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Saw a funny Tweet this morning which said that Stone Cold has given the Stunner to 46% of the people in that picture, including the President.

Give him credit: That's the first thing Trump has done since taking office that made me laugh in a good way as opposed to a "Jesus Christ I can't believe this flaming asshole is President" way.

Seeing the world through Vince's eyes, as if he were John Malkovich would be scary as fuck. I'd prefer being spit out around exit 9 on the New Jersey turnpike.

For the 80s, yes. For the 90s it was "pimp caught in a crayon factory explosion."

Oh shit.

Booker losing to HHH w/o a doubt due to the build.

Spoilered for size

Was watching a heap of late 99/early 00 RAWs the other day, no idea why. Thing about HHH as an all-timer is that he does nothing particularly unique or iconic, just one big (smart) cosplay of the right guys. Arn Anderson moveset, Harley Race methods of getting heat, Ric Flair persona as heel champion, maybe a little Nick Bockwinkel thrown in too. Annoying as hell to watch him no-sell every out of ring situation. Just makes The Rock look like a chump on a number of occasions, no selling his big lines, snarky comments on his wardrobe etc.Even the stuff with Vince where major plot points happen and he barely reacts to them. You don't buy in to him as he doesn't buy into it either.

I'm totally hearing "U Can't Touch This" looking at that Cena gif

A billion, billion stars

the Bossman Slam was a really great move wasn't it

My problem with Otunga as the face color guy is that he was never a face when he was a wrestler so it comes off awkward. Plus he is an idiot. And I am tired of him eye fucking me without my consent I don't mind Tom at all and if he was the color guy who survives fine. (Though he clearly worked best with Corey)

Backwards, by accident, and despite themselves. It probably could have been a whole lot better.

As ridiculous as it is, I love that spot - and Perfect's goofy selling, in general. if Enzo did that same spot, however, I'd happily join in on shifting on him for the next 10 pages. It's just barely possible I'm a giant hypocrite when to comes to fake fighting. I'm really ok with that.

Cocaine, but, sure.

Basically, if you buy Patterson's book for insight into his childhood and how he grew up and came into the business and worked as a worker, you'll love his book. If you want insight into his booking strategies and ideas or any backstage dirt on Vince and the higher-ups, you'll be greatly disappointed.

Does anyone realize how insane it is that we're realistically talking about Luke Harper getting a WWE Title match at Wrestlemania? And that there is a legit possibility if he gets the match he could be WWE champion. 2017 is gonna be a weird fucking year

Oh shush, you still use mine.

Josh Matthews - deciding that his recent gimmick of trolling everyone - announced he was leaving social media because of too many trolls

Difference to:

Bryans line on "Renee's mouth on talking smack causing people trouble" Got a giggle out of me, dont know about you. Full IDGAF mode.

Well it depends on what you are saying the "common opinion" is. Like most feel that Mauro is the best play by play person the WWE has (but that is a low bar). Granted - there is an inherent bias there as most LOVED his work on the New Japan English show. As per with everyone else - he is much better when not getting micromanaged by Vince (like Michael Cole on the UK show, Mauro's best work was probably the CWC) You would not be the first person to not like Mauro though. I have seen/heard arguments that his over the top excitement comes off as fake, the hookey catchphrases (MAMA MIA!), the pop culture references that are forced and unnecessary, etc... Now - no matter how you feel about the job Mauro is doing, I don't know how you can say he is the first to go when Otunga is sitting there

No, that is exactly the reason to watch John Wick. Mother fuckers gotta pay. I am stoked because this exercise I am working on wraps up tomorrow morning so I finally get to trip on JW2 with my old man.

If we're piling on Enzo in this thread, I'm surprised nobody mentioned his awful promo before the match. Usually, there's at least one line that'll get a pop, but yesterday was totally flat.

Jesus, Lebron

Can't we just mercy kill this iteration of the DCU and be done with it? It's just not going to work at this point, and seemingly everybody who gets involved with it knows. The foolish man built this house upon the sand, and there's just no way you can build a solid franchise when the foundation is as terrible as BvS.

In what world are there skippable Savage matches?

"Damage level 10. This ship has been destroyed. There are no survivors."

Got in car 1-1. Got out 15 minutes later 4-1. Oh, Arsenal.

Dem t-shirts though

Vampiro has his ear. Enzo will be wearing a loin cloth next.

Oh man, I hope she can help change the definition of "small business" in the same refreshing, money-saving way her family redefined and modernized the role of "independent contractor." On second thought, it's funny that of all the people in that picture, the McMahons actually treat contractors the best.

Koko squashes are the gifts that keep on giving. And check out the high angle Bossman Slam '88 from the next match:

It still doesn't make it right.

Alexa Bliss.

What a change. Derrick Bateman/Ethan Carter III photobombing.

I 100% understand this, especially since the scene itself is just DEVASTATING. I can handle most things in movies, but any scene where an animal is going to die or even in distress is just it for me. I bought and was watching 'The Good, The Bad and the Weird' and thought "Boy some of these explosions look like they're happening REALLY close to the horses", then watched another where a horse clearly goes down, looked the film up and found it was banned (Until they re-edited it or something) in England because of some mistreatment/possible deaths of the horses. I sold the movie to a book store a few days later.

I am so ashamed... In addition to the memorial piece I wrote for In Laymon's Terms, I also wrote a piece doing the best I could to mimic Dick's style and general plot twists he used in his short fiction. I thought I had done a pretty fair job, sent the piece off to Kelly Laymon and Steve Gerlach, (the editors of the volume), they loved it. Then as a I read the final galleys, far too late for changes, I realized that I had not only failed to describe any, but indeed had failed to even use the word "rump". A black mark on my record to be sure... Little known fact: Dick Laymon did the best Eric Cartman voice of anyone I've ever heard. ;-) Hmmm 2/15/17 on the horizon... I've been up all night so I'm going to catch some zzzzzs, but when I return we have either Sax Rohmer or Jack Dann on the birthday side of things and Neil R. Jones on the passings. Get ready for Durna Rangue (space pirates) and the Jameson Satellite (early Cyborgs); tremendous stuff... Back in a bit... If anyone wonders why I was up all night, I've just been turned on to a horror author name of Adam L.G. Nevill... I'm all-in on this guy...

If he never shows up on my television again, he won't be missed. My favorite thing tonight was Dean somehow setting off the pyrotechnic "explosion" when he was in mid-air. That was one magic loogie.

Not that I ever thought Cass would be great, but most of his chances went up in smoke once Braun Strowman started showing improvement.

She can do both.

Now I've never run a wrestling promotion before, but shouldn't you do the rehearsals before the months of video packages?

Reminds me of the Ernie Ladd jobber, complete with Cesaro giving him the stink-eye afterwards.

Jerichos return is going to be the biggest pop of this era.

The way that bandana awkwardly sits on his head and the lopsided facepaint, it looks like Savage has been huffing paint out in an alleyway whilst protecting his hobo trolley.

JT's refusal to spell Bayley's name correctly is the most disappointing thing about this thread. Okay - I was gonna let this go but I'm going on two hours plus of Insomnia The concept of a "finisher move" is inherently stupid yet something we have all accepted in pro wrestling. At its heart the superkick is just a kick (same for the Brogue Kick). Apparently the Figure Four works only in one direction and we are to ignore that little kids put their legs in the same position everyday at daycare but Hey Criss Cross Applesauce isn't as deadly. The most devastating "finish" in wrestling right now is someone being so stunned by shiny objects that they can't kick out of a roll up I'm not sure why suddenly a Belly to Belly is a bridge too far.

Awesome: