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By the sound of things, more like hentai, in this particular case!

Kenny, that is not how you pronounce "annals of time", but do carry on!

I'm pretty sure I would pay half decent money not to see Christian Cage attempting to bang Stokley's mom! However, to see the looks on FTR's faces when one of their moms lets it slip on the dinner table that "That Christian Cage isn't half bad in the sack" and the other one nods in agreement would be priceless!

Dynasty purchased via Triller TV, but with relatively steep price of 26e. I'm sure it will be worth the price eventually, but what are the odds that Buddy Matthews makes his return here? That would make it worth the price, even if he just showed up for a run-in of post match save/attack.

Would you watch a Weird, Artificial Intelligence kayfabe biopic about Hogan, though? Because I'm pretty sure that could be arranged!

Re: IWGP-champion. I don't know the guy, but I can't help but to think of how Jerry Seinfeld would react if he heard that Newman was the top champion in Japan? Re: That documentary. Not exactly about the documentary itself, but the guy that it's about. It was pretty unfortunate that he lost his eyesight and I suppose his sense of smell, too, by the end. I know there's a soundbite out there of him saying "I see no stinkin' Nazis here" while standing in front of a crowd of literal and most likely stinking Nazis!

Decent effort by Bowens against Mox, but has there been a championship-level, very over tag team, that have been less than the sum of their parts (divided by two) than the former members of The Acclaimed? I mean even Bully Ray eventually had a decent singles run! To be honest, there probably is, but this is still quite a drop for both guys. Who the hell is going to challenge Diva Domination for the tag belts next, since it won't be the Birds yet? Willow was basically oblivious to the fact that she was seconds away from getting clobbered from behind by Shida! Someone else won't be so lucky, soon enough, I'm afraid. Grabbing the chair off Christian Cage's hands must have been the most courageous thing I have ever seen Stokley do, so far. And don't give me that "he learned to walk again"-bullshit, I'm pretty sure he was able to walk this whole time! Cage almost attacking Renee with the chair on Dynamite for "being in their way (ever so slightly)" was funny, him attacking that poor security guy with the con-chair-to, not so much. Ciampa vs Juice was decent enough match but Tommaso could probably use a real feud at this point. I guess that would be Mark Briscoe, right? How badly is Fletcher hurt? Speaking of Hurt, The Syndicate is back and the other guy from Private Party is back being hurt. Good stuff by The Rascalz and DCF, as one would expect. The look of abject horror and disgust on the ref's face when Andrade kissed her hand after the hand raise was, if not priceless, still worth a pretty penny! Darby coming to terms with Brody but Jack Perry having hard time getting over being set on fire was funny but totally logical. Ok, main event still to come. Quite the pyrotechnics for OC, there! Yuta can totally pull off the buzzcut. Unfortunately for the luchador in question, he will be known as Misticock from now on, to me! He can thank @Technico Support by proxy, for that one! The match itself was a bit messy with the tornado rules, but plenty of action, for sure.

Coincidentally, the exact same thing AEW kept on (keeps on) doing after purchasing the brand, so that must go with the territory?

Misticock?!?

After more than a year with very subpar lifts on regular bench I'm finally approaching something resembling what it used to be. Last week getting 11 clean reps with 241,5 and 5 clean plus one ok rep with 263,5, I will probably be able to move up at least a little bit this coming week? EZ Bar Curls got a new PR as well, as I did 7x152, although the ROM wasn't exactly great this time, either. I have now entered the pre-diet mode for the month of April. I will try to clean up my diet, start with the burners and such and slowly start to upping my cardio (hopefully) but try not to go crazy until the beginning of May. My weight is at 198ish and I have to say it's looking pretty decent even at that weight, so the prospects are looking promising. I have been very sober so far this year and it's definitely doing my head in at this point, but it looks like I'm still crawling through the next couple of weeks this way.

Well, it seems like at least part of Jericho's time away was spent on getting back into shape. Prickochet seems to have gotten back into crazy shape, too! Not that he's not been in very good shape all this time, but during his more character driven heel stuff it seemed as if he wasn't quite as cut as he previously was. Now he's as ripped as ever. Didn't save him from the One Winged Angel, though! PAC vs Ospreay 2 was way different than the All Out match. But hey, there was more selling. Ospreay was in deep shit after the match and nobody came to his aid. If he doesn't come through at the PPV, this will look pretty bad. If he does, then I guess it's fine? Darby vs reluctant Andrade at the PPV might be another "worth the price of the PPV by itself" match, but for some reason this PPV was 6e more expensive to begin with, so that may be a tall order? Kenny is pretty damn bad on the mic and on commentary. I was kinda under the impression that he was supposed to be some kind of all around performer, but it seems pretty clear that that only includes the bell to bell part of the job. Main event was excellent and the women's trios match was ok, too!

