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For all the negativity we read around the wrestling industry, there's still nice things that happen. Just read on Twitter that Nick Aldis and Mickie James did a competition to pay for a fan to fly home for Christmas, with the winner being a cancer survivor who hadn't been able to fly to Maine to visit her family. Really neat thing to do.

"Not feeling the Destrucity when you go to the bathroom? Then you need Ultimate Warrior brand suppositories. Because pooping does make the world work."

TFW you get all decked out for a photoshoot because you were told there would be cocaine, but Davey Boy got there before you.

Passed my Canadian Citizenship exam last week - ceremony will be early January - after that I'll be a full-time hoser eh

Speaking of I am right now watching to an episode of James Bonding podcast where it was the cast press conference for SPECTRE and Matt Gourley and Matt Mira are agog and Batista's otufit. It was this one:

December 2nd, eh?

And it's official

Yeah, my horse threw me one time when I was being attacked by wolves, but he stopped close enough that I could run to get to it. So, I decided to run to the horse, and he runs about 12 steps forward before I can jump on. So, I figure, I can outrun these wolves the last couple yards...then he moved up just a few steps again and the wolves caught me and feasted upon my flesh. It was like that thing when your friend gets out on the side of the road to pee and is shielding his shame with the car door, so you pull up so he has to shuffle...except it was a horse, and I wasn't peeing I was being killed by wolves.

Empress Ballroom in Blackpool Royal Albert Hall

Now imagine all that said in Warrior Promo Speak

I stood by and did nothing when Baron Corbin wrestles Finn ten years in a row. I didn’t say anything when they made Bayley a kissless virgin who was too lame to hit her arch rival with a kendo stick. But tonight they jobbed Drew McIntyre to Dolph Ziggler and they’ve finally gone too far. It needs to be said. RAW is not a good show.

I like how they use current Pablo but old JCP Manny for the pics.

My pick is Chicago's International Amphitheatre, a unique venue that was the site of much rasslin' history, and indeed much US sports history. Built for cattle shows, it's solid concrete construction and layout made it a natural for hockey, concerts, basketball, political conventions, wrestling and even soccer. I saw my favoritest card ever there, after it had been sold to a Mexican-American promotion cartel - thee AAA/ECW supershow. It had the best concessions I have ever eaten at at an event and was the only time I ever was in a riot (as a fan). So bueno. memories, RAF

An Albert Pyun extravaganza: It was Streets of Fire that convinced me Dafoe should have been The Joker. Hell, I think Miller bases a few panels on him for TDKR.

I have to admit it takes balls to look at the One Winged Angel and say you need a goofier set up.

Stumbled onto Streets of Fire the other night. 18-year-old Diane Lane: ? Weirdly young Willem Dafoe shirtless in patent leather overalls: ? Rick Moranis way up there in movie whiplash, going from Strange Brew to Streets (straight dramatic role, no less) to Ghostbusters: ? Plus a whole host of folks that had us going "wait, THEY're in this too?" Robert Townsend, Amy Madigan, Ed Begley Jr, Bill Paxton, Lee f'n Ving... the list goes on and on. Some fun visuals and music, but this was way more interesting than good in the long run.

MAYOR DOWN~!

This image should be used in a laxative commercial.

The best part of the first video is The New Day not giving two shits about Enzo, continuing to eat and watching the car wreck

When you and your asshole cousins/siblings have to stop fighting for one second so your mom can take a family picture at Christmas.

Never underestimate how dense Vince Russo can be.

Video: Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins - WWE SmackDown, October 22, 2015

MSG, it will never not be epic: Also, Boston Garden: And Maple Leaf Gardens:

Police are searching for a "person of interest" by the name of Homer J. Simpson.

Resulting in this fabulous Tweet:

Preview for this week's show with Scott Dawson saying "I just want to do one flip but all you want is fisting". Followed by an incredibly awkward look from Bayley ?

I wish the show didn't feel the need to stop every five minutes and tell us how important the institution is and draw parallels to Orange Julius Caesar. Like yeah, I get it, can we please get more clips of Oliver North saying things that are absolutely 100% bananas?

I want to say Starz Retroplex. The following flick was EVIL ROY SLADE but Cindy had lost all patience with me by that point.

They had gone through heavy re-shoots because of how bad it apparently was. I can guess after watching it recently that most of the romantic scenes with Michael Pare, and Diane Lane were re-done. It’s real noticeable when they show close ups of Diane Lane wearing a wig. Great soundtrack, though. The Stevie Nicks soundalike song on the soundtrack really rips, and The Fixx track on it got me into their catalog.

How big was Batista’s dick flip?

At the very worst, I will start doing everything during chapter six. I did watch a video explaining all the stuff you lose once you get to the epilogue (like money, outfits, your horse, ...).

Bisping's comments on the Post-Fight Show about Tai's lack of a ground game were fucking priceless. "First of all, learn some mount escapes." If that stoppage had happened to anyone but Tuivasa I'd think it was suspect, but good on the ref to notice that Tuivasa was not getting out of that mount and stopping the fight before JDS pummeled him into the mat.

I started watching Billions and I was immediately hooked. I've been binging it like crazy and I'm already into episode 7 of season 3. I love this show.

Which is the same thing that spawned this Christmas staple

Nothing against PCO and Brody King but Tom Lawlor and Brian Pillman Jr would have been the two I signed away from MLW.

The Hammerstein Ballroom is the coolest looking place ever. My favorite wrestling venue.

KBS Hall in Kyoto is special. The old Olympic Auditorium, Budoukan, and Sumo Hall are square, therefore much better for a ring because they are not hockey shaped.

Nia really shouldn't be saying anything about someone else needing to learn how to wrestle. Ronda is already far better than Nia.

So visualize Bret Hart throwing up the bullhorn in the corner as a celebration. It''s that, but with both hands. It'll be my signature go-to on the campaign trail after I'm done speechifying and some popular music that I didn't clear the rights to use starts playing as I interact with my adoring, fawning crowds. Like Nixon's double-victory sign, but with some style courtesy of the G.O.A.T. (by way of everyone who has ever gone to UT-Austin).

Since I got the editing bug, I might as well try to do weekly(?) shows again, kind of a "Year In Review" for the Okanagan as a whole...

Man ... Merry Christmas to us, that's one hell of a show right there.

Watch Bodyguard or shut up.