Dav'oh

We've given the world Rhea Ripley, Bill Dundee, Shane Warne and spiders the size of your face. A bit of gratitude wouldn't go astray

If You See Something, Say Something. Any decent person who legitimately believes they witnessed a semi-naked adult assaulting a child, has a duty of care to that child, and to society, to report said assault to the relevant authorities. Anyone who doesn't report it, well, I'm not sure if they're parenting material.

I'm most amused by "I don't like MJF's heel character, so I won't boo him." "He uses cheap heat." "He tries too hard." "He's gone too far!" "Won't somebody think of the children?" The inference being, that if MJF's heel tactics were more to one's liking, one would boo him. "He's not the heel I want him to be, so I don't like him" is the real gymnastic degree-of-difficulty. What's the kid's name, just by-the-by? I mean, I assume people are going to monitor his emotional and psychological well-being over the next decades - or will people stop giving a shit by the time tomorrow's mini-outrage hits the social media disgraces? I wonder how many minutes sleep the hand-wringers will actually lose.

Who needs Dr. Sidney M. Basil?

Just gave my eight-year old daughter a triple-shot of Chartreuse. It'll help numb the pain of the face tatt she's getting for her birthday.

It was five seconds out of...four thousand and fifty seconds. 0.12% of the match. It shouldn't overshadow a magnificent performance from both men. The kid was protected by his hoodie. He'll live.

I enjoy the Elite's six-man matches, but they're all a bit same-y, aren't they?

But a three-or-four-hour wrestling PPV is? I've seen that sentiment expressed elsewhere and it strikes me as odd. Like, six ten-minute matches are ok, but one sixty-minute match isn't? It's still an hour of wrestling. "But the winner is predictable". The winner's predictable in every match of a two-hour Dynamite or a one-hour Rampage/Dark/Elevation. People still watch...

Teardrop tattoos signify something different in Australia. They're given to the lowest of the low.

Painful, disjointed, largely heatless 20 minute promo to open Smackdown. That was fucking laboured. Roman bringing up big Duthty was probably the highlight.

Maybe don't have rookies attempt twisting Falcon Arrows from atop a ladder? Also, maybe Kommander shouldn't look like Rey Fenix?

Objectively, crowd responses are louder and more passionate for Sami than Cody. Cody can't even get a Jericho-like singalong for his (god-awful) theme song.

I feel like the only one not buying whatever Cody Rhodes is selling. Firmly rooting for Roman come 'Mania.

Dawkins losing the puppy-fat

It's a weird world where we watch quasi-famous people eat. I thought the "Cody" chant was half-hearted. It wasn't arena-wide and petered out quick.

Die, Natalia, Die. Respectfully.

Nepo babies collide!

That's not the context in which people are calling MJF's promos "cheap heat". They're not waiting three months to see ratings and ticket sales trends, they're calling it "cheap" in the moment. "Cheap heat" is so cheap, it's free. It's easy. Often conflated with "lazy". But my point is, pro-wrestling's "rile the rubes" tactics have always been cheap and easy. It's always been, "Your mother wears army boots", not "Your interpretation of Wittgenstein's Sprachspiel saddens me". And yes, Orange Cassidy is the duck's guts (dog's bollocks in the UK, bee's knees in the US).

Kicking a basketball away from a kid? Cheap heel heat. Spray-painting people's backs? Cheap heel heat. Foreign object? Manager interference? Cheap heel heat. Snobbery? Aloofness? Superiority? Cowardice? Cheap heel heat. Turning on your babyface partner by throwing yourself through a window? Cheap heel heat. Insert town/person/sports team sucks? Cheap heel heat. Bullying? Gaslighting? Flexing your pecs? Cheap heel heat. 4-on-1 beatdown? Feet on the ropes? Hair-pulling, real or feigned? Taking away a kid's sign? Backstage sneak-attack? Wardrobe (hey, Seth!)? Cheap heel heat. I for one do not expect sophisticated, highbrow heel heat from any pro-wrestler, let alone MJF. Examples welcomed, though.

Plenty of consumers only have (x) minutes they can devote to wrestling, and would be more discerning when making their choices than us habitual omnivores. They're picking Sami/Bloodline and Wrestlemania season, I'd wager, and taking the kids to jousting practice on Wednesdays instead of mum, who's taking too many pills lately. Military history is replete with strategic retreats which proved successful. If only I knew any...

I guess Uno has to take the canvas home and clean it, this week.

Vince taking finishers in bars, Vince being heartbroken when Savage jumped, Bischoff and Harleys, they all want to be one of the boys. Tony's the same, and he probably seeks the counsel of the wisest/carniest/oldest. And Jarrett and Jericho happily tell him who to watch out for and how to avoid being manipulated...

Don't like "In Battles Royal, finishing moves make you stand up".

Groucho Marx died the same day as Elvis Presley. Farah Fawcett died the same day as Michael Jackson. Aldous Huxley died the same day as JFK. Sometimes, you just can’t compete. No, the Bloodline saga doesn’t preclude the finite number of wrestling eyeballs from landing on AEW’s offerings. I’m just suggesting that it’s alright to take a backseat and let your own product simmer.

I don't know if I'd be running big or hot angles while "The greatest story told in decades" (passim) is getting all the eyeballs and plaudits, and WrestleMania season is in full swing. Maybe I pick my battles and wait for the post-Mania lull to run my big stuff?