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You're on firrrrre. Also, how ironic this happened during a Trevor Murdoch match, considering who he is emulating...

Can't believe I did not think of this. Mantell is awesome. His work in SMW is some of the best color man stuff ever. As far as Corny goes, the fact he won't even offer an apology, even a lame-ass Lagana-style one, and is teasing his next podcast talking about "stupid people" is just sad. I've seen the same process with some people just building a wall around them and getting caught up in their own bullshit and hatred, and it never ends well. Just saying "I'm sorry if I offended some people, it was not the intention and it came off very poorly." won't fucking kill you.

Randy Orton talking about anyone's father is quite ironic.

Now I gotta get that picture out of my mind….

Orton is such a black hole he is sucking down the AEW thread.

Maybe. And meanwhile, I am baffled by the time they devote to Aron Stevens and now the fucking ?Mark.

Sadly, yes, probably.

I have no idea who that man is. I just looked at Wiki. Holy shit.

Well, it did strike me before how *white* the roster was.

Well, had no idea so I googled a bit. So, Corgan had basically turned into the american Morrissey or something ? Well he was always a fan of Rush, so it's not like I thought he was some leftist anyway but...

Court Bauer must be relieved this stuff did not happen on Being Sports...

The "motorscooter" was a giveaway that it was a dated line. That doesn't make it right though. Yeah, whoever edited this show screwed up big time. Corny ain't gonna be back. Too much of a liability, between this and talking about Kenny Omega looking like is butt plug fell off on his podcast...

Come on ! I'm French and I got it ! Mostly. Talking about Trevor is so tough he's the only guy who can strap a ? (EDIT : bucket! Damn !) of fried chicken on his back and ride a motorscooter across Ethiopia. And before anyone wants to defend it as having nothing to do with color of skin/race : FRIED CHICKEN !!!

Well, there you go. I don't pay attention that much to the commentary on this show so I did not hear it but yeah... What we talked about before...

Yeah. Except it was a three minutes nothing match. Huge disappointment. You have complained about some AEW matches going too long and being too competitive for your tastes, but you can't tell me you are happy with what they did with this. Especially considering how good Murdoch looks. To me this program is a clear case of less is less. Interesting thing about the ?Mark/Stevens dynamic is that it's basically a reverse Miz/Mizdow deal, with Stevens in the role of the Miz and ?Mark being cheered like crazy like Mizdow was. Also, the main event being 100% silly shit with a WWE comedy reject and a totally meta/ironic gimmick (AND Colt Cabana) makes Corny looks like the biggest idiot and hypocrite ever, really. I hope some people make gifs of this match and tag Corny with it on Twitter with the mention Outlaw Mud Show or something. James Storm calling this a bunch of bullshit was kinda neat though. Eli Drake vs Ken Anderson is intriguing in a "who can do the best Stone Cold/Rock mix" way. They are clearly overdoing the whole Kamille/Latimer/James Storm/whoever mystery now. Too much plotting without actual storytelling elements being revealed. This was the worst episode yet to me, if only because Aldis vs Murdoch could have been a really good long main event and they delivered jack shit instead. In other news, Melina still looks great...

De rien ! Ok, Orton has re-signed, so all of this is a moot point anyway (kinda like Orton's entire career).

I looked it up. Randy Orton's pic was there under "counter exemple".

I totally agree that Orton has zero charisma. The reason he's over with the crowd is because he's been there forever and pushed to the moon forever since the very start. To me he's the more forced pro-wrestler ever. He's walking down the ramp and just nothing happens at all. He's sucking my will of watching anything from him by the sheer force of his inner void. When I first stumbled back onto WWE programs in the mid 00's and I saw this guy, I immediately knew modern WWE was not for me, as there was nothing to see. No charisma, no discernable look (just a bunch of bad tribal tatoos) and a final move that he basically lifted from DDP (the move and the act). And then there's the Viperrrrr Randy Orton. Wanna talk about bad acting, forced drama, goofy as fuck maneurism and robotic shit ? This is it. the whole hitting the ground with his fist. I tried and tried and tried, during the Cena days and those million awfully boring, neverending matches they had together. I gave Orton the Black Hole moniker and I stand by it. The fact Foley worked a miracle match with him is a testament to his genius, because otherwise, there's nothing to remember from this guy, ever. It's like he never happened. The fact he gets a pass despite the accusation of sexual harrassement, being a total douchebag with the Divas back in the days and apparently racist posting blows my mind too.

The idea of AEW programs taped from the Jericho Cruise, on the boat, is so awesome. It takes Club LaVella Nitros to another level. Can't wait. I hope AEW does a bunch of this kind of different stuff.

Indeed. The early MNW wouldn't have been as fun and insane without "The tall guy lost after three superkicks" and whatnot.

People can say whatever about Meltz, but he can be a funny mofo. Alvarez "I don't understand why these people are feuding." Meltz "They all got T-shirts for their birthdays." Alvarez "But why are they fighting ?!!" Meltz "It's the power of the T-shirts."

Sounds like the old TNA stuff they used to do. Pro-wrestling as figure skating indeed. I hope they get Al Snow. Nobody does grumpy old wrestler better than Al Snow.

I don't care what anyone thinks, stuff like Joey Ryan vs Addy Starr "barefoot LEGO match" from Bar Wrestling's Halloween show is just brillant. Funny how most of Joey Ryan's critics don't pay one bit of actual attention to his work, because the guy is just a classic pro-wrestler at heart. He's all about building to the big spots, using teases, showing ass (sometimes, literally) when it's time to, getting the most out of every spots in his matches. And technically he's solid as hell, his stuff looks good, he's an excellent bumper. Anyway, this match was just terrific, and it worked not only on the meta level, but also absolutely on the literal level (even when it goes into the realm of absurdity, like when Addy puts bricks into her crotch to give herself superpowers). The bumps on LEGO, as parodic as they are, still look like it hurts like a mofo, so it actually works as a deathmatch too. Anyway, loved that stuff. Bar Wrestling shows are usually very fun anyways. Melissa doing the ring announcing is a plus. No idea why IMPACT doesn't have her do that, she's simply the best out there.

When even Dave "Would have been 5* in the Tokyo Dome" Meltzer can't be bothered nor excited about something NJPW, you know it's totally skippable.