Pete

Who the fuck runs ropes like that after almost 20 years?

A wonderful gesture for the most horrible of reasons.

Death. Taxes. "WWE is saddened." This one hits hard. Funk was a trailblazer who could do it all... maybe the all-time "five tool" wrestler, and someone who reinvented himself almost as many times as his body betrayed him. Not much more to be said... I'm just incredibly glad I got to see him live (ECW's infamous "Hardcore Heaven" with the night of a thousand chairs thrown into the ring) a handful of times when he was still a force of nature. RIP.

DDP is everyone's Uncle Jeff.

Lord yes. Give me Joker Sting over Crow Sting making stern faces at the heels like a high school dance chaperone enforcing the 18 inches rule.

It's 2023 and Prince Nana is on TNT with Sting selling a match at Wembley Stadium with a $9 million gate. If you told me this was going to happen back in 2001, I'd sic the nice young men in the white coats on you. Loved Darby's tope on Tea Leoni just for how he rebounded like he landed in a bouncy castle.

EXACTLY!

Official now after 48 hours of "yes they did/no they didn't" back and forth.

FUCK YOU GEDO YOU ARE DRUNK

Scuttlebutt is that this will be JHM's ride next year. Also, don't read the comments.

Oh nothing, just Gary Cohen setting the O's organization on fire over the Kevin Brown situation.

Boyette (AKA Apocalypse) did pass away a few years ago.

We were convinced the fix was in until they finally showed the replay a few minutes later. Good lord. All the TCOTs, MAGAts and other oxygen thief "patriots" need to change their pants after that double cumshot of Rapinoe missing her penalty followed by the USWMT going home.

Noah Grayson has been suspended indefinitely by Legacy. Why, you ask? Josh Berry will helm the 42 at Michigan.

The Tsuji/Kidd opening was boss as hell. I dunno... I get wanting to build up Sanada, but there's just something about him that just doesn't click with me. OTOH, I love the 20-minute time limit really adding some urgency to everything.

Two very good experiments and an all-time classic short (Viking Women's infamous "Home Economics Story"). "'Kachow?!' What, is Don Martin working with you guys now?"

They lost, of course. *laughs in Tungsten Arm O'Doyle*

And now they've quietly snuck into the playoff race. 2.5 games out of the WC slots, 3 back from Cincy in the Central.

Cindy thinks it's gonna be more like a decade. I don't share that level of pessimism, but this has been a brutal year for the Metropolitans after so much off-season promise.

The Mets are selling at the trade deadline and the Cubs are buying. THE CUBS. Welcome to Bizarro World.

Back in the KTMA days they shared the same studio as Mick Karch's wrestling show and even taped back-to-back IMSMR. So that's where a lot of the AWA references come from.

What have they done with Drake though? I know LA Knight gets big pops and the fans love him to death, but if previous WWE history is any indication they're just going to punish him for getting over too organically. As for "top WWE star" Rob Eckos... not only did I literally not know he was even with the company, I don't think I'd survive if you put a gun to my head and told me to pick him out of a lineup.

On one hand, that would be hideous. OTOH it night be the most amazing double turn ever. MJF's character development the past couple of months has been completely out of this world. I know they were teasing it a bit last year before he won the title, but him completely leaning into his inner babyface has been absolutely incredible. He would be insane to jump to WWE, because they'd never give an "outsider" anything this meaty to dig into.