Casey

What the fuck?

so, The Leftovers' final season started last Sunday and it was batshit crazy as ever.

And we're assuming Ambrose can't do the same because Steve Austin blindsided him on the Network and put him on the spot? Yeah, sure, let's compare that scenario to John Cena and The Rock, who knew they were going out there with no script and just laid into each other. Makes perfect sense. And it does matter what era they're in. The years I mentioned, they were pretty much required to be their in-ring personas at all times. Now? It's not necessary, at all. Period.

It's not the 70s, 80s, or 90s. These people don't have to stay in character all day, every day. They don't NEED to know their character inside and out, they don't need to live and breathe the character. There's not a perfectly acceptable reason for anyone to do that anymore (and, yes, it's dumb when actors do it too). Yeah, okay, he "choked". I say he was confused because for damn near an hour the interview was a straight forward, one on one, "tell me about your life and how you got here" type of podcast. Then, in the closing moments, Austin got himself worked up and tried to get Ambrose to cut a promo. Because Austin lives in that bubble that you and a lot of other people still seemingly do - that these guys need to go back to "how it used to be" and all that shit. I scoff at the idea that people think Ambrose can't cut a promo on a whim, since he's done it numerous times on the indies and was compared to Foley by a lot of people at the time. But he "chokes" after an hour long regular interview when Austin turns it into a kayfabe interview? Riiiiight.

wow, you hit the nail on the head when you said it's more quiet and cerebral this season. I'm on the second to last episode and I'm really loving it. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a season this much. Usually there's a storyline during the season I don't give a fuck about, but I'm actually invested in everything that's going on and it's all interconnected too. Dar Adal is such a fuckin' asshole. A lot of it really hits home too, considering our current political climate.

A fake promo is going to impress someone who's being hostile/disrespectful to a wrestler?

What possible reason would a worker need to be able to cut a promo on a dime during an interview that's out of character for 99.9% of the time? Is Al Roker going to ask John Cena to cut a promo on him the next time he's on the Today Show?

Yep. Looking at all the ones he's done... even the Brock Lesnar one was a non-kayfabe interview. I'm pretty sure Ambrose is the only one that he's tried to turn into a work and cut promos with. He teased something with Heyman at the end of that one in 2015, but Dean Ambrose is not Paul Heyman.

I like how it's supposedly Ambrose's fault in a lot of people's eyes that the Austin podcast went wrong. Every single one they did on the Network up until that point, and even the non-Network shows, were all out of character, just interviewing the people behind the character. Then Austin gets the bright idea (or Dunn/Vince/whoever) to flip the script and turn it into a work and try to goad Ambrose into cutting a promo on Austin. I would be confused as hell too. I get that Austin probably sees a lot of himself in Ambrose and wanted to bring the fire out of him, or whatever, but going from "tell us about your family" to "cut a fuckin' promo on me you son of a bitch" is kind of dumb.

I like how you turned the post I made about Booker T being the absolute drizzling shits on commentary into something about a Lesnar/Strowman match, simply because I used a .gif of Lesnar. I wasn't even talking about that potential match, nor was I talking about Lesnar or Strowman. I was using said gif to express my frustration that they're putting someone I loathe on commentary for 6 weeks. I don't really care about the Lesnar/Strowman match. It's whatever to me. Also, you can go eat a bunny. Or a chocolate statue of Roman Reigns. Do you.

It's time to start promoting DJ like the star he actually is. He might not bring the drama to fights like a McGregor or Jones or whoever does, but goddamnit, dude is making history and he's in contention for GOAT.

So now we're judging popularity based off one show out of the entire year?

Yeah, so Burgandy's example of Brock doing Dean no favors during their WrestleMania match last year as what the future holds in store for Braun Strowman doesn't really make any fuckin' sense (and wasn't even relevant to what I was posting about at the time either). Dean was over before and after the Brock match - Braun is over and will be over after the Brock match. And people claiming that Dean isn't one of the most over guys in all of WWE must be deaf, dumb or blind or maybe all three because he clearly is, especially in relation to the other Shield members like you mentioned.

I guess my ears are deceiving me every time his music hits. Darn, I must be gettin' old.

I'll put that $40 into my savings account instead.

Turning him into one of the most over workers on the roster? Yeah, what a fate Braun Strowman has in store for him! Oh noes.

I wouldn't pay $40 for a ticket to see Bon Jovi. But, then again, I wouldn't pay $40 to see Dio when he was alive either. Different strokes, Fowler.

Let me pretend that's a good thing. ......... I can't do it.

I'm very curious as to why Loki is there with the Grandmaster in the stadium watching Thor and Hulk fight. The end of Dark World made him a villain again, but I was kind of hoping he'd be a hero in this one since it concerns the fate of Asgard. But, who knows! I do like how he looks hella fuckin' nervous when Hulk bursts through the gate, though.

Yeah, cool, Hulk versus Thor.... but let's talk about Cate Blanchett. Good GOD!

Why would someone you assume to be dead be posting a thank you to Ring of Honor from their own Twitter account?

Good lord, r/SquaredCircle is being flooded with numerous posts questioning the legitimacy of Meltzer's reporting over the years, basically accusing him of being fake news most of the time and speculative guessing based on rumors and betting odds. If a McMahon wasn't working in the White House, I'd almost think these month old (or less) accounts are just hired disinformation "bots" .... but that would never happen.

He had a subdural hematoma and went into emergency surgery.