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Hello there. I had my colonoscopy surgery yesterday. The prep was one of the worst of the four I've had. Same for the procedure with polyps found again which needed to be removed. I'm really fucking sore. Love, Paul xxx.

This still isn't as weird as the guy who faked his death so he could blog about HK action movies instead of wrestling, then came back and shilled his blog because no one was reading it.

Or Burgundy when she was still here. I know when I am being cursed out by an actual woman when I see it. Most of the time I deserved it. Most of the time.

I've been here long enough to vaguely remember the DVDVR saga of nerdyflirtygirl and her mom. Unless it's Stefanie or JL, just assume every woman here is a hoax

I heard three minute match on WWE Main Event.

The most amazing was WWE paying out to license Gangrel of all gimmicks from White Wolf Games

Yeah that Discord is nuked, nothing in sight. Dammit. Now we gotta go looking for another one-legged lesbian who loves wrestling. That sounds like a... what's the term for something rare like that?

Dante and Randall were college aged but not in college, customer service jobs like their’s were what you did in your early 20’s if you didn’t go to college, a trade school, or went to school locally and needed to work. Video store clerk was a desired job back then, it was way easier than fast food and had the most cache of slightly above minimum wage jobs. I was 20, working in a video store and taking classes at a community college when Clerks came out, it felt more like a documentary than a work of fiction the first time I saw it.

Kingston & Ortiz get a win over the Infantry to open this week. Post-match STP attack sees Mance Warner make the save. Josh Woods with a quick 3 minute Pure win over BEEF. The Bang Bang Gang of Ace & Juice against the Work Horsemen was pretty good stuff. Persephone is out of Survival of the Fittest due to Julia's black mist on Collision a couple weeks ago, so Zayda Steel vs Hyan next week will determine who takes her spot. Nice little promos from both. Action Andretti's got his original music and defeats Nathan Cruz after "regular" Lio Rush walks out causing a distraction, then Lio just walks away leaving Andretti confused. Later, Andretti is leaving Lio a voicemail that they need to talk and tells Lexy he doesn't have any answers. Alec Price & Jordan Oliver get the quick win over the Frat House of Cole Karter & Griff Garrison. Spanish Announce Project & Los Colons have an 8 man tag squash. Premier Athletes squash Main Man Oro & Kiran Grey. Caprice chops it up with the Lethal Twist until Jay ends things abruptly when Caprice asks if Blake would give Lethal a title shot if he wins the title. Short and solid proving grounds as Red Velvet defeats Rachael Ellering in surprisingly the only women's match. Afterwards it's randomly announced that Red will defend the TV title against Viva Van at Supercard. Lots of tag action tonight as we get a good long tag from Priest & Billington over the Grizzled Young Vets. Fun main event of the Rascalz over MxM TV. Next week we get a bonus YouTube special on Tuesday, the regular Thursday episode will be "Supercard Showdown" and feature the Zayda/Hyan qualifier + Nick Wayne defending the TV title against AR Fox, then Friday is Supercard of Honor.

A side take that may be off-base, but who knows, someone may need it someday: Gender experimentation in a societal environment can be healthy, so long as trust is not violated. Anyway. Back to wrestling. Uh... I didn't watch the show(s). Was there a moonsault?

Starfield would make @Technico Support’s head explode probably lol

Maybe there's some Shallow Hal magic going on here? She's really 300lbs, but also such a lovely person that the whole viewing audience sees her as this adorable tiny buxom person we see on TV? Or, some people just aren't as athletic as their stature would indicate, who the fuck knows?

I know I'm mainly a lurker these days, but rude.

Just when you thought that guys had run out of interesting and creative ways to kill Darby, Kevin fucking Knight hits an inside out flying hangman's clothesline on Darby while he's sitting on the announce table and barely conscious. Holy shit, my dude. Poor Okada and PAC and whomever else is jumping in line for a crack at the belt. It's like being the next act after that middle school rock band that shredded Crazy Train at their school talent show. How do you follow that shit? Tomaso Ciampa has set a high bar of wanton violence and disregard for human health that will end up getting Darby killed and I will be there for it every week.

