S.K.o.S.

So, I AM actually gonna be handing out wrestling crosswords at this show to anybody who wants a very unusual souvenir of the show. The crossword is sort of a collaboration - Phil was nice enough to write a chunk of the clues for it, so that's the tie-in to this board. If you want one, look for the guy in the black baseball cap and gray COVID mask.

Fully intend to cheer extra loud for him & stop by his merch table if he's got one.

Phil was on the Masked Man Ringer podcast to plug this show (episode is called "The WrestleMania XL Fantasy Draft with Phil Schneider"). It's right at the start of the show, starts at 2:50. I won't spoil it, but the highlight for me was Phil's story about a DM he got, around the 11:30 mark. https://podbay.fm/p/the-masked-man-show

Meant to say that I appreciate the reminder that it's time for me to start thinking about picking movies for this year's contest. 6 months already since the last one ended. It goes so fast.

New wrestling crossword! https://twitter.com/avalanchestyle/status/1769006958902648838

How much would I have to contribute for me to be allowed to hand out crosswords at the show?

New wrestling crossword!

New wrestling crossword: https://twitter.com/avalanchestyle/status/1753804536400200089

No. Or at least, no one asked HHH about him.

Seeing on Twitter that Slim Jim is already back in with the Rumble sponsorship btw.

Well, they fired the guy named in the lawsuit, and probably some other people later too. Decades of injustice completely fixed, just like that. It was a dark two days, but everything is right again. Now, as members of the WWE Universe, let's all tune in for the Royal Rumble tonight, the first stop on the road to WrestleMania!

I'd suggest that anyone not prepared to ask that sort of question should just not attend. Either leave it to the adults, or if there are no adults, then have no one show up. It doesn't even really matter if someone has the guts to hold their feet to the fire at their dumb Royal Rumble press conference, but come on. How could someone possibly show up and lob some ridiculous softball question after this.

Do we know what the rules are for the cage match on Collision? I thought it was 3-on-3 elimination but the graphic tonight said "escape the cage".

New wrestling crossword! https://twitter.com/avalanchestyle/status/1746193384631308378

Huh. An indie show dedicated to DEAN! I don't know exactly who all is involved with this, but I know that ACTION Wrestling is run by Matt Griffin aka Jacey North, and they typically put together great shows.

Very out of the loop on hockey but this seems to be a big deal?

New wrestling crossword: https://twitter.com/avalanchestyle/status/1738580219319943423

I think Brody and Kingston can actually get through too, if Brody ends up 4-1 and then Kingston, Claudio, and Andrade are all at 3-2 with Kingston having wins over those other two. Maybe I'll just stick to crosswords.

Assuming there are no draws, I think there are only 4 possibilities for the 2 wrestlers who advance from the Blue block: Bryan & Andrade Brody & Andrade Claudio & Andrade Bryan & Kingston Keep an eye on that Bryan vs. Brody match though. If that one ends in a draw, it opens up a lot of other possibilities.

I'm not sure this is right. If Mox and Rush win, then second place is another rock-paper-scissors unresolvable tie between White, Rush, and Swerve, isn't it?

I would like the Blue block to end up with Bryan vs. Claudio in a "must win to advance" situation, with Claudio iffy on whether to take advantage of his stablemate Bryan's vulnerable eye. I would also like to see Brody King squash the fuck out of Daniel Garcia. Like I know the tournament has been all about having long matches that try to get as many stars as possible, and I like Garcia as much as anyone, but just go a different direction with this one and further establish Brody as the man to beat in this block.

So looking at the last 2 matches for everyone in the Gold block, I'm pretty sure they'll be having Swerve beat Mox. Whoever wins that match (Swerve imo) is guaranteed to advance. Then the week after that, you would have Mox vs. Jay White, presumably with both of them coming in at 3-1, and the winner of that match would be the second place finisher in the block. I can't even tell what they're doing with the scheduling in the Blue block. Danielson missed the first week and is doing 2 matches this week, and Brody apparently isn't wrestling this week. That one's going to be a bit tougher to figure out.

I'm a little scared to ask this, but: is it still possible for someone who's 0-2 to win the tournament? Best they can do in the round robin stage is 3-2, obviously.

Early this morning TK tweeted a 2 hour, 46 minute video recapping the entire Athena-Billie Starkz angle. (Fully out of the loop on ROH, but I'm going to try to watch it!) Anyway, due to the length of the video, I just saw someone refer to it as "Killers of the Ember Moon"

New wrestling crossword! Hey, the tweet embedded properly, look at that.