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With that immobilizer it's a knee injury, not a break. Smoking a blunt in a wheelchair wearing a Dory Funk shirt is maybe the coolest anyone has ever looked.

TK clearly reads this board, a Danielson dream match was announced for Dynamite next week at tonight’s Collision/Rampage/ROH tapings.

AEW is failing so bad that they have to have a municipality pay them to run shows, because they cannot sell tickets. /s

In the build-up, Danhausen curses Danielson causing them to swap bodies. So we have Bryan Danhausen (Danhausen with no makeup in semi-serious shooter mode) and Danielhausen (Daniel Bryan in facepaint doing curses and appearing under the ring).

I love this match, and I was there! The wrestlers really picked up on the atmosphere in the arena, and it was great to see Andre win at the end.

Teams of four give ‘em what for!

Growing pains. Plus two different sports leagues having playoff games. The show has gotten better. They gotta just stay the course.

There was a moment where Schiavone described it as "....like a...large crow bar" and Taz chimed in as though to correct him before settling on "yeah, that's exactly what it is". 90 seconds later Taz was mumbling that he knew the babe for this incredibly large pry bar and it was killing him that he couldn't think of it. As someone who interviewed for a promotion yesterday and at different points forgot the words "credibility", "leadership", "direction" and "motivation" I felt his pain. Enjoyed Ospreay's segment with Strong. Particularly enjoyed when Taven asked "what's a bellend" to which Ospreay replied, "you're a bellend mate" and then named all of Undisputed Kingdom bellend.

I just rewatched the Survivor Series Main Event and... that was a goddammit hot match! There was energy from everybody in that match. Even Andre was kinda spry. They protected Hogan and Andre's team of big men brought their A game. No one really talks about this match and I wonder why James

Nia Jax rules. Her saying “Your mom sucks!!!” right in Jade’s daughter’s face is one of the best heel moments in memory. We all love heels because we wish we could say things like that but adhere to a moral code that makes us act like normal people. Nia does not care. That was a great post-match brawl, too.

This is the strongest appeal he made:

The state of this country's healthcare system, man. Fuck.

The Willow-Mercedes contract signing was thoroughly enjoyable. Mercedes has been getting stronger and stronger with her mic game. She's finding her groove. This one worked perfectly. And Willow is killing it! Easily one of the best natural organic babyfaces in the business. I felt butterflies in my stomach seeing Willow hit that powerbomb. Easily the most meaningful powerbomb/table spot in ages. So goddamn stoked for Willow v Mercedes. I think we're all best to keep an eye on the actions of Stat and Stoke.

What is the deal with Serena Deeb's flag? I can't think of a dorkier thing for a face to do then stand at the top of the ramp holding a flag and smirking at your opponent.

I love Bam Bam Bigelow going up against King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang, and Andre. After Bam Bam eliminates Bundy and the Gang, you really believe he had a real chance at beating Andre. At least, seven year old me did.

Great call. I thought it was hella smart what they did on one of the last loops through Texas where they made sure to book their locals like Bryan Keith, Lance Archer etc. and tons of lucha dudes, too. The idea to keep each show with a rotation of different people (other than maybe a handful of top stars) is a good one too. Sorta off topic, and a bit of a harsh (but very real) criticism: they'll often book guys in hometown matches like that - the above TX stuff, Hager in Oklahoma, AR Fox and Mercedes Martinez every time I go up to Connecticut, Kingston in NYC, etc. - how about advertising some of this shit?? The hope would be that they are working toward a short extension, or a new deal with limited dates or something - maybe even something more formal as it relates to working on the office side; the reality is that Mox was working without a contract as World Champion. Totally baseless speculation, but I could also imagine a situation where after pretty recently opening the purse strings for Okada, Mone, Ospreay and others, they might wanna get TV squared away first.

I hope she beats Willow and never loses a match just to piss people like you off. Will be awesome

They should mix the two match types and have 4v4 and 5v5 elimination tags in a cage. That would definitely make it a legally different match type. They just need a name for the show. Maybe something like "Elimination Chamber."

Do you suppose WWE has let the trademark lapse on "Where teams of five strive to survive!"?

Nothing Deeb does is face-like. Everything about her act screams heel.

