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So I'm currently sitting in an all day legal seminar. The lunch time entertainment is Joel Gertner. He's dropping Big Dick Dudley references to silence in front of a couple hundred middle aged lawyers. I feel like I'm dreaming this.

See you next Monday

On Sheamus: If you can watch the whc match with Big Show from HIAC a few years ago and still say he's never had a great match... We'll never agree on pro wrestling.

The whole match was played to a Nexus win, with Miz interfering against Bryan, Cena against 2 Nexus people and that DDT on the concrete. Losing directly after that move against super smiley Cena and looking like the biggest jobbers that ever jobbed killed their momentum. People overlook how well the ending stretch was though. After the DDT spot, instead of pinning Cena, Wade had Gabriel hit his 450 move. And he didn't go to hit it ASAP, He took a good 2 or 3 minutes. Look enough for Cena to at least roll out of the way. Once Wade realized what happened, he charged in blindly and got tripped up into the STF. Which worked for me because Wade showed that no matter how collected and mature he was compared to the other rookies, he himself was still vulnerable to his own rage and inexperience. In place of actually discussing your points, take this: You're the worst.

I had to new get a new driver's license and photo and was at the local DMV. When I was sitting there, this dude taps me on the shoulder. "Yo, you know how to spell the word 'mannequin?'" I spelled it for him. Right when I was about to ask why he needed to know that, my number was called.

Vince McMahon I maintain that an amnesia angle where Vince comes out in his loud blazer and thinks he's the play-by-play guy again would be golden. Triple H and Stephanie would just let him be since he'd be out of the way of their plans for world domination.

The Henry/Sheamus match that ended by count-out was fucking fantastic. Monster movie shit.

I think Bryan in the rumble is going to be a bait and switch.

*cues Rex Ryan's music* DID SOMEBODY SAY FOOT? Him with that defense is a scary thought.

Oh yeah, the Nightfall, holy shit. Having maxed out Vision of Cornflakes, Hezen Vengeance and Pocket Infinity makes that a cake walk. In the Omnigul fight, I went in, fired off three rockets at Omnigul, popped my golden gun special and hit Omnigul with 3 out of 4 shots, and then threw my solar grenade thing and she was hurting bad. Like I said, such a cake walk this week and way easier than it was before when there was lightswitch and arc burn. Stupid arc burn.

I've finally stopped being quite so lazy and started going through this thread and adding people on PSN. Only on page 2 so far.

Being an NFL fan is like Qb's, if you have two, you have none. . .

First guy to drop a Lord of the Flies "Sucks to your assmar!" reference becomes my new favorite wrestler

That is absolutely brilliant.

I blame my fingers and autofill and the fact that I really don't care

Tim Livingston posted this on facebook: http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/brian-murphy-knbr-jed-york-jim-harbaugh/ It's an interview with Jed York that got "vaguely hostile". It's glorious. You can hear him shifting uncomfortably in his chair around question 4. Also getting called on his "hold me responsible" is one of the best moments of sports journalism in the last 10 years.

Didn't NXT actually offer a plausible explanation for that? Define "plausible". Husky Harris is a vessel for "Bray Wyatt," who I assume is a spirit of some kind. We can also infer that Husky Harris had a mental breakdown and invented the persona "Bray Wyatt." The latter is realistic and the former is plausible in the WWE Universe, which contains The Undertaker and his random supernatural powers. Bray Wyatt killed Laura Palmer. #spoilers Jesus, Mark, It's 2014. Bray killed Hae-Min Lee. I didnt realize that had someone possesed by an evil spirit. Maybe i should listen after all.

People keep bringing up Wade being injury proned, he has been more proned to being stepped over for terrible people: - 2010, Miz - 2011, Zeke Jackson - 2012, Jericho/Sheamus - 2013, Fandago/Miz/FUCKING CURTIS AXEL - 2014, Swaggie Like if they had just pushed the guy instead of jobbing him to Sheamus or some suck ass performer, he wouldn't be getting "hurt so much." And I like Sheamus, but Wade is clearly better than him in every way except for milking a ten count. I will agree that Mark Henry isn't a guy I remember a lot of matches from. But fucking hell that Summerslam 2011 match with Sheamus is pro wrestling.

