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Way to make a joke about woman beating. They think woman beating is so acceptable that they are literally beating women with women...despite being a part of a goofy fake sport that is widely known for being goofy and fake and is often goofy and fake just for the sake of being goofy and fake. Sometimes, just sometimes things are done for fun, and the only statement they are making is "this is a place where we are going to do stupid things for your entertainment. DON'T TAKE ANY OF THIS SHIT SERIOUSLY." This is all very problematic. Check yr privilege kthx

I understand why it works but after over 17 years of the same tired plot device, one GM character after another, it's long past time to do something different. If the babyface needs adversity, put him up against a group of villains out to destroy him a la The Heenan Family or The Dangerous Alliance. Bad guys on the same level, not the face's boss. If fans need something to relate to, there are more storylines in our lives than "grrrrrr my boss is an evil prick." Remember when we had wrestler vs wrestler storylines and we only saw Jack Tunney when some really heavy shit was about to go down? We need to get back to that.

Considering the eventual NFC South winner will probably finish below .500, this is going to be a great season for fans bitching about the playoffs format.

Let's bring back the anonymous GM because these writers only know how to write wrestling one way: with the crutch of authority figures to drive the plot. Fucking amazing. WWE has been nothing but variations on Mr. McMahon for going on 17 years now. Just let that sink in. Close to two decades. The creative inertia of this company is astounding.

Rick has learned that threats should be eliminated quickly and decisively, lest they come back to bite him on the ass. He's not fucking around anymore. As a wise man on another great show once said, "no more half measures."

No problem, man. Definitely get one. As Rukered said, it's plug and play. It's also extendable, so you can buy more of them if you want more wired connections. IMO, wireless is unpredictable as fuck and should only be used as a last resort. My own wireless router has a setting in it that makes it weaker ("good neighbor policy") and that shit was enabled by default. WWWTTFFFFF If NAT is an issue, you might be able to give your Xbox/PS3 a static IP and specifically allow it through.

The best thing about that nickname is you can substitute it into his "man called Sting" theme song. It's Real Estate Steee-eeve! REAL estate Steve!

I think I missed this, but are you using your Xbox/PS3 wireless or wired? If wireless, why don't you switch to wired with an Ethernet over power solution? I've used a Netgear powerline system (http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/) for years and it's awesome.

That would have been pretty awesome. Better than Luger, that black hole of charisma. This was pre Vince going nuts with trademarks, too, so he probably would have kept his name and look. Has Sting or anyone in his circle ever explained why he never jumped? I sort of think I remember hearing that he was just comfortable with the company that gave him his break but I could be wrong.

So the next-gen versions have a peyote-collecting minigame where you turn into random animals

If one hot PPV is enough, than everybody on Team WCW from the Invasion PPV should be in.

Oh well then. You can't let a guy in the hall of fame based on what you think would have happened if something or other had been different. Somebody in this thread even said that Sting would be in the HOF if he'd gone to the WWF. Wow. Just...wow. That's the argument to make? Why don't we just go ahead and say Barry Darsow should be in because I really feel like he would have been awesome and a huge draw if somebody would have just booked him as a top guy? These arguments are ridiculous and pointless because they're pure speculation and can't be proven either way.

Awesome how rick's first impulse now is "kill everybody."

If they hire Russo back, please don't tell him that Destination America is owned by The Discovery Channel. We'll get gratuitous shots of animals fucking on every episode.

Awesome article, thanks! I remember the Graham/Muraco substitution, as well as the bad pre-Photoshop edit to the event marketing materials.

I had no idea I had Destination America either. I hope they totally redo it and go for a grimy look that matches their programming. Tape shows in prison yards, Sturgis, maybe some lumber camps or coal mining sites like the old In Your House game:

Social media numbers are a joke, that one doubly so, and are only taken "seriously" by marketing assholes who lie to themselves to justify their existence. They have a big marketing circle jerk where they throw out follower numbers and bandy about terms like "brand," "synergy," "mission" and "engage."

Exactly. WCW's deathblow might have been Starrcade 97 but it was a slow death that nobody realized was happening until some time in 99. Saying Goldberg didn't hit the main event until after WCW was on the decline is not accurate at all. I'd argue that once Goldberg broke the upper echelon instead of just beating on Jerry Flynn, he was hotter than Sting.

I don't like Dempsey; probably my irrational distaste for guys who don't wear kneepads.

Kevin Steen pomo oooooh shiiiiiiiii

And now the cast of the Cosby Show is gonna be right up there with the cast of 7th Heaven, absolutely pissed about losing royalties.

Just out of morbid curiosity's sake, I watched HHH/Steiner from Rumble '03 last night. It's not nearly as bad as I'd heard. They only blew two spots and Steiner didn't seem that blown up, either. The knock on this match was always, "oh man they were fucking up left and right and Steiner was gasping!" and that just wasn't the case. Looking it up on prowrestlinghistory.com. I see it went about 18 minutes. It felt shorter than that actually and they should have maybe trimmed 5 minutes from it, not because anybody was blown up or anything, but because Steiner's offense was just so limited. I can only take so many overhead belly to bellies. If nothing else, HHH should have taken more of the match so as to cover up Steiner's lack of variety. I'd say the match was average, maybe slightly below average for the DQ finish. It was an easy target for the smart fans of the day because this was HHH in his Cosplay Flair period, and he was looking to do a Flair vs lumbering musclehead carry job. So it was fun to have a narrative this where wannabe Flair failed, fell on his face and got taken down a peg, but that's not really accurate. He didn't carry Steiner to a classic but they didn't shit the bed, either. More like he fell short of Flair/Luger but was better than Flair/Gulas or Flair/Kerry on Quaaludes. It wasn't awful, just not as smartly worked as it should have been.

That's what I thought. Game-related fines = locked in by the contract with the NFLPA. Other fines like beating your kid and not talking to the press aren't in the contract so Goodell gets to make it up as he goes along.

Maybe no more posting teams without the requisite old timey team photo?

Brian Cage REALLY needs to dial back the gas a little. Jesus.