The Natural

Enjoy, my friend. Road Report please and thank you.

BREAKING: Brian “Road Dogg” James has reportedly departed WWE. (via BodyslamNet) --- I don't know how credible the source is.

The Natural's AEW Match of the Year 2019-2025: 2019: Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes. AEW Double or Nothing, 25th May 2019. *****. 2020: Kenny Omega/Hangman Adam Page vs. Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson. AEW Revolution, 29th February 2020. *****. 2021: Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Grand Slam Dynamite, 22nd September 2021. *****. 2022: Hangman Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Dynamite, 6th January 2022. *****. 2023: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. AEW WrestleDream, 1st October 2023. *****. 2024: Sting/Darby Allin vs. Matthew Jackson/Nicholas Jackson. AEW Revolution, 3rd March 2024. *****. 2025: Timeless Toni Storm vs. Mariah May. AEW Revolution, 9th March 2025. *****.

Speaking of 1997, my favourite ever year for wrestling, we got four of the greatest matches of all time: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin at WWF WrestleMania 13. The 1997 MOTY and the greatest wrestling match of all time. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker at WWF In Your House 18: Badd Blood. My runner up to the above. Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero at WCW Halloween Havoc 1997. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi in AJPW, 20th February 1997. Any other year one of Michaels/Taker, Mysterio/Guerrero and Misawa/Kobashi would walk it.

My gimmick match Mount Rushmore: Royal Rumble, Two out of Three Falls, Hell in a Cell and WarGames. Hell in a Cell was a big deal to me. 12 year old me never seen anything like The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels at In Your House 18: Badd Blood and 13 year old me in The Undertaker vs. Mankind at King of the Ring 1998.

That's seven matches on the PPV now. Usually it's nine. Match of the Night honours will be competitive. Match of the Year candidates as well.

Powerhouse Jobs.

Added today.

Thank you. I think Gunther gets Rey Mysterio if he's in condition to. Oba Femi needs to be beat Brock Lesnar. I just don't want him or Logan Paul on TV as both are POS. Iyo Sky vs. Guilia was my next best thing for both, particularly Iyo as she's not in either world title match and deserves something. I was hoping for Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky.

That's the exact reason why I never have seen Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Fuck cancer for Chadwick Boseman and fuck Leteita Wright. Rich as Shuri is meant to be bright. I can't credibly buy her as a Black Panther for how little she is either. I'd rather have seen Chadwick Boseman recast, M'Baku, Nadia, Okoye or even a reformed Killmonger or an alternative timeline Killmonger get the Black Panther mantle. Cheers for the recommendations. I'd like to see Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four: First Steps for sure. I'd skip Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for reasons below. The Marvels as well as I don't like Captain Marvel. Captain America should have stayed a perfect trilogy with three great entries. I still wish Bucky Barnes got the shield instead. Always preferred Bucky Cap to Falcon Cap. Any-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania should have stayed smaller scale like the first two were. The first Ant-Man film is great and underrated but I didn't like the sequel. With the exception of Thanos, Cosmic MCU isn't my thing so skipped GOTG Vol. 3 for that reason and I can't watch animals getting hurt either even when it's implied. I watched Guardians of the Galaxy at the cinema a few weeks after losing my Mum which Aje, my best friend who is like a brother to me forgot to tell me about. I've never been more upset seeing a film ever. Somehow I didn't walk out. I was fuming at him.

Big breaking news, Luke Donald to be 2027 Ryder Cup Captain. He's won two in a row as captain: home in 2023 and away in 2025. Donald won four as a player, two as captain. Donald has never lost one. Hope he goes 7-0.

@Johnny Sorrow: Cheers, mate for doing this.