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*boop* being the generally accepted sound of an erection popping up always killed me

TNA already had Phi Kappa Slam back in the weekly PPV or maybe Fox Sports Net days.

It would have been better if Excalibur had once wrestled Thekla in Dusseldorf.

I just picked up some gummies today! Not sure if I'd ever try the THC sodas...feels like a lot of effort for the same amount as a gummy. The dispensary I go to has a bank next to it with two ATMs right in front. I have to believe they're the busiest ATMs in the county. I still can't get over how happy and positive all the people who work at the weed shop are. But all that talk is for the eventual "Hooray Weed (if it's legal where you are)" thread.

I completely fucked that up and said it backwards. Edited the original post. Kids = short days, long years. Grown ups = days fucking drag because you're always swamped and then the years fly.

Preston needs to become Prestyn to really maximize the Modern White People Names (or r/tragedeigh if you reddit) horror.

Seriously, Vince was a good promoter and had the advantage of having the #1 company in the #1 media markets early, and then just becoming the Coke or Kleenex of wrestling later. But he couldn't create shit. You can look at every boom period's stars and see how little Vince had to do with their success. Hogan came to Vince fully formed. The Attitude Era top guys all started with shitty Vince gimmicks and had to overcome them and provide their own input to become successes. Even Mankind was this close to being "Mason the Mutilator," which would have been DOA. Cena started with no gimmick at all and was this close to being gone before he did the rap thing on a Halloween Smackdown. Undertaker is a bad gimmick done well by the one person who could have ever pulled it off, just a once in a lifetime piece of good luck. What gimmick did Vince ever create himself that became a hit without any changes? Good on anybody who can think of one, but the "misses" column is still far larger. The man has piss poor creative instincts and it's especially obvious seeing how every non-wrestling endeavor of his failed.

I like that one. It's up there with "don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough" and "as a kid, the years are long and the days are short. As an adult, it's the opposite."

I think Harley hurt her right elbow, too. She was favoring it after the pin and it looked like it had a goose egg the size of a 25 cent gumball on it. No idea how Alexander busted his head open. Maybe one of Brody's back elbows before the arm trapped German suplex? I know the finish was wonky. Brody can typically hit the Gonzo Bomb and protect his opponent with his beefy thighs, but Alexander looked like he might have panicked and started reaching for the mat on the way down to protect himself. But maybe he sensed the move was a little off and that's why he did that. No idea.

YEEEEAAAHHHHHH

Same guy who shit all over wrestlers asking for help during the pandemic, now using social media to embarrass himself begging for a movie role. Every once in a while, people get what's coming to them. You love to see it.

But what does that $75 get you? Wrestling? No problematic mumble rappers, Youtubers, right wing manosphere "comedians," nothing? Who wants to see wrestling in 2025?

This past weekend's beer was Flip Coast IPA, a west coast IPA by Lone Oak Brewing, which is super local to me -- they're in Olney, MD, which is like 15 minutes from where I work. I believe all their beers come in four-packs of 16oz cans (so you get 8oz less than your standard six pack of 12 ouncers). It was maybe a little better than average, which was kind of disappointing, especially because it was like $18. Not terrible, but not great, either. As far as west coast IPAs go, it wasn't as flavorful as the Lagunitas IPA I'd had the prior week. This brewery has a lot of styles in the beer section of my local store, though, and payday is this week, so I might try another one by them, maybe the Czech Pilsner. I'll let you know.

Is this Johnny Ace's second turn in the case? I believe he first claimed he was just as much a victim as Grant was, but then later he joined McMahon's side of the case. Now this. One more turn and he's entering Big Show or Paul Orndorff territory.

I hate to "well actually" you, but "Hulk Hogan's Theme" on the first Wrestling Album is by Jim Steinman (reworked later by Steinman as "Ravishing" for a Bonnie Tyler album). Also, Meat Loaf appears in the WWF's Land of 1,000 Dances" video. Steinman was an incredible composer/writer/producer.

Both of these are pretty much where I am. I was a wrestling fan since early 1985, got into Crockett maybe two years after that. Liked ECW, went to some ROH shows and bought some of their DVDs. By 2010, wrestling just sucked. WWE was just coasting on the same acts forever with nothing fresh, a fat, lazy, happy promotion 10 years into having no competition. I didn't watch TNA, nor was I that interested in ROH. I was just blah. Then I heard Alvarez review a show he went to: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2010. He made it sound like a blast; a super fun alternative to WWE's presentation. I pirated it and the rest is history. I never missed another one of their shows after that, and started paying for their DVDs and later streams after a while. PWG's style and approach to wrestling saved my fandom. That company is possibly gone now (on hiatus since late 2023), but it is firmly in the DNA of AEW and that's why I love AEW. It's fun, it's not corporate, and it seems to be run by a guy whose only insane tendencies are about pro wrestling. What's not to love there?

Brody King prayer circle let's gooooooo

More cringeworthy than Sean Young's homemade Catwoman costume "audition" for Batman Returns on the Joan Rivers show.

Are you saying you forgot what Marcellus Wallace looks like? Does he look like a bitch?

As someone who grew up in, and thankfully got out of, that particular milieu, I can attest to the fact that yes, this is how those people talk. There's a great deleted scene in Reservoir Dogs where Pink and White are driving around trying to figure out a solution for Orange's injury, and White talks about a nurse he knows. Her name is Bonnie, and he refers to it as "this Bonnie situation." @Andrew POE! this will make sense after you see Pulp Fiction.

Yes, he's much better at just yelling shit, extemporaneously, over people to the detriment of everyone else in the segment. No planning or memorization required, there. Segment where the Hurt Syndicate had a promo battle with Big Bill and Bryan Keith, where he kept cutting them off and yelling insults over them until they just looked like dorks. Way to build a program. Segment with MJF last week where he would not stop yelling at the fans for cheap heat. When you're in a segment with MJF and you're the one trying too hard for heat? That's insane.

Hangman! Fuck yeah.

“I need a dust filter for a Hoover Max Extract Pressure Pro Model 60“

They grow up fast, don’t they? I mention Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig to my now 10 year old and she embarrassingly tells me “that’s baby stuff!” I’m like kid it was only like 5-6 years ago and you had ALL the toys! Years are much shorter for adults. It was Reservoir Dogs for me, then Pulp took it up a notch. Gotta watch both again soon.

Sky Blue…she needed the money! Ohhh!