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It's Cueball Carmichael. Longtime Mid-Atlantic indy guy.

You are painting a beautiful picture with words, man. No further analysis needed. So perfect. As a dude that grew up in a neighborhood with hella eses, that is what is known as a "Mongolian". Pretty goofy looking haircut, but most of the dudes I knew that wore it were not to be told as such. Much like I figure Bruiser probably never heard about how dumb it was. Not really much of a reach there on either side, especially Collyer. Trained by Dean and used the name in BattlARTS and NJPW. I was always partial to his work as the Metal Master in Michinoku Pro. He's a magician and a mentalist now, apparently.

Sam Dyson's girlfriend is accusing him of DV. She posted about it on her own account as well, but the one that is getting noticed is the account for Dyson's cat that she runs as well: I fucking despise human beings. They are the most disgusting animals I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with.

Anyone else getting an error in which you can get audio, but the only video is the inset box full of snow? When I REW/FF, the true video shows up in that box, but then when I play again, full black screen, small box as if I am scrobbling with the digital snow. Fire TV is the device, I haven't loaded the app on anything else to see if it is platform-wide, regardless of device.

Not a Dodger problem anymore, but a bummer nonetheless. I'm a big fan of this dude. I can't imagine anybody is going to cut him a major league deal with this TJ-lite surgery happening. Article says he'll be ready by June, but 39 and surgery to fix a UCL issue sounds like the end of a career. https://www.dodgersnation.com/dodgers-news-rich-hill-undergoes-surgery-will-not-be-ready-for-opening-day/2019/11/25/

Is Dawson too sweet-ing? Funny stuff

Wouldn't both of those phrases have been included in the sale of WCW? They used them as PPV titles. I don't understand the way any of this works. I get "The Match Beyond" since it was just like an extra tag line, but now with BATB and these two, I'm totally fucking confused.

All of your points are super money, and I really like the picture you paint of his look. Fucking spot on. Also, if he's going to be Mr. Go Crazy and staple gun everyone, maybe he can work on not leaving so much fucking daylight in between the stapler and his victims? Hard to buy you as a bloodthirsty freak when it's so obvious you are working your weapon shots. I'm not asking for him to actually go out and staple gun everyone, but maybe it only comes out to play when you have a person willing to actually take a stapling.

I really enjoy that transposing one letter makes that nickname so insulting. It should also be noted that 4 @ $73MM means he makes the exact same money as the deal he signed with MIL, as it breaks down to $18.25 per. Likes his chances in the AL Central as opposed to the NL, I guess? Or maybe the opportunity to DH on days he's not behind the dish. Pretty decent sock over the last couple of years, so not a bad choice to use him as such.

Darby Allin is a motherfucking STAR. Moxley killed him dead again and again and again and he kept coming. I was starting to worry that they were going to do another time limit draw as the minutes kept ticking down and we got some 2 counts, but it was put together really well as it pertains to coming up against the top of the hour. That avalanche Paradigm Shift was so goddamn brutal in real time, and in the replays, it's so evident how much of his body is underneath Darby. Looked great and appears to be (relatively) safe, at least against a dude Darby's size. I really enjoyed the promo with Hager speaking for Jericho, and it really got good when SCU played the big dope into defending next week. I popped for Scorpio calling Jericho a "Paragon Of Virtue". Scorpio should come out of this looking like a guy that is a genuine threat to the strap in a losing effort, either via Hager fuckery or crafty heel work from the champ. The Luchasaurus - Hager interaction has me pretty jazzed about those two big old beefy dudes throwing bombs. Probably won't happen soon, as Hager seems like he's a little too far up the card to be bothered by an undercard guy in a tag team, but I think they are missing the boat if they don't pay it off at some point. While I am not super into the idea of Billy Gunn on TV, I thought he did exactly the perfect job here, but the company should have thought more about him not eliminating quite so many folks. Him looking to have an ass-off with Sonny Kiss or admiring Sonny's ass or whatever the fuck it was was really fun, and he came off as so pissed when MJF fucked up his good time with Sonny and OC. By the way, outside of the super dark spray tan, MJF looks fucking good in tights. I think from looking at his face, I thought he would be a little softer body-wise, but he's really well put-together. I missed the Dark Order vignette that folks are talking about, so I will have to see if they post it on YT or if not, I'll pull up the show in the TNT app and zip through it and check it out. I also missed most all of PP / P&P, but that was a conscious decision, mostly because I feel like I have seen everything PP has to offer, and it just doesn't quite do it for me. I liked that they went over, especially if it was in honor of the kid Matt Travis that died the other day, but their shit is all flash and no substance in between. I enjoyed Fenix - Nick Jackson, it was pretty much exactly what I was expecting from them. I liked Nick's quasi-confusion about looking into the corner for a tag. Nice touch. I didn't feel like the handshake refusal should be anything huge, Fenix applauded his effort, but he and his brother have been pretty dastardly lately, so why the fuck would he be out here shaking hands and kissing babies? Really good show, and moved everything forward for us to get to next week.

