S.K.o.S.

So um, Abdullah the Butcher is now on the hook for $2.3 million dollars. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-wrestler-hannibal-wins-2-3m-hepatitis-c-lawsuit-1.2663253

The RT blurb pretty much says it's not all bad - great Angelina performance, great special effects, but then the rest of the movie (like the plot) sucks. I guess those first two things were what people paid to see.

I think he does that in every match. Like on free tv matches too? Yikes. With the reaction it gets, it seems like too big of a move for that.

If you hadn't heard, "What If" was originally called "The F Word" (the f word is 'friends' har har), and it's still being called that in Canada. Saw a big ad display up for it in the movie theatre last night. I guess the obvious recent example of something like that would be Avengers being called "Avengers Assemble" in the UK, but it's pretty rare for a movie to have two different titles in Canada and the U.S.

Cena-Wyatt was the obvious MOTN. Not saying Evolution-Shield was actively bad, but I think that was the Shield's worst ppv match ever. Big E needs to figure out something new for a big spot because he's done that spear to the floor in like three of his ppv matches now. And yeah, Batista with the periwinkle leg warmers on his arms was something else. Also enjoyed the "Harper's Bizarre" sign.

Regardless of what the movie's about, I see that screenshot and just can't click play fast enough.

UPDATE 4 OF 21 - through May 29 Standings 1 [↑ 5] The Z - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak 0.545) 2 [↑ 16] pipGofern - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 3 [↑ 20] Suicide King of Spades - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 4 [NEW] Lacelle - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 5 [↓ 1] Ligerbusa - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 6 [↓ 4] The Natural - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 7 [↓ 6] SorceressKnight - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 8 [↑ 23] hobo joe - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 9 [- 9] JRGoldman - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 10 [- 10] DreamBroken - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 11 [↑ 12] jaedmc - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 12 [↑ 17] The Erotic Terrorist - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 13 [↑ 18] Hoffman - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 14 [↑ 19] Chaos - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak 0.093) 15 [↑ 21] -MJ- - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 16 [↓ 2] Super Ape - 4 points (4/0, tiebreak n/a) 17 [↓ 3] The Veeg - 4 points (4/0, tiebreak n/a) 18 [↓ 8] Dr. Bathroom - 4 points (2/2, tiebreak n/a) 19 [↓ 11] The Damn Yeti - 4 points (2/2, tiebreak n/a) 20 [↑ 34] Mike Zeidler - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 21 [↑ 26] blitzkrieg - 4 points (4/0, tiebreak n/a) 22 [↓ 14] Elsalvajeloco - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 23 [↑ 31] Rippa - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 24 [↓ 22] Death From Above - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 25 [↑ 32] ivpvideos - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 26 [↓ 24] Niners Fan in CT - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 27 [↑ 35] Ultimo The Great - 6 points (0/6, tiebreak n/a) 28 [↓ 13] Kevin Wilson - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 29 [↓ 27] Raziel403 - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) 30 [↓ 15] Paco - 6 points (4/2, tiebreak n/a) 31 [↓ 28] MushroomJones - 8 points (0/8, tiebreak n/a) 32 [↓ 29] Sublime - 8 points (2/6, tiebreak n/a) 33 [↓ 30] Cameron Swift - 8 points (4/4, tiebreak 0.39) 34 [↓ 25] caley - 8 points (4/4, tiebreak n/a) 35 [↓ 7] Control - 10 points (4/6, tiebreak n/a) 36 [↓ 33] RossWB - 10 points (2/8, tiebreak 0.087) 37 [↓ 36] CSC - 10 points (6/4, tiebreak n/a) Box office 1 [- 1] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $188,957,297 (28 days) 2 [- 2] Godzilla - $162,431,557 (14 days) 3 [NEW] X-Men: Days of Future Past - $129,469,103 (7 days) 4 [↓ 3] Neighbors - $120,885,720 (21 days) Rotten Tomatoes 1 [NEW] X-Men: Days of Future Past - 190/207 = 92% (7 days) 2 [↓ 1] Neighbors - 141/193 = 73% (21 days) 3 [↓ 2] Godzilla - 178/244 = 73% (14 days) 4 [↓ 3] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 133/250 = 53% (28 days)

He's French-Canadian, and people do the ole chant at Habs games. That's, um, something to start from, I guess.

Lucy's release date apparently got moved last week from August 8th to July 25th, so it'll be going head-to-head with Hercules rather than TMNT.

