Timbo Slice

A known roids dealer who barely avoided jail time in 2011. Nice.

VERY happy they decided to go above the cable and satellite providers for this. $10/month is chump change. Set them up BIG time for the long haul here.

So Rollins popped the question? Dang, alright.

Awesome! Congrats, gents.

Karl Anderson is highly respected by his peers but that doesn't make him a super awesome worker, either.

I don't think you'll see him "play" the hillbillies. They have to come out of this as more than just being used by Bryan. If anything, they'll get elevated just like he elevated Kane.

So guy joins cult because he's been pushed so far over the edge that he thinks that by doing whatever Bray says that he'll get what he's looking for. One of those things includes letting the leader do what he wants to him. Like test his loyalty by letting him get his ass whooped. Worth it so far. There will be a tipping point for Bryan, he'll wake up, and that'll be that. I also find it funny that as of this post, it's tied 11-11.

As a 49ers fan, I have nothing but love and respect for Will and his bevy of comps. That being said, to be the man...WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You got to BEAT the man!

The biggest thing about this show to me is that they're gonna run Seibu for the G-1 Final. Basically looking to triple the house on the biggest non-1/4 show of the year. That's insane. A true 35k is great. The aim next year should be for 50k. You have to think Okada/Nak or Okada/Tana without them facing each other all year is in the cards.

It's a Christmas miracle or something. As always, we planned to do a two hour show. As always, it went three hours. As always, it was a lot of fun.

The idea that Cena/Taker is a passing of the torch is hilarious. Cena's the face of the WWE. Not even close. There's no real passing of the torch necessary. Cena beating Taker helps nobody.

Wait, you really think Undertaker would put over Bryan at the expense of the Streak? Taker likes Bryan and while I think that the Streak should never be broken, Bryan would be a fucking made man if Taker put him over.

Considering he just joined The Wyatt Family, Bryan taking down Taker makes at least a little bit of sense. I don't think there's anyway in hell that Bryan would job in the situation, but who knows at this point.

Yeah, Bryan's still over. The degree of how over he is at this point is splitting hairs. He was a supernova at some point this year, sure, but it's not like he's flamed out. This seems like the usual WWE slow burn booking. Will's right though. This only works if Bryan comes out on top here. But it's not going to matter what the reaction is. It's going to matter if Bryan gets exactly what he wants, and whether the crowd will like the fact that he did it regardless of the cost. If it turns the Wyatts faces (Which is a huge possibility), then that's just what happens. I don't care if the fans blow the roof off the place every time he comes out. It's obvious they want him to succeed. If he succeeds this way, the crowd will respond in kind.

I'm gonna jump ahead here and recommend all Bork Laser/Mark Henry matches. I can't see those not being awesome.

It's more about the audience he's presenting this stuff to and the platform he's doing it on. Basically, he's a guy presented as someone with "inside knowledge" about pro wrestling, yet his interviews are full of fluff. It's pretty obvious in the Triple H interview that he was putting him on something fierce, and here, he's given time with one of the best stories in pro wrestling in a long time and doesn't really get into the parts of his backstory that aren't easily accessible on the WWE website. That's not an "elitist" take. It's more about why a guy like that is being given time on a major website when there are many other prominent writers on the subject (some that post on these forums) who would do much better. You mean a company that has Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd, Stephen A. Smith and Chris Berman as some of its most visible personalities trots out a lead pro wrestling voice who pushes fluff over insight? I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Grantland is presented as an alternative to ESPN that isn't supposed to feature the fluff of the guys you mentioned. It's SUPPOSED to push insight. Shoemaker isn't.

It's more about the audience he's presenting this stuff to and the platform he's doing it on. Basically, he's a guy presented as someone with "inside knowledge" about pro wrestling, yet his interviews are full of fluff. It's pretty obvious in the Triple H interview that he was putting him on something fierce, and here, he's given time with one of the best stories in pro wrestling in a long time and doesn't really get into the parts of his backstory that aren't easily accessible on the WWE website. That's not an "elitist" take. It's more about why a guy like that is being given time on a major website when there are many other prominent writers on the subject (some that post on these forums) who would do much better.

Fucking ay, Regal/Cesaro. What sucks is that there will only be one match.

That's true with basically all WWE at this point, though. The heat isn't throughout the match. It's basically them playing for the stretch run. That's how it's been for a while. Only matches that are truly "special" like Cena/Brock or Cena/Punk from MITB 2011 have that heat that lasts the entire match. It's rare that fans are so into a match going in that they're going crazy the entire time. Hell, even the Rhodes/Shield match from Battleground only got big halfway through the match.

Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards debuted tonight at NXT. Richards took the last name of Billington. Imagine the shock.

John, if you missed this incredible lede, I wouldn't blame you. "The Case for Randy Orton - Why the guy who was one the most boring man in WWE is now the champion we need" Seriously? Grantland's trying to cater to "Smart" fans in some aspect and this is what they come up with?

Does AJ Styles do anything as well as Kofi Kingston?

There are a couple tags involving Los Guerreros that were absolutely money. Also, the Rey/Edge tag matches were sensational thanks to Rey. I know people aren't favorable of Angle and He Who Shall Not Be Named, but I got no problem thinking fondly of those matches. I think there are better finishes to the matches we are seeing now, but there are some great FIP segments in the Rey/Edge matches from both guys, and a couple finishes that actually rank up there with some of the finishes we've seen lately.

There's a Kawada/Nagai match from 2001 where Nagai basically gets nothing in at all and Kawada just destroys him. He busts out the half crab and stomps, which made me cringe.

Also, Will, I think the gas money saved was a good move.