Let me start by saying that WWE does a fantastic job with their DVDs. I just finished watching The Ultimate Hulk Hogan Anthology and The Best Of Starrcade and The Rise And Fall Of WCW. All three sets were just incredible. The only complaint I have is the shameless self promotion of, at the time of their release, current WWE stars. There was a match, I didn't watch it, featuring “Stunning” Steve Austin on the Starrcade set. Really? Was a “Stunning” Steve Austin match really worth including in the Starrcade set? I guess some will say the match was there to show him “before he made it”. I guess. Anyway, great DVDs.

Now onto the announcement that TNA will replay Impact on Thursday. Bad move, bad move, bad move. How many viewers did Nitro lose to Raw because of the AM replay? A lot, I would venture to guess. So kill this one, Eric, if you want to challenge on Monday. Kill it and chop of its head. Bad move. I can't say it any simpler than that.

As for the criticism of the legends, let me say this. Since the demise of WCW, this fan, this lifelong fan has been absent from the set during most Mondays--and when I would rather watch Monday Night Football, than Monday Night Raw, the biz has a problem. Hey, I owned both a Hulk Hogan bandanna and a pair of Hitman sunglasses, you know the space age looking ones that Bret would give to some lucky youngster in the crowd? Yeah, I had those. Those were the days. . . . And as I have stated, and am aware, those days are over. I get it. But the stars of today do not pop, not even Cena and Orton, who have much talent. They lack the charisma, the machismo, as Scott Hall would say. And that is not to say I am not hopeful or impressed with their efforts.

In the olden days before the inter-web, a wrestler had to tell a story in the ring. Ric Flair, Bret Hart, even Hulk Hogan could tell a story in the ring. Tell me a story without words. Tell me a story with your body, with your actions. Where are those long comebacks we saw when Hogan, Hart and Flair were in their primes?

Speaking of Hogan. . . I never thought much of Hogan, in the ring, but the guy could tell a story, and we waited for him to “Hulk Up” and make his way back into a match with the big boot and then the big leg drop. I think that was my biggest criticism of the biz when Goldberg and the MMA type guys like Shamrock came in--those guys couldn't tell a story--they just killed who they were wrestling and left. Going full force and beating your opponent to a pulp might make you the king in UFC, but in WWE, it means nothing. And with the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts, where are those guys? You would think it a good gimmick to use, considering the popularity of MMA right now. But I suppose most of those MMA guys figure they can fall back on WWE or TNA, and not the other way around.

Thank you for visiting my corner. Will take mega notes on Monday. Hope to have much insight.