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Greg, I know you try, but when telling a story involves cutting a hot act off at the knees, in a company absolutely desperate for hot acts at the moment, maybe it's not the story to tell right now.

Jimmy Snuka/Nancy Argentino cosplay before it goes horribly wrong

This act is tired.

"Look how over guys get when they beat up Bray! We should keep this up for years!"

In this vein, if the goal of putting the US title on ADR in the first place was to make him into a serious upper midcard heel, then he shouldn't have lost all these matches to Kalisto, including one for the title. If they'd soured on ADR and were trying to turn Kalisto into the new Rey Jr., then he shouldn't have lost the damn title the Smackdown after he won it on Raw. This isn't a "hot feud", this is shitty booking that helps literally no one.

A lot of acts on here are tired.

Oh, come on. I know Bryan Alvarez can be annoying sometimes but he's not that bad.

I always took it as Boyega just relentlessly trolling Harrison Ford and doing a good job of it.

I hate Smash Mouth as much as the next guy, but fuck the idea that they should be ashamed of paying tribute to Bowie, and fuck the idea that you need to be as good a singer as Freddie to pay tribute to Queen.

* Alberto Del Rio defeated Kalisto to win back the WWE United States Title. King Barrett was at ringside and provided an assist to help Del Rio win the title Welp, fuck this, I'm going home.

There should've never been another adaptation after the Errol Flynn joint. It is about as perfect as a movie can get. You spelled Kevin Costner incorrectly J... You spelled Daffy Duck incorrecly Dolfan ... You guys spell Cary Elwes in the weirdest ways...

Not everything is a win.

A part of my soul dies every time I think about what could/should have been after WM 30.

Say what you will about the stupidity of 50/50 booking the US title back to ADR, but the part I bolded in there is really dumb and the worst kind of tin foil hat thinking.

He booked me to make some kick ass macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving. Everyone popped huge for it. He booked me for some Crème Brulee but it didn't turn out very good. I think the office is trying to bury me.

Exactly two years ago today this ended Raw: That crowd was amazing.

Boyega is going to stalk and murder Harrison Ford in a crime of passion one day, isn't he?

Genuinely, one of the things I enjoy most in wrestling is Scott Norton wrecking dudes:

Stardust ‏@StardustWWE 26 minutes ago Just for one day... #RIPDavidBowie

Lol, "uniform" fetish. I guess that is a nice way of saying Nazi fetish.

This is not directed at anyone specifically, but I think it is relevant since it will be brought up many times over the next several months. Bellator is still a business with their own interests and agenda. The MMA free agency market still isn't one company versus their leading competitor. Just like the UFC, whoever Bellator is actually interested in is who they choose to go after. So this uniform thing isn't going to start this Mariel boatlift effect where any and everybody who has a problem with the low pay tiers with Reebok will go over to Bellator where they can wear whatever. Bellator is interested in people who can bring ratings and not average Joes. They got enough of them. So this free agency thing is truly for people who have name value and/or those who have the managerial connections to make a move. For example, you had a few of the Zinkin Entertainment fighters make a move. However, you really haven't seen many other managers make a similar move. Why? Because you have a lot of managers whose clientele doesn't offer value to Bellator or have that same relationship. Keep in mind, Bellator has that seasonal approach to the events they have and also you only get maybe eight purposeful fights per card (4 or 5 televised ones and maybe 2 or 3 non-bummy regional fights on the prelims/postlims if you're lucky) so card space is extremely limited. It's especially limited given that they tend to recycle some of the same guys over and over again. Therefore, their approach isn't to sign just anyone who is unhappy with the UFC or the uniform policy. You don't think Bellator has some of the same issues the UFC has with people sitting on the sidelines waiting for a fight? Bellator is trying to make sure they don't go into breach of contract as well. One thing that I take from the Sterling situation and his statements is he is right that there is only one Conor McGregor. Accordingly, there aren't a ton of guys who can astronomically drive up their bargaining power. This includes people you know and those you don't really know. If that's the case then, free agency in a world where you have the payment issues with Reebok and other stuff that tends to come up should favor the WSOFs and One FCs of the world who are extremely desperate to sign anyone and have space to put people on cards. However, the only thing that really stops that from happening other than the obvious incompetence of those companies is the exposure factor. I think some fighters are blinded by that even if there isn't monetary gain. On one hand, you can get paid more than you would in the UFC. On the other hand, people have no idea that you're fighting. One place where I might disagree with Aljamain Sterling on is what it (fighting for the UFC in the USADA/Reebok era) offers in addition to the exposure. However, it's also the reason I can see why he is a bit more pessimistic in discussing it since it's not a rosy picture by any means. The UFC doesn't crank out a ton of stars, however, their platform is strictly to make sure star fighters have the elements to do what they can to be stars. Once you get to another company, your purpose now is to basically keep your name out there like an actor who was killed off on a popular TV show and moved to a newer show with no value yet. Your success is now strictly dependent on people who likely aren't that good at their job as you are at yours. There are TV shows that get cancelled every year with people who can act, but the writing staff or the show runner sucks. Fighters are out for themselves and to feed their family. They can't market, promote, and book the shows they fight on unless it's a regional promotion in the Midwest somewhere. The stuff the UFC has problems with can be easily fixed, but they don't give a shit enough to fix them or care enough about the fighters to do so. So it's Zuffa and the talent in a standstill until someone blinks. Unless you're a Conor McGregor, nine out of ten times it's going to be you. With other companies, you're basically working around incompetence to up your own value as a fighter and athlete. So I can see why someone like Aljamain Sterling is willing to deal with that bullshit as long as he gets paid because that's pretty much the truth he has been presented. The options are simply not there, and you're not going to be able to create them. So even if you plan to fight out that deal in a particular company (that isn't Bellator), your value did not increase. Hell, it might have decreased because no one is paying attention to those companies. Once that incompetence seeps into your name value, how are you going to ask the UFC to now pay you to come back? So you won 5 or 6 fights straight. Shit, there is some Brazilian dude straight out of the favela from Watch Out Combat Show and XFC Brazil that is 17-0 against the same level of bums and taking less pay than you had when you left the UFC on the FS1 opener. Who gives a fuck? That's the problem. Fighters are trying to clear this imaginary hurdle that only benefits the companies they work for. If you help increase the ratings of WSOF, what are you getting in return as a fighter? Free shirts from the MMA Barn or some other outlet store?