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I don't want to know what you're writing checks to FSW for. I assume it's butt stuff.

The way I understood the stip HHH lost all executive power and couldn't make any decisions to influence talent. However, the way I understood it, and what I expected, was that there was no rule that he couldn't become talent. I would have had HHH as a surprise #30 in the Rumble, with the explanation given the next night, with him getting Eliminated by Bryan but coming back in and sledging Cena leading to his elimination. HHH then says his goal is to make sure Cena never breaks Flair's record- by getting the title himself and screwing Cena every chance he gets unless he brings him back to power, in which case he'll give him every opportunity at it.

I am so glad the work wifi works. Watching Hardcore TV at lunch means I'll be able to finally watching these as I held off for a little while. And the resume watching elements of the Network make this so convenient now. On the second to last episode for '94, and can't wait to get into '95. A lot has been said about Shane Douglas relying on profanity in his promos. I agree on that but feel his promo work has been overlooked because of that. I found in watching these shows that he's been really underrated in selling a match. He did a promo hyping his match up with Ron Simmons that at most had the word "damn" in it. This was also the one where he washed his hands of Ric Flair for not answering his calls. And it was tremendous. On top of that, it went about 5 or 6 minutes but it never at any point dragged like today's interviews tend to do. Promos aside, he was very deserving of being the main guy in ECW.

Ladies and gentlemen, with the regular season now in the books it is that moment you've all been waiting for! No not the playoffs or Gronk's next photoshoot; it's.... The 2014 Top of the Bottom Awards Ceremony! That's right! Now before we get on to crowning one team as the Top of the Bottom, I would like to introduce the 2014 Top of the Bottom All-Suck teams! The players and units were chosen carefully after hours of caffeine fueled stat crunching over at Football Outsiders and only come from teams in the rankings. Sadly they did not have stats for players in the secondary, but with teams this bad who needs a secondary? So without further ado, here are your 1st and 2nd team All-Suck players! 1st Team All Suck Players: QB: Blake Bortles - Jacksonville RB: Toby Gerhart - Jacksonville WR1: Cecil Shorts III - Jacksonville WR2: Cordarelle Patterson - Minnesotta TE: Levine Toilolo - Atlanta O-Line: Tampa Bay D-Line: Oakland 2nd Team All Suck Players: QB: Josh McCown - Tampa Bay RB: Daren McFadden - Oakland WR1: Pierre Garcon - Washington WR2: Allen Hurns - Jacksonville TE: Mychal Rivera - Oakland O-Line: Jacksonville D-Line: Atlanta Let's give a quick round of applause to the players that truly personify the Top of the Bottom! So seeing as how the final adjusted rankings have already been released, it is not time to present to you the Top of the Bottom Goodell Trophy: Isn't it amazing? So now allow me to present to you the 2014 Top of the Bottom Champion: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers! It takes a true lack of effort and talent to be able to rise to the top of the worst and Tampa fought tooth and nail all season long. Enjoy this lovely trophy and your first round pick and we will see you next year right here on Top of the Bottom!

Problem with Big Show as a heel announcer is that after a week they'd turn him and he'd be a babyface announcer. Then he'd turn again. And again. And again.

Because, hey, it's already 2015 where I am, and I'm playing video games. (Of course, if Rippa wants to kill this and start his own thread, fine.) But yes, Dragon Age: Inquisition is awesome (as many of us already know), and after watching enough trailers for it, I'm getting pretty psyched for No Man's Sky, too. And, of course, the next Mass Effect and Fallout games can't possibly get here fast enough.

Hashimoto remains the King of Brainbusters

Countdown to #30: 5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1.... ... IT'S A NEW DAY YES IT IS! "IT'S BIG E!"

I've got a Wii U and love all the games I have on it. On the other hand, fate has determined that I drink a bottle of wild turkey and finally give time to XCOM on my PC. Already I'm yelling at my screen saying things like "Oh yeah, fucking sniper is CLUTCH!". I mean this isn't as tactical as Knight's of the Chalice but fuck you if it don't keep my ass clicking.

