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not to spoil anything coming up in 1984 but 2 around this time comes off like someone who would end up being hated by the fans who were backups on a sports team with a tyrant head coach. Just having 2 being a crusty old fart kinda unintentionally makes him come off like twilight years full-alcoholic Bear Bryant. From what i've seen in 1984, and this might be the case pre-84, but the WWE Network versions of these shows sorta suffer by not having local promos included.

Commanders sure do love talking to the media if the play by play of Bieniemy interviewing is any indicator Ron Rivera has had 4 offensive coordinators in Carolina and DC. One has become a head coach (Rob Chudzinski, for a year in Cleveland), the others were Mike Shula, Norv Turner, and Scott Turner. That’s slightly less promising than the recent Commanders history with offensive coordinators where Sean McVay became a head coach and a few more OCs are head coaches now with a job or two in-between being the Commanders OC and being an NFL Head Coach.

It’s not on YouTube anymore but someone made a compilation of IRS promos and they’re so bad and repetitive. Bray gets his charisma from his mother doesn’t he?

I once got my car inspected at a place where the old man operating the shop was watching Regis and Kelly and commenting on how hilarious he found Regis to be. It’s been awhile so hopefully he’s still in business even if he might have switched mid-morning shows in his place by now.

I'm sure that the planning has been going on for a little bit, but having a situation where half the league's local TV rights get terminated around 2 weeks before opening day is less than ideal Not to mention a bunch of teams not getting paid for their rights, or not getting paid at the rate that they're used to once MLB takes it over. Which is gonna put some teams into more of a revenue crunch. Half the league is gonna be off of local TV and a bunch of people who would just watch through the way they've watched for years maybe might get to watch through MLB.tv but who really knows. It's possible this could work out long term, or this could be the event that pushes MLS ahead of MLB for March-October sports in this country.

I mean, it's not like AEW actually has DQs anyways. If we're talking "if this was a fight" strategy.. there is a logical reason for a non-ten count pin or two during this match for the sake of getting a brief break to do a 10 count. But a wrestler would have reason to not go for 'needless' pinfall attempts unless they think they can pin the other guy or pin him and get a 10 count. Also... considering an hour of the show is MJF/Danielson... even with how long AEW PPVs can be, I'd think that they're not going much past 20-25 minutes with this Texas Death Match, especially since Moxley will be bleeding from the bell.

Not sure who announced their show first, but Laredo got a Smackdown pre-Rumble (January 27th) and Dynamite tonight (February 15th). So both WWE and AEW visited the 186th largest media market (out of 210) with a 3 week gap between their shows which is an interesting decision by one of the two (depending on which one announced first). Looking at Wrestletix, WWE sold 7191 of 7302 seats in this arena while AEW sold 3095 of 4283 seats.

on checking Wikipedia, they don't know where Luchasaurus is either

I don't know who is brainstorming Saraya/Storm spots but someone needs a filter here. Apparently Toni Storm's ass has to smell different to maximize the impact of her running butt attack.

things I remember from this episode of Dynamite Jeff Jarrett honors the memory of his father by working as a heel a day after his dad dies. Lots of jolly bullshit spots with Singh/Cassidy then Singh tagging out, then Cassidy tagging out, then getting Billy Gunn vs Jeff Jarrett. The faces win after the world's longest scissor spot. Moxley bleeds like crazy yet again. Preston Vance also bleeds because yeah sure. JR looks old talking to Wardlow. Also Babyface Adam Cole talked to Renee in another segment. I think Josh Woods is dominating on the shows i'm not watching because he had some wins but I didn't remember who he was. Then he lost to Mark Briscoe. Jesse the Body mode ON I can't believe that Christopher Daniels, Gorilla. MJF gave him some money to make sure he could find Laredo, and Daniels thinks it was a bribe. That Christopher Daniels should be thankful that he was given a chance to get on TV but he chooses to bash MJF. MJF gave that ingrate Daniels what he deserved, Gorilla Jesse the Body mode OFF Jack Perry kinda-sorta pins Brian Cage. Then Christian Cage shows up, maces Jungle Boy, and his arm heals just in time to hit the Unprettier. Hopefully more than one Cage is allowed to get TV time at any one time around here, for the sake of Brian Cage's TV time. Also, we got multiple battle royals to set up a four way match that needed to happen instead of a straight up Acclaimed/Gunns rematch. We had some sort of backstage suspense for Adam Page vs Kip Sabian for some reason, then Page won, and Moxley came out and pretty much acted like a heel. Then the Dark Order showed up because Adam Page has the dorkiest backup friends in a promotion that has Butcher/Blade on TV. Then we get a Texas Death Match where Moxley will start bleeding during his entrance. Stokely got Hook suspended. We got all six members of the Jericho Appreciation Society in an interview. You almost need a score card to figure out who is in what faction from week to week. Saraya and Storm attacked a stunt fan pre-match. Apparently spraying Toni Storm's ass with spraypaint pre-ass smash is a spot now. That main event was weird. I guess Rubi Soho won but everybody was mad at her. Toni Storm vs Ruby Soho is a feud with origins in a Spencers Gifts at the Mall.

old school logic involved saying that guys who never made it off of practice squads were former NFL players, like Vader with the Rams, Neidhart with the Raiders, and so on, without acknowledging the truth about how little they really played. It was easier to go that route back in the old days when wrestlers pay was more or closer to NFL pay than these days, when it isn't.

