promotion should be put on the market. If Vince McMahon wants to bury the concept of pro-wrestling, selling it would finalize that.

I guess that might kill the Disgruntled's Real Championship Wrestling blog. The answer to all questions about undisputed champions would be whoever held the AEW version. Fortunately, this blog has been focusing of the past primarily, so until I have all those answers, the past will continue to set me free.

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The Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

NWA's Don Kernodle & Ivan Koloff (8/25/84 to 10/20/84)
NWA's Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez (10/20/1984 - 3/18/1985)
WWF's Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham (3/18/85 to 3/31/85)
WWF's The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (3/31/85 to 6/17/85)
WWF's Mike Rotundo (2) & Barry Windham (2) (6/17/85 to 8/24/85)
WWF's Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine (8/24/1985 to 4/7/1986)
AWA's Scott Hall & Curt Hennig (4/7/86 to 5/17/86)
AWA's Doug Somers & Buddy Rose (5/17/1986 to 1/27/1987)
NWA's Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (2) (1/27/87 to 5/26/87)
AWA's Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov / Doug Somers (2) (5/26/87 to 10/11/87)
AWA's Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee (10/11/87 to 10/19/87)
AWA's Dr. D aka Carl Styles & Hector Guerrero (10/19/87 to 10/26/87)
AWA's Jerry Lawler (2) & Bill Dundee (2) (10/26/87 to 10/30/87)
WWF's Tito Santana & Rick Martel (10/30/1987 to 3/27/1988)
NWA's Lex Luger & Barry Windam (3) (3/27/88 to 4/20/88)
AWA's Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka (4/20/88 to 3/25/89)
AWA's Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans (3/25/89 to 9/18/89)
NWA's Jimmy Garvin & Michael P.S. Hayes (9/18/89 to 11/1/89)
AWA's Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos (11/1/89 to 8/11/90)
AWA's D.J. Peterson & The Trooper (The Patriot) (8/11/90 to 1/12/91)
NWA's Ron Simmons & Hacksaw Butch Reed (1/12/91 to 2/24/91)
USWA's Jerry Lawler (3) & Jeff Jarrett (2/24/91 to 3/26/91)
AJPW's Terry Gordy & Dr. Death Steve Williams (3/26/91 to 4/18/91)
AJPW's Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (4/18/91 to 7/6/91)
AJPW's Terry Gordy (2) & Dr. Death Steve Williams (2) (7/6/91 to 7/24/91)
USWA's Jeff Jarrett (2) & Robert Fuller (Col. Robert Parker) (7/24/91 to 9/28/91)
NWA's Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko (9/28/91 to 11/19/91)
NWA's Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11/19/1991 to 1/16/1992)
NWA's Arn Anderson (2) & Bobby Eaton (1/16/92 to 5/3/92)
WWF's IRS (Mike Rotundo) (3) & Ted DiBiase (5/3/92 to 7/20/92)
NWA/WCW's Terry Gordy (3) & Steve Williams (3) (7/20/92 to 9/21/92)
NWA/WCW's Barry Windham (3) & Dustin Rhodes (2) (9/21/92 to 11/18/92)
NWA/WCW's Ricky Steamboat (2) & Shane Douglas (11/18/92 to 3/27/93)
USWA's Scotty (Raven) Flamingo & Brian Christopher (3/27/93 to 3/29/93)
AJPW's Terry Gordy (4) & Dr. Death Steve Williams (4) (3/29/93 to 5/20/93)
WWF's IRS (Mike Rotundo) (4) & Ted DiBiase (2) (5/20/93 to 6/14/93)
USWA's Rex King (Timothy Well) & Steve Doll (Steven Dunn) (6/14/93 to 6/21/93)
USWA's New Jack & Homeboy (6/21/93 to 7/5/93)
USWA's C.W. Bergstrom & Melvin Penrod Jr. (7/5/93 to 8/2/93)
NWA/WCW's Steve Austin & Brian Pillman (8/2/93 to 8/18/93)
USWA's Bonecrusher/Dogcatcher #1 & Crowbar/Dogcatcher #2
(8/16/93 to 9/6/93)
NWA/WCW's Arn Anderson (3) & Paul Roma (9/6/93 to 9/19/93)
AJPW's Ted DiBiase (3) & Stan Hansen (2) (9/19/93 to 11/13/93)
NJPW's Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton (11/13/1993 to 1/4/1994)
NJPW's Power Warrior (Kensuke Sasaki) & Hawk Warrior (Road Warrior Hawk) (1/4/94 to 11/25/94)

