BobbyWhioux

Joffrey's Statue = Owen 3:16/I Broke Wahoo's Leg T-shirt. That was tremendous

Also gotta love his epic promo on The Mountain/House Lannister, down to putting his finger under Tyrion's chin, LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YA style.

Of course, if this incident continues to fuel another round of Bash The Coliseum/The A's Need To Move, I'm sure Lew Wolff won't mind the "failure" by the grounds crew...

Now now, this one's on the groundskeeper. Why after having a near-monsoon Monday and Tuesday they wouldn't just reflexively be tarping the field every night this week even when "only" minor rain is scheduled to fall is beyond me. As the joke already making the twitter rounds goes, "LOL it's not like the Coliseum doesn't have plenty of tarp on hand"

Poor Clark. At least with Crazy Crab the go-away heat was the intention...

The Tuck Rule + Super Bowl 37 seems to have been a pretty lethal 1-2 Combo.

Didn't Money Inc. win the titles three times? Yes, but the third time was after that 1993 King of the Ring. Very shortly after, if I recall correctly. It was one of those "two switches in one week of house shows" that the WWF did from time to time. Well, 3 switches since the Steiners ultimately kept the belts and were the champions by Summerslam.

Also I fully realize it's hypocritical to be as all-in as I am on the "Ramsay torturing Theon illustrates the problem with how quickly we embrace bloodlust and accept revenge and retaliation as "justice" because it's so out of control and beyond what Theon "deserves" and hahaha Shame On You Everyone Who Wanted Him To Get His, Be Careful What You Wish For, this is why a just society doesn't let this impulse rule it's system of crime and punishment" and turn around and give into that same decried impulse by being all "YES YES CHOKE YOU LITTLE SHIT HAHAHA" with regards to Joffrey. It is inconsistent. It is a double standard. It is hypocritical. I don't care. I'm a flawed human.

Hell nah, when Joffrey started choking to death I dropped my book, did a Fargo Strut around my reading room, and let out a long Flairish WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and lord did I need that after the Red Wedding AND the so-well-sold Arya fakeout right after the Red Wedding. I did ever so briefly feel bad for Cersei having to be there and watch her son die and realize she is powerless to do anything about it since, you know, even when you're as shitty a parent as Cersei and your child is as shitty a child as Joffrey that's still A Parent's Worst Nightmare. But fuck Joffrey, I'm glad he died and I'm glad he died with Margaery's lady bits so close to him and yet so permanently far away. Joffrey is such a well-written heel I'd be doing a disservice to the character and to GRRM if I didn't enjoy it. Even if his demise is, if you think closely about it, horrific, and he's only 13. It's just a shame he never had to find out he was an inbred bastard.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby The Brain Heenan is imprinted on my brain as what professional wrestling broadcasting is supposed to sound like, like Madden & Summeral in football. ESPECIALLY Gorilla and The Brain calling a Hogan bout. [The allure of WWE network for me (I haven't bought it yet) is primarily the prospect of having all the Monsoon/Heenan-called shows ready whenever I wanted to watch them.] I will probably never be able to give any other broadcaster/broadcast team a fair shake. But even if someone managed to come up with a tandem that attempted to be like that, even clearly inferior, I'd probably fall all over myself to gush about it. [Like, it's to the point where I'm pretty sure I'm the only person on this board who fondly remembers Mark Madden: WCW Heel Broadcaster, specifically because he was so shamelessly trying to be a poor man's Bobby Heenan (right down to gratuitously ripping Hogan). Of course it wasn't the real thing but at least somebody was trying to ape the formula. And sometimes Schiavone even fed into it and it was even better.] The only matches of his I've seen are the clips linked in this thread over the last couple days. And yet Gorilla Monsoon is probably the "wrestler" most responsible for me liking wrestling as much as I do/did.

Heenan thinking Tenta's Hogan poses are the funniest thing ever made my day. He's got a nice sarcastic "Hooooooooooo" and thumbs up to mock Duggan, too. Tenta was big and mean looking enough that he could've gotten by just on looking big and glowering, but there's many ways for a heel to convey how mean he is, and taking the time to do little Asshole moves like that is a fine one. Tenta would probably still have been a good wrestler even if he hadn't been big.

Really looking forward to The Red Viper vs The Mountain getting built up to like a Pay Per View Bout. Stoneheart is probably something they're keeping as tight a lid on as possible in order to blow minds when it happens.

Some lighthearted stupidity, in the spirit of the "reimagining the NFL logos" articles that provide some brief lulz during the season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teb_8WmA9wk

Warriors dealing Monta Ellis to Milwaukee turns out to have been, in the long run, absolutely the right move for the Warriors and the team has been much better since that deal in every way. At the time it was extremely unpopular with the fans, who expressed their displeasure with the move to the owner the next chance they got. As soon as Mullin sits down, anyway.

2014 means NFC West vs AFC West in inter-conference play so beginning the season with a Super Bowl Rematch is a possibility. Perhaps a less attractive possibility in light of how one-sided the Super Bowl was, but still...

And the Winter Olympics almost seems like it could sweep that top 5, to be honest. Skeleton -- i.e. HEAD FIRST LUGE with an fittingly morbid name -- springs immediately to mind. Like regular luge isn't dangerous enough (and a luge competitor did die the day before Vancouver officially opened, prompting them to change the track). Ski Jumpers seem like they have to have a screw or two loose too.

I remember.... some of these names. I definitely remember the board being solidly green with yellow text when I first showed up. 04ish I think. And yes, it had something to do with someone elsewhere mentioning that thread, which drew a lot of newbs. I suppose I must have been one of the least objectionable of that immigrant class.

Any longer and they'd have had to interview that one fan who dresses like Macho Man Randy Savage

Irony: The Raiders while Al Davis was still alive would've been an amazing Hardknocks. But Al, no doubt, fought it tooth and nail and only after his death have they become a possibility. And much less worth showcasing.

Tremendous. I mean I'm honor bound to root against him but the guy's such a fantastic heel (Comes across really smart in non-gimmick interviews, so he knows what he's doing. All part of the show)

49er defense probably didn't stand much of a chance against Manning without Bowman anyway. That'll be my official Sour Grapes stand as I mosey on over to the offseason thread

Did not need to go for the end zone that early.

Ah well.

Aside from the guy trying to break his ankle

Hitting the punter's plant leg is supposed to be roughing. Paging PipGofern, the real refs don't know the rules