Breaking News: If I win Powerball the Whalers are coming back to Hartford. If for some reason that falls through I will buy WWE and create a booking committee consisting of all the posters on this forum.

According to you. Again, you're saying he was deliberately cooled off and that it wasn't just bad booking - why? People can repeat that line about Cesaro being as over Reigns until they're blue in the face if it will make them feel better, but it just isn't true - and there is no indication that their fumbles with Cesaro have anything to do with Reigns. Nobody rational thinks that, which was my original point - your conspiracy theories have no substance. WWE fucks up plenty of shit through sheer ineptitude and I don't understand why people want to conjure things out of thin air to complain about.

See what guys are capable of when every word out of their mouth isn't scripted. There's no need for failed Hollywood writers in wrestling.

I don't know about you guys but I'm fed up with the NBA giving the Warriors that Cena push.

First of all, NFL isn't scripted entertainment with pre-determined outcomes, last I checked. Secondly, keep telling yourself it's predicated on parity.

This horror death scene in Alien is memorable because of what you see. This one is memorable because of what you don't see. Jesus, Lambert's screams gave me nightmares for days. I both loved and hated Scott for that scene. All you see of Lambert's remains when Ripley arrives are her feet so you know that Lambert at least lost her boots when the Alien killed her, but Ripley's horrified reaction to Lambert's corpse suggest far worse happened to her and that is when your mind wanders to all sorts of terrible places.

Blake Bortles won me a title this year. You won't see me calling him a joke for a while.

I honestly think the only reason both of those title changes happened is just so they could say something of note happened on Smackdown.

♪♫ There's a Starman coming to the ring He'd like to try and fight us But pro wrestling's not our thing ♪♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HahZprrYXnA

We will expand this shit to include all horror movie kills. RIP Angus Scrimm. Phantasm, bitches. The mother fucking Ball lives forever.

The Road Warriors were better than every team because they were the mother fucking Road Warriors for Christ's sake.

That they've shown a half-dozen times already, including four times on free TV in a two-week span.

All of these are tremendous. I feel like Felder's KO of Castillo did a lot of damage to Felder long-term because it seems like he busts out spinning strikes way, way too frequently now. But gotdamn, can you blame him?! What a strike! Friere's KO of Weichel was insane because of the 180 it stamped on that fight. Friere was waist deep in shit when he caught Weichel. Almeida's was probably the best looking KO of the year. Hall hit an accomplished stand-up fighter with a spinning back kick to the head like something I've never seen before. The last two are two of the biggest stoppages in MMA history. I'm going to think about it for a bit. Leaning towards Almeida's knee.

Alton being a heel on Cutthroat but a face on Iron Chef and Good Eats is the Food Network version of HHH being a face in NXT and a heel on the main roster shows.

If Ambrose and Owens aren't in the Rumble itself to mix it up with Brock, I will be very sad.

I zoomed that to 500% and still can't make out anything

Oral sex transmits super powers, but vaginal sex doesn't? I find the science behind that alittle sketchy.

Cavemen don't fuck around son

Pro wrestling is kids in wheelchairs fleeing the action