METAL ON METAL

1 hour ago, PunkStep said:

In fairness, the match doesn't warrant a spot on the big show. Nothing against the two competitors, but it's not a patch on the other matches in terms of interest or star power. The pre-show is its rightful spot.

Yeah, as far as the decision-makers go, if Neville/Aries last year doesn't warrant a main-card spot - this sure as hell doesn't.

Not to say it'll be the finished product that gets released, but apparently Deadpool 2 has been received "very poorly" at test screenings.

I'd feel similarly depressed if I had to be pictured with that 'Brock Lesnar guy' bellend.

Echo that. Everything Sucks! is a really fun and sincere show that balances the comedy and the seriousness pretty well, also at 30 mins an episode it makes it an easy watch. Well cast and well acted in pretty much every role (McQuaid being a favourite of mine outside of the leads) and a soundtrack that makes you reminisce of the 90's.

I chucked it on by chance just intending to have some background noise while doing some work, ended up taking notice immediately and binging all 10 episodes in one go. Hopefully gets a second season.

8 hours ago, Supremo said:

I’m not up to date with the news. What’s the deal with Matt using his Broken character? Have they cleared the legalities with TNA? Are they of the opinion that saying, “Woken,” rather than, “Broken,” is enough to stop TNA suing them? Or has TNA become such a joke that they simply don’t care anymore? 

They’re now allowed to use “Broken”, they’re just using “Woken” so they have total control/legal rights to it.

The other day at an NXT house show, a fan stormed the ring and O’Reilly apparently kicked him in the face.

I’m not sure if it’s good or bad that it’s the most interesting thing he’s done thus far.

Kassius Ohno has just been announced to wrestle Joe Coffey at the ICW show in Newcastle next week. Odd.

11 hours ago, Noah Southworth said:

I never expected anything insightful from Dogg. But I was expecting something, anything, of entertaining value. There was none of that. Snoop Dogg is, by far, the worst commentator in MMA history.

"You fackin' 'avin a laugh, geezer?"

It might just be me, but I couldn't shake the impression that the villain looks near identical to Ares in Wonder Woman. Hopefully its not a case of 'generic bad guy #2'.

I know it's not the finished product yet, but that CGI still looks absolutely rotten.

The UK title match was absolutely fantastic! If there's a better match than that this year, we'll all be lucky.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 has been screened for the press, reviews are embargoed until the 24th - but non-spoiler tweets suggest it is VERY good. Many saying it's their favourite Marvel film thus far, also that the comedy side of things and emotional attachment probably even surpass the first film.

You can see him walking through the crowd during the Charlotte/Jax match too, with the guitar on his shoulder.

I bet Noel Edmonds absolutely fucking reeks of Brüt, specifically the Poundland version that they purely sell for the "shit, I forgot it's Fathers Day. That'll do" people.

Is there any Dixy Chicken in London? If so, where does it rank?

The one here in Sunderland has perfected the art of fried chicken, yet if you go to other Dixy's they always taste different to each other (and usually not in a good way), just no consistency. The one in Newcastle is decent, but the one in Manchester is shit - tough chicken and those terrible stick French fries.

Re: 'Fighting With My Family', The Rock has tweeted that Nick Frost (presumably playing Ricky) and Lena Headey (presumably Saraya) have been cast.

I've got no problem with it. It looks dangerous and he's actually doing what not enough people do when they turn heel, getting rid of the flashy finishing move that would get him cheered.

Cena is hosting Saturday Night Live next week.

He should be great, but it all boils down to the quality of the SNL writing that week. Can't wait to see what ill-fitting suit he wears for his opening monologue.

 

205 should be filmed in its own arena like they do for nxt.

NXT's a development arm. They're happy for it to be a loss leader. There's no sense in running "205 Live" (which sounds like a shit Radio station) if it's going to lose money. It's bonus programming for the Network, filming it in a place they already have the equipment makes perfect sense.

Plus, (in theory at least) it helps get the new wrestlers over to sections of the Smackdown crowd who otherwise probably wouldn't watch the show.

McGregor has nothing at all to gain in that situation, and we all know Conor is all about the business of Conor.

You're saying what makes the most sense for him is to cut that weight to fight a man he just beat in 13 seconds less than a year ago, and for him to take a 12 hour flight from Ireland so he can do it in his opponents backyard? Somehow I can't see him going for that.

An Ireland stadium show with 100,000 drunk Irish fans would be even better, but that's not going to happen either.

Really fun show live. Nice arena that looked like a tiny set-up in person, but after watching a video from Raw, is another great smoke and mirrors job by WWE's production team.

A lot of fun from Jericho, Owens, Enzo & Cass (and less so Rollins) after it went off air. Including Owens dancing like Enzo and Jericho saying "my name is Big Chris and I'm 5'11" tall, and you can't teach that!"

Thankfully only a couple of nobheads, trying to do ICW chants and for some reason inflating balloons.

That being said, I pissed myself when some other bloke shouted to Charlotte: "yer dar sells Avon".

Jericho thought Brock had gone off-script when he busted Orton open at Summerslam and squared up to him when he got backstage.

Probably just be him vs Strowman, given his request last week.

Mark Millar, but Vaughn is also involved in the film.

Adderall is the same thing Reigns got popped for.

It's just a one-off mockumentary, not a series. In the same vain as Samberg's tennis themed mockumentary last year, '7 Days In Hell', co-starring Kit Harrington.