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I hope some of this gawker money ends up going towards john graziano's medical bills.

Matt Fowler at IGN had a great tweet earlier wondering if Terry Bollea will share any of the money he won today with Hulk Hogan.

He's just a SMW baby face?

Hulk Hogan won't even put over the legal system.

Now...what was the question?

FTFY

Dirty Orange Boy

He was really nice to me as a kid but I'm like super white

It should be noted that it feels like all of those Baker and Van Fleet accomplishments should have an asterisk because they have been in school for approximately 13 years.

The term SMW baby face somehow reminds me of when I met Cactus Jack at a SMW house show. He wasn't allowed to sign autographs unless people bought something. For folks that didn't look like they wanted to part with 20 bucks for one of his old WCW shirts, he suggested picking up the autographed Tammy Sytch 8 x 10s. I may not be exactly right in remembering what he said, but it was something to the effect of, "Only 5 bucks. Great ass shot." I didn't really have a point in sharing that, except to say I like sites where such stories can be shared. So, where were we? Oh yeah, Hogan. Seriously, I think by the time I hit the post button, he'll have already been offered to buy in to 3 promotions. Not so seriously? Him and Bushwhacker Luke vs ReDragon at ROH Final Battle 2016.

Octagon, the Chuck Norris movie, had ninjas in it. Octagon was named after that movie, and his mask is supposed to be a ninja face (the white part is the skin showing around the eyes) Pentagon was created as his Black Tiger. He was supposed to be an enemy ninja that studied the five angle style instead of the eight angle style Octagon mastered. You may still think the name doesn't make sense but you just aren't used to the true lunacy that would come from Antonio Pena's ideas. This is mild shit. So there were a couple Pentagons, Pentagon Black, and a thousand Mini Pentagons, but only one Pentagon Junior, who isn't related to any of them.

Coming off the juice when returning to WWE did not help Bubba Ray and D-Von in the long run.

If only IWA Kokusai was still around, Grandpa could form a trios team with the Geezer & the Scalper and then feud with Goro Tsurumi. Failing that a Ganko Pro special might work too, they've run some tribute style shows with the likes of Goro Tsurumi and I believe Ryuma Go before his passing.

TNA would like to announce the 30 man Gawker Guy Memorial Battle Royal this year at Bound For Glory.

Much Ado About Nothing is not only the very best movie Joss Whedon has ever made (by a HUGE margin), it's also for my money the best nontraditional Shakespeare adaptation ever made, with Kurosawa's Ran being the only other one that even comes close. It is a completely fucking brilliant work of cinema, perfect in almost every way ("almost" being that, like every modern version of Much Ado, it's got little idea of how to make the entire Claudio/Hero subplot not come off as the most disgustingly misogynistic thing ever, which is Shakespeare's fault in the first place). It's easily one of my favorite films of all time, period. Aw HELL no. X-Men 3 was garbage. Garbage script arc, garbage dialogue, garbage character derailment, garbage performances from most of the actors (I've never seen Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen putting so little effort into any other film), and totally garbage fight scenes. Its combination of arbitrary retcons and shock-for-shock's-sake deaths for several main characters were actively insulting to the entire franchise; there's a good reason why the entire last scene of Days of Future Past was entirely devoted to the theme of "don't worry, THAT fucking movie never happened". In comparison, Age of Ultron was just mediocre and repetitive and not-as-good-as-the-last-one, with a few genuinely really entertaining sequences which I mentioned above (and I'd argue X-Men 3 had precisely zero really entertaining sequences, aside from the throwaway joke when they capture Multiple Man (but even THAT was illogical when you think about it; how'd Magneto convince him to willingly go back to prison?).

First two days of this tourney are the best basketball of the year for me.

Fifteen years ago today, the final WCW PPV aired:

Hogan got laid and paid a nine figure paycheck. THAT is how it's done, Buff Bagwell.

Dixie carter has now left 2 messages for the Hulkster in regards to a sweet investment deal. And 12 messages about investing in TNA.

