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Agreed. Lovie's firing is more shocking that Pagano getting extended. The defense for TB didn't even need that much work. They were really good with stopping the run this season. The offense was doing very well with Jameis, Muscle Hamster, Sims, Evans and a returning ASJ. They improved on their wins from last season. Everything was basically trending in the right direction for TB, so firing Lovie is really strange. I know promoting their OC has been mentioned, but I suppose TB now avoids what happened in Chicago, where a series of OCs and DCs wound up getting scapegoated while Lovie was protected. Maybe TB saw through the bullshit.

There's a discussion to be had, but this probably isn't the place, so I'll drop it here. I will say that personally, I go back and forth on the issue. What's done is done and their accomplishments are still their accomplishments. I started to become really apathetic to HoF voting after seeing what Santo went through and knowing that as soon as he died, those fuckers would induct him, which is exactly what happened. So once Maddux got in, I really stopped giving much of a shit because nothing would change. Bob Costas' approach is still the best, in my opinion. Induct those guys, but make mention of the era they played it. That era and the blind eye turned towards PEDs deserves more of the blame than the actual players, but you can't just omit that entire period from baseball. I also tend to think that with Roger, it gave him a couple extra years on his career that didn't exactly help his case for the HoF, and with Bonds, it added homers onto what would still be an impressive amount of homers without PEDs. And PEDs likely lead to the decline in health with each guy. But then I flip-flop back into thinking, "fuck cheaters, they shouldn't get in." I'll admit though, a lot of that comes from Bonds and Roger being assholes. EDIT: And the exact reason I didn't want to contribute any more to the MMA/steroids/death thing was just posted by supreme. I know where you're coming from Dolfan, but I also knew exactly where supreme was going with that.

LOL steroids isn't leading to anyone's death in MMA. It's not like taking steroids or PEDs gives you Hulk Hands to punch and kick people to death.

The last thing I'd want to see if Taker beating more guys that the company should be building around, but if the flip side of that coin is Rock vs Taker? No thanks. If I were putting together WM on WWE 2K16 with the roster as it's setup now, I'd go: Reigns vs Brock 2 HHH vs Rock (not enough credit is given to how good their feuds were, better than Austin vs Rock) Charlotte vs Sasha for the Divas title Owens vs Taker where Owens retires Taker AJ Styles vs ADR for the US title New Day vs Wyatts for the tag titles Rusev vs Sheamus Pre-Show: Andre Battle Royal Ambrose vs Austin Creed vs Bray vs Dolph for the IC title

Well honestly - if the Main Event was a 4-way there would be no other ones on the card The Andre Battle Royal is how they get everyone on the card now Didn't the Battle Royal happen on the pre-show last year? Last year's way of getting dudes on the card was the TLC IC title match.

I was wondering the same as you. Apparently, I put too much stock into bullshit from dirt shirt writers because I really thought SmackDown! was going to have a different vibe to it than Raw-lite. Or maybe that notion came from Mauro.

And I'm not even sure what one specific match I would want to see. Reigns vs HHH, Reigns vs Brock 2, and Reigns vs Owens all look fun enough, and again, it's irrelevant from an interest standpoint because of tickets being sold and the Network. Vince McMahon could book himself against Reigns in the main event for all we know. WWE doesn't have to do anything. I would also want to see Owens vs Brock, Owens vs Taker, or hell, Owens vs Ambrose if they could draw that out long enough, which I doubt. Or Owens loses to a Brogue Kick in a few seconds because what I want doesn't matter. If anything from Daniel Bryan eating that Brogue Kick until now has taught me, what I want doesn't matter, even when it looks like WWE is doing what I want, they're just doing so in a begrudging way. Even with Reigns winning the title, what I wanted was the Reigns from the Shield destroying people and shutting up, and once again I thought I finally got that for all of one and a half shows, until it was right back to business as usual. I could also see AJ Styles having a fun match against ADR, and me from pre-grizzled and grumpy AJ Styles would think that was CRAZY because I didn't like AJ Styles at all. There's something about that guy being really surly that I like, though.

