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I remember Porteau fairly well from his push in Global. I should remember him from his other stops (WWF, WCW, etc.), but really don't. My impression of him is that he was an average worker with a bland in-ring persona. Global might be the only fed he got any sort of push in.

Attack on Titan starts this weekend, actually @ 11:30. It's a double win for me. I haven't seen the show yet because I no longer have the patience to watch subtitled anime (become too used to using the laptop while I watch tv) and I really hated Space Dandy. The weekend Toonami/Adult Swim block has been shockingly good lately, after years (?) of disinterest from CN.

Anyone still watching the Following? Last night's season finale was actually quite good. Kind of a surprise, because I thought the previous 31 episodes (over 2 seasons) were mostly mediocre. The finale had a few genuinely surprising plot twists, and some good character moments. The show's never really done character moments well. I'm kinda interested where they go from here with the Joe Carroll character (though I expect the answer will be "backwards") I still have no idea why I've stuck with this show for 2 years though. This season was weirder and more interesting than last year, but I also thought it was weaker than season 1 (which wasn't particularly good, imo). Character development is basically non-existent (until last night) and most characters seem to exist just to be killed off. Also, it won't be long until Kevin Bacon is ready to play Skeletor in a Masters of the Universe reboot. Dude is not aging gracefully.

Since the ref didn't see Roode go through a table, it didn't count and the match continued.

I've never seen a pro shot version, but there's a fancam of it around. Great match. The back half of the match is laid out extremely well.

Craig Ferguson is quitting his show: http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20140429/b536513/

Go old school man: Sting and Benedict Arnold vs. William Regal and King George III Booking Benedict Arnold is way too straightforward to be a proper Sting angle. Sting/George Washington vs. Ric Flair & King Henry VIII (a natural pairing; they have so much in common). During the match, Washington gets the hot tag, only to turn on Sting and hit him with a chair made out of cherry. Washington and the heels beat down Sting, then Washington takes off his shirt to reveal that he's wearing a shirt that looks like the British flag. Washington gets on the mic and announces that he's the newest member of the OwE - Old World Empire. Actually, to make it a proper Sting angle, Washington should act heelish in the weeks turning up to the match. It isn't a real Sting angle unless you telegraph the turn so that everyone except Sting knows the guy is turning heel at the PPV.

I may never get used to the name. Every time, I hear the "Global Force Wrestling" (or worse, "G Force"), I picture these guys as the lead babyface stable: Then again, Dirk Daring and Ace Goodheart vs. Bad Influence on a PPV would probably = buys in my house.

I was with you until you tried to shoehorn the word "logical" in the same sentence with "TNA" and "Russo". One of those things is not like the others. Instead of endless 90's rehashes (ECW, Attitude Era, WCW business plan), why does no one rip off the 80's? I could live with a 1986 Jim Crockett or 1982 Memphis tribute promotion.

Season 1 was only 13 eps. Sleepy Hollow and the new season of 24 got 13 eps. The Following gets orders for 16 eps per . Supposedly, part of Fox's current program strategy is to order shorter seasons of shows (some shows, not across-the-board).

Agree. A lot of great moments, but I didn't think it was in the top tier of 30 for 30 docs. The stories I've heard/read claim it was Jordan.

Dolph Ziggler says hi. Dolph seems like he could have had a much higher ceiling that Tatsu or Ryder, but they've buried him so thoroughly he'll probably never be of much use to the company again.

When they talk about doing something more than just wrestling, I flash back to Vince Russo booking - three matches and 13 min of in-ring action in a two hour show.

$25 for a PPV isn't going to be what keeps ROH from getting my money, ROH being a poor imitation of what it was less than a decade ago is going to be what keeps them from getting my money. I'd happily pay $25 if Punk and the Embassy were on the card. RD Evans and Jay Lethal are a lot tougher sell.

Personally, I think the Ang Lee Hulk movie is better than it's given credit for. I'd watch it again over most super hero movies of recent years. That said, it's not a great movie and it's definitely not the sort of crowd pleaser they were aiming for. I always wonder what everyone involved was thinking when they went in that direction for a Marvel super hero movie - and that includes hiring Lee in the first place.

Even in that group, the one actual wrestler in the group would never headline.

Last night, WE was showing "Law and Order" episodes from season 1. Kinda cool. I've seen L&O reruns so many times I can't stomach most of them any more, but you rarely see seasons 1-3 in syndication (pre-Chris Noth and Sam Waterston, basically). Is WE still supposed to be a women's channel? I only started paying attention to it recently, They run L&O and CSI: Miami marathons four nights a week, which seems to guarantee women probably won't watch in large numbers. Also, Bob's Burgers was outstanding this week. Probably the funniest ep they've done in awhile and one of my favorites of the series, Don't think there was a dull moment.

Teddy's changed a lot since I saw him last. That is him on the right (w/ the big ears), isn't it?

What he'd say about Warrior? Missed the show, but it seems a little odd to rant about the recently deceased. For that matter, what did he say about Tito (I'm assuming he wasn't talking about Tito Santana)?

I still can't believe that Nakamura is the same boring shooter that put me to sleep in 2004. Dude's really grown a personality over the last decade (and become a bit of a weird egg in the process). Oh, and Gordy and Hayes were obviously about to call Buddy Jack and ask him where the hell they (Bam Bam and PS) were. Roberts was probably the Freebirds designated driver.

Per Meltzer and assorted other dirt sheets, Vince wanted to get out from under Henry's 10 year contract and was hoping to embarrass him into quitting (the contract was guaranteed, so he still got paid if fired).

For some reason, I love that they're wearing the belts.

I won't have time to sit down and watch the full episode until tomorrow, but the couple minutes of Bob's Burgers I just caught were hysterical

I do agree with this. Aside from saying she's Russian and having a spy/assassin type skill set, the character's mostly a blank slate. Honestly, I think the movies get Cap as a "man out of time" far better than most of the writers who have written his comic. I'm getting a headache from reading Black Widow's retconned origin and trying to figure out how to square the timeline with the fact that she's generally drawn to look 40 at most (younger than that). Looks like she would have been at least 20 when she joined the Black Widow program. According to Marvel, she joined after World War II and had a husband for a couple of years before she threw herself completely into the program when he died. I guess we're supposed to believe she didn't get thawed out much until after the fall of the Soviet Union? Her post-defection timeline is kinda lengthy, though super hero timelines are worse than Dr, Who for playing fast and loose with that sort of thing, so I imagine they could claim she only defected a few years ago without too many issues.

Assuming it hasn't been retconned, comics Black Widow is closer to 80. She's about 10-15 years younger than Cap. Oops. My bad. I wasn't aware they retconned her origin in her own book (never read it). Marvel.com's Wiki page says she was born in 1928.