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His emotional breakdown on the Wrestlemania Legends of Wrestling last year couldn't have put a lot of confidence in them wanting him to talk about the past. He seems like a guy who loved wrestling more than anything else, and still hasn't come to terms with not being able to wrestle any more. If you want to put him on a stage talking about the good ol' days...with a live mic...good luck with that.

I like that you put this in the stupidity thread Yeah drafting Mariotta #2 is incredibly stupid. He has Johnny Football written all over him.

Breaking off a big run in Madden on a 3rd and 1 short yardage play. Any FLAWLESS VICTORY in a fighting game. Any game with hunting challenges where you kill a predator with a knife. I just started playing Far Cry 4 and I immediately started throwing bait out to see if I could kill whatever predator that came with my knife. I don't really have any real life intrest in hunting or knives, but put it in a game and I'm all in.

Preemo was incredible... He's still really good...

I don't get what the voters think the hall of fame is supposed to represent. If it is a museum to commemorate the history of football, and all of the figures that matter they seem to go about it the wrong way. Madden is looked at as a football god, but ultimately led the Raiders to one championship. Flores, who didn't have the regular season success that Madden had, won two championships. Both guys should be in. The Raiders under Madden and Flores were a combined 186-85 with three championships. That is one of the greatest runs in NFL history, but somehow only Madden gets the praise. Dungy was a very good coach who turned around one of the biggest shit show franchises in NFL history, made the Tampa 2 defense popular, and won a Super Bowl with Peyton Manning. That isn't bad, but not as good as Flores' resume. The Hall of Fame should be a place you can go to answer the following questions, Who were the best players ever? Who were the best teams? Who were the best coaches ever? So everyone answers any of those questions should be in. So guys like Terrell Davis who were the best at their position at one point and was the best player on two championship teams should be in. You can't tell me that someone like Curtis Martin is a more worthy Hall of Famer, when Davis was clearly the better player. Curtis Martin was a very good runningback who I don't object to being in the Hall of Fame, but there is no one who watched both of their careers who would pick Martin over Davis at their peak.

Define better. I think all of those guys were better over a long period of time, but I don't know if any of them were better than him at his peak. Boseli was an outstanding left tackle and arguably the best in the league while healthy. If I was a voter, I'd vote him in based on the fact that I think if you are the best player at your position for more than a season or two. Why is it someone like Michael Irvin, who was a great player, but was never the best player at his position a surefire Hall of Famer? Why is it that Boseli, who wasn't great for as long as Irvin, but was better in comparison to his peers a surefire Hall of Famer? I think the Hall of Fame should be a museum of the best football players of all time. In a game that is as violent as football, I don't think we should punish players for getting injured.

Boselli is one of the few offensive lineman who a layman could watch and see his greatness. He should be in for that playoff game where he made Bruce Smith look like a middle school pass rusher. That is one of the most dominant performances I've ever seen.

Morten Andersen--Probably the best kicker of all-time, but if it's between him and someone else, I'd probably pick someone else. Jerome Bettis--6th leading rusher all-time, but there are at least 10 running backs with worse stats that won't get in that I think are better than him. Tim Brown--6th all-time in receiving yards, and probably played with the worse collection of quarterbacks than any other great receiver. I'd vote him in. Don Coryell--I understand that his teams were exciting to watch, but they never won anything...before my time so I can't judge. Terrell Davis--I've been an advocate for Terrell Davis getting in since he was first put on the ballot. He was the best running back in the league for 2-3 seasons when Barry Sanders and Emmit Smith were still in their relative primes. He carried two Super Bowl teams and has a 2,000 yard season. It is not his fault he had a degenerative knee issue, he should be judged for how good he while he was healthy. Tony Dungy--He is a really good coach...I don't think he is Hall-of-Fame level. Kevin Greene--3rd all-time in sacks...there is no reason he shouldn't already be in. Charles Haley--Haley played one less season than Greene, and has 60 less sacks...shouldn't be in unless Greene is in, and I think he should be in. Marvin Harrison--#88 is one of the best receivers of all-time by any measurement. He should be in unless you know...redacted. Jimmy Johnson--If he would have stayed in Dallas, he would probably been on my first ballot. I still think he's a Hall-of-Fame coach, just not a no brainer. John Lynch--4th best player(at best) on a really good defense. He's a player who couldn't play in the current NFL, because his entire career was based on helmet to helmet hits. I don't think he should get in, but I think he will get in. Orlando Pace -- (first year of eligibility)--One of the best lineman ever, no brainer. Bill Polian -- (contributor)--Probably should be in already Junior Seau -- (first year of eligibility)--There is no way he isn't going in on the first ballot, he was a huge fan favorite who passed tragically. If he doesn't get in this year, they should take everyone's vote away. Will Shields--I believe he'll get in eventually, but I don't know how to judge a guard. Mick Tingelhoff -- (senior finalist)--Never heard of him. Kurt Warner -- (first year of eligibility)--This is the hardest for me to pick. When he was great he was all-time great, but when he was bad he was below average. I'd put him in just because he might have the single most interesting career in the history of football. He went from bagging groceries to the Super Bowl to one of the worst starters in the league, and back to the Super Bowl. He is also one of those guys that no one has ever said a bad word about, that might put him in by itself. Ron Wolf -- (contributor)--Should be in already.

