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I mentioned the Coyote vs. Acme movie while in the car with my family a few days ago. My kids (12 and 6) had no clue what I was talking about. It hit me then that they really have no frame of reference for Looney Tunes other than Space Jam. I don't think they've ever seen a LT cartoon in their lives.

I know Batista is different, but I meant guys that used something resembling their name. Not like Dolph Ziggler or Dean Ambrose or Bronn Breaker or whatever.

Was the Cena/Orton/Batista/Lesner "class" the last one in WWE that kept their real names?

I've lost track of some of the finer details with this Michigan stuff, but wasn't there evidence early on that this Stalions dude was rogue? Like, even to the point where he wanted to oust Harbaugh?

Butcher and Blade are still on the roster page. Did I miss some other confirmation that they were gone?

I've never related to a pro athlete more. I must have my chapstick on me AT ALL TIMES!

Ok, so Louisville needs a Duke win tomorrow to clinch an ACC title game berth. Let's say that happens, the Cards win out and somehow (though unlikely) beat FSU in the ACC championship game, do they get into the Playoff?

There was definitely a deal with Corgan and CW. It was for a reality show. I’m not going to pretend to be some insider, but I did hear it from someone who would know. And no, I am not secretly James Iha.

I do think Corgan had/has a deal with CW. I just don't think it's for a "wrestling" show. I have heard it's for something similar to the Netflix OVW reality show. That's probably why it didn't conflict with the WWE negotiations.

I’m looking forward to Sting facing two guys who are basically doing a parody of his early Blade Runners stuff.

@Greggulator pretty much nailed it. I have a friend who’s involved with a wrestling company who’s been talking to CW. He said a couple weeks ago, when the news of an NWA deal broke that it was for a reality-type show. He said CW was fishing for wrestling content. He also felt that they were most-likely talking with WWE and were holding off any decisions on adding any in-ring wrestling programming until they knew what they’d have with them. Now, the cocaine thing may have lost Corgan his deal, but it was in no way related to NXT ending up there. That was in the works for a while before that.

Tom Izzo’s nephew is an assistant coach for JM. Going to be an awkward Thanksgiving.

Watching PT&A recently, I was thinking it was sad we never got to see a serious John Candy performance. I think there's a real chance he could've been great at it. On PT&A, my wife and I have always commented on how dour Martin's wife in the movie is. The scenes with her just seem tonally off. Come to find out, there's a whole thing cut out of the movie where she is suspicious he's having an affair, and he's faking not being able to get home.

Wonder what ever happened to poor Gorilla Monsoo?

They also did some fun stuff after the Rampage taping where The Acclaimed was having the crowd sing "Happy Birthday" to Billy, but the Gunns came out to interrupt and got beat up for their trouble.

My wife always tells a story of how, when they were kids, her middle brother fell down the steps to their basement. He was probably 3 or 4-years old. She and her parents are standing at the top of the stairs, looking down all worried about him. He pops up and says, "Just like the Fall Guy!" and runs off just fine.

I ran camera for them on three weekends in 2022. I'm not going to pretend like I was privy to all kinds of insider, backstage info or anything. I will say, though, that everyone I dealt with, from wrestlers to ring crew to any sort of staff, was very professional and very friendly and helpful. Because of that, I've really been rooting for the company since then. I'm glad to see that it's paying off. They were a ton of fun to work with and I hope I get to do it again sometime.

I'm too busy for a big write-up today (Road Report would suck anyway, we ate McDonalds before the show and drove straight home and went to bed after), but some highlights.... Pretty cool that Orange made a point to hop down off the ramp to give Harrison a high five (or whatever you call Orange's lazy version of it). He made a point to come over to him in Lexington a couple months ago, too. Pretty cool that it showed up on the broadcast this time. After Copeland's segment, he came over to Har for a high five and gave him a little head pat. It was really sweet. Har's been watching all these WWE videos on YouTube made by randoms, and I guess he saw something that really built Edge up as a legend, so he was SUPER excited he was even on the show. Biggest disappointment of the night was that Penta didn't come over to him. That three-way match for Rampage was exactly what you'd think a three-way with those three would look like. So, your mileage may vary. It was a fun show live. Place wasn't super-packed, but the crowd had energy. People were even into the last match of the Rampage taping (Garcia/Trent). Watched a bit of Dynamite this morning, and we could see ourselves a few times. I'm wearing a pink Bret Hart shirt, so it stood out a bit. I was feeling guilty on the way home for keeping him up so late on a school night. We didn't get home until almost midnight. But, on our way home, he said, "That was like the best day I've ever had!" It made me realize that one day at school being a little tired is nothing compared to seeing something he may remember fondly for the rest of his life.

Apologies for posting mid-show, but if you saw Orange hop off the ramp to high five a kid, that was my son!

Knowing that TK has an announcement and we're going to be right by the stage, I'm debating wearing all my Illini gear to get his attention.

I just grabbed seats on the aisle right next to the stage. He's going to get to see everyone close up. I will say he's growing a bit away from Penta. He's more of an Orange Cassidy guy now.

I like picturing some low-level Raiders intern frantically trying with a pair of tweezers to get the "real" fortune out of the cookie without breaking it so he can insert Davis' hand-written fortune in it's place.

If little man can stop being such a shitass at school today, we'll be heading to Dynamite this evening! He has informed me that we will NOT be singing along to Judas, though. "It's a terrible song." I support him on this decision.

Surely there was a long-haired babyface named Connor Stallions in some territory somewhere in the 80's, right?

My brain literally won't let me hear the word "Inglewood" without adding "Inglewood always up to no good."