Our new local indy just announced a two-night event at the end of June, with night 1 being main-evented by Cody Rhodes vs. Pentagon Jr., and night 2 with Penta & Fenix defending the PWG tag titles against Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish and the tournament final to crown the first Seattle wrestling champion.
Tickets are going on sale Monday and I’m definitely going to try and snag front row for both shows.
Huh. I guess Titus O’Niell smacked a cameraman for Swerved last May when they were showing Paige going around zapping people with a cattle prod. He’s being sued for $1.2 million.
Damn, Titus is riding a stream of fuck-ups. He got suspended for touching Vince (show us on the Hulk Hogan doll where the scary black man touched you), twitted a pic of Roman and Strowman hanging out in Rome while they’re storyline enemies, and now this. Guess his Celebrity Dad brand is going down the toilet.
We hear plenty of backstage gossip about WWE and Impact, but I’ve hardly heard about any blemishes on RoH. Seems like they run a tight ship.
Guess what, Jim Cornette to the rescue! He calls Kenny King a lying sack of shit among other things. I’d love to see the people who do WWE’s Tales From the Road animate this.
So is there any truth to the rumor that Strong Broman is actually hurt? That’ll definitely kill his momentum…
Hey WWE,
I like this John Leyfield better. He’s positive, he talks up every superstar. He’s selling the product, he’s putting everyone over and not himself.
Thank you, that is what I asked for.
Brawn has to have minor elbow surgery. Roman’s beatdown of him is a way of writing him out for a couple of months. Turns out his dad Rick Sherr is a softball superstar.
I suppose the nicer JBL is better, but I still wish he’d zing Byron Saxton like Corey Graves used to do.
As the President of the “I hate JBL” club, I agree with both of these. Although I don’t think he should rib Saxton because that’s just stupid and takes away from the product, I enjoy him not being the ridiculous uber heel.
Yesterday was also the first time I could really tell that Tom Phillips is just Michael Cole Jr.
I don’t want to turn this into a political thread. Having said that, enjoy this Deadspin article about The Rock’s possible political aspirations. And then enjoy the fantasy booking of the 2024 election that appears in the comments.
And seriously, let’s have fun with this–everyone behave.
Nah, Mr. Johnson is one of those uber-driven ultra-busy people. If he’s not moving, working out, working on a deal, he’s not alive. Might be somewhat useful for the job of President, but he’s just another celebrity with zero political experience and I don’t want that in the White House.
Go run for Governor or Mayor or something. Do that job, do it well, and we’ll talk.
If the Rock was to run against Trump as a Democrat, I might seriously consider voting for him, depending on who else was in the primary and what his positions were. He’s identified as a Republican in the past, but apparently he’s being cagey about his positions right now.
Hell, if he were to run against Trump as a Republican, I might have to consider voting in the GOP primary for him.
You know he’d have the crowd in the palm of his hand at political rallies. “The Rock says…” talking point 1, “The Rock says…” talking point 2, etc.
He’s been the Hulk version of Obama on SNL, defenestrating his adversaries. That’s as close as he’s gotten to political experience. He would definitely get a huge majority of the nonwhites and at least half the whites voting for him. He wouldn’t be as contentious as Trump. As long as he cultivates advisers who know what they’re doing and aren’t self-serving billionaire friends, he wouldn’t be a total disaster. At least Linda McMahon would get to keep her job.
Sure, why not? The People’s Eyebrow in 2020!
I’m digging Aleister Black. He’s like Seerfrom Vikings. Maybe not so much in looks, but more of the mysticism, like he’s there for a higher purpose. Each match is like a ritual dance before the blood eagle. He’s the lawful evil version of Finn Balor. Supposedly he’s on the fast track to the main roster.
Nikki Cross reminds me of Bart Curlish from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
You’re just a metaphor machine. It be a game in and of itself to name a wrestler and have you say who they remind you of.
Um…
What about Ohno? Who is he?
Ohno reminds me of a Generation X startup guy who shows up to board meetings wearing a suit with sneakers. Instead of drinking martinis, he orders Evian and fires up the hash pipe. The directors like having him run all the IT stuff, but don’t want him appearing with them in public.
Meanwhile, New Japan has announced the introduction of the brand-new IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, to be decided in a two-day tournament being held in Long Beach this July.
Thoughts;
On point number two…what makes you say that? Not that I’m doubting you, just curious as to your reasoning.
Either that belt is yuge or the presenter is small.
I think Kenny Omega will probably win that thang, but I’d like to see Cage from LU be their Hulk Hogan. He’s a little weak on the mic, but NJPW isn’t big on promos.
And he’s a big guy, so no one wants to say anything to him.