I watched Agent Carter, and the thing that stood out to me the most is that Hayley Atwell is charming as hell. I think the biggest problem that Agents of Shield had to overcome is that no one really stood out. She stands out as instantly likeable and fun to watch. So, I'll be sticking around to see how this goes.

To be fair to you, they now weigh the same, so it's an honest mistake.

Is there any chance he leaves and goes the AJ Styles route? I think he'd get over huge almost everywhere else in the world, but the WWE probably isn't the best place for his particular set of skills.

I loved this show, the last two matches were everything I wanted. J.R. was up and down, but he was on fire for the last few matches. His introduction of Nakamura was the perfect way to introduce that weirdo to a wide audience. He loves Freddy Mercury, Michael Jackson, and is a bad ass. I remember the first time I saw him I was trying to figure out in my mind how to describe him, and Ross' description fit like a glove. Nakamura is about as charasmatic of a wrestler as I've ever seen and Ibushi really stepped up his game here. I don't know who is better than Nakamura right now, and Ibushi working with the NJPW upper card will do nothing but help him reach his sky high potential. The main event was great. It may have been a step below Nakamura/Ibushi as far as a single match, it made up for it as the beginning of a third act of an extended story. Okada is clearly going to be the future ace, and everyone thought this was going to be the final torch pass. Tanahashi winning and cutting that, "You have a long way to go," promo added another level to a story that most thought was over. Okada is the guy they are banking on for their future, and putting him in the role of the sympathetic babyface just adds to his ascent. He was the young, hot shot, who went over Tanahashi when no one expected it and up until this point he was playing with house money. Now he is in a position where people expect him to beat Tanahashi, and he couldn't get the job done. Tanahashi, took everything he had, then destroyed him with High Fly Flows, and then essentially treated him like a chump. When he goes over Tanahashi for good, it is going to feel like a special moment. Did anyone else laugh out loud when Striker was talking about how Jrs. were under 220 lbs. and then they showed Koslov's pudgy ass? Did he make a new years resolution to get out of shape?

Yep, that was probably the thing that soured me for good on WCW.

I don't know man, Liger hasn't been on U.S. television in probably 20 years. I'd say that almost everyone in the states who is interested in watching Liger is pretty much a hardcore fan. I think J.R. is the only person that any casual wrestling fan actually cares about, and hopefully his involvement moves PPVs. I just wish this was more like $29.99 for HD, so more casuals would be willing to drop some cash on a non-WWE show. I'm really looking forward to this show, and I'm trying to get some friends to come watch. There is some sort of mental block when it comes to wrestling from outside of the states for some reason.

I loved the game, but they could have had a little more fan service for the players who played through all three games. The Hero of Ferelden could have been included in a quest. They did it with a couple other characters, and it seems kind of stupid that they didn't go to The Hero of Ferelden for help. He didn't need to be a focal point in the story, but a cameo appearance would have been great. I also think Isabella should have been more than a passing mention.

This is absolutely perfect. At first glance it looks like he spikes him straight on his head, but upon closer inspection he lands right across the broadest part of his back. I may or may not have watched this gif 2343434345454565670905890845049 times.

