Scott,
Hope you're enjoying the network as much as me. 2 quick questions after watching Bash 89 today.
1. I noticed while watching the credits at the end of the ppv that Jim Herd was executive producer in 1989. I've only heard Jim Herd be universally trashed by any of the talent who worked for the company at that time. 1989 is universally regarded as the golden year for the NWA though. As an aside HH 89 might be the most underrated ppv of all time. Back to the point though, if Jim Herd doesn't deserve any credit for 1989 who does for the direction of the company that year?
2. In place of the awful round robin format, what would you have booked for the top 4-5 matches for Starrcade to top off that year properly?
I doubt any human being alive could possibly enjoy the network on the same level as I do. But you're welcome to try.
1. Ric Flair. Jim Ross. George Scott to a certain degree. Pretty much anyone in the organization, besides Herd, up to and including the janitorial staff and the guy who cut up the little cubes of cheese for the catering trays.
2. Hmm, OK. I think I've tried this one before, but here's my thinking today:
World title: Ric Flair v. Lex Luger. Double turn finish, Luger passes out in the figure-four after the Andersons double-team his knee on the floor, Sting saves to set up that Flair program. Had Barry Windham not been stupid enough to jump to the WWF, I would have put him in here as Flair's opponent and done Luger & Sting v. Andersons instead.
Cage match: Sting & The Andersons v. Buzz Sawyer/Terry Funk/(other J-Tex dude). We assume Funk doesn't turn babyface or retire for this. Andersons turn on Sting afterwards and brutalize him, leading to him making the save for Luger later when they try the same thing on him.
TV title: Great Muta v. Brian Pillman. Because it never happened and this was as good a place as any. Pillman gets the belt here.
Tag titles: The Steiners v. The Road Warriors. You have to have this match at some point!
I'd probably throw some prelim stuff like Doom squashing the Dynamic Douchebags in there and maybe Dan Spivey and Steve Williams beating the shit out of each other, but that's the basics.