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Is it just me, or does Danhausen's nut-based curse work way better, or at least faster than the regular one? He adjusted it for proficiency and had success with it during that Best Friends trios match. Anyway, decided to purchase Revolution with cash instead of FITE credits. I came up with the plan for the year, which is new PPV's with cash to get more FITE credits and then use those credits to exclusively purchase older PPV's. Buying older PPV's with cash gives you no extra credit, so this plan would give me most bang for my buck throughout the year.

Well, maybe he fell asleep on a night out and his team mates pranked him, drew on his face, rolled him into a questionable tattoo parlor and told the artist to make the scribbles permanent. If those were his own choice, then you are most likely correct.

Yeah, you can see my desperation right there, huh?

As promised, Trapbar today. Starting with 3x390, 1 and 3x495,5 without Versas from the small platforms, then from the higher platforms 3x579, 3x633, 3x639, 3x623, 6x579 and 13x485. Then a few shrugs with 440 and actual sets with 346 and 295. Good start for the week.

Oh shit! That's exactly what happened to PAC's index finger a couple of minutes into a 20-minute match against the artist currently known as Gunther in an OTT title match. PAC didn't leave it like that though, he pulled it back in place and continued. If Dijak continued like that (I don't know, since I haven't watched) I can't imagine how gnarly that must have felt? Imagine chopping someone with that hand, or catching someone's plancha or tope? Holy hell!

Ok, I may have misunderstood or misremembered what was said during the Buddy Landell interview, but I guess the main point was that the match ended up not happening and Landell felt sad, because he thought he had more in common with Rogers than he did with Flair and this "Battle of the Nature Boys" would have been more meaningful to him, or somethin to that affect.

And if he covers THOSE arms with ANY unnecessary ink, he's a moron! You're not a moron, Buddy, right? Please, don't be a moron! Put a "satan" across your upper back if absolutely necessary, or just get kicked out of HOB in favor of Trench, or something, but not that.

I'm not quite sure, but I think they said Bryan needs to wrestle every week and win until February 8, in order to become the No. 1 contender. They didn't specify he needs to beat the Top 5 (which WOULD of course make sense), but I guess winning that many matches would make his 2023 win-loss record better than anyone else's at the moment. It is possible that the way AEW rotates the wrestlers, nobody else has had the chance to win 5 matches yet this year, much less in a row.

Adam Bomb and his other incarnations were much more fun than a lot of people give him credit for. Nice to read some positive comments. He had the big guy who can do agile stuff aspect in '93-early 95 that Ahmed Johnson had for a bit in late '95 and mid '96. Those two could have had a nice trainwreck of a match in '95 if their paths had crossed.

In the upper left corner, Lanny looks surprisingly big standing next to Randy.

The opener was fun. For some reason Ethan Page and Kenny Omega in the same ring was very intriguing to me. The Elite really made sure the match was over, with THREE match ending moves to a, well, midcarder. Taking no chances there. Giving that much time for Brian Pillman Jr sure was a decision someone made. The real question here is that why was Dustin going through Leyla Hirsch's locker prior to saving Pillman? Unless he was told to clear it out, saw the turnbuckle and someone told him Pillman's in deep shit and Dustin grabbed the buckle and went to make the save? Renegade Twins getting their asses handed to them again, and still being so unsymphatetic that people didn't mind, despite hating Saraya and Storm. It's time to question your life choices there, twins. Main event was a decent use of a veteran that can still go. I didn't see properly which denomination the bills were, but I choose to believe MJF gave Rush a briefcase full of $1's. $2's would have be even better, but I think that's what the rest of the briefcases are filled with, in case he has to pay up.

Granted this is a hot mess that would hardly work, but Hangman Page would have to be The Giant (young former champion who has been pushed aside) and Radicalz were a mixture of two groups that were even feuding with each other, but if I were to pick, for example Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia it would make less than zero impact. So, for the maximum gutting of roster impact that Radicalz leaving had at the time, it would have to be MJF, The Acclaimed & Jungle Boy.

And you know that can lead to bad things...

