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Bring the streak of "can't miss" people that they missed on to about 80.

My dad came home from the hospital today. They think he had a brain aneurysm though it seems to have healed on its own before they could find out for sure. He is back to himself and only seems to be walking a little slow right now due to being in a bed for nearly a week. I'm just happy to see him in the state he is now. I'm always a little fearful just for the various things that can happen at his age with some of his health issues, but last weekend was just so damn scary. I'm just thankful that the worst has seemingly passed though my older brother and myself will probably be watching him like hawks for at least a few weeks.

Just make True Lies 2 already. ?

Liger will discuss how to defeat and capture Godzilla

I was like "hah, that's an okay parody headline" and then it slowly dawned on me it was real.

This thing will get loose and maul D'Andre Swift within 15 minutes of me drafting him in fantasy this August.

"This isn't even Nitro no way in hell I'm bumping"

The 70s.

Man, it's not that this PPV was bad. I thought most of the in-ring work was solid, hokey zombie shit notwithstanding. It's how stale and just.... same that product feels. This programming is just screaming for a bevy of fresh faces and instead we get yet another configuration of the same people. I appreciate everything Drew McIntyre did during the pandemic to keep the Raw show watchable, but it's gotten old. Strowman just doesn't do it for me. Lashley is awesome, but how many times can he be expected to have watchable, fresh matches with the same handful of guys? It just feels very.... bleh. Solid ring work from bell to bell, just nothing worth getting the least bit excited over.

I'm not saying you are saying this but I'm using your comment to jump out on. Releasing your lower card talent to make room for more upper card talent is a mistake. It ignores the ideas of roles in the promotion. Remember you not only need roster room but you need someone to lose to that talent. Otherwise you have systemic win trading which puts everyone on the same narrative plain and has historically been a storytelling failure.

Please lord give me Psycho Mode Russ trying to kill his old teammates in the first round.

Will he come back with a full body Cody logo tattoo?

Given that AEW is spending good money to bring people like Christian Cage and Paul Wight, along with licensing deals for the real music for Jungle Boy, Orange Cassisy, and now Moxley, I somehow don't think that Peter Avalaon's contract (likely among the smallest of the regular roster) or place on the roster is stopping AEW from signing Andrade.

Semi-nonsense. Miro is the best guy in the game when it comes to making his midcard holding patterns entertaining and keeping his credibility. Not saying that the gamer gimmick + Kip were necessarily good calls, but few active wrestlers, if any, were going to whip up such nice Chicken Salad (tm). Dude adds curry, walnuts, celery, maybe apples. Uses the good mayo. He was always going to emerge as a main player.

Skimming through some Raw results, it looks like he was on a decent little push before he vanished. A couple wins against Sheamus, a win against Riddle, a competitive title match against McIntyre. Him disappearing completely after getting hurt or sick and people reflexively chalking that up to "Vince bad" as a default position is certainly in keeping with the thought virus that makes him the cause of all wrong in the universe. Not even saying anyone's wrong, but it's interesting what sort of things people do and don't find it acceptable to go off on without evidence. Hope Lee is healthy and back in the mix soon.

Also, let's look at how, yet again, another can't miss person was fucking ruined coming up to the main roster. Keith Lee is immediately over on the main roster after his Royal Rumble and Survivor Series appearances. The Survivor Series appearance is more notable since they actually pushed the guy and made him seem like a big deal. Then he just fucking disappears off the main roster. He comes back and doesn't really get a chance to talk, but gets some cool moments with Braun and shit like that. And then they change his entrance music to some fucking garbage. And then they change his ring gear because to Vince or Kevin Dunn or someone, he's fat. He proceeds to do nothing except winning by DQ or fuck finishes because WWE can't be bothered to heavily push more than 2 guys at one time. By this point, it's hard to believe they'll do anything with Keith Lee. He gets hurt or sick and is just gone from TV. You could build a whole other promotion out of the amount of can't miss guys WWE has fucked around and done nothing with.

I hope Zaslav doesn't hate wrestling...

Especially after LeBron was so vocal about it not being such a good idea (only after the Lakers were in the conversation of course and he had previously said it was a good idea).