Big Swole is neither big nor swole. I hear a name like that and I think of a woman that looks like Jazzy Gabert. I understand that "Skinny Shred" is not as cool sounding, but it sure fits her body type more accurately. Britt Baker is not real good. Kris Statlander didn't look to be too great either, and she was leaps and bounds better than Baker. As this women's division keeps filling up, I hope they are looking to move Baker into a less prominent position.

Neidhart is a spitting image for Bill DeMott here. It took me a minute to wrap my brain around who it was. I'm assuming those are the Florida (CWF) tag titles?

Standard home and away and alt home are just peachy keen, alt road is wack. Looks like a rec league softball uni. State shaped sleeve patch is badass, but that wheat stalk stitches patch is the thing dreams are made of. Fucking great.

I watched it on Thursday night. I loved it when I saw it in theaters when I was a kid, then saw it again a time or two, but not in probably 20 years or so. I agree that it held up really well, but I do have the criticism that they should have gone with something closer to the Ray Bolger makeup / appliance for the Scarecrow's look. The single expression mask looks fucking excellent, but in the little bit of dialogue he has, it bugs me that his face doesn't move. I will also say that Fairuza Balk does a really good job in mimicking Judy Garland's stilted, dopey delivery of her lines. It really helps to solidify the connection to the MGM film. She did some great work, especially considering that she got an "Introducing" credit in it. Got to be tough for a kid to try to pick up and take over a character so beloved. I think tonight I will shoot for the other dark, creepy fantasy picture from the same era in The Black Cauldron. I'd like to turn my 10 year old on to it.

I think it's nice that there is something at least being mentioned, but if you have ever seen any of the Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes DVDs, I feel like the WB disclaimer does a better job of making it known that these things exist and are not being just pushed aside as "It was a thing that happened back then!!"

Their dead best pitcher tossed himself to a 4.29 ERA with a WHIP of 1.26. He was good for 0.9 WAR to the point of his death, but I don't know that he is the difference maker over the course of an entire season. The points on Ohtani and Trout are wholly accurate. But it would seem that by stating that they'll be better in 2 years lines up with my outlook that they won't be immediate contenders, be it in a divisional race or a WC. I think we are making the same point from different angles. There's an awful lot of high-end pitching out there to be had in FA, but I'm not sure that ANA lands any of them. We are talking about a team who decided that Matt Harvey and Trevor Cahill were the arms they needed to shore up the rotation around Ohtani, Canning and Heaney. A more likely scenario for them would probably be overpaying for Zack Wheeler after missing the bus on Cole or Bumgarner. If they land a Cole or Strasburg or Bumgarner then it's a different conversation, but they haven't shown themselves to be able to land that big fish lately.

Certainly a possibility, but I don't hold him in the same regard as most folks seem to. To me, that guy is the managerial equivalent of paying FA's a zillion dollars for their decline years. Good baseball mind, did some really good work in Tampa, parlayed that into the CHC gig and then almost fucked away Game 7 with piss poor managerial decisions. The story ended the right way for Cub fans, but to not be able to capitalize on that roster full of studs seems like an underachievement, regardless of the drought ending. I feel like he's a hire that makes casual baseball folks think a team is doing the right thing, but realistically is not the first-tier hire he's made out to be. Also, we are talking about a team that finished 35 games out this season. I'm not sure we are talking about an immediate turnaround that allows them to leapfrog both TEX and OAK and be a contender right away.

Fuck Anaheim right in their stupid faces for not being better to support him. I hate the fucking AL, but in a perfect world, Trout has rings for seven fingers. The only exceptions being 2017 and 2018 so my beloved Boys in Blue could have won. And not to insinuate that they haven't been decent, but a player like that deserves more than one playoff appearance that ended in a sweep.

Cody Bellinger, NL MVP. From the SI article: Bellinger was selected first on 19 of 30 ballots and second on 10 more, beating out Yelich, the runner-up who was named first on 10 ballots and second on 18. Rendon was named first and second on one ballot each. Joins Newcombe and Robinson as Dodgers to win the ROY and MVP.

