Super Ape

Proud to say in the seven years the WWE Network ran, I was never a subscriber because I swore I’d never give WWE a dime again. Now it’s officially failed and has been absorbed into Peacock... a service I have because of my Xfinity subscription... and now my cable bill will help pay WWE.

@J.T.: I’m so sorry for your loss. @The Natural: You also. In less consequential but still enough of a bummer to post here, I hate my thinning hair.

Howie Roseman’s gonna end up in somebody’s trunk by December.

They’re probably gonna get boatraced by the Chiefs next week but I nevertheless appreciate the Browns’ efforts and want them to go all the way. Them or the Bills.

Nickelodeon has its first on-air F-Bomb after almost 42 years and the Steelers are getting shellacked by the ducking BROWNS. What a time to be alive.

LOL STILLERS

Attention everyone; That is all.

If I’m Trevor Lawrence I’ve already filled out like five law school and business school applications and put pro football out of my head weeks ago.

I have nothing to add that hasn’t already been said. Lovely show. I’m sure Brodie was smiling down on everyone last night. I love Tom Waits, so hearing one of my favorite “I have to go cry now” songs and finding out Tony got the rights to it forever also turned on the waterworks.

Close. Fake Trump vs. fake Rosie O’Donnell.

I just realized January 8 is a Friday. I wonder what stupid bullshit will air on Smackdown to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the day I swore I’d never give this company another penny.

Can we finally stop pretending anyone likes this shit?

21 years ago, Jeff Jarrett shook Vince down for six figures to drop the Intercontinental title to Chyna. Tonight, he appeared on PPV, in his third run with WWE, and is still cashing checks from Vince after all those years. The moral of the story is simply this; NEVER STOP HUSTLING.

Hugo Savinovich occasionally switching to English to keep the gringos up to speed on the rules, customs, and other happenings throughout the show was the best English commentary pro wrestling has heard in years. That main event was fuckin’ GNARLY for all the right reasons. Finesse shouldn’t be a big part of grudge matches IMO, and two dudes beating the mortal shit out of each other and recklessly tossing themselves at each other is high quality lucha libre. Also; I half expected Randy Savage to show up during that Marvel promo match.

I grew up watching Jeopardy, and my life’s dream was to go on that show. I don’t know if it goes on without him, or if it even can, but if I ever pull it off it will feel somewhat hollow without him there.

As a guy in his mid-30s who grew up loving fighting games, even with nobody to play with, and generally dislikes playing online (which makes most modern fighting games useless to me, what a paradox, huh), VF4Evo’s commitment to making a worthwhile single-player experience makes it a game I keep trying to get but haven’t gotten around to finding at a reasonable cost. Thanks for reminding me to seek it out.

He made guys like The Naturals look like honest-to-God STARS. Barry Scott could have said the sky was green or yellow, and you would be tempted to believe him just because of the gravity he put into his words. I've been reading up on his life and career, and he has had such an AMAZING life. He did a production where he recited Martin Luther King's speeches, and... God. Chills. https://vimeo.com/74357409 What a life. What a man.

If you ever watched TNA hype material you knew that voice. Rest well, Barry.

I think you can rent or buy it digitally, though we watched on CN live. I think it's airing again soon.

Watched the We Bare Bears movie with the little one, since that's one of our favorite shows, and we're both bummed out the series is over. We enjoyed it very much. It was a great way to wrap up the story, and also addressed a lot of themes of some deeper stuff at hand. The ending was lovely, though I'm still sad knowing this is the end.

The “business” is the smallest it’s ever been. RAW is airing to record low ratings. The indies have been hobbled by COVID, and many of them will not survive; even so, they tend to be followed by the same people, show after show, company after company. If something as irrelevant and myopic as professional wrestling in 2020 can’t be cleaned up, then yeah. The movement was a failure.

Because in things like this, WWE sets the pace for the rest of the business. If WWE and AEW won’t release someone who has been accused, with damning evidence, of preying on underage fans, why would anyone in the #SpeakingOut movement expect indies to even attempt to cut out someone who harmed adult women? It’s time to face the facts; #SpeakingOut was a failure, despite everyone involved doing the right thing, because those in power either ignored the movement, or made actions to spite it.

Uncle Goldberg is retired. My interest in wrestling is cratered and I don’t want to continue on with glorifying even the silly parts of it.

All of these companies have harbored domestic/sexual abusers after they were accused. It checks out. WWE knows, they just don’t give a fuck.