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I assume it’ll be if Rey’s wife gets threatened/attacked; similar to when Flair wouldn’t fight Undertaker until David (and Arn) got attacked.

I always liked that scene at the end of All-Japan TV where Misawa and the gang are sitting around eating a meal and laughing as the credits roll; I can’t find it but I know it exists.

I tried to set an alarm reminder for this, but somehow put myself in a wristlock instead.

Is Jumbo Sonny in this analogy?

My favorite Boyd Pierce non-reaction is when DiBiase turns heel on JYD. The crowd is in shock, JYD lies unconscious in the ring, and the segment ends with Boyd emotionlessly saying, “so Ted DiBiase is the new North American heavyweight champion; that means we’ll have more action, there’ll be standby matches after this commercial message.”

Yeah -similar in style/vibes with Echochrome on the PS3.

Real-life example from Mayweather/Hatton fight:

Hell yes - "he just knocked Dusty Rhodes out with that 100-pound bag of wheat!" is one of my favorite sneak-attacks.

Yeah, absolutely- all of the post-match stuff worked fine. And it could have just been my initial impression in real-time was skewed. I’m totally fine with Roman retaining/dropping it to Cody - I just think there was a better way to get there last night. Hell, Sammy could have lost clean! Just have him make one little mistake that costs him. Or a tiny amount of chicanery (Sammy gets his foot on the rope; Heyman pushes it off).

There were moments during the multiple ref bumps/interference where the crowd collectively groaned, and the reaction at the finish was sad silence more than booing; regardless of what anyone would prefer storyline-wise, these are things that should be avoided if you don’t want a half-filled building next time. I swear there was a tiny moment right after the pinfall where it even felt like Reigns and Heyman (as people, not their characters) knew that it was a bad booking decision.

For a refresher on all upcoming rules changes, there's this handy page: https://www.mlb.com/rule-changes-2023

I am a huge mark for Jack Dempsey (I read his autobiography when I was 7), and the Bellows painting is one of my favorites, so this was in my wheelhouse.

It is almost certainly the George Bellows painting Dempsey and Firpo.

That’s no cane - that’s Andre the Giant’s femur bone, brother. Andre left it to the Hulkster in his will after his tragic death via bodyslam at Wrestlemania III.

He buys a well-known toy company and hands out free toys to kids at ringside before matches, shouting his new/updated catchphrase, “Everybody’s got a Fisher-Price!”

Comcast would be such a fitting owner - they’re also a founding-family-controlled business where the CEO has an outsized portion of voting rights via Class B shares!

It was deliberate - real name Jody Kristofferson (son of the actor Kris Kristofferson, who was in the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, along with Bob Dylan)

My God; I never realized how much a GTA game world could easily be a Territories-era wrestling life game. Missions are constant driving from town to town to make the shows; working your way up the card makes you more money; then at the end of a chapter the promoter finishes you up and you drive off to a newly-unlocked territory on the other side of the country. Evading the police, petty crime side missions, avoiding hostile fans. Set it beginning in 1983 and the background plot is a Vince figure going national and taking over the game map.

I’m assuming not that many places have/had a 6-man title, so the opportunities are rare. If you allow for multiple companies, Ivan Koloff (WWWF champion, NWA tag and 6-man).

Absolutely. Further down the rabbit-hole of unintended consequences, one could theorize that Bret staying alters the timing of the chain of events that leads to HHH's 1999 push and storyline pairing with Stephanie (which leads to their actual relationship/marriage/kids).

The way I always thought Bret leaving should have gone was: Let Bischoff make the announcement that he was jumping to WCW. Since Bret was under contract with the WWF through the December IYH, you have him announce that he’s leaving in a month and taking the world title with him, unless someone can beat him before then. The month becomes a chase, with the entire roster temporarily turning face. And then he loses on the last night to Undertaker; he tries to walk out and the roster blocks him at the top of the aisle; usual stuff like that. Tombstone finishes him, then Taker drops the belt to Michaels at the Rumble in the casket match, and we're back on the same timeline without anyone being double-crossed, quitting, etc.

Honky Tonk Man appears as a face-painted alter-ego named The Graceland Honk, spits a mist of chewed-up peanut butter and bananas, and debuts a running version of his finisher “Shining Rattle and Roll”.

Terrible idea: They rip-off the Wrestlemania 2000's IC/Euro match stips; it's Reigns vs. Cody vs. Sammy in a 2 Falls Triple Threat match with the first fall deciding one title and the second fall deciding the other title. Sammy pins Cody in the first fall; Cody pins Sammy in the second fall. Reigns loses both titles without dropping a fall as Corey Graves screams about the injustice.

As a lifelong Phillies phan (which I try not to mention too much for professional reasons), I honestly can say that I had a fantastic time: Postseason games attended: 4 (NLDS Game 3; NLCS Game 3; World Series Games 4 and 5) Foods consumed: Chicken cheesesteak, Impossible cheesesteak, a 'Thanksgiving-on-a-hoagie-roll' turkey sandwich named "The Gobbler", veggie hot dogs, soft pretzels, Cracker Jack, Tastykakes, peanuts, french fries, crab fries, Federal Donuts Dingers seen hit by home team: 4 No-hitters witnessed: 1 (even if it was by the other team; history is history) Playing with house money takes the sting out of losing. My poor old heart and belly are full; I have lost some hearing from the bedlam. I love baseball.