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Great show. Shayna is fucking terrifying. They need to strap a rocket on her.

That main event was short list for best NXT match all time. I think it cements Gargano and Almas as some of the best NXT roster members ever. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Gargano might actually be a better NXT babyface then Sami Zayn, and I thought that was legitimately impossible.

Now to light a torch to all the goodwill I just built up; i have less than no use for Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly, and only marginally more for Adam Cole. AOP should've ground them into a suitcase full of dog turds, and instead we got inty-tastic midgets throwing toe to toe with these giant magnificent dudes. And Cole just doesn't do it for me...

If Sheamus' neck is as fucked as been reported, have him drop some falls, with losing the fall in a tag title match being the final straw. After the match, Cesaro and Sheamus argue and shove each other, then as Cesaro backs down, Sheamus turns around into a rolling elbow. Maybe for good measure, leave Sheamus lying underneath the camouflage kilts. The bar has been raised by CesarOhno.

I know I have some pretty terrible opinions. But I hope that everyone can agree that Mauro is the fucking worst. On a 2 1/2 show, we get references to people trying tide pods and the Philly cops putting the Crisco on the poles and "holy beep". And then the ultimate thing for me is you have this incredible match and you know it is near the end and this fucker is talking about the Super Bowl. I understand he had to work on his own because Nigel was sick but at this rate he is just announcing to hear himself talk it is so bad.

You know, stepping back to think about is... is Gargano the best NXT roster member ever at this point? Part of the best tag team rivalry the company has probably had since... jesus, ever? And I don't mean NXT tag rivalry. I'll take the DIY/Revival matches against any main show WWE/F tag team rivalry in history. Part of what is probably the best turn in the companies history, cause Ciampa turning on Gargano beat Owens turning on Zayn. Arguably just had the best match in NXT history, and I'd wager it's very likely the best 1v1 Mens match in NXT history. Beloved by literally everyone at this point. I didn't like Gargano on the indies. But holy god dammit he's been a revelation in NXT. So many people go to NXT from the Indies and just become "a guy". Gargano has became THE guy.

Zelina Vega on the panel is the greatest thing that ever happened on this show.

Johnny Manziel vs. Ryan Leaf. Winner snorts crushed up vicodin off a stripper's ass. Loser does the same then decides to knock off a liquor store to numb the crippling emotional pain of defeat.

Yeah that's fair to say, and his deluded sexy boxer act from the start of the match was definitely entertaining

That show was straight fire capped off by El Idolo and Johnny Wrestling tearing the fucking house down. Just fantastic.

Yeah, giving him Vega and letting him be Sombra without the mask gave his career a complete 180. Also, MASKED MARIACHI'S AND THE SOMBRA MASK!

I watched this Takeover on a whim, having pretty much tuned out of nXt since that post 'mania class from last year with Enzo & Cass and a bunch of those guys getting called up. But wasn't Almas on his way to being considered a "bust?" Because holy shit if that wasn't one of the coolest fucking things I've ever seen. The Vega LeRae stuff was the aces, too.

So Almas and Gargano watched NJPW this morning and said "Yeah, we can beat that"/ I don't think I've seen a match done in WWE that had everyone hooked and fooled that well. Holy shit that match was amazing.

They've managed to make the skills competition nearly unwatchable, which I believe gives me a complete card NHL Bingo.

It preparation for Dark Souls Remastered I've gone back to replay my first, and favourite, 'soulsborne' game, Bloodborne. It's probably my favourite game of this generation of consoles and it's been about a year or so since i last did a run through. I'm attempting a no levelling BL4 run, I don't imagine i'll actually complete the whole game but it's going decently enough so far. I've killed the Cleric Beast, Father Gascoigne and the Blood Starved Beast. The first 2 weren't actually too bad, the BSB took about 2 hours of trial and error getting it's timing down. I anticipate hitting a wall when i get to the Shadows since that fight is tough enough to manage without putting limitations on your self. Still, i'm going to stick with it for as long as possible just to see how far i can get. And how much i can torture myself until common sense kicks in and i stop.

She's got the whole world in her hands, she's got the whole wide world in her hands RUN

Looks like this includes all of their 2017 shows and should have the Great Muta match up there soon.

I'm honestly surprised there haven't been any allegations of this nature about Vince already or that were more serious.

Shawn's left eye is struggling not to check out Finn's ass.

And on Rusev Day of all days! Truly our RIPPA is blessed.

