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Now $2.99. If you bought it within the last seven days, go to http://www.amazon.com/myk, push the refund button, and then re-buy it at the lower price. One review, though, warns that the Kindle edition is formatted abysmally. "Tremendously great book for anyone and everyone. The only down side is the Kindle publication is awful. Typos and repeat paragraphs galore." I'll avoid it for that reason. So tired of ebooks with lazy and inexcusable formatting issues. Ali vs. Inoki is particularly bad for this, and nothing has been fixed despite the author being made aware of it.

I prefer long hair on a woman too, but like everything else in life, there are exceptions. Halle Berry is definitely one of them. Show me one pic of her with long hair that looks better than short hair. You can't, because she doesn't, and I think even she knows it. Anyway, why am I in this thread? Why was it created? Does anyone really care about Roman Reigns' hair? He'd be an idiot to cut off that long, luxuriant mane. It's one of his most distinctive features, and I know the ladies love it. When he starts balding like The Rock, then we can talk. Until that happens, he should leave his hair alone.

Does this mean NWA on Demand will finally end up on Roku and other streaming platforms now? I hope so...

To me, that whole thing feels like a rib/meta reference to Paige and Alberto.

Halle Berry says hello.

On this week's Bring it to the Table, did anyone notice that they shoehorned a random JBL rant about Sami Zayn between two commercials? It wasn't on the list of topics and the positioning felt extremely odd and out of place. JBL spouted some nonsense about how he'd rather be captured by ISIS than listen to Zayn. WTF???

I'm surprised no one mentioned Hogan vs. Flair. I thought that would be in the first post. Even in the WWF in '91-'92, it felt a few years too late - never mind WCW in '94, where the bloom was really off the rose.

In today's "Thank God" news of the day, Dylan Miley has apparently changed his name to Lars Sullivan.

Except, this was likely pure bullshit too. Maybe he really feels that way, maybe not, but the reason he got to express that "controversial" opinion was because he was a Raw guy showing disinterest in a Smackdown feud - thereby promoting the whole Raw vs. Smackdown rivalry narrative between the two brands.

I figured the NWA on Demand footage wasn't included. So, without that, what is the value of the actual NWA - other than nostalgia? Honest question.

Great editorial on Cageside Seats: The Roman rage has gone too far The fans were downright embarrassing last night. The Rock says: IT DOESN'T MATTER how biology works!!!

From PWInsider.com: "Smashing Pumpkins front man and former TNA Wrestling President Billy Corgan has agreed in principle to purchase the National Wrestling Alliance, PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources. The deal in place would see Corgan purchase the name, rights, trademarks to the NWA as well as the rights and possession of the NWA championship belt." Nothing about the NWA Classics on Demand footage, which I think Corgan would be crazy not to buy, but I don't know if that's separate from the actual NWA or what. If the NWA Classics footage isn't included, I'm not really seeing anything tangible that Corgan would get out of this - other than the nostalgia of the NWA name, I guess? But maybe I'm missing something? Of course, all of the newz sites are already reporting on this like it's a done deal, which doesn't sound like the case to me.

No way Joe should have won, and I'm glad he didn't. Seth, as cooled off as he's become, is still someone who is going to be a star for years to come. Joe is a utility player who is WAY past his prime and has yet to impress me in either his NXT or WWE runs. Truthfully, I wasn't impressed with him during his "epic" matches with Kurt Angle either. His ROH glory days, assuming those weren't overrated too and the inane shriekings of "THIS IS AWESOME!!!" ROH fanboys, is long past him.

Is it just me or does this match seem to be in slow motion?

Never been a Finn fan, but he's killing it on Miz TV with good babyface fire.

I'll echo the sentiments in this thread that Foxcatcher was an absolutely awful movie. Good performances, yes, but painfully slow and boring as hell. Considering how great the story is, there was no excuse for such a pitifully bad film. As for casting Vince, only one choice makes sense to me: Peter Gallagher

Not a recommendation (I haven't read it yet), just a heads-up that this is free on Kindle today: Wrestling With Girls by Alan Lewis That makes it sound partially like a non-fiction book or memoir, but I'm pretty sure it's fiction. Whether it's any good, who knows, but free is free. Worth a shot. https://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Girls-Alan-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00IACTE9I/

Do they really need to resort to that, though, after Wellness-ing "The Guy" Roman Reigns last year?

