C.S.

Aleister Black and Lars Sullivan are both talented, have presence, etc. Neither one of them does a damn thing for me. :\

I hope Lorcan and Burch get a rematch and win.

Could see a show with NO title changes? I don't see Shayna or Black losing this quickly.

I think Dream will do well on the main roster, as long as everyone's expectations are tempered. I don't expect him to ever be a multiple-time World Champion, but I could see him as a major fixture in general. I hate O'Reilly and his worked MMA shit. Always have and I think I always will. I'm cool with Cole and Strong though. Cole bores me to tears, but I like Strong.

Got locked out of the board temporarily, but I'm back now. Thanks for your help, Loss! Been kind of distracted, but this has been great so far.

Hot Take? Velveteen Dream should win.

The Network was acting up. I had to restart after the finish. When I got back on, Lorcan and Burch were still in the ring. Did I miss anything important?

Great match. I don't see what everyone else does in the Undisputed Geeks (except maybe Roddy, who is a "good hand"). I was hoping against hope that Lorcan and Burch would win. I've liked Burch for a while now.

I didn't get home until 7:50. Was Pat McAfee that lobster-faced dork? Who the hell is he?

Figured I may as well start this thread... Here's the lineup: - Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Chicago Street Fight) - NXT Championship -- Aleister Black © vs. Lars Sullivan - NXT Women's Championship -- Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross - NXT Tag Team Championship -- Undisputed Era © vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch - Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream Should be a great show!

Anyone watching Undercover Boss tonight? That's the show where Big Show doesn't recognize Stephanie McMahon, whom he's known for 20 years, simply because she's wearing a really bad disguise.

Which makes them both smarter than Sabu. Seriously though, I watched the clip Thread Killer posted and actually found myself agreeing with Sabu. One clip led to another, and I gotta ask, what the fuck is with Sean Oliver? He always looks like he's ready to fall asleep.

Or Kenny Omega. (I think he'll sign eventually, but certainly not anytime soon.)

Pretty good episode of the Prichard podcast this week, clocking in at a tight 77 minutes, about AJ Styles in TNA. Yes, there was footage of TNA. Yes, the Global Wrestling Network got a plug at the end (talk about an identity crisis - their streaming serviced is named after a failed cash-for-gold promotion - and the words Impact or TNA are included nowhere in it). I don't believe this was ever covered on the regular podcast, so it should be all new content. All of the news was new - to me, at least, as following TNA was something I could never stomach for long. The show covers only Prichard's time in TNA - from 2010 to a couple of years later - so it's that time period and AJ's departure that are mainly focused on. They talk about the office's perception of AJ at the time Bruce came in, some of the booking decisions, and go into his contract and exit in great detail. They also cover some of the non-AJ stuff going on in TNA at the time, such as Flair showing up to the WWE Hall of Fame while still under contract to TNA. Maybe it's just me, but Conrad seemed pissed off in a non-working way this week. Maybe a big mortgage fell through? Overall, I thought it was a fun listen.

Pretty good episode of the Prichard podcast this week, clocking in at a tight 77 minutes, about AJ Styles in TNA. Yes, there was footage of TNA. Yes, the Global Wrestling Network got a plug at the end (talk about an identity crisis - their streaming serviced is named after a failed cash-for-gold promotion - and the words Impact or TNA are included nowhere in it). I don't believe this was ever covered on the regular podcast, so it should be all new content. All of the news was new - to me, at least, as following TNA was something I could never stomach for long. The show covers only Prichard's time in TNA - from 2010 to a couple of years later - so it's that time period and AJ's departure that are mainly focused on. They talk about the office's perception of AJ at the time Bruce came in, some of the booking decisions, and go into his contract and exit in great detail. They also cover some of the non-AJ stuff going on in TNA at the time, such as Flair showing up to the WWE Hall of Fame while still under contract to TNA. Maybe it's just me, but Conrad seemed pissed off in a non-working way this week. Maybe a big mortgage fell through? Overall, I thought it was a fun listen.

Daniel Bryan is a fucking idiot! (Daniel Bryan Says He Could Beat Mike Jackson “On the Ground” in UFC Fight) Even if that's true, he's a goddamned fool for even thinking it. Hello, did he suddenly forget about his brain and concussion issues?

See the bolded for what differentiates him from Alberto.

Especially now that Del Rio is putting God knows what up his nose.

Yeah, we are sure there's anything to this Cabana issue? According to the reports, they were friendly in court.

The link doesn't appear to be working. Tried to find the interview on the actual website but gave up, that site is a complete mess. The board did something wonky to the link. Try this: https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/exclusive-corey-graves-explains-his-cm-punk-related-tweets-fightful I'll correct my original post and hope it sticks.

Took me a solid half-hour to find this again, but it's worth it... An amazing article about the Original Sheik, written by his daughter: https://jenfarhat.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/life-with-a-madman-jack-detroit-july-2011.pdf (PDF file) BTW, in the Drawing Heat sample I read, McKigney is definitely mentioned. There's a acknowledgements section at the beginning discussing his death, with the author lamenting that he wishes McKigney was still alive to enjoy its publication and re-publication.

Sabu ran over my pet iguana. No, seriously, that was a fantastic post, Thread Killer. You obviously know more about Sabu than I do, particularly as it pertains to his personal life. Yeah, I can say "well, he should have gone into WWE with a positive attitude" or "things were different in The Sheik's day and not everything he did applies to today's version of the business," but that would really just be me halfheartedly arguing for the sake of it. I won't do that, because your post accomplished something rare - it convinced me to see the other side of an issue. While I still believe in a lot of what I said about wrestlers and wrestling in general, I also think your defense was pretty damn compelling when it comes to Sabu the person specifically. P.S. You've piqued my curiosity re: the Freedman book. I've downloaded a free sample to my Kindle.

The hard truth: Sabu is a nobody. He's already forgotten outside of message boards like this one. Like The Bushwackers and George "The Animal" Steele before him, Mick Foley cashed in his chips. He played the Mr. Socko hand and became a comedy character - and in the process, he turned himself into a more beloved figure than ever. He still has a career inside and outside the industry. He'll be remembered long after he's gone. Yes, Sabu made a shit-ton of sacrifices for his "art." So did Mick Foley. One of them was smart at the end of his career. The other was Sabu.

Exclusive: Corey Graves Explains His CM Punk Related Tweets To Fightful Edit: Corrected link...I hope.

Which was exactly my point.