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I said on Facebook that I find it more upsetting that they'd turn down John than Megalopolis haha

On the other hand, he's been sensational since he's been back on TV.

On the flipside of that, you could also argue that he decided to do a dangerous spot at AEW’s biggest show ever, bragged about it to the camera, and antagonized their top star (also on camera) and went into business for himself in doing so. They didn’t sideline him for like 9 months just to let the heat die down. It’s because he was also at fault. Either way, if you’re a fan that knows nothing about any of that, the last time you saw him was on the preshow of a huge PPV fighting for the FTW title. Now he’s in a main event angle and just pinned Danielson. That’s fucking wild, and he should send CM Punk a thank you card for making him relevant when he was quickly becoming a boring as fuck midcard act beforehand.

Yes, but a lot of the other women were ready for it as well. I believe the could’ve had a stronger division starting out besides the IICONICS and Bayley and Sasha. There’s been a lot of times in the past 5 years where I’m barely paying attention to the product and I see they put the titles on to women I didn’t understand why they were together.

Taven barely cleared the top rope and didn't touch Ospreay until he was already flipping backwards by Bennett.

Ospreay's bump was intentional.

It's likely the same people who said they don't want to fund Megalopolis and complain that Furiosa made millions instead of billions.

DANIEL MAKABE vs ZACK SABRE JUNIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej_soR3sXG0

I feel you entirely, but at the same time, I'm glad it's at least finding an identity of some kind other than just "accessory to put in box with Team Taz action figures." I know @NoFistsJustFlipsis also a big proponent of this sort of thing too - the FTW had kinda that de-facto super heavyweight designation early on with Cage, but then you had Starks' short run where it was sort of positioned as a workhorse thing (kinda like how Ospreay was talking up the Intl title at the presser, for anyone who stayed up) then you had Hook doing the faux-judo/NJPW-lite stuff - fuck it, why not make it the WWF Hardcore title too? My only question is why the hell Shibata has been involved - you'd think either the International or Continental divisions would be tailor made for a guy like that (I think -- again, no separation or identity differential between them - one is for guys from other Continents, one is for guys from other Nations? One's for Americans to defend overseas, one's for gaijins to defend here?? Backdoor weight divisions cause continents are larger than countries??? TK: I am once again respectfully requesting Ospreay vs Okada in LI next month to unify into the new AEW Inter-Continental title like I incorrectly predicted for the original tourney, and end this madness) I honestly had no strong opinion on the FTW match last night, the dice thing was cute I guess and it was nice to see Bryan Keith participate in a PPV title match, but its just difficult for me to get over this particular usage of Shibata (maybe 'get over it' isn't the right phrasing - I don't hate it so much as I'm just a little baffled by it). Is this supposed to be excursion-from-home for Hook? Jericho showing Shibata where the hard cam is?? Political hit on Ibushi for looking shitty in two plunder matches??? Maybe if he gets it at some point, they'll evolve it from the Hardcore title to the Pure title. Or to the EVOLVE title.

I ain't watching anything for 4 and a half hours

Announced for Raw tonight: Steel Cage Women's World Championship Rematch: Liv vs. Becky Braun Strowman vs. J.D. Do have to figure that with the KOTR/QOTR being over that there might be some tv time for some of the draftees that haven't really gotten much time the last few weeks.

Almost exactly a year to the day since the last time she wrestled. Watching the presser and it seems like her next opponent (probably for some others too) will be a crossover match for Forbidden Door.

WCW Thunder 3 18 99 Hollywood Hogan VS. Curt Hennig https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8z4t7y

We aren't going to agree on this. Check your sound system. Also, don't just take it from me. I was just listening to Denise Salcedo podcast as I was doing dishes. She was IN THE BUILDING as was Reg, her co-host and they both reiterated what I said that Mercedes and Willow were two of the most over people on the show and that their match had the loudest reactions of the night aside from a couple of the "holy fuck!" moments in the Anarchy match.

The WWE section of Peacock has the territory starting in January of 1982 until they move out of Irish McNeil's/become the UWF in 1986. You can fill in the off-TV stuff a bit from this time with some searching on YouTube. I can't @ people, but clintthecrippler did a recent watch through and could probably give you some tips on watching UWF if you want to get to the end. There are a couple of good Power Pro collections and most of the UWF run on YT.

Oh yeah, Bennett and Taven suck and add nothing to the show. They blew their doomsday device baddddddddddddddddd and could've totally injured Ospreay. GYV do that spot sooooo much better.

The guy who co-owns and helps run the promotion Starks worked in Austin doesn’t have a bad word to say about him. I just think different people have different perceptions of what his ceiling is.

I want to add that it's telling that both the Ospreay / Roddy and Swerve / Christian matches really didn't start going until all the seconds were thrown out. but then again, honestly the Mariah / Luther throwing in the towel was really handled well. Fuck that match was great. Was thinking they were really going to do the title switch a few times. Deeb is fucking awesome.

