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Welp, here's one last Hallween treat for ya'll...hopefully everyone knows who this Jack-O-Lantern is...

This would lead to Regal coming out and giving his Eugene speech to HHH again. Only to eventually turn on Bryan and explain that he and HHH go way back, and that guys like them (Bryan/Regal) don't make it to the top because it isn't best for business. Then, when Bryan gets pissy about it, Regal drops the "do you think you're better than me, sunshine?", leading to the first ever six-star match.

Training the young fans who have no idea what we're talking about that the move is just a move.

Here's what I'm picturing TNA bidding process to be. Sadly, Randy voted how much he thought the promotion was worth.

It ain't Halloween without the Chairman

Well yeah, but how many guys are you really tuning in for, and how many guys are dudes you like having around once you tune in? I never bought a ticket to see the Hurricane but that doesn't mean he wasn't over like a motherfucker. No one bought a ticket for Jindrak, but unlike Billy, no one remembers him doing anything ever. I already forgot what he did in the youtube video above, and I just watched 6 minutes ago.

Sure, I mean that makes sense. I can't imagine how confusing it must have been for all of those guys. Jericho, in particular, seems to have created these two Chris's, the one that he loved like a brother and the one that did this horrible thing. And I guess that's what you have to do if you were that close to him. I don't know what the right response is, because thankfully I've never been in that spot. I know that I've watched one or two matches of his since then, and only just a year or so ago, and I can't stop thinking about it. My brain is going "Wow he's doing great work with DDP," and at the same time yelling "He killed his family!" the whole match. I can separate the two in my criticism of the work, but I can't enjoy it anymore as a fan so I don't bother trying to watch his stuff now. Also, I've suggested the fucking Pounce a billion million times. Stop using shitty moves and use moves that no one is using that are fucking kick ass. Stupid wrestlers with their Playmakers and Whirlygigs. Sunset flip 123 get the fuck out of there.

Only one man could be the devil, and he is number wan and the best. NOT GOD!

Big 3 breakup tease?

When senior proms go horribly wrong. Or if you love the Venture Brothers, a true love affair.

Rowan and Harper are awesome. They take me back to a magical time when wrestling wasn't just bad football players, amateur wrestlers and guys with tribal tattoos doing key bumps of powdered creatine. Wrestling is way more awesome when it is basically like a weekly version of Bloodsport, with the toughest dudes from all walks of life coming together to see who is the most bad ass. The dudes in Bloodsport didn't train, or care about stupid things like "keeping their balance". All they cared about was beating the shit out of whomever. They come across like guys who would do this if they didn't get paid for it. Also, they are basically a modern day version of the Sheepherders: clearly crazy, possibly illiterate, almost assuredly rapey. The fact that I get something like that on TV every week is tremendous.

Oh yeah, well, you know I read, like, a story too, you know and it said Fuck you guys.

Billy Gunn showing up to TNA was hilarious because he DWARFED the entire fucking roster, including their "monster" Abyss. Not much of a monster when you're looking up at Mr. Ass.

I heard a rumour Julius Peppers turned up at the Bears Halloween party as Ndamukong Suh, and Cutler shat himself and fell into a coma. Half an hour later, when his old lady realised he was unconscious and not just sulking, they took him to hospital.

Sure, but you're the idiot that thinks Captain America was boring, so we all safely ignore your opinion on super hero movies.

The internet proving that, no matter how awesome something was, somebody hated it, since 1995.

GODDAMN IT I THOUGHT MATT MORGAN WAS MARK JINDRAK. You see? I never confused Billy Gunn for anybody.

...wasn't that supposed to be a figure 4? If so, we have in fact had that homage...from Miz.

I'll have to bow out of the debate because I literally can't remember Mark Jindrak being pushed as anything. Like I just realized most of my memories that I think I have him are actually of Shawn Stasiak.

I saw a photo of Wade's shoes yesterday. What in the blue blazes are they SUPPOSED to be other than ugly? I know he's making a mint from the company that manufactures them, but that's the best you could come up with? Really? They look like hand-me-downs from the Pimps and Players Ball.

I'd like to see someone start using the Stump Puller as a finisher. I don't think I've seen anyone use it since Big Bully Busick.

So, this was a thing that happened last night. Two guys had set $9K bounties on each other, basically to inspire people to come after them. Initially they were playing around the airport with Buzzards. After some initial failures, I was able to get in, blast a low-flying Buzzard with a grenade launcher, and get in a Buzzard which spawned and take out the other. They reset the bounties on each other, and decide to book it out of the airport. Still in my Buzzard, I chased after them. After a long chase which at one point saw both me and them call Lester and get taken off the radar, I was getting a bead on them, so they ducked into a parking garage. I landed the chopper on the roof of a tall building near the garage. I tried to throw a grenade down, but it was exploding before it hit the ground, so instead, I threw a bunch of sticky bombs down onto the roof of the garage. I hear them on mic saying "He's landed his chopper on the roof. I don't see him." And then I press the button. In my mind, I'm hearing the 1812 Overture a la the V for Vendetta movie. One of them yells "WHAT THE FUCK?" as about a dozen explosions go off in sequence. The bombs only get one of them, but the other dude's surprised enough by the explosions so he holds still long enough for me to target him from the edge of the roof and snipe him. I get in the chopper $18K richer, and laugh and laugh and laugh.

God Dammit this shouldn't make me laugh as much as it does

Me, having been up for 31 of the past 33 hours (having worked 24 of them), running on nothing but coffee...but still found time to carve pumpkins at Tegan's school. Wouldn't have missed it for anything.

So many jokes... must resist...

