The Maestro

That's brilliant that Cech is back in 2020. Has similar vibes to Andy Goram and Neville Southall playing in the Prem at the turn of the century.

36 minutes ago, BigJag said:

There's a new cafe near work, Bitsys Bake Shop. They sell a full Apple Pie baked into a cookie. It's rather good.

Is this at Frog Island? Went past there the other day and the good lady mentioned that this place is meant to be amazing. Well gonna have to pay a visit.

6 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

You're all out here being snarky, but I think it's a really nice tribute to the great Stevie Ray. 

Can't wait til we see Suckah and Fruit Booty next week.

Is the Andre The Giant battle royal still a thing? If so, that's be a reason for the winner to use it, albeit not a good enough reason. Probably best just to leave it well alone to be honest.

Watching Smackdown around 2005 and my mum commenting that Kurt Angle had "a black woman's arse" ruined watching his matches for me for a short period of time.

You miserable cunt

That first pic. Wow! Taker is that fucking great he's holding two doubles in on hand. Rodman. Even Primo is selling timeshares for his plush holiday homes in Puerto Rico in the background. Winner.

4 minutes ago, sukhy said:

Hogan vs Flair at Mania 8 is a huge one as well. 

Looking back that's a lock. As much as I love that event, a reshuffle would have upgraded it from being another Mania to being considered one of the all time greats. 

I'm watching the newest episode of Timeline about Daniel Bryan and The Miz and looking back it flummoxes me why this was not built towards Mania. Everything about the feud is gold and deserves to be remembered as one that culminates on the grandest stage of them all. I wouldn't say it it's a missed opportunity as it was still fun but looking backing they had all the ingredients to make it a Mania match for the ages. 

So what are yours? What feud could have been made into something that much bigger with a grander stage? What was something that you enjoyed that deserved more? And more importantly would Stuart Ripley enjoy it? David, it's over to you.

Not quite a Covid Marshall but a security guard pulled me up in my local supermarket as I was wearing a bandana. I said it was a face covering and he said it needed to be a mask. This was as I looked around and seen the walking braindead in the shop have them around their chins and not wear them properly. I didn't want to argue and he did offer me a mask so I complied. But ever since I've gone in I still wear a bandana but now with a mask underneath just hoping he's there again so I can zing him but to no avail so far. 

I think the feeling of apathy towards the season is down to a culmination of Covid, short gap between the end of last and the start of this, lack of transfers all around and the obvious lack of fans in grounds. Chuck in the fact we're pretty much older and jaded on here too and it's a real recipe for shoulder shruggery. I'm sure I'll enjoy it as it goes along but still.

I had my daughter stay at my flat over the weekend and at after 11pm there were two girls and a guy pissed out of their head making noise at the petrol station forecourt next to where I live. They were just being a nuisance in general and being concerned they were gonna wake my daughter I decided to take matters into my own hands. So I cracked the opened the blinds a little bit, cracked the window ajar and blasted them with my water gun. You could hear screams and them scurry off after getting blasted this giving me a peaceful evening and no more noise. It felt super satisfying and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

There's been so many open goals for the government this year to look good but somehow they manage to hoof it back to defence and bang in an own goal of Jamie Pollock proportions. I dont know who does their PR but I think they should go to Barnard Castle and never come back.

I've got to echo the love for Timeline. I remember chatting with a friend (a member on here who has since passed away) years ago, saying that they should do a programme that recaps feuds and I'm so chuffed they've finally done it. Watched two episodes so far and have loved it. Great to see the Orton/Christian rivalry documented as that was the sleeper feud of the year. Just great stuff.

I like a lot of those craft beers but feel like a wanker for doing so. Being a wrestling fan is handy because you learn not to talk too much about things you enjoy to people.

Alcohol. Not just people being pissed, but more the culture around it. One of the lads in my office goes on and on about it all the time. And not in a way where he's sampling different drinks and new things. Just droning on and on about getting shitfaced off Southern Comfort and Fosters. 

There were two bellends in the shop yesterday buying loads and one was on the phone talking about smashing down bottles of Grey Goose taking an eternity to buy their shit and bugger off out the way. 

I enjoy a drink as much as the next man but I think it's people that treat it as a personality trait that really get on my tits. 

That's a chilling read. Something like that happening to you must play in the back of your mind for the rest of your life. Hope Deville has the strength to get over this and that Thomas rots in a cell somewhere.

It took me years to enjoy baked beans and I think that stems from my dad always leaving half a tin in the fridge with an anaemic looking one protruding from the top. I enjoy them now though.

These days I can't eat any of that Oreo chocolate. Not that I want to because it's gross. But a few years ago I had a terrible stomach bug and i ate this just before being violently ill. It wasnt the choccy, but just seeing one of those bars about gives me flashbacks of puking my guts up.

17 minutes ago, Silky Kisser said:

Not having a dishwasher. 

I have a dishwasher in my apartment and haven't used it in the 18 months I've lived there.

14 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Unless it involves route planning, obviously.

This reminds me of one of my minor annoyances. Sat navs. Rather than use it as an aid to help you if you're not sure where something is, people become way to reliant on them and will completely question their own judgement on a journey they have made 1000 times because the sat nav told them to. 

Me ex got the hump once because we did the whole "we're off now" at her Nan's then proceeded to stand near the front door fully coated up in sheltered accommodation for 10 minutes. I then took me jacket off and sat down and got a "what you doing, we're leaving" as I started an arrorword. I told her that I'm happy to chill down there but I dont fancy conversation in corridor purgatory for 15 minutes. One of the many reasons she's an ex.

Just to add to this, but I forgot how wonderful this whole event is. The vignettes. Post match promos. Jimmy Hart almost having a stroke backstage. Everything about Bossman/Mountie. It's not peak wrestling but jesus, what a fun event! I've always thought one of the biggest problems with modern day wrestling is treating everything barring the main event as fairly inconsequential. Everything on this is made as a huge deal and you honestly care watching it. Love it.

Mr Perfect vs Bret Hart from Summerslam 91. I don't think I've watched this fully for ages but wow. I know it's a match that I liked but you kind of forget how good it is and way ahead of it's time it is too. It's the only match I can think of off the top of my head where that's an atomic drop that actually looks like it hurts. Only slightly wank spot is Bret being lobbed outside and hitting an "international photographer" that looks as if he's been hit by a paper bag in the wind.