No, he got cold feet after they hit the mat and all the nerves in his ankles shut down. So this show didn't feel too long to me at all. But that's probably because I watched Buy-In and the first hour live, then went to sleep. Woke up, watched the next hour and a half, went to work, worked, came home from work and watched the main events. It felt exactly the right length, watching it like that.

DEVIL BLADE REBOOT [4] Shootemups were a genre that earned a parody as scornful as bullet hell games. As the genre wore on, they became less games about shooting things and more games about collecting things, be they lives, powerups, medals, or whatever else. There was ambiguity about how to push the genre forward which left everything primed for Cave to come in and do what they did, making the shooting part of shootemups ancillary to tracing lines with a pen through prismatic fields of dots. And now, sitting at the opposite end of 20 years of that shit, we've come to a fork in the road. One side of the fork is Vampire Survivors and it's ilk: the full lobotomic removal of the agency of play, replaced by the stockpiling of slot machine assets to take you to deeper Nevada brigs. Devil Blade Reboot shines gloriously on the road less travelled. I'm not going to claim Devil Blade is the best example of what directions are left to push shootemups. That is ZeroRanger. What Devil Blade is, is a punk rock volume reminder of The Point. It asks, "Do you know what's fun about flying a ship full of bullets and bombs on a progressive metal suicide mission?" And it answers before anyone can think of a joke or a denial: "EVERYTHING." The fixation on The Point informs the whole task. The ship is called The Shining. No model number. No time for revisions. All that counts is that it kills, and there are kills to be done. The enemy talks back to you in terms of a God's punishment. You are to play the role of Resilience, the role you should've been playing this whole time. The ship is loaded with two guns, and describes them only by function: Narrow and Wide. You have bombs. You can also get shields. Bombs do what it sounds like: kill everything on screen. Shields do what they sound like: Protect you, once. Bombs also have the benefit of giving you a shield when you use them. All that matters is that everything dies, and Resilience demands they die first. If you kill absolutely everything in a stage, you get a bonus, because That Is The Point. In wisdom, the developer understands that rewards stacked on top of rewards are amplified, and in desire of removing the baubles of old, the player increases the score simply by playing like a fucking lunatic. The closer The Shining is to its prey, the higher the multiplier, from 2x to 4x. And every #x adds up to a meter, shown as a raw digit. Once that digit crosses 100, a beast snarls and the word "BERSERK" lights up. Those 2x kills become 10x, the 3x become 15x, the 4x become 20x. A small white bar begins emptying, but once the bar empties, it doesnt end berserk mode: it simply takes 100 off the value. So, if you can push the value above 200, when the timer ticks over, surprise! It's still Berserk time. And the way you do that is to Kill, Recklessly, Constantly. That Is The Point. Or, you can convert one of those bombs, rare and precious as they are, into a Boost by holding it. I like to believe I'm shoving the bomb into my fucking mouth and eating force. It shoves the meter to 500%, increases your damage, and puts a giant countdown clock around your ship that you couldn't ignore if you tried. You want to gamble? Here you go. Don't waste it. Waste THEM. THAT'S THE POINT. A lot of interactive entertainment and digital toys are going to come out this year. Devil Blade Reboot is a Fucking Video Game. Maybe as those markets start crashlanding, love-fueled little ships like this will start launching their own suicide missions into hearts obsessed with the grotesque parodies of unloved gods. There is a point to being alive, and it's to Be Alive.

I loved everything. Well maybe not Cassidy / Trent but I’m willing to wait and let them finish the story especially in light of Stat’s turn. Im fine with all the finishes too. Yeah, I wish Takeshita won, but I kinda figure that’s New Japan’s call and fuck how awesome would Takeshita in Japan right now? Wow. I guess it would be counter intuitive for Mox an AEW guy to lose to another AEW guy but goddamn let Yota beat Mox and send Takeshita to the G1 to get the title back. I’m fine with Malaki losing because shit you steal a dudes wedding ring you deserve to fucking lose. Just hope Cope is fine. I’m guessing he got cold feet about halfway down from the top of the cage. And I thought the Mercedes / Willow match was the one the crowd was most into. That was fantastic. And if that was Mercedes with ring rust hot damn. I thought she looked more polished in the ring than I’ve ever seen. Well done. AITA was great and was what it was. I appreciated that for once Darby was on the giving end of the big spot for once. Whenever the music stopped I thought the crowd was mostly silent after it but I guess the sound mixing was all fucked up from the music.

I'd have loved to be in the planning for this match as a fly on the wall... Booking team: "So Jack, when you get to this point on the stage, Darby's going to set you on fire with is flamethrower.." Perry: "Ok... (takes a couple seconds, then realizes he heard right..) Wait.. WHAT????"

Starks feels like one of those “you tell me you met an asshole in the morning” situations. Every time he gets a push, it just peters out and nothing comes of it. Then he’s asked about it and says something snarky. Maybe the problem is him.

What a long strange trip it was..