Ryan Kelly? You never even saw Steve Nash look happy last year. Game 1 and he already was cheering and not laying on his back. TNT's B-team blows away ESPN's studio crew. Grant Hill, C-Webb, Smitty & Matt Winer are pretty great too.

Verbatim transcribed words of wisdom from Dave on today's Wrestling Observer Radio: "No, I mean, I..I.. , ya know, I think that there's, ya know...ya know from the-from the time the guy came in, I mean, I..people there had been tellin' me that, that ya know, he was gonna be, they kinda saw a, um, Dwayne Johnson like thing in him, he ain't gonna be Dwayne Johnson but but he he still could be a top guy and I think that the idea is at some point that ya know, you get him in that position, so...uh, yeah, something...for..I don't know I wouldn't break these guys up but, um, I mean eventually I guess eventually you would have to but but I don't know that it's the time yet but um obviously th-th, ya know, they're teasing it now that probably means they're gonna do it within a couple of, uhh...usually that means they're gonna do it like within about four weeks but maybe this one will be a little bit slower."

People are really complains that the GIANT SWAMP MONSTERS aren't graceful enough????

As long as he's an accomplished worker and not some choke artist ...I suck as a human being.

They were trying? Don't you remember "Adrian Peterson will rush for EVEN MORE yards"? Or "Christian Ponder is a good quarterback"? Gonzo is such a gutless shit of a man, he should be in here taking the kicking he earned with his shameful talk this year.

I feel bad for David Benoit. I can't comprehend what him and his sister have gone thru. I don't know what his reasons are for wanting to be a wrestler, but whatever makes his life easier. He should not have to apologize for existing.

[*] Missy Hyatt ‏@missyhyatt 4h big fan of summer rae and rob naylor when they were in nxt. [*] Rob Naylor ‏@NINaylor 4h @missyhyatt Thanks Missy! Most of her outside ring antics are the direct inspiration of watching my Memphis, uwf and wcw DVDs of you! [*] Missy Hyatt ‏@missyhyatt 3h @NINaylor My wrestling career will not be complete until I fight Rob Naylor in a Moondog Concession Stand Brawl [*] Rob Naylor ‏@NINaylor 3h @missyhyatt *throws jar of mustard and looks for Bill Dundee as a tag partner*

WHAT. THE. FUCK .

Gotta start some time. Though, granted, it was really weird to break it out when they did. And I think Yamato was doing Benoit tribute moves in Dragon Gate around the same time period too. It's odd all around. You know what I think is really strange? That Benoit's finish started getting used by guys not long after the murders, but Goldberg hasn't done shit in ages and no one's using the Jackhammer. WTF? Big E Langston has that shit Belly Cutter finish when he should be Jackhammering dudes.

Okay holy shit people I am clearly not concerned Goodfellas missed the ballot. I picked the movie that's clearly going to finish first or second, and expressed false concern. Goddammit people, this is a niche-interest internet message board. Some sarcasm should be expected.

Those WWE horror sendups rule.

If Wyatt had continued to feud with Miz and forced a hive of bees on him, WWE can have all my money.

"We all know who their father is!" - S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Mike Tenay

I think it's an overreach to say that America was staunchly isolationist all the way into 1941 (and I said something that that effect as well, which was also an overreach). But there was definitely a significant bloc of staunchly isolationist Americans. And you're 100% correct that if Captain America was created with any political aim, it was to support intervention in WWII (which could be fairly termed jingoistic). So does this make FSW correct? I don't think so. March 1941 was both the month Cap was born and the month that the US government enacted Lend-Lease. While it obviously wasn't a full declaration of war, it was supported by interventionists and opposed by isolationists. It was clearly taking a side in the war, supporting the Allies over the Axis and ending neutrality. Looking at the vote for that legislation, you see that there wasn't a pure black-and-white partisan split, but generally speaking, Senate Democrats supported it (79-21 percent of their faction) and the Republicans opposed it (37-63 of their faction). In the House, the vote was even more partisan. So at the moment of his creation, Captain America's political aims were more closely in line with the Democratic Party (including President Roosevelt, who supported taking sides in the conflict) than the Republican Party. Of course, as I said before, the parties have evolved significantly since 1941, so that makes the idea that Cap is the ideal of one political party even more specious. Basically, if you think that waving an American flag makes you a Republican, then you'll say that Cap is a Republican. If you think about it more deeply, you'll disagree. To me this says more about the Republican Party's success (in some corners) in promoting the idea that patriotism = Republicanism than it does about Cap's politics.

Eric the Midget is trying to raise money to buy TNA. I think he would make a perfect owner.

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Beat the game and most of the most wanted crimes (although I have still one more profile that is unopened). Some final thoughts:- Boss battles are a huge improvement of the previous games.I think every encounter is somewhat memorable... even Electrocutioner. They also did Bane's character justice and explained why he is just a big brute in the other games. - But then again, some characters could've been a lot more. Looking at you Shiva! - Really liked the levels and story. It was pretty much structured like the comics: one huge arc and several mini arcs within without getting the feeling that some villains were crammed in for the sake of it.- The game is buggy. Last night I had to reboot my ps3 three times because it kept locking up at certain times (namely the Batwing loading screen). Really annoying and should not happen.- As mentioned before the countering seems a bit off. In Arkham City I could clear rooms without getting hit once. In Origins I sometimes had to struggle with three thugs due to poor responsiveness.- Voice acting wasn't bad at all. Sure, no Kevin Conroy or Mark Hamill, but their replacements were pretty damn good.

So, what those of us that called back in August that Bryan wasn't getting elevated for shit, is for all you "wait for it, they won't fuck this up" fuckers to start apologizing for the shitty things you said to us. Go ahead, we'll wait.

Please don't call Tom Hardy, Bane. Please.