NikoBaltimore

I try to not spend too much and am lucky if I can get below $50. But then there's my friend who is pretty much this. I see this as us as the poor sap throwing money and the smiling little shit being Steam/Gabe Newell going "Yes, yes! Good, good!"

What stuck out to me in his match against Eddie was in the corner he knew Eddie would nuke him but he kept dancing in a show of defiance. He's done that before (against Shibata jumps out) and it always struck me as a really neat character trait where he will live and die on the dancing shield. I love it though feel when he loses that last CC match something will snap one way or another. The tamer aspect will be him splitting with Menard and company as he's sick of hearing them go "No dancing!" all the time. The admittedly better option would be for him to completely lose his shit, drop the dancing and go into vicious killer mode embarrassed by his CC showing. Both options can work if done right though I would prefer the latter. Now there is the chance he beats Brody which if done might work out better than what's mentioned above. Defeating the most intimidating hoss of the bracket (and CC for that matter) would give him a sense of confidence where he could dance his way through to better things. He might not be a title contender but even with a couple losses he could pick up a big win here and there. In time he gets enough of those where the wins happen more and he can at least see the next level is not too far away. But this is me assuming that things will pan out well. I love AEW but an not blind to the fact that many ideas either didn't pan out too well or were just given up on before it had a chance. With Garcia he's young enough where they can take their time and take him on a great path. But it kind of has to start with the end of the CC as no matter what if nothing changes after this then that'll be a misstep that could take more time for him to get over. EDIT: I'm sure Matt could better discuss Garcia but work's slow and the caffeine kicked in (about time, amiright?) Also, I love that dance though would ruin it for everybody if I ever attempted it. And yeah same goes especially for the Nana dance.

After just catching up on Collision it's going to be hard for tonight to be better than King/Danielson alone. Shit, the other two CC matches ruled also so tonight will be climbing uphill. Not saying tonight won't be fun because it will be but if we're comparing stuff then there you go.

Thanks for sticking with it, dude. I had to laugh that Discord itself would crap out as the show was about to start but was happy to see those who checked it out. Since then I feel it's only right to stream the ROH shows every Thursday from now on. I love ROH and I feel if more saw what they're doing the more they'd find to love about it as well. So why not let's fucking do it. The preshow rocked and I only saw the Jay tribute match and the main. Both were fucking awesome and the main ended like I hoped it would. And Mark crying post-match got me misty at the end but man what a tribute that was. I'll catch the other stuff at some point but I'm very happy with what I saw so far. Instead of posting again I'll just add something here. I am indeed going through with the streaming on Thursdays so as a one-time reminder if you want to check it out (please do, it's great!) then here you go. https://discord.gg/qz3KYM4kDr

And for once it's not my fault but of course Discord craps out right for everybody as the show starts. I hate technology.

I honestly thought they gimmicked it to add hype for the match. But if that was real then that is rather disturbing. Yikes. Oh, and without saying too much on the board if you're up for the show and on Discord it might be worth going here. https://discord.gg/qz3KYM4kDr

Well you got me there. I was just thinking of him doing something different to show the losses have made him angrier than normal. I guess him going for Froggy Boh early was it but more could have been done.

Y'all talked a lot about the Jets/Ricky/Bill segment so no need to add to the pile. They realized they were dying a thousand deaths out there and I feel for Ricky and Bill. But I will say there was a misstep in not having Briscoe come in angry and drop the redneck kung fu stuff for one night. There was a reaction video where he was pissed off and for a change of pace in the CC I wish he came in wanting to MDK White. It would have led to a much better match and also would have been a good way to show that Mark Briscoe is nobody to fuck with.

In their announcement on Discord they said there's a holdup on Xbox but it shouldn't be more than 24 hours.

Tony Schiavone getting excited doing PBB warms my heart considering he fell out of love with wrestling for a long time until his podcast. He might not be the "best" but I'd much rather have him get excited than Kevin Kelly being a waste of space. And Nigel makes me chuckle at times though I get why he's not for everybody. Speaking of Tony I never thought in my life I'd hear him say in 2023 "Matt, can I call you Daddy?" to Matt Menard on Rampage. I rewound that a couple times to make sure I heard it right and man did that throw me for a loop.

I caught the end of Rhea/Maxine and I feel the idea of Maxine as a wrestler on TV should be near its end. It looked awkward as hell and Rhea was getting increasingly annoyed. Maybe taking her off TV and have her work house shows for a good while could be of use.

I know it was looked down upon the last few years but man E3 was the shit for a good while. Watching the coverage on G4 had me wanting to check that more than Comic Con and it just felt like a huge deal. Granted it was 75% for the games and 25% for the booth babes (yeah, yeah I know) but it still looked very exciting. As it and myself kind of matured E3 still felt like a great thing to check out but the internet made it feel more and more obsolete each passing year. It sucks but that's how things go though they didn't help themselves towards the end.

I was legit just about to post this. The recreation of "Wrestling with Shadows" had me laughing pretty hard. So instead of posting BTDO how about Roderick Strong on "Hey (EW)"? You'd think it wasn't much but Marina and their son made this one of the weirdest ones they've done in a good way. And in case one's worried they do too much with the "Adam!" bit they only had a tiny segment and it was normal sounding Roddy. Which is good for us when were tired and watching this that Sunday morning.

