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Two good wrestling articles today. Brandon Thurston's From Defiance to Dignity: CM Punk's Redemptive Turn Towards Nihilism & Mike Johnson's Someone is Going to Die: A Warning

The ring announcer is utterly convinced that Arn is Gene.

I've been waiting since they started the Network for this match to go up. Still holds up today.

You get points alone for the Dave Parker tribute.

Deonna Purrazo, much like Serena Deeb, simply isn't over. She doesn't connect to the AEW crowd in any way.

Here's Meltzer the week before the Bash. According to Bix, the film was called "The Overlords" and was never released.

Fale is out due to a death in the family. He'll be replaced by Kojima.

A bunch of challenges for Stardom belts coming.

I like Gage okay. I just couldn't be bothered to care about yet another rehash of Shooter's Secret Wars.

What is the whole deal with Kazuki Hirata ripping off Magnum Tokyo's entrance completely?

Orville Peck has joined the cast as well. Unless he's playing Vega, one wonders if he's dropping his mask for good.

Dude doesn't even know what Wilt Chamberlain looked like.

While The Phoenician Scheme isn't bad, per se; it's not one of Anderson's better films. Everbody gives a good performance, but most of the cast simply gets once scene to actually perform. The only through points are Del Toro, Threapleton (Who I didn't realize was Kate Winslet's daughter.), and Cera. Del Toro and Threapleton are excellent, with Threapleton stealing the show. Michael Cera remains Michael Cera.

Bad news Yuu will be retiring at the end of the year. Her last show will be December 28.

Meltzer reports that Julia Reilly passed away 2 months ago from natural causes. Reilly played Olive Oyl at Universal Orlando until TNA signed her to play Claire Lynch in perhaps their worst program ever.

Without Colt Cabana, the Elite would have never existed. He's the guy that laid the foundation for indy guys making good merch money.

It was slow for me last night, but works just fine now.

They've already got a bunch of comedy guys they don't use.

But I want it now.

I like Maverick, personally. I always preferred Gibson's more comedic work.

And that one match with Eddie in '89.

He claims that it was Pat and Vince's idea. That they were specifically looking for a wrestler of Portuguese ethnicity.

The worst Avenger is Havok.

I liked Deathcry. I hated how the launch of the Guardians of the Galaxy treated her. Deathcry (Sharra Neramani) basically had 3 character arcs. Joining the Avengers, and the realization that she's basically just a kid. Being imprisoned at some point, ending up being killed by Captain Universe. Being temporarily resurrected and getting her redemption arc during Dead Avengers as part of Chaos War when teaming with Swordsman, Dr. Druid, and Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara).