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  1. Did I miss the conversation surrounding Daddy Magic's promo on the Youchoob exclusive: 'Let's be honest - 97 DDP is the best DDP, right. So screw it just wear some jeans tape the ribs let's go'. - Daddy Magic (A goddamn Genius) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNpKoavlPZ0&t=44s Here's this week's Post-Collision EXCLUSIVE(!!!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPx87_E4Vk
  2. I'm also a high voter on the Brodie Lee era of the Dark Order. Especially that night he beat the shit out of Goofy Rhodes and took his coveted TNT title. His abusive relationship with John Silver, and love of Stu are also worth noting.
  3. Raven’s flock in ECW was a nice play on the cult gimmick. Despite creative getting in the way during his Turner run, it kinda worked where it was allowed to, but mostly agree on the success rate of cult gimmicks. Long live Brandi Rhodes’ shitty Nightmare collective! Vincent wouldn’t be so bad as a corner man. Distaste for his in ring is probably more shared by the honorclub viewers. He’s incredibly inconsistent and often the opposite of crisp. Dutch on the other hand - sensational!
  4. Robbie’s characters art seemed in tribute to me. That said, I wont further try and sell on Amsterdam - I know it was more of an acquired taste so to speak. Thanks for sharing on Problemista. I saw the trailer before out of the blue on Saturday, and was intrigued. As I always am with anything Ma-Tilda Swinton. Few actors, if any, have better taste. Which is pretty remarkable considering the chances she takes. I know noting of Torres, his face is familiar. I read he was on snl, but I avoid it like the plague. Tho, my lady friend likes to check in on that tired corporate sketch comedy franchise. She felt similarly to you, maybe even stronger negatively, towards Am-Hustle.
  5. From reading critical reaction to Amstedam, I understand the distaste. That said, I really liked that movie. There’s some farcical elements to be sure, and especially surrounding Bale’s plastic surgeon, but it’s pretty reductive to suggest it’s some sort of mockery of war wounds. I wonder what you found so insensitive to conclude that? I get the impression you liked the cast as I did, but we surely differ on them applying their craft to this intricate tale. I especially liked the red herring, so to speak, of the star you mentioned. I especially love Bale's work with David O Russell. Amsterdam is a story overstuffed with details – many of which I missed on first viewing. I deeply love Russell’s sensibilities, and for that always find more things to like than not. I was a high voter on Joy too, which was essentially a well constructed TV movie. American Hustle’s connection to Goodfellas is how you personally interpret it. I thought he paid great homage. To call it a copy/paste seems more than a little extreme. The laughs and tears feel wholly original, and the performances are far too good to write-off as some sort of forgettable placeholder. Hustle isn't far from my favorite of his work, but I lean to Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter. Maybe Huckabees too. I file it somewhere in there with the excellent Flirting with Disaster and Three Kings.
  6. Okay, I guess the SNME style opening is gone for good. Goodbye, you beautiful multi-person promo segment set to music - you are sorely missed. No Elton now either? Hopefully just this week, right? Complaints end with the outstanding Shibata v Danielson bout. What a lovely little scrimmage! I need another term for 'Poetry in Motion', but these two are definitely poets, so seems fitting. Mercedes video package was good. Julia v Adora was alright. Adora's looking better and better every week. Loved the bend. Julia mostly looked fine, but I'm not sure what that rope assisted maneuver was supposed to do. Poor Trish having to sell that k-rap. Speaking of crap, did I hear a stip that only one of the two would get to stand ringside? In theory it's fine, but don't make me think about the illogic. Zak Knight/Ange segments were highlighted by Harley Cameron's hilarity. She needs more to do. So what was going on here - an undisclosed injury? Dragon going long? Definitely down with the latter. Just move it to Honorclub and tape it - Pay Per View baby! Daniel Garcia v Lee Moriarty was terrific for the measley 5 minutes it received. Dragon going long? Darby-Jay Video was good. I continue to be elated by Jay White escaping the Acclaim vacuum. Pac v Aaron Solo was a terrific showcase. Solo did a helluva job here. I was hoping to hear some words from the Bee-ass-tard. I had a teacher that oddly called Basketball 'Bee-ass-ket-ball'. Danielson promo was very good. Meditation, being grateful, that's a play I can back. Claudio v Archer was a bit of snooze in the middle there. I blame Lance entirely. He seemed to be working a WWF house show in 83. Claudio, on the otherhand, brought his consistent excellence, and things clicked at the start and down the stretch. I'd prefer they saved the DQs, but I kinda sorta liked this finish. AEW has made the DQ fun again. Vincent should never, ever get an upper hand on Danielson. Big Dutch showing the gross tongue. Okay, let's do a trios. Maybe afterwards more ppl will be on board with Willing Coach to put together Dutch/Archer as a regular towering team. I really liked Kyle O'Reilly v Bryan Keith, but I definitely hear the criticisms levied on the overall show number of strike exchanges. I liked the closing and KOR's uncertainty about his old friends. Let's do Roddy v Kyle for the strap. Really liked the Deonna/Rosa promo. Always like Deonna's promos, but Rosa was good there too. I'm kinda into a heel Rosa. House of Black v Infantry was a beautiful showcase for the House. Matthews/King looked like a pair of killers. Carlie Bravo and this team have come a distance from their Honorclub debut early last year. Felt bad for the Captain on the botch, but he pressed on like a pro. Ottawa was very polite about it all. Cap seems like he deserves some votes for best dude in the company. I kinda like the finish. I don't like that they did an angle with FTR last week to make the outcome here kinda obvious. That said, all match I was trying to think of how the Infantry were gonna win. I thought for a moment that the House might get counted out on the table top piledriver. Somewhere around then I remembered the Briscoe feud. Malakai v Mark sounds pretty fuckinfantastic. Adam Copeland Interview was pretty good. It wasn't drippy. I could've done without him using the word 'perform'. I hated his use of that word. A stick with spikes, alright. Good use of Foley's name in 2024. There was some good to great mat action on this show, but some week's Collision has the feel of a pre-empted taped Raw circa mid-90s. I don't see too many Colliders on the board anymore. I guess nobody prefers the B show presently. That's not a good sign. Still, there's always a Danielson masterpiece, so I'm grateful.
