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Goldberg is right up there with Cornette as living proof of the "you say you met an asshole in the morning" rule.

The postscript on this show is that someone wrote in to the Ric Flair podcast so Flair could hear AJ's none too flattering impersonation of him (which was super lispy and drunk sounding -- I loved it). Flair said he was cool with AJ and Gallows but sounded pissed about Anderson's "$40,000" remark. 1) Fuck that nerd for stooging the good brothers 2) What is the $40,000 in reference to? The amount Flair ripped off Highspots for or something else? 3) So Jay Lethal has the best "Flair in his prime" impersonation but Styles owns it for the past his prime, "Elvis in Vegas" version of the Nature Boy.

Thinking back to Lil' Enzo and still lollin' "Have you eva been to da grand canyon Mawty? Is it anything like a full sized woman's vagina?"

So right up Vince's alley, in other words.

Good to see the deathmatch stuff isn't the only dumb thing in this thread. Somebody please explain the difference between, "sure, go ahead and slam me on some scissors, it's cool" and "sure, go ahead and give me a shoot running knee to the face, it's cool." I hate to be Jim Cornette here but come the fuck on. Neither takes and skill and both are maybe one small step removed from an actual geek show.

The dude took speech lessons to get over a horrible stuttering problem because they asked him to. Awesome. I want to see him join the main roster as a member of the Wyatt Family.

I'm glad this episode touched on the thing that had bugged me since season 1: why the fuck would they not change the sign on the building??? God dammit. Elliott's religion speech was heavy handed and edgy teen in the same way that the season 1 finale Times Square speech was, but the acting was amazing. It was obvious the point was that this was Mr. Robot taking over at that moment.

I really enjoyed Tozawa vs Johnson. It was a little sloppy but that made it feel more like a fight than the previous matches. Holy fuck I just used Meltzer logic but what can you do? Tozawa ducking a clothesline and hitting the fastest German suplex I've ever seen was insane. I was sad he could only shush the fans instead of the usual "shut the fuck up!" "The Michael Jackson of Wrestling" is not really a great gimmick, all things considered. We're lucky we Ventura or Heenean aren't around or someone would have asked if that mean Mack had a few 9 year-olds waiting in the dressing room. Like others here, I really dug Mack whipping out the Human Tornado dance kicks but wish he'd capped it with the split-kick to the junk. Watch the guy in the "Paul Heyman Guy" t-shirt at ringside when Ali hits the springboard Spanish Fly. You can pinpoint the exact moment his brain melts and his soul leaves his body. I like the inclusion of Tajiri specifically and the inclusion of atypical cruiserweights in general. What I mean is that cruiserweight style has been narrowly defined as young guys doing highspots. They're doing well to define it as just a weight class instead, with more styles and older guys like Tajiri. It's pretty great and I'm really satisfied with the shows so far.

Not a GIF but.... Amateur wrestler hits an AA (better than Cena because he sticks it)

I just had a thought about the six man (Bucks & Cole vs Castle and The Boys). Castle uses different "Boys" in PWG since it's cheaper and easier to just get some extras than it is to fly the ROH Boys in just to walk him to the ring. It would be awesome if the Boys in this match were ringers. Cole & The Bucks get to the ring and they're cocky, imagining how outmatched Castle and two tiny, almost untrained dudes will be, and then Castle comes out with Brian Cage and Jeff Cobb dressed in fringe and wearing those frilly costume masks.

6 women gives you 15 possible singles matches that's plenty its just simple maths bro

Both were allowed to team up and kick Jericho in the face because he was being obnoxious. But when faced with Kane, they were powerless to stop him and had to stand there with his hands on their throats, time standing still, waiting for the chokeslam.. Absolute shit. Now that's a good point that I hadn't thought of.

Ah, cool. Thanks for the update. #bringbackthefist During the interview, the graphic lists him as a 9-time tag team champion. Are they counting indies now?

Holy shit this fucking draft. Seriously. Holy. Fucking. Shit. Remember all the cool ideas and speculation leading up to this? Maybe the second brand wouldn't be Smackdown, but NXT instead. Show-specific divisions (all women on one show, all cruisers on the other). Mystery wrestlers like MVP getting drafted. Bayley, Joe, Nakamura or (insert worthwhile NXT wrestler here) getting a call up. Smackdown becoming the show for the hot young talent. Smackdown getting a different set and different look. And look at what we got. The opposite of all of that. Nope, it's Smackdown. A passe name that's been around almost 20 years and is indisputably recognized as the B-show. Cruisers and women are spread everywhere with no rhyme or reason so half have nothing to compete for. Same goes for teams Zero wrestlers from outside the company. Instead of the obvious call-ups, we got Nia Jax and Mojo fucking Rawley. What the fuck is the value in Nia Jax? This has got to just be a favor to The Rock to keep him happy, right? Both are untalented and absolutely useless. Is somebody trying to sabotage HHH? "Man, these call-ups are not good." Cena, Orton, Miz, Kane are the opposite of hot young talent Same old look. Can't upset Kevin Dunn's lazy, cookie cutter, McDonald's approach to his "craft." And the steaming turd on top of the shit sundae, Owens and Zayn's hot feud losing all its steam to make a 49 year old look strong. It really takes commitment to reach this spectacular level of incompetence. WWE could fuck up a wet dream. Oh and how has nobody mentioned Stephanie talking all over every single video package? Every god damn time a guy was picked and then ran a video, there she was yapping like the attention seeking buffoon she is.

Also, Prince Puma vs The Monster Matanza Cueto REMATCH

HE WAS THREATENING TO CUT HIS BEARD!

Now every time I feed my toddler green beans, I make sure to tell her that they're a delicacy.

Mercury belongs in just for taking that brutal ladder shot and living to tell the tale.

It's not for everybody but I'm really enjoying Marty & Sarah Love Wrestling on MLW. They're pretty funny and their impressions are great, especially the newest one, THE VERY SEXUAL MAURO RENALLO.

Separate announce table just for Bryan and Mauro to call the cruiserweight matches. No talkback feed from Vince.

The first pic is the answer to the question, "GODDAMMIT WHO TOOK ALL THE COKE???"

Weird question about NXT but somewhat appropriate since they need people. Drake Younger took the ref gig because when he tried out they apparently told him they already had enough talented guys his size. Now that NXT is going to need more workers, would he transition back to the ring or is he cool with reffing from now on?

Casaro's UFO was mentioned in another thread, so...

Moments after that picture was taken, the mascot turned on Sting.

Probably a worse scam than Komen. Nice.