I added it to my Steam wishlist ever since I found out. I considered getting it on the Autumn sale but I spent quite a bit as it was so I'm hoping on the next sale to check it out. But it does look really neat and seems to tick all the right boxes.

Holy shit that's really awful. I don't know if they have anybody at the cemetery to talk to about the tracks but but hopefully that never happens again.

So with the game officially being on Series X I think I will likely get it on there. I was itching to get it on Steam but held off for two reasons. One, I didn't have enough storage though that's since been corrected and two I don't typically do D&D. Never got into it for whatever reason. But my wife loves that style and instead of trying to go at this alone it might be best for her and I to team up and have a go at it on the X. I will take a cue from Craig in that as much as I'd love to load from a save if things go south I'll instead let it ride and see where it takes me.

We lost our motherfucking minds just now! We've been hoping for a new JSR and especially Crazy Taxi so this is wonderful news. No disagreements here. They've had the management games for some time but the real money's in a game like this. If they do it right then it's going to be a winner.

Blade slicing fools in Paris? Sure, count me in.

Lemme clear off the dust as it's time to bust out the Natsignal. @The Naturalhope you find some way to catch this.

He hasn't been much of a factor at all. He mainly teams with Titus and lose most of the few times they're on. And as I say that he had a qualifying match tonight for Survival of the Fittest.

That write-up was beautiful and has me wanting to watch it again ASAP. The Continental Classic has been so fun to watch it has me getting back into Fire Pro to simulate this a few times. With it being obvious Danielson would rule and expected to have Mox/Swerve kicking ass on their end the standout aside from them is definitely Brody. The guy is straight violence and if there's a just AEW they'll have him going for a singles title after the CC ends. EDIT: Well, first go-round it had Mark Briscoe and Andrade in the finals with Mark winning the whole thing. I try to get edits from those who know what they're doing with match logic and stats but depending on the maker results may vary. It would have been nice to see that actually happen as the matches on average had high rankings and they've been at least really fucking great IRL. I'll likely do this a couple more times but it was interesting to see how what I had in Fire Pro played out.

It took about 4 and a half months but I'm finally fully caught up with ROH. I had to unfortunately put that on the back burner as there was massive wads of wrestling to catch up on elsewhere. So it was hard to check this thread without spoiling anything. But I will say for the ups and downs it's had ROH is really, really fucking great. I love the fusion of Dark and ROH that they're doing and there's been some very fun things happening over there. Ian and Caprice are also my favorite commentary team by a mile as you can tell they're great friends who have a good time calling matches. And some of angles they've had were really great to see unfold. Of course my favorite was Athena having MIT and I'm almost sad seeing this end with the title match. But there was something about Athena laughing after Billie went nuts that has me feeling this was the final test. So while it could mean the whole thing is done with win or lose I think Billie's going to pass and get Athena's respect. It would make a really satisfying conclusion unless they go blood feud from this which I would rather they not do.

I never in my life thought I'd be excited about TCM involvement in wrestling but I've been wanting this from the start. I guess now I have to find a way to tell my mom considering TCM is all she watches (well and Hallmark Channel but I disregard that since TCM has good stuff)

We saw it yesterday and while the original will always be my favorite this is the best Godzilla movie they've done. For one it's just a really fucking great movie where the focus is much more on the humans than Godzilla itself. Shikishima's PTSD about being a kamikaze pilot was really fucking compelling and his quest for redemption had us hooked the whole way through. With how they did it for him and Noriko when Godzilla was around instead of the "Fuck yeah!" reactions I tend to have there was a real sense of dread and hope that they make it out alive. And I can't believe I'm saying this for a Godzilla movie but we cried a few times and it wasn't just us. But in that we were rooting so hard for them and it was all just fucking wonderful. I don't know if I want this going forward but this movie it really worked. I don't know about going as far as saying it deserves award recognition. But if award committees could look beyond it being a kaiju movie I feel it should at least be considered in some way. Which again is not something I would typically say about a Godzilla movie but it really was that good.

Man, reading Flair's tweet 75% of it is noise to me but I kind of like his self awareness at the end. If it was legit anybody else I would almost feel sorry for somebody who's in a generation that's very different than the one that he thrived in. But it's Flair and he frankly should only have been there for a couple appearances at most where he's reined in. He is right in wanting to be there for Sting's retirement and he should. But this is what happens when you have a multi year contract and have to use him somehow. Since he's contracted I still think he's best doing backstage promos where they can edit out whatever. But if he goes out there I hope they now know he needs to be on a short leash with a live mic. Oh, and I don't post much in the AEW section anymore because of folks like Vileone. And it saddens me to see Gordlow not as interested as he was before. But I still love AEW to pieces and keep up on the news items on here. I just prefer to watch the shows without looking as much on here before and after. Plus with Dean gone the level of positivity he brought to the threads is very much missed. When people are talking shit it can be a bummer as it's not as well balanced out by his lovely wall of text. I'm not saying it's related to what any one person says about AEW (aside from Vile) It's more just a general vibe more than anything.