Yeah, I have a level 7 alt that is a Warlock, but I have so much raid Hunter gear that I'm thinking of making another Hunter. Seems weird, though. On the other hand, with regards to my Warlock, for whatever reason, I keep getting exotic gear and legendary gear for Warlocks. Like in the Nightfall this week, I didn't get fucked, and wound up with an exotic helm for a Warlock.

They made a deal on Total Divas out of Cameron wanting to train back at NXT and then they aired a match of hers and I was all "HOW DO YOU GO BACK TO NXT FOR TRAINING AND COME BACK WORSE."

I could put this in the 'Best of 2014' thread (Shameless plug) but I thought I'd put it in here so I can get in on the first page! Watched Blue Ruin last night which was a pretty fabulous little film. It stars Macon Blair (Whom I'd never seen before and reminds me a little of Stevie Janowski from 'Eastbound and Down') as Dwight, a wayward drifter at the start, sneaking into people's homes to take a bath, eating food out of dumpsters, living out of an abandoned car. One day a police officer comes up to him and takes him downtown where they reveal "he" is getting out. Immediately Dwight springs into action, putting gas in the car and a new battery in, and he drives to the jail. Within hours of the man's release, Dwight is stalking him with evil intentions. It sounds like the plot of your standard revenge thriller, but where this movie differs is the lead is basically an everyman and it shows what would happen if most everymen tried to carry out brual revenge (His first attempt involves an attempt to slash a tire that ends up cutting himself, a lost pair of keys, and being forced to steal the vehicle with the tire he just slashed). But while revenge is the motor for the entire plot, the movie isn't so much about the revenge, itself, as it is about how revenge just destroys the life of everyone involved. It's bloody, it's incredibly intense, thoroughly well-acted (Including Buzz from 'Home Alone'!) and has the teeniest bit of subtle, dark humor running throughout. Really quite a revelation.

You're not missing anything. Sheamus bought in and became exactly what WWE thinks people want. But underneath the stupid catchphrases (ie yelling Fella all the time) and his entire move set being made up of finishers is one hell of a worker. Since the audiences have rebelled against anything resembling a Cena clone Sheamus is stuck in no mans land. I would just stick Cesaro, Sheamus, and Barrett together as a bunch of European ass kickers.

Wow. A debate between bruce pritchard and bischoff about the monday night wars. Might be the worst podcast idea not involving the words Vince Russo. --- Thankfully, Ross did not have Striker on today to plug the njpw show.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZsZCBTpKjHzdbCpKZ1No1KAdpmOd2OcgSMfC1-oa7pI/edit?usp=docslist_api Source: @SenorLARIATO

I'm not trolling or trying to insult any Mark Henry fans here, because I know there are a lot. but I just realized this: In his 18 year career, I can't remember any match of his that I actually liked or thought was good. I have no problems with him as a character or a promo man, but he's the only wrestler I can think of who has been around so long that I haven't cared for. Even Kane and Khali had some stuff I liked/remembered more. Please don't start a flame war or anything over this, I just thought it was kind of interesting.

yeah, i did NOT see the Pettis sub coming, so i think i have to vote for him again this year.

I'm too lazy to find my remote............ This Chrisley show is TERRIBLE and needs to be stopped.

Fuck all this talk about a terrible ending. Wade motherfucking Barrett is back.

.....plus he fucked Stephanie.

I wish I didn't know about the fucker. My wife actually watches his fucking inane videos.

I think Pete Carroll would be totally justified getting a copy of Harbaugh's Michigan contract, throwing it down on the desk of the Seahawks owner and demanding they pay him double.

Main event needs to be Rollins vs Reigns vs Ambrose for the title or get the fuck out.

I'm fully expecting WMXXXI to be the last WWE I watch. Hoping I'm wrong, but I just don't see how they can deliver right now- and I'm enjoying the current stuff less than I did Dungeon of Doom-era stuff.