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Watching late 95 Superstars and can't help but be distracted by how old Michael Hayes looks already... ...then realise he's about four months younger in December 95 than I am now

I mean I was happy to pitch Jade Cargirl whose time in WWE is just a lengthy saga highlighting the pitfalls of riding in cars with boys, but who am I to try and compete with Emerald Trucklungs.

Watching that Superstars episode where Justin Hawk Bradshaw beats down Hakushi, and brands him, then the week after JR announces he left the WWF out of shame. There can't be too many instances where the 'F/E have announced a guy leaving of their own volition? Vince's tribute to Savage on Raw in 1994 was one. I guess they sort of allude to Bret at Montreal on commentary during/before the match.

Bug bear I hold - wrestlers who insist on having the same mannerisms during every entrance despite no reason to, nor inviting any audience participation in doing so. Toni Storm's WWE entrance of peering out into the crowd has finally been replaced as an unjustified bugbear by that Wish.com Wyatt guy tugging on the lapels of his suit jacket and having the most NXT exaggerated facial reactions. Those guys do nothing for me and it's that they feel so FCW that I feel that way.

Still trying to wrap my head around the logic of Sami/Jericho. - Sami has a pre existing arrangement with Don Callis prior to the match. - Sami loses the biggest match of his life after appearing conflicted and taking too long to hit the SSP after having the match won. - Callis makes no attempt to save the match or help Guevara win, then turns up to commence his end game of kicking Jericho in the dick. Just a long illogical way of appealing to Jericho's ego by running an exaggerated way of comparing him to Shawn Michaels.

Elimination Chamber confirmed as being in Western Australia, Feb 24

I think Britt is really good at working at a good pace in her match. It's just that there's very little that she's doing at that pace and every match these days feels like she's killing time till she gets the signal to go home. Orton works a slow, methodical pace but he and the commentators alike manage to sell it as deliberate and strategic, his matches are planned out to emphasise what he's doing and why he's doing it so slowly. And yes a lot of times that falls flat amongst all the Garvin stomps and chin locks, but people lose their shit for the RKO, him slapping the mat, his snap powerslam and the rope DDT. Everything else is a chore. Britt doesn't have anything in her arsenal that pops the crowd to that degree other than pulling the glove out. It's just aimless stomps and kicks in the corner without an end goal. I'd almost favour her spamming the superkick again like her BF if for something else that has some impact to it. She needs a couple of signature mid match moves that convincingly get a nearfall and a crowd reaction. Her partner has about a dozen he could spare. I'd need to rewatch it again but it looked like she was calling it in the ring and had some terrible ideas (there was a resthold that looked like she wanted Stat to hold onto a bit longer and the crowd just never gave them the reaction they wanted). Hated the finish that Britt completely no sold, you immediately cut to a close up of her after Stat steals one, and she's...apathetic. Other than that, I really enjoy her hardcore matches. I sound way too critical of her otherwise. Guess you live long enough to become the paintbynumbers eventually.

How fucking good...

Listening to victim blaming and hot takes about whether someone none of you know was legitimately sexually assaulted or not for the sake of having a hot take makes me miss whether Brawl Out was a work or not.

Paul London. Sixty minute draw. Both men are carried out on dolphins into the nearby ocean and never seen again, presumed having joined the pod.

Yeah I too miss the old "scene", and especially the old gang. Potsie, Ralph Malph, the Fonz...

Bradshaw was supposed to win it but Tim White counted to three when his shoulder was up so they improvised on the fly

Not really enthusiastic about getting into this period of WWF TV rewatch but whatever came of that weird Billy/Bart match on Raw when one of them faked a neck injury, they all put on Owen voices while the EMTs came out and put him on a stretcher and then the fake family came into the ring and started yelling at each other? I can't remember if it was before or after that awful Survivor Series match where they fucked up the eliminations and had to improvise but I'm guessing it was a case of "ehh fuck this, no one cares about the Smoking Gunns"

I think there's some merit in having Mox drop the belt to Starks in the next week or so. Mox doesn't need the title. OC should beat him in a rematch but also his title run has done all it can. We get a rematch of Starks/Danielson out of it, and him going over both BCC guys immediately wipes away his last few months.

Took daughter one bowling a few months back. She did....as well as a five year old would, and she got very upset about it, saying she wasn't good at anything, the worst kid ever. Took her back the next weekend and made a big deal about how much she improved on last time. Since then has been bugging me to go back a lot. A fortnight ago I took her again, she was competitive with a bit of help from the occasional deliberate gutterball here and there. Demanded a rematch. So again we went over the weekend. Same story. I'm putting every second ball in the gutter, but she's now winning. And now I'm actually trying and she's still knocking down pins. Gets to the final ball, there's a small crowd of teenage staff watching on with bemusement, where she needs two pins to win with eight still standing...and despite bumpers up, manages to bowl a gutter ball, saving me face. I've announced my retirement from the world of bowling and will now be ducking her challenges for the rest of time. #finishthestory

Be warned. There was surprisingly little Road Dogg in this film

DOX THAT MOTHERFUCKER

Gosh who could this mysterious stranger be?

Sting vs Copeland would definitely bring a whole new set of eyes on the product. It's a pity Doug Sommers is no longer with us.

I love a good What If and I wonder how this plays out if Brawl Out happens *after* A) the Elite re-sign with AEW B) Collision is requested by WB

Watching Collision last night, I was reminded of something that really bugged me from the much hyped FTR/BCG 2/3 falls match that they did again here. In the first match, you build one of the falls around Juice tapping to the sharpshooter (and fair enough given it was in Calgary), and he and Jay both sell it like death as this super painful hold, but when Dax gets put in it, the selling of the hold is focused around how whether or not he's going to make it to the ropes or not, rather than whether the pain is so bad he needs to give up. Aside from the inconsistency of it in the one match making BCG look weaker for it, it summed up an issue I have with FTR as faces in that they struggle to sell convincingly from beneath as faces. They simply don't allow themselves to ever be in trouble, only ever outsmarted, or overpowered by much bigger guys and it doesn't feel right for guys their size. I think it plays into why Dax's match with Jarrett sucked a lot more than we expected. Dax can't do sympathy or work from underneath, while Jarrett's best work is picking the bones and working a body part during the heel heat segment. Whether or not Dax can reach the ropes doesn't put any heat on the heel.

Greg Valentine would definitely get in trouble with unions requiring his staff to log on fifteen to twenty minutes before their shift to get warmed up first.

I think by firing Perry, you give the WWE a free hit, a guy that has buzz and until recently was all over their TV as a rising top star. Having him sit at home for ages and then come back to be JAG seems a far more effective punishment.

I think Bret would take great pride in making sure Target workers went home safe and sound to their families after working an eight hour day stocking the hardware section, or that customers would get what they came for and their money's worth, not the sort of schmozz you'd get at Woolworths. They'd know they were in safe hands at that Target, and shopping there would feel real and authentic, not hokey business exposing Walmart.

The Nick Wayne heel turn feels rushed but at least it's consistent with everything else in that program.