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My friend pointed this out to me today after that pic got circulated. I'm with Joe. I think he's doing fine with the weight stuff.

I just like that Piranesi thinks Dean is Raffi from The League looking to offer pocket hot dogs to folks. That forearm was great and at the very least WWE has me intrigued about Sunday. They at least have that going for them.

God, they really wouldn't actually job Okada to Fale again, would they? Doesn't it seem primed for him to win it and take on Styles? Or pull the SWERVE~! and take on Nak? I have a feeling Ibushi will get to the final.

Holy shit, there was some weirdness at the NXT tapings this week:

That means the gimmick's working.

Best hair in wrestling and it's not really even close. If he and Cavernario ever do an apuestas match, the world might actually explode.

Belding has let himself go something fierce but that was on point the rest of the way.

Ben wins. "You send one of our guys to the hospital, we send one of yours to the morgue!"

Diamonds in the Rough was an awesome tag team. David Young's spinebuster-based offense was tremendous. Elix was really talented. Wish he didn't hang them up as early as he did.

Titty milk and a bag of assorted road kill skulls.

I'm watching Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back. I've always liked it the most out of the View Askew universe movies. Even moreso than Clerks, which is now 20 years old and holy fuck I'm old.

Rush, Cavernario, Hechicero (who I really didn't see much of in the time period) and Casas are all guys from Mexico to watch. Nakamura, Akiyama, Ishii and Styles are my favorites from Japan (With AJ being my dark horse pick to win the whole damn thing). But yeah, this was Sami Zayn's year and for me it wasn't really even close.

I have a new favorite GIF of all time.

Just happened to me too.

Brennan will be back. They might rotate that Craig guy in there, too. I think I need a few more cards under my belt before I send a tape in. My favorite part about the contract signing was Owens knowing exactly how Zayn would react to things and getting his way while looking like he did absolutely nothing. Like he pulled the Jedi Mind Trick on Zayn and Regal. THAT is a heel.

Awesome stuff. Interested to see what you guys come up with in the 1990s.

I guess Rippa's really trying to make me run out of likes for the week. The KAORU match is ridiculous. The Hotta match where she destroys her hand is fantastic. The Satomura matches were great. But this might be one of the coolest stories AJW ever told right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF_d3Ni8vLk

Titus was incredible for the time. Remember, they were still dumb and canceling Family Guy, which meant that the reason Titus got cancelled after three seasons was because they had their heads up their collective asses. (That reason being an unaired episode on a child molester coming back into his family's life.) Titus himself said he was really hoping to get to 100 episodes for syndication rights, but it never got there. Total shame. The DVDs are now pretty rare (Going for anywhere from $70-$100 on Amazon) but they can be found on YouTube easily. Frasier really is tremendous, but I'll have to see if I like it more than Cheers. As great as Seinfeld was, Cheers was really the perfect sitcom. I loved Frasier for the timing and the intelligence of some of the jokes, but Cheers in its heyday is the best sitcom I've ever seen. Parks and Rec, Archer, Broad City, all have been good. I'm happy to hear good things about Sirens. Will have to check that out.

Itami/Balor should be fantastic. It looks like it'll be Balor/Neville in the final. Can't see Bull letting Corbin getting a chance to shine. (Not looking at spoilers, so those who have, shhhhhhhh.) I still can't believe how easy this show just moves along from one storyline to the next. A few people might get a week or two where they aren't doing something, but soon enough, there's something to do. The great thing about the Zayn/Owens story is it could go on as long as they want it to, really. With the title on the line, you gotta think Owens is gonna win, but they might also do the DQ finish and then set up the next match with a stipulation. Charlotte seems like she's trying different combinations of signature moves to see what works best, which makes it clunky when it doesn't work out that well. I think Sasha's gonna get herself a flash pin, win the belt and it'll be Charlotte and Bayley squaring off because Bayley cost her the title somehow. Murphy and Blake need a tag name pronto. Can't tell them apart except for when they talk. Need some type of Aussie/US combo. I bet they have some fun stuff with the Lucha Dragons in their rematch. Again, you can see things coming, they're obvious as all hell, but they get you tuning in the next week or the next two weeks to see what happens. You're interested in what happens next. Pretty amazing that they haven't really skipped a beat for almost three straight years, now. They know what they're doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fxr6boQQqc This match is beyond aces. I know a lot of people prefer the Kobashi match because of the fire, but man alive, Jumbo gives Kawada a ton and then DESTROYS HIM at the end with the backdrop. The rear naked choke submission spot made me think Kawada actually could tap him out the first time I saw it. THIS is the best right here.

I knew I'd run out of likes for the day in this thread. I'm not sure there's a wrestler I enjoy watching more than Arn. He was the prototype for so many different guys that you wonder while Flair was the king, if Anderson's legacy might be right there with him in the end.

Now at #1 and #4 respectively as we hit midnight here on the West Coast. Four hours after the show. The morning will be interesting.

Nah...you must have missed the time when Mark Henry got tossed around and had his arm broken.

Not down anymore, but it was down for a good amount of time. It was funny to hear about people talking about how they were just bluffing, but this isn't just a bunch of hardcores leaving. My Twitter feed was full of casual fans shitting all over this thing. I'd love to hear how many they lost from this, but in reality, it's probably only about 10k, which is just above 1% of their subscription base. I have been entertained by the overreaction in this thread, though. Keep up the good work, you guys. And by keep up the good work, I mean you should probably step away from the keyboard before typing something when you're angry lest you get mocked for it.

Ha! Well, good stuff, sir! Hope you enjoyed yourself. It was a blast for myself and I'm sure it was for Eric, too.