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If the show ended after this match--huge success. But we have a long, loooong way to go.

This is a great intro video.

I liked the women's match, especially the opening. But the last two falls both felt a bit too quick.

And Dave will give that stale fart of a match **** out of habit.

God, Jericho's tortoise-speed counter-fu is just the worst. Give me Shane.

This doesn't feel grudgey at all. Just a match.

Well, we're set up well to do the Shane-Jericho Pepsi challenge.

You're crazy.

Well, that was a mess but kind of a fun mess. You just have to accept that these Shane matches have nothing to do with anything else I guess.

Not as enthralled with Shane outwrestling AJ deeper in the match.

I hate Shane with the heat of seven suns but I really like the way they've worked this so far.

That ramp is nuts.

Wow, didn't see Shane-AJ as the curtain jerker.

I missed Baron-Ambrose but I guess I'm glad I did.

They are amazing sluts, it's true.

Damn.

Jinder's going to win to troll El-P.

I love it that Show and Strowman were the only ones to get entrances.

I didn't watch all of it closely, but Aries-Neville seemed really good and hard-hitting.

Dave using unnamed sources is not a problem, but he is very loosey goosey about attribution in a way that would not be tolerated at most mainstream publications. I don't think it's at all fair to say he practices "wild irresponsible speculation." But he gives his critics ammunition with his sloppy presentation.

My stream has been craptastic for both of the Evolve shows. I'm pretty disgusted with the service at this point.

I don't think he's racist. But he seems--and who really knows the truth--fixated on upholding outdated traditions. That's what I meant with the baseball comment. I don't think Ian Kinsler is racist either. But he, like many, ballplayers, can't let go of a way of thinking that should have died in 1970.

I would be extremely pleased if WWE finally cut the chord with Flo Rida. That said, I still get excited about Wrestlemania, even though I know it's foolish and I'll end up bitching for at least three of the four (four and a half? five?) hours. Even when it's a bad show, it's interesting to see how they design the big matches and what it says about their view of wrestling. It's also a truly communal event.

I do think a substantial part of JBL's rep is that he's a dickhead obsessed with protecting antiquated traditions of "the business." If he were a baseball player, he surely would have said something angry and quasi-racist about Latino players celebrating during the recent WBC.

The only thing I enjoyed about last year's Wrestlemania was the reaction thread here and our increasing punchiness as the horrid beast lumbered on and on.