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I enjoyed Steiners/Harts as well but I don't think they were going 100% all out. Still it was a lot of fun and Vault has been dropping some heat.

Should I just do a whole Road Report even though I didn't go to the actual show tonight?? I've got some more Penthouse Forum letters to share. lol In all seriousness, ended up seeing Vaquer and Giulia again tonight. Roxanne joined them. A couple of creepy guys tried to say hi to them while they were eating but Drake Maverick(!) played heel and basically told them to fuck off. (Seriously, do NOT bother anyone while they are enjoying a meal). I took care of their dinner for them and they were super grateful. No Dave Parker shirt tonight but got a pic with Roxanne(Drake took it.. lol) and she was a complete sweetheart as well. https://i.postimg.cc/Hxmb7QkN/IMG-7170.jpg Also had Punk walk up next to me at the bar and ask the bartender for a bottle opener for his sparkling water. Asked him if the jet lag was hitting him yet and he definitely agreed. Met Bron Breakker at a Wheatley signing earlier in the day. Super cool guy as well. https://i.postimg.cc/2yqDn9Tj/IMG-7163.jpg

Tim Kurkjian told a story about Dave Parker on his podcast about Parker wearing the Star of David. When asked why he did that, Parker responded, "well, my name is David, and I'm a star." There are now officially two days where Dave Parker was the coolest motherfucker on the face of the Earth.

Movies today....not as much due to work and rehearsals. Do The Right Thing (Netflix, leaving on 6/30) - 5/5 stars The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (Netflix) - 3/5 stars

I mean they were in the main event, but I'm pretty sure most of the tickets were sold before there was a single match announced. It would be interesting to see what would have happened if he remained healthy as I'm pretty sure the Devil was bad enough to have killed whatever momentum they had regardless (TK so far has just not been good with these big angles) but like... ...and let me just state for the record I'm not happy when people suffer horrible injuries that take a year off their careers.. ...but... If Cole stays healthy Swerve and possibly Danielson are never AEW champ (Joe too, but that was largely a gold watch reign so whatever). It would require an amazingly persuasive argument to convince me that getting those instead was the bad turn of events.

I'm sorry, but if they play this Kaiser/El Grande Americano deal the way it appears they might (Ludwig has been skulking around and with Gable out saw a chance to seize control of a group of dangerous idiots by putting on the outfit because Gable never bothered to smarten them up) is so amazingly silly that I can't help but be on board with it.

Steiner/Harts was really good, but I think I beat my record for the number of times I said JESUS CHRIST GORILLA SHUT THE FUCK UP in one match.

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The opening with Rhea and Io wasn't particularly interesting but did what it needed to do in setting up their match. Thought it would be the direction they would go though I was partially hoping we might get Asuka/Io. I assume Rhea finally gets her big win over Io though I hope Io retains. Was not sure what to expect from Finn/JD vs. New Day given both teams being heels, but it was nice to see the crowd gradually fully turn on New Day and get behind Judgement Day just to see New Day lose. Thought this ended up pretty good with the crowd getting quite hot by the end. Was surprised to see Finn and JD take this one. I don't hate it as I think they gave the New Day the titles way too later after their turn but it is just a pinch disappointing since this run hasn't been what it could be. I did like Finn later using his win to push Pearce and Aldis to keep the women's tag belts on Raquel and let Roxanne replace Liv as champ. Roxanne getting the official vote into Judgement Day was nice as well. Sheamus/Rusev was good though it still feels like Rusev has no real momentum with the crowd. All the stuff with American Alpha backstage was fun. Its a shame Gable is out though I love that he immediately placed Ivy in charge. Kaiser getting the nod for EGA was surprising. I don't hate or love it though I suppose I'm happy he finally has something to do. Bayley/Lyra was rough in parts but good. The roughness kind of added to it a pinch as emotions were running hot going into the match. I assume the draw finish means we get a triple threat with Becky. Just curious if its on Evolution or SNME. Sami/Penta vs. Bron/Bronson was good. Post match went as expected though its nice to still see Jey with high role as he came in for the big save. The wrestling was good here though 4 matches in this time frame is still too little. Tag titles match was probably MOTN though the other three are worth checking out. The build to SNME an Evolution was in full swing here with some solid matches being set and other general stories moving decently forward. Pretty solid show, arguably even good though the small match count still keeps me from going fully that direction.

Wasn't it Rude that told Vince about Percy's funeral background? It would make sense with Percy managing Rude in World Class. Or was Rude gone by that point?

I never read Snow Crash.

Twice your boy was the beneficiary of WCW's papering practices. I was there in the Ga Dome for WCW's best moment and worst moment on television.

The ring announcer is utterly convinced that Arn is Gene.

I am persuadable.

Wow at least someone still cares over at WWE. Is this the first time WCW's The Great American Bash 1985 has been released in full? This is beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqDfXv9GIY&ab_channel=WCW

Not only crazy thunder and lightning tonight at work, but now a tornado warning.

This... is the most rational response in here. Yes, I'm jumping the gun a bit here. I could be full of shit by bell time. To be clear I wasn't comparing AEW vs WWE ticket prices. WWE's gouging is out of control and AEW is nowhere near reaching that category from my perspective. What I meant by jacking up ticket prices, is that tickets for All In 2023 were cheaper than All In 2024. All In 2024 was cheaper than All In 2025. Still reasonable unlike WWE. But the only reason they can claim these gate amounts are because they keep making the tickets cost more every year. They're selling way less of them at a higher price per head. Just speaking for me, I don't want to say it was unsuccessful. I want it to be super successful. And yeah honestly once you get to show week, I would love for them to paper it full. WCW's biggest houses at The Georgia Dome sold their most tickets ever... and they still papered. It looks way better. Full and loud. Loud and full.

Update: the lawsuit against him has been dismissed, though he will still be facing the suspension for having premarital sex.

Zeuxis just posted she just had surgery for the torn meniscus she's had for a month.

Yeah, I was about to recommend the Amazon Prime series to @Andrew POE! It's not five star art but it's certainly above average and really fun. Nails the feel of the books.

I don't even know what "Virtuosa" is supposed to mean. Like is the whole gimmick "I'm smart and really good at wrestling?" Because that's some two decades ago e-fed shit. It's All Elite Wrestling. Being good at wrestling is supposed to be everyone on the roster's baseline. Unless you're literally the best wrestler in the world or top 3ish, you seriously cannot make "really good wrestler" your whole thing. Deeb is flopping for the same reason.

This week's Hey! (ew) featured Bryan Keith and it was really good!

I'm neutral to Outkast in general as they don't play music I generally enjoy, but "Roses" will always have a soft spot with me. In the summer of 2004 post-college me was working at a decrepit minor league baseball stadium, mostly working an area at the edge of the field people could rent out for parties before the games. I'd be finishing up by the end of the first or second inning, and if I wanted some extra hours and the business necessitated it I'd either bartend or work at the main concession stand. Work at the stand sucked for multiple reasons, but all the people I was friends with there ran it and that made it palatable. The local hip hop station was almost always playing in there, and any time "Roses" would come on, we'd all sing along with it and not bother to censor the chorus no matter the demographics of the people in line (we did the same thing if "Get Low" came on). Good times, even if that was a low point in my life. So I guess tonight starts the build to Summer Slam?