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"I would go on the main roster at some point but I wouldn’t move to America. Moving to America is not for me. American lifestyle is not for me. No, I couldn’t imagine that. When it comes to that, I stay where I am. But, I am able to get on an airplane! [laughs]." https://talksport.com/sport/wrestling/597210/walter-exclusive-nxt-uk-wwe-raw-smackdown-live/ Obviously, he can't fly around now, but he can easily join NXT U.S. or WWE after all of this is over if they don't mind him living abroad.

IF Cornette is guilty of anything, these " jokes" are a bad look.

I watched The Broken Skull Sessions with Mark Henry last night. Possibly the best episode of the show yet. Some "SPOILERS" below: - Not that I'm defending Mark Henry's stance about Lio Rush carrying bags, etc. for veteran wrestlers, but watching this will help you understand why Henry feels the way he does. He talks about coming into the company and being assigned as Yokozuna's driver "because the way this company works, the young take care of the old" - or words to that effect - according to Vince. Henry called it the best time of his life in wrestling, even more than winning the World Title. There are funny stories about Henry driving 100 miles an hour with Yoko and later The Rock and Mae Young. - This relationship with Yoko gets Henry in good with The Undertaker and the BSK, even if Henry is so green and unfamiliar with the business and associated terminology that he takes offense to Taker saying "here's our new babyface." I'm not sure Taker wasn't being sarcastic though. - Henry is definitely entrenched in the WWE way of thinking, even quoting the popular Vince refrain, "you've got to learn to eat shit and like it" if you're going to make it in WWE. - The story from the WWE Mark Henry documentary is repeated, about Henry wanting to return to strongman competitions, with Vince allowing it but saying "there's no place here for the second World's Strongest Man," so Henry had no choice but to win. I'm not sure if Vince was serious or if this was just a weird motivating tactic. - Henry talks about the rib of being announced for a dark match and being left out there for 20 minutes for an opponent that was never going to come out. When he figured out it was a rib, he ripped out lights and destroyed property backstage (which, of course, is the normal way everyone handles workplace disputes). Then he called up Vince, yelled at him, and asked why he should stay in WWE when "you obviously don't respect me and you damn sure don't fear me" (paraphrasing). Vince showed Henry footage of the rib and pointed out his white hot angry facial expression. Vince said if Henry could be that guy all the time, they could make a lot of money together. Henry said Vince didn't want that guy, because he couldn't control his emotions. Vince said, "Yes, you can!" Thus, the "Hall of Pain" was born. Henry did skirt around the issue of not wanting to perpetuate an "angry black man" stereotype, but he seems to feel like it worked because of everything that led up to that point. I can agree with that. - Jim Ross Is A Grouchy Hateful Vile Human Being. Well, not really, but he did tell Henry to his face that he wasn't going to make it - in front of Vince - and that Vince should cut his losses. After Henry won the World Title, he was booked to confront J.R. on TV and demand an apology. During the angle, he claims he started choking J.R. legitimately. Ironically, Mark loves J.R. now, because J.R. has been a mentor to him, giving him about advice about his radio show. - The only disappointment is that the fake retirement salmon coat angle with Cena isn't mentioned at all. Instead, the show ends with both men praising Keith Lee but saying he "still has a ways to go." This only scratches the surface of everything that's covered, so it's still well worth watching.

I did finish it. It's a really solid book, mainly of stories about wrestling in Japan, but also about growing up in Minnesota, his time as an arm wrestler and filming the movie "Over The Top," his stints in WCW, and living through the infamous show in North Korea. Nothing salacious. Just a fun career overview. Still only $7.99 on Kindle, and I'd say it's definitely worth that. Edit: Just noticed you said you don't want Kindle. The paperback is $25 on Amazon - pity there isn't a nice hardcover - but I remember paying that or more for books way back in the day. As Scott Norton's biggest fan on PWO, it may be worth it to you.

This Low-Ki tweet was posted in another thread, but look who just liked it... Lince Dorado is a fucking moron. God help him if the WWE Covid outbreak is traced back to him or he's scapegoated for it. Fuck him though!

I don't know what a "Chad" is, so you'll have to teach me that one. A Karen is basically a super-entitled white woman with a Kate Goesslin haircut (or Bayley, for those in the bubble) - the "I want to speak to the manager" types. The definition has been expanded to include exceptionally selfish people and racists who call the cops on black people for committing such "heinous criminal offenses" as walking on the sidewalk or in the park.

This tweet called Low Ki a "Corona Karen" - a perfect description if I've ever heard one. In addition to being a useless liability everywhere he's ever worked, Brandon Silvestry is also dumb as fuck. Glad I never bought into him.