Overall, 3 workouts this week, all of them upperbody. Yeah, there was bench, but I'd rather not talk about it. I was able to incorporate the one armed dumbell curl on the Scott bench into my workout for the first time in years. It's not exactly a preacher curl, nor a concentration curl, but this used to be my favorite moves ever. I used a 53, 57 and 61,5 lbs for this one, ten reps per set per arm. It's ugly, probably not all that safe, but it soothes my ego soooo good. I do have some sense though and started way more reasonable than a few years ago, easing back into it. Heavy hammer curls are also back and boy, did I miss those. The dumbell rack has really turned back the time into the mid- to late 2010's for me, and that could be fun. However, I'm starting to lose patience over the fact that the gym is still a work in progress and this week, there was not that much progress aside from what we were able to do by ourselves. You can really tell it's not any kind of priority for anyone else but the 3-4 people who consistently use it. I plan to rest a lot and eat everything in sight over the weekend and start next week with the trapbar due to skipping it this week.

Could happen. All those defences have to be squeezing Orange dry.

And All-Atlantic title is defended just (or almost) as frequently as the TNT-title but is seemingly easy to hold on to. Or at least OC makes it look, well for the lack of a better term, effortless. And as far as the actual Dynamite goes, holy hell what an episode, once again! Several different kinds of splendid matches, everyone interesting for different reasons. Next week seems like a bit of a cool down, but Rush vs Dragon? Alright. And we may just be in for a shocking tag title change, maybe.

Fortunately, the pre-order for Revolution just now showed up on FITE. I was worried that it wouldn't be available due to the DAZN deal. I have enough credits to get it for free, if I decide to use them on this one. Then again, maybe I'll save them for getting an early era PPV and pre-order this for the 4 extra credits. Decisions, decisions...

Thanks for this one! Good stuff, as usual! The photo in the beginning of the interview seems to be from when they were promoting a match between Buddy Rogers and Buddy Landell in another one of the "Battle of the Nature Boys", but sadly Rogers died before the match could actually take place, according to Landell

So yeah, yesterday I found out that all of my bench records and sets and reps have been off by some 6,6 lbs for years now, as the bar we have been using has been 17kg (37,5lbs) instead of 20kg (44 lbs). Ok, now we do have a 44 lb bar, but I'm thinking of quitting this bullshit altogether. Who the fuck sells weightlifting bars that weigh under 20 kg, unless very clearly specified?!? It never even crossed my mind! Fuck this shit!

I enjoy a good shitting from a great height every now and again! On Bill Watts? Maybe not.

Wow, a 30 day delay on Dynamite and Rampage, starting March 1st in Finland on FITE. Probably means that FITE won't be offering the AEW PPV's, either. 2023 is definitely not off to the greatest of starts for the 'Nado, here. At least there's still a good bunch of early AEW that I haven't seen, but this is still quite the punch in the dick, Tony! After all the money I threw at you last year, no less!

I see Emi forgot the sunscreen! Big mistake!

Hangman vs Wheeler is exactly the kind of sorta dream match I love to see. Page is a top guy but still young, not a real veteran and Wheeler has credibility from BCC. These two going all out was wonderful! The trios match was super entertaining. Quite the week for Jay Lethal. Jarrett was being very entertaining as well! C'mon, It's getting very hard to dispute! Hobbs already 3-0? Must have missed Darks and/or Elevations where two of those happened. Mudd reminded me of my nephew's dad, in the same way Bobby Fish does. He couldn't hang with the Powerhouse. I think someone needs to get a hold of that book and see what they need to avoid, if it's already written in there! Yeah, the main event was crazy! AEW really has something great in Hayter. When Statlander, Hirsch and Rosa are ready to return, the Women's roster will be insane.

I see Finland on that list. What does that mean for my FITE AEW+ subscription? I already paid for the year! Edit. Oh, and Action Andretti vs Iron Bear Bronson and the Dorada main event from Dark were off the hook! There was other good stuff, too!

Yeah, Thursday was resistance band city, indeed. Today, however, was one of the craziest trapbar workouts in quite a while. Starting with the platforms, as last week, but placing another lower platform between them so the elevation was just an inch or so. A couple of 5's with 196, then 5x290, 5x385, 4x480, 3x491 all without Versas. Then with Versas 1x575 and removing the middle platform, 3x619, 1x630, 3x575, 5x524 and 10x480 and then shrugs with 385, 290 and 196 after which was some ab work. This has been one hell of a week. I have eaten way more than usual and sleep has been surprisingly good for once. I shall keep eating huge amounts of stuff to hopefully recover enough to keep this going.