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How to make a solid RAW into an all-time great show in one easy step: GOLDUST RUN-IN with full face paint and a sweatshirt. HOLY FUCK YES

To be fair, if you took a poll, what portion of the population would? 5 percent? 10 percent, maybe? I don't. To be fair, if you took a poll, what portion of the population would? 5 percent? 10 percent, maybe? I don't. You'd think guys who spend their days watching and writing about people punching each other in the face would have a keener appreciation of musical theater.

Ox Baker, looking less scary than usual. Pro wrestling is giant belts. Eddie Gilbert WWE's latest public service announcement. Nine people die every year from exploded ovaries.

Me, personally? I despise "deathmatch" wrestling. I'm not against "hardcore" matches, per se...and like Nikita said: every style has a spot on a card. But the ultraviolent shit makes me nauseous. But I run family-friendly shows. No blood, no light tubes, no staple guns. There's been hardcore brawls but most of the guys love that they don't have to get color. There's too many kids in my audiences. And you can still get your point across without the madness. We had a "streetfight" a few months ago where the only weapons used were a chair from the audience and a piece of RAIN GUTTER that the guys found when they brawled out the back door. The crowd went apeshit for it.

Midnight Riders need to return with a mysterious third member that is revealed to be Trevor Murdoch. I await the match where Seth Rollins is murdered on live television by Trevor Murdoch who is finally cleared to use a Sheerdrop Brainbuster finisher.

Did they give Robert Forester's character a name last night, and I didn't notice it? If they didn't, I'm just going to assume he's, Max Cherry. Who has now moved on to another line of work since the incident with, Jackie Brown, and his short escapade as a criminal.

Time to consolidate. Open the Juggalo Gate!

I don't really care about indie wrestling but Necro Butcher rules. A crazed redneck looking guy who skipped a few grades as a kid and is a history buff and and an ardent support of a fringe vegan presidential candidate who does garbage matches IS professional wrestling.I mean, I like Bret Hart or Dean Malenko as much as anyone else. But dudes like Sabu, Foley and Necro are why I love wrestling. LOVE. They make me question the purpose of life. Normal people spend their entire lives trying to avoid getting hurt. But those dudes embrace it. And Foley and Necro are also legitimately smart, well-spoken guys who should absolutely know better but don't. They go to places we'll never, ever go to. Garbage wrestling at its best is less car crash and more existentialist crisis.

Really?! People don't like the radio?! The radio is, by FAR, my favourite thing going: The Descendents, Queen, Phil Collins, Eddie Murphy ('Party All the Time' is SO good), Rick James, Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Amerie, Britney Spears, Hall and Oates, Bob Seger and Phil Fuckin' Collins! Seriously, I can just drive around for hours listening to the radio.

I guess I'm in the minority, I enjoyed this show a lot more than previous weeks. Orton's bizarre cackle DDT'ing RVD, Miz getting emasculated, the awesome Rhodes run-ins, and the main event. Logically it was stupid booking, but I thought the match was really fun. And I like the push the Usos seem to be getting out of this.

Triple H needed to stave off the mutiny for the short-term. He's been trying to play both sides. He'll uncover something for the long game but for tonight Shield had to bite the bullet and if you notice.. half of the guys in the match got their ass kicked earlier in the night and some others like Gabriel and Ryder are basically jobbers... Triple H gave The Shield a fighting chance..

I would rather go to a high school reunion than watch a Maynard-Diaz rematch. And I don't mean my own. Just walk into some random high school reunion and pretend to know everyone there.

ANOTHER INTERCEPTION. I'M FINISHED.

I like the fact that Goldust either snuck in or bought a ticket in full face-paint.

Especially if Dustin had worn the Goldust body suit with the mask.

Enough to really make me wish I was an NFL qb.

Honestly I think way too many people are biting on this "Walt's going back because of Grey Matter" thing. Walt's not going back because he saw that interview, he's going back because he blew his fucking cover calling his son. He can't stay in New Hampshire, and he'd been planning to go back and kill the Aryans from jump anyway, so now's as good a time as any. The Grey Matter interview was just a little added piss-off. The timeline people are reading into with the Gray Matter stuff is off. Walt went into the bar and called Walt Jr. knowing full well that he couldn't continue as "Mr. Lambert" after that, more than likely. I think he was *hoping* that it would go smoothly, but knew that best case scenario was it being figured out that he was in New Hampshire. After the call w/ Junior, Walt called the DEA, and left the phone off the hook. This was him giving himself up. That was pretty much the death of Walter White. When he sat down at the bar and saw the Schwartz', it reminded him of how he sold out part of a billion dollar company for $5000, and how Heisenberg had nothing left. The Schwartz' were stating that Gray Matter's success had nothing to do with Walt, and Heisenberg connected the dots that the blue meth being in circulation meant that the Aryans were profiting off of his innovation & hard work. Heisenberg is going back to Albuquerque to make sure that he gets credit for EVERYTHING. I do not think that Jesse even factors into what Heisenberg is doing.