I tend not to get toooooooo worked up about offseason moves because who the fuck knows what the roster breaking camp will be. That being said - if I was Evan Engram, I would worry move about Kyle Rudolph being signed.

The Marlins' jersey honoring the old Cuban Triple A team the Havana Sugar Kings

As of right now - it was approved on a one year deal. The NBA really really wants it to become permanent. I think the fly in the ointment is going to be that I don't think you are going to easily get the players to approve it this time.

I totally get that he's not very self aware. But long term, I think it has the potential to go somewhere if done right. Especially if they start touring internationally. Kind of like an anti-1997 Bret Hart? Maybe I'm just viewing this through rose coloured glasses lol.

One of the kids said " This would be ok if it was the Fiend" while we shit on it. He gets it.

If they had Bruce Campbell show up and kill all the zombies it would've went from awful to just about the greatest thing ever.

We made chicken salad out of that lumberjack match. My nephew and his pals sat and made fun of it with us. I had hyped them up about what a lumberjack match is and then that happened. The boys laughed and MST3K'd it with me and my pal Chris.

I hate hockey. More please.

@paintedbynumbersdid you enjoy Graves' Monroeville Mall reference??

YouTube recommended a channel that includes, among other things, a treasure trove of commercials about wrestling or featuring wrestlers over the years. So apparently Jesse Ventura and Nathan Lane starred in a Miller Lite commercial. Wonder if Warrior ever got that Yugo? The last commercial in the 1988 video -- who is the guy with the earrings? The Giant Baba ads are gold. There are more commercials to be found on that channel -- good way to waste an hour or two.

Unless he is filming all four of them at the same time, I really don't see Avatar 2 doing the type of blockbuster business that would justify continuing on for another three movies after that. Is there any other movie made since 2000 that made such a ridiculous amount of money during its initial run while leaving little long-term pop-culture impact at all? Its not a movie that is referenced or meme'd much at all in recent years, and the excitement for Avatar 2 appears to be on par for when Dumb & Dumber 2 came out, which is little-to-none.

Alexa Bliss Playground segment tonight with the new Womens Tag Champs. Lot of rewriting going on for the show too. Also The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sports Twitter posted that they are returning to sporting events with fans, so expect maybe Saudi Mania shows coming back this year.

I can get that. Like even AEW had Abadon bite into Shida’s neck, but this is more akin to WCW bringing in Robocop or Chucky.

I don't have one of these, but a part of me finds it hilarious to think of "Fire Stick" being discussed in the Technology sub-forum.

HBK's documentary was fascinating and didn't pull a lot of punches about his drug abuse and backstage behavior. Some surprisingly blunt comments by Bret, Undertaker, Trips, etc. I did roll my eyes when Michaels' wife suggested God performed a miracle and healed Shawn's back after he reconciled with Triple H. I still think the "miracle" was WCW went under and Vince was probably going to stop paying HBK to keep him away from WCW. Still, finding religion was probably what saved Michaels' life. I wasn't prepared for how much 2021 Shawn Michaels resembles 2021 Triple H. If they reunite DX for a WrestleMania payday, it will be a missed opportunity if they don't pull the "twin confusion" spot.

I think you're crazy if you think Cody's not going to be on TV every week WITH his baby after said baby is born. He's going to have "major announcements" about when she takes her first steps. Probably a major feud with Raven so he can take out his anger on having to put together an Even-Flo crib.

Per Entertainment Weekly - What If? will be out in August

There should be a fake CW Anderson who goes by WB.

The way Fuller tells it, Slater beat up Matuszak during Spring Break in tampa and told him not to leave his hotel room the rest of the week and he didnt.

To me, that sounds like the vaccine is working. All along, they told us the vaccine doesn't mean you don't get it or can't spread it but that you don't get sick if you do get it. That's exactly what's happening.

Depends on your standards. If we're talking old style, two title switches per year if we're feeling really frisky, then no Cesaro probably could stay in that "High as you can get without winning the big one" bracket next to Jake the Snake and Eddie Kingston without me raising an eyebrow. In a world - or should I say Universe? - where Jack Swagger, Jinder Mahal and Alberto del Rio are all former world champions (ie. the one we actually live in,) then he absolutely should have at least five.