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Man, it feels really good seeing Daredevil again. Charlie and Vincent are killing it as usual, the overall vibe feels right and I wish I could binge watch it for once instead of waiting weekly. As for the negative points I knew some things would be "weaker" or different from the Netflix show so I adjusted my expectations. It sucks about Foggy and Karen yet it didn't bother me like it maybe should have. They'll be missed yet I'm not hating the people that have come into Matt's life. He's leveled up in some ways and part of it was him ditching Daredevil for as long as he could. As for Fisk as mayor's parallel's to the orange one:

Man, that could have been used for the week of the Hobbs/Big Bill street fight they had. Oh, well.

Man, that sucks. Space Ghost was the shit. RIP, George. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzt6ybS4Pss I feel since Youtube can't won't link properly I'll just take a cue from Bluesky and go Alt Text on this. So here's a best of Space Ghost vid that might not cover everything but it has a lot of the good shit.

The guy with the red hat? He's been doing the Texas shows since they did the residence leading to last year's All In.

I'm a sucker for these press conferences, especially when the higher-ups willfully just pull back the curtain in ways that still feel wrong to me. Yet it's oddly fascinating to watch. Rock was asked about Bad Blood and he said it was very much intentional and kept going on about the long game. He knew it was lost on many which is fine by him but he saw the long game in that and the Netflix premiere. He kept going on about it so much that while I'm sure it can be bullshit if taken at face value then I like that they were going the long game with this one. When doing stuff that goes a while you can either have brawls/beatdowns every week or you can stretch things out with breadcrumbs that if one is paying attention feels rewarding when it's paid off. I'm very cool with both methods as long as it works and taking what he said at face value I liked the payoff. As for Travis he told Rock he wanted "blood on his hands". Rock said if you're doing that then make it count and chuckled saying he slapped the shit out Cody. The guy is a huge star so I doubt there was any negative reaction in the back. But honestly I still don't like him after people died at one of his concerts due to him wanting them to rush the stage. No matter how good or bad he is it's hard to look past that.

I'm trying to get a solid read on Gabe Kidd as I only saw his match against Omega and the promo leading up to it. Seeing this plus his Hey EW stuff I can't help but wonder if this is all gimmick or is he really just a fucking asshole.

Sorry to piggy back off this but on a related note: Given Coppola's nephew who is the Nicholas Cage of pro wrestling?

Good show but I couldn't give the new Outrunners theme a chance at the time since I was dismayed they got rid of the DWTD one. But checking it on Youtube this is one helluva tune for the youngest men alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNSOp1lczMk

It's been a long time since I saw TNA and figured why not see the latest episode. I thought things were fine enough and the NXT crossover does have me kind of intrigued for now. But I have to say if they think the chants Tessa got are good heel heat then they are sorely mistaken. The sooner they get rid of her racist ass the better.

I honestly haven't paid attention to what she was doing but with not seeing her since having a baby did Carmella show any intention of coming back?

Statlander vs. Bayne was the real main event for me as these two delivered a wonderful hoss match where everything just worked. Of course screwy shit would happen and I'm choosing to forget about the Rosa part as I'm really looking forward to the Revolution rematch. Is there enough to get a long feud out of these two? I'm not sure but whether it works that way or not is simply a couple matches it's gonna be fun. The rest of the show was a treat as well. Page/MJF hit the right notes and Page's character arc after retiring Daniels is wonderful. The matches were lots of fun, Toni had an all-timer of a championship promo and all just feels very right about where AEW's at. I don't know if it's at the point where Gordi would want to jump back in but it's better than it was. I think he would have liked the episode though.

We loved MoM mainly because Raimi seemed to get what the story was going for and dove fully into it. Turning it into Wanda as a horror villain had our full attention. I don't collect many Marvel Pop figures but two-pack one they had of dead Strange and horror Wanda was a must-buy. As for BNW I loved the Disney+ show for Captain American so if it's as good as than and maybe better then that's good enough for me. I don't go to the movies much so will likely wait for it to hit streaming though.

A couple years ago we went to Warehouse Cinemas to see "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" I remembered being so shocked to see a Roy Rogers across the street that I had to go there. The food we had was good but while that was the first time having it in a standalone restaurant since I was a kid it didn't have me wanting to go back. As for fried chicken if I'm in the mood I do either Popeye's or Royal Farms. The one by me does it right so it's all good here. I don't do wings much due to cost but find the fast food ones don't do it for me. Luckily there's a local spot that does them right and more than hit the spot for the NFL playoff game I went to.

