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Watching Dr Strangelove for the first time (well fully) now is not a good idea It is so no longer a comedy

I got my eye on you.

That is an awesome card. Rick McGraw was way over at MSG, and I am a big Killer Khan (and American Dream) mark too. Muraco/Martel is a consummate heel vs. a prettyboy babyface (that did not irk me) dream match. KKM probably brought out the best in Backlund. Here's how it played out: WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - June 8, 1981 (near capacity)Televised on the MSG Network and USA Network - featured Vince McMahon on commentary; included McMahon conducting a ringside interview with Andre the Giant regarding Killer Khan and Andre's broken ankle:Larry Sharpe pinned Rick McGraw at 9:06 after falling on top when both men collided with a double shoulderblockCurt Hennig pinned Johnny Rodz at 9:45 with a running forearm smash followed by an elbow drop (Hennig's MSG debut)Don Muraco (w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Rick Martel via count-out at 10:27 after crotching Martel on the top rope (Muraco's MSG debut)SD Jones pinned Frank Savage at 6:17 with a swinging neckbreakerDusty Rhodes defeated Killer Khan via disqualification at 11:45 when Khan kept attacking Rhodes against the ropes for longer than the referee's 5-count; prior to the bout, Khan was escorted to the ring by Freddie BlassieTony Garea pinned Man Mountain Cannon (King Kong Bundy) at 6:23 with a powerslam; prior to the bout, Howard Finkel introduced Andre the Giant, who came ringside on crutches and was interviewed by Vince McMahon and remained ringside for this and the next match where McMahon continued to interview himWWF World Champion Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) pinned Angelo Mosca at 10:31 with a crossbody when guest referee Pat Patterson made a fast count while Mosca's foot was also on the bottom rope during the cover after Mosca had shoved Patterson moments earlier; prior to the bout, Capt. Lou Albano escorted Mosca to ringside; after the bout, Mosca attacked Patterson and kicked him out of the ringYoshiaki Yatsu & WWF Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Moondogs in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at 22:15, 2-0; fall #1: the champions were disqualified at 15:44 when Spot used his rope belt to choke out Fujinami; fall #2: Fujinami pinned Spot after Rex accidentally hit an elbow drop on his partner; prior to the bout, Strong Kobyashi was introduced alongside the challengers; after the bout, Fujinami announced that he was engaged and his fiancee, Miss Kayori, was escorted to the ringWWF IC Champion Pedro Morales defeated Sgt. Slaughter via disqualification at 6:53 after the challenger punched referee Dick Kroll in the face after Morales repeatedly punched the challenger; prior to the match, the Grand Wizard escorted Slaughter to the ring; after the bout, Morales and Slaughter continued to fight until Morales knocked Slaughter to the floor; moments later, Slaughter came up behind Kroll and put him in the Cobra Clutch while on the apron until Morales fought him off and stalked him backstage Brilliant. Violence and romance. - RAF

got home quite drunk tonight on this awful day in American history and wanted to watch some piece of art that would make me feel good and, you'll all be shocked to hear I know, the 6/9/95 tag is still completely amazing.

Y'all are so cute. "Oh I can't pick locks because it doesn't fit my character!" Meanwhile I just killed a priest and cannibalized him for a ring that I am never going to wear

Hilarity. That's what I expect.

The Miz as Ted McGinley is genius.

"Source Awards? Is that as far as I get in your dreams? " OK, that line slayed me. Gonna have to watch this one.

Having really shitty taste in posters isn't "controversial", it's "having really shitty taste in posters".

Harts/Demos from both SummerSlam matches. Taker/HBK HIAC. Vader/Sting strap match. Dustin vs Buck from Spring Stampede

