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Apparently he took the firing for what he thought was an unfair reason pretty hard. His nephew Brian is retiring after Slammiversary too, although this has nothing to do with it, but pretty heavy time for him too. Funny thing, since I began to watch WWF only in 1990, I only knew Dave as the guy who looked exactly like one of the referee when he would show up to break up fights. But yeah, most famous angle in the 80's maybe.

Indeed. All of this is beyond idiotic, as the above, completely out-there remark shows. Like, WTF ? I call him Brucie because whatever. Sound kinda cool. Like Stephy actually, maybe because I used to be a fan of Steffi Graff way back then. Wanna call any Stephanie Stephy rather than Steph (which works in French as a diminutive for both genders). All this to say : WHAT THE FUCK ARE PEOPLE SMOKING EXACTLY ? No. Because there's nothing infantilizing about it. It's just a thing I do with random names, whether I like the people or not (I love Chiggy, I don't care much for Goldy, I dislike Stephy etc...) I also don't actually speak to them, nor even address them on their social media by tagging them and using that formulation. I use it on a freaking pro-wrestling board. Close-circuit. And well, no. Because since there's nothing infantilizing about it, there's nothing misogynistic about it. Also, denying intent in language is understanding jackshit about how it works, sorry to say. And I have a masters degree in research in langage science, so there, I don't deal in "I don't think that" opinions on the matter. Especially when the point comes from an obvious troll to begin with (which is where the "fake-ass virtue signaling" line comes from BTW). Choosing to chime in only for this is indeed a choice. Interesting hill to die on... Especially in the middle of the current context. For fuck"s sake. (oh, and yes, Stephanie McMahon-Lesveque is a shameless human being, like her father. Ya know, Vinnie. Fuck both of them, to get back on tracks)

My brain is totally fried by the heatwave, so it did not occur to me, but it makes total sense. What a creep.

They can throw reDragons on singles main event every week with those matches against Mox and Darby. They really are low key my favorite signees of the last few months. They can mix it up with anyone and it's always a pleasure to watch. Love the style and contrast of personalities. Fish is such a great veteran too, he took care of Darby like a champ while kicking his ass. That rap by Caster was something else too. NDA and January 6 references.

That's true. There was absolutely puzzled looks in the audience and people laughing looking like "I can't believe this guy". He did get a big pop for the promo though, whatever that was supposed to mean.

Yeah, just watched it too. Coms have been desactivated too. People cheering him in the audience, yikes. Pretty embarrassing stuff. Not quite sure what he meant with "Together" being the most important. Maybe it's about Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar together main eventing every big show then, now, forever...

Can't wait for Roman vs Brock at Mania next year when Dwayne can't make it. Honestly, this is beyond pathetic.

Wasn't that supposed to be Cody's moment ? Wouldn't be hilarious (for all the wrong reasons of course) that after all this, the entire Cody big return would take a backseat to lifer Randy Orton's big return ? Well, they tried to pop a rating just with the announcement. Not even remotely interesting after all. Hey, it's Vince. He false advertised his own bullshit basically.

This is gonna be the worst part in a way. Embarrassed for these people already. Like, really. Maybe he can go in a blaze of infamy by detailing all the vile shit he did during all those years and end with

Wow, I absolutely did not connect those dots. Agreed. Paige vs Emma were the first women matches in NXT that had people go "Wait a minute ?". She absolutely predates the Horsewomen. Of course TNA predates all of them with Gail Kim vs Awesome Kong, but that's a whole different story. I wonder if AEW would go after Paige. She wants to work again and considering all those people who could "never work again" and actually do, she could be a rather big deal if played right.

Wait, I had no idea that actually happened ! Holy shit. And now, Bix mentions that Hugo Savinovich is spreading rumors of Alberto talking to WWE. That has to be complete bullshit, right ? Although likewise Riddle, there's nothing more to be said, case closed, ya see... Alberto vs Riddle for the WWE title at Sumerslam anyone ? I mean, while we're at it, go for broke and burn that company to the ground.

No shit, the guy drove that shit straight into his skin and it *had* to suck. The fact blood was beginning to drip on his face only made him look even more badass.

Stop that shit now. The mere fact that in a discussion about sexual harassment and power dynamics in WWE the *only* thing you saw fit to post is "Wow, the use of "Stephy" is misogynistic" says *everything about you*. You're basically a troll. Welcome to my ignore list too (so don't bother answering with another idiotic take), you're in quite a really shitty company there BTW.

Really now ? I will try to remain polite, but what a fucking idiotic thing to say. I call Meltzer "Meltz" all the time. I've called Goldberg "Goldy" for ever. Desperado is called "Despy" by a shitload of people. Abdullah the Butcher is "Abby" to everyone. So, I will keep on calling Stephanie McMahon "Stephy" because, well, I do. Nothing is worse than fake-ass virtue signaling.

I mean, Mr. McMahon. That's the character. These people...

Sexual harassement = RATINGS !!!! Gotta have Stephy talk about it's an attack against the family, that THESE PEOPLE are trying to get Sugar Daddy Vince. Maybe Riddle can win a belt too. They really want to upstage the Crown Jewel shows as far as most disgusting promotional tactic now, don't they ?

That too !

Also, how long before good ol' Johnny Ace gets thrown under the bus ? Speak up now ladies !

If there's ever a time for a "Holy shit" chant. Gotta love the fact they put Stephy in as a socko for his father a few weeks after they buried her. Because it's nothing but a shadowplay of course. It's like Putin "only" being the prime minister or something.

Plus, in a show that already did poor in the ratings, do we want to sit through an overlong and crappy looking head shaving (it NEVER works well when those guys are dripping with sweat), of the BABYFACE, mind you ? The fact Ortiz shrugged it off works exactly like Wardlow no selling the whipping, it makes Ortiz look like a tough guy who doesn't give a fuck, he just lured Jericho in and now they get the Blood & Guts match.

It doesn't matter one bit if she's thought to be "fuckable" or not. The mere fact an official told her that constitutes sexual harassement. We were talking about Wendy Choo the other day, in a show that has mostly been built on the sex-appeal of its quite young women roster, what do you think the argument was about her so she wears that ridiculous outfit ? I really wish we would get a DivaSpeakingOut out of this, although it probably won't happen. After Deeb's promo the other week about "satisfying old pervert", Meltz told the story of how her and ODB used to be the most over women in OVW and how neither got a contract, whereas swimsuit models got signed. Deeb only got a contract after she got a boob job done.

Thought the same thing.

And so Randy Orton is trending on the French Twitter and I go WTF ? So apparently, he's got a back injury and could miss the entire rest of the year if he gets surgery.