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I keep seeing commercials for that new Heels show on Starz, and the one main guy in the show looks so much like Hangman I thought it was him for a second.

Yeah we got a bad rap because we don't lap up whatever shit WWE puts out so they labeled us a "bad wrestling town" despite there being decades of history here dating back to Bruno selling out Forbes Field. I mean, the Taker/Foley HIAC match was here. Also DMD > Everybody

I see it as them trying to find some way to run back a highly anticipated match that got fucked up, yeah it doesn't entirely make sense but if we get to see it again then I can excuse it.

For some reason, Penta in civilian clothes and mask/facepaint cracked me up.

lol at Christian out here using Pittsburgh-ese, never thought I would hear "jagoff" on national TV.

I was thinking the same thing, gives me young Rey Jr vibes in terms of "young guy doing things no one has seen before"

I'm selfishly hoping they will do something officially announcing Punk on Friday since I'll be in attendance.

It has been interesting/hilarious that the wrestling company owned by the most right wing business has done the best in responding to covid.

I wonder what these new criteria means for someone like WALTER. He's past their preferred age slightly (I actually thought he was older and was surprised he's only 33) and while he's bigger he doesn't have the typical WWE body.

The impression I got was there was an agreement in place who would get the role and UG politicked his way into getting it. Basically the Lutteroths are the lucha McMahons ans UG is their HHH.

Thatcher seems like the perfect guy to have in NXT to give the noobs someone to work with who knows what he's doing, which appears to be the plan. Holland seems like a decent looking guy, nothing world stopping. His gimmick works for his look, even if it is kind of what an American thinks a British tough guy would dress like.

He tried to save face by denying he was an anti vaxxer by claiming he was just trying to look at BOTH SIDES which is actually worse because we've only had like a year and a half where one side has time and time again been shown to be full of shit so what can he possibly be looking into at this point?

Yeah Jones seems like the exact type they want in the new NXT, dude seems to be loaded with charisma and just needs more polish.

I mean, Bryan ain't exactly movie star handsome (I'm sure Brie disagrees) and he became a big star.

Yeah, Dragunov is like the one guy who's WWE "beat the babyface until the crowd rallies behind him" has a chance of working.

It should always be remembered that the Alvarado family (La Mascara and Maximo) got fired from CMLL for trashing Ultimo Gurterro's car because they felt he stole leadership of the wrestler's union from the family. While that was certainly not the best way to handled the situation, it's a sign that Gurrerro's been the source of a lot of issues within CMLL.

It has to have some kind of audience or else people would stop doing it, right? It's not my jam but it seems like the shows that feature it get enough of a crowd to keep doing it so I chalk it up to "if it works, it works, but I don't have to like it".

I'm just reminded of Paul Heyman being so grossed out after the Sabu/Terry Funk barb wire match where Sabu got his arm torn up and glued it together mid-match. that he vowed to never have another barb wire match in ECW again (and he didn't) because he couldn't ask anyone to do that in good conscience. That match would be considered relatively tame by today's deathmatch standards.

Jim may get mad at Dave for mentioning it, but he does act a lot like Trump and his fans act an awful lot like MAGA loonies who go after anyone who says a bad word about their dear leader. The reason Dave would make those comparisons was to point out the irony of how even though they are opposites politically, Jim does act very similar to him at times. Case in point, everyone who disagrees with him gets some sort of disparaging nickname and he takes everything as a personal slight. To be fair, I've long believed Dave is on the spectrum (even more so since raising my son who is also on it) and I honestly believe Dave thinks Jim is working and doesn't get the social clues being sent that say the opposite. I know that is an unpopular statement since people use that as a slur to attack someone a lot on the internet, but the infatuation with numbers/getting stuck on minor points and going on tangents about them/his obsessive work ethic....to me it's all telltale signs that if taken that way explain a lot about how he acts/behaves. Both men at this point would be better suited just never mentioning the other's name, but both guys being who they are that isn't likely to happen.

WWE: where you can never give the fans what they want or send them home happy.

That finish was fantastic, gotta give them that.

There is something poetic about NXT getting wiped out because Vince's age/body boners returned with a vengeance, and Raw is main evented by two guys on the short end of their 40s with average (for Vince standards) bodies.

Funny thing, SRS said earlier tonight was supposed to be the return of the Fiend before....well you know.

Also holy shit is the WWE makeup team bad at their job, Charlotte looks older than Ric in that interview.

An Elias repackaging was clearly the spark WWE was missing...