PW NEWS EPISODE 54

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SMOOTHING SAILING: Looks like WWE has bought Evolve, which is kind of like adopting a step-kid that you've been raising their whole lives... basically a formality. Bit of a discussion on Chikara's tape library and if it's worth it to WWE to purchase it. I mean, if they ever had a best of X-Pac section on the WWE Network I wouldn't mind seeing his match with Generico again. No idea if they're interested, but I'm sure they can afford the $40 it costs to get it all. Also according to some (no source listed) Kairi Sane may be done with WWE and stateside wrestling. It is what it is.

NICE SANDMAN SHIRT ASSHOLE: PW's second favorite wrestler is the American Dragon Bryan Danielson, who sometimes goes by Daniel Bryan. He married a Bella, had amazing matches and recycles diapers to reuse as shower curtains. He is the best in the world. I'm okay with this. And I'd say the same thing if it was called BEST over Favorite. It's the same scenario. Stop being difficult. What's your favorite DB match? Too bad TNA screwed us outta getting DB/Kurt in 2006. Go there and talk about it before Baker reveals the #1 favorite wrestler: Fergus Ferguson System .

EATING PIECES OF SHIT FOR BREAKFAST: Today is the cocoa day for cereals as the whole batch contains chocolate. Cocoa Puffs... Cookie Crisp (chocolate chips)... Pebbles AND Krisipies. If you like to turn your milk into chocolate, today is your day. My family would likely approve, but I've always been the black sheep. We're set for the top 10. Should I just rip the band-aid off and post it to completion over the weekend or do it in smaller increments. Don't worry I'm not gonna split it over 10 days, was thinking 3-3-2-2.

DON'T STRESS THE TOP 100: If anyone wants tips on what to place your top movies, gimme a pm. Step Brothers should be a top 10 given. But it'll be here before you know it. Yet I have a feeling like the fan fic draft I'm the only one who is falling behind in prep. Nonetheless we saw Cowboys/Indians and another Buddy Cop movie revealed (Tango & Cash) in their respective countdowns. Also just gonna say the TABLE not getting updated on the reg does not bother me in the slightest.

Good night sweet prince Kermit.

What's the Sandman shirt thing about? D-Bry quote from his indie days? Sandman > Daniel Bryan. I'm just saying....

Favorite DB match is a good question. I'm more familiar with his early indie/ROH career (01-05) than anything else. I liked a lot of Danielson matches but can't think of one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Let's see....

Survivor of the Fittest 2004 for the 20 minute Danielson/Aries final which made Aries a star. Other contenders...

vs. Ki vs. Daniels- Era of Honor Begins
vs. Joe- Midnight Express Reunion
vs. AJ- All Star Extravaganza 2002

That's a solid Top 4 and I still feel like I'm missing a biggie. Oh well.

Fun Fact: I saw all of them live except the 3 Way. In fact, almost all of my favorite D-Bry matches were bouts I saw live. His matches had a habit of dragging on tape for me. I always chalked it up to Chris Hero Syndrome where all his matches went at least 5 minutes too long. 

Controversial Opinion: Cereal with milk is stupid and bad. I never got the appeal of soggy cereal. I have been called a psycho on more than one occasion for this. In reality, it is the other way around. I am right. It's the rest of the world who is wrong.

Baker yeah, it was just a random thing he said to some guy in the crowd on one of his entrances.

Also just had a bowl of OG Cap'n Crunch. Anyone else feel like they eat it strategically to try and minimize any mouth damage?

Jul 4, 2020 0:18:45 GMT @ness said:

Baker yeah, it was just a random thing he said to some guy in the crowd on one of his entrances.

Also just had a bowl of OG Cap'n Crunch. Anyone else feel like they eat it strategically to try and minimize any mouth damage?

Cap'n Crunch is the BDSM of cereal. No pleasure without pain. Eating that delicious shit is like crunching on an even mix of razor blades and broken glass shards.

Jul 4, 2020 0:11:10 GMT Baker said:

Controversial Opinion: Cereal with milk is stupid and bad. I never got the appeal of soggy cereal. I have been called a psycho on more than one occasion for this. In reality, it is the other way around. I am right. It's the rest of the world who is wrong.

