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Yeah, tribalism, racism, misogyny, and Mercedes getting to bring her writer onboard created this stupid perfect storm that culminated in this absolutely dumb rumor. Tony Khan is not an idiot, and he's a student of wrestling. AND he already tried giving some limited creative control to Punk (by way of Collision) and we saw how that didn't work. I doubt he's just handing out creative control in any form ever again.

Completely unrelated, but your post reminded me of listening to The Rewatchables and hearing Van Lathan refer to Disclosure as “part 3 in the ‘Michael Douglas’ Dick Gets Him in Trouble’ trilogy.”

You are 1000% correct on this. We saw Garfield in the theater (I blame my daughter) and I legit forgot it existed not long after. She mentioned the Garfield movie last month and I was just like “wuh?”

It would seem the Big Damo Rule also applies to wrestlers' families.

For an ostensibly straight dude, Piper talked about LGBTQ stuff in promos, completely out of nowhere, a whole lot. Sometimes I got the impression Piper was so far in the closet he could see Narnia.

Everything you wrote after the first sentence counteracts that statement. "Piper as a face was fine -- with about 30 exceptions I will list here." I'll say Piper was a good face after his first turn in 86-87, but that only lasted a few months. Post comeback, the only thing he was good in was the Bret program, but that's because he was semi-heelish. He was also horrible on commentary. Just like Savage, it was so off putting to hear him unabashedly cheering babyfaces, so against his established character. I blame Vince for that though, as that's how he liked his babyfaces.

I know it couldn’t be avoided, because he was so over as a heel that he had to be turned, but Piper was just the dirt worst as a babyface.

Adam Cole’s promos bug me in one very specific way. There’s this stammer that he does and I swear it’s not real, that it’s an affect he puts on in a misguided effort to sound real and natural. I swear he never did it before his NXT run, so I blame WWE’s acting coaches.

On the plus side, the enshittification of, well, everything, and employees not being paid enough to give a shit, means I've been bringing my own shopping bag full of waters and snacks to the movies and nobody ever says anything. I know concessions are how theaters stay in business, but 3 waters, 1 candy, and a popcorn is like 50 bucks.

“B Yuta Ful” was right there

This weekend's beer was Bell's Two Hearted IPA. I've seen people refer to it as the very best IPA they've ever had. I'm not good with top whatever lists or ranking anything as the best, but I'll say I guess this is up there as far as higher quality, tasty IPAs go. I made the mistake of chilling some glasses for it since Saturday was a hot day. I'm learning that IPAs really aren't great with chilled glasses. Chilled glasses kill the taste and also make it burn going down. I left that glass of beer on the counter for a few minutes and it was much better. Save the chilled glasses for less full-flavored stuff like lagers or maybe even pilsners, which get more crisp from the chill.

Following up on the "too much shit before the movie" discussion from a few weeks ago...I went to the movies over the weekend and here's how it went: Pre-trailer cavalcade of commercials ended, and trailers started, 2-3 minutes after the actual feature's advertised start time A whole bunch of trailers Coke ad Promo spot for whatever technology this film is being presented with (AMC Laser, I believe) PSA about silencing our phones AMC Nicole Kidman spot The actual film So all that took roughly 20 minutes. Add in the commercials running long and the feature presentation started around 23 minutes after its advertised start time.

Hell yes. The Flanderization of the Acclaimed, by way of adding Billy Gunn as their mascot, was a fucking crime. They were fun and a little edgy, and then got turned into a one-note goofball act. They went from "we're smart ass pricks who are going to rap some mean shit at you, talk shit, and then beat you up" to "we're going to do our catchphrase ad nauseam and gosh darn it we're gonna win those six man belts for Billy!" The Gunn/Bowens bit from Collision was horrible, especially because Bowens was on the floor and it was shot from behind Gunn, making Gunn look even bigger and Bowens look like a child. I'm sure Billy Gunn's a nice guy but he was the 4th most over member of a hot act 30 years ago and is old enough to be the Acclaimed's grandfather. Making him the focus of their act was such a bad move.

That's Vince for you. The man is a lunatic and sincerely believed his product was better than anything out there, including the top drawing sport in the country. "We have Santino!" He took up permanent residence in the WWF/E bubble and probably got his mail delivered there. Absolutely! Flair/Garvin had some excellent, brutal matches. It was just that Garvin was in that mid-level Flair challenger group where you know you'd get a good match but none of those guys were at Flair's level in the kayfabe hierarchy. Like Flair would defend against Ricky Morton and Road Warrior Hawk on Bash tours but you knew they weren't going to win the belt. That's the level Garvin was at...but then he won the belt. Also, as you mentioned, the "going on a three month sabbatical to train for the rematch" was a dumb move and also not a good story for a babyface. OnlyFins? It's 1995 and a young Jay Reso is practicing flat back bumps with Ron Hutchison in a run down gym in Kitchener, Ontario. He gets a strange feeling and, for reasons he doesn't yet understand, realizes a deep desire for kinship with, and possibly to even mentor, Carl Oulette. It makes no sense to him then, but it will eventually.

Thanks for asking! Currently at 226 and change, down from around 310 about two years ago. I'm sure dropping the weight has helped, but this weather hasn't! It's been so hot and sunny (high 80s/low 90s) that it just wears me out and I'm lucky if I can get six miles (trying to find shadier routes definitely helps). But I had two recent days that were cloudier and cooler and I was able to go 10 miles each day -- contrast that with the fact that I've only done 10 twice before that and that was like a year-ish apart. So I guess increasing the long run frequency means I'm getting in better shape.

Death by snu snu or by power bomb off a building, whichever comes first.

Watching Double or Nothing 2020…Brodie Lee just hit Mox with a palm strike and JR starts talking seemingly out of nowhere about how Asian wrestlers are good at palm strikes…….did he think Brodie was Asian due to his kayfabe last name? Jesus.

This is the coldest thing I’ve ever read here But true, too.

Lashley giving AR Fox a thumbs up at ringside after Fox hit the Lo Mein Rain was hilarious. After working first for Vince and then for a soulless corporation, I can definitely see how he’d find AEW to be pretty great. People who criticize TK, or any boss, for being “too nice,” are mentally ill. Thinking kindness is a negative is sociopathic. Needing a domineering lunatic to tell you what to do and treat you as less than in order to keep you in line just means you’re not a responsible adult and probably have daddy issues.

Both guys come across as carny malcontents. Better examples of this would be nice, though I agree with @username’s assessment that “I like my boss (who signs my checks)” is a flawed metric.

Hey yo, this week's workouts: Sunday: ran 6 miles outside Monday: ran 5 miles outside (was shooting for 6 but it was HOT) Tuesday: half hour of lifting (chest, shoulders, triceps), 4 mile run outside Wednesday: 7 mile run outside Today: 5.25 mile run outside, half hour lifting (back, biceps, legs, core) Taking tomorrow off for the holiday, Saturday off for my normal rest day, then back to the grind Sunday.

Hangman not winning the belt after this build is some Starrcade 97 shit and I have to believe TK is smarter than that.

Flex Kavana is the most porn sounding name ever. It’s like an islander version of Chest Rockwell.

"Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie?" RIP

Dave said that they're doing Hurt Syndicate vs JetSpeed vs Christian and Nick Wayne for the belts and holy shit losing the belts without actually getting pinned would be a) some WWE bullshit and b) exactly what I expect with how Hurt Syndicate has been booked and conducts themselves.