B Movie t.v. tonight aired SUPERFIGHTS (1995) which was a surprisingly competent campy Kung Fu movie with a WWF theme. At first I saw the skinny white lead and the writer's name, Keith Strandberg of NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER and assumed this was a d-level attempt to make a Canon style karate flick on an even smaller budget. But the fight scenes were surprisingly slick and fast-paced so I looked it up and it turns out it was produced in Hong Kong and directed by a long-time H.K. stunt man and choreographer Siu-Hung Leung who worked on Jackie Chan's TWIN DRAGONS among other great stuff. The plot is hilarious. Some kid gets famous for fighting off some bank robbers and the evil Vince McMahon guy then indoctrinates him into "Superfights" where he'll become a shoot-fighting superstar. BATTLE OF THE TOUGH GUYS!!! Along the way, though, Vince gets him hooked on pills and gradually is revealed to be a major crime boss who uses sex/drugs to turn his fighters into his mob enforcers...blah blah blah...guy meets cute chinese girl and her grandpa who teach him the true way and blah...blah...of course when the time comes, evil Vince turns out to be the most badass fighter of them all (and is played by a guy who did some "evil white guy" work in the classic Hung/Chan/Biao WHEELS ON MEALS). But the important things here are 1) the fights are perfectly great if a bit repetitive and pretty funny (deliberately) at times 2)The final fight sequence is super brutal and fun 3) There's a lot of goofy humor that hits the mark 4) It's filmed in 1995, but it's also filmed in Harrisburg, PA, which means based on the crowds it could have been filmed 1983. 5) Rob Fucking Van Damme shows up in camo (not a cameo, literal camo) fighting a big fat guy dressed as a pirate? 6) Jungle Jim Steele from WCW shows up 7) Keith Hackney, the guy who literally punched the back of Emmanuel Yarburough's head into oblivion so hard he broke his own damn hand in UFC 2 (maybe?), like back when UFC had like Sumo guys and ninjas and shit, shows up 8) This guy from Pootie Tang is in it doing an amazing Eddie Murphy impression 9) It has a dope-ass theme song, here with lyrics overlaid: This is a fun watch and perfect to get you motivated on a Sunday afternoon to start training Monday...or some time after next Tuesday...or once the weather breaks...or just pass me that bag of hint-of-lime Tostitos fuck it, dude. I give it: three outrageous muscle babes murdering skinny dudes out of three.

I haven't either, but a good line is a good line. . . .

Do you believe that pro wrestling is an upper body business?

Oh hey, Vince got out-carnied by someone.

You can say it to me if you'd like and if it would make you feel better.

Don't listen to this Shia Lebouf-loving maniac.

Given the imminent change in administration set to go down tomorrow, I think that is a really bad idea. Now I am laughing at the prospect of the owner of the Tijuana Chargers telling taxpayers that they should cover the team's share of the border wall that the Americans made Mexico pay for.

Equal pay

How to eliminate a giant:

Welcome.

'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' was an excruciatingly unfunny mess. When I sat down to watch it, I thought "Well Anna Kendrick is okay. Aubrey Plaza can be funny. Zac Ephron was good in the 'Neighbors' movies. Sam Richardson is amazing on 'Veep'. And Adam DeVine is funny" I've realized since that Adam DeVine is not funny. Now, I've never really watched 'Workaholics' (Caught an episode or two out of order and didn't really stick with it), but I looked up DeVine's filmography and I've never enjoyed him in anything. It was a moment of epiphany. Also, if I'd known it was "Based on a true story" about a "viral Craig's List post", I also would have stayed far away. It was free (Got it from the library), but that doesn't make it good.

The first post says hardcore, so I suppose this can go here.

I like to go back and watch old Royal Rumbles. Usually just the match itself, sometimes a match or two from the undercard as well (Cena vs Umaga never gets old)

I will begrudgingly admit Freddie was a better singer, but Dio is definitely hands down my number 1 favorite.

It brings to mind the idea of Comfort Food Wrestling (which I, for one, could use a great deal of). What are your go-tos for taking away the blues? Honestly that tag is perfect because it sucks you right into the story and you stop thinking about all the other horseshit going on, I've actually used it recently myself. I'm sure this will be a list of people's favorite matches or stuff they watched when they were a kid, but who cares, shoot.

Tomorrow we wake up to Patrick Duffy in the shower, right?

Best rule of thumb I can suggest following for this place: When someone makes a reply that derails a thread, walk away. Feeding the trolls is a good way to earn yourself a one way ticket back to OVW if you catch my drift.

