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A decent episode all round l, however I did flag a bit towards the end and skipped Persephone v Aminata. 2 and a half hours for the weekly TV is too long for me, but I’m probably in the minority on that. Great to see Sting Jr back and great to hear the reaction to him as well. He’s green as grass obviously, but the crowd are with him and willing him to do well which is awesome to hear. Marina should absolutely batter Mone, both in kayfabe and shoot, but Mone will have no doubt developed some world class MMA skills whenever the match happens. Bucks getting absolutely battered was the most enjoyable thing I’ve seen them do in years. Lesnar has Suplex City, Davis can have Piledriver County and just drop Matt Jackson on his head until the end of time. Great debut for Dragunov, he’s going to be an excellent addition to the roster. I wouldn’t even worry about rushing him into a feud at this point, just use him like this until the CC comes around

Don’t worry @HarmonicGenerator, I can barely stand to look at my own face let alone inflict that on others when discussing the latest Oz goings-on

First off, let me just put my cards on the table and say that I’m absolutely opposed to the Death Pentaly. Someone mentioned earlier that it was “medieval”, and they’re absolutely right. It’s barbaric shit that belongs back in the dark ages, and the fact that it was permanently abolished only 57 years ago is disgusting. If someone was executed by the state and it turned out that they were wrongly convicted, that’s a shitstorm, both legally and morally, that would be difficult to come back from, and that’s reason enough to put the debate to bed. Not to sound all Tim McManus about things, but the people who commit the worst kinds of crime as discussed here are sick and need psychiatric help, they need to be given the chance to understand the horrific nature of their crime. Putting them to death doesn’t do that and solve anything , it’s just senseless and macabre

If Megan Bayne put any more effort into those Knee-Strikes in that backstage brawl she’d be just about phoning it in

The Tyneside Cinema has it screening through to early January. https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/oldboy/ Cant seem to find a ticket link unfortunately, so may be sold out already. I think it tends to come around at least once a year at the (King)Prince Charles Cinema. Oldboy is my favourite movie ever but Ive never seen it on 35mm.

If you’re found parking like this… Your car is to be towed away and you only get your it back once you’ve retaken and passed your test. Do it again, your car is towed away and your license is taken away too. Seriously, at what point did they think “yeah, that’s probably fine”

What a stupid pair of bumps Nick Wayne & Darby Allin took on those steps. The one Mox took on the Apron wasn’t any brighter. In theory Wayne should be moving onto something new and higher up the card having now got the better of Jericho, but I’m not convinced that he isn’t just going to get lost in the shuffle. I’ll hopeful for Dragunov having a good run, but if he’s still having to wear that massive bit of scaffolding on his leg like he was at the end of his WWE tenure then I’d be worried that he’ll pick up a longterm injury I don’t doubt for a second that I’m in the minority, but I’m bored of Swerve v Hangman. Hopefully they do t cross paths for a long time after the conclusion of this. With New Level dropping the belts, could be time to build them as a Two Man team en route to a match with The Bucks Just when you thought Ciampa being unable to pin a pair of trousers was the most surreal (and stupid) thing you’d see all nightx Marina Shafir uses We’re Going On A Bear Hunt to motivate Mox back into the match “Gimmick infringement, no one likes that” - Nigel McGuinness, who stole every move he ever did from World of Sport. Credit to them for trying something different with Clockwork Carnage and with a bit of tinkering they could have a decent match type on their hands. I’m not sure if having 11 falls in 15 minutes made anyone look good particularly, maybe have fewer people go through to the scoring phase and have that last for longer?

Absolutely, they’re got more than everyone we’ve just mentioned (57.1m), but would they be classed as a heritage act now? I wouldn’t say so necessarily but some might, it all depends on how you’re defining Contemporary Rock. There’s probably people who call Coldplay Contemporary Rock

Depends on what your perimeter of ‘Contempory Rock’ is. I know it’s not the be all end all, but if you were to use Spotify Monthly Listeners as a barometer, as @Merzbow mentioned Ghost are big (9.3m), but Måneskin have more than double that (23.1m, which is 4m more than Black Sabbath to give some context). The majority of that id imagine is across mainland Europe (especially in their homeland of Italy) but last time they were over here they were playing the arenas. Bad Omens (6.9m) and Shinedown (8.5m) are both pretty popular, while Bring Me The Horizon are probably the biggest UK act (13.6m), and Sleep Token (5m) have had a big couple of years in terms of growth

Does anyone know if you can restart the show whilst it’s in progress? Im thinking I might try to stay up and watch Wrestledream tonight but I know that I’ll miss the start of the show.

In addition to the announcements the other day, Fortress have unveiled the final acts to complete the lineup. Filling out the undercard announcements today were- Ultha (Black Metal, Germany) Perchta (Blackened Folk Metal, Austria) Firtan (Black Metal, Germany) Frostgard (Dungeon Synth, Spain) Blood Countess (Black Metal, UK)

Finally got around to seeing The Odyssey yesterday. I know it’s got its Home release coming next month and I’d happily watch it again, but I’m glad that my first viewing was in the cinema. An incredibly well made film dragged down slightly by Tom Holland. I’m generally indifferent to him at the best of times, sometimes he’s fine sometimes he’s not, and this was one of his nots. The Score was phenomenal throughout it too, going to try and pick up the Vinyl release of that if it’s not ridiculously priced. With the news that The Prince Charles Cinema has been saved with its new 25 year no break clause lease, they should definitely run a Troy & The Odyssey Double Feature

Wouldn’t be the first time

Fortress have announced more acts for 2027, as well as announcing the Friday Night ‘costs an extra £70 and is sold separately to the main festival’ show Fortress: First Light Playing F:FL is Terrestrial Hospice (Black Metal featuring Inferno (Behemoth, Azarath) and Skyggen (Gorgoroth, Tortorum), Poland) which is genuinely one of the worst band names that I’ve ever heard, and Watain (Black Metal, Sweden) who are on their final tour and is a UK Exclusive. Main Fortress Festival additions announced today, all of which are UK Exclusives, include: Mare (Black Metal, Norway) Ninkharsag (Black Metal, UK) Silver Knife (Black Metal, Belgium- UK Debut) Bloodbark (Atmospheric Black Metal, rumoured to be from Russia but that’s not confirmed- UK Debut) Sulphur Aeon (Blackened Death Metal, Germany) Örnatorpet (Dungeon Synth, Sweden) Oerheks (Melodic Black Metal, Belgium- UK Debut) Stormkeep (Black Metal, USA) I gave a few acts most recent release a listen to get familiar with them. Bloodbark I really liked Sulphur Aeon were fine but not Earth shattering, a strong maybe depending on where they’re placed on the day. Stormkeep I was already familiar with, and Ninkharsag were decent I’ve bought a ticket as a friend & I have talked about going to it for a couple of years now, but this latest batch of announcements still hasn’t dissuaded me that the promoter didn’t just blow the entire budgeting on getting Emperor

Back in the 90s there was a pretty famous one in the WWF of Phantasio, the wrestling magician. Appeared on one episode of Wrestling Challenge and was never seen again, supposedly due to some incident involving fire before going out for his entrance. Wasnt one of The Rascalz sent packing almost immediately following their AEW debut?