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Man, if you guys are gonna shit on Scurll's work at least get his fucking name right

"Coming up next on Hannity: Sebastian Gorka will join us to discuss the rising tensions between Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon, and how Hillary's Uranium One deal caused it."

While not a fan of the Bucks or Scrull, you have to applaud their work ethic. The Bucks have created their own global brand, and helped globally enhance the Bullet Club brand, so that both make a lot of money outside the WWE machine. And that pic Cody tweeted of Scrull painstakingly putting his Final Battle outfit together by hand, alone, backstage...that type of dedication and attention to detail is priceless on the indies.

I like the whole narrative y'all are trying with Michelle Williams being some random nobody with her 4 Academy Award noms and having top billing in the film.

That's ............ weak

On a personal level, I'm glad Bruce wrote the piece, as he's been a great friend to the company. I haven't spoken on the situation, for obvious reasons, but mainly because I refused to trash someone who has been my broadcast partner for years, someone who really gave me a chance to be something, and above all else, my friend. At the same time, the company was in the right, and I've called CWF home for a decade, and will continue doing so. As Bruce stated, I will assume the play by play role going forward, and I hope I can continue the excellent standard Brad and I set.

Can they at least get Mike Pereira to come in to give his opinion on any dicey ref decisions?

The return of Dragon Soldier B.

Why the hell not NJ Rumble: how do you even rate something like this? It's fun as it happens, you'll never rewatch it. Jr tag: **** NEVER Six Man: *** (no way in hell I'm breaking it down into 4 separate matches) Cody/Ibushi ****1/2 IWGP Tag ***3/4 NEVER ****1/4 Jr *** IC **1/2 US **** (the finishing stretch belongs on an all-time classic, but I really didn't like the first half much at all) IWGP ****3/4 (quarter added for the swank pants @sevendaughters)

I would really enjoy watching The Mighty Boosh with Sheamus. I would plotz if The Bar did a tag team title crimp. - RAF

Hmmm, what could possibly be different about Black Panther that Craig isn't taking into account...?

What everyone in this thread fails to realize is that Mr. Wahlberg has a Funky Bunch that he needs to look after. Sad!

Don't trust anyone with two first names, either. Bobby Heenan wasn't called "The Brain" for no reason.

Serious question: in regards to this "ALL IN" nonsense, who do I sue? Cody?

Don't trust anyone with two last names. So don't trust any of those kids.

Okay, good, so I'm not just alone on Out of Touch Asshole Island on this. I mean, look: human sexuality is weird and uncomfortable, and if you engage with it enough, you're bound to have a weird, uncomfortable experience. Probably more than one. And it's unfortunate. But not every weird, uncomfortable thing that happens to you is some kind of crime or worthy of front page news.

You joke, but I was there live to see that bullshit. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. And @Shibata Is My Homie, if you are against people you abhor doing a show, think about the ones you actually like that may be on there. If it's a success that's good for whoever's on there you do like.

It's like saying Aiden English should get paid as much as John Cena. I'd rather watch Aiden English, but he's not the major draw. Shouldn't the story be about how people came together for super cheap to quickly replace a sex offender in their film, and Mark Wahlberg decided that was a good time to get paid?

Jericho is very delusional and it's helped him throughout his career but it makes him look downright foolish at times (see "originating" the springboard -> counter RKO spot).

All of this could have been avoided if they just bought a legit license code to use the pro version of the Rogue One Cushing patch.

Bruce Mitchell putting a bow on this awful situation. https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2018/01/10/mitchell-cwf-mid-atlantic-brad-stutts-split/ From the sounds of it CWF should be fine. Might be rocky at first but fine. Especially since the guy booking the best angle in the company (Trevor Lee's title run) was Trevor himself

Taking Matilda away from the Bulldogs was the humane thing to do.

Jesus, he looks just like elderly Super Dave.

Disliking them is an opinion. Wanting the show to fail is petty.

