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Apparently this match is going to happen.

When FSW was banned, his essence dissipated and infected part of the board.

Sorry, but I like that name is better than Edge. . . . Peter Boyle is apparently a fan of that luxurious hair on Damon....

I hate you all. With the passion of many supernovae.

I present the following without comment.

Thanks to my buddy slimy, sorry for the image quality, but you should be able to make out all the codezzzzz

I just contribute that to being contrarian to what was going on at that time, which is ironic since Overeem being a top tier HW (and/or future Fedor destroyer) became overwhelming opinion on the internet. I remember him just showing up against that Korean bum on the first Dream show and being big as shit. When Valentijin fought in Sengoku (IIRC) around the same time, he was just freaking massive as well. It ballooned from there. You had this gargantuan man fighting in Dream, K-1, and then Strikeforce. When we were in the Brock Lesnar era of heavyweight MMA, the air of legitimacy became so important. But that's how star-making seems to happen some of the time in MMA. Nick Diaz fought some decent to good fighters post-UFC, but the way people saw him made you think he was going to pee down GSP's gaping neckhole if they ever fought. If MMA fans can't find a good foil within the UFC, they will go looking for them elsewhere and anoint someone. However, that's the inherent problem with trying to create stars. Internet or cult of personality legitimacy isn't the same as real legitimacy. These guys become popular (with or without the resume to match the popularity), we go on a mary-go-round of the UFC trying to bring them in, and then the UFC underpays or overpays (90% of the time it's overpay seeing how the ratings and buyrates have been) them to finally get them. Once the ship starts going down, it becomes this Carnival of Sadness. It goes from "oh shit, they signed him!" to "oh shit, is _________ going to get cut?". The UFC is in a rough position because it's not pro wrestling. If people want "stacked" cards, there is only so long you can protect an Alistair Overeem if you even want to do that in the first place. They gave a one million dollar signing bonus (peanuts to Zuffa I'll admit) to someone who never challenged for the real legitimate heavyweight title and delivered an underwhelming buyrate for the biggest fight of his career. But if the UFC never signed him in the first place, people would have went on and on about how the UFC can't make the big fights.

Behold the Vision:

That's the Power of Love!

I can't be the only one who couldn't work out which one was Natalya's real face there. Unfortunate pose.

I'll give you guys some time to think over exactly how you guys should approach this better. In the mean time, it's the weekend, go outside. I'll let you know when you can have this back.

I remember being 9 and finding the entire CMLL set at a dollar store at the Sawgrass Mall. I wasn't so lucky with the AAA set, I have Cien Caras and and La Parka though but they're much more expensive than the CMLL ones. The AAA set and the mini figure set are both awesome. I also love the Magnificent Wrestler Mego-like set of lucha figures, they were sold in singles or box sets with 2 figures, a ring, trophy, and belts. The street vendor ones aren't bad either, the "newer" ones I've seen on eBay like Rey and Wagner have really good paint jobs, much more so than the older ones that Highspots sold. AAA Kelian miniature Cien Caras Magnificent Wrestler Street vendor wrestlers

Well hey, CMLL action figures! (boooooooooo) and also, AAA! (boooooooooooo}

The NHL Network is so spectacularly disappointing in regards to old footage that even if it did exist it probably wouldn't air. I got the Network again a few months ago after not having it for 4 years and they're still showing the exact same shit. I don't know how many times they've aired the Tugnutt 70 save game but it has to be into the triple digits. It's such a shame that they're so God damn lazy about it.

I've insisted that Gullen sounds like the Heel Pro Wrestling Manager equivalent of J Peterman from Seinfeld. Is this Jarrett's yard?

One thing that really jumps out at me in these early Nitros, and the accompanying ppvs, is that they were clearly really high on Eddie, and to a lesser extent, Malenko. Both guys were featured nearly every week(especially Eddie). Eddie rarely did any clean jobs, pinned Pillman, went to a draw with Badd. He was one of the last 9 guys in the ring at WWIII, and got to hold off Arn and Flair for a stretch in that match. Malenko nearly beat Sting. Obviously, Malenko pretty much reached the level he should have. He was a featured guy every week, got huge pops, and was a strong US champ. Eddie however, never got there. It seemed like once they were gearing up for the NWO, he got lost in the shuffle. I can't help but wonder where guys like them would have ended up if there were no NWO. Also of note, it seems like they were much more interested in protecting some of their "homegrown" guys at the time. Craig Pittman, Eddie, Kurasawa, Malenko, Benoit, Norton and Harlem Heat were all kept very strong at the time. Not sure why they went off the rails in that regard.

