Dolfan in NYC

Olympic basketball fucking rules.

I often wonder what kind of career Danielson would have had if he'd started 10 years earlier, in the pre-Benoit murders era. That really did seem to be the thing that made people in the wrestling industry realize that CTE was real and a horrible problem. Danielson is an all-time great potential, but obviously derailed by injuries, be they his body or his brain. Because of that he never really could establish himself in that next S-Tier echelon, where he crossed over and became famous outside of the wrestling bubble. I always hate seeing him make light of it when he does the fake injury angles in like ALL his big AEW matches. But its mainly because it makes me sad to think what could have been, rather than what reality holds. Maybe it's just me.

William Calley has died. (Good.) He is the only person who was convicted of the My Lai Massacre where ~500 Vietnamese non-combatants were raped and murdered by American troops.

I'd forgotten how annoying Mary Carillo is on commentary. You'd think Djokovic farted sunshine and Rafael Nadal had never picked up a racket before. Plus she had no idea how to react to Djokovic playing heel to the crowd. And that they DARED to boo him.

Full trailer for THE PENGUIN Debuts on Max September 19

To be fair, I think nostalgia is the only card Kev has left in his deck.

Car update! The Dolfan-mobile is on hold at the dealership right now. The main hangup at this point was their financing was somewhere in the 8.2% range. I got a promotional offer from Bank of America that got me down to 6.2%(!) on a used car. (And they were offering 5.9% on a new car!) Have to cross some I's and dot some T's, but I should be on the road very soon. Thanks for all y'all's advice.

THE 4:30 MOVIE Starring Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, and Siena Agudong Written and Directed by Kevin Smith

Chill the ever living fuck out. Let's not take this any further.

All this energy calling me back where it comes from... It's such a crude attitude, it's back where it belongs.... Well, we're finally here for the biggest party of the summer! Mr. Chick Magnet Punk got his clearance, so now he and Drew McIntyre can tear each other apart on Saturday. All the little kids growing up on the skids... Go Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks! Over on the ladies side, Nia Jax has been a menacing specter over Bayley, and Dom has declared his loyalty to Mami. So, you know things are going great for both of our current champs! All the little chicks with the crimson lips, go "Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks!" Livin' in sin with a safety pin, she's going... Should get our last match set for Brownie Stadium tonight and who knows what other shenanigans will be in store on Friday! Guess we'll have to wait and see! Oh Cle-e-eveland rocks, yeah, Cl-e-eveland rocks! So find a place, Grab a space, and yell and scream for more! Yes, the original (FAR superior) version for you.

BOBBY EATON AND STAN LANE REPRESENT~!

FUCK YEAH

Inter Miami got a new third kit to honor the Miami Dolphins:

This also assumes Dolfan watches AEW every week and doesn't just catch up later because he's usually busy on Wednesdays. And Wiki got updated last night, so we're updated. In general if one is ever are asked, what is something the internet actually gets right... it's probably Wikipedia. Here's a repository of human knowledge that can be updated by any person at all, in real time. Everything, absolutely everything, we've seen over the last twenty five years indicates that there's no way this thing should work. But generally, there's no better source of high-level information about anything you can possibly think of, than Wikipedia. To paraphrase Die Hard.... You ask the internet for miracles... I give you Wikipedia.

So it begins...

My rule: When Wiki gets updated, I update.

Alright, this is quickly becoming the de facto biggest card of the year for AEW, and we're officially one month out... So let's get the thread started. Once again, from London, England, it's All In 2024! THE CARD~! (Updated as officially announced) CAREER THREATENING MATCH FOR THE AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Bryan Danielson † FOR THE AEW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Timeless Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May FOR THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP - Maxwell J. Friedman (c) vs. Will Ospreay FOR THE TBS CHAMPIONSHIP - Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Dr. Britt Baker, DMD COFFIN MATCH FOR THE TNT CHAMPIONSHIP - Jack Perry (c) vs. Darby Allin LAST CHANCE MATCH FOR THE FTW CHAMPIONSHIP - Chris Jericho (c) vs. Hook THREE WAY MATCH FOR THE AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - The Young Bucks (M. Jackson / N. Jackson, EVP, c) vs. The Acclaimed (Bowens / Caster) vs. FTR (Bald / Gun) FOUR WAY LADDER MATCH FOR THE AEW TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP - Patriarchy (Cage / Killswitch / Wayne, c) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Robinson / A. Gunn / C. Gunn) vs. House of Black (Black / King / Matthews) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Castagnoli / Yuta / ?) CASINO GAUNTLET MATCH FOR THE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TO THE AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ††† Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway vs. Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii †† -- † If Danielson does not win the championship, he will retire. †† Pre-show match ††† Orange Cassidy will enter at #1.

I mean, I'd get pissed off too if I got called out for cruising for gay sex. (That's 100% what he was doing for the record.)

Apparently CM Punk is trying to restructure his contract. However... it's not what you think when you first read that. He apparently loves the WWE now and wants to become a lifer. The word is he wants to do his final run and then when he's ready, "just settle down and run NXT." This is a reminder that the Jack Perry incident happened less than 11 months ago. Crazy times.

"Musicals don't sell." That's been the Hollywood law since the 60's. He's singing a couple of bars here and there. And it's been confirmed by multiple sources that it's a jukebox musical, with about 15 covers. No originals.

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Starring Timothee Chalomet, Edward Norton, and Elle Fanning Directed by James Mangold (Walk The Line, Logan, Girl Interrupted, Ford vs Ferrari, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)