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"We're taking you bitches hostage"

I kind of hate it when you're funny.

TWD is like watching WWE but every wrestler is The Miz

He put all of his character points into appearance Charisma instead of talent Dexterity. Damn it. Nerd better.

Ben Roethlisberger looks pretty good after a couple of drinks that he's served you.

Mickie Knuckles likes this

The part of the company that wants to embrace wrestling history are the three guys in the Titan Tower basement who lurk on the Observer Board, that they tell to make content for the stupid website and social medias.

Jax is so far over his head, when he dies it will be glorious

Miz's dad is Zap Rowsdower?

Politics didn't need a Keith Olbermann. Sports does. Finally someone with a brain, a voice, and a platform that isn't afraid to attack some real issues.

Miz's Dad gets even better...

With Booker T being fired as G.M. of Smackdown I was really hoping to see the return of Black Snow. Chet Lemon would be a bonus.

LOST SPOILER: It was terrible

OK, I don't think the Prince here would like to kiss this Snow White, maybe put "her" in barbed wire or something.

Jimmy Hart just responded to a tweet that our account was mentioned in. Our work here is done...

Honestly, that is why I watch very little WWE stuff. Even though there has indeed been a lot of good stuff in the WWE over the years, the WWE style has just never been my preference. When they became the only big game in town, they really ramped up all of the things that I didn't have a preference for, and to me it poisoned the pond. WWE wasn't wrestling anymore, it was "sports entertainment" or an "action adventure male soap opera", and that just didn't jibe with me. So, no matter how great someone might say the stuff with Bryan (or whomever) is, it isn't enough to compel me to watch it regularly, and I really don't know what would. I might get together with friends to watch a PPV, or check out a match online, but I cannot ever see me setting my DVR to record Raw, let alone tune in for three hours on a Monday. That was something that I felt during my in-ring career, as I traveled to so many towns and was a part of so many good companies that featured so much good wrestling... and just nobody sees it. There is just so much stuff out there that is just virtually ignored. I mean, there are some five-star classic wrestling matches on youtube that some random indy uploads, and ends up with 400 hits. Yet someone uploads a recording of a WWE videogame match between Kane & CM Punk, and 10000 people view the fn thing. I don't get it. I think this is something that UFC totally gets right. Although I don't watch it nearly as much as I used to (rarely actually), UFC always used to acknowledge that things like PRIDE or Vale Tudo existed, when it came time to build up a fighter. I don't think that WWE would *ever* plug an ROH or TNA event, but there is no reason to pretend nothing else exists. For example, when they call up Chris Hero, they should run vignettes where he talks about how he learned his elbows from Misawa when he wrestled for NOAH in Japan, and that he was actually there when he died in the ring, etc. Then they show clips of Hero throwing elbows and Misawa throwing elbows, and really try to get over how devastating the "Young KO kid" is. Instead, nope, Kassius Ohno just was some guy off the street with no history at all that walked into developmental one day and started sports entertaining. Yes, you do... and when you leave. I would say that the drama around this is waaaaaaaay overblown, but apparently some folks do get their panties in a bunch about it in the WWE, so I guess it really important. On the indies, the degree of this varies by region. I have been to some places where workers only shake workers hands, but I have been other places where you shake hands with workers, crew, wives, etc. Most places you just walk in, make the rounds and shake hands with everyone already there, and then take a seat and guys that come in later approach you. I have been places and heard stories though where the top dogs expect you to come find them (and in turn, they then "big time" you and act like you are bothering them). I can't imagine a guy like Harley Race going around shaking everyone's hand fifty goddamn times.

I'm late to the party here but I wanted to echo the praise Roman Reigns is getting this week. He looked fantastic and it wasn't all just Bryan doing magic tricks. His moves looked great, his trash talk was top-notch and, yeah, he killed Kofi on the way out. Bryan has been amazing but I hope the Shield continue to get some sugar too because they've been a HUGE part of Bryan's ascent as of late. Oh, and might I add, Heyman and Dusty should have jobs waiting for them at the WWE "Sports Entertainment University" teaching promo 101. They were both awesome for different spectacular reasons. I am sorta fat and sorta ugly but I own my house and have had some sex.

inch limit. ggggggggggg.....why. is. it...so difficult...not. to. make. most....hack....joke......ever......... okay...I think I'm okay.... I wouldn't want to seem like a newbie around someone who works in print journaliJUSTTHINKABOUTMAEYOUNG,DAVE!!!!!!!!PENISLENGTH@@@JWJJGDLKSJGSGOSJ SDB HALF CHUB OBOB EO O L FL BNL:N Oooohhhh God....That was necessary.

