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I don't like the "hold the hands and stomp on the face" move. It feels unnecessarily over the top violent while at the same time being incredibly phony. 5-10 unprotected head stomps and the ref isn't stopping the match/opponent isn't going unconscious? They've mitigated it somewhat by turning it into a chest stomp, though.

"Gee Vince, I should go work there to get a better look. You know, for research and all."

If you’re like me and just bought a PS5 after years of being an Xbox guy (I realize that’s a small group) Fire Pro is currently $7.50!

They were my first thought, too. But yeah, they’d need to segue away from the weightlifting salad tossers gimmick first.

The Acclaimed could improve so much back in the regular tag division. Alas, it seems they’ve settled into 90s AJPW opener territory.

Nope. I posted it multiple pages ago. Firing Vince lets them say “the bad man is gone, nothing to see here.” I mean shit, the Netflix CEO said as much a day or so afterward. I hope I’m wrong and maybe more will come out in discovery and trial (if it gets that far) or in the criminal investigation, but I’m cynical about it all. The rich and powerful always seem to evade justice.

Seriously. Like in what world is beating 3-4 guys in a tournament and then jobbing to the world champion on one of the year's biggest TV episodes a bad thing? Miro's idea of good creative seems to be "I beat everybody, I get the belt, then I beat everybody again."

Speaking of Joe, word is that the spot Joe had earlier this year (win an eliminator tournament, then lose in a title challenge vs MJF at Grand Slam) was earmarked for Miro, but Miro turned it down so Joe got it. Maybe if he was a company guy instead of pulling a "that doesn't work for me, brother," he would have the world title by now.

Hearing discussions of Mercedes' recent comments had me thinking of this thread and Vince's Jedi mind tricks/cult programming. I think anyone who worked extensively for WWE, especially someone like her who was "born and raised" there, would have similar feelings regarding the eventuality of going back there, especially when viewed through the lens of the company hammering the point home that nothing outside WWE is worth anything. A more interesting discussion is the shorter list of people who probably have not allowed themselves to be brainwashed to feel that way. I think of a guy like Steen, who, though he grew up a WWE fan, had a long pre-WWE career where he made money and never thought he'd ever get there anyway. I think guys like that likely don't buy the "if it ain't WWE, it ain't shit" line.

Miro and Andrade were both vocally unhappy in WWE. Then both made no qualms about letting everyone know they were unhappy in AEW. You tell me you met an asshole in the morning...

Who also worked as Samuray Del Sol in that brief stint between AAA and WWE, right?

Rey Jr. is actually the nephew of the original, right? And the wrestler who currently works as Rey Horus (Dragon Azteca Jr. in Lucha Underground) was a Hijo del Rey Mysterio but not the first one, apparently.

Looooool hey man, gotta shoot your shot

What did Rob say? Was it a quip about the Nazi memorabilia collection?

From one carny business to another! Good on him.

I forgot to mention Dante trying to put on Zay’s durag but putting it on halfway up his head so it looked like a yarmulke or a Rosie the Riveter tribute.

Those are Punk and Miro problems, not AEW problems. You can’t cherry pick two malcontents as your examples of AEW poorly booking former WWE talent.

Oh Christ, were this close to getting a haunting baby voice style knockoff version of Relax in a horror movie trailer, aren’t we?

Oh man, the world premiere of Thriller on Friday Night Videos was an event. There are two versions of the video. One is a thousand percent more super gay and I don’t think it got much, if any, US airplay. But it is online. The other version is the one we’ve seen. Somehow all the lyrics got through, though. A top 40 pop song about trying to think about baseball or maybe Margaret Thatcher in a cold day. Or in the immortal words of Eddie channeling Mr. T, “HEY BOY SLOW DOWN!”

That’s hilarious because I debated saying “Spitting Image” but so thought that would be more obscure.

It’s sad that we’ve gotten to the point where we look back nostalgically at the time when the crackpots believed in benign conspiracies. That’s awesome. I always smile when Schiavone calls a newer move or a Lucha move by it’s actual name.

Green for credit or red for credit? I always get it wrong every fucking time.

Much more disciplined eating this week (calories below 2000, protein 160-190g, no uncounted food at night), somehow lost 4lb! Probably half water but I’ll take it. Decent job of alternating weights and cardio all week, but just a walk yesterday (4 miles) because I was sore and not in a running mood). Saturday cheat day let’s go!

Absolutely. Older people who got too much shit done earlier in life look like they’re auditioning for the Land of Confusion video.

BRB gonna sacrifice a fatted calf to see if it helps