Skeeball Wizard

I was just watching SummmerSlam 89, and had a thought/question; were the Brainbusters the last champion of any kind in WWF to not have intro music?

Maybe not a great movie, but Tron Legacy looked amazing.

Anyone care to clue me in as to whom this is? I know it isn't Pitbull.

Not sure if its been said here yet, but apparently Flair is the leading candidate to replace Hogan.

I'm personally looking forward to the mountain of lies that will be told when Hogan is recounting this incident years from now. "Brother, all that stuff went down, and I was deported to the jungles of Siberia, and then President Obama gave me the pardon, and told me with his dying breath "I forgive you brother".

And I'm out of likes. Thank you for keeping me entertained at work, and keeping up the tradition of DVDVR dogpiling on someone showing their true and unfortunate colors. Kudos.

Bob Ryder's state of total TNA defense reminds me of a guy balancing a bunch of spinning plates

I don't get how that one is racist.... and yeah, of this whole thread, this is what my mind latched on to. *shrug* Not necessarily racist, just culturally unaware.

Fuck the fuck money. If he expects his GoFundMe to actually support himself, it'll be a miracle if he can afford to pay his actual water bill. For all the talk about "how crazy his AMA was," he made a whopping five dollars from one person off of it. Internet irony apparently doesn't pay what it used to. Internet irony has never paid well. Case in point: Snakes on a Plane

Alright why not 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Captain America: Winter Soldier 3. Captain America: First Avenger 4. Iron Man 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron 6. Avengers 7. Thor 8. Iron Man 2 9. Incredible Hulk 10. Iron Man 3 11. Thor: The Dark World Going to see Ant-Man on Friday, really curious how I will like it. Opinions seem to be all over the place, even amongst people who generally have similar opinions.

Hasn't this been known for a few weeks now? I swear it came out last month, or around then, that she wasn't interested in directing Black Panther after all those rumors came out that she had signed on.I say hire Steve McQueen, or F. Gary Gray like VileOne said - if Marvel is deadset on having a black director. What are the Wayans brothers up to?

I think Vince gave Cena one of his old suits. Or possibly David Byrne. Cena does look like he just inexplicably found himself in a shotgun shack.

R-Truth says what's up. Yes, yes he does. Quite alot actually.

Yup. Me too. Hold on, let me get this straight. You take a character, add in his real life personality, give him a stated goal and people will actually want to see him on a wrestling show? Someone get this to the WWE writers room, STAT. I think that if WWE capitalized on this, they'd have to make sure that they make us care about Cody Rhodes as a character and not as an extension of Dusty. I'd argue that Rey and Chavo were both hurt when they just wanted to "honor" Eddie Guerrero. That blog post would be a great start, talk about Cody's individual reasoning, make us invest in Cody and it becomes about how Dusty motivated Cody to achieve his dream. With Rey and Chavo, it was like Eddie was someone messaging through them. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get me to care about seeing Cody Rhodes as WWE World Champion and not Dusty Rhodes's son as WWE World Champion. Once Dusty's passing becomes ancient history, we still need a reason to care about Cody. I hear you. My point is the motivation for this blog post could have been made apparent 5 years ago. How many times do people see stuff like this and it makes them infinitely more interesting that what they have going on now? It's not a matter of making someone a top star or world champion, just a matter of making people relate to them and therefore interesting. I think it's a pretty well regarded idea that most of the roster is alot more interesting than their characters would suggest. Watching a couple episodes of "Up Up Down Down" really reinforced that idea to me.

I thought Trainwreck was pretty good, both Lebron and Cena killed in their roles. Agreed on the dramedy point, yet another hallmark of Apatow, along with a far too long running time. There were quite a few scenes I was dying laughing at; the rest of the theater, sans one other guy and my wife, seemed completely unaware of what they had gotten themselves into. Also, there were maybe 15 people in the theater, at a 10PM show, that can't be good.