I totally can see your Devitt comparison for Guevara. The difference between the two is that Devitt was a fuckhead that I wanted to like because he was so cool, whereas Sammy really nails down the "hate me" vibe. Is "athleticism" coded language for "black dude"? Like, I get how you could make that point, but that is a thing that I am unfamiliar with. And the power lifter thing, is that because she was thick through the bottom half? I don't have any idea what a powerlifter should look like beyond that Mark Henry / Scott Norton / Ted Arcidi body type, I have no idea how that translates to a woman's body.

He was in a 6 man on last week's show, but no PPV matches yet. He was also an entrant in the Casino Battle Royale, but that was on the preshow.

All really excellent points. I didn't mean that he needed to plaster Moxley with bombs, but a little bit more would have been a nice touch. Also, I went and checked his Twitter. This is the shit. That is some real deal feelings type shit for pro wrestling, and I love it. "I didn't want the friendship to just be given. I wanted to deserve it." That is fucking AWESOME.

If we are going to hammer home how great it is that some of these ladies have the kind of bodies that we enjoy to look at, can we also get running on how fucking GORGEOUS Jungle Boy is? Every single time I see him on TV, I find myself staring at him like we are in junior high and I have a crush. I think he's too young for me, but that doesn't take away from how handsome I think he is. Anyway, I enjoyed the show very much, although it did feel like it was a little all over the place. MJF promo was money, but as mentioned above, he and Wardlow need to be their own deal. No Inner Circle membership, please. That goddamn dinosaur is over as fuck. I liked that Marko was into grabbing the Creeper mask before Jungle Boy intervened and reminded him that the dino mask is where he needs to be. That shot of the three of them after Luchasaurus save was truly excellent. PAC and Page was fun, and I liked the amping up of the brutality to beat Hangman. I don't know who I was expecting to answer Moxley, but I popped pretty huge when Darby accepted. That match should be fun as fuck. Santana and Ortiz are goofy as fuck. I loved the "Hey Brandon, we lied!!". The place went apeshit when the bathroom door opened for Orange Cassidy and Santana played it so great by just slowly pulling it closed. Nyla looked a whole lot better than she has, I'm hoping she really falls into place. How much of that was Danni Jordan pinballing for her, who knows? We shall see. I wonder if the endgame with the Kong / Brandi deal is to make Nyla the big bad of the women's division? Kong keeps taking trophies and runs through everyone until she runs into Nyla. I don't think that Nyla is ready for that just yet, but I can see working out if Nyla continues to shake off the green. I wish they would have hammered home that Nakazawa was being serious to avenge Kenny, but the announce team didn't really touch on it. And maybe they don't need to, since I certainly got it, and other folks have made mention of it as well. But if that's the story they are telling, it wouldn't have hurt to have Nakazawa get some real offense in instead of just the forearm shot at the opening. Again, my biggest beef with the show this week is the way that commercial breaks kind of fuck up the flow. Peter Avalon was motherfucking the crowd, but I had to watch that on a picture in picture with no audio, then when they came back, he got cut off with no real finish to his shit talk. I'm sure it's a point of order, but it bugs me. Although to be fair, if that's all I can come up with to bitch about, then that's pretty great. Things like that seem to be less bothersome when the rest of the show is put together in a mostly smart manner and they are moving everything forward in logical ways. I'm with you, I hella like them, and am way into the in-ring stuff they do. I liked that Uno is trying to build an island of misfit toys. I mean, I guess that's what the offer to bring in Marko was. Surround himself with weirdos that he can make better. Like Raven in WCW, except maybe have guys that can actually do some damage.

Holy shit. Maybe Zaidi isn't as smart as we have been led to believe.

This is pretty bitchin'. For some reason, the 5 part serial that started DuckTales, Treasure Of The Golden Suns is not in order. They stuck it in as episodes 37-41 of season 1 for some reason. I am going fucking devour all the Disney Afternoon stuff with my boys. They are aware of DuckTales and Rescue Rangers because of my bootleg copies and the NES games, but none of the rest of it, so they'll get to enjoy Darkwing Duck and The Gummi Bears and TaleSpin and all that. I've never seen all of Gargoyles, so that's one that I am looking forward to. There is so much goddamn stuff here, it seems really daunting to even think about where I want to start. Silly Symphonies seems like as pretty great spot to start, and work it out from there. I searched for the Oswald The Lucky Rabbit stuff, but no go. That's one I'd love to be able to see in as decent a quality as exists. The Disney years might be all public domain stuff, though. I guess I know what my family's TV watching is going to consist of until Opening Day comes around next year.