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Obviously, no one is going to book Ray Stevens because I ranted about the consistently disappointing footage we had of him on SC a few weeks ago. Poor guy.

The Bill Watts of social media.

Do we believe the Slaughter AWA-ESPN story?

Did she not help them get the giant tv deals?

@JRGoldman went to a few. It was real and nuts. I was really, really close to going to what I think was the last one to see Atlantis but everyone got sick at home. It turned out I made the right call because they had failed to get them properly cleared or something. It was a big disaster and I don't think they've done any more.

I love the story about how Kendrick and London were getting a tour of Titan Towers during their run and bumped into Shane who told them that the last time tag team wrestling mattered was when the LOD was in the company. (or something like that) Here we go:

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2016/05/mlj-volador-jr-vs-mascara-dorada-liga.html?m=1 Don't feel bad, my friend!

To slightly amend, I'll say that with the first baby, I was able to watch a bunch of stuff. She took forever to get to bed so I'd lay next to the crib with my tablet and watch cubsfan's youtube channel and that's how I ended up really getting into lucha. With a 6 year old and a 1 year old, however, forget it.

As the pressure is starting to build, I will say that the most frustrating time to be a wrestling fan for me as a guy in his late 30s with multiple kids (some very young), no local support structure, and a full time job is Wrestlemania weekend. Obviously travel is completely out of the picture. MAYBE In a few years when the kids get older, but right now I'd be putting way too much pressure on my wife (and over what? Wrestling?). But it's ballooned to this massive, overwhelming thing. I feel like you get, in one weekend, what you'd get in six months twenty years ago, just for the amount of stuff to watch and keep track of. And yeah, to "be a part of." On top of that, so much of it isn't really to my taste anyway, so then you're sort of feeling left out for weeks if not months (I get that I'm trying to say it's both ways but it sort of is). The SCI is a little like that too, on a smaller level. It's not a huge deal or anything, but I kind of which I could just avoid the internet for a few weeks and pop back up to livegripe Wrestlemania with you guys, which is, ironically, one of my favorite wrestling things of the year..

HC, We found this not long ago and it's a blast.

Rollins vs Cena vs Brock too.

I honestly, 100% believe that with the corner they backed themselves into this year (through things their fault and things not their fault), the best Raw main event they can possibly put on is a Brock vs Rollins vs Braun vs Balor match.

Big Show/Rock/HHH/Foley is one of the biggest matches of its eras? Kane/UT/Austin was pretty big. You could argue that Shamrock/Mankind/Rock helped drive that PPV too. DPP vs Hogan vs Sting vs Flair maybe?

Because the Nia moment, which they felt was a big deal, couldn't have happened otherwise. Talk about misjudging things, overvaluing a canned moment and undervaluing an actual one.

The crowd just seems bored?

I think the farm system really helped with the women's battle royal because they were able to use it to fill the group in meaningful ways without having to resort to nostalgia. Here, I'm not sure it's not a hindrance or a distraction.

I'm not sure I buy that Kofi save, if 90% of your body is on the ground, you're probably out?

I don't care who wins this thing. I'm just rooting against Rollins.

Oh good, time to hype Halftime Heat and complain about Maroon 5 some more.

I'm glad they are doing 45 second intervals so that these guys can all get to bed.

This ramp is way too long for these old people.

Look, I missed a big chunk of the show: did we already make the joke how instead of dressing up like Venom, Nakamura decided his favorite superhero was Kane?

They need to get Jarrett out of there before he has a heart attack.

Sorry guys. I'm pretty sure of it by now. I can't come aboard for the Brock stuff. I can imagine a Brock match I'd like, but I can't imagine them actually doing it at this point. It's almost like watching an entire different medium or at least genre, one with different rules. It's offputting and I can't take the leap. I'm not sure I even want to anymore.

The end of that was really good. I missed a bunch before. What they did in the last ten minutes was a lot of pro wrestling stuff, things that had worked before, classic bits of booking, and sort of mixed it all together with a bit of pure magic in the middle and it all just worked so well.