I didn't even know that legendary 2011 Chief Sabby Piscatelli had an unsuccessful wrestling career. But he's with Mandy Rose, so the WWE stint worked out in the end.

"I admire Duke so much that I request that you refer to me as Baron "Coach K" Corbin" "But Corbin doesn't start with a K" "Who said it had to" Anyways, it's been long enough, they could have a tag team called the Blue Bloods who are just dudes from pretentious colleges.

More 2012 NXT? More 2012 NXT S6 E25 (December 5, 2012) Michael McGillicutty vs WWE US Champion Antonio Cesaro: Our commentators change from week to week. This week it's Tony Dawson and William Regal. I guess McGillicutty is a de facto face now. We're on a new batch of tapings, so this match is only 3 weeks old as opposed to airing mid-October matches through the entirety of November. Also the lighting seems darker than the last few episodes. McGillicutty really isn't more interesting as a non-heel. Cesaro is still pretty good though because duh. McGillicutty does get some offense in for a few moments. Uppercut and Neutralizer ends it for a Cesaro win. Tyson Kidd! Leo Kruger! It's our main event! You'd think someone who spent their youth around Teddy Hart could handle the weirdness of Leo Kruger. Jinder Mahal! Seth Rollins! Next week! Finally! Axl Keegan vs Bo Dallas: Axl looks like a scuzzy long-haired dude that was rejected from The Ascension. They have a new tron video for Bo Dallas which is starting to lay it on thick (it has an American Flag flying in-between BO on both sides). On checking Cagematch, Axl Keegan is a tall dude from Massachusetts who didn't really do anything. Both guys have a similar stripe design on their tights in different colors. Bo's physique is as flat as he believes the earth is (hey now, Bo's only a hollow earth guy). Bo wins with his shitty spear and talks after the match. Corey Graves! Yoshi Tatsu! Up next! The Raw Rebound! The Miz is subjecting his friend CM Punk to a lie detector test. Man that's a nice laptop. The Shield runs in to wreck the Miz. Team Hell No gets wrecked by the Shield. Ryback runs out too. Ryback drops CM Punk and hits him with tables, ladders, and chairs. Not sure if this was one of the times that Ryback fucked CM Punk up bad because it's Ryback. Corey Graves vs Yoshi Tatsu: Corey looking like a guy who gets told to wear long sleeves in Japan for cultural reasons. Yoshi Tatsu intercepts Corey's jacket and tosses it away. Corey attacks early and works the leg. We hear that Tatsu admired The Great Muta growing up. "Graves says he only knows 4 submission holds but he's great at all of them". Fuller Leglock wins it for Corey Graves. Tyson Kidd! Leo Kruger! Still tonight! Kruger is apparently the most unorthodox man in NXT while Bray Wyatt is on the roster. Gavin Reid vs Roman Reigns: Gavin Reid is from Wales and he's wearing blue tights with white stars. Cagematch says Reid is Stevie Starr and that he's 6'6", so he would look a little larger in there with someone who isn't Roman Reigns. Reigns dominates and wins with the side slam in a few minutes. He dumps Gavin Reid and harasses Byron Sexton some more. Tyson Kidd talks before his match and gets interrupted by Pitchwork Writer Kassius Ohno. Leo Kruger vs Tyson Kidd: Jim Ross appears and spends part of the opening to recount what happened already on this show as if he was watching it. JR saying people have told him that Tyson Kidd reminds them of the Dynamite Kid. Pretty quality back and forth in this one. Nice springboard elbowdrop by Kidd was blocked by Kruger. Tyson Kidd wins by a submission. Then Kassius Ohno jumps Kidd. "What's the reason for this" (said JR, not having seen the last segment on this show). Kruger joins in. They combine the roaring elbow with Kruger's neckbreaker. William Regal walks down to the ring to pull Tyson Kidd to safety. S6 E26 (December 12, 2012) We open with a video reminding us that Seth Rollins! Jinder Mahal! tonight! Paige vs Sasha Banks: This is Sasha's first NXT TV appearance. She has gone on to work indies in the San Jose area as Mercedes Mone. All those dudes trying to fantasy book her to replace Toni Storm just didn't know their history. Paige with a nearfall from a Fisherman's Suplex. Paige wins with the Paigeturner. Roman Reigns talks to Mr. TV Announcer. Roman harasses the announcer to remind him that "it's Roman Reigns time". Roman answers his phone and walks off before any questions are asked or answered. Once again, it took them like 7 years to get this Roman Reigns on the main roster. Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger are backstage acting menacingly in mentioning Richie Steamboat, Tyson Kidd, and William Regal. Oliver Grey vs Erick Rowan: This would be the first we've seen Rowan on this show. Rowan has a nice green tracksuit looking outfit. Rowan wins in a few minutes with a sidewalk slam as Bray watches on from the stage. Dusty Rhodes comes out to tell Vicki Guerrero that she can't make decisions about NXT and that the Bounty doesn't exist because he didn't authorize it. Camacho comes out to interrupt and he needs that bounty money. Big E Langston comes out to join the conversation. Dusty announces Big E. Langston vs Camacho and a partner in a handicap match. On checking, Hunico is "busy" with other matters at this time. Earlier Today, The Big Show, who is the WWE Smackdown Champ at this time, is angry and coming after Bo Dallas. Big Show! Bo Dallas! next week! Yay? For the NXT Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs Jinder Mahal Jinder gets 3MB lighting as this match happened after 3MB formed but before The Shield formed. Seth takes a bit of a nutty bump by getting shoved to the vicinity of the ramp after jumping onto the top rope. This match is what you'd expect an extended Seth Rollins vs Jinder Mahal match to be like in 2012. I think the one time they've done a Face Rollins vs Heel Reigns big match on the big roster was Rumble 2022 which went 14 minutes and ended in a DQ, and they haven't been able to get back to that (partly because Reigns is in the hottest storyline in the company and Rollins is doing other things). Rollins eventually beats Mahal with the Sliced Bread (which is called the Skywalker on this show and I don't think he used it regularly on the main roster). Postmatch, Corey Graves is in the front row sarcastically applauding Seth Rollins. So, more episodes later. One of these episodes is gonna be a year in review (12/26/2012).

