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Ship date 7/30, they are def taken down, if the were sold out I believe they would still be searchable but show as "pre-order, sold out"

It's the x-men set I bought 1 Cyke, 1 Stryfe, & 2 each of Storm & Mags

That Adonis is a thing of beauty, it truly is adorable!!!

I took advantage of a glitch that allowed me to get all 8 at the same time, it was pretty cool.

Good: Fawkes, Star Cross
Neutral: RL-3, Butch
Evil: Jericho, Clover
Doesn't Matter: Charon, Dog Meat

I pre-ordered them from spamS with an estimated arrival date of July back in June. Still waiting on half of what I ordered. Apparently they are REALLY hard to come by. But spamS's prices are too good to cancel the pre-orders and go the ebay route. At this point the pre-orders I made back in the spring that had a summer ETA now have a December ETA, so fingers are crossed.

Good eyes on the Angel wings, yes those are the new wings

It's May 1988, and WM IV is in the books! Randy Savage is reigning World Champion, and Honkytonk Man escaped with the I/C belt. The WWF has decided to add a third singles title, lesser in presteige than the IC belt. To introduce it, they've set up a 16 man tournament to crown the very first WWF TV Champion! Things to keep in mind:

1) Good 'ole Adrian Adonis never died, and decided to re-up with the WWF after his short stint in the AWA
2) Mike Rotunda has come back from the NWA and is debuting in this tournament
3) Jimmy Snuka is back early from his rehab/indy stint

The bracket (unseeded) is as follows:

Brutus Beefcake
Ron Bass
WINNER: Brutus Beefcake

Koko B. Ware
Greg Valentine
WINNER: Greg Valentine

Junkyard Dog
Bad News Brown
WINNER: Junkyard Dog

Don Muraco
Adrian Adonis
WINNER: Don Muraco

Mike Rotunda
Dino Bravo

Bam Bam Bigelow
Hercules

Butch Reed
Jimmy Snuka

Ken Patera
Rick Rude

Matches will happen two at a time in the opening round!

RESULTS

1. Brutus Beeface defeats Ron Bass at 10:37 by rollup, while Bass argues with the referee over certain underhanded tactics that Bass though should be legalized.

2. Greg Valentine beats Koko B. Ware at 9:21 by submission with the Figure Four after Koko misses a top rope drop kick and hurst his knee in the process.

3. Junkyard Dog beats Bad News Brown at 12:19 by pinfall. After BNB hits the ghetti blaster, he is flabergasted that JYD is able to put his foot on the ropes before the three count. As the match continues, BNB perches himself on the second rope and comes off for hard punch to a standing but dazzed JYD. The Dog is able to come to, and catch BNB, muscle him onto his shoulder, and hit the THUMP slam for the pin!

4. Don Muraco beats Adrian Adonis at 13:51 by pinfall. As the match entered the 13 minute mark, Adonis applies the sleeper hold to Muraco in the middle of the ring. Muraco is still mobile and tries to mnuever himself out of the hold. Finally, he is able to get his momentum going towards a corner and ducks sending Adonis head first into a exposed top turnbuckle that Adonis exposed earlier in the match, knocking him out cold.

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in contrast, I think 1997 was the first time Vince truly elevated the tag titles and I/C title, when Owen & Davey Boy were HEAVY in the Hart Foundation versus the World fued. And it turned out to be a very exciting time for the WWF.

June,

I think I positioned the title well. Here is what I was thinking:

Beefcake: Just got beat by HTM at WM4. We know in real life he continues to his fued, but maybe in this scenario he becomes the very first TV champion and rides that to help bost his IC chances?

Rick Rude: Doesn't get his IC title shot until a year from WM4, perhaps a six month reigh as TV champion is just the thing he needs to build him.

Hammer, Muraco, Patera: In truth these guys were never gonna sniff the IC title again

Everyone else, I feel, is decently pegged.

Stinger, I left Warrior and Steamboat out on purposes, as in my mind Steamboat should never venture lower than I/C and Warrior was a few months away from trashing Honky. I did, however, error in not including Hacksaw and I should have included Jake. I also thought about including Mr. Perfect, but I knew he would win this easily, and I wasn't sure exactly when he came on (not that I couldn't have written him in like I did the others).