Even More Controversial Opinion: Instead of milk, pour water over cereal.

Jul 4, 2020 0:46:55 GMT 🤯 said:

Jul 4, 2020 0:11:10 GMT Baker said:

Controversial Opinion: Cereal with milk is stupid and bad. I never got the appeal of soggy cereal. I have been called a psycho on more than one occasion for this. In reality, it is the other way around. I am right. It's the rest of the world who is wrong.

Even More Controversial Opinion: Instead of milk, pour water over cereal.

When nursing a hangover my Dad accidentally poured (his usual drink of choice) Dr. Pepper on his cereal. Why I have this memory I have no idea.

What’s the worst that could happen?

Jul 4, 2020 0:53:23 GMT @ness said:

Jul 4, 2020 0:46:55 GMT 🤯 said:

Even More Controversial Opinion: Instead of milk, pour water over cereal.

When nursing a hangover my Dad accidentally poured (his usual drink of choice) Dr. Pepper on his cereal. Why I have this memory I have no idea.

Doesn't sound half bad actually.

Adding to my D-Bry list while I listen. Let's make it a Baker's Dozen....

1. Survivor of the Fittest 2004- ROH (live)
2. vs. Ki vs. Daniels- ROH The Era of Honor Begins
3. vs. Joe- ROH Midnight Express Reunion (live)
4. vs. AJ Styles- All Star Extravaganza (live)
5. vs. Paul London- ROH Epic Encounter
6. w/ Ki vs. SAT- ECWA 12/1/01 (live)
7. w/ Ki vs. SAT vs. J-Team- ECWA 1/12/02 (live)
8. vs. Jack Evans- ROH Survival of the Fittest (live)*
9. vs. Bray Wyatt- Royal Rumble 2014
10. vs. Triple H- Wrestlemania 30
11. vs. Christopher Daniels- ROH Round Robin Challenge 2002
12. vs. Tyler Black- ROH ?? (wrote about it in the Match Review thread one time)
13. vs. Orton vs. Batista- Wrestlemania 30

*The Evans match is the one I want to highlight. It's proof that a great squash can be every bit as memorable and effective as a 30 minute "epic." Honestly, years from now there's a good chance I remember this more than any other D-Bry match. It's a total squash with D-Bry stretching "Rubberband Man" Jack Evans in ways a human being is not supposed to bend while randomly throwing in some Rick Rude hip swivels just because. Tremendous.

I've never watched a single EVOLVE match, let alone show. lol at EVOLVE being a developmental fed's developmental fed.

lol @ "Demolition and shit." I saw a clip of Demolition & One Man Gang at King of Trios that one time. Good stuff. Very wholesome.

I saw Claudio live at an early CHIKARA tag tournament before he or the promotion was cool. #WrestlingHipster Swiss Money Holding vs. Quack/Hero was MOTN. But a young Eddie Kingston was the star of the show playing an old school "annoying" heel who sold a shoulder injury like a champ.
 
It's neat that @ness got into indie wrestling through a Daniel Bryan dark match against Lance Cade, of all people.

Bryan DID have a well-deserved reputation as a wrestling robot. Going far beyond that is a major feather in his cap. One of Bryan's biggest attributes is listening to critics and adapting while still staying true to himself. I plan on writing about this more in depth when I cover D Bry in the actual Favorite Wrestler thread.

Come on, man. John Stamos is incapable of jumping the shark.

I haven't started my fanfic draft card either. Plan on doing it tonight. 

I die and crash every single day after work. One needs to decompose (TM George Costanza). Of course, I only sleep 3-4 hours a night. Then another 2-3 hour nap every day after work.

Cookie Crisp was my favorite cereal when I was very young. Think the old school criminal was their mascot back in my day.

The cereal thread has got me fascinated by foreign cereal and their random differences from American cereal.

Truth is a lot of the cocoa cereals all blend together in my head. It's been a long time aside from Cocoa Puffs. Might have to do an upcoming compare and contrast.

I'm tempted to say @admin on pduh's podcast is a draw. And it should be. BUT I still haven't listened to the full episode of Life of 🤯 2.0. Because I suck.

The latest PW Quiz was hard. I wasn't even close on most of them.

