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Sami beats Reigns tonight. In a couple of weeks, Roman invokes his rematch clause. Jey turns on Sami. Roman gets his belt back, they chair Sami to death the way they did Kevin Owens. Bloodline reign of terror leading up to Mania. Sami and Kevin beat the Usos for the belts on Night 1. Cody wins on Night 2. (Or not.) Bloodline completely falls apart over the summer. Jey vs Roman at Summerslam. Jey wins. Roman takes a vacay. Comes back for a face run. Or, they could've just had Jey turn on Sami tonight. Regardless, seeing Sami and Roman not even have to lock up for the first three or so minutes because the crowd was going that nuts was a goddamn marvel to behold. Though the ending was disappointing, that match ROCKED up until the overbooking kicked in.

The blood looks awesome.

I'm definitely feeling Marvel burnout, but honestly, I really just want the Fantastic Four, X-Men and Dr. Doom. Kang is cool, but really doesn't have the cache and presence of Thanos and Dr. Doom.

How about a Dr. Pepper Torneo Cibernetico?

Butcher's new look is all Eastern European P.Y. Chu Hi and I'm all for it.

Jalen Duren's response to the Wiseman trade: 30 pts, 17 rebs, 3 ast, 4 blocks. Yeah, it's double OT against the Spurs, but if there was ever a time to come out and stake your claim...

While whoever it is gets built up to this spot, put the goddamn belt on Eddie Kingston.

That F bomb busted me up. God, that was awesome.

Yeah, Matt Koon twisting himself in knots trying to defend him was pretty lame. "So you took it...well, I guess you would." Get real. Next time you go to an aquarium together, tell your boy he was an ass.

Same. It has a studio wrestling feel, but with a modern touch, while keeping it simple. I like the camera work, too. Also, Davey Richards kinda looks like Ron Garvin in the face now. I dig it.

I think she's headed that way. She's definitely the champion the belt needs right now.

I lived less than a mile away from the venue that ROH ran when they first started coming to Detroit. I was there when Mark did the SSP off the ring truck and I was there later that year when Mark under rotated on that SSP to the floor. I remember Jay changing out of his ring gear out on the front sidewalk while they were waiting for the ambulance. You could easily see the care and concern that he had for Mark. Hell, you could see how close they were their entire career. I think my favorite Briscoes Detroit moment was when Jay told Davey Richards to "run along with yer no-belt-havin' ass." Once those two found themselves on the mic, it was absolute magic from then on. There are no words that capture how tragic this is. I'll miss you, Jay. Thank you for everything.

Those two work entirely way too fucking much. Wrasslin', farming, raising kids, and they had or have a lawn maintenance business, too.

Dear Lord, Ruby. What a ghoul. Also, that Scorpion Death Drop reversal out of the superplex that Darby did was fucking AWESOME. Never seen that before.

Oh my goodness. What a sweetie!

I love that my Detroit Pistons got mentioned on this episode, but Bill Laimbeer DID NOT foul Kareem. Take-a-shit-ah was so goddamn dumb.

I've got Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper, Assata Shakur's autobiography, and An Indigenous People's History of the United States on the way to my house right now. I got Kindred by Octavia Butler for Crimmis. Gonna start there and see where the year takes me.

You should see my dog when I come home from work.

Hey now, Brock Anderson cut himself a promo tonight and it was solid.

Gotham Central RULES. I saw the whole run in a single issue "boxed set" at a comic shop in Chicago over ten years ago and I still kick myself for not buying it. I HAD THE MONEY.

I read Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler in, like, 8-10 days 'round January and February. I totally hyperfocused binge read them. I couldn't put them down. I also read the second Dune book. Shit went sideways this year, but I'm lookin' to get back in the saddle in 2023. Jordan Harper has a new book out and another one coming out in January, and I'm gonna read more Octavia Butler. Probably gonna throw in some Toni Morrison and Assata Shakur's autobiography. Aaaaaand I just remembered I have Gary Hart's book on my computer. That, too.

Cade Cunningham is out indefinitely with a possible stress fracture in his shin. He's contemplating surgery. This SUCKS.

Oh. Oh my dear lord. That alone makes up for so much of this last year. And it's going to be glorious.

I wanna time machine Austin Gunn into early 90s Memphis so bad. Not that he needs to be runnin' around with that there Billy Joe Travis, but just imagine how fed up Dave Brown and Cory Maclin would get.

Gotta say, there's a Mox/Sami vs American Wolves tag on youtube from this year and the Wolves were in there stooging and Eddie's kinda chubby now and Davey doesn't get as much height as he used to on his kneedrop and it wasn't inside a Steel Davey Richards. Just sayin'. Juuuuuust sayin'.