So I'm still trying to watch every single match Dave Meltzer ranked 4*s or better, and until WWE gets its shit together I'll probably focus most of my wrestling watching time to this list. So here we go again… 4/28/91 - Liger vs. Owen (NJPW) ****1/2 This is a match I've seen maybe 5-10 times over the years and for some reason it always surprises me. Liger is either the best or tied for the best Jr. Heavyweight wrestler of all time(Rey Mysterio Jr. is his only real competition in my eyes.) and Owen Hart is generally stellar, but this match still exceeds my expectations every time. There are a couple of sloppy transitions and a slight botch on a tombstone reversal, but otherwise this match is essentially perfect. Not only that it has a little bit of everything that you could possibly want from a Jr. Heavyweight wrestling match. There is some pretty good submission work, where Liger does a series of crazy bow and arrow variations. There are some good suplexes, especially Owen's best ever belly-to-belly. The high flying is also very great, with Owen hitting a really good moonsault, that he apparently stopped doing as soon as he went to WWF. Then there is the finish of this match, which is absolutely devastating. This is a very deserved ****1/2, and could have been more if it wasn't for a couple of slight awkward moments. This is a great match and a personal favorite. 1/27/91 - Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi vs. Tsuruta/Taue/Fuchi (AJPW) ****1/2 While these matches continue to be incredibly fun to watch, they are becoming increasingly difficult to write about. How many times can I really say that Jumbo, Kawada and Misawa are on the short list of best wrestlers of all time. It is getting redundant reiterating that this is one of the best feuds of all time. All of these matches are excellent. Trying to describe their greatness is kind of like trying to describe the most beautiful woman you've ever seen to a blind man. No matter what I say, it is not going to be as good as seeing it for yourself. Instead of trying to describe why this is an incredible match, I'm just going to encourage anyone reading this who hasn't seen this match or any of the matches in the feud to watch them. If you love wrestling, you'll love these matches. They are all on YouTube. They all build in a logical, easy to follow way. You might not understand the commentary, but you will understand the role that everyone plays. They feature some of the absolute best wrestlers of all time at a level that is close to their peak. I implore any wrestling fan who has not watched the feud between Jumbo Tsuruta and Mitsuharu Misawa and their respective teams, do yourself a favor and seek these out, you will enjoy them. 9/14/90 - Muta vs. Hase (NJPW) ****1/2 The Great Muta is the first Japanese wrestler I ever had the pleasure to watch. I was in Alexandria, Virginia visiting my mom, and had the rare opportunity to watch NWA wrestling on TBS. I grew up in a very small town in Ohio, and cable wasn't even available where I lived. My mom after graduating from college, left me and my sister with my grandparents and moved in my cousin's apartment in northern Virginia hoping to find better opportunities for work than existed in Ohio. We visited often, and on one of those visits, Sting, a guy who I only saw in wrestling magazines was wrestling this guy called The Great Muta. Sting was someone I was very excited to see, based on his face paint, and surfer dude personality, but it was Muta who left the bigger impression on me. Muta walked to the ring in a robe with a mask that completely covered his face. His entrance music was dark and brooding with some vaguely Japanese xylophone riffs, and I was spellbound by his mere presence. He got into the ring, took off his hood, and spit a bright green mist into the air, and my life was changed forever. I was so used to seeing big bulky guys wrestle a slower, more deliberate pace, but this guy was completely different. The Great Muta had a presence, everything about him was different than everyone else. He did all types of cool moves, like a handspring elbow, a bunch of karate kicks, and best of all a moonsault. Randy Savage is my favorite wrestler of all time, and his top rope elbow is probably the thing that drew me to him as a child. High flying wrestling to me at that time was that elbow, and the Rockers fist drop, I was not prepared for someone doing a backflip and landing on his opponent. It just never crossed my mind. That day is probably a top 3 reason I've watched wrestling my entire life. This match reminded me a lot of that day. Muta is at his mysterious, devious, almost sinister best. The match started as a regular match between rivals, but then they go to the outside and Muta busts Hase wide open. I know that all blade jobs are judged on the Muta Scale, but Hase's blade job here is almost as crazy. The match picks up speed as Muta seems to go after Hase like a wolf goes after a crippled deer. Hase comes back like a house afire, and hits all his big moves , including that beautify uranage. As soon as it looks like Hase is going to get the wind, Muta hits him with the mist and decides to get himself disqualified. This is pretty much a perfect setup for the bloodbath in 1992, which is funny because it happened over two years before that match. This is pretty good, and thanks to NJPW World, I was able to track it down. 7/26/91 - Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi vs. Tsuruta/Ogawa/Fuchi (AJPW) ****1/2 OK, I'm going to combine some of my thoughts about this match and the one from 1/27/91, because they kind of have the same theme. When this feud started, Tsuruta and his team were not necessarily heels, more like grumpy veterans that were telling Misawa and company to get the hell off their lawn. As the feud has evolved, not only are they heels, they are total, shitbag, fuck your shit up and laugh about it heels. Misawa entered the match selling a knee injury and about halfway through this match Jumbo takes Misawa outside and goes for a shin breaker on the retaining barrier. In doing so he basically says, "Oh, poor baby does your knee hurt? How bout I break it you fucking bitch. I hate you and your whole fucking family, and I wish them nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of the life of your entire bloodline, you fucking piece of shit…I'm Jumbo FUCKING Tsuruta and I will FUCKING end you." Jumbo's shin breaker is more of a bend your leg, lift you in the air and slam you as hard as he can on a steel rail and a concrete floor. It is one of the hardest moves to make look malicious, but he did it, and I legit felt bad for Misawa. With that said, Misawa is not the person you should feel worse about, because Kikuchi seems to be in this match to collect an ass whooping. Jumbo hits him with a lariat about 2/3rds into this match and I think I heard Rick Steiner say, "Dude, chill out." He hit him as hard as I've ever seen anyone hit anyone with a clothesline, and just the sound of it made me cringe. Jumbo spent most of his career wrestling as the ace babyface, but he is a great heel. He finishes this match with a trio of brutal backdrops on Misawa for the win. I'd say that this is worth the ****1/2, but then again, I'm quickly starting to believe that this is the greatest feud ever. 5/19/91 - Steiners vs. Luger/Sting (WCW) ****1/2 1991 was essentially the most WCW of all the WCW years. They had a roster of really good young wrestlers, and absolutely no idea how to use them. Every once in a while though, they got out of their own way and just put 4 of their best, most over guys in a ring and let them wrestle. These guys spent the entire match trying to figure out different ways to suplex, slam, and clothesline each other, and it is pretty much everything you want from a match from these four wrestlers. The only real problem is that Dusty Rhodes was the booker, and there was a DQ finish. This was essentially the story of WCW in one match. They always had a roster of guys who could flat out work, and somehow they always found a way to put unnecessary obstacles in their way of doing their best work. ****1/2 is a tad bit high for this match, but it is still tons of fun for a match with a stupid finish. 