True art provokes such questions.

This is odd. EDIT: Oh man, death match of the year! ---------- I dig the Taurus match around the 18 minute mark.

Coke dealers everywhere are celebrating today.

In unrelated news, Jimmy Hart just called Hulk Hogan with an idea to bring back Wrestlelicious.

I got you, fam.

Thank you for considering my delicate sensibilities.

Finn Balor is Gaelic for "friendzone"

Bayley being the best pure babyface in the biz is a fraud spread by NXT fetishists and semi-professional Bronies. She's got a boyfriend but she's been leading that awkward virgin boy from Ireland on for months. She's been using him as her hugbuddy. He even introduced her to his parents. It's deplorable behavior totally unbecoming of a babyface. There's none of those shenanigans with Pentagon, Jr. He's there to kick ass and break arms. Cero shenanigans. Cero miedo.

This. They should ship half the Full Sail crowd over to the Temple, watch Pentagon Jr. break Bayley's arm and rush the ring while the little girls cry. Casey will take the hit for Pentagon and get stomped half to death by fuming parents. Actually the question is, WOULD Casey step in and try to stop Pentagon? ......... Fuck no. I'd step in to help.

Sorry Jingus, most of your complaints ignore the facts. OK I will try to do them all: -So, spilled blood stays bright red and fluidly liquid for multiple days in a row, huh? Especially in "hundred degree" heat? Do you mean Matt's wound? I don't think it was multiple days. -Vicious, ill-tempered trained attack dogs just instantly calm down and befriend some total stranger within seconds if he gives them a treat? They aren't attack dogs. The dog Punisher took in was an abused dog in a dog fighting ring. And maybe they are trained to be afraid of and submissive to humans. Not sure why this is such a big complaint. Maybe Daredevil's presence isn't scary or offensive to the dog especially when he gave it food. Also some dogs are very motivated by food as well. -How the hell did Matt's Magic Concussion work? His hearing veers wackily back and forth between "Superman with a hearing aid" and total fuckin' deafness? Uh, guys, that's not a symptom of post concussive brain damage. Keep in mind that Daredevil has enhanced senses that he got from exposure to chemicals. Not sure why it should work exactly like a post-concussion symptom. -I hope they don't try to claim that Castle shot Murdock in the mask specifically intending just to wound him. That's not how armor works in real life. No armored clothing is guaranteed to stop any particular bullet, and nobody's aim with a short-barreled pistol gives you enough pinpoint accuracy to put the bullet exactly between the eyes (instead of, more likely, in one of the eyes) from that distance. And even if all of the above aren't true, how would Castle know that the mask's armor was just thick enough to stop a bullet from killing Daredevil, but not thick enough to let him no-sell the gunshot and keep fighting? Meh, it's a fictional TV show. It was only a suggestion. And it was a suggestion by Melvin Potter. Maybe in the world of the MCU, Frank Castle can be that damn good where he aimed for what he thought was Daredevil's armored mask to be his "warning shot." Or maybe he didn't care either way. -The cops cleared the entire Hospital, but somehow never bothered to glance at the rooftop next door? And how the hell did Foggy get Matt down from there and all the way home, dead weight and in full devil costume the entire time? It might not have been the roof next door. The fight could've taken them some buildings away. -I literally groaned out loud when the pawn shop guy suddenly, apropos of nothing, tried to sell KIDDIE PORN to the Punisher. "Hey, this huge threatening guy who looks and acts like a cop just came in, bought a cop radio, and took the bullets out of my gun... I'd better try to offer him the most widely-loathed product which completely infuriates 99.99% of the population!" Fuck off with that contrived horseshit, this show is better than that. Did you not see the Swastika tattoo on his neck? The man is clearly a butter knife, not exactly the sharpest one in the drawer. Once Punisher walked in the shop, he was obviously a dead man. -We're going with "the evil careerist bitch in heels who sanctimoniously pretends to be a crusader for law and order while actually trampling over everyone in order to further her own career" cliche? Really? That was annoying enough when Dexter and Sons of Anarchy did it years ago, but LaGuerta and Stahl