Pete

I think Sabu said in Sheik's book that he regretted turning down the Sultan deal. Sure, he wouldn't have been SABU but he also left a bunch of money on the table... he was set in his uncle's ways about never compromising, and it cost him a big contract here. He could've always been a Mutoh/Muta-style character, no? Have Terry SR work normal matches and his alter ego Sabu do all the crazy shit.

Fuck yeah. Gimme Millwall. Gimme PNE. Gimme Oxford.

Small price to pay. Coventry haven't been in the PL since 2001, and I imagine half of the folks here weren't even BORN the last time Bristol City were a top flight club (1980). But sure.

Yes, thank you for another same-old-same-old playoff final.

Erick Rowan had some of that vibe for awhile during the Wyatt Family run. I remember people complaining about how untrained he looked, which was such a stupid argument... did you really want a guy with his size and look wrestling gracefully, or did you want what he was: a giant wildebeest wrecking dudes and looking completely out of control?

I was lucky enough to see prime Sabu at the legendary "Hardcore Heaven" show against 2 Cold Scorpio. He was 28-29 by my count and an absolute whirling dervish of chaos and energy... I have to rewatch the match but the finish was phenomenal. We all thought Scorp was dead at the end. Sabu definitely had his good days and bad days, and I feel fortunate that I saw way more of the former than the latter over the years. RIP.

He got an obituary in The New York Times. THE TIMES. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/sabu-terry-brunk-wwe-wrestler-dead.html

Hamburg are back in the Bundesliga after seven seasons in the wilderness... and St. Pauli are safe barring a 13-goal swing with Heidenhein on the final game day. HAMBURG. DERBIES. BITCHES.

And then he was fired.

Meanwhile, let's check in on Paul Pierce. Oh. Oh my. https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1920494605339893896?t=Zv0_lOCaxuJHmvQq6VnV7g&s=19

DEAN~! 2: The Destruction of Jared-Syn

Agreed.

Florida extends Golden, 6/40.5M. I'd extend too if you threw that much cash at me.

Amazingly, those early results stood up. It's Sheffield United vs Bristol City and Sunderland vs Coventry City in the playoffs, and Luton and Plymouth joining Cardiff in League One. Spare a thought for the Hatters as that's two straight relegations. In brighter news, shout out to Paris FC! Promoted to Ligue 1 for the first time since 1979.

Championship final day is already bonkers, with five clubs running for the last two playoff spots and a five-club dogfight to avoid the last two relegation spaces. As things stand it's Sheffield United, Sunderland, Coventry and Bristol City in the playoffs and Plymouth and Luton facing the drop. Watch this space.

Paging Speedball Bailey...

The Utah Hockey Club has changed their Youtube URL to "UtahMammoth." This means something. This is important.

Spoilers for Season 4 of "Welcome to Wrexham" are live. Be careful.

Cindy: "Just think! If Wrexham get promoted and Man City lose the court case, they could be opponents next season!" No chill, that woman.

Pretty sure I added the DOI subheader. What a group of clowns those oxygen thieves were. Taking a long, hard look at DEAN 3. There's an outside chance Cindy may be in LA on business and I'm afraid this would be the Thursday night before the ROH PPV, so it all comes down to timing for me.

The Venn Diagram of old school fans shitting on the YOSHIHIKO concept and old school fans marveling at how Ric Flair could carry a broom to a ***** match is a solid circle. Talk about missing the point.

I like the idea if they run every year with a tangible reward at the end (title, car, giant check etc) and Wrestler A needs to get a result off Wrestler B on the last night of the regular season to qualify. Do a pro/rel system with the losers getting dropped to whatever feeder show they run.

Lincoln's Reeco Hackett-Fairchild with a real "huh?" goal against Bolton. https://x.com/dannybwfc99/status/1914338743395254426?t=ufcD6sJUBcb2aJym6ZnL2Q&s=19

Burnley 2-1 Sheffield. Leeds and Burnley are up.

Burnley will go up as a well with a win, and they're on target. 1-0 at the 30-minute mark.