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You guys are missing the bigger picture... Russo may now be booking for Davey Richards.

They look like they should be opening for Arcade Fire.

This is a talking point that's been misconstrued over the years. Let's go to the research. "James Dudley began working for Jess McMahon in the 1950s, when McMahon was a co-owner of the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. When McMahon and his partners broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, Dudley continued to work for McMahon. Dudley performed many different jobs, from carrying buckets of waters to counting ticket sales. Dudley was a close friend of Vincent J. McMahon and continued working for the family when the younger McMahon took over the business from his father; in particular, he drove McMahon's limousine and served as his bodyguard.He has said that he thought of McMahon as a father figure. McMahon later increased Dudley's responsibilities with the company several times, and eventually assigned him to manage Turner's Arena in Washington, D.C., which made Dudley the first African-American to hold such a position in the United States.His role required him to oversee several other events, including the Town and Country Jamboree television show.Dudley also managed several wrestlers, including Bobo Brazil. Prior to Brazil's matches, Dudley excited the crowds by waving a towel while running to the ring.Over time, Dudley's role with the company diminished and he ceased working for them; the company's operations were moved to Connecticut, and Turner's Arena was demolished. Shortly before McMahon's death in 1984, he told his son, Vincent K. McMahon, who had taken over control of the promotion (then known as the WWF), "Whatever else you do, you take care of James Dudley."After Vincent J. McMahon's death, Dudley was put back on the company payroll at age 74 and subsequently received several gifts from Vincent K. McMahon to show appreciation for Dudley's contributions to the company.Dudley has been described as an "important cog" in the company, and McMahon once stated that "had there been no James Dudley, the WWF possibly wouldn't exist as it does today".Dudley continued to feel a sense of loyalty to the McMahons and their promotion.Dudley was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994 by Vincent K. McMahon." First African-American manager of an arena and a guy that worked for a company for 30 something years that later became the biggest wrestling company of all time is more than deserving of a spot. Not that the WWE Hall of Fame isn't political and motivated partly by economics and name value, but I feel too often people try to look at it through a prism of a real sport.

My hate for the Seahawks aside, I like this..

Guys let's all list off people born on a fucking date. This may be the worst the monthly thread has ever been. LOOK WILL SMITH WAS BORN ON THE SAME DAY AS ME MAYBE I'LL HAVE 1/10 THE SUCCESS HE HAS HAD.

Dude that match was so great, the damn ring got a standing ovation after Kurt left.

Fowler saves arguably the most tired joke in pro wres.

On this day in 2004, 29 competitors competed in the Royal Rumble match. The match ended when Big Show somehow threw himself over the top rope and no winner was declared.

If he tells the story about Harley Race on Punks livejounal page, it will be the best thing ever. Google it if you don't know it.

King Bookah's my favourite version of Booker T. I won a signed promo photo of King Bookah which is framed on my wall. I loved King Bookah--just great stuff. I watched some of the Best of KOTR the other night and was happy to see King Bookah hosting.King Bookah is one of the few wrestling characters that my wife would laugh at or be interested in if she happened to catch him. She also likes Vickie Guerrero's "Excuse Me" for what it's worth. I was happy to find King Bookah presenting the Best of King of the Ring DVD. Carrying on the King Bookahhhhhh love:

Russo is just glad to have another gig lined up. After he finished writing the Dexter finale, the man was seriously worried about what he'd do next.

Please. Vorhees knows when to stick with a formula that works.

And then there's this. May we all look like that at 73.

Awesome.

Petey Williams went on a fifteen minute monologue on Scott Steiner stories on the Art of Wrestling which is among the greatest moments that show ever had: Scott wanted to do the Steiner Screwdriver for a spot, but Petey wanted to rehearse it first, so as Scott went to the ring, Petey left. Scott thought the Main Event Mafia locker room set was a real locker room and he'd change there. Scott would pick out the chicken tenders he didn't like at Cracker Barrel and make the waitress "go get him some bigger ones." When Petey was doing his "lil' Scott Steiner" act, Scott went up to Petey's wife and asked if she wanted to try the real thing. Scott blew a promo by instead of saying "I'm gonna stick my foot up your ass" he said "I'm gonna shoot a load up your ass" then blamed Russo for it.

If I learned anything from wrestling, it's that if you teach a guy to bowl, it doesn't matter how many people he ate.

Steph does Savage

The best characters are extensions of your real personality so I assume he's coming back as Triple H's workout buddy.

I'd like Sheamus to come in really over the top, kind of like Bo Dallas delusional heel. Putting his arm around Bryan and going on about how he did a good job carrying things while he was away but now he can go back to being Cruiserweight champ or something and that if he needs anything he can call 1-800-brogue.

You know what disqualifies someone from being king of the jobbers? HOLDING A FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIP BELT

Chemistry doesn't always create something good, I guess. Just ask Walter White.

Too busy persecuting the Irish.

