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Same. On a Super Bowl food note, I made Ruben sandwiches with horseradish cheddar cheese, very tasty.

That Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson get zero heat for shilling ai is pretty disheartening.

A reminder that this angle started after Hogan beat Sheiky Baby for the title, a lot of people don’t realize that.

I decided to look up the Ivan Putski matches I saw in person at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena back in the day. Sadly none of the Civic Arena shows were recorded, would have loved to see all of these again. June 18, 1982 - Ivan Putski pinned Greg Valentine at 14:00 when Valentine failed a powerslam, with Putski falling on top for the win. This was on the first live show I ever went to, don't remember that much of this bout since the Backlund vs. Blackjack Mulligan Texas Death Match earlier that night was bonkers, pretty long for the final match of the card. August 20, 1982 - Ivan Putski (sub. for Tony Atlas) pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Saito at 4:50 with a small package. I remember the heat Saito got that night, with it being less than 5 minutes assuming it was mostly Putski's shtick. Earlier that night Putski was the special referee for Snuka vs. Backland, he cheated by fast counting when Superfly's shoulders were barley on the mat, that's when I started to hate him, Snuka might have been a heel but all us kids loved him and wanted to see him win the belt. October 8, 1982 - Superstar Billy Graham defeated Ivan Putski via count-out at 17:43. Yikes, that's really long for those two, thinking we went on a restroom/concession stand run during it. December 10, 1982 - Chief Jay Strongbow, Jules Strongbow, & Ivan Putski defeated Mr. Fuji, Mr. Saito, & Capt. Lou Albano in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1. I remember this match like it was a month ago, the heat was insane when Albano was in the ring and people went nuts anytime the Captain did his half assed selling. June 24, 1983 - Jimmy Snuka & Ivan Putski defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0 at 11:45; fall #1: the Samoans were disqualified at 7:20; fall #2: Snuka pinned Afa at 4:25 with the splash off the top; due to the disqualification result in the first fall, the title did not change hands. I remember everyone being pissed when they announced the title couldn't change hands via the first fall DQ. This card was also a sell-out due to the Muraco vs. Rocky Johnson IC Title match in a cage, that's how over those two were in the Steel City, looks like Backlund was relegated to a C show in Brooklyn, New York that night. August 26, 1983 - Ivan Putski pinned Ivan Koloff at 24:50 with the Polish Hammer. Ugh why was this so long, most likely another trip to the bathroom then coming back and being annoyed it was still going on. Koloff was a total bore during this WWF run. December 16, 1983 - Sgt. Slaughter defeated Ivan Putski via count-out at 15:59. I remember me and my cousin cheering heel Sarge and it pissed of some hillbilly sitting behind us, my uncle almost got into a fight with him. February 24, 1984 - Ivan Putski defeated Don Muraco via count-out at 9:26 when Muraco left ringside after being hit with the Polish Hammer. I remember Muraco doing tons of stalling and good old heel stuff, place went nuts when Putski hit the Polish Hammer. This was also the Hogan's first title defense in Pittsburgh so it was a sellout. March 23, 1984 - Ivan Putski pinned Butcher Vachon at 3:00 with the Polish Hammer. Thankfully this was short. April 27, 1984 - Paul Orndorff, Roddy Piper, & David Schultz defeated Ivan Putski, Rocky Johnson, & Tony Atlas at 14:20. Piper's heat was off the charts, kind of remember Atlas being in the ring 90% of the time. May 25, 1984 - David Schultz defeated Ivan Putski via count-out at 7:25. Thinking that their styles didn't really mesh. November 9, 1984 - Ivan Putski pinned Mr. Fuji (sub. for Kamala) at 5:30 with the Polish Hammer. I wonder if they ever planned to have Kamala in the match, there's no way they'd have Putski job clean to him or mess with Kamala's push by going with a screwy finish. Totally remember this match, it was almost all Fuji doing the hiding the salt shenanigans, Putski hit him with the Polish Hammer and everyone went crazy. February 23, 1985 - Ivan Putski pinned Terry Gibbs at 5:17 with the Polish Hammer. Was basically a squash match, but look at this card! WWF @ Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – February 23, 1985 (17,500) The Cobra pinned Salvatore Bellomo at 7:11 Dick Murdoch pinned Rick McGraw at 8:35 Nikolai Volkoff pinned Swede Hanson at 10:20 Bret Hart pinned Jerry Valiant at 9:25 Ivan Putski pinned Terry Gibbs at 5:17 with the Polish Hammer Bruno & David Sammartino defeated Paul Orndorff & Bobby Heenan via disqualification at 15:00 when Orndorff brought a chair into the ring and attacked Bruno with it; Gorilla Monsoon then came into the ring and chopped Orndorff to make him stop, with David then clearing Orndorff & Heenan from the ring with the chair Johnny V pinned Tony Garea at 10:59 The Junkyard Dog defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification at 3:10 when Piper choked JYD with his own chain and shoved the referee Don Muraco (w/ Mr. Fuji) pinned George Wells at 8:40 Andre the Giant pinned Ken Patera at 4:25

The Steelers will host an International Game at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, it'll be the first regular season game on the Emerald Isle.