were at least portrayed with a lot more complexity and a little sympathy. DA Reyes is pretty cold blooded, but her character arc isn't over yet. You have to watch more to understand. There is more complexity to her later on. -And since when does the district attorney sit in on a SWAT team raid and give them direct orders on tactics during a firefight? Not sure if this is unrealistic are not. Are DA's not allowed to play roles in any type of police task forces or stings? -And why would someone who's portrayed as being such an image-obsessed careerist apparently not give a shit if her raid ends up killing Daredevil... who, at this point, is massively popular with the general public? There's a specific reason for this which I explained above. -How is she not breaking EVERY law by lying to the informant about what he's supposed to do and using him as live bait to entrap a mass-murderer? They try to hang a lampshade on this by having Foggy point it out, but that still doesn't change the blatant illegality of her actions. She's a corrupt DA and there's more explanation for this. -How did the Punisher even know they were going to be there? They never even tried to explain that. He had a stolen police radio with tactical bands. Daredevil found them because he found Punisher's hideout and heard the frequencies on the stolen radio. -And THEN, how did he somehow force that basically-unmanned semi to drive into the area... and then FUCKING TELEPORT to the top of some water tower on the other side of the lot, in the blink of an eye? This I don't know, but it doesn't really bother me. Because he's The Punisher, that's why. -And what the hell was Daredevil SWINGING FROM when he flew in like Spider-man and dropkicked Punisher off the water tower, when it was clearly the tallest thing in the whole place? He didn't swing in from anything. Watch the fight again. He climbs up ON THE WATER TOWER, jumps and just does a drop kick. That's it. No swinging or jumping from a higher place. -And finally, that last fight scene was pure bullshit. We've got an entire SWAT team with rifles all firing at Punisher and Daredevil and hitting nothing but thin air for what felt like five minutes straight. That was a fish-in-a-barrel situation if I've ever seen one, but somehow half-a-dozen marksmen with telescopic sights are unable to shoot two guys who are right in front of them and not even trying to dodge or take cover. Imperial fucking Stormtroopers have better aim than that. The only shot that lands is, of course, The Standard Upper-Arm Just A Flesh Wound which makes the recipient grunt in pain and is then promptly ignored forever after and doesn't seem to even slow Castle down for the rest of the fight. The cops were clearly trying to avoid shooting Daredevil and didn't want to shoot him. Plus it was raining and they were constantly moving targets. And one was able to hit Punisher. -And THEN, after being shot in his dominant arm and beat half to death and falling through a skylight (...a skylight on the ground?!) which should have shredded him to ribbons, how does Castle just pick himself up and pick Daredevil's unconscious body up and somehow carry them both to safety, while being surrounded by cops, without leaving a trail of blood and broken glass with every step? He clearly wasn't beaten half to death. This is Frank Castle. He's not a normal dude. There was some blood trail after the drop. Maybe Punisher knew the area and knew how to get out without being detected.

Honestly, I'd go crazy for a heel food blogger gimmick. Just go from town to town and write horrible Yelp reviews for beloved mom and pop pizzerias on their way down the aisle while reading them out loud. "The... sauce.. was... horrendous." Don't know what that says about me or my life. and he'll spit Pho into the eyes of opponents to win matches

When Hogan tells this story in five years, Andre the Giant will be the head of Gawker and Bubba the Love Sponge will be the Lindbergh baby all grown up. And he won the verdict in a battle royal vs. all 12 jury members. And maybe Kermit the Frog. 'Cause... why not.

Bayern grinds out a win in Cologne, keeping Dortmund at bay. Hamburg's loss at home against Hoffenheim puts the former within the grasps of the relegation zone and the latter on the relegational play off rank. Hannover seems dead.

I think I'll just look at this instead of the WSU game:

Love the fight, completely understand it, would rather see this fight than a lot of other possibilities. Happy Nate gets another big ass payday.

