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I'm already picturing it now and just that alone has me super hyped for his WM debut. Make it happen, WWE!

Now I'm picturing one of those Whammy monsters blowing up the screen as the last image on the last Impact shows. That'd be an awesome way to go out.

I met Art at a Christmas party but sadly it was before knowing about his commentary gig for KOTR. If only I saw that beforehand I could have brought that up.

Halfway through Impact, but I've been checking them out lately. I like a lot of the roster and there are definitely angles I like (EC3/Bennett, Galloway/Lashley, etc.) The Hardy stuff last night started out fine but Matt talking like Willow was too much for me. I just hate everything about that. And Earl Hebner in a match was completely ridiculous, especially the "selling" for Mike's stuff. Hoping that's the last we see of him. But so far not a bad show, interested in the main event. It's also hard watching Impact when things are good. I don't hate the people there at all, yet I feel bad that they work in a shithole like TNA. They all deserve better than to work for Dixie. Ideally I'd ship the good ones off to a completely different company and close TNA forever.

I had a feeling it was going to be one of two characters, and as much as they tried to bring the heavy I just couldn't get into it. I liked the guy, but can't necessarily say I'm sad it was him. Fun episode though. I'm a bit confused at the end though:

I loved the hell out of Regal/Cesaro. Regal's promo in particular was off the charts and I loved the story they told. Random thought, but when Nakamura finally makes his Wrestlemania entrance, I will accept nobody else to play him out than this woman:

Thinking back to all the times he asks "How much does this guy weigh?!" is never not funny to me. If I was inclined I'd do a drinking game for how many times he said that. But I'd be afraid of getting alcohol poisoning so maybe that wouldn't be the wisest idea.

I'm hoping they have the fans do the arm motion that's in Moose's entrance. That'd be pretty wild seeing that.

Those are great arguments for why Dallas is better than Brooklyn. I guess for me it was the combination of Bayley/Sasha in a sold out main roster-size arena that sticks with me. I'm not saying it was a one-match show, but in my mind it is. Dallas might be the objectively better show, but Brooklyn is by far my favorite.

Definitely Brooklyn for me. Aside from the points Rippa made, that was the night where I really felt like a fan who hasn't been jaded by all the insider stuff over the years. It made me think back to how I'd get into wrestling when I was a kid and it was a wonderful feeling. I wouldn't be mad at those who thought Nak/Zan was better than Bayley/Sasha. But the women's match was something special that I'll remember for many years. Heck, if I can get out of work I'm going to meet Sasha Monday morning at this store just to tell her that (she's doing a meet a green with Natalya).

That's pretty amusing. But it's weird how Stephanie is so damn attractive yet when she does that face it's horrifying. A big smile can be pretty unsettling at times too.

Fair enough. But look at the Last Man Standing (or was it ladder) match between Fenix and Cuerno. They spent so much time setting up ladders and such that it really hurt the flow of the match. Definitely was more apparent in that than Grave Consequences. if somebody had an edited version of that match I'd enjoy it a ton more.

If you needed any further proof that NXT is booked like an 80s territory here you go. And that's freaking awesome.

I love Matanza and am quite happy with how he's doing. If all I saw of him were from the tapings only I'd be annoyed at him beating the top guys. I can see why the live crowd would hate him for that. But with the benefit of the video packages he's fantastic. That said, going back to matches like Grave Consequences they really need to find a way to edit out needless parts of the match. That and the LMS matches had lots of setting up weapons that hurt the flow when watching. I'm hoping in future matches like this they can trim it down to a believable degree.

Watching the extras, the deleted scenes did have more from the fight scenes. They also had one where they went to Mexico as a last ditch effort for Wade's cancer. They were fun and all, but I think by taking them out the movie's a lot tighter and well-paced. I have no complaints with what made the final cut. Even talking about his origin didn't bother me as that didn't necessarily drag. The back and forth between origin and real time helped keep me from being bored. Since this did big numbers (and the origin out of the way) they can do more in sequel which should be really fun.

That should have been the way they'd have done it. It got a little silly there the way they were fighting over who'd kill themselves to do this. When it finally went the one who ended up doing it I just thought "Really? Of all people?" He was definitely one of the more interesting characters by far so of course why not.

The times I saw C&C in Baltimore yeah, they were very beloved. I was hoping they'd get a title run, even if it was a brief one. Cedric being done with ROH is a wasted opportunity as I really liked what he was doing. And I'm wondering what Veda's going to do now.

Paige and ADR? That might be one of the most random pairings I've heard of in quite some time, wrestling or elsewhere. That's great and everything, but just so random.

I really don't want to add traffic to anything TNAMecca (site, Twitter, etc.) But I imagine they're going into overdrive trying to spin this so it doesn't lead to a conclusion of "The end is near!"

I can't figure that out. Last I heard it seemed like he had nothing but great things to say about the company. That, and HHH was a fan of his. So unless Naylor was lying which is not likely, something must have happened since that time.

Going back to the Wrestlemania triple threat match, I was in the mood to see Sasha's entrance recently. The presentation with Snoop rapping and the Eddie tights was so, so right. All stars were aligned and of all nights that should have been Sasha's night. The fact she didn't win after all that is sad and maddening. I'm sure come Summerslam I'll think "Cool, she won it. But man, she should have won it at Wrestlemania." Honestly, whoever came up with that should be punished. As for Japan, one of those shows has to be a network special, Brock or no Brock. Why wouldn't you want to display Nakamura and Asuka in the country they made their name? To say they'd get a hero's welcome would be a huge understatement. That'd be cool as hell to see.

Funny thing is, I literally just finished reading JTG's new PDF book about how to make it in WWE (early preview of the second one). One of the things he hammered home is to ride with the top people in the business. So in that sense R Truth is definitely a made man.

I'm not going to be mad/offended it people joke about his situation. Heck, I might even find it kind of funny in a dark way. But I just can't find humor in this. The family is wondering how they're going to make ends meet with their kid who is still going through a lot of hardship. And that was before all this happened. I can see him and his wife getting into it over how they're going to do what's needed and I sympathize with them on that end. But for it to lead to what he did it's just sad and sympathizing only goes so far once he gets to that point.

Random ass shots of women in show recaps? That's likely creepy. But fawning over Maria because Eddie's just a Greek fawning over another Greek? That's A-OK with me, but I'm a bit biased on that one.