More Liam Neeson! http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/awalkamongthetombstones/ I really want this to be good. Loved the book.

"I know Disney is pushing this film for children, but when you can make an argument that this is a fairy tale about murdering the men responsible for the ritual genital mutilation of little girls, it feels like perhaps Disney missed the mark with this one." Not quite what I was expecting

I'm assuming it'll be pretty obvious if we just watch the movie and try to act like we read the book.

Your box office list only has 14 movies on it.

A game can last for several days, right? That seems like a bit of a turnoff to me.

King of Trios tickets just went on sale at noon eastern. It'll be September 19, 20 and 21st in Easton.

I haven't ordered any UStream New Japan since Wrestle Kingdom, but I'm thinking the June 3rd BOSJ card looks like it could be worth paying to see. There's a natives vs. gaijin theme throughout that seems pretty fun, and it gives us TAKA vs. Matt Jackson and Liger vs. Ricochet.

UPDATE 3 OF 21 - through May 22 Standings 1 [- 1] Ligerbusa - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 2 [- 2] Super Ape - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 3 [↑ 4] The Veeg - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 4 [↑ 5] The Natural - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 5 [↑ 6] The Z - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 6 [↑ 7] SorceressKnight - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 7 [↑ 8] Control - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 8 [↑ 11] Dr. Bathroom - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 9 [↑ 13] JRGoldman - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 10 [↑ 14] DreamBroken - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 11 [↑ 15] The Damn Yeti - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 12 [↑ 17] jaedmc - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 13 [↑ 18] Kevin Wilson - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 14 [↑ 20] Elsalvajeloco - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 15 [↑ 22] Paco - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 16 [↑ 23] pipGofern - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 17 [↑ 24] The Erotic Terrorist - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 18 [↑ 25] Hoffman - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 19 [↑ 26] Chaos - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 20 [↑ 27] Suicide King of Spades - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 21 [↑ 28] -MJ- - 0 points (0/0, tiebreak n/a) 22 [↓ 9] Death From Above - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 23 [↓ 10] hobo joe - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 24 [↓ 12] Niners Fan in CT - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 25 [↓ 16] caley - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 26 [↓ 19] blitzkrieg - 2 points (2/0, tiebreak n/a) 27 [↓ 21] Raziel403 - 2 points (0/2, tiebreak n/a) 28 [↑ 29] MushroomJones - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 29 [↑ 30] Sublime - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 30 [↓ 3] Cameron Swift - 4 points (2/2, tiebreak n/a) 31 [- 31] Rippa - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 32 [- 32] ivpvideos - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 33 [- 33] RossWB - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak 0.504) 34 [- 34] Mike Zeidler - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 35 [- 35] Ultimo The Great - 4 points (0/4, tiebreak n/a) 36 [- 36] CSC - 6 points (2/4, tiebreak n/a) Box office 1 [- 1] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $177,101,192 (21 days) 2 [NEW] Godzilla - $117,348,367 (7 days) 3 [↓ 2] Neighbors - $99,679,865 (14 days) Rotten Tomatoes 1 [- 1] Neighbors - 141/192 = 73% (14 days) 2 [NEW] Godzilla- 173/237 = 73% (7 days) 3 [↓ 2] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 133/249 = 53% (21 days)

ACTING!!

I don't think people knew he would make it at all. I was only watching "best of" comps around that time, but my understanding is that Rollins' breakthrough moment was getting put in a main event match against Danielson sort of out of nowhere, having a very long match, and doing more than enough to hold up his end of it. The general reaction seemed to be "hey, wow, maybe there's more to this guy than we thought" but no one was going so far as to predict major WWE success for him.

I'm cracking myself up picturing Gilbert printing up a big check to Adam Silver in Comic Sans.

Next update will be late, probably coming Saturday morning, since I'll be travelling Friday afternoon.

Michael Jace, aka Julian from The Shield, has been charged with murder after his wife was found dead at their home. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/05/20/michael-jace-wife-dead/9315465/

I know people who are super high on him, but I feel like a lot of people are still seeing him for the first time, and a lot of the feds he's working for are just putting him in a position to show off his spots rather than have really great matches. Having said that, his 2nd round match against Kyle O'Reilly from PWG's 2013 BOLA was solid with a crazy hot finish, and his match against Sammy Guevara from Inspire Pro's February show (which is available in full on YouTube, though I haven't seen it) is supposed to be like in the top 20 or 30 matches for 2014 at this point.

We may need to assemble a search party to locate Rippa's pants