John E. Dynamite

Bruce Springsteen is ALL E-STREET

This card is so stacked that people are missing out on the best part. Claudio and Mascara Dorada are going to be in the ring at the same time and your brain is going to melt out of your ears.

Dave Meltzer is a pretty good case as to why advertisers view wrestling fans as about half as valuable as any other viewer.

This is why I think the Cash vs. Dax match is the worst match I've seen in the last three years.

It was actually the ending guitar solo of "We Will Rock You" into an instrumental loop of the "Sledgehammer" hook and it was totally dope.

Mascara Dorada was actually Panterita del Ring Jr. first. It's worth mentioning because some of the last free CMLL episodes on YouTube were when Panterita Jr. was establishing himself as the new tecnico hotness, and people should look it up maybe. This should and probably is leading up to a match where Claudio bases for Dorada. Like Claudio and YUTA vs Dorada and Hechicero. My God, man, the mere thought...

Collision is my A Show. Dope wrestlers having dope matches because that's what wrestlers should do. Hechicero got pyro. Tony Khan you were on the fuckin' ball tonight. Queen Fuckin' Aminata. Brian Fuckin' Keith. Two women's matches. The Garcia stuff is absolutely clicking. This was a DEAN episode.

Per the Roman Gotta Beat Hulk Theory-cum-Practice: the entire idea is based on the notion that by eclipsing Hogan's 1,400~ days, Reigns becomes the longest-reigning champion in "modern" WWE history. But that's based on the notion that the "modern" WWE started the moment Vince Jr. bought the company from his dad, which is an event that is now basically impossible to celebrate.

We're gonna leave out Kenny Omega in Sissy Boy Slap Party? For shame.

That one was actually against Misawa, and it's pretty average. Sayama vs. Baby Bret did happen a few times and this one's a notch or two better : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuvwpUcsDDM

In his last 16 matches, CM Punk has had a suspension, a suspension-turned firing, and three major injuries.

Sorry Okada didn't show up, then.

Damn near every Pokemon game on, let's say the DS, runs for $80-$150 complete despite selling tens of millions of copies. I think Smash Bros Melee was the best selling Gamecube game ever and it still runs $80ish bucks. You take that away from me and I stop buying your games, period. I buy something, I own it. I can sell it. It becomes part of my personal worth. I understand that there's a different strategy of discounting the shit out of older games in Western franchises or selling games as a service, and these companies have the right to do things this way if the market is buying... look, I understand if you want to download Madden or Call of Duty or something that will cost 5 dollar in 5 years. But gamers willingly buying into a system that literally takes money out of their hands has never made sense to me.

Dude, go take a shower. Board's still gonna be here.

Talking dog puppet, actually. ESPN didn't touch then-UFC champion Sean Strickland's wild homophobic rant the other week. And since ESPN has the UFC TV contract, and WWE is the same company as the UFC, I'm not surprised that they haven't touched this. I'm getting really tired of not being surprised. I forget how much they covered Dana slapping his wife but I'm gonna guess it was somewhere in the realm of "barely".

The on-screen Vince McMahon character was a less-exaggerated version of the monster he actually is. He showed it to us, mask off, in the stark light of television, and convinced the world it was entertainment. This is what they do.

I'd argue that the way pro-wrestling folds reality into itself is somewhat specific. I deeply believe that the response to the initial news regarding Vince's misconduct was muted by his presenting himself as a heel for decades prior. We'd seen him act like a power-mad, lecherous bastard on TV for years. People were used to it.

And all of the heinous transgressions against human decency get folded into the broader pro-wrestling narrative experience. We love the scandals. They make for the shows we enjoy consuming. This is content.

Every top star, every person in a suit, anybody who claims to be buddy-buddy with Vince knew all about this. If Brock was in the loop then I'm assuming *everyone* else was. This is just one whistle being blown. The Ashley Massaro case needs to be re-examined. The company is built on filth. I have spent decades trying to explain why WWE has always seemed wrong to me. Here you go.

I own 1,000 games so I really like beating games. Two of the most recent games I've beat have been Judgement and Trails of Cold Steel 1, which are very very long. I'm approaching the end of Elden Ring and it hasn't been that challenging for awhile (except for the Mountaintop Catacombs, yeehaw!). I'm so done with modern long games. Nothing is worth 100 hours. I look at those modern classics like Persona 5 Royale and Tears of the Kingdom and Yakuza 7 sitting on my shelf and I am simply not there for them at the moment. I'm making nothing but 10-to-20 commitments until time comes to pass. I'm playing the first Alan Wake on 360. I got half of Pikmin 3 and half of Sly Cooper 2 and half of Dragon Quest 3 on GBC left. Thinking about Paper Mario on N64. Definitely gonna actually beat Mischief Makers. Trine. Henry Hatsworth. Crimson Skies. Exactly one of the storylines in Uncharted Waters New Horizons. Kentucky Route Zero maybe. Every single PS2/Xbox/Gamecube game I own that got a 7/10 instead of an 8 from EGM because it was "too short"? People, blow the whistle. Point is fuck modern AAA and fuck asset-theft xoomer brainrot and fuck 100 hour Japanese more-is-more franchise defining 90+ Metacritic whatever. It's VIDEO GAMES, damnit. I just want to beat one and move on to the next one. I gotta shrink these shelves.

Woodley defended the belt four times and had a great first fight against Wonderboy and absolutely drubbed Till. Yeah the other two fights were rough to watch but I think we can pin the Maia fight on Maia. All while Dana outright loathed Woodley in that special, Bostonian way. Don't see why he requires a "fucking" prefix.

Lawler vs. Dundee is THEE ONE but Dutch Mantell really should be mentioned after them.

Shoney's is every single highway exit in the eastern half of Tennessee. I would go so far as to call it oppressive.

I just want to know Collision's DVR numbers. I watch it live *maybe* once a month.

Well then, see you there.