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@RIPPA Mauro and Nigel also mention it on commentary once in a while but don't really harp on it so it's easy to miss.

They still haven't plowed the side street I live on. Driving to work this morning and getting back home was an adventure.

Well I saw a DGUSA show at the Miramar Theater in Milwaukee in 2010 that had one of Bryan Danielson's last (or last) match before he went back to WWE after getting fired. The ring they were supposed to get didn't work so they had to order a ring from Chicago which delayed the show. I did get the see CIMA ordering around young wrestlers like a boss though. The main event of the match was Bryan vs. Jon Moxley/Dean Ambrose and I remember Bryan diving onto Moxley with so hard it made the theater seats rise from the ground even thought they're all supposed to be bolted. Other one was a random indy show at the old Horny Goat volleyball tent. This was a really crappy brew pub that had a nice patio space and a makeshift sand volleyball tent, it was basically a big fair tent that had 3 giant heaters that kind of kept it warm in the winter but did nothing for condensation so during the show in January there would be water dripping and shards of ice falling on you. At least they put boards down instead of having the seats and ring in the sand.

Wow, what a thread! Count me in with the group that thinks The Revival is just OK. When I saw them in NXT a few years ago, I was in the aisle and I'd probably say they're 5'7 to 5'8 so even though they're thicker guys I don't really buy then against a lot of main roster teams based on their style. I'm fully aware that in real fights a smaller guy can take out a larger guy. It took them almost a year but they got Lashley going. Even with no build, I'm excited for Ruby/Ronda. Is Nia hurting Becky one of the great "What Ifs" in the last 10 years of wrestling? Because she wasn't going to beat Ronda so it would have been a few weeks of Twitter jabs, a nice match, and then probably the Asuka feud for her til Maina right? Then Charlotte would win the Rumble and face Ronda. I don't mind the triple threat but whatever happens they had to do something because there's almost 2 full months with Fastlane between now and Mania it couldn't just be 2 months of them going back and forth on TV and Twitter saying "I'm the best"

Agree with everyone regarding the episode, I thought the undercard was pretty good if not a tad on the boring side, similar to most of the ROH weekly episodes. I perked right up once the main event started and basically didn't stop until the end. I can go for a match that says to hell with selling once in a while (between Halftime Heat and this I'm probably at my limit for a while) but that match was dope. I'll have to rewatch in the morning with some coffee.

Since there's two months and two more tapings until the next Takeover, I'm interesting in seeing what they do with Bianca and Io in regards to who gets Shayna. Also hats off to Io really over selling the win which made Bianca's salty look even better.

It wasn't a title match, but Joe and Sami had Corbin in a sharpshooter/crossface combo submission in a #1 contenders match in NXT.

That was Uso's vs Cesaro/Kidd right? I think Jey got shoulder surgery right after that which led to Jimmy being the color guy on SD which was interesting.

I feel like he hasn't been the same since the double injuries from the base jumping mishaps. But that's not really shocking.

I'll have to mark this down next time I get one of those Network surveys, but it would be nice to get the ability to make playlists that auto played similar to YouTube.

Not to get all Hogan with the don't work yourself into a shoot, but I'm really skeptical that it wasn't a planned now. I highly doubt that they would have a follow up on it on NXT and have Sam double down without it being planned. Also if it wasn't, that would be the equivalent to openly questioning your managers choices in public, which is a great way to get fired.

Regarding Hideo, I thought he was actually getting over with the crowd pretty good right up until the first NXT injury and then Finn just slid right in there and the rest is history. I did really like his match with Roode at the first Chicago Takeover. But he's still pretty dope and he'll do some dope stuff wherever he goes next.

Ford gets up so high on his frog splash and dives I gasp almost every time.

@Goodear I think the closest we'll get is that match against Carillo a few weeks ago on NXT. Gargano was in control for most of the match.

I think the Nakamura leaving for WWE photos are the best. He had the fancy plaid suit and his mom sending him on his way.

@Niners Fan in CT I think the short answer is yes they don't have enough women on SD to do 6 qualifier matches. I think there's 8 women on the roster that aern't Becky/Charlotte/Auska. Saxton did mention it after the segment but it didn't go anywhere. I'm here for the new title.

I think the brunette was part of Jose's conga line at the Rumble too.

Did Diamante even have an Impact match? I know she got hurt right after she first showed up and was off TV for a long time but then she was only in random backstage bits after, right?

I liked the show as a whole with the Riddle/Ohno match being my least favorite since I've seen it a few times (even live once). My favorite match was Shayna/Belair I really liked how the match was laid out and I think Shayna's control segments have gotten way better since she's been in NXT. I love the whole deal with her, the nasty offense, the slight vulnerability from her hubris which gives opponents a slight chance but she's got her goon squad who are goofs but juuuust effective enough to give her the edge when it gets tough, so when she does lose, it feels really good. And I'm a fan of Belair but even I would agree she's not ready to be champ.

1147 hours across 20 games with Madden 18 and 19 being the top two and Fire Pro being number 3

Oh it's not kayfabe based? Oof, then that's super sad and probably a no go for me. I usually live by the motto of "I'm not paying money to be sad."

@The Magnificent 7 I agree with you on Mauro and Josh being the best combo. I just think that this particular episode which was about a couple of multi tags that fell apart to set up other stuff down the line wouldn't be to their strengths.

Those corner dropkicks were nasty! Has anyone seen Scarlett wrestle? I saw that she's done some shows for AAA but is it going to be a disaster in 3 weeks?

I put 20+ hours into Skyrim only to find out that a mod I installed broke the Greybeards mission so I can't actually finish the story.

Considering that the opening tag match was supposed to lead to the Nagata/Ishii and Cobb/Goto matches for the USA shows it makes sense, but we're not getting those now. Watching the matches last night I couldn't help but think that JR would be shitting all over the outside shenanigans. I think Kevin is fine, but I never believe that he's actually excited/outraged. That's probably Mauro's best attribute, he's able to project his emotions and not seem faked. I always believed he got excited when Fale would hit the Grenade.