I'm just going to pretend Emperor's surname is Fianchetto. Dr. Emperor Fianchetto. That's his name.

Mexican Mike. Forgot about that guy. He was a solid poster.

I have long had an idea to do a fanfic draft card using my old LJN figures and upload it to Youtube. Lawlermania returns! Maybe next time.....

System Hurry up with Animal Warfare. I submitted my writeup like a week ago. Can't take my break if I'm still stuck in PW contests.

You Captain Crunch haters are weird and wrong.

The only borderline strategic voting I ever do is a tendency to throw in an oddball choice at the bottom of most countdowns.

No, PI. Just no. Cereal in water is a terrible idea.

Emperor=Lionheart is an old school PW conspiracy theory. Did Ness come up with it in the first place? Probably.

Stop lying, Ness. You know you like Tables and care about its updating.

Whew! Making up for all those minimal commentary break/drive listens by commenting on every single thing this time around.

Done! Already! No way! Those 23 minutes went by as quickly as the aforementioned 40 minute Joe/Bryan match I saw live. 

I am not Emperor. Emperor is not me. Neither of us is the other one.

However, I am a portal to the infinite. Thus, I connect all beings together...Emperor included.

Yet Emperor on his own is but a fleeting, temporary footnote to an average reality.

Hey! I love Daniel Bryan too, but no need to slam Shibata in your speech. "Boring pro wrestler guy"...pshh. Shibata is the best.

Bravo, @ness, you pronounced "fianchetto" perfectly.

Jul 4, 2020 7:26:16 GMT Lionheart said:

Yet Emperor on his own is but a fleeting, temporary footnote to an average reality.

Just like any other human then. We are all footnotes in the grand scheme of things...

Jul 4, 2020 11:07:07 GMT Emperor said:

Hey! I love Daniel Bryan too, but no need to slam Shibata in your speech. "Boring pro wrestler guy"...pshh. Shibata is the best.

Bravo, @ness, you pronounced "fianchetto" perfectly.

Jul 4, 2020 7:26:16 GMT Lionheart said:

Yet Emperor on his own is but a fleeting, temporary footnote to an average reality.

Just like any other human then. We are all footnotes in the grand scheme of things...

Footnotes is so nice and generous.

We're all dust.

🤯 picked up Cinnamon Life.

So remember this when you're abandoning us for Mini Slice. Betcha he didn't try and help the cause!

Jul 4, 2020 13:20:47 GMT @ness said:

🤯 picked up Cinnamon Life.

So remember this when you're abandoning us for Mini Slice. Betcha he didn't try and help the cause!

MY MAN!

Abbreviated notes, as I listen while packing and suck at multitasking. I'll pause and drop thoughts for whatever really grabs me, and stops me in my tracks.

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Time and thus birthdays are irrelevant during Coronapocalypse Quarantime.

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How long until Evolution does a spot shot in Evolve?

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What IS teeth skin?

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Is Kairi Sane the other Kabuki Warrior?

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PW needs to have a skinny dip meet-up.

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HEY! No need to shit on Shitbata to make DB's star shine brighter.

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djm, come back!

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Uncle Jesse jumps zero sharks. Have mercy!

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Who votes for A-holes over dicks? Submit a card! You're PW's Content King!

We bow down.

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Disagree on GOAT cereal slogan.

"Raisin Bran; it'll make ya shit yer pants!"

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Predicting it now... Either Baker-man or "THE Admin" @admin is gonna take the Mr. Most Downloads crown by force.

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@ness, you were my guess for most threads too based on the strong back of PW News for most threads. UT was my second guess based on all his countdowns. Honestly still stunned it was System. I demand an audit!

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rad is a beautiful pimp. He is challenging @ness for the mantle of PW's Lifeblood. Loving everything he's putting out.

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I'll never throw my gummies away. Would rather eat old, bad, stale gummies.

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Feel like a total idiot for totally missing the Cowboys vs. Indians overtone to the Boys/Skins rivalry.

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Integrity is the most overrated of Kurt Angle's Three I's.

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Bring back Boats N Hoes sign-offs to subliminally campaign for Step Brothers.

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Or... What if Lionheart just pulled a Lony?

I'm definitely just an alter of Wife's.

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THE TABLE

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Adios, rana.

Suck it, PW!