You do not have permission to give me permission to give you shit. It makes it less fun.

I will never forget this. I went to a house show in 1988 or 1989 at MSG. We were sitting near the entrance aisle, close enough where if you yelled loud enough the wrestlers could hear you. Ted Dibiase had a match, maybe against Dusty? Anyway. He takes a powder and has Virgil do something like shine his boots or rub his back. This older black woman stands up and screams "Hey Virgil...........you ain't nothing but a house nigger". 10 year old me was completely shocked. I had never heard a real person use that word in public. She then explained why she though this about Virgil to the crowd sitting around her. Still one of my most vivid childhood memories. I can still remember what she looked like, and the look on Virgil's face.

I just got alittle wet.

The best part is the context "So they gave CM Punk the ball first, gave him a record breaking title reign, but he fumbled it badly despite being allowed to be the version of CM Punk we all wanted to see. Then they had Danielson beat everybody and he's the biggest babyface the company has had in a decade"

I still occasionally have trouble wrapping my head around the idea that WWE not only signed Bryan Danielson, but have pushed him to the point of having clean WWE-title-winning pins over top dudes Randy Orton and John Fucking Cena. I wanna hitch a time machine, go back six or so years, and blow internet minds with my stories from the future.

As for the War Games fantasy booking, I'd love a scenario where D-Bry, Cody, Ziggles and Miz need one more for their team after Big Show is forced to join the Corpolution, and Dusty comes out and begs to be the fifth man on their team, and to "seal it with a hug and a kiss" like that money-ass promo from 94 with Dustin. Then, the Shield takes out Dusty, so Daniel & Cody ask Dustin to join. Not Goldust, but Dustin, because Dustin's been in War Games before. Dustin gets all sad and shit because he's nothing without the bodysuit & makeup, and he knows it. So the night of War Games he shows up painted, and the crowd goes apeshit. Before he bleeds for our amusement.

YES. The first one is one of my favorite movies. OF ALL TIME. Fight scenes are awesome and Chiba does a great job conveying a dirty fighter with his physicality. I've watched that movie a million times. My little sister, who was four around the time loved them too and would mimic his breathing technique where he pulls his fingers down in front of his face before charging me. In retrospect it's probably weird that I let a four year old watch that movie. But...you know...whatever. Anyway, watch that shit. And if you fall in love with Sonny Chiba get SAMURAI RESURRECTION too!

Steen vs. Heigl only works as a heel vs. heel feud. Neither one of them makes for a good babyface.

I teach. So it is funny that today I had a discussion with some of them about Rey. One of them was saying, "Has anybody seen Rey Mysterio without his mask. I remember one time he was in the hospital and the camera was on but they didn't show his face." Well I had to explain to them that he wrestled for a long time in WCW because he lost his mask to Kevin Nash. (He knew him as Diesel). I told him to look on YouTube and see it. But I also explained to him how the Rey HE saw wasn't really REY Mysterio Jr. I let him that that when Rey came onto the scene in 96, he was doing moves the American public wasn't used to. "If you think Rey could fly in 2006, you need to see him in 96." They were circling around me while I was explaining this and I think I will give them suggestions matches from his WCW days. Let them know that WWE isn't the only thing that exists.

I don't trust that font.

I love that people everywhere who probably look like Miz's Dad are making fun of him.

Isn't she supposed to be a fashion designer or something? You think she could at least give him some tips to avoid looking like a stoned Judas Priest roadie.

Big Show must be a nightmare to watch The Notebook with.

I wish I could have been there the first time Maryse met Miz's dad.

His eyes say "Please, kill me."

Ryback's new smile thing he does it the best because apparently his face has the anatomy of a Muppet. So when he smiles, it just means the lower half of his face lowers and his tongue falls out.

I can't express in mere likes how much I likes you.

I don't think I can handle any more comparisons to to other shit in popular culture. OMGZ Daniel Bryan is like Taylor Swift and Roman Reigns is like "I'mma let you finish but KOFI KINGSTON IS GETTING A SPEAR"

Worse than Walt killing Jesse. Everybody can laugh now, but this board has A LOT of threads and a lot of people in those threads talking about TV shows they're starting to get into; book series they're starting to read, and movies they're interested in seeing. Notes are being taken. Lives will be ruined. See you all in a couple of weeks. I would like to note that I consider myself exempt from these discussions of which you two speak, because my reflections on them are meant to be done in an ironic manner. I'm like a postmodern chair shot.

Isn't that kind of, like, the distant past by now?I wish that would stop people from still calling him "Generico" five years from now.