I have a Hitchcock "Masterpiece Collection" on Bluray. It's sixteen movies that covers from the 40s to the 70s.

Its certainly an interesting experiment; framing it in this sort of tourist-y, residence-type way feels a lot more like a tiny-Mania-week vibe than a "Fuck it, Cedar Park again!" kill-the-town vibe. Should this be successful, it's going to be really interesting to see if they can replicate elsewhere moving forward. In fact, if this works, Id probably make that a large part of my pitch to other cities: we made $X for the local economy, we had X people in the building over X nights, we had folks traveling in from X Y and Z, they bought $X in merch and $X in refreshments, etc. We were talking AEW drawing woes here some months back, and two of the ideas I had were to try running more sold shows at casinos and places like that, or to try making TV more of a "summer party" atmosphere by touring amphitheaters using the Daily's setup - not sure how this thing is gonna pan out, but on paper, this might be the best of both.

Yeah, I learnt that coming off Trazodone. Antidepressants withdrawal does suck which is why in the past I was reluctant to be put on them. How you feel when getting them into your system as well. Wish you could bottle up how Trazodone does, not had it often since. Serotonin Syndrome was the worst by far. Fuck. I'd be fucked without the NHS especially for the CP. My late great Mum would be as well if we didn't have the NHS. Despair for my American friends here. Love to you and your Mum, hun.

MLB the Show 24's loss will be Little Kitty Big City's gain

I'm too afraid of going through anti-depressant withdrawl and the thought of what I could do to myself or someone else to go off my medication.

You think Jericho could be talked into losing his hair for a paycheck and told “if Rob Halford doesn’t need hair to rock, you can pull it off”

Inspired by what I posted in a “wrestling not from the now” thread: a wrestler who insists that he doesn’t do a belly to belly suplex because he doesn’t have a belly because he’s so fit, insisting it’s a body to body suplex. Like if Rick Rude was doing the Belly to Belly as a finish instead of the Neckbreaker Posting this I watched some 1985 WWF where they used the term “body to body suplex” instead of belly to belly

I cosign every one of the opponents listed in this thread as Danielson matches I wanted to see before he wraps up his full time career. Weird one that I want to see is him against Jarrett. I really hope Omega is back before Danielson wraps it up or at least if he's stick around in AEW, I'd love for that to be a match that they can get to down the line if Omega isn't ready by whenever Danielson is done full time. I was hoping for a match against Joe during Joe's run as champion even though that would have been one of those matches where the ending wasn't going to be in doubt.

I knew I should have specified better

Effy should book Danielson vs Parrow for Big Gay Brunch, then.

Interesting seeing how Sasha Banks/Mercedes Mone splits opinion, you either really like her or don't. I always have, more wrestlers have their best match with her. I'd rank the NXT Four Horsewomen: 4. Charlotte Flair. 3. Becky Lynch. 2. Bayley. 1. Sasha Banks. I wish she was still in WWE.

I'd say 4 vs 4 Elimination tags (done by "random drawing") , then end of show battle royal with the survivors, winner gets last entry into Continental Classic. That could be a fun show- we'd know 11 folks wouldn't be on the show (the Champ and top 10 contenders who entered the Classic)

Fractured tibia, apparently.

That's up there with guys being injured by the trap door in WCW.

Oh yeah, that show was fantastic. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg in the opener, the sheer novelty of Mikey Whipwreck vs. Scotty Riggs, Bam Bam vs. Sandman when both were feeling pretty inspired, a pretty solid Scott Steiner/Booker T match, and one of the better four-way matches in the main event with Flair, Hogan, Sting, and DDP. When even Konnan vs. Disco Inferno is watchable, something's afoot.

I hope the Panthers win by 12 tonight.

There was also a pic floating around before the story even broke where Darby had his nose bandaged but was hanging out with Tim and Sam from I Think You Should Leave. Didn't see it here, though, just on Reddit.

