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Brody and Malakai are the current PWG tag champs. They should get a bye!

Instead of training the refs in emergency medical care, why don’t we train paramedics to be refs? Aaaand now I have “Don’t wanna miss a thing” stuck in my head

Does any real sports league do this? Serious question.

I joke about people piling on Knox but seriously, it’s not the refs’ job. They have a bunch of other shit they’re responsible for and they’re not doctors. If stopping a match when a guy is concussed is so important, put a trained doctor at ringside as a concussion spotter and empower them to stop matches.

Oooooohhhh shiiiiit Rick Knox witch hunt incoming

Just...reading a whole paragraph about microtransactions and bullshit that's on top of a game you already paid $60 - 70 for, some game mode specifically designed to nickel and dime you...fuuuuuck. I expect that from free games, sure. But this? This is just gross to me.

Vince is just a fucking weird person. Back against the wall? Act like an actual wrestling promoter. Do anything you can to put on a good product that people will like. Fat and happy, no competition? Do whatever weird shit appeals to you and only to you, and feed your own ego to the detriment of the product..

Wow. Reading that got me like

That thing looks like a Fleshlight from The Upside Down.

Essentially, Santana wanted to be bigger in wrestling and Ortiz was happy making steady money as a team. Neither guy is wrong. You can try break out on your own and be Shawn Michaels or you can stay on track as the Rock n Roll Express.

The whole "nothing you did before matters" thing is insane when you consider that the initial strategy to build the company in the early 80s was to just steal the hottest wrestlers from other places and push them immediately. Which then leads me to ask, when did Vince settle into the strategy of "push first, then pull back just to teach them a lesson?" Because he certainly didn't do that shit in the 80s.

Man, as far as overvaluing yourself is concerned, that's up there with QT Marshall quitting for a few weeks because getting easy heat in Mexico had him convinced he could be a star. Seriously, I'm happy the guy is in recovery and wish him the best but god damn, nothing about Santana ever convinced me his ceiling is higher than 1/2 of Proud & Powerful. God bless the guy if he proves me wrong but still....damn.

Dark Journey? All those things were worth it.

Well that's part of the mystery solved. It was definitely Zenk, I remember that much since you guys jogged my memory.

Thus aligning with the apocryphal story, maybe mentioned in the sleaze thread, wherein Vince caught Shane having a conversation with Ultimate Warrior and chided him, saying “dammit Shane, you’re supposed to fuck ‘em, not marry ‘em!”

This point was not lost on Lance, Dave, or Garrett.

Somebody refresh my memory and fill in the blanks here, as this story keeps nagging at me every time a podcast goes onto the subject of Ole Anderson memories. I keep thinking about this anecdote where maybe a young wrestler was possibly complaining about his payoffs and Ole replied something like, "I'd suck dicks for that kind of money! Line 'em up around the block, I'd suck 'em all!" Obviously I'm not going to Google Ole Anderson dick sucking story so maybe someone can help.

What's this? (nods knowingly) I was at that show and the general air of dejection among the crowd walking out of the place was palpable.

Hearing Lance's talk about the wrestling culture in general really bothered me as well. To summarize: You're told to always protect the business. Never discuss the business with anyone outside it. Never stooge the boys to the office. Always deal with problems among the boys with the boys. When you reach WWE, you're told nothing you did before WWE matters. They push you a little to show you how great it can be, then kill your push for a while to show you how bad it can be. That way you know who is in charge and that you better tow the line because they are in complete control of your career.

Thanks! I meant to call out what a must-listen episode this was (It was this past Saturday's ep if anyone needs the date). Lance really hit the nail on the head with the culture stuff and put words to something I've been thinking about for a while. How can behavior change when so many people in wrestling are direct descendants of the carny bullshit days of wrestling? Hell, maybe we just fire anyone in the office or locker room who started before 1995. I don't know. I'm being facetious but really, what do we do? Hayes and Prichard are old heads and there's no damn way their views on social issues are any better than Vince's. You have HHH and MIchaels in power, and Cody is the top babyface, and all three sat under the learning tree of carny con men. I feel like the mentality that used to thrive in pro wrestling is a cancer that should be cut out so wrestling can grow.

Ahhh, maybe. I’m giving him the benefit of a doubt since it’s his retirement and also Lance’s interpretation was of Sting just being a stand up guy. (And I’m probably feeling sentimental)

There’s a guy at my gym that I only see on Sunday mornings. He’s not in bad shape but not in great shape either. Wears knee and elbow wraps and all he does is Smith Machine bench presses. Just like 30 - 45 minutes of 6-8 45lb plates of Smith bench press with shitty ROM. I don’t know what to think about this.

I was at that show! Lance Storm told a story on this week’s Alvarez show where he asked Sting back in the day why he never signed with WWF in the 80s/90s and Sting told him something to the effect of, “every time I talked to them, they were more about how signing me would hurt WCW than about how it would help them.” GOD DAMN, we should all strive to be that good a dude.

Lord yes. Every Miro tweet and anecdote makes it abundantly clear why WWE didn’t push him.

I am old and sometimes just post shit for my fellow old dudes