NWA: Total Nonstop Action #23 & #24 Watch Along

[Sky]

1985 - Mike Von Erich suffers brain damage. WCCW promotes it as a miracle and rushes him back to the ring as soon as possible to capitalise on it

 

[Chris]

All deserving I'm sure. I think one was even "exploiting the near death of xxx" and then a couple years later "exploiting the death of [same guy]" don't remember who though, probs one of the Von Erichs

 

[Chris]

Ah yeah was it Mike?

 

[Sky]

1985 - WCCW promotes Chris Adams' KAYFABE blinding as being equivalent to the Actual Fucking Death of Gino Hernandez

 

[Sky]

1987 - the Mike and David Von Erich Memorial Show, with overpriced tickets and lady mud wrestling

 

[Sky]

1988 - Fritz's fake heart attack, after so many Von Erichs have actually died, tasteless as fuck

 

[Chris]

In that Fritz's ones defense I do tend to overlook "tastelessness" when the people it's more likely to offend are okay with it AKA Fitz himself since all his sons were dying. He booked it I assume

 

[Sky]

The Briscoes worked last episode?? I hate that I missed that, it sounds wild

 

[Chris]

They're boring af tbh

 

[Chris]

Nothing like the Briscoes we know

 

[Ricky Smarks]

With Tenay's acting on commentary right now, wouldn't surprise me if he asked Piper to shoot on Russo.

 

[Chris]

He at least approves it lol

 

[Chris]

Don West wants a 3 on 3 match with Red and Trinity included with these 2 teams

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Interesting that press release does make it sound like the entire segment as a shoot. Which I guess makes it a mire surreal piece of television.

 

[Chris]

Trinity is like their muscle lol