1. Where did you grow up, and what was it like? Just outside Minneapolis, MN. It was a smallish suburban area, as I got older the criminal activity of the bigger neighboring city bled into it pretty heavily. 2. Was anyone else in your family into movies? If so, what effect did they have on your moviegoing tastes? Not really. My uncle who I was pretty close with let me watch whatever I wanted, which meant no restrictions. 3. What's the first movie you remember seeing, and what impression did it make on you? Return of the Jedi. I was awestruck. 4. What's the first movie that made you think, "Hey, some people made this. It didn't just exist. There's a human personality behind it." Beastmaster. The inclusion of the ferrets made me wonder how they got them to do what they wanted since animals can't listen and understand like humans. 5. What's the first movie you ever walked out of? My Father the Hero. Only went because the girls my friends and I were with wanted to see it. We left and snuck in to Ace Ventura. 6. What's the funniest film you've ever seen? Probably the 40 Year Old Virgin. 7. What's the saddest film you've ever seen? Nothing really comes to mind. I usually avoid sad movies. 8. What's the scariest film you've ever seen? As a kid, Nightmare on Elm Street terrified me. 9. What's the most romantic film you've ever seen? The Wedding Singer. 10. Is there a movie that you think is great, or powerful, or perfect, but that you never especially want to see again, and why? A Clockwork Orange. I understand that it was good, and I enjoyed it, but it was pretty brutal to get through. 11. What movie have you seen more times than any other? Summer School. I used to rent it every Friday for like an entire year as a kid, and continue to rewatch as an adult. 12. What was your first R-rated movie, and did you like it? Halloween 2. I thought it was awesome. 13. What's the most visually beautiful film you've ever seen? Avatar. Such beautiful scenery, shame the movie was pretty lame. 14. Who are your favorite leading men, past and present? Woody Harrelson, Bruce Willis and as a youngster, Christian Slater. 15. Who are your favorite leading ladies, past and present? Milla Jovovich, Marissa Tomei and Patricia Arquette. 16. Who's your favorite modern filmmaker? John Carpenter. So many great films to choose from, Halloween, Escape from NY, They Live, I'd even put Dark Star up there. 17. Who's your least favorite modern filmmaker? M.Night Shamalan. Hack city. 18. What film do you love that most people seem to hate? Dude, Where's my Car? It's a super fun, goofball comedy and it has basically become a punchline. 19. What film do you hate that most people love? Armageddon. Such obvious emotional button pushing, and that fucking soundtrack, UGH! 20. Tell me about a moviegoing experience you will never forget—not just because of the movie, but because of the circumstances in which you saw it. My friends and I took the bus over to Minneapolis and saw Mighty Ducks at the dollar theater. We had all already seen it at least twice, and being the only 5 people in the theater, we were cheering, booing and at the end, threw our popcorn in the air in celebration. Obnoxious kids, we were. 21. What aspect of modern theatrical moviegoing do you like least? The price. It's gotten absurd. 22. What aspect of moviegoing during your childhood do you miss the most? Not having much of a clue what to expect in a movie going in. 23. Have you ever damaged a friendship, or thought twice about a relationship, because you disagreed about whether a movie was good or bad? Nah, that's pretty ridiculous. 24. What movies have you dreamed about? Too many to name. 25. What concession stand item can you not live without? Cookie dough bites, I always stop at the dollar store on my way to the theater so I can sneak then in.

My first exposure to Harley Race was as a Survivor Series teammate of Andre the Giant, Mr Perfect etc. I remember wondering aloud "This guy is king?!" Ah, the naivety of youth.

I'd like to think WWE would be a little more careful about using copyrighted material, people actually watch WWE.

From what I know, DelRay had no interest in an on air role and was looking to step away from the ring when she was hired anyway.

The first exposure I had to Windham was as the Widowmaker on WWF TV. I thought he was awesome and was super disappointed when he quietly left and didn't make it to Survivor Series.

Look on the bright side, at least Balor and Becky aren't being dressed like Hornswaggle. Did you see Becky's NXT debut. She literally jigged to the ring. And then in an interview in the build up to Banks/Lynch she talked about how ridiculous it was.

I also just got into OB, burned through 2 seasons in about a week and a half. Season 2 was just bonkers, can't wait for season 3. I find myself worried that the show could go flying off the rails at any moment, which is easy for something with so many moving parts.

WWF @ St. Paul, MN - Civic Center - November 22, 1989 (3,700) Tugboat defeated Barry Horowitz Rick Martel defeated Brutus Beefcake The Powers of Pain defeated the Bushwhackers Dino Bravo defeated Jimmy Snuka Mr. Perfect defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out Ron Garvin defeated Greg Valentine The Genius defeated Mark Young Jake Roberts defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification I don't remember alot of this, but I do remember seeing Mr Perfect and Greg Valentine hanging out together backstage, from where my friend and I were sitting we could see through a gap in the curtain, and it was fascinating.

I believe it was him having a crew that each one represented one of the 7 deadly sins. Or that was a dream I had.

"Big Juice" has got to be the most accurate nickname ever in this case.