He was the #2 baby face behind Backlund for about 2 years between 81 and 83, he’d beat the heel who finished their feud with Backlund and were on their way out, plus he’d get his own feuds from time to time. He got pushed down a notch or two after Snuka turned and Rocky Johnson showed up. They couldn’t really push him higher than that or give him the IC title, since his matches sucked, I can say that due to seeing a ton of them during that timeframe.

AMC Stories is running Mad Men on a loop, picked up about halfway season 1 and now halfway into season 2. Does anyone remember the "Daddy Drank" sketch from Kids in the Hall? Every scene with Don and Sally could totally end with a cutaway to a grown up Sally looking into the camera and saying "Daddy Drank!"

Those ads were huge, I think the Vegas sports books let people make low money wagers on the outcome.

Prime's algorithm suggested The Longshot (1986) to me the other day, no idea how it knew I watched this flick a bunch back in the day purely because it was "on cable". Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Jack Weston and Ted Wass, play four schlubs who go to the track and never win, they get a tip about a doped up horse running in an upcoming race, borrow money from a loanshark to make the bet and there's a bunch of hijinks along the way. Tim Conway wrote it, so there's a lot of segments where its just his comedy bits, a few actually funny annoyed Harvey Korman scenes, Jonathan Winter's has a cameo where he has a line I still use when someone asks me for directions, and Irene Cara sang the title track. This movie was on the premium cable channels a ton back in the day, I swear this would be on HBO and when it was over I'd change the channel to Showtime, pick-up Bodyslam when Afa & Sika are trashing one of M. Harry Smilac's cars, watch that until it ended, flip over to HBO just in time for Rich Hall's "Sniglets" on Not Necessarily the News.

The SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night episode on season 11 is really good. They do a good job of showing what didn't work and what worked, the behind scenes stuff with NBC was interesting, the chances they took which sadly this episodes pushes as "weird", and how it set the table for season 12 when the show "came back". I forgot that John Lovitz was the breakout star that season and that this is where I first saw Penn & Teller. I kind of wish they did something like this for other seasons. I'll also co-sign the music episode was really good, but I really have no desire to watch the other episodes. The audition one seems like it's going to be a ton of Jimmy Fallon & Tina Fey, I can't really stand either of them, the writers one doesn't interest me at all, and I've never thought the "Cowbell" sketch was that funny and have always been surprised that people think its so great.

Piledriver got almost zero mainstream coverage compared to The Wrestling Album, I only remember it being talked about on WWF programming and nothing else.

A wrestler or manager who uses whatever object is hip at the moment as a weapon should be a thing. Last year it could have been clubbing someone over the head with a Stanley Cup, this year it could be a super kick while wearing a loaded pilates sock, the possibilities are endless.

I always loved when they showed everyone drawing their number.

That’s way to complex of an angle for a simpleton like Russo to come up with or understand if someone brought it to him.

The Polish Prince vs. Barry Hart

That’s bs, you should have to run a play in that situation.

Also not a fan of racing but always watched racing movies like Days of Thunder, Stroker Ace, Six Pack, Greased Lightning and Heart Like a Wheel when they were on cable.

The Manning's "Kick of Destiny" commercial has been popping up on everything I watch, not just football games.

Lanny could brag that he never used viagra when he shot his scenes, unlike Val.

Watched the first two episodes of The Pitt on HBO/MAX in space, it's good but I kind of wish I waited until they all aired then binged it. Sadly no one on this show is taking the big swing and attempting a Pittsburgh accent, I guess if Tom Hanks didn't even try in that Otto movie no one ever will.

Days of Thunder is one of the funniest unintentional comedies ever made, Robert Duvall talks to a car in it!

I’ve been involved with derby for 15 years and haven’t seen that name yet.

Moving the extra point back was such smart move by the NFL.

So did the 2005 Steelers who were a 6 seed, the 2007 Giants were a 5.

Also, credit to Daniels putting the ball right on the money every time he needed to.