"That Indian guy" is #1 contender.

I really like Dylan Miley too, but who the fuck came up with such a stupid name? Sounds like a pop singer in a boy band.

100% agreed about what Mauro has accomplished. But I really think you're grasping at straws by taking offense to the way I worded it, when Mauro himself refers to it as a mental illness. “I think mental health issues have to be more and more prominent; that’s who I am,” Ranallo told Sherdog.com. “I know there is a stigma, and we’re still not comfortable talking about it in our society. You even asked me if I was OK talking about it for this story. I’ve been very open about this for many, many years. I firmly believe that’s who I am and we’re still not comfortable with talking about it in society, but I want to be an advocate. I want to make it easier for people to talk about. I hope that one day we’re still alive when people don’t have to ask and there is no stigma attached to mental illness.” More similar quotes here: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Mauro-Ranallo-Battling-a-Stigma-95907

My post was not meant to be insulting or stigmatizing, stro. I just meant, if there's a story of Mauro having a meltdown or whatever Dave "I know more but I can't tell you" Meltzer is implying, there are underlying causes for it. In no way did I mean that Mauro's condition automatically gives him a free pass and excuses every little thing away - kiddie gloves, as you say. But it is more complex in his case. I don't think it's inaccurate to say that.

Whatever details emerge to make Mauro look bad, we have to remember that the man is mentally ill and does have a history of bipolar disorder. That's not excusing it or being an apologist for him, but it does explain why excessive "ribbing" and "hazing" - let's call it what it is, bullying - might trigger some of the less-than-pretty and not-so-savory aspects of his condition. Yes, it's inspirational that he overcome all of that to have an amazing career, but not every aspect of his condition, personality, and life is going to be a happy-go-lucky ABC After School Special. It would be unfair to expect that of anyone, much less someone whose mental state is dependent on the imperfect science and changing requirements of medical dosages. BTW, a poster on WC linked to this. It collects all of the JBL bullying stories into one post, formatted as sort of an oral history. http://www.fightful.com/jbl-and-wwes-culture-hazing-bullying-oral-history

So, I couldn''t sleep and caught a bit of ROH here and there on the new Comet Roku channel (which is utterly pointless as a streaming option, BTW, because it has only a "live" feed and nothing else - but, hey, at least it's free). There were two episodes from midnight to 2 a.m. I assume they're the most recent ones, but who knows. I only saw a couple of random bits, and I'm pretty tired, so my views might be a bit skewed and maybe sharper than warranted. On the first show, I caught some kind of parking lot attack between a Bullet Club member and I think Frankie Kazarian. It was amateurishly shot and involved a bullrope or something of the sort, but the one thing I liked was that an off-screen passerby was popping his horn during the attack and the Bullet Club attacker ran off, which is probably how this ridiculous scenario would play out in real life. Nice attention to detail there. Otherwise, this makes the Bullet Club look super bush league. You'd think they were the cream of the crop based on their internet rep, but this show does them no favors. Then I caught the tail-end of the second episode - the main event for the pointless and poorly-named Six-Man Tag Team Titles (there aren't six men per team, so it's always sounded bad to me - even when WCW did it). The match: The Kingdom (who look like a bush league science experiment gone wrong involving Enzo, Zack Ryder, and Scotty 2 Hotty) and "The Last Real Man" Silas Young (more on him below) vs. The Briscoe Brothers (disheveled-looking white trash types, and one of them is apparently a major homophobic asshole? - yeah, it's easy to see why WWE never gave them a serious sniff) and "Bully" Ray (who was absolutely terrible here, and has been for a while now). The only guy I liked in the match was "The Last Real Man," who I think has the potential to be a cult favorite in NXT. The entire venue looked really second-rate. All the blue curtains did was make it look like a bingo hall wearing a wedding dress.

Which is fair enough, but there's a difference between that and the teasing Dave bullshit of "I know more, but I can't tell you."