mim731

5 minutes ago, westlondonmist said:

I feel they need to do a King of the Mountain match at hard to kill

What's TNA's relationship with AEW like these days? Can't have a King of the Mountain match without The King of the Mountain. 

1 hour ago, tiger_rick said:

Noticed your own, your very own, @Onyx2's YouTube channel is 10 subs short of 1,000 which I think is a big deal because you can monetise at that point. It's free, so get subbed and help him out. He's way too nice to come on here and ask, so I'll do it for him. He's a top, top man and a proper UKFF Good Egg.

https://www.youtube.com/@BigSpud/featured

Done, only needs 7 now, come on lads get on it!

Bring back downvotes.

Logically it wouldn't make sense to turn up half way through the show if she's there to watch the matches. If she was competing that's different, but in storyline logic, asa guest, she'd be late if she arrived during the main card, and Trips would be busy during the event and unable to greet her. 

23 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

The idiocy that Spurs fans were coming out with at the time was staggering. I remember Sky interviewing one guy who was saying something like "We don't want him, he's Arsenal through and through" - the guy's a professional football manager, for fuck's sake; did they really think he was going to sabotage his own job and payday just to fuck Spurs over for his old club? Bigger bunch of marks than wrestling fans.

At the time there was a fantastically idiotic rumour that did the rounds suggesting that Graham had a massive Arsenal mosaic on his patio, which has never been substantiated because it's clearly bollocks. Absolutely hilarious at the time watching Spurs fans justify that as the proof he was some sort of double agent. 

1 hour ago, air_raid said:

To think, last weekend people were doubting Tottenhams title credentials after needing a late own goal to beat 9 men. Well, as the saying goes, after 8 games the table doesn’t lie.

If your first 11 stays fit, you'll definitely be up there. But that's a big ask and the drop off from that to your bench will be telling I suspect, unless you invest heavily in Jan. I know this from experience as an Arsenal fan.

Speaking of which, a tremendous afternoon for Arsenal today, weird game though. City seemed off, we had some nervous moments and Raya seemed to have lost his mind. Still, we got the win even without our best player, and now only very minimal goal difference separates us from top spot so I can't complain

56 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

 

@mim731 he had 23 matches between August 21 and September 22. A mixture of tags and singles, and did most of the PPVs. That’s less than a match every 2 weeks. And yes, he was injured for a few months, but that’s not far off. When he came back he was working a similar schedule for collision. There were no houses shows with him on either and you would expect he’d do the odd one with WWE. I think you’d definitely see him more.

I think you've missed the point I'm making, or perhaps I didn't make it clearly enough (very possible). What I was getting at, is if he's on the Lesnar part timer deal, it'll be a different presentation. He's not going to week to week wrestling the mid card guys, like he did with QT Marshall, Lee Moriarty etc.

It'll be a different set up, because WWE is unlikely to risk their big investment unnecessarily because he won't be the single biggest star in the company arguably. AEW had him wrestling on TV more often because that's the story they were telling. That story is not the one WWE will tell, nor should it be. 

Punk's role would clearly be very different, as such the way he's presented and the regularity of his in-ring time, coupled with the more rigid WWE style of matches (arguably a negative overall) would be different. 

2 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

I know what you’re saying. But didn’t punk have less than 40 marches his entire run?

True, but how many of those were agented in a way that would protect Punk from injury, presenting him as an attraction rather than someone who was on the show every week. My point was that the presentation would likely be different in WWE, he's far less likely to be wrestling on TV with any regularity. 10-15 matches in 2 years is a lot less than 40. 

2 hours ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said:

Love it!

 

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Jesus, I'm not a fan of the guy personally due to the Pollyanna stuff, but objectively the size difference in Ospreay since then is very telling on the work he's put in. Legitimately didn't recognise him. Still a cunt though. 

2 hours ago, Supremo said:

If he comes in at Survivor Series, I’d be stunned if he makes it to Wrestlemania. That’s a long time to remain normal and healthy.