Very much agreed. The problem is they got rid of the integral parts of the last creative team: Corgan and Lagana. Billy in particular brought a tremendously fresh approach and I believe most of last year's positives were because of him. Really wish Anthem would have retained him and made him head of creative. So what we're getting now is Gaburick and Conway which explains the negatives. Come March, Dutch and Jarrett will probably take over but I doubt they'll do as good a job as Corgan.

I thought the Eli thing was interesting last week when they battered that guy and made him read off their statement. That made him interesting and dangerous-looking. This week, him just sitting there looking annoyed while Tyrus talked for him made him look like a goofball. I had missed the Braxton thing, I was getting a little skip-happy with the remote by that point. The whole Maria not running the KO division but having people working for her in the KO division angle makes no sense. Plus, they pretty much fumbled the Allie turns on Maria angle that had NUCLEAR heat in November, only to do a series of Allie sorta turning but not really turning on Maria moments that now the crowd is much less interested.

Thank you, really looking forward to having some people to talk with!

Teams I would not like to see go 19-0: New England New England Seattle New England New England The Giants used to be on this list, purely for gambling purposes, but since Eli beat Brady for two Super Bowls, they are no longer on the fuck you list.

I am with Technico. If a team I did not have a strong dislike for went perfect, that would be okay, and something pretty cool to see. However, the fucking Patriots doing it means I would have to punch a bunch of shit-talking bandwagon fans in the face, and serve a lot of jail time. So they better not be the next team to go perfect.

How about Steel Davey Richards?

Welcome aboard, man. This is where "men of a certain age" discuss wrestling, movies, comics, and the various other pursuits that keep us wrinkly man-babies. How do you feel about missile dropkicks? How about Davey Richards?

ANGELA HILL is your 4th Annual Them's Fightin' Words Awards Comeback Fighter of the Year.

Don't listen to him, he's just jealous I have better opinions than he does.

That gives me the first seven. I got it used for twelve bucks at a new record store that just opened this past weekend. I guess that means I should try to get Never Say Die. I'm hoping that the recentish Deluxe Editions of the first three on vinyl and the A Decade of Dio vinyl box set have sold well enough that Warner/Rhino will issue the three Dio era Sabs deluxe editions on vinyl (especially Mob Rules because the bonus LP would be the amazing Live at the Hammersmith Odeon which is absurdly expensive on vinyl)

Replacing Mike Mondo with Omega in the spirit squad for a double Kenny male cheerleader team would be even better.

When did Joe wrestle Brother Nero?

Subtlety!

I think that fight goes one way and it's not in Weidman's direction.

The opening scene of the first episode of this season's Sherlock (The Six Thatchers) where Mycroft is holding a serious high level meeting of UK government officials and breaks away from his protocol to scold Sherlock for live tweeting during the session reminded me of my Khajiit's role in Skyrim. Jarl of Whiiterun: So, my friend, I bestow upon you the title of Housecarl, the highest honor I can.....WILL YOU FUCKING STOP TRYING TO PICK STEWARD AVENICCI'S POCKET?? Some assholes in that game deserve a good pilfering, though. "You say the Greymane boy is locked in your cellar, Olfred Battle-Born? Well I hope you don't mind if I steal your house key and find out for myself."

Backlund told him not to sign autographs for children unless they can recite that injury verbatim.

Faendal was the better choice since also is a trainer JT plays these games like no other so take his shoot first, shoot last, shoot everything and then steal strategy with a grain of salt

Because if there's one place that there's less of them than LA, it's San Francisco...

For a second, Dave sounded like he had nothing going on and struggled to come up with something to plug, and then was like, "oh, well, I have the newsletter, does that count?" He reminded me of some stand up comedians who don't give a shit about plugging stuff because you already know where to find them.

Was there ever a time when Coachman wasn't horrid? Not everyone is meant to be a wrestling announcer. Todd Grisham was also the pits. I blame Kevin Dunn for this trend of non-wrestling people getting jobs as wrestling announcers. It's pro wrestling. It's never going to be 100% accepted by the mainstream. Fucking deal with it.

This thread has just turned into 'Least Favorite Commentators' - but for a specific good match ruined by horrible commentary - Taker/Edge at Mania 24 was the first thing that came to mind because Coachman totally ruined that one for me.