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During the fireworks battle all I could think was "I bet this is how Jeff sees the world all the time".

That's what made his Twitter spat with Loss even more hilarious. His first response was all BRO BRO I NEVER BLAMED OTHERS BRO I DREW RATINGS (BRO), and Loss just responded with tons of examples of him throwing other people under the bus when his ideas failed to get over. Like you could tell from how quick the replies came it was off the top of his head and it didn't take him any time to think of them. It was really quite something seeing him get pantsed in public like that. TTK mentioned before about Russo's rep as a backstabber, wasn't that the whole point of why Hogan sued him that Russo went into business for himself in their angle and pretty much took advantage of the opportunity knowing Hogan couldn't really defend himself on TV? I mean when you think of it, the only ones who have ever been able to put Hogan in a sympathetic light were him and Gawker Media.

It's like the Hardys' whole careers built up to this moment. It's almost a shame TNA still is going forward since that will never be topped and would have been the perfect way to go out.

Pretty sure the first one was on 24/7, so it's ready to go.

Even with the gap for new shows, there's still several years of Raw and Smackdown missing from the archives. Also I considered ECW on TNN to be a continuation of the Hardcore TV show that is missing the first year or so.

Stuka Jr also seems like the kind of guy CMLL could do something with if the people running the place gave any semblance of a fuck. Nothing spectacular, but it wouldn't surprise me if he benefited from spending some time in a new location.

The rest of the Nitro episodes, up to the very end, are up now. There may be a stray one or two missing, but who'd have thought the first complete TV series up on the network would be a WCW show.

Same as how they really felt he would be a face against Rollins valiantly coming back from injury to regain the title he never lost. It's like Vince is Will Smith in that episode of The Fresh Prince when he dad comes back only to leave him again. I can just picture Vince all teary-eyed asking Hunter "why don't they want him?"

It's just sleazy from all sides. It pretty much just confirms what everyone suspected that Snuka was just working the judge, and it makes the Wrestlecon people look like they're enabling someone who may have gotten away with murder.

It feels weird saying it was a great podcast considering the subject matter, but it was two people who knew him the most in and out of the business having a frank talk about the man they knew before everything happened.

In the middle of listening to this now, and it's just crushing to hear how both Nancy and Chris were just devastated at the string of wrestler deaths that happened in the months leading up to their tragedy. Jericho relating the story of Chris bawling like a baby who doesn't want to be separated from his mother at Eddie's funeral was just gut wrenching. Both share tales of the guy they knew before things got all crazy, and Sandra talks about how winning the title at WM caused Chris to put more pressure on himself and made it harder for the family to be able to go out in public as easily as they could before. We'll never know the full story of course, but so far she's the closest thing we'll probably get to knowing what led to everything happening.

Especially how WWE books women, even after the "Divas Revolution", where they still have the Vince Russo style where they're all bitches who hate each other.

Enzo is tailor made for current WWE, with his ability to be entertaining with the usual crap writing he's given to work with, yet still you get the impression Vince still just sees him as the guy paired up with the tall guy he really wants to push.

Dave's point is that all characters in entertainment have a shelf life, and people are losing their shit because this particular instance is a woman. I thought he made a good point that it's no different than a Ricky Morton type trying to still be a teenage heartthrob years past the expiration date of the gimmick. Yes, the Bayley gimmick has evolved from the early days where people were wondering if she was supposed to be doing some kind of Aspberger's gimmick with how socially awkward she was. Dave's point was she's more like the big sister little girls want to be like and you can't play that role forever either.

Cena wasn't positioned as a childlike character like Bayley was. People trying to bag on Dave for sexism are really reaching here.

I'm not sure what's more frustrating at this point, WWE insisting Roman stay face when fans want to boo him or keeping the Wyatts heel when the crowd wants to cheer them. Putting the Wyatts vs the New Day seems like a mistake since it's two teams the fans like facing off, which usually kills the heat for both.

Maybe it's a side effect of being "in the bubble", but it's amazing she'd think he'd ever be forgotten. If the only thing historians and old time wrestling nerds like us ever accomplish is keep footage of guys like Brody in circulation, I'd say that's a worthy endeavor.

This is my all time "that didn't really happen, did it?" moment. Fundamentally I know it took place, but any time I watch it, it just seems like some kind of bizarre fever dream.

My biggest takeway of the PPV was that Roman has the chops to be a really great heel but WWE is too bent on him being the top public relations/Make a Wish guy to do it. Maybe the silver lining in the suspension is now they won't want him in that role now that the dreaded Google Search of DOOM will bring up a Wellness failure.

Considering how rarely top guys get popped, and how all the WWE partnered media outlets are reporting this, it sure seems like this is a pretty clear message being sent. Either he failed for something extremely dumb to get caught for, or he broke some silly WWE rule like not genuflecting to a backstage photo of the Undertaker or something.

Rey and Morrison are under contract to LU, Drew is to TNA, and doesn't Shelton have some kind of Japan deal? I don't discount that WWE may want some of all of the names mentioned, but its funny how a lot of folks seem to think they can just grab anyone they want regardless of contract status.

While I agree it does seem WWE was caught off guard by USA, on the other hand wtf did they expect to happen? USA was probably expecting to get a show somewhat equal to Raw, and WWE didn't even bother with the usual 2 month courtesy attempt of making SD relevant they usually do when the show moves.

Also it's hard to have sympathy for a guy who got away with having sex with a 13 year old by intimidating a 14 year old witness, There's likely scores of others too who never even got to the judicial stage since he was the King of Memphis.

Since both were taken to the hospital, I don't think there's any need for an italicized, bolded, IF there. As far as being upset about people here focusing on his commentary career, it's a pro wrestling board. It's the same as football fans wondering if a player's arrest is going to affect the team. Hell, this is PWO, I'm surprised there's no one wondering if this changes his position in the GWE standings.

So I'm watching the Authors of Pain on NXT and it's like the Road Warriors and Shield era Roman had a baby.