Pestock seems like a name that would get changed because they noticed the first syllable was Pee. But this being wrestling, he didn't actually play in any NFL games. Although if we're doing a variant on his last name, Pestock pretty much rhymes with Peacock, so Corbin could claim that the Peacock steaming service is paying him to use the name Peacock unless that makes Peacock into heels until someone inevitably says that BC Peacock is using the name Peacock without their permission. Someone doing a Dukie gimmick because "i'm taking online classes from Duke now" would be even more fun since he's a heel at a heel university and he's also not a real Dukie.

meanwhile in Durham, NC

The Cardinals are playing the NFC East and AFC North next year, so there's a Cardinals/Eagles game in Philly, along with the last place schedule teams (Falcons/Bears/Texans).

As long as nobody on the Cardinals schedule watched the Super Bowl, Gannon should be fine

Watching Prime Time Wrestling from 2/13/1987 and the Evil Referee Danny Davis gimmick is a little more fun after how many people think various sports officials have some bias against their favorite teams. Gorilla claims that 60% of the United States is a one hour flight or one days drive away from the Pontiac Silverdome, which seems slightly exaggerated. Also, to paraphrase the words of 1987 Jake Roberts: "They say that lightning never strikes the same spot twice, rarely does it have to"

The set of downs that swung the game Third quarter, Eagles have the ball in the red zone (19 yard line). Get sacked on first down. Incomplete pass second down. 5 yards on third down. Kick a field goal on 4th and 6 from the 15. That field goal turned a one score lead into a one score lead and it was the final result of a 7+ minute drive. Chiefs take the lead with 12:08 left. Then the Eagles go three and out, the record punt return, and the Chiefs have an 8 point lead about 7 minutes after that field goal. Meanwhile…

The Chiefs backup QB spot might be wide open this offseason for any QBs wanting stable employment with minimal game action. Ok, the Chiefs will probably bring Chase Daniel in to handle that job.

It feels like we're due some form of offseason chaos at least with assistant coaches. Although most of us probably won't notice it.

There's no good way to make holding calls consistent. Holding pretty much happens on every play. It's like the fouls in basketball where more consistency probably makes the product worse.

Tonight's game swung on the Eagles kicking a field goal on 4th and 6 from the 15, and the Eagles punting on 4th and 3 from their 32, two calls that every or almost every NFL coach would have made. Eagles turned a 3 point lead into a 6 point lead, and then quickly gave up a go-ahead TD, then the punt was returned 65 yards and turned into another TD. No NFL coach is prepared to make the decisions necessary to fully out-sprint the Chiefs offense. You'd need to be Mike Leach levels of aggressive to make a run at it. The Eagles converted 11 third down conversions and 2 fourth downs and that still wasn't enough in a game where Hurts outpassed Mahomes by 100+ yards. Like if Hurts had thrown for 182 and got beat by Mahomes throwing for 304, then everybody would have been like "yeah, that makes sense" but it was the opposite. The best pass offense got outpassed and beat the best run offense (and also outran them) The Chiefs should still tinker a bit over this offseason before any other AFC West team really emerges. I'm not really expecting 4 Super Bowls in 5 years. Add a receiver and let one go and embrace that the system might get your receivers paid as free agents?

Anybody watching ESPN talk shows deserves all the "they shouldn't have called it" discussion that they're gonna get The Bengals call inspired rando pundits to talk about changing the rules on late hits, so I'm sure that proposals are being worked out on holding penalties so that the defense can have a little bit of holding as a treat.