Worth saying that in WWE, not only would he presumably be on the Brock-part-time schedule, but the very structured WWE-style is probably less strenuous on some level than AEW due to the level of production. Not saying he couldn't get injured, but I could certainly see them protecting him/presenting his in-ring as a special attraction rather than week-to-week. 

Would be cool if this also paves the way for more recognition for AJ Lee, who probably had a bigger role in their "women's revolution" than credited for in recent years. 

32 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

I know we already have a thread, but it's full of someone who I'd rather not have to see the posts of.

Bit harsh on @Loki

13 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

I could've done without the Hoddle slagging, but I get it, Glenn is a bit of a nob.

It's fine, I'm sure a quick visit to Eileen and he'll be feeling better about it. 

Great closing segment. Christian is great, Edge was great, story was great. 

I'm really going to try and optimistically enjoy this Edge run, even though history has taught me not to get too invested because he has habitually gone a bit stale or got injured throughout much of his career. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy this. Tremendous work lads. 

7 hours ago, King Mal the Glorious said:

I'm the last week(ish) we've won 8-0, knocked City out of the cup (playing a weakened side) and stuffed PSG. Good times on Tyneside.

Absolutely dismembered the last week of opponents. Great execution. 

Our own @IANdrewDiceClay has been having a blinder on Twitter, as per. However, this is perhaps my favourite gem he's unearthed on his dive into 2002 WWE. Just tremendous. 

19 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

It's mad that they seemingly decided on 6th August to move the pieces into place for the Survivor Series main event in November, and then just left them to wither on the vine.

It's a quarter of the year they've just tossed off. Insane decision.

The logical move would seem to be to move him to Smackdown as the counterweight in the now forgotten Jey Uso trade, but I genuinely think nothing could diminish Cody more - currently - than a direct foot race to Roman with LA Knight.

They've absolutely fucked it recently. No wonder he routinely posts on his social media about college football when wrestling is on.

He should have won at Mania.

Agree they've gone right off the boil with Cody. I do think they'll find a way to reheat him for Mania, and it definitely feels like they're killing time until they get there, which I guess is the problem of pushing it back a year to run it back. At least after Survivor Series they start building for the Rumble, and presuming Cody wins there they can start getting him ready for Roman. LA Knight seems like a likely Survivors/Saudi Shitshow/Rumble title challenger, but who knows?

While Cody is ice cold, I am loving the presentation of Shinsuke Nakamura, to the point where even more than last month he should be winning the belt off Rollins. Not that he will, but he definitely should. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66889779 

Seems this is the subject of the mysterious Panorama doc tonight, head of Abercrombie and Fitch accused of exploiting men for sex. As expected, they'd not announced it as they were trying to get the piece through legal before publicizing the subject matter. 

3 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

No, that was fine IMO

I take it back, it's the greatest misjustice ever to blight the good name of football, they should replay the game and dock Spurs 10 points for general twattery against the nations favourite team. 

20 minutes ago, Gay as FOOK said:

Look at these two waiting in the wings to Slugworth Edge's heat:

In fairness, one of them is TAFKA Edge's next-door neighbour and they trained together extensively for Edge's return in 2020 (it's featured heavily on one of those Network docs that will presumably now be suspiciously difficult to find on there) so for once they probably have a good reason to be watching and cheering on their mate. 

53 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Replay the game? Can we replay the 2019 CL final? The Pedro Mendes goal? Do they want to play that beachball game? Can I replay my life?

It's hilarious, if the didn't replay the World Cup Qualifier between France and Ireland in 2009, this isn't even getting into the top 10 of miscarriages of justice. Still when you're both battling out for fourth in the spring it would be hilarious if that was the defining margin, just to watch Liverpool fans heads explode once again. 

