C.S.

This is what the term "wrestling bubble" looks like: From perennial lackey, stooge, and second banana Tommy Dreamer: "Putting smiles on people's faces." Pure WWE-speak. Someone's sure hard-up for a job at the Performance Center...

Just got this e-mail from WWE Network: It pretty much encapsulates every single issue the tone deaf WWE has right now.

It'll never happen because one kiss-ass would stooge the rest off, and the whole thing would fall apart.

Wasn't Giant Haystacks briefly in WCW under another name, or did I hallucinate that whole thing?

@IpponDropkick Not that I know of, unfortunately - at least not on Kindle. If it had come out a few years later, there probably would've been an ebook. It's becoming more common now for books with heavy picture/art content to get ebooks, but that wasn't really the case when Mondo Lucha A Go-Go came out in 2007.

She was mentioned briefly during Evolution by one of the commentors (along with Sara Amato and someone else).

I'm sorry to hear about what's happening in Brazil, @KawadaSmile. Seems the whole world is going to hell in a handbasket. :\

I have this one: Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: The Bizarre and Honorable World of Wild Mexican Wrestling by Dan Madigan https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UXS0FM/ I can't speak to its accuracy, but I remember it being really fun to go through. The author is an ex-WWE writer, for whatever that's worth. The link has recommendations to other lucha books, so you can go down the lucha rabbit hole that way and see if anything strikes your fancy. Edit: Just realized you were asking about ebooks. This obviously doesn't qualify because it's more of a glossy photo book. But the other recommendations in the link above may also have ebooks.

Well, they've certainly done that. Nothing about Hero has impressed me in NXT. Only Sami Callihan, Austin Aries, and James Storm (in his one appearance) have been worse fits. Sure, but why not? She essentially retired in her prime, if not before her prime.

If Hero can coach and wrestle, why can't Sara Amato/Del Rey? She was hyped as the best women's wrestler in the world a few years ago. Then she stops wrestling to take a coaching job? I can understand the financial security reasons for doing that, obviously - but after the so-called "Evolution" went into full swing, you'd think someone with her look/body type/whatever it is would be more accepted as a wrestler in NXT/WWE. Just seems weird, only because she was hyped as the next big thing in-ring for a while there.

Not a blow away show by any means, but a fun night so far. Charlotte vs. Becky has unfortunately devolved into boring WWE garbage match formula bullshit though. :\ You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about as it relates to either me or El-P. You clearly haven't read our posts. You have no moral high ground when you're clearly here to troll and be a self-righteous dickhead. Try that gimmick with someone else, because it ain't working with me, bub.

Double post.

Idiotic post. I cancelled the Network, but my membership doesn't end for a few more days. They already have my money, so yeah, I'll get my money's worth. This show is a nice last hurrah for me (for a while, anyway). This. Thank you.

Absolutely. Wouldn't want Steph's kids googling Chyna. Just like Steph wouldn't want them googling that their mother is firmly on the wrong side of history by making a "business decision" to work with a backward, murderous regime. It's all okay though, because she and she alone decided to #givedivasachance and is the sole reason the Divas Revolution turned into the Women's Evolution we are seeing tonight.

Beth said she was the first woman to compete in the men's Royal Rumble. I thought that was Chyna?

The show looks like pink butterfly shit, but to those within the WWE bubble, it's very easy to see why they'd think Ronda vs. Nikki is both a marquee match and one the fans would get excited about. After all, they've used the same formula with the men: new vs. old - Cena vs. Rock, Rock vs. Hogan, etc.

Thanks. Good to see the actual quotes. Just Dave being anal, pedantic Dave - nothing malicious at all IMO.

But 2010 wasn't 11 years ago. Roman said he was diagnosed with Leukemia 11 years ago, not that he started with WWE then.

So, what the hell is this Tweet about? Is Meltz really questioning the timing - and thus honesty - of Roman's health issues?!

Your entire argument has been intellectually dishonest (not to mention, badly formatted and a chore to read). You're just as hypocritical for drawing a line in the sand with WWE and criticizing everyone else for "looking the other way" when you've done the exact same thing. What about ROH? They're owned by the vile Sinclair Broadcasting. What about NJPW? I'm sure they have untold skeletons in their closet. What about all of the precious indy feds you follow? Those wrestlers likely survive on $25 payoffs (if they get paid at all), bologna meals, and sleeping on stained mattresses. Since you feel so strongly about everything WWE has done wrong, you better boycott the entire wrestling industry because it's no better anywhere else - and in some cases, a whole lot worse. At least WWE pretends to care ("charity is the new PR") by doing things like sending former wrestlers to rehab, paying for their education, etc.

Is anyone in this thread even pressuring others to "mass boycott" WWE? My own stance is: the Saudi Arabia issue is disgusting and I'm willing to send a message by cancelling my WWE Network subscription, but I won't call it a boycott because I'm sure I'll be back eventually when a free month entices me or something like that. And yeah, the product bores me and has for a long time. Can't wait for NJPW to stop operating like a low-rent ROH bush league and bring NJPW World to boxes people actually use (Roku, PlayStation 3 and 4, AppleTV, etc.). Of course, I'm sure NJPW's underbelly is just as dark and diseased, and they probably work with countries we consider "bad" or "evil" (North Korea?). BTW, anyone reluctant to give up WWE Network because of NXT or 205 Live - they're both on Hulu (yes, even TakeOver). To me, that is a perfectly acceptable happy medium - cancelling the Network and watching those shows on Hulu. But again, I don't consider what I'm doing a "boycott" (I am against them for all the reasons Loss outlined). I probably won't watch any of the shows on Hulu anyway, but I won't feel bad if I indulge in the occasional TakeOver. Cancelling the Network (even temporarily) and saying why still sends some kind of message (albeit a very small one) and affects WWE's bottom line (granted, only a tiny bit). With all of that said, it doesn't bother me what anyone else does either way. If the next poster says he just bought a one-year subscription to WWE Network, I'd lol at the trolling but otherwise wouldn't judge or care.

And when you do cancel, I hope you list the reason. My feelings exactly. My membership runs through the rest of the month. I'm undecided if I'll bother with Evolution. The card doesn't look remotely good, but it might be fun background noise.

Truly horrible and shocking news. I'm rooting and praying for him to pull through.

But wasn't the story that Sami Zayn couldn't work the show because he's Syrian, and the Ass-Backward Kingdom of Saudi Arabia™ hates Syria? I wonder how Sami feels about that.