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Chavo playing the Sheik in the Von Erich movie is neat. I’m assuming he’s also training the actors, which he seems to be quite good at based on GLOW.

Let's all remember this by Hangman Adam Page.

Not a shot at you, @The Natural, but long title reigns (no pun) in wrestling being celebrated is odd. Usually, it's just a matter of "we don't have anyone else", more than "this one is the best!"

As I was about to start to watch Elevation and noticed Final Battle had become available to pre-order, so I made it official and got mine as early as possible. Here's to hoping the card ends up being worth the wait.

I want Lashley/Ali to turn in to Peter Griffin/Chicken where they just pop up every week and randomly fight somewhere for like 30 seconds.

You're covered, brah. IR SCARY LION RAWWWRRRR

That's a good question....maybe Gino Hernandez?

Oh, that's part of the fun. Literally no one on the staff currently has called a single play in the NFL before.

Hey y'all. Just a reminder in general... for no particular reason whatsoever today... No politics. Thank you drive through.

Good on Paul and Ian for not misgendering Abadon though. Their pronouns are they/them.

I'll retype them for @JLowe, @HarryArchieGus and @Greggulator: Katsuyori Shibata/Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Togi Makabe/Wataru Inoue. NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012. Katsuyori Shibata/Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Togi Makabe/Wataru Inoue. NJPW Power Struggle 2012. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii. NJPW G1 Climax, 4th August 2013. *****. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada, NJPW Shakira Genesis 2017. A ***** match minus the stupid shoot headbutt that nearly killed Shibata. Shibata's best ever match and one of Okada's as well. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr. NJPW G1 Climax, 21st October 2021. Nobody expected that. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16.

So fucking GREAT.

Bootleg that shit, then you won't be giving them any money or quantifiable eyeballs

I said this before, but the getup she had on in AJW when she wrestled Lioness Asuka IIRC made her look like a real big deal. She looked like the embodiment of a female Ric Flair more than Charlotte. The wrestling ability...not so much. However, she looked like a star. She also looked like a MTV video vixen. That would have played huge with the demo that Sable and Sunny would eventually get 9 or 10 years later.

I just saw Richter wrestle as a heel against Velvet McIntyre in 1982. It was a good match. She definitely had the "mean, snarling Texan" trope down. On another note: Road Dogg's best match is as the Roadie vs. 1-2-3 Kid at IYH 2. It has a great finish and Roadie is hilarious in the post-match. Dude looked like a boss.

Dark was super long nd randomly all from Daily's Place, so we didn't get the BCC six-man with Mox from last Friday. But there was the historic Cutler vs Avalon rematch, and a really good Shida & Storm vs Suruga & Sakura match.

BYF at least has a quasi excuse - since he keeps things for lore related reasons (at least he can do a video on it)

Because it's that fucking amazing. Some "Mean Girls" shit.

Side topic... I remember an umpire back in JV being *quite* upset at me when I did this one (1) time in the middle of a meaningless blowout:

Theory doesn't need NXT, and we are at a point again where its at least 50-50 developmental. Theory doesn;t need a run at top. His character works on the main roster. He just isn't ready to be a main event guy if that potential is really even there for him. Its definitely the latter. I think this was the case even before HHH took over. They knew they wanted a fresh face to win MITB and Theory was that face. Then they quickly realized he is so not the guy who should be taking the belt off of Reigns. Where things differ is I suspect Theory might have grabbed at least one of the belts off of whoever beat Reigns had Vince still been in charge. Just reload the page. I have to do that half the time on Chrome because youtube and twitter posts will be misplaced.

I would probably put McGriff as 8th among those guys. McGriff getting in wouldn't be the worst thing ever. Him getting in because he's not Barry Bonds would not be good. For the love of God, Albert Belle deserves to be in. The man had 100 extra base hits in a strike-shortened season. And, once again, Lou Whitaker and Bobby Grich don't even get considered.

The Whale Directed by Darren Aronofsky For those unaware - this is the movie with a lot of Oscar buzz including Brendan Fraser for Best Actor

GIVE US BARABBAS!

