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  1. 48 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said:

    Southland Tales is a fascinating failure. Richard Kelly was a one-hit wonder, but ST is worth seeing at least once.

    Dude lucked into DD, in my opinion. I present as evidence the Director’s Cut, wherein Kelly removes all mystery about what’s going on by introducing the book cut-ins or whatever and boy howdy the movie suffers.

    Anyway, Ken Kennedy was wrestling’s Richard Kelly. 

    Came out strong. Revealed as a mirage. Hurt a lot of people’s careers.

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  2. I’m not a big fan of critiquing wrestling writing because, I mean, it’s wrestling. But man, this is kind of egregious.

    Why, exactly, did Cody bring Rock out last Friday in the first place? Like, his character did that. Not The Rock himself, not HHH, not Roman.

    I mean, what? Unless they covered this somehow at the presser and I missed it, it’s the biggest WTF I’ve seen in a show storyline since Jack’s tattoo.

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  3. 9 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

    What’s the “biggest sport” that doesn’t have a contract with those three networks? I’d presume MLS or one of the individual CFB/cbb conferences? 

    CBS still has the NFL and its share of the NCAA Tournament, right? And CBSSN if you’re into Tuesday Night MACtion (and let’s be honest, who isn’t). I’m not hip on my corporate hierarchies but I think Paramount is free and clear of Disney/Fox/WBD?

    Wow, if WWE wasn’t aware of this development when negotiating their deal, they have to be pissed. Given timing and UFC’s relationship with ESPN they surely were, but winding up on Netflix while basically the entire sports world goes a difference direction, can’t make them feel great.

  4. The press release doesn’t include AEW under “combat sports”, but I don’t know why you’d enter into this JV and not include it?

    https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/02/espn-fox-and-warner-bros-discovery-forming-joint-venture-to-launch-streaming-sports-service-in-the-u-s/?fbclid=PAAaZB9m8TN32bMbk_KKbbqRmMvVPVNsBwD74nGQ5Uk9f9A4w22-duxZfA4bc_aem_Ac1sLHwsZtAGvOjReOD7A2kB_OcuVHjXrVc6RB4I1FCpuAKk5SUC0FDASp7KzK5EP5E&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social

    This could be a very big deal for AEW if this app becomes the center of the sports universe while WWE is over on Netflix

    Thought 2: how would this pass anti-trust laws? I love the concept of “sports only cable” but seems a little monopoly-y

  5. It would be a fun piece of booking if Sting starts the match as AEW/Crow Sting, gets “taken out in the back” by the Bucks halfway through, then re-emerges as Man Called Sting for the sprint to the finish. This also works vice-versa. Seems only right.

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  6. 6 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said:

    It feels like “making it obvious that Cody doesn’t have as much support as 2014 Daniel Bryan” is a strategy with some downsides

    Because let’s be blunt here. Cody’s fans support really isn’t deep enough to cause an open fan rebellion here.

    Yeah I agree with this. Cody fans are like…Astros fans. Lots of recent success, good turnout, it’s a good time. Bryan fans were Phillies fans. It’s just a different deal.

  7. Drew’s promo was so good, made even better by Punk using every trope imaginable beforehand - pointing at the sign, cutting the most Great Value Hard Times promo imaginable, mentioning the local sports team…

    Then just “I prayed for this…and it happened.”

    So good. Punk’s was cheeks.

  8. I don’t at all say this to demean him in any way, but at some point I believe reality has to set in that Punk’s body just isn’t built to be a pro wrestler, not anymore at least. “Skinny fat” jokes aside, I think it’s pretty clear that there’s a physiological thing where his muscles just can’t do the thing his mind is asking them to do. And that sucks. Aging sucks.

    It reminds me Stephen Strasburg, who while taller had a similar build and had to work really hard to stay thin and muscular. Eventually his body just caved.

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