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Saying Steve Austin popularized the bald head might be my new favorite wrestling bubble statement

A friend of mine sent me this in FB chat. No I love me some Bobby Eaton BUT this made me lugh very hard! James

VOTE FOR FUCKING BAE!(acronym for Before Anyone Else for people who do not know) There has not been any wrestler in recent memory that made me care for a wrestling character since Sasha banks in a relatively short time frame. I cared about Daniel Bryan because I knew who Daniel Bryan was. Sasha, no idea who the fuck she was when she stepped into NXT. But watching her turn heel(out of voting period) in spite of being a good girl character that was just happy to be there set a precedent that for the rest of the career until now which is rare. How many characters still maintain a sense of who they were after such a dramatic change? Only wrestlers who did not have much of a character to begin with do and are just more aggressive. It's rare that characters maintain a personality trait or tragic flaw that carries them to their career. Whether it is Triple H's obsession with being the champion, the Rock's obsession with being loved adored whether it was a figure who embodied racial issues, a corporate champion, the People's Champion, or a pissed off celebrity who felt betrayed by the People who so longing represented. Sasha's character went from meek and nice girl to vain, aggressive, almost celebrity type by sheer force of character. She went from Lauryn Hill to Nicki Minaj and that kind of shift is as drastic as Johnny Nitro to John Morrison(when he was heel and actually mimicking Jim Morrison) or Ringmaster Steve to Stone Cold Steve Austin. It might as well as be a completely different character. But Sasha was still the same character she was before. The Boss is a facade that she created in order to succeed in the WWE. We hear JBL talk all about it on how that you have to cheat, scratch, and claw to succeed. That in Vince McMahon's microcosm, success means backstabbing your friends, being the meanest, most arrogant asshole on the planet. So much so that he intentionally allows elements that could be easily fixed to prevent the cheating and scheming to be fixed(such as instant replay in case someone used the ropes, or reviewing the matches to post disqualify cheaters who got away with it because the ref did not see it). The main conflict in the WWE is not just a combat sports organization that is constantly retelling Rocky over and over again. The conflict is an internal one between wrestlers that asks them what would you do to succeed. Vince rewards people who are like him or how he likes them to be so Sasha took up a persona that spelled success in this company. Sasha is Sami if he grabbed the belt and slammed Neville with it. On the outside, she is proud of herself, but on the inside, it is eating away at her. She wanted to be successful and still be Sasha Banks and not the boss. Hints of this was shown when she finally won the title. After she won it, she looked like she was going to celebrate and break face, but kept her heel persona and mocked Charlotte. Then she was interviewed Rene and we saw a glimpse of the real Sasha Banks. She immediately shed the Boss persona as soon as Renee called her on it and cried about it. Some would call it a break in character, but this was reflected in her previous perpetual bullying in Bayley. One of the things that I found fascinating in her title run was that, in spite of being a heel, she only cheated in 1 of the title defenses and that was immediately after she won it in. Then it was her match at Takeover Brooklyn where the real Sasha just poured out throughout the match. She was screaming a Bayley things that would not make any sense like "You think you are better than me Bayley." And it's like...wait a minute, you beat Bayley 4 times out of five. There is no way Bayley thinks she is better than you. She knows she is the underdog. But her hatred is Bayley is that unlike Sasha, Bayley gained success while staying true to herself. Sasha did not. He lied, cheated, and stole her way to success. She bullied and pandered her way to the championship. And looking at Bayley, she sees herself or how she used to be and it eats at her that Bayley can still be Bayley in spite of being in this dog eat dog world. It's a story that we all go through or have. What do we have to give up to get something? Whether it is our lives or right to eat. Our pride starts to erode and some of us allow that ate up our aspirations and dreams and changed us and watch with glee or with apathy as it does someone else. Then we see those happy fucks that have not lost a sense of the naivety and still maintained a sense of themselves when you gave it up. That's Sasha struggle. She still wants to be herself but can't or feels that she can't because she wants to succeed. Even in the gif that I posted, there are still little breaks of character. During this whole interview with Cole, she was bickering with Becky and dismissing her and was the usual braggadocios Boss self. But when Cole asked the question, why she deserves to go to wrestle-mania. She reverted back to Sasha Banks and gave a genuine answer. She's the best wrestler in the WWE roster. And she is the best at this WWE story telling driven style where she expresses emotion that drives the story more than her actual maneuvers. And yeah, she is amazing in the ring. She is Eddie Guerrero reincarnated. You vote for Sasha for everything that you love or used to love about WWE styled wrestling. Vote for BAE!

He wasn't laying pipe like a dude in pain. I say this from experience. I'm a plumber.

Has Cesaro ever come to the ring in a tank? No? Ok, voting Rusev.

It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht but it's pronounced Throatwarbler Mangrove.

And we appreciate you for that, Mr. Burrito.

