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I'm not saying that he isn't racist or shouldn't be persecuted as a racist based on his actions. I'm saying that we always seem to focus on the Hulk Hogans who get caught saying something racist on tape, but never actually get around to stopping the kind of racism that is harmful to people. Hulk Hogan is an asshole, and probably racist as hell, but he ain't redlining, he's not in a position where he doesn't hire someone with a black sounding name, or racially profiling and killing innocent people in the streets. All of those things matter more than saying something racist on a sex tape, but we only seem to punish the people who are doing the latter, and never actually get around to fixing the former. So yes, that is part of his legacy, and racism is way more complex of a subject that needs to be discussed here. My point is that sure all racism is bad, but focusing the fight against racism against the Hulk Hogan's of the world isn't actually going to fix the harm that is being done by racism. Do you remember when the concussion stuff started coming out about football? That report came out about CTE and how harmful repeated hits to the head are, and how football players, especially offensive and defensive lineman have the brains of old ass men. So the NFL starting doing stuff like fining safeties and line backers for big hits, and implementing the concussion protocol. Here's the issue with that, that report specifically says that the small repeated brain traumas are more debilitating than the occasional big brain traumas. Except, they've done nothing to actually address the small repeated brain traumas. I'm not saying to stop fining people for helmet to helmet hits or to stop the concussion protocol, I'm saying that is not the part we should be focused on. We fight racism like we fight concussions. The racism that is harder to see, but is actually proven to be harmful is never addressed, while we persecute the people who are racist on camera/audio. It makes us feel better, but ultimately doesn't fix the problem. So when he said that people bringing up Hogan's racism is more about hating Hogan than it is about hating racism, I think of all the people who are happy talking about Hulk Hogan's racism but are quiet about all the other racism going on in the world.

That's a former UK health minister asking if it was staged.

You're missing my point. Michael Jackson isn't an underrated vocalist, because he sold so many damn records it's safe to assume that people like to hear him sing. There are about 55191956156189265051956106516561165489 more interesting things to talk about. Seriously, if we just sat around saying stuff like, "you know who had a good run, Hulk Hogan," or "You know what move finished a murderer's row of contenders? Hulk Hogan's legdrop," this board wouldn't have any members. Those aren't interesting conversations. Hulk Hogan's place in history is understood, and doesn't need to be stated in every conversation about him. Does anyone talk about both The Rock and Steve Austin both putting over Chris Jericho on the same night? Can you think of a single instance? It happened around the same time, and was pretty significant at the time. No one talks about that either. Doing the right thing rarely makes the news, because that's what you are supposed to do. You're basically a dad asking, "why don't I get credit for providing for my family?" It's because that's what you signed up for when you started a family. Putting your opponent over is the job of a wrestler. It isn't notable when it happens, it's only notable when it doesn't happen.

Adam Page wants to be my favourite wrestler.

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Well I mean this was their lead in so...

I don’t care what anyone says, jobbing them out to the Psycho Twins was a step too far.

Peapod, The Pocket Squirrel

I'm in agreement with you. I love that match. I was never the biggest Hogan fan and Hogan was pretty old at that point, but Brock felt like he killed Hogan and Hulkamania. I never once thought Brock didn't win fast enough. He systematically destroyed Hogan, didn't pin him with F5, and squeezed the life out of him with Heyman screaming like a madman on the outside. I fucking loved Brock the moment he first showed up on Raw and was ready for him to win the title and seeing him destroy Hogan en route to that was awesome. Everything about it was damn near perfect.

Andrade also wrestles Charlotte.

First thing that popped into my mind after reading that last paragraph:

Roland, I'm sorry to hear about your father-in-law. I'm here for you on the other side of the planet. This might help answer some of your questions. I'd say when in doubt, ask a funeral director. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-funeral-directors https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/6686660/pandemic-will-affect-funerals/

Happy David and Sandra were able to re-connect. Very thoughtful of Jericho to put that together.

Credit: "The Big Show Show" Netflix Trailer

Guarantee you, there's going to be a LOT of TJ's happening this year. Since the season, by all accounts looks like it's going to be - at the very least - shortened (right now, I'm leaning towards halved), why not just miss the season, not deal with any uncertainty with this virus, and come back ready to go in '21.

"Can the squirrel or small rodent combine be less slave plantation-ish compared to the actual NFL Combine? Tune in tonight at 7 pm Eastern on ESPN The Ocho!"