Everyone saying WWE needs to do this or that or sign this guy or that guy is funny to me because deep down, I think you all know that WWE doesn't need to do shit and they're not going to do shit. No one is getting hot shotted or brought up. No one is going to get signed. It's just going to be business as usual because tickets are already sold and the fucking thing is on the Network. Even if it's not a total sellout, they'll just paper the fuckin' thing to fill out the rest of the seats. The camera will still focus on celebrities (Maria Menounos, Shaq, Vin Diesel, whatever) throughout the show to make it appear that wrestling is hip and cool, a musical act will play...actually, just go and read Rippa's post again. What's most annoying to me is just how much this company ignores past mistakes. Once again they're in a position where top stars didn't give the rub to newer stars or help to build a foundation for the future. Perhaps if Orton put someone over, or maybe if they had John Cena put over Rusev or Wyatt or Owens or whoever, they would have someone to make money off of AFTER WrestleMania, when all of this shit really matters. What happens at WrestleMania is irrelevant, unless Reigns AND Brock AND someone else whose name I'm forgetting all go down with an injury too. Does everyone forget about last year's WrestleMania? How much did we shit on that show only to be MORE than pleasantly surprised at how good of a show it was? That was a WrestleMania where on paper, it looked like a disaster, and then in practice, it turned out to be an excellent WrestleMania. I suspect this year will be more of the same. We'll all grouse about how the main event is totally predictable (Reigns vs Brock, and then the match started, turned out to be fucking awesome, and had a nuclear hot finish), how the guy who should be a top star is put into a shit position (Bryan in the TLC IC title match, which was a great way to start the show and take the focus off of Bryan), and how nothing interesting is on there (until the Rock and Ronda Rousey have a segment with HHH and Steph). If I could think of any huge miss or blunder from last year, it was Rusev losing to Cena. It's all a futile exercise, isn't it? You'd all make fabulous Cubs fans. We think WrestleMania is going to be shit, how WWE is fucked, how there's no stars, and on and on and on and yet, WrestleMania turns out to be good, the WWE survives down periods and trips into making new stars (Cena springs to mind even if you want to bring up HHH losing to him), and it turns out, WWE unfucks themselves. They'll do just well enough to not lose TV, even taking a really shitty deal to not lose TV (that would be the TV deal before the current one, or maybe the one before that). WWE's slogan in 2016 should just be "It is what it is" because that pointless goddamn expression describes WWE to a T, and we'll all keep following along. Even people who supposedly don't watch the damn thing for 13 years will still follow along by reading recaps or whatever.

I'd be stunned if Kroenke doesn't sell the Rams if the move fails. He's outright hated in St. Louis. And then there's this. Kroenke buries St Louis and pees on the grave for good measure. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Cold blooded.

Cherry Bomb may be my all time favorite song from any soundtrack ever. Just thinking about that makes me want to play Guardians of the Galaxy right now. It's going to be hard to top that for me. I had no idea that was on the soundtrack and then it plays at about the most awesome moment. God damn Guardians of the Galaxy was awesome. Thinking about Vol. 2, perhaps James Brown (Sex Machine, Get Up Off of That Thing or Papa's Got a Brand New Bag), Abba, or REO Speedwagon? Basically, I just want to hear "Time for Me to Fly" as the Milano flies off somewhere.

I wound up deleting all but 3 of my save files and that seemed to help. After finding Strong, I thought that I needed to go back to punching enemies to death and using my electrified baton on them to just rebuild my ammo supply. In particular, I just really needed to rebuild my stock of fusion ammo for my laser guns. And then, while searching for Nick, I stumbled upon Swan. First, fuck you, Swan. Second, I killed Swan without dying once, so again, fuck you, Swan. I accomplished that mainly because in one of the locations I stumbled through earlier I found some cryo mines and cryo grenades. So in the midst of using about 20 or so Stimpacks, to make sure I didn't die, I just had Swan chase me all over the place while I continued dropping almost my entire supply of landmines. The cryo mines are what did it though, because that really allowed me to blast the shit out of it to kill it. The Power Fist drop from Swan was excellent, though. I was going to go to bed after that, but I had so much fun running up on enemies to one-shot them with the Power Fist that I stayed up an hour longer. SO MUCH BLOOD, especially when you have the Bloody Mess perk. If the PS4 had custom soundtracks or radio stations, I would wind up listening to Power by Kanye West on repeat. Also, I managed to get Piper to fall in love with me. Weirdly enough, I was finally able to pass the speech check for Romance after I stored my wedding ring in my workbench. I didn't even do that on purpose. It was just something I realized after the fact. I'm sure one had nothing to do with the other, but it was a funny coincidence.

