Before we get started, wanted to wish all the dads out there a very happy Father’s Day. My Dad has been gone for over 25 years, and I still miss him every single day. If your Dad is still around, show him some love. At the end of the day we’re all just guys trying to do our best, and a little appreciation goes a long way. That said, let’s roll right into the mailbag…
Chad A kicks us off with…”Worst haircut on a wrestler? I nominate Ric Flair’s Donahue look from 1991″
That hair cut is so awful I’m more distracted by it than the fact they misspelled his name. I don’t know it’s worse, but props to Sheamus for putting his hair up in a manner that had folks chanting “YOU LOOK STUPID” at him for a couple months, and Sean Royal of the New Breed spotted a very horrible one as well.
Rob N wants to know…”Has there ever been something so bad in wrestling, so outrageous, you looked at it and said “no way I’m inducting that”?”
Generally when I see something that evokes such a reaction, I ‘let it play out’ and see where it goes. Then it usually goes some place even dumber and it winds up inducted. So…no?
Sean B ponders…”When will Sting’s worst NJPW match get inducted?”
Ashamed to say I don’t know what that might be…as always, send links!
Joseph comes walking down the street with…”Beatles or Monkees?”
In college, I was a big fan of both. In fact, I wrote a paper about how folks did understand just how big Monkeemania was. Fun fact: in 1967, the Monkees sold more albums than the Beatles. I should note that was the year a little album called Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band came out. I should also mention that while I list it as a fact (and I sure did in my paper), I have no idea if that’s actually correct or not. Anyway, these days I for sure listen to more Monkees than Beatles, but that seems to change with the season.
Rob L is hungry apparently…”Since we’re in the prime days of summer, favorite novelty treat from the ice cream truck that WASN’T a WWF Superstars Ice Cream Bar.
Bonus question: which wrestler not on a WWF Ice Cream Bar should have been on one?”
Even though I like ice cream, I was never a big ice cream truck fan. Give me an actual chocolate (or better yet HOT FUDGE) malt any day of the week!
Simon JL kicks into gear with…”Are you excited for England winning the world cup?”
The only World Cup that has ever held my interest at all would be this one:
That there may be the most underrated pinball machine ever. I’ve owned it twice, and can totally see me buying it again.
Matthew J asks…”Has there ever been an induction you were reluctant about because you knew and liked one of they people involved?”
That’s always a challenge, although generally folks have a pretty good sense of humor about it. Remember: they are just doing what other folks tell them to do. John Tenta didn’t want to be a shark you know, but he wanted to put food on the table for his family so he did it. I always try to keep that in mind anytime something like that comes up.
And we wrap up with Chris S who wants to know…”I was too late last time, so here we go: how do you feel about Mick Foley signing with AEW? The man can still cut a great promo as he proved with MJF; and as my favorite wrestler from the Attitude Era I still feel he can still bring value. I personally don’t need to see him wrestle and I’m afraid he’s seriously hurt himself if he tries; but he clearly still itches to be part of the show.”
I think he could be a great signing, although as is often the case he was there one day and we’ve not seen him since. Maybe he wound up in that ambulance that Shaq went into and we never saw him again. Anyway, Mick would be a fantastic mentor for someone. Think back to the early days of AEW with Arn Anderson in Cody’s corner, that worked very well. Or heck, Jake Roberts shepherding Lance Hoyt around. Heck, one of my all time favorite memories of the company is when the Murderhawk Monster threw some geek through the ceiling tiles and Jake just looking on like even HE couldn’t believe it. That should be Mick’s role. God bless him, it sounds like he’d love to have one last match, but please please no.
And that’s it for this mailbag. Go give Pops some love and we will catch you again soon. Oh, and keep sending those questions in rightchere!