Man, I swear I've tried changing the url back to no avail in the past. I must have fucked up somehow.

Nov 10, 2024 20:44:34 GMT Kilgore said:

Attention: Neo Zeed

Considering they're both from Canada, are we sure Tom Magee isn't the long lost father of Kenny Omega?

They kind of look alike.😂

TK is obviously a subscriber to Extreme Music Videos.

There was a match that Benoit and Eddie had at Armageddon 2002, and I think of it on occasion. While Eddie has been almost deified since his death, and Benoit was in the same league regardless of his personal life, this match is really remarkable to me because a lot of legitimately restless fans broke out into "boring" chants during the bout. Daniel Bryan wasn't not onto something with his gimmick accusing fans of being "fickle"!

I dunno if this era of WWE is considered history, but those that post here probably have a perspective. What do we/did we think of the Kofi running gag where he remained "in" despite having his whole body outside the ring. Do history buffs no sell it in wrestling logic because unlike say hanging from the top rope, there's no part of you that's still in the ring so it doesn't count? Are you closer to the Cornette side of seriousness or do you enjoy this sorta thing? I might expand on more of concept that I'm digging into, but for the time being. Also didn't John Morrison do these spots as well? I have this fever dream he was launched onto the foam barricade (I always LOVE the classic high school gym versions for what it's worth) and got back on the apron?

Do we LOVEZ the contrived Rumble spots or nah?

Also rereading this, I swear I can't form a coherent thought.

Kofi's elusive antics became satirical at some point, not unlike the in-world meme that "big men" have an innate advantage in the Rumble. How many times did we hear this on commentary when Kane, Undertaker and Big Show just continually failed to win the event? I feel like it wasn't until the past decade that the commentators got up to speed with the audience and finally admitted obvious history: big men are disadvantaged because they get ganged up on, as they should be; otherwise, everyone else in the ring just looks like a Low IQ jabroni.

Kofi can't both be that elusive and always lose, so they probably should have stuck a fork in this one sooner rather then later. (And, hopefully, we've seen the last of it!).

Kofi avoiding elimination was entertaining at first, but when it started happening year after year, it loses its luster, like a joke you've heard 100 times before. It can be the drawback of certain comedy wrestlers as well (Orange Cassidy).

Was skimming the old Bret Hart memoir looking for some dudes Bret could hate on, but accidentally came upon this and almost started weeping:

Dean Harry Hart, dead at thirty-four.

At that moment, I was with Bruce and Jim in Providence, Rhode Island; it was the day before the Survivor Series, and I’d arranged for Bruce to meet with Vince. All of us were called into a small office in the back of the Civic Center, where Chief handed me the phone. “It’s your pop.”

Stu came on the line. “I hate to have to tell you this, our Dean Harry has expired, he’s no longer with us. He succumbed late this morning.”

The following day was American Thanksgiving, and at the Hartford Civic Center wrestlers gorged on a catered turkey dinner. Survivor Series was only hours away. Bruce and I mostly kept to ourselves, telling each other stories about Dean. Word of our brother’s passing spread among the wrestlers, and dozens of them paid their respects.

On our way to the lunchroom Bruce and I had run into Vince and Pat coming out of an elevator. They were in a great mood, and Pat gave me a crisp slap on the back. “Cheer up, you look like someone died, for Chrissakes.” I managed to calmly say, “Yeah, Pat, our brother Dean passed away.” Neither he nor Vince seemed to take the news on board and walked cheerily away, annoying yuk-yuk laughs reverberating down the hall in their wake. 

In contrast, neither of us will ever forget the kindness of Kerry Von Erich, who smiled and said, “Don’t worry, he’s up there right now with my three brothers. They’ll look after him.”

Nov 23, 2024 9:07:21 GMT Kilgore said:

On our way to the lunchroom Bruce and I had run into Vince and Pat coming out of an elevator. They were in a great mood, and Pat gave me a crisp slap on the back. “Cheer up, you look like someone died, for Chrissakes.” I managed to calmly say, “Yeah, Pat, our brother Dean passed away.” Neither he nor Vince seemed to take the news on board and walked cheerily away, annoying yuk-yuk laughs reverberating down the hall in their wake. 

This actually illustrates Vince being an a**hole better, somehow, than him sh*tting on Janel Grant's head.

Nov 10, 2024 20:44:34 GMT Kilgore said:

Attention: Neo Zeed

Its the fucking Movies For Guys Who Like Movies vibe all over this post. I will always love that fucking movie, 1991 was the peak of everything..