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I mean, Square Enix publishes like a million games so that's just steady as she goes.

Regarding good overbooked matches, Raven vs. Saturn at Fall Brawl '98 doesn't get really good until the overbooking. It depends on well-executed overbooking to go from "solid match" to "great match." Then again, if something has a lot of ga-ga, but the ga-ga enhances the match, then it isn't really overbooked. It's well-booked. I submit that we change the term overbooked match to the term gagaful match. Or jibberjabberful match, I'm not picky.

"Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat." - Ancient Klingon Proverb

I ended up buying Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Asako I & II and Happy Hour on Blu Rays. All three were coming off Criterion Channel within the last two months and rather than 'binge watch' (where I would lose any connection to the viewing experience and it would be a race against the clock), I did that instead. I had gotten Drive My Car on Criterion blu ray too. (I also got Damnation and Satantango on Blu Ray. Watching Satantango and Happy Hour would be a full day) What's weird is other online reviews I've seen hated Evil Does Not Exist. One person on an AMC reddit actually said he almost walked out of the showing, seeing other people walk out.

I had no idea this match was booked, nor any idea who this kid was, so I assumed it was just an insane typo when I read the Triller show teaser at 7:59pm and saw "Dax Harwood vs Dynamite Kid Tommy Billington." Shit, Randy Orton didn't start out just straight up wrestling as Barry O.

I looked it up and saw "deathcore" and said no thank you haha. Sorry.

RIP JFA drummer Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB4ZxVBgi8U

Square Enix announced a new multi-platform strategy where games will "include Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs" They also said they would be focusing on "quantity" over " quality"

I prayed for this and it happened is still my favourite line from a wrestling promo in 2024.

Uncut Gems on Imax! Thanks for the tip. I'll be there too. I'm happy for you to have both Good Time and the Curse waiting for you. Can You Forgive Me is another McCarthy dramatic turn worth taking a look at. I like a lot of docs, but I get what you're saying and especially about ...Heaven. Loved it. So stoked for Evil Does Not Exist. I loved Drive My Car. And really liked both Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Asako I&II. Also, thanks for the heads up on the Karen Dalton doc. I'm a fan since the Light in the Attic reissue campaign 15 years ago. I won't expect too much. I'm just in need of filling in some details on her story.

Two really great matches tonight - Desperado/Fujita in particular felt really special. I don't think he's even making he final 4, but I certainly would not be against New Japan deciding to hitch their wagon on Fujita now, he has a connection that, Wato or YOH for example, did not have at this stage in their career. Hiromu vs DOUKI was great too, they just naturally gel together I think. Also really enjoyed Titan/BUSHI and Eagles/Moloney in particular. Overall it was a fun show with a hot crowd.

The schedule is releasing on Wednesday which means in the lead up the NFL will release bits and pieces as teasers This morning they announced that the season opening game will be Ravens vs Chiefs (Thurs, Sept 5)

Is it though?

I was wondering how long it would take for the Thibs minutes to catch up to the Knicks, and it has done so with a vengeance. Honestly, would anyone be surprised if Indy takes the series now? Combine the injuries with the dudes playing 45 minutes per game, and it's just not sustainable. If they somehow survive this series, Celtics sweep them easily.

EVIL and the House of Torture fucking suck.

Surely it's not a case of EVIL being over in Japan but Gedo just refusing to back down at this point, right? The Twitter/Reddit meltdown how been hilarious though

for those who just can't get enough of MAIN EVENT EVIL... oh joy

Random-ish YouTube video: Audrey Hepburn on Johnny Carson Watch as the conversation sorta veers into and out of obvious awkwardness. People found out eventually that Carson was introverted off camera and Audrey is really quiet. Since this was when Carson was 90 minutes, watch them walk for 10+ minutes. Also, Audrey sounding really Dutch at points (well, that’s one of her native languages)

And this was before Thibs left his players in down 40 in the 2nd half.

Now, I will be the first to admit that we'd probably at BEST be 2-2 in this series, but goddamn has the reffing in the Panthers series been atrocious. My friend Josh, who is a panthers fan even texted me with "I can't even make a choking joke about the Bruins because I don't think we win that game if the ref didn't give that goal." Combine that with the sucker punch and yeah, I don't see the Panthers-Bruins rivalry going away anytime soon. I have a feeling at least once in 2024-25 we'll have a line brawl.

The Flair Paisanos thing would be an amazing thing for some wrestling fed to parody if not for one fed being run by a Ric Flair superfan and the other fed being one that kinda sorta employs Flair At the risk of the Bucks parodying the Paisanos video

Isn't this just his last year as a full time wrestler? Its not actual retirement he is doing as far as I can tell.

The replay featuring Murray staring at Kevin Harlan as he calls the shot is amazing.

Looking forward to Shingo Takagi vs. Henare, Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Best of the Super Juniors 31 final. See Tetsuya Naito challenging Jon Moxley at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024.

C&P from f4wonline.com: Here is the updated lineup for Dominion, June 9th: IWGP World Heavyweight title: Jon Moxley defends against EVIL NEVER Openweight title: Shingo Takagi defends against Henare KOPW 2024: Yuya Uemura defends against Great-O-Khan NJPW World Television title: Jeff Cobb defends against Tomohiro Ishii Four-way tornado elimination match for IWGP & NJPW Strong Tag Team titles: ELP & Hikuelo (NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions) vs. KENTA & Chase Owens (IWGP Tag Team Champions) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) Best of the Super Juniors 31 final.