Yeah, this feels like deliberate trolling on WWE's part (or maybe SRS's part) to the "release" rumors.

The sleazy, slimy, scuzzy wrestling business never fails to sink even lower. Wrestling Inc.: Anonymous WWE Talent On Not Being Allowed To Speak Out About Positive COVID-19 Results (Photos) WWE deserves to be buried in lawsuits from this.

I doubt it, because AJ specifically said on the documentary that the match was built around fans wanting to see Taker kick AJ's ass. Nothing in the build, with AJ making it so personal, suggested that he would be the one going over. Now, if the feud didn't get personal until after the shutdown (I'm not sure), then maybe AJ was originally scheduled to win. I still don't think so though.

Nice to see Impact releasing people for the right reasons, like being racist monsters and/or sexual deviants. Oh wait, that's not why any of them were released at all... #LOLTNA

NXT UK's Ligero and Travis Banks were finally released by WWE.

A really nice story about Sammy Guevara:

I really hope Tully doesn't try to pressure AEW into giving his little girl a spot. Sadly, they'd probably take her. Even more sadly, their women's division desperately needs her. She's not worth the baggage though IMO.

Apparently Tessa Blanchard was stripped of the Impact World Title and released after not sending in promised interview footage to hype her upcoming match. Remember when she was the next "can't miss" hot prospect? Those days seem long over. I can't see any major league organization bothering with her racist baggage and spoiled diva antics now.

Who's to say wrestling fans haven't been doing exactly that for a long time now? Yes, WWE has record-high profits right now (supposedly), but ratings are in the toilet, attendance wasn't great before Covid, etc. Fans have been turned off in droves, most likely because of a bad product, but it could also be because it's perceived that bad people are running said product. Being such open, unabashed, unashamed Trumpets in this climate is going to have some sort of effect on how your audience looks at you.

This means Moxley could potentially have it too. I really hope not. This year gets worse and worse and fucking worse.

If that Hollywood trend happened in the '70s, I'd say it was related to what's happening now in WWE. There's no way WWE has its finger on the pulse of anything from this decade.

Bix seems to run detailed pieces though. How does it do it without getting sued? (Or maybe he has been sued? I have no idea.) Also, I see a lot of sites (CagesideSeats, Wrestling Inc., etc.) posting the tweets. How come they're not in danger of getting sued? Is it because they're only re-posting tweets and not posting original material (like a site interviewing a wrestler would be)?

Sadly, I don't think any industry can ever be 100% devoid of anything. But I am really hoping this breaks the industry-wide systemic nature of abuse and puts an end to all of the toxic thought-processes in wrestling - sexual road stories being told for "laughs," women being labeled "rats," etc. But I'm not optimistic enough to believe that will ever happen. For example, what has WWE really addressed over the past week? They fired the low on the totem pole, completely expendable, won't be missed, no one will notice he's gone anyway Jack Gallagher. And?

Trenesha Biggers (Rhaka Khan in TNA) is posting about Kurt Angle. Not a new story, but I'm surprised it took several days to resurface. This is one of many tweets: Is she saying that PW Insider didn't run with the story, or is she saying it ran and then Kurt/Dixie got it removed? I don't frequent that spyware-infested shithole and don't rate any of its "reporters," so I'm asking. BTW, I really need to stop looking at Twitter. Every time I do, it's something new and horrifying. I feel so heartbroken for the poor women and men who have been put through the ringer by such a scuzzy industry.

Bizarre, then, that he would lie so brazenly about something so easily disprovable. The way he tells it, they met at a bar and he didn't know her age. Nothing about training her beforehand, etc. Why lie about something that obvious? I guess Marty isn't a very smart bloke.

Marty Scurll: "As a person who has been identified as part of the problem, I am unreservedly committing to be part of the solution." Well, he's saying all the right things, at least... For people more familiar with him, does this seem sincere or reek of bullshit?

From Ex-WWE Sheet: Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned multiple people in WWE who have been at the Performance Center tested positive for COVID-19 this week, including in-ring talent. https://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/wwe-covid-19-multiple-people-positive-test-coronavirus/

Over two decades ago, I remember a couple of indie wrestlers (I won't name them, and I'm not sure either of them ever really "made it" anyway) telling me what an ass Quack was. When the rest of the internet started hero-worshiping this guy, I knew better. (Note: Obviously, they did not hint at anything sexual - if that's even what this is about.) CHIKARA also seemed dumb as fuck to me, but I've never actually bothered to watch it, so maybe I'm wrong. *Shrug* With all of that said, I am also kind of unclear about what Quack actually did. Everything I've read so far has been vague and confusing.