The Interim Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

WCW's Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) & Kevin Sullivan (May 22, 1994 to July 17, 1994)
WCW's Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma (7/17/94 to 9/25/94)
WWF's Shawn Michaels & Diesel (Kevin Nash) (9/25/94 to 11/23/94)

The Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship Title History:

WCW's Marcus Alexander (Buff) Bagwell & The Patriot (2) (11/23/94 to 12/8/94)
NJPW's Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh (The Great Muta) (12/8/94 to 5/6/95)
WWF's Owen Hart, Yokozuna & Davey Boy Smith (5/6/95 to 9/25/95)
WCW's Marcus Alexander (Buff) Bagwell (2) & Scotty Riggs (9/25/95 to 9/27/95)
USWA's J.C. Ice (James Dundee) & Wolfie D (Slash) (9/27/95 to 10/28/95)
ECW's 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman (10/28/95 to 12/29/95)
ECW's Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) (2) & Mikey Whipwreck (12/29/1995 to 2/3/1996)
WCW's Sting and Lex Luger (2) (2/3/96 to 6/24/96)
USWA's Flex (The Rock) Kavana & Bart Sawyer (6/24/96 to 7/1/96)
USWA's Jerry Lawler (4) & Bill Dundee (3) (7/1/96 to 7/8/96)
USWA's Flex (The Rock) Kavana (2) & Bart Sawyer (2) (7/8/96 to 7/15/96)
USWA's Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine (7/15/96 to 8/5/96)
NWA/W*ING's Mr. Gannosuke & Tarzan Goto (8/5/96 to 9/22/96)
WWF's Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996 to 5/26/1997)
WWF's Shawn Michael and Steve Austin (2) (5/26/97 to 7/14/97)
WWF's Dude Love (Mick Foley)(3) and Steve Austin (3) (7/14/97 to 9/7/97)
USWA's J.C. Ice (James Dundee) (2) & Wolfie D (Slash) (2) (9/7/97 to 10/18/97)
ECW's Tracy Smothers & Little Guido Maritato (October 18, 1997 to December 5, 1997)
ECW's Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon (12/5/97 to 12/6/97)
ECW's Chris Candido & Lance Storm (December 6, 1997 to June 27, 1998)
WWF's Steve Austin (4) & The Undertaker (6/27/98 to 8/10/98)
WWF's Kane & Mankind (Mick Foley)(4) (8/10/98 to 8/30/98)
WCW's Scott Hall & The Giant (Paul Wight) (8/30/98 to 10/25/98)
WCW's Rick Steiner & Buff Bagwell (3)/Kenny Kaos (10/25/98 to 1/7/99)
WWF's Ken Shamrock & The Big Boss Man (1/7/99 to 1/25/99)
WWF's Owen Hart (3) & Jeff Jarrett (3) (1/25/99 to 4/5/99)
WWF's Kane (2) & X-Pac (4/5/99 to 5/25/99)
WCW's Raven (2) & Perry Saturn (5/25/99 to 5/31/99)
WCW's Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow (5/31/99 to 6/8/99)
WCW's Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn (2) (6/8/99 to 6/13/99)
WCW's Diamond Dallas Page (2), Chris Kanyon (2) & Bam Bam Bigelow (2) (6/13/99 to 8/14/99)
ECW's Little Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney (8/14/99 to 9/3/99)
WWF's The Rock (3) & Mankind (5) (9/3/99 to 9/9/99)
ECW's Raven (2) & Tommy Dreamer (9/9/99 to 1/9/2000)
WCW's David Flair & Crowbar (Devon Storm) (1/9/00 to 1/18/00)
ECW's Lance Storm (2) & Justin Credible (1/18/00 to 3/7/00)
ECW's Tommy Dreamer (2) & Masato Tanaka (3/7/00 to 3/10/00)
ECW's Raven (3) & Mike Awesome (3/10/00 to 3/12/00)
WCW's Lance Storm (3) & Justin Credible (2) (3/12/00 to 4/22/00)
WCW's Shane Douglas (2) & Buff Bagwell (3) (4/22/00 to 5/15/00)
NWA's Curtis Thompson (Firebreaker Chip) & Drake Dawson (5/15/00 to 8/15/00)
NWA's David Young & Rick Michaels (8/15/00 to 2/3/01)
WCW's Sean O'Hare & Chuck Palumbo (2/3/01 to 8/7/01)
WWF/WCW Kane (3) & The Undertaker (8/7/01 to 9/25/01)
WWF/WCW Booker T & Test (9/25/01 to 10/8/01)

Bridging the Space Between Gnarly and Hella Men's Doubles World Championship

The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.