I think that underestimates the cult-like following for Punk. He alone can't do it, but if you got the people announced so far, plus Punk, Jericho, maybe a couple NJPW guys, and set the prices low enough, I think they could do it. Fuck. This is starting to feel more and more like the Blues Brothers on a mission from god. Regarding the Bucks and Scurll, I like them both. I laughed my ass off at Chuckie's tweet about just having to appreciate Scurll for just consistently refusing to catch anyone, but that's a knock against the guy. I know some people hate the finger breaking spot, but that shit works for people in the cheap seats. Scurll's face, body language, and that sound really fucking work. You can knock him for it, but that shit would make money in WWE. People shit all over John Cena for the 5 knuckle shuffle, having very exaggerated movements, and what not, but that stuff is as much for the folks up front as it is for everyone at the back or top of the arena. I see the Bucks in a similar light. These guys can work any kind of match they want to work. They can fuck around one night and the do what they did at the Dome the next. They're not everyone's cup of tea and that's fine. Wrestling is full of folks that no one is going to universally like, but you have to at least respect their hustle. It's not like this shit was handed to them on a silver platter. They all bust their asses harder than most.

I approve of Shayna Baszler becoming the female version of Minoru Suzuki. And Center Stage looked great.

I just looked up both Carey Mulligan and Michelle Williams. If I had to pick Michelle Williams in a line up, I would have picked Carey Mulligan. Hopefully she doesn't kill anyone.

You know, I've said many times that I can't stand Scrull's ringwork, but after seeing that, it's really hard to not respect the guy. Now if only he showed the same dedication to his craft in the ring, we'd really have something.

Hearing Dave talk about just how much that spot meant to him and how cathartic it was made me love the Bucks even more. That was probably the coolest moment in wrestling for all of last year.

So true. But at the same time, if everyone else did reshoots just for per diem money because "OMG this is art and we need to make sure this movie gets made," then they're a bunch of marks.

I still can't believe they didn't run Aries/Roode at least once in NXT

; )

I was there!

Could they set it in the past, Cold War 80s? Have they tinkered with her age in the movies? Infinity Formula, etc? Would that be too similar to Atomic Blonde?

MCU Exchange says it would be a February 2020 movie (preproduction late this year, filming next year), and the plot/co-stars/setting would be in a post Avengers 4 world.

Variety is reporting that Jac Schaeffer (The Shower, TiMER, Mr. Stache, Nasty Women) has been brought on board by Marvel to start writing a script for a stand-alone Black Widow movie, with Scarlett Johansson returning as Natasha. The film hasn’t been greenlit by Marvel, though.... yet. I suppose they’ll look at the script once it’s done and go from there.

Kenny was on Jericho's podcast again, discussing the build to their match, and how it went down. Some things I noticed, if you don't want to listen: You get to hear Kenny's Gedo impression. Needs work, I think. There was a video package and extras on stage planned to give context to his outfit, but New Japan just... sorta forgot to do any of it. It would show him in ancient Egypt, then modern day Tokyo, portrayed as something like a literal God of Wrestling. And I mean, maybe they just didn't forget, and didn't have the heart to tell him they hated the idea. Or maybe they were worried about backlash for portraying a white guy being literally worshiped in Africa and then Japan. Anyway! The point was he wanted to appear still arrogant, because he's not supposed to be "full baby" yet. He was originally going to moonsault off the light tower, but didn't after being informed that Ospreay had. He also joked that, Of course the juniors went twenty minutes over, and hit everything! So, he did the table stomp instead, but didn't tell Jericho that's what he was going for, just hoping he'd get the idea and not move or something. There was no solid plan for Omega's Dome opponent, though he suspected they were gonna--to use his word--shotgun him and Ibushi. It would be a good match, but he didn't think they'd have time to tell the story right. He's either bluffing or a bit deluded, but Jericho is pretty adamant he could have kept up with a typical "Kenny Omega Main Event", but they just wanted to do something else. Although, he notes several other matches used enough weapons and such that they nearly could have been no DQ as well. Jericho mentions how much more freedom wrestlers have in New Japan, stylistically, which makes it a different product from WWE. This is a very good thing, in his estimation. Perhaps not surprisingly, they're both very happy with the process and the result.

Oh god if you think wrrestling fans are annoying pack a building full of people still watching Arrow religiously

I hope they end up having to turn away thousands after every last ticket was sold and everyone involved makes a fuckton of money.

Nick Saban can go fuck himself

So, this happened...

"The Aristocrats!"

Nah, they need to do this....

You know how announcers say a wrestler has no wasted movement? Well, Scurll is ALL wasted movement. As I've said, he manages to combine the worst British wrestling habits (I SAY, LOOK AT ME PERFORMING THIS WRESTLING MOVE, PIP PIP CHEERIO) with not knowing/caring how to work heel when the chips are down.