King Bookah's my favourite version of Booker T. I won a signed promo photo of King Bookah which is framed on my wall. I loved King Bookah--just great stuff. I watched some of the Best of KOTR the other night and was happy to see King Bookah hosting.King Bookah is one of the few wrestling characters that my wife would laugh at or be interested in if she happened to catch him. She also likes Vickie Guerrero's "Excuse Me" for what it's worth. Edit: One more thing, I was watching RAW on Hulu the other day when my 14 year old daughter looked up to see Batista and said "That guy looks like Pitbull." I figured you guys would appreciate that. Any chance she could fill us in on who that is?

King Bookah's my favourite version of Booker T. I won a signed promo photo of King Bookah which is framed on my wall. I loved King Bookah--just great stuff. I watched some of the Best of KOTR the other night and was happy to see King Bookah hosting.King Bookah is one of the few wrestling characters that my wife would laugh at or be interested in if she happened to catch him. She also likes Vickie Guerrero's "Excuse Me" for what it's worth. Edit: One more thing, I was watching RAW on Hulu the other day when my 14 year old daughter looked up to see Batista and said "That guy looks like Pitbull." I figured you guys would appreciate that.

Dave Lagana was responsible for that shitty hashtag, #IWantWrestling. People would tweet that during 20 minute matches and it would drive me crazy. It would have been put to better use during the 30 minute Dixie Carter promos he's producing.

Didn't repeat your heroics against Arsenal last season, but still pleased with my team last night. Think 4-0 flattered them a bit, we were in the ascendancy in the second half, but the big difference is they could bring Cazorla and Giroud off the bench (both of whom scored in the dying minutes), whilst our squad is so tiny we had to bring on our reserve right back up front towards the end. Massive respect to the Arsenal fans for applauding the fan protests last night. Unlikely we'll return to Coventry this season, but the media focus will do the Keep Cov In Cov movement no harm.

Ronda Rousey.

Yeah, the idea of a guy being a ball hog when he was shooting 65% from the field, 55% from 3 and hit all of his free throws makes me laugh.

Y'all always get me with "an Uso".

I really want them to adopt me.

Assassin's Creed 4 is just waiting for me to build a new PC with an actual new CPU. Or maybe I'll just wait 'til it's 15 bucks brand new for Wii U. I know I'm getting a PS4 but I have absolutely no motivation to get one yet. Remember a week ago when I was bitchin' about Vita? Well, some fucker put up a used system with a 16gig card with free overnight shipping on ebay last week for a buck fifty. Needless to say some dumbass bought it on a whim and then got PS+, Symphony of the Night, Spelunky and this new skateboard game. Fuck any responsible adults reading this. I want to get that PSP Final Fantasy Tactics remake but it's probably due to go on sale in February. Biding my time. Or who the hell am I kidding? I have a four day weekend and I still won't beat either Last of Us, Vita Uncharted or GTAV. Face it, being snuggled 'neath a blanket and lackadaisically watching films while getting bombed is the true way.

Suuure. "Kayfabe answer."

The difference between Bobby and Gary is, Bobby would just keep finding guys to come at you. Gary would poison your home town's water supply just for fun.

Well...I mean...Isn't that his thing? You ask the questions and he changes the answers?

Can we keep your fictional movie titles out of something as classy as the Hall of Fame note?

I finally saw IRON MAN 3 again last night, and two things immediately jumped out at me: 1. HOW IS THIS ALREADY ON CABLE? This has been out less than a year, and it's already on Starz. These release windows are getting ridiculously short. 2. It definitely lends further support to my theory that all Marvel movies get worse the more times you see them. Deer Gawd, that ending with Pepper. So stupid. How did we as a nation of people not collectively give that one of these and agree to never speak of it again:

I heard he made a hefty sum penning Iron Man 3. As for Hawkins, I thought he was training people. Didn't The Rock tweet that Hawkins got him back into in-ring shape? Oh.. that's why we haven't seen him..

Apparently, Mike Johnson is saying on PWI elite that numerous people have informed him that Russo is back in TNA.

No one can bear to watch those.

The Dolphins have interviewed NE's Director of Player Personnel Nick Caserio for their GM position. Yes, after the list of finalists was published.

THE HELL!?!?!?!? Tell me what this is before it haunts my sleep!!!! It looks like JBL starting his regeneration into Bill Nye the Science Guy to me.

Huge Teenage Fanclub err fan here. I love Bandwagonesque so much. I got that album sophomore year in high school via that Columbia House scam. Also along with it was The Lemonheads "It's A Same About Ray." I ended up being way more into punk growing up but in my advanced age I've grown a real appreciation for power-pop. Those two albums (and Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend") were such a great introduction into that genre. Also, here's a fun-fact/opinion: Teenage Fanclub was the musical guest on the episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jason Priestly. I'm not kidding when I say that episode is, top-to-bottom, the best episode of SNL in its history. I'm not alone in that opinion, either, in the comedy nerd community.

This is my Survivor Series team.

If they really are doing a "Kane is secretly helping out Bryan" angle then he should announce that he's entered himself in the Rumble at 30, but Bryan comes out at 30 instead and wins.

Man, I would love if Bazooka Joe became the new sponsor and they start making Samoa Joe wrestle in an eye patch.