I'm not crazy about Hogan, but if there is a babyface in that story, it's still him. Racist, Scumbag, and whatever, sure, but Gawker is clearly the bigger evil, and if it gets them shut down, then fucking great.

Running Nate/Conor 2 makes all the sense in the world... at 155. At 170 it "just" makes money.

In a way, I'm kind of happy for Hulk after his family robbed him of his fortune. He's still a piece of crap.

Northern Iowa is on a 23-4 run against Texas. Never pick an always-press team in the tournament.

All of this is part of my convoluted master plan to assure Bayley doesn't win in the end

Not selling in that sense, because no matter what the fight will sell itself. I meant selling Conor has a chance, which he clearly doesn't. I wouldn't say he has no chance although I would favor Nate too all things considered. Nate did look pretty bad at the post-fight presser. Chins are great to have, but you never bet on them. I would bet on Nate's skills over just his ability to take a punch. The right punch on anyone is night, night. As far as regaining his aura, I think people are placing too much on this thing about invincibility. I mean of the highest draws in MMA history (other than Rousey), all of them have suffered a humiliating defeat before they became that person. Whether it's GSP with the first Serra fight or Brock losing to Mir at UFC 81. Thirteen days after the fight? That would be like calling a presidential race after one primary. Keep in mind, Conor already lost twice before. Shit, they brought in one of the guys that beat him and openly publicized it. Even with Brock I think it's a weird thing. Brock was more a PPV draw than he was a guy people had to come out and see. Still, I think the fact they put that Overeem fight on Friday (which the UFC hadn't done in years) hurt that show rather than a bunch of delusional people thinking he would whoop Cain. So other than that, invincibility is just an intangible aspect that hardcore fans are obsessed with. Yeah, I think it hurt someone like Cain because that's all he had. He wasn't that charismatic. He didn't magnetize a fanbase that the UFC really doesn't attract. He certainly wasn't the best promo guy in the sport like McGregor is. The thing is....Cain Velasquez wasn't that big of a draw to begin with if he was ever a draw. So for people like Rousey and McGregor to be insulated from that because they got something going on other than wins and losses is more of a blessing to MMA and shows where the UFC is at. Diaz vs. McGregor II (especially on UFC 200) is gonna to record business and that shouldn't be a point of contention. Even though they're probably going to a get a big TV contract next year, their endgame is still PPV and giant PPVs like this. They're looking to make a maximum profit and that's what they're doing. It's not anything beyond that. But I do love the narrative that within 12-14 months, it went from the "This is bullshit! UFC is protecting McGregor!" alarm to "OH LAWDY JESUS! They have to protect McGregor." I love this sport.

Hogan can finally afford those new spy cameras for Brooke's bedroom. Great!

Pretty cut and dry case and the testimony of the former editor who basically said any sex tape was open for publication, including of kids above 4 years old was a killer. People understand privacy and they want privacy. Hulk went through a lot of shit, some of his own making and some that wasn't, so glad he came out and stuck it to them. That said, I love Deadspin so would hate if this causes Gawker to shutter itself.

I was with a girlfriend in college; I got behind her* and put a Cobra Clutch on her OUTTANOWHERE, she thought that shit was hilarious. We had a grand time. *Yes. Exactly that. ETA: Reminded me of a different girlfriend, but I did a Regal stretch once that way. I mean, minus the leglock. Spoilered for decency:

The Bossman is going in the HOF. New Day likes to dance. New Day were a black, Baptist stereotype. Slick is an ordained minister. OMG lives in Louisiana; next to Texas. It's Akeem and Slick.

I hope you cut his hair afterwards.

There was a bully who was terrorizing the neighborhood. I gave him an Irish whip, and because there were no ropes to stop him he's circled the Earth 3 times in the past 29 years since this happened.

The Championship Playoff always brings the excitement and high drama. Who could forget Watford's amazing semifinal vs Leicester City where Watford saves a penalty and rub down the field to score a game winner at the final whistle.

Chris Cornell put the music of U2's One together with the lyrics of Metalllca's One and came up with this: