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You're the one who said Meltzer "fucked this up," so I figured I'd ask you instead. But you don't want to actually answer questions or elaborate, which seems to be your usual act after you say something provocative. News is not subject to copyright and nobody "owns" it. Meltzer could do a better job of naming sources or even saying, "according to a source close to the situation," that's been discussed, but he's not under any obligation to do so.

So did she sign or didn't she?

Fucked up how? She didn't sign?

Mrs. Adam Cole (or Adam's girlfriend/partner). Significant inasmuch as it signifies AEW is committed to having a women's division.

What Les did was arguably even worse than what sek is describing, which is that he Tweeted that, and then painted himself as the wronged virgin in white when responders asked him to name names or shut up, all while never actually naming any names. I say this as someone who neither knows nor cares who the fuck "Les Moore" is. But he wants to eat his cake and have it, too with regard to calling people out for being on the imaginary AEW consulting payroll.

This is the worst news since I found out my mother-in-law was moving in 6 months ago. "The actions of this Clown are deplorable." Only Gene could sell a line like that. RIP.

Stu was also credited with helping to lay out Bret and Owen's WM10 match.

Looks like the Nick release was asked for or at least mutual, as he has a child now living in Australia and wanted to stay closer to home. I'm sure when or if NXT Australia launches he'll be a focal point.

Doesn't appear to be anything there that wasn't in the AJPW Archive, no.

No, not going for a joke--whether I amuse you on a given day is so far down on the list of things I give a fuck about doing that it can't even be charted. No, that the WWF considers itself "sports programming" when it's convenient for them, despite blasting the term "Entertainment" in our faces at all other hours of the day, is a fact. Probably if they're too shitty to get any actual work elsewhere, which explains a lot about how WWE creative has operated for the past 15 years.

Except when there's a potential writer's strike, then magically they work for "sports programming" instead of entertainment and are exempt from being able to form/join a union. So in that sense, even if it's the "independent contractor" sense, they are ex TV writers. I just can't believe Rollins is Tweeting this stuff just a day or two after ripping Raw's content on television. I'm not going all BUT MUH KAYFABE here, but come on, can we at least try for a little consistency when most of the roster is trying to use Twitter to push storylines?

Another howler this afternoon: someone wrote in asking Keith about the rumored story of Verne Gagne paying Iron Sheik to break Hogan's leg. Keith rightfully dismissed it, but then acted all incredulous that anyone could possibly believe that IRON SHEIK, of all people, was some shooter. Of course Sheiky's grandiose amateur claims are somewhat dubious, but it's a known fact that he both wrestled and coached in the Pan American Games and went through Verne Gagne's boot camp. He wasn't an Olympian, but in an all-time free-for-all of former WWF/E Champions, I'll take prime Sheik against anybody outside of the Angle/Lesnar upper tier.

AJ's probably kind of a piece of shit too, but he and Lars aren't even in the same bigotry ZIP code.

Being in a multicultural environment didn't stop John Rocker from being a bigoted piece of shit, nor did getting older. I can only go by the facts, not speculation--and not empty "that wasn't who I am" boilerplate apologies, either.

He pledged support for a white-power band that sang about bringing about a second Holocaust and a member of which shot up that Sikh temple in Wisconsin. What more could you possibly need to see?

Yeah, no, not me either. I admit to laughing at some of what he said, but a majority of it was just the lamest hackiest shit imaginable. Ooh, Buddy Landel had a coke habit--what a refreshing take. Maybe that was edgy to say among sheet-readers in 1992 but here it came off about as sharp as a wet bowling ball. I dug in my heels and finished the show, but I'm with BigBadMick...maybe a quarter of a segment. Usually BTS is good at dialing back that stuff the following week, but Bix following that up this week with a minutes-long digression about a proper substitute word for "castration" wasn't one of the show's high points, either. Thank God for PocketCast's 30-second skip button. I know I'm a stick-in-the-mud on the subject because a little bit of Tom Green goes a long way with me too, and I know I'm in the decided minority on that.

I actually think it was somebody else--either Crow, Wolf, or Riggs of the tag team the Terminators, who were Eddie Sharkey guys who worked Windy City and a bit in Memphis.

Daddy is nowhere near Hogan's league as a worker. It's as big of a gap between Bret Hart and Mantaur, strictly in terms of between-the-bells work.

If it were that "clear" then he'd already be voted in. Not only is your narrative just as convenient and simplistic as the people's with whom you're arguing, but why *shouldn't* we emphasize work for an institution where work matters? Daddy is a much less skeevy Fabulous Moolah. Both bring zero positives or outright negatives as workers or influencers and their cases revolve entirely around the nebulous and tautological idea of already being famous. Daddy doesn't even have Hogan's resume of launching promotions to new heights--British wrestling had already peaked as a crossover phenomenon when his star exploded.

Halls of Fame bestow fame, they don't honor it in and of itself.

With Daddy, for me it comes down to: 1.) He was super-famous, but I don't feel he was as big of a draw as his rep--British wrestling as a whole was bigger in the '60s and '70s than it was in the '80s and certainly in the '90s. 2.) In the 3 major Observer HOF criteria--drawing power, quality of work, and positive influence--he's say a 9.5/10 in one category and a zero to negative in the other two. I fully agree that drawing in the UK is different than drawing in the US, but even if Daddy sold out Wembley Arena 185 straight times like Bruno's MSG legend I wouldn't see him as a HOFer, because his influence was universally negative (why would anyone want to hold *him* up as an example of what British wrestling was like?, and he ended up killing the golden goose anyway, or at least being a major contributing factor) and his quality of work was nonexistent. Only Tiger Jeet Singh compares in terms of sheer non-output over the course of so many years.

I'm comfortable putting Jake vs. Sawyer in the ****-****1/2 range. Sawyer is really good too, but this is a Jake masterpiece. He has all of those "little things" psychology-wise that everyone likes to talk about, but he also adds some pure viciousness and even some high-end offense to his demolition of Brett Wayne. The added drama from Ole, II, and Buzz all on the outside is great as well.

Sad news, as it appears Rassle Reel has gotten taken down. I don't know if he had anything ultra-valuable, but as a general reminder, save shit!