Only a matter of time until I figured out how many "u"s in LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Please do not post the Manny Machado injury here You have been warned EDIT - Also don't go to Deadspin since they put it right out there for all to see and vomit over

The best part of that was the guy behind me trying to start a "Strength Through Peace" chant.

Oh, and behold the glory, over and over again: Yeah Gretchen, Walter White isn't out there anymore. And Charlie Rose, you're next.

Every time I see this photo I get the giggles because it looks like he's auditioning for American Idol. I picture him belting out "Girl on Fire" in a falsetto.

Part of the issue is that tastes changed and WWE gives people a lot more of what they want in 2013 than in 1999 or whenever and also that indy wrestling gives a lot less.

Pro wrestling is also Paul Jones looking like a smug tool. How was that guy ever a babyface? His face is almost as punchable as Miz's.

Necro's luggage got lost on the way to NYC once, so instead of going and buying or borrowing another wife beater from someone, he worked an ROH show in what he had on: Cargo Pants and a Dennis Kucinich for President 2008 t shirt. This alone would have been enough for him to win March Madness in most years. Also, if the Choose Death has the shoot I'm thinking of, he talks about getting knocked out in a match against Low Ki and coming to and thinking "I have no idea where I am, but there are a bunch of people staring at me and I'm pretty sure I'm in a fight".

There's also no Animal Steele in Savage/Steamboat. The flaws are abundant, it's been that way every year with THQ/Yukes. All they had to do was use the model of Shamrock from LAST FUCKING YEAR and put a ref shirt on him.

Just isn't gonna seem right having a generic WWE ref reffing the Austin/Hart match.

Fuck a statue, we all know where Cranston stands.

The Steelers being fucking awful is great, but too bad it has to be against the Bears thus rendering it a completely joyless experience.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH VIKINGS YOU TURDS. GREEN BAY YOU SHITS. I WON'T EVEN HAVE JUICE LEFT TO SPLASH ON ROETHLISBERGER'S FACE AT THIS RATE.

Future note Never ever start Dwayne Bowe again Grr... Stupid Andy Reid

The pic that launched a thousand loads: Brother Ray taking Bass to Mouth.

Man, you know what TNA should do? Something that hasn't been done a hundred times before, a hundred times better already. Quit going back to an already empty well. The six-sided ring combined with the X-Division, a strong tag division, and a strong women's division at least gave them the perception that they were markedly different than WWE at the time. Right now they just look like a bootleg SmackDown with their confused blue branding, traditional four-sided ring, and all the focus on yet another tepid invasion angle with another tired heel authority figure angle on the horizon. They wanted him as a trainer. He didn't want to relocate to Florida. They hired Nick Dinsmore instead. Sin Cara's problems in WWE are 90% his own doing. He didn't want to go to developmental, he won't learn English, and he's clearly a bitch. He quit a match because he jammed a finger. I jam my fingers all the time. I jammed a finger this morning and I'm here, I'm typing stuff right now.

That Punk promo made me feel like FSW. Fuck the Blackhawks and fuck hockey.

What size, mother fucker?

I don't want to be a "beating a dead horse" kinda guy ... far from it* ... so let me share the first thing that popped in my head, to go in a different direction than I started: As part of my line of work, I *suffer* through some of the most inane medication repping that goes on, the bullshit and tap-dancing they do to creatively as possible say, "We don't give a shit about patient care, just money" not-even-withstanding. So, the other day, I'm just not feeling the shit at all, and this lady ... nice ass, cute in a pixie/fairy sorta way, but probably this product's #1 fan ... is pitching the anti-ADD med du jour, when a crisis happens that, suddenly, EVERYONE there viewing the presentation has to respond to. Pixie corners me, the last one out, and asks me my opinion of the research into the med, "isn't it awesome?," and, being that her whole talk was a million miles away from where I was mentally, I admitted, "Sorry, my attention was elsewhere." She laughed, pointed to her awesome Powerpoint dealio, and says, "We make a medication for that." See bolded part of OP. "I hear they make a chairshot for that." Is it the 30th yet? ... I hate myself. * "... Davey Richards ..." "PBBBT!" (Before anyone has a chance to bust my chops for all of July.)

