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Fenn was in a good chunk of Ray Donovan last season and was very good in the role. Not saying she's "back on top," but she did a good job.

I really enjoyed the book but it feels unfilmable. Also, the rights for the music and the video game characters might be pretty expensive. I wonder what the budget will look like. While it was a pretty good selling book, it wasn't the Hunger Games as far as having a massive, built-in, rabid audience goes.

I have a relative who works for Google and all he does is post on FB about how awesome Google is, like they can do no wrong. I want to refer to him as a fucking mark but nobody would understand. Sometimes wrestling terms are the only kind that sum it up.

If it means Sexy Star spends next season in a well instead of wrestling, that works for me. Can they license Goodbye Horses as Marty's theme music?

The part where Drake is a little bit down because he busted his head open, then he calls his wife and she pumps him back up, is awesome. I'M IN PWG BABY FUCK YEEEAAAHHHH. As are Excalibur's stories of starting out in LA as a graphic artist designing covers for porn videos. Jamie Dundee just depresses me. His stories of being really young in Memphis and his dad talking him into letting the female fans hug and kiss him for money are really gross. You can tell Bill Dundee was a shitty father and person in general and that his son never really had a chance. That was a really good one. You can almost hear the exact moment where Colt realizes this is a bad idea. Now I'm reminded of this: I EAT CHILDREN

Jim Ross did a show in Baltimore and he talked in length about Sabatino's. He went there while in town (along with Jimmy's Seafood, Chaps Pit Beef and Phillips. Lucky bastard) He was telling stories about him and Flair going to the second level in the 80s. Flair would do the robe with nothing underneath trick. Half the time it worked, other half ladies were repulsed. That place is right near me and I've been thinking to go. Pretty sure it's damn expensive though, but worth a one time trip. If he ever takes calls on his show I'm going to be sure to ask him about that place. I went to Sabatino's before whichever KotR PPV was in Baltimore (94 or 95), The food was decent from what I can remember. The place felt really old and dingy then, so I can't even imagine what it looks like now. I had no idea they were still around but it makes sense, as Baltimore has always been stuck in the 80s. Nick, put on some 98 Rock and drive down to lit'l It'ly, hon.

Yeah I've heard this too. I just don't see him as Eddie though. He just seems too runty physically to play anything but junkie Eddie. I don't see him as Gunslinger Eddie. Christ I hate fan casting. Yeah let's cast Aaron Paul to essentially play Jesse Pinkman again. Let's hire a good writer to put together an ending better than King's and worry about who plays what character later. They can't pause the film when Roland gets to the tower and say, "this ending is going to suck but if you're expecting a good ending you're shallow and just don't get it" won't fly in a film.

It's unlike USA's other shows, as this is one of the network's first steps in their well-publicized strategy to get away from "blue sky" dramas.

And then we get a flashback that explains that Shayla would have never even hooked up with Vera if it hadn't been for Elliott wanting suboxone. Damn.

We are all old. These lists are written by "millenials" who don't know shit about The Bulldogs,Tully & Arn or Demolition. They look at these teams the same way we'd look at Frank & Emil Dusek. When I was young, I'd tout the WWF stars of the 80s and tell my elders that Sammartino wasn't shit. Now we're the old guys and kids are telling us Dynamite Kid wasn't shit. And so it goes.

That was my guess as well but there was some heavy interaction between Mr. Robot and another character a I think the episode before last, so who knows? If it is some Fight Club/split personality shit, that's kinda lame. I just read next season of Banshee will be the last and that fucking sucks.

Probably can't pass Wellness and someone new to the company wouldn't be on the list of guys they'd look the other way for. WWE style would ruin a dude like "Mr. GMSI" anyway.

I'm always reminded of the dude on the left (Rage or Kaos? No idea) when Brian Cage wrestles in a singlet.

Beef Mode needs Bull Dempsey around as their lackey that they're berating trying to get into shape. The Rad Radford to their Bodydonnas if you weeel.

Why did he quit after Mania 3? Did he figure wrestling had peaked with Hogan slamming the 1000-pound Andre to death and that it was all downhill from there?

End had a crazy good match with Chris Hero on PWG's April show ("Don't Sweat the Technique").

Great thread, guys. Even though I've been a fan since a little before the first Wrestlemania, I never paid much attention to match structure until fairly recently. I normally just zone out and watch the match, but a few months ago I watched Luger vs Michael Hayes from maybe Chi Town Rumble or something, watching it critically, and it definitely followed the simple structure of shine, cutoff, heat, comeback, finish perfectly. Now I see the formula whenever I watch any old wrestling. As for "won't the fans catch on?" The answer is definitely not, as the formula allows for a lot of variations. Sometimes one segment is longer or almost non-existent. Sometimes the face gets multiple hope spots and the heat isn't as strictly defined. Sometimes the heel is going to go over so there's barely any heat. Shit, I watched Barry Windham vs Brad Armstrong where the Armstrong took like 70% of the match, the short heat segment was just Windham slapping on the claw forever, then a quick comeback by Armstrong, and then Windham winning with......the claw. There is so much room for improvisation in this formula. But anyway, can someone elaborate on what exactly the current WWE style is? It definitely doesn't follow this pattern, so exactly is it? Oyogi explained it a little bit earlier but can someone please go more in depth? Thanks in advance.

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I remember listening to that. It was a rough one, with Steen discussing his son who is somewhere on the Autism spectrum and also talking about how he knew what he needed to do to get to WWE (get in better shape) but wasn't even sure if it was worth it. As a huge fan of the guy, I'm really happy to see it working out for him.

I know the Disciples of Death are supposed to have scary names but......Barrio Negro? I mean I guess some white folks are scared of black neighborhoods but that's pretty specific.

And then the baby will claim to have bodyslammed 1000 pound Andre the Giant to death and torn every muscle in his back in the process. Shit, I'm beating the wrong dead horse here.

Which ones? All I can think of are Drago vs. Pentagón Jr. which may have happened in LU but I can't remember, and Hero/Thatcher & Gulak/End which happened in Evolve over Mania weekend. Besides, does it matter? Hero vs Thatcher at PWG will be far different from their Evolve match, for example.

Wrestling is, was, and always will be a niche product except for the one time every 15 years when it bubbles up to the mainstream. Chasing people who don't like it and would only care about it if it looked like WWE's bright and shiny big top production is a losing proposition anyway. WWE is chasing off its own fans in droves with its bland offering. And come on. I've seen some bush league-looking venues. My favorite company only runs shows in a Reseda American Legion post, with 80s stereo speakers on the wall and a disco ball on the ceiling. ROH does not look bush league.

Moose is billed at 6'5" and 295, so he's probably legit 6'3 250 but still, there must be witchcraft at work as it's the only logical explanation for how someone that big can have a spear that shitty. I thought Terminal 5 looked very cool and "ROH's tapings look bush league" has gone from legit complaint to dumb talking point. Their lighting has gotten worlds better and their HD looks pretty swell. Meltzer saying no American fans will go for any wrestling that doesn't look like WWE is a pretty pointless argument, too, since only WWE can afford to look like WWE anyway. Besides, the way WWE looks is pretty bland and played out. I wish WWE would switch it up and shoot in different looking places, but that's KD for ya.