The bus story was a bit overblown. Was more like Darby leaned into the bus. According to Meltzer - who was just repeating what Darby said - Darby and an acquaintance were crossing the road at night. Darby looks over and sees a bus making a turn at 5 to 10 mph, but doesn’t think the bus driver will see them in the dark. Other guy is in his mid-60’s and doesn’t walk well, so Darby tries to get him out of the way. Somehow, as the bus goes by, Darby’s face makes contact with one of the bus’ side windows. Contact broke Darby’s nose, but he was well enough to go to whatever event they were on their way to before seeking treatment. Name of the other guy meant nothing to me, but he’s apparently a famous punk rocker or something,

IF is the first Rotten Tomatoes film of the Summer Blockbuster Pool 2024 to get a rotten rating, 54%. I had it 8th on that list.

Her outfits and hairstyle are much, much worse.

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley in a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship eliminator bout against Konosuke Takeshita just announced for the show.

Taz knows, he always mentions Dax having heavy hands.

I’ve seen a few of his matches and this pretty much sums up why I can’t get into him.

I would love to see Danielson try to reign in Bailey's wacky formula. Otherwise, if you want to see Danielson vs Bailey, just watch any Bailey match, kinda squint a bit, and pretend it's Danielson.

Bryan Danielson matches I want to see before his full time career ends: Zack Sabre Jr rematch. Kazuchika Okada rubber match. Kenny Omega rematch. Will Ospreay rematch. Shingo Takagi. Hiroshi Tanahashi. If anyone can get anything out of a shot Tana, it's Bryan. Darby Allin. First time dream match. PAC. First time dream match. Tetsuya Naito. First time dream match. Jay White. Samoa Joe. Jeff Cobb.

Sucks Eddie Kingston is out of Anarchy in the Arena, had a bad feeling he was after his match with Gabe Kidd at NJPW STRONG. Like Darby Allin as the replacement. Thought it would be Jon Moxley or Claudio Castagnoli. Dread what Allin will do in that kind of match even more than his usual.

Mone having a Claire Danes level cry face emergency after being upset in her big comeback match. It certainly turns the old trope of big star jumping ship to somewhere else right on its head. We have seen a fair amount of splashy debuts over the years to know it’s a thing. OR is that sacrificing what Star power Sasha Banks has left?

i used to own the Macho Man VHS. i watched it a bunch of times, but now, 20 years later, remember nothing about it. i do have a digital copy, so if you can't find it and are still interested, i can throw it up to Dailymotion or something. refereesare kayfabe THE WORST. with all the talk about wrestlers and their successes in other sports, are referees the zebras who can't cut it in the NFL, NBA, etc.? i just try to imagine an NFL sideline blasting a receiver with a lead pipe, but since the only official didn't see it, the game continues. or an NBA coach tripping opposing players as they run by. or a MLB 2nd baseman kneecapping a baserunner. Just absolutely ridiculous that any "Championship Committee" wouldn't take IMMEDIATE action and appoint more referees/recap, overturn results, hand out suspensions, etc. just THE WORST. i said back on Page 1: "the thing about Russo's run is that it just beats you down, little by little, until you just don't care anymore." i know you're not at Russo's run yet, but here we are anyway. Kaos is coming directly off a loss to Wrath (SN 12/12), but before that he had TWO wins in a row! (vs. Johnny Swinger, SN 11/21; vs. Kendall Windham, Thunder 11/12). so definitely not a good challenger, but far from the worst we've seen! as for the tag belts, i don't think even WCW knew. it'll all be moot soon, anyway... not a take i would agree on, but Disco had a hell of a great '96-'97 run. his character was pitch perfect in stooging. My all-time favorite of his was when he had a leg submission but kept messing it up and would cost him the match. Culminating in having a diagram on how to apply it. But he was just so good at finding those little touches that made him a compelling low/mid carder. DDP dressing as La Parka, while not exactly the same situation that you're referencing, is probably my top example of this sort of chicanery. i'm dying just reliving that line. TREMENDOUS! i once told someone that Raven was on my list of favorite wrestlers, and their response was something about ECW (which i had only seen clips of). i argued back that it was because of his WCW run, and they were perplexed on how anybody could enjoy WCW Raven. i stand by my belief. well, he matches Kaos with two straight wins (vs. Alex Porteau, WW 12/12; vs. Chad Fortune, SN 11/28).

MyNetworkTV will throw their hat back into the proverbial ring.