I just flipped to the last page of that script for 'The Iowa Raucous' cause I was curious about the roster list and the reasons for guys not being available, i.e. Wade Barrett - injured Dean Ambrose - movie Zack Ryder - sucks Xavier Woods - black but it didn't have one. I did learn Kane's new first name is 'Corportate' though. Slam City is so tepid. Hey, Steve Austin wants his ice coffee, stone cold. Get it, kids? Cause he's Stone Cold Steve Austin. Bah. Give me a cartoon where Rusev gets The Miz to teach him how to drive so he can get his driver's license because he's tired of Lana's reckless driving (cause she's a woman). RUSEV CRASH!?! http://youtu.be/Je-ObyacA2Q

When was Andre managed by Howard the Duck?

My kids absolutely love the Slam City toys, and yes they have the CM Punk one. A while back my 5-year-old said "Now that CM Punk isn't on wrestling anymore, maybe he can really be an ice cream man now." I could barely stop myself from laughing out loud.

I'm a Lions fan and this one rings waaaaaaaay too true:

It didn't NEED to be done, but it just makes the whole thing pop..

Maybe they're setting up a gimmick talk-show host battle royal for WM? Jenny Jones Maury Donahue Springer Ricki Lake Leeza Geraldo just imagine with all of them in the ring, the pop when the next theme turns out to be:

Okay, who's the guy on the right? Pitbull

I know I'm definitely in the minority on this one, but a lot of times when I watch Raw today, the thing I miss most about those days is the "crash TV" pacing of the show. There are some weeks where I feel like I'm in a time vortex and that three hours is somehow six months long.

Does the American Males song sound 'rapey'? You be the judge: American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males AMERICAN MALES... When ya see them comin Better run for cover Girls you dont need a weekend lover... UNNNN American Males If they want to talk ya better not listen you might wind up in critical condintion... HAHA American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males AMERICAN MALES American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males AMERICAN MALES They're irrestable They're unpredictablllle American MAAALLLaYaYaYlllesssss American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males AMERICAN MALES American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males American Males AMERICAN MALES (fade to black) There was no way this shit was ever going to get over: This made me start thinking, will there ever be a mummy character that is over? Who working today can get it over? What will need to be done? Obviously the cartoon mummy SMW, WCW, and WWE used was shit everytime. A better DOD would have been: Meng, Giant, James Mitchell, Sabu, Scott Norton, and eventually Lex Luger. 6 bad ass dudes and one really good talker. The Meng/Norton tag team would have been pretty awesome. If WCW HAD to use the other guys they all would have best been served for dark matches and house shows. Guys like Kamala, Tenta, Sullivan, Yeti, and Zodiac were corny then and they are even cornier now.

Ok, so totally weird because it is right when we are talking about this, but Reis says he was originally supposed to be a giant ninja before El Gigante backed out of being the Yeti in an interview he just did this past week.

Apologies if this was already mentioned by Fox Sports is going to do a Red Zone type coverage for the Champions League NY Times article

Heavy Metal's figure is RAF's av, in molded-plastic form.

Every time I see a commercial for The Equalizer, I hear Gary Michael Capetta saying the title. GMC was awesome, way better than David Penzer.

search bar: ignore user "Ooooh, I see. That's easy." Problem solved.

All this talk of Johnny Ace is perfectly timed. In the college football tonight, we were introduced to a young man named Brock Hekking, who appears to be what would happen if both dynamic dudes impregnated Brian Bosworth. There is literally no way this dude doesn't end up in NXT by 2018.

Overeem not so good without massive amount of steroids.

welp this eats a dick Sitting around and waiting, have been stressed as hell since this was emailed out at quitting time yesterday. Seriously, fuck that memo. It basically says "We lost a lot of money because our movies are eating dicks but we are dedicated to supporting the story tellers that are making our dick eating movies." Not a single executive that thought a remake of Twister would do well against Guardians of the Fucking Galaxy is going to be punished. No one that let the director of Game of Thrones, a fucking franchise we OWN, go to Marvel to make Thor 2 instead of hiring him for our own properties is going to get fired. Just a lot of admins and people living to check to check.

1 things I took away from that video....Jimmy Hart lives the gimmick baby.

Punk is selling them at his new job - a food truck chef in Wicker Park.

Standard September Raw

I have it on good authority that EN090 is not feeling really silly at the moment. ANOTHER ONE OF MELTZER'S LIES!

I thought it was weird last week when he said "Snort of coke for the workin' man!"