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Personally, I'm boggled by the idea of Kenny King as a star. I don't even remember what he looks like.

To me, Rey has really hurt his all-time standing with his last few years. I started to sour on him with his Eddie Guerrero Memorial WHC run, but I really feel like he's hung around too long now.

Since it's a 30 man battle royale, and it's Wrestlemania XXX, could they do a "one competitor from every Wrestlemania?"

Freaks of nurture.

Are they gonna book an Arby's/Jimmy Johns feud?

They used to air Stampede Wrestling here on a cable channel I only got intermittently, but I vividly remember the blow-off to the Jason/Zodiak feud where it was revealed that Zodiak was actually Barry O. I had no idea who that was, and I'd never seen Stampede Wrestling before that episode, but it's stayed with me for decades.

If I recall correctly, the Rock veto'd that idea.

The only thing stocks hinge on is how much more people think they'll be able to sell it for down the road.

Superfly had essentially been teasing a heel turn forever (maybe from 2007-2010) and it never happened and when it did finally happen it was kind of let down. But Superfly working as essentially Mercury of the Metal men/Dr Smith on Lost in Space (the member of team you can't trust not to leave his work or plot against you) was super entertaining. I think there is a D&D term for that. So it's not just that Superfly turned heel on someone again. It's Superfly essentially warned a guy for three plus years that he was going to turn heel, was talked out of it a couple times, then finally did it, and was still let back in. Even Sting wouldn't fall for that. But Dustin would've.

Live reports are strongly suggesting they basically had the crowd turned all the way down most of the show -- one report said they literally couldn't hear a word HHH or Stephanie said during their promo.

What, do you want the Director of Operations to wear a tutu? I want character consistency. Director of Operators KANE is just too weird. Is X-Pac his Chief of Staff? To be fair, he did justify it pretty well, in essence saying "I like to torment people. Now I get to torment people as their boss."

What, do you want the Director of Operations to wear a tutu?

If Bryan wins, I might buy the replay. But after 6+ months, I'm not confident enough in their long game to give them money upfront.

Nope, it bugs me too. So many guys have gone through multiple finishers over the years, and yet Christian has held onto one of the worst.

I haven't seen Wagner wrestle at all this year, and I voted for him without a second's thought because I'd rather not watch wrestling than watch a Del Rio match these days.

My wrestling-related dreams usually involve me calling out part-time superstars in the middle of the ring. I wish I was joking.

Was A-1 from Team Canada any good? I don't recall ever seeing him actually wrestle. Test was mediocre, but not outright bad.

Is he trying to stare down Tony Todd?

And in fact in the UK they apparently got their highest rating to date. Clearly they just need to move overseas.

He says he owns the rights to the name down there.

That sounds so familiar...

Gotta hate those invading forces that pay you for advertising time. How fiendish.

It's hard to judge, because nowadays nobody really tries to build a movie around a pro wrestler except WWE Studios. How do you judge if someone's acting career bombed if all they do is straight-to-DVD c-list material and generic muscle-man bit parts like Kurt Angle? Outside of Ready to Rumble and The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes, has Sting done any film work? Does that count as a bomb? If Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't live up to box office hype, has Batista's career bombed? The Man With the Iron Fists didn't exactly set the world on fire. Randy Orton got dropped from a freakin' WWE film -- that's at least worthy of a semi-bomb. Triple H was in Blade 3 but all he's gotten since then is WWE Studios work, IIRC. Christian's in Shoot'em Up and Edge is in a Highlander film, but I don't think either of them has a speaking part - but Christian has some straight-to-DVD work and Edge is a recurring character on Haven and had a couple of spots on Sanctuary.

Shit, I didn't even know Odenkirk was in Breaking Bad, Mr. Show's the only thing I know him from.

RIP to Undertaker's toughest opponent of 2013...his coat sleeves. His hood put up a pretty good fight.