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lowes or home depot probably. I'm being totally serious too. I remember marking out when Home Depot had the Mechanix gloves Sting wore in 1997 WCW

Worst Rumble ever. The opening match was moving along well and then boom DQ ending?! Fine for Raw or Smackdown but not for one of your top "premium events" Doudrop vs Becky- Did anyone honestly think Becky was going to lose? Of course not. Women's Rumble- No Bayley, No Alexa, the women's legends were lucky if they lasted 2 full mins for the most part. Once Ronda came in you knew she was winning. Why book her if she wasn't going over? Lashley-Brock- Could have had Brock win so that someone else could win the Rumble and have Lashley win the Chamber. Not that hard to do. Raw is really light on top guys right now. If Brock feuds with Roman who does Bobby get? The IT couple vs the Grit couple- Way too long and everyone knew Edge and Beth weren't losing. They should have axed this and had Charlotte defend against Sasha. Hopefully this feud is over and we can see Edge take on some of the newer generation of talent. The Mens Rumble- Kofi botch and Brock winning aside this still was shit. No big NXT names, no big surprises, Bad Bunny? Shane? Come on WWE. Do better. Just like with Ronda there was no doubt once Brock came out who was going to win. I had extremely low hopes for this event and the show ended up being even worse than I could have imagined. Keep releasing more people and it will only get worse. What a shit show.

For what it's worth Nick Khan is sitting in the second row suit and all. Wonder who Thanos will release next

NFL had the extra week this season and wanted to keep the PPV in January so they picked tonight. NO UFC tonight either and I don't think Vince even knows what Bellator is

Was watching the 91 Rumble today and damn would it be great if they re-did the cheesy music and had Vince rattle off the names of the 30 men and 30 women. I guess with the surprises it would make it hard but damn would it be fun.

I know some people work from home still but I feel like the pandemic could have given them huge, huge numbers for 2020. I'd be interested to see if any streaming company made more money than in 2020. If you are sitting at home even if you are working you are more likely to stream or watch Peacock than if you are in an office.

This may be the least excited I've ever been for a Rumble. Maybe because a lot of my favorites have gone to AEW, maybe because the mystery of "will Punk be a surprise" is now gone. Maybe because the winner STILL doesn't get to main event Mania, especially with it now being 2 nights. Hell the only thing that's for sure about winning the Rumble is that you won't be released until after April

What was the point of Cody winning the belt in the first place? I get that he had Covid and Sammy won the Interim but if they wanted Cody why didn't he go over last night? Not a fan of hot shotting titles.

Baker trained with AIW in Clevleand and worked several of their shows. Working in Cleveland isn't new for her. She never had to make so many Browns references in the past. That's the only difference.

He works well as a face. Check out some of his IWC run on youtube. The guy has a bunch of aerial moves up his sleeve that have never been seen in AEW. I compare it to Orange Cassidy. The diehards all knew he was more than just the comedy guy. With Wardlow they have barely scratched the surface of what he could do. The issue is he always needed a mouthpiece with him. When he turns face I am curious as to who speaks for him. Then again they could go the silent Goldberg route too.

I have to think that Tony is smart enough to sit Punk and Colt down when Punk started and have them at least be professional with each other. Both guys have been in the business for what now 23-24 yrs? Maybe I'm dreaming because of the location but it would make me mark out more than anything that could possibly happen this Saturday at the Rumble.

How wild would it be if Cabana cost Punk the match against MJF next week? MJF has made so many "shoot" comments but never mentioned Punk being a shitty friend. They say Punk could be bringing backup. I could see him bringing Colt out for the massive pop only for Colt to turn on him. Fantasy booking

One of my biggest prayers as a long time indy fan is for a Dave Prazak shoot to be released. Nobody has worked with the "Superstars" of today and the biggest current day talent than Dave. His speech was great. In a world of carny sleezebag promoters I've never heard one bad thing said about Dave. If I could talk to one person in this business for an hour and just listen to stories and pick their brain it would easily be Dave Prazak. So fucking glad the guy was shown some appreciation. It is well deserved.

This was my favorite time period. I'd just gotten into wrestling in 1990 and the Sting-Pillman-Steiners VS the Horsemen fued was on fire. Shame that we had Larry in the wargames match (made 0 sense) but damn it was still my favorite war games match of all time. 92 had the blood but 91 had the better story. Makes me even more pissed that Herd dropped the ball and Flair walked. Oh what could have been

guessing Riddle tosses Orton or vice versa to start their big feud heading into Mania.

don't worry, they I am sure Santino Marella has unlimited "female cousins" they can use.

He took time to talk with everyone for as long as they wanted. He has some sort of injury right now keeping him from wrestling. He told the guy ahead of me something along the lines of "and if it gets in my blood well..." He also mentioned he would be looking to get cleared to have a match either for Dynamite or Rampage but they can't announce anything in case he doesn't get the green light. He did say obiviously he will be in Cleveland this week even if it's just for a promo. Super, Super, nice guy and I look forward to seeing what he does this week.

These guys and girls are so underpaid it should be criminal. But they choose to stick it out.

The Texas Twister Barry Von Erich. He did the claw for awhile also. He's a perfect fit!

He is in Pittsburgh at the David L Lawrence for the World of Wheels Convention. I expected to pay $50 like when Sting was here last year but it was all free and he couldn't have been nicer. He spent time talking with everyone for as long as they wanted. Not a huge line to meet him either. Only thing was they asked not to bring personal items as they gave out free 8x10's and took 2 pics with your camera phone.

Just had the absolute pleasure of meeting Bryan Danielson. I asked him about NJPW and he told me he was supposed to already be there but due to Covid and a 2 week quarantine he just can't do it right now. Hoping things are better by the G1 as he really wants to be in this year. Couldn't have been a nicer guy. One of the rare ones who didn't charge for autographs or pics.

IWC just had a battle royal with surprise entrants Gangrel and Swoggle. Colt is at the show also and rumored to be in the title match. 20 mins down the road is Enjoy wrestling with Effy, MV Young, Lee Moriarty, Veda Scott, and Player UNO. Tomorrow we have Brian Danielson doing a signing. Not a bad weekend for wrestling.

I started Dark Knight Returns. Really liking it so far. I've read a good bit of Morrison's run. I have the 3 vol omnibus set and finished vol's 1 and 2. I think after I read vol 3 I am going to read his Superman Omnibus. I picked it up but haven't read it. I have so much shit to read it's wild. I wanted to read everything from the backstory to big event so I picked up Flashpoint and Blackest Knight Omnibus books. Have never read either. Same with Infinite Crisis. If you check Amazon.com often you will see some pretty good deals on Omnibus comics. I may be in the minority but I love reading the older stories with the flashy art and glossy paper. Knightfall, Knightquest, and Knightsend really stick out to me in Omnibus form.

Warrior and Savage had a few cage matches right before Warrior lost the title I believe. I wish DIbiase would have been pushed as a more credible challenge to Warrior. Or Mr. Perfect even. Nobody thought Rude had a snowballs in hell of winning that Summerslam 90 match. Also, Bully Ray can fuck off and go to hell. Jon Moxley doesn't owe him anything.