Okay, wasn't expecting an example from 2003.

Mina is either somewhat unathletic, or is an alien or mutant with a higher density than humans. She wrestles like she's secretly 300 pounds. Almost everything that requires some agility comes out clunky and looking like it's taking just the absolute maximum amount of effort. When she does a top rope crossbody or that slingshot spinning splash, she gets no height and then plummets to the earth so hard. She does this rope-assisted escalera that is so slow and careful, it's like she's reading a diagram of where to put her feet. I think science needs to look into what the deal is here.

I'm going by memory here and it could be faulty, but how I remember it is RVD established his name prior to ECW. He created it & and Heyman just booked him. ECW & Heyman created The Dudley name & characters. Then he found performers to play those roles. So ECW owns the names. WWE bought ECW assets in 2001 so WWE owns all intellectual property created by ECW. Which means they own The Dudley names. RVD owns his because he created it, not ECW. 1000% ECW didn't care about copyrights. Hence all the unlicensed music. They were willing to roll the dice that Looney Tunes wouldn't sure. WWE, having already lost a lawsuit to Marvel over the Hulk trademark, were not about to play with fire like that. And hopped a unique spelling would be enough if WB came calling. Same with Rhino & Marvel.

Remember when the company didn’t want to have 2 Steves or 2 Shane’s?

Malakai was in AEW for almost two years after Punk got fired, bro. We get it, you don’t like him, good for you. Seek help.

You know I once heard Bishoff say moving to Monday nights "would give fans a chance to sample the product" I mean I get that maybe some disillusion RAW watches flip over and like what they see, but it seems that all they are doing in showcasing WWE castoffs. Very little of what made TNA TNA! @SirSmUgly I'm also a fan of If Books Could Kill and Micheals other podcast Maintenance Phase

We have both decided we’re past our kitten days, barring some act of the cat distribution system to foist one upon us. I’ve been scouting the shelter listings since James passed last June and I’m pretty sure I know who our next cat will be. Big doofy boy with a crumpled ear who loves other cats and has been at the shelter almost a year. That’s my kinda guy.

Last month I had to put down my other senior cat, which was pretty terrible. When her brother had passed away in July, I had adopted a kitten to keep her company, so I adopted another kitten to keep the kitten company. I forgot how much energy kittens have. The zoomies started at 4am and lasted for like nine hours. How do they do it off of a can of wet food and a half cup of kibble?

Either way, if I'm Brynn, I'm asking for the "Fictional Since 2022" subtitle.

I will miss hearing about his adventures

So, uhh, funny thing about that

Talked to the Sandman about his career and retirement https://sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/article/exit-sandman-inside-the-unhinged-final-ride-of-a-hardcore-wrestling-legend-140000627.html

@zendragon i think i've said this already, but it bears repeating. i knew Hulk brought in all his washed up buddies, but i didn't realize just HOW MUCH roster churn happened all at once. Coupled with the extreme de-emphasis of both the X-Division and the KnockOuts division, and it really feels very same-y. Add in the loss of the 6-sided ring, and i really think the market they were shooting for was "WWE fans that accidentally turned on SpikeTV and lost their remote". i think the closest you could come is maybe Kazarian? He's in the midst of a decent sized return push, so doesn't quite fit the comparison. If the MMGs were to split, i think Chris Sabin fits that bit fairly closely. but yeah, everybody else i can think of has seemingly left the company. Sonjay Dutt is probably the TNA-iest comparison, but it's been a long ass time since i've seen him here (about a year, according to cagematch).

I now want to hear Tony Schiavone attempt to pronounce Welsh town names. Thank you for that. The wild thing is that him double somersaulting over the set of guardrails in that match (context for those who have never seen it) is visually spectacular but somehow safer than the suplex, and yet that nutball did both spots.