Quite the week this time around, EZ-Bar curls, incline dumbell bench, regular bench, lat pull downs, squat machine, Meadows Row and Seal Row on different days and regular Chuck Norris Lift today. So, I felt like I wasn't going to make any new records as far as heaviest weights go, so I got the double overhand grip lift out of the way by adding another 11lbs to the previous record at 418,5, then the mixed grip for 2x462,5 and then with Versas, 5x440,5 (followed by 3x418,5 before switching to shrugs). So three new records by thinking outside the box. My gainer ran out at work this week, so the bulk is just about done. I'll go for maintenance for a short while before slowly starting the cut a month early this year. More time means less drastic measures, especially for the first month. Basically just cleaning up the diet and making healthy choices. The weight vest is about to be dusted off very shortly, as well! The bench pyramid I did had some of the best lifts I've done in a good while. 12(just shy of clean 13)x220, 8x241,5, 5x252,5 and 4x263,5. It's nice to not totally suck at bench once again. Far from my best efforts, but not crazy far.

Man,what wouldn't I do to be called an 18-year old, even from a distance! That was so cool! Some 2,5 months left to my high school reunion, so it will be jarring to see the former 18-year olds I used to know 30 years ago, I'm sure!

Has Action Andretti suddenly turned into a Ring of Power or what made Lio Rush turn into a Gollum?

...'til the end of time!

Will those Sisters be begging for Mercy before it's all said and done?

Rough week at work but a decent one at the gym. Lat pull down pyramid, a bench pyramid, a heavy but short squat machine work (top sets of 3x500 and 3x584) and some deadlift (or Chuck Norris Lift as it will from now on be known as). Was able to get 407,5 with double overhand grip without Versas or gloves and 440,5 with mixed grip without gloves. Redid my record of 484,5 with mixed grip without Versas. No new records with Versas, failed 506,5 twice but got it up off the full blocks and then did 528,5 before failing to lift 561,5 and 550,5, respectively. Then did 5x440,5 off the full blocks before switching to shrugs.

So I'm hearing that Death has had a case of Chuck Norris today?

After that performance in the Coffin Match, I don't see how Gabe Kidd could be "divisive" anymore? You just have to respect that in so many ways. Goddammit, Michael Jackson may or may not have done "Presidential" things during his life but that doesn't stop me from appreciating Beat It, Billie Jean and Dirty Diana! No matter what I think of the person, some performances just demand respect. Also, Okada's character work is outstanding right now! That promo on Bucks (and never miss an opportunity to shit on Takeshita) was so good! If he ever learns how to wrestle, he's going rule American wrestling !

Zero Hour was ok, with the TBS title match being the high point. One of the least shocking things I have ever heard on commentary was that Lena Kross used to be a runway model . Nothing has ever made more sense. Ok, you don't have to start EVERY PPV with a match already underway, you know? Jack Perry winning the National title with Tarzan Boy playing in the background was way nicer than his previous singles title wins as a heel. The next three matches were all awesome but were overshadowed by the returns afterwards. I'm so glad that Ospreay is back and apparently can still fly. Oh, and Okada is going to have a fucking field day talking shit about Takeshita for coming up short in the Continental title match! CopeCage returning was actually a surprise and "Literally Worst Woman On the Planet" returning definitely would have been, if it wasn't for a YouTube notification spoiling it for me! Also, Stokley. I just knew that son of a bitch could walk. Probably could this whole time! The women's tag title match was a foregone conclusion but still a bit surprised how badly Babes got their asses kicked here. Sucks for Penelope but really awesome for Kross who was really at the perfect place at an (un)fortunate time. Brody-Swerve next! Ok, this wasn't quite the classic I hoped for but still very good with some vicious stuff from both sides! Ok, Kenny is back so Darby isn't moving onto Swerve just yet, it seems. Women's world title match was high impact but I was a bit surprised how easily Thekla eventually did get the better of Statlander. Visual pin aside, Stat does not have much of a claim to any rematches for a while after that! Both Trios matches were excellent and I was actually surprised by both endings as I was thinking heels were gonna take both matches and ended up taking jack shit! Andrade vs Bandido was amazing, even if the disrobing of the pants took a tad too long. It was good that Andrade used Bandido's wardrobe malfunction to his advantage pretty quickly. When it was on, everything in this one was insane! Main event went too long but it was sufficiently brutal and I was thinking it would be funny if a kick in tha dick ends this one, and it almost did, twice but not quite. MJF winning other people's speciality matches against them is almost a thing now, but he has lost enough of them that we're not quite there yet. I guess you fucked up here, Hangman! Maybe he'll turn into a zombie and can then challenge again on a technicality?

Completed 30 minutes of bicep/tricep combo with 44lbs. Sweating like a hog by the end of it, but I made it. I'm not sure if I am going to attempt the same with 48,5 next week or not?

The much hyped Andrade vs Dorada 5*+ match seemed way more structured and coherent than I would have ever expected for a supposed 5*+ match! And I mean that in a good way, even though one might I don't. It just seems that when a match gets a snowstorm rating it usually isn't because it was psychological masterpiece with an intricate and coherent story from start to finish. Not saying that this one did, either but it was way more of an actual match than just a mind blowing super spot fest!

How do you feel about the blimp demand though? For me, it wasn't so much the blimp itself, more the fact that I wasn't sure if he wanted it for promotion or transportation purposes?

Well, one out of two is at least feasible, so we'll see how the day will pan out?

Well, it's nice to see I'm not alone in thinking that it was spectacular. It ended up being the best match I saw the entire day!