10/24/91 - Tsuruta vs. Kawada (AJPW) ****1/2 So I get to watch a match between my new favorite AJPW wrestler, and my old favorite AJPW wrestler…they'd literally have to jump through the TV and defecate on my carpet for me not to like this. With that said, this match starts with Kawada working a long headlock sequence, followed by a abdominal stretch/stretch plum sequence, and then the guys trade sleepers…not exactly thrilling stuff. Don't worry though, they also try to decapitate each other with nasty strikes. These two come off as the exact last two people on earth you'd ever want to fuck with, and the submissions seem to act as wear down holds more than rest holds. It's almost like a boxer who doesn't know if he can win in a slugfest so they go to the body to wear their opponent down instead of trying to stand toe-to-toe with someone with the ability to knock them out. There are a couple of really cool sequences that illustrate this. The first is when Jumbo hits a big lariat. He signals to the crowd that he's going for another one, only to have Kawada counter it by kicking him in the face. Jumbo sells it like death and is writhing on the ground clutching his face like he was just hit with a baseball bat. The next sequence is when Kawada hits his repeated kicks to the face only to have Jumbo cut him off and hit him with a couple of slaps to the face. Kawada was on a roll, hitting a couple of big moves only to get cutoff and lose all momentum in a split second. This match and the 7/26/91 six man seem to be planting the seeds for the more head droppy matches that come later in the decade, because Jumbo's backdrops are getting more and more brutal. He hits Kawada with a couple here that look absolutely devastating. This was a damn good match that could have been even better if they would have chose more interesting submissions to work the match around. 12/6/91 - Misawa/Kawada vs. Williams/Gordy (AJPW) ****1/4 This is my first experience with the Miracle Violence Connection, and I'm pretty psyched to see how the two gaijin match up with Misawa and Kawada. I think it's safe to say that this crowd absolutely loves Misawa and Kawada, and they are pretty vocal about it. I've watched a lot of Japanese wrestling, and I don't really get where the myth about Japanese wrestling fans not being vocal comes from…this list has been full of rabid crowds. The Americans are playing the bullies to our Japanese heroes and the match is structured around Williams and Gordy using their superior size and strength to wear down their Japanese counterparts. Misawa and Kawada tend to use more speed and quickness to hit and run and try to take their opponents out with quick strikes. Eventually they trade heat segments and the match devolves into a brawl. You do not want to brawl with Williams and Gordy. They take Misawa and Kawada out to the floor and Williams bodyslams Kawada on the floor…only to have Gordy powerbomb Misawa on the floor. Back in Williams and Gordy try to take Kawada out while Misawa is on the floor recovering, but Kawada is not having it. He counters all of their big moves and locks in a camel clutch. Williams breaks it up only to have Kawada hit him with a lariat from behind and knocks him all the way to the floor. Kawada hits a powerbomb and a diving elbow but can only get two before Williams comes back in and hits him with a nasty powerslam. Gordy then hits a powerbomb and it looks like it's going to be over only to have Misawa recover and break up the pin. Misawa fights Williams off, but it is too late because Gordy still has the advantage on Kawada. Gordy hits his powerbomb and it is all over. This was great, Gordy and Williams came off as the biggest ass kickers in the world. Misawa was the sympathetic babyface and Kawada was the double tough, bad ass, who would not go quietly into the night. This is another great match from Misawa and Kawada and I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of these guys. 7/4/91 - Hase/Sasaki vs. Mutoh/Chono (NJPW) ****1/4 I found this match, and I tried to watch it but Daily Motion is the worst video site in the history of the world. I'm watching on my iPad and their ads open the app store which boots me out of the web browser which basically makes me start all over. The first five minutes are so were really good though, but hopefully they put it on NJPW World so I can watch it at some point. 11/21/91 - Misawa/Kawada vs. Kobashi/Kikuchi (AJPW) ****1/4 So what has a higher probability of disappointment? This match or me not enjoying a night with Angelina Jolie? I guess it would come down to what era of Angelina Jolie we are talking about... Mother, philanthropist Angelina Jolie…I can see a slight possibility of disappointment, but young, crazy, amulet of blood around her neck Angelina Jolie…well there are a lot of things I'd predict about that encounter…disappointment ain't one of them. So I think it's safe to say that I'm pretty psyched about this match. These guys play such clearly defined roles, and they fit together so well. Kawada is the surly ass kicker, Misawa is the world beater, Kobashi is the sympathetic babyface, and Kikuchi is the spunky underdog with the little man complex. Kawada and Misawa look like killers when they are on top , and Kobashi and Kikuchi seem like they are overcoming the greatest odds in the world when they take over. I'm beginning to think Kikuchi's only purpose in life is to get killed by bigger wrestlers. After watching Jumbo hitting him with a lariat that was bordering on cruel a couple of matches ago, he takes another hellacious beating from Misawa and Kawada. Kikuchi is the weakest of the three guys in the match from a workrate standpoint, but that is kind of like being the 4th best looking Bond girl. He is a great underdog who bumps like a pinball, but hits all of his strikes like he is trying to legit knock out his opponent. He is the star of this match to me. He takes an unbelievable ass kicking, but his never say die attitude and unwillingness to back down makes you believe that if he can just string some offense together he can pull out a win. This was about as good as I thought it would be…which means it was fucking awesome. For the record, if Angelina Jolie was to approach me about a secret rendezvous at any point of her life, these guys do not stand a chance.