I couldn't get past the first chapter of the first Red Dead Redemption, but not because of pace. It was more that I was expecting to have some control over my character's personality, but as it turned out, not so much. So - if a quest is open in your log (or journal or whatever), do you feel some pressure to, like, actually do it? If so, never play a Bethesda game; you'll go crazy. (Not trying to criticize or start a fight or anything; I'm genuinely intrigued by the different ways people approach video games.)

I guess you could do both, but then one or the other would have to go first, right? But I mean Jericho likes to open the show, so that would probably work? Who else hates the Demand more than they hate Jericho? Both teams need two more guys, right?

A 5 workout week and the pounds are shedding off. Unfortunately having some trouble with my right bicep and elbow, so some things had to be kept pretty light. Well, I overcompensated where I could. The week had a lightish full upper body day, a decent squat machine pyramid, a slightly lighter than usual bench pyramid, a relatively basic Seal Row pyramid and just for something different, a barbell shrug pyramid (with the peak being 3 sets of 10 with 484,5). Weight went as low as 183, which is pretty crazy for the time of the year, but totally in line with the fact that I basically started the diet a month ago, for all intents and purposes.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL yessir

I was going to make a joke that maybe you'd get behind a Bischoff/Hogan feud if Bisch were given a promising young cruiserweight who was already quite over in the midcard, but I'm not sure anyone in this company fits the "Billy Kidman in 2000" profile. Either you're a main eventer or you're nothing when it comes to the male singles wrestlers.

“Señor Uno” - a Mr. 3000-inspired storyline where MLB strips Bartolo’s only home run from the official record, and the last-place Mets allow him to come back as a DH in limited circumstances (doubleheader extra-man call up; end of season roster expansion) in a desperate attempt to hit another home run.

I bet there are a good number of luchadors that look like Charles Bronson. Emilio Charles was first name to pop into my head.

1. A lot of folks thought bringing back Andrade was a mistake. That has gone gangbusters. 2. Now that locker room cancer cm punk is gone, Malakai might be more manageable now…

I will disgruntledly give props. Jerks.

If you're a Chelsea fan, you hate Spurs. If you're an Arsenal fan, you REALLY hate Spurs. If you're a Man Ure fan, you're still pissed off about the Berbatov transfer. If you're a Liverpool or Everton fan, you think there are too many Southern/ London teams in the Prem and seeing one less of them is fun. If you support literally any other team in the country, your team has spent at least one season out of the Premier League. Possibly you've never had a single season in it. Seeing a team that's never been out of the Premiership in the entire 34 years it's existed, a team that tried to join the Euro Super League and pull the ladder up behind themselves, sent down to the Championship, it's just a beautiful thing.

Nice opening tribute to Ted Turner, Sting was there, DAMNIT I LIVE 90 MINUTES AWAY I COULD'VE BEEN THERE *lolsob* Moxley vs Juice was there, not a bad brawl, but not sure where they're going with Mox - the Continental title's only for the year, correct? Orange Cassidy vs the dude from FTR didn't really grab my attention. The insta-brawl afterwards was fun, Rocky Romero is a good sport to eat all the shit he does. Death Riders are not beating the BDSM dungeon rumors. PAC ends with, "Ooh raht dat's enoof" and I can't stop laughing. I cannot take Harley seriously at all with that hair. What the fuck? Better match from Shida than last week, tho. Okada's match was there, not sure why we had heel vs heel (and the crowd completely didn't buy it, either). Main event was incredible. Kevin Knight is certifiably insane for that table spot. Good storytelling with his knee still being sore from last week and getting worse this week. Darby Allin proves he can actually wrestle. MJF comes out and calls Darby a troll, so he got massively trolled. I love it. I love the psychology between these two. This will definitely end at Double or Nothing with MJF winning, but it's going to be so enjoyable to watch him squirm the whole time. I'll catch up on Collision later, gotta get Mom ready for a doctor's appointment (just a normal checkup) this morning.

