Cobra Commander

for all the disappointment I read about Uso vs Uso, I wasn't aware of there being a reason why we should have expected a lot there.. I mean, they were both in the Rumble for a long time and sorta slept through most of it.. there's probably been really good Uso tag matches that I'm not aware of.. but I mean... I think Uso vs Uso going in the middle of night 1 probably should have been a hint to curb expectations? then again, we had more matches on night 1 than night 2 anyways, so imagine how much longer the main event goes if it was 6 matches instead of 7

was that the longest Rock match ever (that wasn't an iron man match or battle royal)? In theory, it would make a lot of sense for Seth Rollins' side quest to lead to McIntyre winning tomorrow, but hey, we're acting like Drew hasn't signed yet, so..

Things I Remember From The First Night of Wrestlemania 40: Becky Lynch and Rhea Ripley had a fun match, lots of ways to get to a pumphandle slam Spotzz in the Tag Team title ladder match. Lots of spots. There's two different champs now too. Splitting between Awesome Truth and the Roofie Patrol. Jason Kelce is here to help out Rey and Andrade. That match was fun-ish. Not really as good as Rey/Dom last year. Congrats to Carlito on wearing a shirt in that weather. Smart man. Good Uso beats Evil Uso. Always amusing to see "MAIN EVENT JEY USO" for matches where he's working halfway through the card. Gotta aspire to have a spot that's better than your spot. Jade looking like a star again in that six man tag. Somebody finally beats Gunther. Guessing that Gunther's off to WWE title country as soon as he can leave the country. Also guessing Sami and Gable are on a collision course. Sami with the upset "winning with a relative in the front row" victory. It really is a new era in the WWE, Hunter. Congrats to the Rock on not (obviously) hurting himself tonight and on taking more bumps than you'd expect. Heels win night one because duh. Tomorrow night it's Clusterfuck Rules for the title.

Mike Rotunda looks as if he has aged reasonably well even with the recent awful news he had to go through. It's nice to see Barry Windham up and about after his recent health problems. I only tuned on the Peacock during the US Express induction so I don't have anything to say about what happened before it. Also, gotta love Mike Rotunda noting the punt pass and kick story (JR would fistpump happily on getting to hear about that again) and how the crowd reaction changed slightly from him mentioning the Steelers and then the Eagles.

Anyways, the non-zero probability of an earthquake during Wrestlemania is an interesting factor for the next 2 days you know damn well Vince wouldn’t stop the show if it was a fatal earthquake

Do the basketball coaches have the same “get me a raise” agency as CFB coaches or is it a different group?

nice of them to put Meng in the front row to make sure nobody tried anything like a few years ago

please pass the collection plate after that Thunderbolt speech

Tang is staying at K-State for more money

South Carolina vs Iowa for the women’s title on Sunday (don’t worry, there was a controversy over a foul call in Iowa/UConn)

The Irish Bodydonna, David "Fit" Finley

Super-niche wrestling gimmick ideas A preppy rich dude who specializes in Palm Strikes from Isle Of Palms, South Carolina.

rumors that Jerome Tang (K-State) is a top candidate for the Arkansas job in before Jerome Tang gets more money from K-State?

yeah his defense is a lot worse than the time that I was playing a form of hockey in a gym floor on a basketball court, and I kept swinging my stick into other people's hands

I was thinking more like "person falsely claiming he could book other people into matches" than "person claiming to be the bosses favorite" maybe Ronnie P. Gossett showing up claiming to be the new announcer in Memphis comes to mind here too

The Mets still haven’t won but to be fair, look at the strength of their schedule so far

as rumored for a few days, Eric Musselman bolts Arkansas for USC

Harley taking one nastea plunge and hungering the simplicity of taking backdrops on the floor instead

this would be a solid Vince McMahon gimmick if not for 1) Vince likely having no idea what the fuck SCTV was 2) Vince's current/future legal problems

if I were an on-screen wrestling persona, I'd wonder how many segments I could get out of knocking off Joe Flaherty's Guy Caballero character until enough people figured out what was going on now, i'm still pretty tired of on-screen authority figures but I could embrace the idea of someone falsely claiming to be an authority figure

Things I remember from most of this week's edition of AEW Dynamite: I tuned in during the Danielson match because the Royals were rain delayed by 5 hours and lost during the first hour Jericho is trying to sponge off of Hook Billy Gunn/Jay White was fun Willow with a fun promo that almost feels like Mone stepped on Willow's promo Trent loses in front of his mom and then turns heel in front of his mom. Nice counter to the double knees. Excellent headbutt sell by Thunder Rosa Hey Swerve, never fight a Samoan Is that contract legally valid? Joe just runs down and casually kicks Swerve in the balls before the table spot I might remember to watch the show on Saturday night after Wrestlemania

also the mayor of Dallas has floated the idea of bringing another team to the area after the Chiefs news, a plan which only requires the Dallas Cowboys to give up turf in their backyard, which means it's not happening

the vote went 58/42 no.. some of the confusion might involve how they had to word it on the ballot since they wanted to repeal a tax through 2031 and replace it with a longer tax, and it had to be worded a certain way to do that but yeah, the Royals were changing plans during the campaign, the Chiefs didn't mention what they'd do until 6 days pre-election it was not well planned and this was the election day they wanted instead of August (state primary day) or November (the Presidential election)

the Jackson County vote that would have moved the Royals to downtown KCMO in a few years went down and went down hard the surprise wasn't that suburban Jackson County voted against moving the stadium farther away from them, the surprise was that KCMO also voted against it the question also had some spending for Arrowhead renovations that they didn't announce until late in the campaign so it is possible to run a campaign endorsed by the people who won the Super Bowl 2 months ago and still lose because you were hashing out your proposals during the campaign truly a masterclass in how to fuck things up anyways.. I'd suspect something gets figured out since the Royals/Chiefs leases don't expire until 2031 but until then, more threats!