So many folks are jumping ship because of The Boy With Emeralds In His Pockets, so while Wangman leaving is a drag, it's probably nothing to make big assumptions about.

Oh yeah that's the stuff. Give me three hours of them screaming at each other in Japanese.

This Bronko Lubich appears to be too mobile.

Oh man!

World's Strongest Slam. It was Mark Henry's finisher. Otis started using it the past month or two.

Vince hearing the pronoun "They" used by Ian and Paul literally 13 times in a 2-minute Abadon squash:

Sorry I'm late! STUFF! It's the Usos and Solo Sikoa against the New Day and Matt Riddle! it's weird but I FINALLY can tell the difference between Jey and Jimmy. Jey has Redneck With A Court Date hairstyle. Solo is fucking awesome punching Riddle dead in the face. Crazy EVEREST Snap Suplex by Riddle. I notice how the New Day's offense looks strange when applied to Solo Sikoa, sort of like how Solo seems like he is such an ass stomper that he shouldn't be selling any of it. I don't know- put GUNTHER and Sheamus and Butch and Sikoa in a sub-division of their own and keep everybody else away from them. Riddle is a house a-fire! He is very thigh slapping. Suddenly, it's all breaking down! Solo and the Usos do TWO secret tags, the second one by Solo who sneaks up on Riddle and hits a Uranagi for the win! That was fun. And there is a Cedric Alexander sighting! Baron Corbin beats the life out of him. Nasty Lariat by Corbin. Cedric Alexander gets in some stuff until Baron CRUSHES him with a Flatliner Thingy. Hey! It's Mia Yim! Her versus Rhea Ripley will be good. Otis isn't dressed as a Chippendale so all of our hearts are broken. He is wrestling Elias, who reminds me of Jim Powers but better. Otis applies a Trapezius Grip! Otis wins with a Bodyslam! I don't think that's happened since like 1978. IYO SKY and Asuka yelling at each other in Japanese is fucking GREAT. BITCH! Crazy Nikki is the BEST Nikki. Hey! It's Shelton Benjamin! He is a freak. Austin Theory is on a good match streak! Benjamin hits a GIGANTIC German Suplex. He doesn't last much longer than that. That was short. Ya got three hours, guys. It's Johnny Gargano versus the Miz! The Miz has so much storyline going on with his matches that he can't really concentrate on his BattlARTSian offense. Gargano is wrestling for two until the Miz hits a chunk of offense. Gargano gets a bunch of nearfalls. Gargano takes a short DDT like RVD. The Miz makes a comeback and Gargano cuts him off and there are a lot of nearfalls, but the crowd seem to molten for it. The Miz hits him in the head with a spare part to the ring. Well, I guess they had to finish it somehow. It's Dana Brooke! Nikki Cross is NUTZ! Cross goes all Snakepit on Brooke and she is the new 24/7 Champion! Bobby Lashley takes on Seth Rollins and this should be good. Both of these guys are bumping big for the other. Rollins is totally the WWE Serpentico in this to Bobby Lashley's Lance Archer. Austin Theory CASHES IN his Money In The Bank Thingy! He can't put Rollins away! Bobby Lashley comes out and beats the shot out of Austin Theory. This is fun. Rollins stomps him and wins! No real great matches tonight but that was fun.

To be COMPLETELY fair... Gargano did warn us on multiple occasions, that Austin Theory was a complete moron

JAYZEUS FUCKING CRUD! ATHENA IS FUCKING AWESOME!

Honky Tonk Man appears as a face-painted alter-ego named The Graceland Honk, spits a mist of chewed-up peanut butter and bananas, and debuts a running version of his finisher “Shining Rattle and Roll”.

Oh, and by the way, Bianca's also insanely talented in clothing:

remember when @BEN! used to have those awesome fantasy booking moments with the Hobo Army? This idea is like the opposite of that.

The current rumor is that Fight Forever is going to launch on Game Pass day one.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery To quote myself after the first trailer - LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!

The board blipping out the Mitchell Miller discussion is now like the Bruins trying to pretend they never signed him