Because he was not. He was never once called a slave. They even did an angle where he tried to buy a slave and he stressed it was the one thing he did not possess. Virgil was a paid employee. His primary job was to protect Dibiase. As time went on, Dibiase became more abusive and Virgil turned on him.FYI: A lot of bodyguards tend to wear ties.Ex. Meng in the Stud Stable.

I remember your second point being brought up during the season. I think it's certainly plausible.

Yes, I am aware of this and I realize I should have picked better examples to nullify the "he had editors for that" response. It’s still unfair to judge Meltzer's ability to write based off a handful of grammatical or clarity mistakes that occur over 14 or so pages of 8-point font text that is produced weekly and only represents a portion of his commitments. Put any writer in that situation (save maybe Lester Bangs) and they are bound to do the same thing. It is apparent that Meltzer often does not look over what he has written. When he does, such as his Hall of Fame bios, it is noticeable and represents a good piece of writing. Can we rather critique Meltzer on more evenhanded territory, such as his response to the Volador/La Sombra mask match vis-à-vis his love for spotfesty, million near fall matches (random Dragons Gate crud, Michaels/Undertaker WM 25)? It will be interesting to read Dave's first-hand comments instead of his second-hand reinterpreting what Carlos or Dr Lucha or Kris sent him.

How so? Do they have like a globe on a desk or something?

Word. I can't wait til HHH puts him over clean. Brains will pop.

This match is really good. I have no idea of the context. It's sometime after Jericho beat HHH on Raw but HHH purged the refs into reversing the decision. Linda apparently made some sort of "surprise match" and it was Jericho. HHH sells Jericho's countdown entrance like he's Andres Biedrins forced to go into a FT shooting contest against Ray Allen with his newborn child's life hanging in the balance. Jericho comes in a house of fire. He hits a bunch of his trademark high energy spots and gets a few 2 7/8th counts. That's something HHH does really well in this match (and others) -- he's great at JUST kicking out in time. HHH gets control with a high knee and then slows the pace down to his liking, as JR notes. HHH doesn't really work on a specific body part but just tries to grind Y2J down -- big shouldertackles in the corner, a sleeper, etc. Jericho has one good hope spot when he starts punching HHH who backpedals. But Jericho put his head down after whipping HHH into the ropes and takes a DDT. Jericho then elbows his way out of a sleeper (that HHH *REALLY* cinched in) and whips H into the corner only to eat a big boot that he takes real well. The transition back comes after that spot. HHH climbs the ropes and gloats by blowing a kiss to Steph. Jericho dropkicks HHH and then quickly gets up and does a hurucanrana from the top that HHH sells like death. Jericho gets control after this. He gets his bulldog on HHH for a terrific near kick-out. HHH does a great Flair beg-off crawl-away as Jericho pounces. But that was a distraction as HHH counters Jericho's move off the ropes and regains control with his knee to the face. He sets up for the pedigree but Y2J attempts the Walls. They're struggling and HHH punches Jericho and powers out, sending Chris to the corner. There's then an awkward face-first fall (solely on Jericho's part) out of the corner and Chris lands right in HHH's junk. Steph (who has been noticeable but far from distracting at ringside) gets on the apron and drops the belt into the ring for Hunter to use. Steph still controls the ref's attention, however. Jericho dodges a belt shot with a heel kick and then hits whatever the Lionsault and gets a visionary fall. Jericho goes to break that up and Hunter tries to attack. Jericho dodges and there's a ref bump. Y2J locks on the Walls and Hunter is frantically tapping to it. Steph comes in to slap the taste out of Jericho's mouth. Chris catcher her slap, though. He gloats and is about to put Steph into the Walls. He finally does but HHH is up and crowns Jericho with the belt. Steph worms her way outside as HHH hits the Pedigree. Steph rolls in the ring. 1-2-3. Ballgame. The crowd was super hot. HHH really went overboard to make Jericho look like a total threat. It was great in that department. He sold everything magnificently well, gave Jericho a ton of stuff, and had to cheat to win. Steph's timing was great, too. The only stumble in the match was the weird facefirst fall into Hunter's nutsack but that wasn't anything too much. Chalk another up in the HHH 2000 positive column.

Carrie from Homeland thinks Big Show cries too much.

Waiting for epwar to talk shit about Barnett

Fuck the Packers.

One that treats you right.

Stuff like that is just SO not what I want out of more Star Wars. Yet another prophecy of a chosen one, yet another Darth Whoever who will never be as good as the original, yet another oppressive government that must be overthrown...If any or all of those are a part of the new trilogy, they can just keep it. It would just be really sad to have a playground as big as the Star Wars universe, yet be stuck telling the same damn stories over and over again.