It's only now in retrospect that I kind of agree with Rick Rubin on this band/record being a "Yardbirds -> Zeppelin"-type scenario. I'm of course biased because it was the best summer of my life so far

Yo I coincidentally found out about those yesterday! Someone mentioned they abandoned the Shockwave filing, and I went down the rabbit hole. Some very, very intriguing stuff pending.

Hard agree!!

💯 - ive always had a theory that the tarantula scream on the attic stairs in part 1 tested really well with audiences and they were like "We gotta double down on that shit immediately"

Ha, same path and period for me, too (though I think I miiiiiiiight be ~2-3 years older than you)! Good f'n times

Pictured: an angry God

I used to spend a lot of time at PWO! I didn't participate much (more of a DVDVR loyalist) but I highly recommend the yearbooks and tourney archives. Even the old, old stuff is highly interesting to read

You brave soul

I still have to finish cause I didn't start it til 1, but I'm really looking forward to Leila/Adora. I thought Mortos/Gravity was a great one to open with even if I wish they went longer (and it was the perfect set-up for Ian & Caprice to get into hype mode for the world title match)

"...now go get your fuckin' shine box!"

I'm very disappointed none of you said The Beast Mortos yet

Wow I had no idea they made an ECW game after HCR, I have zero clue how I missed that

This would 150% be my use of him as well. I said pretty much the same exact thing the other day but with the caveat he follows basically the same path as post-TNA/WWECW Archer (or say, Trent, Cody, or others) and does the Indies/NJ for some time to get comfortable (and better) outside the machine

I will spend money on this based on the render of the old set in the ad alone

ACCURATE

I love good/bad COD names in a "people watching" sort of way, too - the more oddly specific, the better. I was matched up with a person over the weekend named "JayZsBottomLip" lol

I read this as Sean Waltman and spent 3-5 seconds blank staring