Who says we have to cancel the Olympics? Our squirrels are betters than yours.. IMO

And he trashed Braun Strowman for the comments he made. DOGS AND CATS, LIVING TOGETHER, MASS HYSTERIA!

The ironic thing is that this has proven a general strike would break these motherfuckers in a week tops and we could have any pie in the sky healthcare or social safety net policy we wanted made into a reality.

Taka made enough money to make his own promotion. Tajiri was super over, won multiple titles, earned similar money to Taka, and probably will get a HoF nod in the future. Women's wrestling in Japan has been on a downturn for years. Asuka not only is making more money than she ever did before, but she managed to get 2+ year title reign seen by many more people than anyone who was watching joshi pro wrestling during her time at top. She also got a major Wrestlemania match and is still treated somewhat importantly even if WWE's booking is shit.

I always got a kick out of him being DX's "insurance policy", playing off the Lloyd's of London policy.

Strangely, I feel like that look worked for ECW.

There's enough real life simulators out there, I don't need one with Tom Nook being an ass to me.

I want to see First Take do a segment on which squirrels need a ring to solidify their legacy.

No brainer but if Black Widow goes straight to On Demand, I'm spending the $20 to watch it on release weekend.

Holy shit the top of the cage is literally a foot above the top turnbuckle. You'd think that, but their boss is pals with a large orange man who spent weeks telling us the virus is a hoax, then dialed it back a little to claim it's not so bad and that we can all go back to work in a week or two.

Angel Garza stealing the Tag Rope and trying to tag in the wrong corner was a great Heel tactic that I don't believe I have seen before.

The "Vince ruined the Sheepherders" narrative drives me nuts. The territories were dying out and they were getting ready to retire because they saw the writing on the wall. Along came Vince, who had this idea to make them lovable babyfaces. They said he was crazy, but it led to them working an easy style that extended their careers by almost a full decade while getting them the best bank of their lives in the process. Also, this.

@NikoBaltimore here's something that will fit into a busy schedule.

Funny. I wasn't expecting it to be you who triggered the word filter. ??

So he missed the joke because there wasn't a funny part. "Hogan didn't get squashed by Brock quickly enough" is the kind of revisionism that you could definitely expect from some in the IWC - if they ever talked about this match. But of course, the reason no one talks about this match is because Hogan did the right thing and it made Brock look like a million dollars. Can't be giving Hogan any credit for literally anything without Natural coming and spamming threads. IIRC, people thought it was a great way to get Brock over, but even then no one was willing to praise Hogan too loudly.

It's Zona 23. Anyone can get a crowd in an arena, that's baby shit. A junkyard? Real boss level shit.

It would be funny if they just inserted ad breaks into random matches whenever somebody gets dumped to the outside.

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Rude somehow made a lot shit work. However, it made sense how he dressed post back injury/Lloyd's of London policy in WWF and then WCW. It looked more becoming of him if that makes sense. In ECW, I guess he dressed based on the amount Heyman was paying him.

As much as I'd love to see Ricochet rock the Prince Puma gimmick again, I don't want the WWE to buy the licensing IP so that he can only use it in the WWE.

And this is a bad thing because...?

I swear this went from something I found funny as a teenager to fucking horrific as an adult worse than post cube N.W.A. records. At least N.W.A. still had Dr. Dre beats.

Looking on Twitter, which I've had to stop doing because it's making me furiously angry... I'm thinking of longing guillotines.

Hell, he should have gotten it airbrushed on the back of a Ford F150 and added some truck nuts to boot. At least he wouldn't have to look at it in the mirror that way.

Sasha Banks in the back VelveTEEN Dream gets a sign from John Morrison

The world may be ending but I just had a swell night hanging out with my wife watching Netflix. She’s in bed now and I have YouTube on my tv watching Age of Empires 2 videos and on my 3rd glass of Laphroig. I have wings in the oven. I’ve been in my head for the past few days and out of work, but tonight I’m tipsy and happy with life. Had a headache all day but went away a few hours ago. Appreciate you guys on here that I’ve joked with and talked with recently. I have no wrestling friends outside of a kind indulgence of small talk. Sometimes the little things in life we don’t realize means quite a bit to people without realizing. I’m going to pour my next scotch and add disaronno. Not sure if this post goes here. I’m just happy.