I can't speak to anything from the past year post-Tiger Mask W, but Ibushi tangling with bigger, stronger, harder-hitting heavyweights from 2013-2015 is one of my favorite runs of work ever. Both the Nakamura matches (WK9 and the 2013 G1 Climax), vs MiSu in the 2013 G1, his NEVER bout with Ishii, the title shot vs Styles. Double-checking profightdb for dates, there's a 2015 NJ Cup bout with Naito and a singles contest with Okada in 2014 that I only kind of remember, but are also probably great. Basically every match is: Ibushi taking a beating and bumping around in his true Gumby fashion; working his feisty comebacks before being shut down time and time again; getting his spots in (including that monster desperation lariat he can never follow up on); and then dying en route to the finish. But it is essentially everything I ask for from pro wrestling.

I definitely remembering hearing about this in 06 and it faded away.

WWE should have had Santino win that one time where it looked like they might actually do something creative (and the crowd was ready to erupt for it.) At least your fantasy booking would be justified. WWE is gonna do whatever they feel like doing, despite what the crowd wants, because they know you will come back every year regardless. It's the Royal Rumble! It starts the Road to WrestleMania! And there hasn't been a good one in a decade. They'll never do it, but Gran Metallik coming out (NOT as #30), getting treated like shit, tossed out through the ropes, vanishing, then coming back to toss Roman while he's celebrating to reveal he was Daniel Bryan all along.... It's right there.

You did. Simon Gotch's WWE career pretty much died there.

Finally, Vacant gets the respect they deserve.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA You can't be serious. How can you possibly believe in the idea of letting the police do their jobs in a rape case? Have you ever read anything about how rapes are treated by police? Do you remember the Jameis Winston case? The one where no one has any idea what happened, because they treated that woman's rape accusation like you'd treat a kid telling you about their imaginary friend? How about Larry Nassar, the dude from Michigan State who has been in the news for getting convicted of decades worth of child rapes? Someone went to the police about him in 2004, guess what the police did? Is your answer, "jack shit?" Ding Ding Ding, you are a winner. Why would you trust the police in this situation?

*drops mic*

This, is Nathan For You.

WWE's selling a Rusev Day 2018 calendar.

Big fan of Sami and Becky's team dynamic being them teaching each other elaborate J Walter Weatherman-style lessons, and hope that their entire match also consists of this And that's why...you don't [spits blood] skank at...Braun Strowman

Pull the strings!

Well something should have happen about how they handled the whole USA gymnastic and Michigan State team in the last week. With weeks of evidence of sexual abuse even as close to a week before he was arrested, Michigan State really only did anything because they were justifiably shamed by the women and the media for being quiet on it. Then when they did do something they tried to make it political. In terms of the overall school this has been much worse than the Penn State scandal if true. while the Sandusky thing was much much worse in terms of action at least it only seemed to deal with the football team. You have decades worth of horror stories from gymnast and stories about rape and sexual assault from the basketball and football programs. at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the baseball team has stuff in closet.

Continuing with the "Enzo gets destroyed" gifs:

Over/under on how many points the Pats are trailing by when they benefit from the first of many chickenshit 50 yard pass interference penalties?

Guys, clearly the only viable solution in this case is vigilante justice. I call dibs on being Batman.

1000/1000 in Assassin’s Creed:Origins. Will be starting the first DLC soon as well. Had to grind the last few red pot kills and the “poison a lvl 35+ dude, then kill him with your torch” achievements, but everything else came through natural gameplay. Maybe my favorite AC game ever made. 2 is right there with it, though. I’m ready to move on to Nier:Automata and I’m still playing a lot of XB1 PUBG as well.

Oakland Methbikers vs. Denver Burnouts

Miz's promos and plans to fuck with Braun could be amazing in the lead up if they decide to let him get over and frustrate Braun a bit instead of doing the "run away!" schtick the whole time. That was funny that one time, but Miz can be such a great sneaky heel and no one has been able to do that to Braun yet. Everyone stupidly charges right at him or just flees. Miz can do literally anything, so this could be fantastic.

Nah, TJP winning the tournament and the belt doomed it all dawg. Fuck TJP and his dick pic sending self. Creep.

Probably a good idea, given his track record.

Oh wow....

I like how the microphone hangs in the air for a moment before falling.

He wasn't the only guy booked to look that tough...he just did it on the biggest stage. Inoki was beating "real" fighters. Bruce Hart would fend off six guys with weapons in Stampede. Jerry Lawler was fighting off 3-4 guys in Memphis. It was the way the top babyfaces were made to look good.

Teddy didn't just burn bridges, he lit them on fire then moonsaulted off of them onto people who weren't expecting it.

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.