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Is this the lead-in to a WWE-films "Taken" spinoff?

Every actor in big glasses and old man makeup looks like Johnny Knoxville to me

It's like when you hit your shin on the coffee table Times a million

So does the sequel assume the "Director's Cut" is canon or the Original Theatrical Release? ie is Deckard a replicant in this? Because fuck a director's cut

You may think they've come a long way with making the dolls' bodies more realistic, then you look up and realize Yankem's right arm looks like it belongs to Gregg Valentino

I can't wait for Enzo to end up working Mexico or county fairs as N. Zo Amor.

The romantic relationship part was godawful. The whole book, the girl (sorry, I forget the names, it's been a while) is telling the guy that they can't meet IRL because she's ugly, not presentable, that he'll be disappointed, something like that. Then it turns out she's a pretty girl with a little scar or birthmark or something. Wow, bold choice by the author, there.

God damn, dude. I'm sorry to hear that. Best to both of you.

Don't forget, the WWF rings were really hard from right around the time SNME started until the time Vince started wrestling.

Artists may or may not be able to do whatever they're handed; depends on their skill level. Look up shops near you. A good shop should at least have their artists and portfolios online. Find an artist whose style you like and set up a consultation. Show him what you want to get done and get his feedback. You should be able to get a feel for whether he can do it or not and what his approach will be. Now on the "just hand a guy some source material and ask him to put it on you" front, this may just be my preference, but I feel like a good artist will collaborate with you and throw ideas out, not just ink whatever you give him. Some of the coolest aspects of tattoos I have came from a guy saying, "hey, I was thinking we could..." At the same time, if a guy throws an idea out there that you don't like, just tell him that you'd rather not. A good artist won't be a baby about it Finally, on price, there's the adage, "a good tattoo is not cheap and a cheap tattoo is not good." The artist should be able to tell you what their hourly rate is. I can't tell you what's high or low in your area but if it sounds like a bargain, go someplace else. I am absolutely happy with my last tattoo and it was $175/hour. I'm in suburan (or exurban?) DC. And don't forget to tip your tattoo guy. Around 20% is great. It sounds high but remember that unless he owns the shop, probably half of what he charges goes to the shop owner. He gets the other half but has to pay for all his own supplies, so it's not like he's getting rich on this shit. LOOOL My first wasn't meaningful at all. It was shitty $60 flash that I got just to be getting a tattoo. It's covered up under a larger piece now. The Enterprise tattoo sounds awesome. People get really hung up on "oh man it has to be super meaningful" and if they can just get past that, they're in for a fun lifetime of getting goofy shit tattooed on them.

Shane's kids probably fight over who gets to wear it on Halloween

Maybe they gave Diamond the entire suit and then he showed up at the taping with just a few pieces , telling Vince he dog ate the rest. The Undertaker "flag overcoat" excuse.

WOW. I honestly had no idea that there was an actual complete mech costume. I always thought the costume was what we saw with Diamond: just arm gauntlets and a backpack. Holy shit. So Konnan left/was fired in part because he didn't want to lug all that shit around. And then they gave his replacement a much smaller outfit, like, "hey yeah, maybe Carlos had a point there."

Ginger in Lakers hat: Carlos Espada, Luchador. A man barely alive Vince McMahon: Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Carlos will be that man. Better than he was before. Better... stronger... faster. Thus, the Six Million Peso Man was born

Everybody should get a tattoo, at least once. On an unrelated topic, my boss tends to use the incorrect words for things. I'm not sure if he just has brainfarts, or if he's just a dumb guy trying to look smart -- he only went as far as high school but I never hold that against anybody and don't assume anyone is unintelligent just because of it. Anyway, enough disclaimers. Today, in a meeting where we were discussing information we needed to get from a company, he said we needed to be specific and send a very "poignant" email. Unless he meant that our email had to be sad and heartfelt, I think he meant to say "pointed." Holee shit.

"This guy just doesn't give two shits" is not a money gimmick. As a matter of fact, outside of "he has good hair, looks like Lorenzo Lamas circa Renegade, and Vince wants to fuck him," I doubt any of the writers have any idea what Roman is supposed to be. I think we're years past the time when somebody should have realized that he would not stay over at the level of the Shield just because he got to keep all the Shield iconography.

You ever hear a review of a film and someone points out that a certain character or actor "was like he was in a different movie?" That's Roman here. Two badass shitkkickers about to kill each other, and then poochie there off to the side, doing his best blue steel expression and being like "pfft, whatever." Jesus H Christ was Roman exposed there.

Reigns is such the odd man out in that promo that I almost feel bad for him. Lesnar, Joe, and Heyman are in the Super Bowl and he's playing Pop Warner. Vince must be pissed because that promo did not make Roman look strong at all.

"No biggie"

Man on the Silver Mountain preview:

A 40 year old man, ladies and gentlemen. This is what social media hath wrought.

"Now the war's come to Earth." Wait wait wait so Roland and the Man in Black are now aliens? Oh fuck all of this.

Good thing Vince never makes arbitrary decisions or wrestlers would really be in trouble

Regarding unions... Since they're so connected to the current administration, it's going to take a while, but I can't help feeling WWE's current model will bite them on the ass eventually if they don't change it. It's easy to hide what is essentially a system of exploitation when you're regional in the 70s and 80s and all your business is done in shadowy backrooms. It's still easy to hide it through the expansion and boom periods of the 80s and 90s because the mainstream wouldn't care anyway and the company still kept a lot of the inner workings hidden and kayfabed everything. But pretty much everything is public now, we have a scandal-driven 24 hour news cycle, and WWE is being very public with their wrestlers on reality shows, talkshows, etc. I think it's only a matter of time before someone starts paying attention to the fact that they, with some exceptions, still treat their wrestlers like it's 40 years ago. Maybe Bix can write a story about it for Deadspin and get the ball rolling.

At least they restrained themselves from using the "Chinese Menu" font. So, baby steps,