I HIGHLY encourage you guys to watch all 3 parts of the Windjammers tournament. The semis and, in particular, the finals, were mind blowing.

Has anyone watched Colony? I like that Sawyer from Lost looks like Sawyer from Lost again, and this was supposed to be another one of USA's newer, better TV series. Also, I think only Jrag is going to care, but after HBO ordered a second season of The Brink, they fucking cancelled it. DAMMIT. I didn't see that mentioned anywhere else until today, when I came across it in an article about something else. I didn't like how that season started, but it got so much better as it went on, and was actually intense and hilarious. And season 6 will be Girls' last. Good riddance. I liked Girls when it started, but man, they're all just the worst people. What a bunch of assholes who become even worse people.

Is that Big Fresh's show?

BTW, the PS4 version is garbage for how much it slows down. I'm beginning to wonder if it has to do with all of the save files, but at some point in the last 2 or 3 days, the game just chugs along everywhere I go. I think it actually started after I journeyed through the Fens Street Sewer. I keep expecting a yellow banner to appear at the top of the screen saying "Shockwave is unresponsive" because of how sluggish it is.

You are all silly. I like it. Carry on.

Yes, that's sarcasm. Realistically, Vince could watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi on a plane flight and then the next thing you know...

Nah, they could just as easily go with Hirohito.

Regarding the Superman Punch, it's been called that for over a decade in MMA (can't speak for other combat sports). I can't see DC giving a shit now, provided WWE doesn't start selling merch with "Superman" on it.

Well, if I did roll a new character, I could go all Strength and Endurance, meet up with Strong, and be Team Brute Force. Although, I like hacking and picking locks, so it would suck to miss out on that. Makes me think it's probably a huge missed opportunity to not have Strong just start fist fighting with you in those moments where, like, Piper would talk to you about life and shit. Or, when you click on Strong, Relationship is replaced with Fight. By the way, is there no way to replace your companion's weapon? I've tried equipping Piper with an assortment of rifles and pistols, only for her to keep switching back to her stupid pea shooter.

If those guys showed up on NXT I would never watch RAW or Smackdown again until they showed up on the main roster. Lots of people share my sentiment and I think Vince knows that too. I think the winning move is for Vince to stop thinking of NXT as the FCW feeder league to syndication and think of NXT as the thing that sells subscriptions to WWE Network. Not to derail this thread or anything, but I agree with you, regarding using NXT to sell subscriptions, but Vince is likely going to take things like NXT selling out in Brooklyn, insanely fast sellouts for venues hosting NXT, and big roster moves like signing top international talent as someone challenging the throne. I'm sure NXT is still flying under the radar for now, but sooner or later, those insecurities born from Vince's own actions from when he was younger are going to bubble up to the surface. NXT is the only reason why I have the Network subscription, which is stupid, because I also have Hulu Plus.

Look at the Bills' close brush with moving to Toronto. No one is going to care. It's hard to care when the dumpster fire is still burning so brightly. I mean, how many of the idiots at Bills tailgates even remember the Toronto shit?

ShinigamE ✔@WWEBigE When a guy who looks like the cool dad that keeps the liquor cabinet unlocked drops Fetty lines, its time to stop listening to said rapper.

I wish all four guys would be in NXT only, but for AJ and Nak, it's likely a money issue, and I'm guessing they'll be making too much money to stick around in NXT. That, and HHH still needs to play ball with his father in law. Something tells me that Vince couldn't know less about NJPW, but if AJ, Nak, Gallows and Anderson were all brought into NXT, it would probably raise some eyebrows. Vince isn't going to allow for the appearance of any kind of power struggle. Those are just my shitty opinions, so what do I know. What I want is those 4 in NXT, but the struggle is real between wanting that and wanting Nakamura to feud with guys at the top. I'm also curious how reactionary this is to Cena taking more time off, Orton being on the shelf for who knows how long, DB possibly being done, etc. As with everything, we'll see. Following WWE, at least the main roster, is a lot like Charlie Brown and Lucy, where you just want to kick that football so bad and you want to believe so bad that Lucy is not going to pull the football away.

Yeah, I'm thrilled Pagano is back, but it comes with having a totally shitty GM at the helm. Think about it like this though, maybe it means that our pill popping owner decided to side with Chuck and Grigson is now on a short leash. That said, as a fellow Colts fan, don't make my mistake with also being a Bears fan.