onelegbrynn

Nice cards! I just bought a box of WWE NXT myself over the weekend. Haven’t opened it yet though.

Guess that means I’ll be able to watch the game then before Dynamite since they’re both on the same channel today. Wonder what’ll happen if the game goes extras and overlaps with AEW?

Only caught a bit of Raw and thought it was good. Still confused why Baron Corbin is now managed by JBL and has ring gear similar to Austin Theory.

Hi friends! I haven’t been around in a while so I figured I’d check in. I’ve had some struggles recently and I pretty much had to check out from online activity. Long story short, I had a really bad breakup with my now ex-girlfriend, then in the middle of all that I got Covid. My mental state wasn’t great after the breakup so I’ve been to therapy and now ended up moving in with a friend up near Cleveland. I’m doing a bit better now that I have a nice support system between my friend/roommate and continuing video chats with my therapist. I celebrated by birthday back on September 2nd as well and my friend/roommate took me out on a little trip to Pittsburgh and we just spent time enjoying the city that weekend. I’ll be around here and there and will pop in with comments occasionally. Hope everyone is doing well! I sure missed all of you!

Found this while searching for old indy stuff on YouTube. It's from the old HWA in Cincinnati in 2006: Chad Allegra (Karl Anderson) & Rocky Romero vs. Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer

Takeshita vs Claudio was just awesome! Definitely the best match on any of the Battle of the Belts specials so far. I’d say last night was probably the best overall BotB episode they’ve done.

I think Drew will win at the UK PPV. No reason for him not too. However, I don’t think he’ll have it for long and they’ll switch it back to Roman at either Extreme Rules or the Saudi show. That way, we still get Roman vs Cody at Mania (presuming Cody wins the Rumble). Or, alternatively, Drew could hold it until Mania and we get Drew vs Cody at Mania (again, presuming Cody wins the Rumble) if they’re still going for the Roman vs Rock match.

At least they acquired someone. From the few games I’ve watched this summer and based on what I’ve heard about on the local news, they were in need of a catcher since it sounds like Tyler Stephenson has been hit with one injury after another.

Been watching a bunch of old SMASH Wrestling shows that are free on their YouTube channel (including the last show they did before the pandemic put them on hiatus) along with stuff that's on Impact Plus and I've really been enjoying it. They've got their comeback show coming up this weekend with Speedball vs. Alex Shelley as the main event and also Veda Scott and Matt Cross on the card. They've got a lot of good homegrown talent too with Kevin Bennett, John Greed and my favorite Psycho Mike (who's just freakin' awesome!). With that being said, does anyone know if their show on Saturday will be shown anywhere? From watching their old shows, it sounded like they were being taped and then shown on Fight Network (I think) in Canada. If so, is there any way in the states to watch it?

That Nats/Padres trade is just insane!

Really hope Jose Siri gets a chance to shine in Tampa Bay. I’ve liked him ever since he lit up the Midwest League with Dayton in 2017 with that nearly 40-game hitting streak. While I know that success in the minors doesn’t always translate to the majors, hopefully he’ll get some playing time in Tampa and be able to replicate some of that success.

And now this from WrestleVotes on Twitter. First hour commercial free? That’s interesting. Hmmm …

For the first time in a while, I’m genuinely curious about WWE and I actually want to watch Raw. Has anything even been announced for the show tonight though?

I got a message from my mom that some of our cousins near Whitesburg, KY lost everything in the floods down there. I used to go visit with my grandparents when I was a kid as they were from that area. We would drive down for a week or so each summer I was off school and we'd stay with my grandma's brother who lived in a holler called Spring Branch up the side of a mountain near Jeremiah, KY. There were also big family reunions where we'd grill hot dogs, hamburgers, skip rocks and my great uncle would make his famous corn fritters. I remember the little towns down there like Isom, Blackey, Fleming-Neon and Jenkins. Those were some fun times as a kid. It's horrible to see what's happened down there with all the flooding. I don't know if anyone has seen pictures of the flooding from there but it's terrifying.

The Reds traded Tyler Naquin and Phillip Diehl to the Mets for some prospects last night. I’m guessing their sell-off has begun? Guessing Castillo is probably next, but from what I’ve been reading, it sounds like pretty much most everyone (except for Votto) is available and they’re heading for 100 or more losses. Like I’ve said previously, I haven’t kept up with baseball at all this year so besides Castillo, Mahle, Drury, and Moustakas, who else would be on the trade block for them?

Duly noted…thanks!

Really liked Sammy Guevara vs Dante Martin. But to be honest … I liked Skye Blue even more. She looked smokin’ hot (at least in my opinion she did)! (EDIT: Didn’t know about the rule of posting during live shows. Sorry y’all!)

My posting around here has really dropped off the past few weeks, probably because work has just been kicking my one-legged butt recently. The beverage merchandising team I’m on is very small (like seven people) and we have one person who got promoted and is moving to a different role. With them training in their new role, me and the other admin have picked up extra duties plus we’re training someone on the basics to help fill in when we get overwhelmed. Yeah, it’s stressful right now but we’ll be fine! Anyway, I said that to say that kinda been checked out on here recently. Because of work, just been tired and just haven’t really been motivated to jump on and check the board. I’ll still add some thoughts when I can but most of my time I have to check out the board or watch wrestling is on the weekends.

I’m excited for tonight’s episode! Should be fun with a lot of cool matchups!

The Boys are aka the Tate Twins, Brandon and Brent. They’re also known as the Bad News Boyz and wrestled for mostly for New South Wrestling and OVW. They’ve also had a few spots on Dark and were part of the Crockett Cup this year.

Only thing I could think of it might morph into would be Rush & Andrade vs Dragon Lee & Dralistico. Speaking of Andrade, anyone think there will be any shenanigans with him in the Jay Lethal match to tie in the fact that their on opposing teams for the Flair retirement match next weekend? Also, what closes the show? Gresham vs Claudio because it’s the world title match? Or Joe vs Lethal because it’s had the most build? Or FTR vs Briscoes II?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but … I have a Theory that might happen!

Like Vince or not … this is absolutely huge news. Does this mean he gives up creative too? And do his cronies (Prichard, Kevin Dunn, etc.) go too?

I've been really busy this week and haven't had time to watch much wrestling aside from Dynamite. But I did pre-order the PPV for tomorrow night and I am EXCITED!! I did manage to squeeze in the preview show on my lunch break yesterday since it was a work from home day and that got me really hyped. I'm gonna order a giant pizza (or make one if I find a good one at the store tomorrow), get me a 2 Liter of strawberry soda and enjoy the hell out of this show tomorrow!

Dale Torborg probably. I think his wrestling career was longer that his baseball career! I assume by “The Mayor”, you’re talking about former Reds first baseman Sean Casey, right? He’s not to be confused with the other Sean Casey who wrestled for HWA and teamed with BJ Whitmer for a while (I think? That was a long time ago). Baseball Sean Casey did make an appearance at one or two of the Pillman Shows though. I know he was at 2000 because I have a program from that show with his autograph on it. Don’t remember if he was at the 2001 show.