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And Punk has stated - under oath - that the CM stands for "Chick Magnet"

"After getting Punk to admit that CM stood for Chick Magnet, the prosecutor then said 'And Since I've got you up here and if you'll indulge me for a moment, just how big is Batista's dick?' The class of 8th graders were then ushered from the room, except for their teacher who stuck around to confirm his suspicions."

This is the most important fact to come out of the trial.

"@amymek" being the "anonymous" handle for a woman named Amy Mekelberg is some Superman-putting-on-glasses shit.

In regard to the actual piece, it's a fascinating and chilling article that checks off so many boxes about class, race, mental illness, and social media in American life. But since this is DVDVR, I'll just leave it at she looked uncannily like Ricky Morton in that yearbook photo.

And then for an encore...

Everyone can see that this is really a set up by Hinkie to get a job with the WWE.

Bryan Colangelo is WWE Exec?

Pretty much the only reason I have a Twitter account is so that I can tweet horrible insults at James Woods. Because fuck James Woods.

If I were on the jury, I'd start banging on the wood of the jury box to the rhythm of Miseria Cantare.

"That's got to be, that's gotta be Kane!".

I don't blame social media for anything. Literally millions of people go on social media every day without being racist assholes. The problem is that the world is filled racist assholes. Social media just exposes these people for who they are in real life. This behavior is solely the fault of the people who are perpetrating the behavior. It is not the fault of social media, the media, the leftest agenda, the right's agenda, the homosexual agenda, pc culture, SJWs, or anything else. A certain percentage of people are going to be fucking horrible, we need to hold those people accountable for their behavior and stop blaming everything else.

They should get the thank-you note written in Mandarin, too, since that's where Swish will have to return to play another year of ball.

WWE should try to freshen up Money In The Bank by barring former winners and WWE champions from entering. This would make it more exciting because we would have some intrigue on whether the cash in would work. The early years with Edge and Punk were more exciting because they had never been champion. I was watching old Georgia wrestling and they ran a very exciting tournament where the winner got to face the NWA Champion. NXT should run a tournament where the winner gets a MITB spot. Do the same thing for the Royal Rumble. I'm disappointed the tag team MITB did not happen. But it would suffer like the women, because a lot of the teams have been champions at least once.

Lebron is going to kick JR Smith's leg out from his leg

"Your honor, I don't think that the last half hour of the court googling gifs of the defendant's wife skipping and making 'crazy eyes' is at all relevant to the proceedings and I must object." "I'll allow it."

At least Manziel seemed to be the most aware that you're supposed to throw it towards the guys in the black jerseys.

That was the closest thing we will ever see to a shoot Canadian Destroyer.

Dying at people grilling the Punk Trial reporter as to whether Punk gave any indication of his involvement in ALL IN.

Hot Take: Baron Corbin was hurt more than anyone by Talking Smack’s cancellation.

Fuck social media. "Let's harness the absolute essence of humanity and turn it into an electronic drug that coats the surface of the earth so that everyone will be in it at all times until the collective tonnage of it merges us all into our most basic selves. A singular hypnotized voice devoid of thought!" "But, sir, the essence of humanity is horrifying. That will create a monolith of stupid that will consume the globe." "Sorry, can't hear you here in my mindfulness tube!"

I enjoyed both Knockouts matches. Tessa looked really good against Madison and I look forward to this feud continuing. Allie/Su Yung was also really good. Glad to have this in front of a crowd that was actually vocal.

Blah blah new job, check the stuff thread for the history. So, with the new job, I am now a commuter, with all that entails. Walking. Lots and lots of walking. Quick local geography and transport lesson for the 1776 crew. 1 mile from front door to local train station. 15 minutes walk. I then got off the train (up until a fortnight ago, anyways) at London Blackfriars and walk to the office just by the shard. For those who have never been to London village, that's just south of the river, and a mile and a bit from the office. Fantastic walk, going past the Tate modern (modern art), the globe theatre (some bloke called Bill was a writer), the anchor pub (one of the oldest in London) the old clink (london dungeon for the poor) and the fabulous borough market (foodie heaven, 16 wings for under 5 dollars). Downside - my 19 stone / 270 pound ass is sweating like Lebron in game 7 by the time i get to the office. and THEN i had to do the walk back at the end of the day. Deep unbridled joy. And a new pair of sneakers. Upside - london bridge station is now open so i can get a direct train which stops pissing distance from the office. AND, I may have just said goodbye to the 19 stone bit. I can feel the muscles in my thighs more - whether due to the loss of fat around there, or increase in muscle through walking, who knows - good feeling though. Clothes fit slightly better, and feel better. The sweating still hasnt stopped, but I've adapted Big E's big wool nickname - chunky jumper - always going to be a heavy sweater. so yeah - tl:dr, new job, lots of walking to and from, instead of driving. red has got his first milestone.

