Timbo Slice

THE RETURN. It's up for anyone who wants to listen.

I seem to remember a much better card happening somewhere else that night. This is just...well, it has to be seen to be believed and I'm not sure how much it can really be described. Yet another one of those Takada oddities.

I remember really liking this match the first time around because it seemed like Bull wanted to show she still had it and she really put on a hell of a performance. This is also one of the few Kyoko singles matches I really like, too. I'm not sure if it was better than the main, but it's a very good match.

That being said, Vince dropping the "I own this thing. We're going on for 15 more minutes." line was legitimately incredible.

Obviously, this was going to be full of softballs, but at the same time, it was at least entertaining. Anyone looking for Austin to dig in deep and get the tough answers out of Vince was going to be sorely mistaken in the first place.

Okay, Vince basically waving the magic wand and saying this is gonna go on for 15 more minutes is the TV moment of the year.

Naylor said something similar a few minutes ago. That's too bad.

There's no "using" of anyone in the situation. Punk clearly stated he'd rather talk to a friend than an interviewer. The calculation came on Punk wanting to tell his side of the story. He's even stopped in on Colt's podcast a couple times since leaving just to shoot the shit. They're all in the business together, but this idea that this was a "business first"-type of interview is hilarious to me. If it was about what was best for the CM Punk name or what have you, there's way larger platforms than Colt's he could have done it on.

Where are you right-clicking to translate?

Yeah, well, I went to the Nitro Grill.

Basically any industry where information is a valuable commodity.

Also, Will, on the list of Canadian wrestlers, I should have caught you earlier and said Mad Dog Vachon.

I actually think that's the plan. I know Roman/Brock is the plan to make Roman, but Rollins cashing in is THE twist move that would make that match compelling.

The kitchen sink part with Parv was awesome. I just love how that name came about. Knee to the gut. The gut has all the "plumbing" of the body. Hence, "kitchen sink." God bless Japan.

Great resource, but I really hope people actually take the time to listen to it. It's 2 hours, sure, but you get a lot more out of listening to it than the transcription will give you. Well worth the time.

Gobble gobble, man. Hope all you guys had a great turkey day. I'm full and happy. Glad I've been able to be a part of PWO for a while now. Been great for my perspective on wrestling. Appreciate all of you. Even those I have disagreements with.

It looks like the common theme here is Ross. Go figure.

Considering he overtook Cena in march sales, I'd say he moved business pretty well. And in all fairness, the stuff he got a chance to headline wasn't exactly well done. Part of that is on him for not speaking up, but I don't feel bad for him at all.

This is the part I agree with most in all the responses so far. It's one thing to be difficult, but at the same time, even if you're difficult and the guy is making you money, you can't say no to him making money for you. It's up to the guys in charge to make sure he's put in a good position. It does back up once again that the WWE really only cares about who they think are the top guys and if they aren't in their plans, you have to go above and beyond what's necessary to make yourself a part of them. There's plenty I disagreed with in the interview, but there's a lot more that I did agree with. Just because someone is an asshole by nature doesn't mean you dismiss him every time he brings something up because you don't necessarily agree with his point of view.

Flair was damn near sociopathic (PWO Word of the Day) about wanting to be the best. I think Flair was trying to make his entire persona great, whereas Bret was great in the ring and wanted to prove things that way more than anything else. I don't think it was about a degree of motivation so much as it was where they decide to use that motivation.

Yeah, for all the things you might call him selfish about, him looking at the big picture supersedes that in a lot of ways. He always talked about how to keep pushing forward and keep things going with different guys, yet he didn't get a chance to do that much.

As a followup, is anyone gonna do a reaction show to this?

Good lord, that was absolutely INCREDIBLE. I'm not even sure what I could ask as follow ups. WWE was an absolute piece of shit to him. The stories were terrific. The stuff about Ryback, the firing...all of it was just nuts. That type of candidness even now is still shocking, but shocking in the best way possible.

iTunes has what ends up being almost the full 2 hours up. If it's only the first 50 minutes, well, it's the second 50 minutes you want. Especially when he talks about him telling Vince he's leaving. And some very pointed words for Triple H. Totally worth it.

On iTunes, it literally broke the downloading system for about a half hour, I'd wager. Had to try downloading this about a dozen times. I'd say there's a bit of anticipation for this.