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I’m hoping it’s a It’s A Wonderful Life thing where, if I can be a good person, I’ll never have to watch these two face off again. Im gonna be real nice starting now.

I’m pretty sure I’m dead and I’m in hell and hell is a never ending Rollins/Ziggler match.

Hard to tell, it was pretty empty for the preshow.

When I was a kid, I thought Anvil was going to be the big star to break out of the Hart Foundation. He had one of those looks where it seems like he was made to be a pro wrestler. RIP Anvil.

I’d love to see Chiampa demand a straight-up title match. Then he’d know that if Johnny went too far, he’d keep the title. I’d bet he could pull off some great schtick trying to act like he’s very rule-abiding.

I’m sure Black’s injury threw a big monkey wrench in their plans. I’m also not sure that another no holds barred type match is the best thing to do right now. But you guys are being a little dramatic about how bad it is.

How important is alliteration to a good ring name?

Well, shit. That's about 15 minutes from my house. Guess I know what I'll be doing that night.

I'm actually hoping that Charlotte takes the belt at Summerslam and Becky turns heel. Then they have a match at Evolution and Becky wins it. It'd be a pretty big deal to win the title on the first all-woman PPV.

Caught up on the last couple weeks shows. Totally agree with Johnny that the Candice/Shayna match was great. Loving Shayna as champ so much. Can't wait to see who finally takes her down. Gotdam, the ending to Black/Chiampa was amazing! Just so chaotic and back-and-forth and up-and-down and side-to-side and you get it. Loved the follow up with Gargano talking shit to Chiampa about how he's only champ because of Johnny, and then Black agreeing and kicking Gargano's head off.

I have a binary match rating system. Do I feel like my time was wasted by watching this match? Yes or no.

Don’t discount the work Danny Davis did in OVW. Cornette May have been running the shows, but Davis was instrumental in a lot of the “little things” psychology-wise, etc.

Ah. That makes sense. I must’ve missed the part with the ref.

The tag title match was great, but I don’t get the ending. Why didn’t Bate just run in and break up the hold?

I keep seeing USADA as USDA. Brock is pretty beefy, after all.

Braun Strowman posted video of himself at a Sam Smith concert. The video does not end with Braun destroying the stage and throwing a port-a-potty containing Smith off a balcony. This is most disappointing.

Thank you for reminding me that WWE ran a show called Great Balls of Fire. In 2017. That was weird.

If you all haven’t already, check out Stevens on Maron’s WTF podcast. I’m the same episode has Chavo Jr as his other guest. Steven’s has a fascinating story of how she came into wrestling.

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-critic-proof-perfection-stupidity.html So, to get back to, well anything but the current conversation... I had read this on Segunda Caida a while ago, but just finally watched the match. Holy shit! It’s the most terrible thing ever and I loved every second of it!

He, by all accounts, was a really great guy. Very strong through this whole thing. A friend did a news story on him a few months ago. Last night, the story won a journalism award. So strange the timing on that. I hope Matt's at peace now.

So, by my count Vader worked AWA, New Japan, UWA, WCW, UWFI, WWF, All Japan and NOAH. I cant think of anyone else who worked so many of the major promotions in the world. Anyone?

John Darnielle has written a song for Sasha Banks. Its The Mountain Goats, so of course its good. https://www.facebook.com/17314008126/posts/10156100454453127/

Johnnys Captain America gear is pretty sweet.

Great finish to the title match. Lars still looks like a beast after that.

Was watching some of the Coliseum Video stuff on the network, and saw a LOD vs. Col. Mustafa/Dino Bravo (talk about a random pairing!) match from '92. Had no idea Bravo was still around. And he had dark hair, too!