Is it court ordered that you stay away from little girls

It's been a great year to stop watching WWE altogether though

Hogan is 100% in the right as far as I'm concerned, but this lawsuit is probably ill-advised if his privacy is his concern. The line of questioning about the difference in size between his and Hulk Hogan's penis was one fo the most magical/ridiculous things I've ever seen. First of all Hulk Hogan is on the witness stand in a do-rag. Then he has to explain to people that his penis and Hulk Hogan's penis are two different penises. The crazy thing is that, he has a point. Hulk Hogan is a fictional character who only exists publicly. He can go on the radio and say ridiculous things, because that person doesn't exist. Nothing he says should be considered a fact, because the very existence of Hulk Hogan is a work. Putting out a video of Terry Bollea having sex is not the same thing as putting out a tape of Hulk Hogan having sex. Terry Bollea has the right to his privacy, he's a real person. Nothing Hulk Hogan has ever said and done should be considered something that represents something Terry Bollea would say or do. That would be like charging Sylvester Stallone for murder, because of all the people that Rambo killed. Rambo doesn't exist, those people aren't dead, and Sylvester Stallone is not responsible for the actions of the character he is playing.

He should use the Superkick. That's a pretty fresh move these days.

Maybe it's to have his veteran leadership in the locker room. A lot of those young guys can be a handful.

Perps.

At this point, TNA misusing you is practically proof of high quality.

Ibushi is so great that he was like "fuck it, I don't want to wrestle as much, and I'm going to start my own promotion" and New Japan said "Okay man, any time you want to work with us, give us a call!" TNA let Samoa Joe's contract expire.

Bart Gunn

I wish they would put it on Netflix. Speaking of Telly, I found this one night and it's the mid 70's in a nutshell. I wish Anntenna TV could get ahold of these one off specials like they did with The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

My shirt grails came in the mail today. I feel like Shawn when he won it at 12. If you're into rare merch & weird vids, Mike Dikk & I started an Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vrtlpros/ Check us out!

Tell that to poor Dean Allmark

Fun fact: The word Osweiler is actually German for "Rob Johnson"

I love how people who don't watch one worker come in and say "this should be a sweep!"

It's a shame the board banned Phil Brooks.

You get the goddamned Bruno perm

I would use my real name, but John Cena just sounds dumb as a message board handle.

Least imposing monster currently resides in the Wyatt family

So, here's where I'm having trouble with. I can see Finn's positives. I can see Finn's negatives. But how does the Sami side of this settle in? All the greatest stuff of Zayn's NXT run, the Cesaro series, the Sami Zayn redemption tour, his title chase, all happened the year before. In this year's voting period, there's the Cena match, the asskicking he took from Owens before going on the shelf, his return match with Dillinger (which really wasn't much,) the triple threat, and the match with Joe. The last two were good, but I'm not sure he has the quantity OR the quality.

Bronies.

So do I.

She's been Filthy Tom this whole time and none of us knew

Could you imagine how insufferable this match would be IRL?

The most lovable character of all time is the one you are actively voting against

Spoilers Dammit!

Balor didn't injure himself while cheering, so... he wins.

We get it, he didn't put over Mr. Perfect all those years ago. The man still doesn't deserve to be recorded while boning someone and have it sold without his knowledge.

Ambrose's clothesline IS half of his offence.

Yeah, it puts you in the illustrious group of Jesse Godderz, Magnus, and Manik.

The sad thing about Balor is that I think Sami could even do Bayley's entrance better than he could.

Balor worked a lot. Sami worked great. Sami wins.

God - that made me remember this God... I don't know if I can vote against Rusev

I voted Omega. I think his matches are more athletic and his character work slightly less cartoony. Both guys annoy a lot of people for various reasons, but I like both. I just know that Ambrose is a much more cerebral worker but he's relaxed into this silly, but over, style that doesn't quite do it for me.

Charles Johnson back with the Panthers for a reported 1 year deal 3 million dollars. Our GM is a boss.

Asuka is basically my Brock Lesnar if he worked more frequently and didn't just throw Germans out like candy. She is such a walking, talking event that grabs my attention like a laser beam while the rest of the world struggles to keep up. I would rather watch her work Eva Marie for 5 minutes than some people go 20. I don't want to see her back-and-forth. I want to see her hunt and kill. Negro Casas is phenomenal but is stuck in a bad promotion and doesn't get to kick Dana Brook in the head. Vote Asuka.

Now Photoshop Asuka into that picture in place of the little girl and it's 10x more awesome.

Sketches from inside the courtroom of Hogan vs. Gawker:

Okay, so I was wrong. The People v. OJ is now AWESOME because Courtney B. Vance is fucking destroying this. He's been so good these last couple episodes and they've pretty much completely cut out all the Kardashian bullshit, etc.. It's a really weird show because there's still some crap in it but the performances are so good. I'm conflicted.