I think Badger nailed it on Talking Bad, saying that any time Walt's significance is challenged, or that he's thought of as a "sweet man," he becomes incensed and wants to make it a point that he isn't a nice guy and that his actions should be recognized for their magnitude. So I think hearing that Blue Sky is still being sold leads him to believe that the Brotherhood is keeping Jesse alive to make it, making even more money off of what Walt has referred to as his life's work. All through life he never received the recognition he thought he should have, and he we were again, with Walt in the same situation he was in with Grey Matter all those years ago, having it pointed out to him by Gretchen and Elliott that he's in that situation once again. Blue Sky being in production means his family is still at risk as well. Then, in the background, you have Walt wanting all the moneys. So that's you fuel. Gretchen and Elliott discrediting Walt and referring to Walt as this sweet man, stripping him of his significance, is simply lighting the match. Walt is Heisenberg, goddammit. He is the one who knocks. He is the fucking danger. And now there's hell to pay. A motivated Heisenberg with nothing to lose is the most dangerous man in the world. I am so fucking pumped up for the finale.

Bryan didn't know who Jesse Owens was so either of them not knowing stuff doesn't shock me

Whoever thought up the "Tributes" sprinkled throughout the show for the In Memoiram thing, and then choose certain people to get special tributes needs to go, and they never need to do that ever again. Fuck giving a tribute to Cory Montheith, while Larry Hagman, Roger Ebert, and Jack Klugman got the little blip treatment.

So Jean Luc Picard and Magneto went to Coney Island and ran into Spock.

Also, this was when I first started, I'm Franklin, at the first house, and I'm just walking outside getting a feel for how it controls. I'm jamming on the jump button and laughing at the quasi-realistic physics. I climb up onto a hedge then inadvertently jump onto two people sitting on their porch. This kills them because money pops out. Cops are alerted. I think I can just hide inside the "safe house". WRONG. That is when I learned the pigs will come into your goddamned house. They is dogged.I've got maybe 12 hours in and I'm at the submarine deal. Well, I mean, I don't know how to gauge progress. I thought I was looking for spaceship parts and then I find a tiny fragment of a serial killer confession.I also want more of these Lester missions so I can do more insider trading.Some games I hold back on just so I make sure they last. I'm probably making a mistake by not drinking in as much as I can every chance I get with this motherfucker.Goddamn game is a Goddamned madman.

I liked the way they used the theme song over the end of the episode. You so rarely get to hear the whole thing. I think they've only done that once or twice before.

Saints! Defence! ......what? It's still hard to get overly excited considering the 3 teams they've faced all have issues with their protection but jesus, what the hell was Spagnuolo DOING last year? I'm gonna be interested to see the 3rd down numbers across the league after this week cause I have a feeling they'll be top half, which would be a huge improvement. Also Roman Harper didn't play today, which helped. Sounds bizarre to say after putting up 31 on a not at all bad defence but the o-line is still a mess, absolutely no push in the running game at all and they get straight up beat too often. Teams like Seattle and San Fran will absolutely murder Brees if they don't fix something. Having said that, not sure there's anyone who can cover Jimmy Graham right now.

God damn it, I'm going to buy the trilogy again, aren't I? Reading this review right now and there's some interesting stuff. http://batman-news.com/2013/09/21/dark-knight-trilogy-ultimate-collectors-edition-review/ Nolan said if he knew he was going to make a sequel to TDK, he probably wouldn't have killed Harvey Dent. He originally wanted Oldman to play Ra's al Ghul. The Blu Ray shows Cillian Murphy's Batman audition.

He is not. I do not know if there is any kind of formal relationship between the two, but AK2 was trained by frequent partner/opponent of AK1, Terek the Great. Both Terek & AK1 were mainstays of IWAMS, and deathmatch wrestling in general. Kickboxer 1 had a hand in training Kickboxer 2 as well. Passed the gimmick on to him a year or two ago. When AKB1 was still doing occasional matches, they teamed a time or two I believe, and also wrestled each other. And looking at that death match tournament.......Ganger is a really good friend of mine. I knew he was booked to do a death match tournament for IWA DS..........I can't wait to ask him what a Carpet Strip Massacre Match is. I'll have to ask him after the show, of course.....because I'm sure if I asked him now, he wouldn't have any more of a fucking clue than I do what it is right now.

I HATE when people say something should've been a split decision. What does that even mean? "I think this guy won but I think at least one judge should disagree with me." I generally dislike Jones and thought it was clearly 48-47 for him, personally. Great, great fight though. After that fight I wouldn't be so confident about moving up to heavy if I was Jones. I definitely wouldn't want to box Kiltschko lol

I don't think I've fully accepted everything that happened tonight. That was one of the most tragic hours of television I may ever see. Until next week.