And those stories about him writing the script for his three hour ESPN2 show in less than 30 minutes back in the day, etc etc. I totally get hating his politics (I tend to largely agree with him, but he's unquestionably a blowhard and can be as obnoxious as anyone shy of Hannity) but his talent as a TV talking head is pretty much unparalleled in this era, sports or otherwise.

Any time Herman Munster makes an appearance, I'm happy.

If only the trial had been postponed so the answer could be, “The Mayor of Knox County”.

Punk was a face on both cash ins, but the second time he payed the dollars (h/t @jaedmc's son) it was the start of his heel turn on Jeff Hardy. Alberto was actually a face when Ziggler cashed in, they did the double turn a month or so later when Alberto won the belt back. Strong candidate for best match either guy ever had.

Not the best angle but still

I know nobody here is watching, but The Americans had a pitch perfect series finale this week. Two days later and I still can't stop thinking about it. I'm sure you'll all enjoy it when you watch it in a couple years.

The crowd goes from being nuclear to just being kinda meh, over a dude who JUST BACKFLIPPED INTO THE MUFUKKIN RING. Pfft, wrestling fans.

To be fair, it would totally be cool to walk in to the gym to the Wolfpac theme.

Apparently JR Smith doubled down on the stupidity in the press conference/interview in locker room by saying that he knew it was a tie game when he did what he did. Even though it is obvious that you can see Smith say to lebron that he thought the Cavs were leading in the game I guess it isn't really a lie if you believe it as George would say.

In terms of worst brain dead decisions made in a basketball game I think Chris Webber and his time out in the NCAA title game is finally off the hook after tonight.

Eli/Steiner and Madison/Tessa were both short but very solid. Absolutely loved everything Su/Allie from the amazing feud video pre-match to Allie entering to Rosemary's music, match pretty much fit the story perfectly and Su is one of the best characters going, always providing great visuals with her look and the legion of bridesmaids. Aries/Pentagon was a lot of fun and their best match together so far. Package piledriver on the apron looked sick. Finish was a fantastic heel move from Aries. Good stuff always leaving more to look forward to.

This all makes total sense from a corporate PR perspective. They hired a guy with some experience/education who they thought could make them money. They probably knew about his wife and held out hope no one would dig too much and make that connection. Her husband knew he was on thin ice because of her. Once she got outed, he has to go. No one from the KSA is calling Vince and demanding his ouster. But the WWE is more-or-less an international marketing company. Anything that is detrimental to the brand is gone. That's business.

August 6th

You know, Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny.

Had a week where it was just me and Maggie in the house. Somehow she has fallen in love with chapstick. Now everyone is back so she is happy. As soon as I got the car unloaded she gave everyone kisses and then laid down and crashed out.

I don't even know if it matters in this case, but I just want to see or hear from a third party not named AJ that the phantom cyst existed. If you can show me the cyst, I must insist. - Channeling my Inner Cochran.

Fake Ultimo Dragon? Please tell me it is Alabama Doink doing a Kwang gimmick

Sometimes things happen in wrestling that are so rad that my genuine reaction is just to laugh. That Ricochet flip was one of them.

"We call Mr CM Punk to the stand." "Mr Punk do you swear to tell the truth blah blah." "sure. Heh heh. Yeah." "Mr. Punk, is it true thatFATSPANISHWAITER LOOKOUT!" (CM Punk ducks) "AH HA!!!!!!!" (audible gasps) "ORDER ORDER I WILL CLEAR THIS COURTROOM!" "your honor we request a recess." "YOUR HONOR WE DEMAND A MISTRIAL BE DECLARED!" "MAY I SEE COUNSEL AND MR PUNK OR SHOULD I SAY MR WAITER IN CHAMBERS!"

Of course, why do you think Hardy is laughing a ton and Wyatt’s fixated on a damn lantern? RVD has some good shit.