  7. The Baker example is an excellent one. Both actually. As is the Starks. I've expressed my hopes further, so I'll leave them pages ago. The videos thing ought not be misconstrued as something simply for the casuals, and you obviously know what I mean. I like good hype. The better the promo-ing often, for me, the better the bout. I wonder what the over/under is on mutual tears of joy for Cody or the Universe going Elite-Cody reaction style with an influx of boobirds following Rock's hilarity.
  8. After listening to Phil's great sell 'on the indies' pod, I had visions of Slim J's mat game taking center stage at the pre-Mania week and grabbing hold of the Pure Title. A bit of truth, a bit of snobbery. I was hopeful a comparison to Austin 97 might garner some talk (my DMs are open I guess). I didn't expect to get lumped with the 'see look at the Ratings' guys. Win some, lose some. I'm for expressing your opinions, somebody else's tired topics, but then I don't mind scrolling and occasionally ignoring.
  9. Well, look for the forthcoming 4K restoration, I think it might be in your wheelhouse. The Canadian punks were a bit late to the dance in some cases, but there's some good ones. This for me is one of the higher points... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7GUTdFe0Wk p.s. loved that Cro-Mags demo. A band that has always escaped me.
  10. Lost in the gatekeeping, but what's the story on Yuta? Anybody know the whereabouts? Also, slow to it, but sad to hear about Anthony Henry.
  11. Has Sullivan, Bischoff or any of the creatively linked parties ever discussed in any length the idea plans for the split nWo show? WCW here in Canada was, for a long while, shown condensed into 1 hour (on local TV) and later 2 hours (on TSN). This may have partially played into having a little ignorance of the repetition, and my acceptance of most things nWo until the Wolf Pack split (Sting and Luger as members, uh, hurt my feelings). That is to say, I really liked the idea of the nWo as a big organization (Wallstreet, Bubba, Scott Norton included) rather than a 4 or 5 man faction that everybody says it should have been. Buff Bagwell in particular was one of my favorite additions. Especially dug that Vicious and Delicious tag team with Scott Flash. After things got bad with 'nothing working for any of them brother' Wolf Pack v Hollywood feud, we got the tremendous B-team. I remember that squad providing some of the better comedy WCW ever produced.
  12. @CurtMcGirt (or anybody that's had a look at it) any thoughts on 'Out of the Blue'? Saw the 4K restoration (thanks to the great Chloe Sevigny and Natasha Lyonne) at the TIFF Lightbox here in Toronto. I thought it was pretty fantastic. Great lead from young Linda Manz. Hopper manic and out of control in front and behind the camera. Nice little sequence with Canadian punk legends the Pointed Sticks. Some pretty excellent stuntwork for what I would assume was a dirt cheap budget.
  13. Sincerest apologies. Please correct the course dearest pundit of elite mat action.
  14. This is so beautiful I wanna pretend to cry like the Nightmare.
  15. Re: Injuries/Disappearances Mox/Claudio not be included in the tag tournament after coming off a victory against FTR on the PPV has me wondering about an injury. Not to say this is the case, but these Injuries/Disappearances have become a greater disservice to the talent than any kind of decisive match loss. An update with mention of an undisclosed injury and a promo or two while out would be exponentially better than this rotten disappearing act. Anybody remember that guy named Wheeler Yuta? Curious how '97 Steve Austin would have been effected by disappearing for 3 months without mention, rather than all the talk and shenanigans he pulled on TV each week, after the Owen loss? Er, sure, Steve Austin would've been fine, but those 3 months in between were huge for his rising star.
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