C.S.

Just the overwhelming feeling that it's a diseased and corrupt industry to its very core? Vince, the alleged Jericho/Kylie Rae issue and TK's possible involvement in covering it up, #SpeakingOut, Ashley Massaro, and who knows what else... Yeah, it's a cesspool. FFS, even *I* know who Dan Marino is, and I couldn't give two fucks about football. With that said, I was under the impression that Making the Game was a boring workout book/bodybuilding manual, so that definitely isn't where I heard this story.

Obviously this Vince news is more than enough by itself to get anyone feeling very sad and angry, but is there anything else going on with you? I hope everything is okay. Triple H is King Bubble and always has been. Even has the throne and everything. I think it was Batista's book that mentioned a famous sports star being invited backstage, and Trips (and maybe Steph) having no idea who it was.

Agreed, but they're also me (casually), Kawada Smile, and others who don't do any of shit. Am I taking it personally? No, not at all. I'm just saying. Actually, I was responding to Coffey's post going on a tangent that had nothing to do with what you said, even though he mentioned you, which is the only reason I also mentioned you again. I generally agreed with Coffey's post though. Agreed again.

It's a Japanese proverb that has nothing to do with Vince. But if it makes El-P feel better to white knight and act like he's "above" WWE's audience, so be it. If he wants to say he's above all the Vincels who are defending Vince and shaming his victim, absolutely, I agree with him and agree he is above them. But don't paint everyone else who watches with the same brush. I do agree with Coffey, though, that all of this Rock nonsense is a purposeful distraction tactic. However, people can be bothered by more than one thing and bothered to different degrees about each. There are even a couple of (now deleted) Sami Zayn tweets about exactly that.

GO TO HELL! STRAIGHT TO THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL!!! Okay, while I agree with everything you wrote, it has nothing whatsoever to do with El-P's criticism of a random NXT video with a Japanese proverb. Seeing the Vince situation in that is a massive stretch and overreaction IMO.

Exactly how Christian and Mauro must feel.

One person. My GPS points to somewhere in France. No one else nowhere else. I assume Melo will do double duty until the NXT show on WrestleMania weekend and put Trick over strong there.

Okay, Vince invented an ancient Japanese proverb, along with the internet and bitcoin.

I think you're reading into this too much, honestly. Everything can evoke Vince if you think about it hard enough. This is a Japanese proverb, and Vince had to be convinced that Asian women could be hot and Asian porn was a thing. Everyone is expecting Okada, but I'll laugh when it's a revamped Akira Tozawa or *shudder* The Good Brothers.

Okada?

I'm not watching, but a friend says the fans are hijacking the show with "We want Cody!" chants.

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Bro!

That's Georgia and Rick Steiner.

The possibility at least has to be considered.

Hope he gets 25 to life.

Cody Rhodes: "At a little show in 1990 known as the Survivor Series, my dad (starts tearing up) The American Dream (crying) Dusty Rhodes (full-blown sobbing) faced a debuting Phenom, The Undertaker, and now I'm calling him out. Come out of retirement. I want to do with my dad was never able to do. I want to Finish. The. Story. I want to be the 3 in 26-3."

The Rock: "Don't worry, little buddy, I'll challenge Roman at WrestleMania instead." Flashbacks of Bret losing the title at WrestleMania 9 and telling Hogan to go after Yokozuna right after the match.

Finish the story LATER maybe. *SIGH*

Logan Paul just took shots at CM Punk. Another bleached blond "empty-headed dumb fuck." Is this what Punk will stew over for the next six months?

Orton was mentored by Trips, so it ain't him.

Foley is Pod is ending. https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1441576-conrad-thompson-explains-why-mick-foley-is-ending-his-podcast

I assume you're under the false impression that I hate The Bucks (and Kenny?). That's actually not true. While neither of them wrestle my preferred "house style," if you we-ill, I can recognize and acknowledge that they put on damn good matches even with a style and characters that aren't my preference. What I do blame The Bucks and Kenny for is not putting business ahead of their own issues. Is CM Punk blameless? Of course not, and I'd never say he was. He deserves tons of blame. But shit happened, and they could've all made a boatload of money after - not only for themselves but also for the company. The Elite vs. CM Punk and FTR was the hottest possible match they could've had, not to mention another year or two of various combinations. If that was never going to happen, Punk should have been fired right after the scrum. He wasn't - which I realize was never the Bucks/Kenny's call - but at that point, they should have been made to do business or gotten fired themselves (or at least paid to stay at home if that was the legally preferable option). Instead, The Bucks and Kenny put themselves ahead of AEW. The dwindling crowds prove it. They aren't entirely to blame, obviously. AEW losing its three biggest stars - Cody, Punk, and Jade - also hurt tremendously. But this is a TNA thread, so I'll stop here. As weird as it is to say because the pandemic was completely awful and traumatic in those early days, I loved all of the creative workarounds all of the wrestling promotions were trying. Not everything worked, but damn it, at least we were seeing concepts that were fresh and outside the box. Even dogshit like Raw Underground was cool - for a minute anyway - because it was different. I'd almost rather see a bunch of near-misses like that instead of "just pro wrestling" because I'd finally be seeing something new.

I've honestly never understood the appeal of Black. Okay, I do understand it. Big guy, decent worker, etc. But his character is not interesting, his personality does not exactly keep me glued to the screen, and his matches are just okay. Buddy is never gonna be a top guy or even upper midcard, so he may as well go get more money from WWE to be with his wife. I'd make him strictly a tag team guy again. That's a role he can shine in. He'd even be a better version of the useless, never gonna get over, sex pest, re-evaluate HBK's eye for talent J.D. McDonagh for Judgment Day.

Just let Priest cash-in. Priest vs. Truth at Mania. It would be another Yes Movement/Kofimania feel good story. Don't @ at me about how Truth would devalue the belt (newsflash: it has no value) when he's a damn good wrestler.