I just beat it and this is essentially exactly what I thought about it. I thought it was fun throughout, but there was some nitpicky things that really just shouldn't have been there.

If that is how the playoffs are seeded, it could be the first time 5-8 beat 1-4, because as good as Golden State is I'd pick Westbrook and Durant over them every single time. Is there a chance that Westbrook could actually become a better player than Durant? I think Durant is better right now, and potentially an all-time great, but Westbrook is playing at a level that doesn't even make any sense. He's averaging 26/6/7 in 29 minutes, those are MVP numbers.

Did you know Danny Trejo was 70 years old?!? I sure didn't. But it's true. That is somehow both overwhelmingly surprising, and not surprising at all. He looks like a 70-year-old man, but he hasn't aged a day since he first became a celebrity...has he always been 70?

How is he going to grab the brass ring in the vacuum of space? VInce isn't even pretending to give these dudes a chance any more.

I've beat the first two games, and I'm pretty deep into this one, the only thing you'll miss from a story perspective is mostly fan service. They put a lot of stuff in the game that refers to the previous games, but not really anything that will make you think you missed something because you don't know. My biggest issue is that there isn't a lot of control of your AI counterparts. There should be a way to make your archer's automatically seek high ground, or stay out of melee range. There should be a way to make your warriors try to defend a party member with lower health. There should be a way to have your rougues flank enemies to take advantage of damage boosts. Sometimes your party will just group together next to a big group of enemies causing them to take more damage than necessary. Otherwise I don't really have many complaints. There is so much to do, it has consumed entire days of mine and I still wanted to do one more mission. I was trying to finish before Christmas, but I've been too social the last couple weeks.