55 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

"Can't believe their celebrations, embarrassing!" Absolutely correct. A 96th minute winner should've been marked with Porro calmly shaking the hand of Bissouma and a small, almost sorry, fist pump.

This feels like a continuation of the whole "celebration police" thing that was levied at us last year.  I think all footballers should celebrate like mad when they score, or win anything or any game. Fuck it, when did everything have to be so serious. Football is meant to be fun. 

1 minute ago, SaitoRyo said:

I still appreciated the top-notch set design, costumes and music, but the writing and directing left a lot to be desired. A shame. 

Watched the first episode of S4, and I had forgotten how jarring the setting is, everything seems at odds, everyone is dressing like they are form different decades, the school seems to be in America aesthetically, but also in the UK geographically. I appreciate these are all deliberate choices, but it frequently takes me out of being able to really invest in the show and it's characters, many of whom have gone from being enjoyably awkward to downright smug and insufferable. Very strange.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a show that can do heart-warming, poignant moments when they get it right, but I find the incongruous nature of so many of the visual aspects overly distracting. 

Not watched the show yet, it sounds really good though.

Not super buzzed about Edge, but will see how it fits together. If I hear him talk about gaving "grit", I'm 100% out. Still as a "trade" of sorts Edge for Jade Cargill is actually a good result for all parties I think. 

Out of curiosity, was the "new era" TK talked about just Edge coming in, or was there something more I've missed? 

5 hours ago, Supremo said:

Between the splashback from Darby, and then Christian spitting on him accidentally, JR was drenched by the end of it! Poor guy. Just let him do his job! Come in, ask a few basic questions, and then stare into the abyss like he'd rather be anywhere else.

Still probably more fun than being set on  fire by Kane in fairness. 

30 minutes ago, RedRooster said:

It was apparently for a story, for Victoria Derbyshire's show. 

That's fair, and I can only speak from my own personal experience, but I'd be surprised if that was anything official.

"The senior BBC source said: “It would be wrong to characterise anything before the Sun story was published as an ‘investigation’ - as a general point, in any newsroom, it’s perfectly normal for journalists to receive leads on stories, and take their own very initial soundings on these leads, some of which go on to go through the wider BBC editorial process, and some of which don’t."

I cannot imagine it would have been greenlit internally while he was actively on air. 

1 hour ago, Factotum said:

Panorama did a big expose on the BBC and Bashir a few years ago. Even the fact he was still employed by them. They absolutely would go after someone within the institution if it's something big.

From what I understand, that was  (in part) an attempt to show the corporation had not acted in bad faith, only Bashir. Also, Bashir's re-employment was not a popular move internally to say the least, at that time.

Plus, it also wasn't about historical alleged sex-pesting within the company, which for the exact reasons you'd imagine the BBC wants to move away from shining a light on. 

I left the company a few years ago, so maybe things have changed, but given the glacial speed of cultural shifts internally, I'd be pretty surprised to see them investigate someone high profile associated with the BBC in documentary form, if it might further tarnish the reputation of the corporation on that front, especially for potential sex offences.

EDIT - Should say I can only speculate based on my own experience, but things may be different now. 

1 minute ago, RedRooster said:

While I totally agree that it could be about something entirely different (I may be wrong, but I'm not even sure it's unusual for Panorama not to reveal their subject matter in advance - it presumably would put them at risk of blowing their own story, and tipping off a rival) - but BBC news operates in a weird way, in that they absolutely would expose people who work with - or have worked for them - previously. They had even been looking into Huw Edwards - someone they actually worked alongside - before that story broke. 

The Huw Edwards thing was from a disciplinary perspective, not a story expose. As a former BBC employee, I can tell you that in my experience they would not do that unless it was for making sure they were covered against allegations and/or legal reprisals. 

Also, you are correct that Panorama doesn't always reveal it's story up front, again it's about legal clearance. Sometimes shows get bumped back a week or so when there is a need to do so if legal haven't cleared the doc. BBC's legal clearance requirements are very rigorous.