I haven't kept up on what Pam has been doing (sorry for not knowing the name change) But whatever division to bring them back works for me.

Unless something changed I would be thrilled if they came back. Also, I hate to ask considering everything but why hasn't Nyla been on AEW at all including ROH? She apparently wrestled on the Jericho Cruise and hasn't posted anything negative on Bluesky. Yet part of me can't help but wonder why.

I think they learned from that and whatever match they start with will make a much better impression. I'd start with with either Kenny/Will vs DCF or Buddy/Okada.

Paul is part of the an ROH committee figurehead who makes some matches and judges pure rules matches. So yeah he's still there.

I saw all that they were doing with the text and didn't put any connection with the suit. Mainly because I wouldn't think they'd be that dumb to do that on purpose. Out of curiosity what was first for worst promotional tactic?

Hot damn what a fucking awesome show. Even if the DR stuff was whatever at least it was the good guys standing tall. That aside the show was just fucking aces, man. MOTN was easily Dustin/MJF and it was all because of Dustin. MJF almost went oversellous but did his part well. And the serious promo to Hangman was much more of what I'd love from him.

Lots of Metallica talk which I'm very tempted to respond to. But to your point when I first saw the video I was transfixed by what I saw and heard from her. I didn't know anything about her at the time but I'm in full agreement she made that song. Also, I'll confess I thought you were talking about "Fuel" and was pretty confused about what non-Metallica part you were referring to. Saying that about Memory makes sense. I'm sorry, I held off on saying anything before but there's no need for this. Arguing with somebody about the same stuff is tiresome and the last TV thread was unbearable the last page or so. Please don't go down this road again and if you can please just ignore each other.

The only good thing about the Lou Reed record is it gave us "I am the table!" which is forever immortalized in Botchamania. That was so out of left field I couldn't begin to comprehend what I was hearing though I might try it again to see if things changed.

Fuck yes for using this song! I'm still hoping TK uses this for the eventual Toni/Mariah match after Grand Slam. And I used this line for my senior yearbook quote. First half didn't apply, but going insane and the memory remains was high school and I walked away okay with that. Also, I won't deny some songs on "Load" and "Reload" are kind of eh but they were a huge part of middle school for me and damn if it didn't help me get through some heavy shit back then (well, these plus "Ride the Lightning" but anyway.) The thing some Metallica fans like to do is take both of these albums and put the best songs together to make a much better album than what we got. On Jericho's pod they did this and called "Superload" which I'm not mad at. I love you to bits otherwise I'd do a Toni-size "How......dare you!!!!!" reaction. I get it, the older stuff had more quality songs but I learned in middle school to separate that from what they're trying and have an open mind. If there were at least a couple songs that got my attention each album then that's fine by my. Which has largely been true all this time though I still have a hard time paying attention to "72 Seasons" One song sounds good to me though the "Lux Eterna" song felt hollow and seemed like it was begging to be used to Nascar. Which it was last season but I just don't like that song at all. Oh, right, Dynamite. *looks at card* Looks good to me! I'm oddly curious what you mean by that.

I had a similar mindset with some/many/who knows that if the Eagles can get a big lead going it'll be hard for KC to overcome. And sure enough we got that. Mahomes had a boo-boo face a few times, Kelce got mad, and things just felt nice. I wasn't jumping like a maniac excited they won but when the game was over we just sat on the couch satisfied with the result. I really should get a good cheesesteak this weekend. The main takeaway was Kendrick's halftime show. Watching it at the time I tried to pick up what I could but I admittedly don't listen to rap or Kendrick (I'm out of touch with most music as well FWIW) What I did pick up was pretty neat and after reading about the easter eggs made me love the show so much more.

I fucking love everything about Peabody. The place is incredible, they have a Dugout section which is a big ol' arcade that's relatively cheap to get into and I can't recall a beer that was less than pretty good. Heck, we were up there two days ago and if not for the snow my wife would be going back tomorrow. Oh, and the Trashbuster is indeed delicious. Since I live in Harford County however Peabody is worth the drive yet there's a few spots around me. Slate and Falling Branch are fine but inconsistent with beer quality. Double Groove is a little bit better and they have records to play while at the bar but the clientele is not a bunch we like to hang with for too long. The best one around is Independent which always has some damn good beers and everything else is aces to boot. Oh, and maybe it was due to some convincing it was Baltimore Sun's best MD brewery last year which is wild since they're only a few minutes from me. I try to not go to these places often due to money but considering how dull the county was before they have stepped up.

He's teaming with EJ Nduka and they turned heel at Final Battle. Lee is still doing pretty well and hopefully there's a tag reign for the two.