Sphinx

Interested to hear how you get on with that as I've had the thought of a record player in the back of my mind for a while. I've got the M20 speakers and think they're decent. I use them for my TV too which has been great for films. I got the speakers off eBay and saved about £100-£150 off the price and they were in mint condition so may be worth having a check there if you don't mind buying second hand.

Another Prince demo that's a good 'un.

Just had the image of a giant spring-loaded hand slapping me in the face.

I've been ill the last few days so am almost certainly more grouchy anyway, but I watched this on demand and thought it was mostly naff. My friend had suggested inviting non-wrestling fan friends round mine to watch Mania live and I'm glad I didn't. From Becky's shite 3D overlay book intro, to her book themed attire, to Rhea Ripley's shite band, to twenty minutes of nothing until the first match begins, to that god awful comedy attempt for the intro to the ladder match by the two guys English guys, to a load of scrubs coming out for that match (including DIY doing a DX tribute act?), the first hour alone would have been painful. It didn't feel that big as a spectacle visually to me either. The rampway was short and nothing to it, the crowd were in the dark for most of it so you couldn't get a feel for how big it was (which may be unavoidable, I dunno, but didn't help) and obviously the weather can't have helped with the crowd either. FLips makes a good point - if you've seen one Sami Zayn match, you've seen them all. It was fine. It did the job. Nothing more, nothing less. Highlights were R Truth and the main event (where I felt a gulf in class, though I think it went too long).

It's better that he's a heel so he can work slower and pretty much do similar to that beatdown and lessen his bumps. I think he'll be fine.

NJPW have released their version of the Network which is available now at http://njpwworld.com/ for £5.38pm