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Any mention of Wilt's scoring always makes me think of this:

I hope all of you are having a great day here. If you’re not, if you’re maybe thinking some not so nice things about yourself, please remember one thing: At the end of the day, at least you’re not the guy who made, transported, and held aloft for the majority of a three hour taping signs supporting Zach Snyder and talking shit on James Gunn. Unless one of you are that guy, then fuck off. (Please note that I do not have strong feelings one way nor the other on Snyder or Gunn, but Jesus was that guy annoying!)

Damn. Going by those results, the ROH roster is going to be fun as hell.

Maybe some of us (I know I speak for myself) just don't like pro wrestling as WWE is currently presenting it and don't want to watch? Maybe it's that simple? I honestly couldn't give less of a shit about this site's "reputation". I like what I like. I have no obligation to watch WWE if I don't care for it.

The word legend gets thrown around too much in all avenues. My wife was watching one of the Real Housewives shows and Ronnie DeVoe of Bell Biv Devoe's wife was one there. She was introduced as the wife of "music legend" Ronnie DeVoe. Now, I love BBD as much as the next guy, but calling him a legend is a huge stretch.

Ooh, Big Bill and Archer should team up and destroy some little tag team dudes for a while. Their Dark squashes could be a blast.

Maybe I skimmed past it, but have we not discussed how Uno was fucking squirting blood out of his head like a damn Willy Water Bug (look it up, kids)!?!? I mean, it was like shooting out when Mox choked him. Incredible.

That sounds like something along the lines of that Formula One show that was so popular and the new golf one on Netflix. To me it seems closer to those than say Real Housewives.

I didn’t get the impression it was a reality show. I took it as more documentary-type features. More like those things WWE used to do. Was that one called 24? Something with a number. I’m drawing a blank. Those “day in the life” half hour specials on the network.

I think Cassidy/Wheeler will be excellent. I could see Mox/Uno being surprisingly good, too. Also, I'm a mark for battle royals, to I'm looking forward to that. I'm proud of us as a board for not getting into wild speculation about TK's announcement tonight. We're growing.

As others have pointed out, she hasn't. But, they do pretty regularly have guest hosts filling in here and there for Seacrest when he's off. So, if you were just seeing promos every once in a while for the show, I could see how you might get the idea that there have been a bunch of different co-hosts.

There's a lot of that thing where white people just don't have to fuck it up, where black people have to be exceptional. There are a lot of white coordinators who have been given a shot with less experience and success than Bienemy.

We watched Rampage this morning before my son’s basketball game. He was totally into the basketball spots. It was corny as hell, but at least there were a few fun, athletic spots thrown in there. Like that Swerve is being featured more. I’ve really come around on him. Doesn’t hurt to be in there with Dustin bleeding like a stuck pig. Look forward to his match with Lee, hopefully at Revolution.

I think critics are very useful if you know that particular critic's quirks. Like, I know to take Meltzer's New Japan ratings with a grain of salt. I'll listen to what Steven Hyden writes about a heartland rock band, because I know that's his wheelhouse. If I know a movie critic has hated every Marvel movie and thinks they're bad for cinema, I may take him/her hating Ant Man lightly. However, if a critic that has generally been into Marvel pans it, then it may mean a little more to me.

Cody in that Jericho feud early on in AEW was a great babyface. After a few years of the neutered WWE faces, it was awesome seeing him punch through that door to go fight Jericho. If Cody had kept on that trajectory, I don't think we'd be having this discussion. He'd be that guy.

Oh man. I always forget that he was originally going to be a face. I'd love to see the alternate timeline where they don't adjust and they keep trying to get him cheered.

It seems like Cody just needs an editor. In AEW, I’d have to imagine he had near free reign to do whatever he wanted. In WWE, if he’s coming up with anything, I’m sure it has to clear a few people before it gets on tv. Some people have a lot of ideas and need others to whittle them down to the best ones.

Do you think he was mistaking AEW for NXT?

I kind of think not having a "Wrestlemania" is a good thing. It doesn't tie you down to having to have one event be your biggest. If a program or storyline is organically getting hot in the lead up to any of your ppvs, you can pull the trigger instead of needing to hold it for a certain one. I definitely see the argument for having one, though. It is helpful to be able to point to one event as your Super Bowl or whatever. I just think not having that gives you a little more freedom, booking-wise.

Yeah, I mean there's no hard and fast rule for how to do these things. But, if every single match at the next ppv involved a three-month feud, that might be a little much.

See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense then that. [pause] Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch.

Oops. Bit of the doubly-post!

I was recently thinking about this. On the one hand, I don't want three months of dueling promos or countless matches/tag matches involving two wrestlers set to face at the next ppv. On the other hand, starting feuds a week out from the show isn't great either. I like the longer time between ppvs because we can get some mini-feuds and interesting one-off matches, but I agree that it'd be nice to find some sort of middle ground there.

Judging by the last few Marvel movies, you may be disappointed there.

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