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My son is baffled by how excitedly I just reacted to that news. Oh well, he can be excited about seeing Ricochet (and keep hoping for Ospreay), and I can be excited for Dick... ... Togo!

Joe retains and Itami - informing us all that he was attacked and injured by Joe before his last shot at the title - becomes #1 contender.

Idea for the titles that would never happen - contendership opportunities go back and forth between brands. For example, with the WWE strap, a Smackdown guy is already defending against a Raw guy. Whomever wins, and after a contractually obligated rematch, Smackdown holds a few matches to determine a new number one contender. Do this for all titles and you can have belts switching brands AND give wrestlers on each brand a reason to have matches against each other.

Just saw Gargano at Evolve , knee seemed fine.

If they knew somebody was denying their NH heritage. Woah, never ran into anybody who thought Scissorfight couldn't write a song.

Nashua is a shithole, but dissing the Granite State as a whole ain't right. Scissorfight would write a song if they knew.

I never post anymore, but had to mention that my sister in law Samantha is the curly-haired manager at the Airport Diner and had a fucking blast with Triumph and crew filming. Also, Chris Christie really dropped in many times just to eat.

I never ever post anymore but this thread caused me to remember this and goddamnit I did NOT need to remember this.

My headlock is better than yours!

Hey what was your webpage again? Any new design work? I got nothing... Haven't in years. Maybe you're thinking of El Jefe? He had that rad lucha alphabet poster. I'm mostly a long time lurker since the green board days.

While walking through the grocery store today, I passed the magazine section and saw that WWE put out a "Legends of Wrestlemania" issue. On the cover? Hogan, Austin, Savage, Hart, Michaels, Helmsley, Taker, Cena, Rock, and Bryan. Maybe it's nothing but I think that's a pretty big indicator of what the company thinks of Bryan.

Long-time lurker, used to post a lot but, well, life is busy. Got an honest question for ya folks: Does anybody ever consider how long it took some WWE wrestlers to become the top stars? I ask because there's always the talk about blown chances, pushes, and de-pushes of guys like Rollins, Ambrose, Wyatt, Cesaro, et cetera. with seemingly zero acknowledgement that those who came before didn't rocket to the top within a month of their debut. Austin, Michaels, Hart, and many others spent years in lower-to-midcard matches before the inevitable ascent to the top of the card. Two things I realize: for one, the business is radically different than years past, wth only one big-name company to work for. On the other hand, some of the new guys I mentioned are obviously oozing talent and charisma, and I get how frustrating it can be to see potential squandered. What's the problem, then? Is it fans' impatience, demanding immediate pushes for their favorite new guys? Or is it just not possible to have somebody like Dean Ambrose start where Steve Austin started, lower on the card, and with years of work, climb to the top? EDIT to add that I really haven't been able to follow WWE since the last Mania, mostly due to time and not having the expendable income for the Network after the original commitment (nor for the kind of cable package that comes with DVR), but I more or less still follow what's going on via the net.

Cesaro and Sheamus need to beat each other up more, form a tag team out of mutual respect, fued with the Cosmic Twins a bunch, win the straps, then fued with the Wyatts. We would watch the shit out of it.

Yes, you can say that, and I will repeat it - Renee looks killer.

That's silly, since "fundamental" = buttcheeks.http://mentalfloss.com/article/12350/dirty-etymology-9-everyday-words

Some friends of mine have a song on From Dusk Til Dawn, so I wanna see that shit.

With all the Chris Hardwick/Nerdist/wrestling talk, I figured I'd share this for those who might have missed it.

Imagine Dragons.

Shit, the WWE site also has a few new-ish features on Sting, including a video retrospective and an article written by Apter.

WWE.com just posted that Hulk is gonna "host" Wrestlemania. That's not the worst thing ever.

I forgot about this folder, ever since the latest board switcheroo... also, I barely post here, despite following/posting since DA GREEN BOARD... but anyhow I'll be 33 this Saturday.

“I’ve been accused of being a lot of things, but inarticulate ain’t one of ‘em.” This, after Boyd's spectacular pre-kill speech opening the show, had me laugh way too loud.

Nah, I'd side with my buddy, slap him on the back and tell him if it's what he wants, good for him. I wouldn't walk into his old work and start a WE WANT DOUG chant.

I'm baffled... all the smarks are screaming for Punk, and if you dare to look at comments on ANYTHING WWE is posting right now (Facebook or otherwise), you get all these jackasses bitching and moaning that they won't watch the shows anymore and to bring back Punk. Shouldn't they be screaming at Punk, the one who packed his bag and went home? I only ask because I'm not sure how the world works anymore...

Aye. Psycho-violent wife-DDT'ing-and-kissing sociopath Randy Orton was gold. Then he was smiley, sticking-his-tongue-out, leap-frogging-for-joy Randy Orton and that... THAT was brutal.