Well, we've got Northern booking in full effect as nearly every heel in the fed with championship aspirations is drawing a bullseye on Darby's chest and demanding title shots. Okada and maybe PAC all appear to be setting themselves up to be next in line. All the while, MJF seethes with rage and envy for being lost in the shuffle. You would think that Darby could work six months of matches with the current roster of potential challengers but he'll probably work through those programs in six weeks because he is fucking crazy. What a wonderful time to be a fan of the pro wrestling.

I was confused why the winners of the two decision matches didn't then fight in a third match. That I couldn't understand everything being said and had my back to the video screen probably contributed to my confusion. Two things about Korakuen for your trip; just one empty spot in your row in the bleachers makes the seating comfortable, and I had a genius sitting in front of me with his phone camera set for selfie to watch the video screen behind us.

I completely ignored the main haha - Really hope that Big Ted had followed at least some of AEW in his last years. He would have been proud. - Mox/Juicey Boy was fun. Sometimes I wish refs would just separate people working the fingers because joint locks are illegal, and point that out to everybody. Guess Mox's cheek got opened up by one of Juice's left hands which is funny and actually a point of psychology for him getting pissed about that and deciding to work on the finger. - Our own Brynn got aired from Tweeting about Big Ted! Ain't that cool as hell? - There are a couple things I want to mention about the commercials tonight. 1. A Ghiardelli S'more would be absolutely incredible. 2. Brendan Fraser is playing Ike Eisenhower? That's... odd. 3. Cinnamon Toast Cannibals more like haha - Mr. Brandon Bones on here said on the Discord that Christian "has a face that screams "I got divorced"" and we laughed and laughed. Orange vs. FTR Bald was perfect ga-ga formed into match shape. The whole thing was almost total bullshit and you wouldn't think it until you look back upon it. Then they even did an extreme closeup into the DIVORCE FACE and I lost it again! Plus, him having "ASSHOLE" on his tron is a hoot. - The Okada/Keith match was surprisingly stiff and pretty good but Keith couldn't get any traction beyond polite applause with the fans. It sucks. Maybe a top run in ROH would give him something to do. He also needs to do something -- anything -- with that hair of his. The braid is even off-center... - Team Bouncy™ had a fine match with Shida and Stat, in fact probably the finest match I've seen Shida in unless there's some miracle of a title match out there. Stunning how talented Harley is for only having worked 100 matches. Mina took a kick to the face that was fucking orbital-bone-crushing. As far as that opening promo from her and Mina goes, the midnight chokers have that running in slo-mo and all kinds of gif'd up for their perusal by now, I imagine. - There were tributes to both Sabu and RVD in the main and damn were they insane. HELL of a match here, no quarter given, no handshakes and no brakes on the car. Max walks off instead of choosing a hair match, haha. We have Okada set up for next week and then PAC after? Hmmm, wonder how all this is gonna wash out. - Far as the next hour goes, Speedball kicked a kid's hand instead of slapping it, and Skye and Jamie beat the absolute SHIT out of each other like they owed each other money or fucked each other's partners. That was just rough.

There are two? I have to say, if there is not a parody of Freaky Friday, they've missed a huge money-making opportunity.

Ah yes, Disclosure. The third (and least) in what the Rewatchables pod described as the "Michael Douglas' Dick Gets Him in Trouble Trilogy."

Will need an on the ground report from Cubsfan about this

With Sora finally shutting down, I can say that I mostly found it useful for putting Richard Nixon into weird situations. Nixon retires from All-Japan Pro Wrestling in 1979: Nixon's Hard Times promo on Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling: and at least 20 other non-wrestling things (moody depressed introspection; dancing on the Oval Office desk; doing the Who's on First routine with Reagan, etc.)

I'm envisioning a Kickstarter page for the First Order: Star Killer - Basically a Huge Death Star: Help Us Own The Libtards with Awesome Weapon! Pledge $3000 or More Become Official Knight of Ren Remember: It's OK to be knight!