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I’m not going to lie, I’m intrigued by what his first promo is going to be like.

What do we reckon? “I tried start a Revolution but my geeky mates were mean to me” or “I got bored of working in that call centre”

Dani Washington is off of Neck Deep’s upcoming UK tour dealing with some family business. 
Their drum tech Matt is to fill in on the dates

Gojira tour postponed to next February.

Cant say it’s a surprise although I was really looking forward to it.

Ghost still on for April, but I expect that will be postponed in due course

Steve McMichael is the Wrestlemania XI answer.

True for Randy losing of his World titles to either Flair or Hogan

Warrior pinning Andre at MSG?

Already read some mad theory that Cody going back to WWE is just so that he can feed important info back to Tony Khan ??‍♂️

2 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

According to Meltzer last week, they’d sold a little over 50k for each night and had around 5k for each night remaining, so it appear they’re not setting for full capacity* like they did last time. Even though it’s only been 6 years since they were last there Getting 55(ish)K to buy two nights worth of tickets is probably more achievable than convincing 100k to do the same
 

*or whatever counts as full capacity when you factor in the entrance, aisleway, ring etc

27 minutes ago, 69MeDon said:

What in the world are WWE going to do after this, when they can no longer rely on bringing in Attitude era/Ruthless Aggression era stars to sell tickets for Mania? 

You mean you’re not looking forward to Wrestlemania- Kingston v Ziggler: Sixty-Twice In A Lifetime?

Metal absolutely has a shitload of gatekeeper knobheads, but like with most other fandoms they’re the ones who just take “being a metal head” to the point of that actually being their identity far too seriously and probably are not representative of the fandom as a whole.

I’m not going to pretend that I didn’t go through the phase of thinking I was better than others because I didn’t just listen to the “mainstream” bands, I did and people will have been right in thinking that I was as an absolute arsehole because of it.

Nowadays I honestly couldn’t care less who anyone likes or listens to

58 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said:

Are Kingsman films big hits? 

As @johnnyboy said, moderate to big hits.

The first one grossed $414million worldwide in 2014, which for something that was relatively unknown outside of the comic reader bubble was deemed really well. 
The second grossed $410million, so although it didn’t do better than the first, which the studio would’ve hoped to have done, it was still a financial success.

This third film has only grossed $121million since release, with a $6million opening weekend in the US. Had it not been delayed by a year because of COVID it might have done better. When it was finally released it was up against Spider-Man: No Way Home which annihilating everything else at the time. Spider-Man’s US opening weekend from 2 weeks earlier was double The King’s Man’s entire worldwide gross to date

I love the dig at Captain Tom Moore’s family at the end

I’m lucky in that I’ve pretty much gotten to see all the ones that I wanted to. The 1994 Hart Attack Tour ticked off a lot in one go with it featuring an Undertaker/Yokozuna Casket Match, Razor Ramon and Lex Luger taking on HBK and Diesel in the middle of the show, Bret, Owen and Bulldog all working the main event.

Then seeing New Japan when they came over here the other year allowed me to tick off Tanahashi, Naito, Okada and Suzuki.

Theres still a chance I could see Sting whenever AEW come over here, but the ones that got away were Ultimate Warrior, Jushin Liger and Great Muta. 
Warrior was obviously gone from WWF at the time and I don’t think they came over here during his short run in 96.
Back when 1PW where bringing over every man & his dog you felt as though they could’ve got Liger over for a match at some point. I know he did end coming over a few times after that but it was always in places that would’ve required a stay over, which I just couldn’t afford to do at the time. 
Muta of course nearly happened for 1PW as well before it went tits up the week before the show

Ian McDonald, a founding member of both King Crimson and Foreigner, has passed away aged 75

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60345627

Futurama is coming back again, this time on Hulu for 20 episodes. John DiMaggio however isn’t returning (at least for now) due to failing to reach terms on his contract.

https://deadline.com/2022/02/futurama-revived-new-season-hulu-original-cast-john-dimaggio-not-returning-bender-1234929844/#comments

West Side Story has been announced as available for streaming from March 2nd. It was a disaster at the box office (grossing less than $65million worldwide), they must be hoping  that people will watch it in the run-up to awards season

You can always rely on Jim’ll Paint It

Dolph Ziggler turned up on NXT last night. If theres one thing the show needs, it’s another reason not to watch it

9 hours ago, andrew "the ref" coyne said:

What made that match even worse from memory was after Lance was pinned clean, the ref said "it has to be a five count" resulting in Lance being pinned by three or four counts multiple times, this making him look weak.

But it did give us Schiavone saying “And he’s kicked out at 4. What the hell am I saying!?”, so every cloud and all that.

In kayfabe it works to Storm’s benefit. Under “normal” rules he has to kick out by 2, whereas if he’s got till 5 under “Canadian” rules, that gives him an extra 2 seconds recovery time on every pinfall that Awesome attempted. Had they done it anywhere else other than Canada it would’ve gotten great heel heat

Bamber Gascoigne has passed aged 87

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60301687

Just seen it through a news source and yeah, it’s absolutely disgusting.

A bullshit apology has already been and I expect he’ll get off pretty lightly as celebrities tend to do in this country

1 hour ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said:

Going a bit OT, but who the hell thought 'moustache mountain' was a good name for a tag team?!?

Trent Seven, but there’s plenty of other questions to ask about what he considers to be a good idea

1 hour ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said:

'Security details' that look more like the local Boy Scouts on a field trip. At least make 'security' look like they could legitimately break up a fight rather than offering to shine your shoes for a quid!

But doesn’t getting broken up by the local branch of ShowSec make your wrestlers* look weak? That’s probably why we’ve had so many ‘full roster brawls’ the last years

* Granted, most refs are larger than the wrestlers these days, but perception

14 minutes ago, JFFC said:

Just looked and I bought my tickets on 6th November 2019. 

With the state of inflation these will have doubled in value by the time she actually steps on stage. 

And accumulated a fair amount of interest from the account it’s been resting in

Has anyone consulted that WWE Rule Book they sold on the shop a few years back? that should clear things up surely, they wouldn’t put something like that and not stick to it

44 minutes ago, Factotum said:

Wasn't the 'someone outside helping eliminate someone' just a way for Hogan to do it to Sid in 92 and not make him look weak by being eliminated? That end always annoys me to that Rumble. Just have Hogan distract him not pull his arm.

If you want to get technical, it’s still Flair that eliminates Sid, Hogan didn’t pull him out on his own. I was never massive on Hogan to begin with, but how was he supposed to be a face after doing that. He got thrown out fair & square and throws a strope, fuck Hulk Hogan.

The rules of the Rumble differ depending on what the story they want to tell. Giant Gonzalez eliminated Undertaker in 93 despite not being in the whereas Vader threw a bunch of guys out after he was eliminated in 96 but everyone was allowed back in.

I do agree that a person should be in by the time the next person comes out though, otherwise everyone could just wait around outside. 
Maybe add a bit of drama by introducing a 10 count on the floor too if someone leaves the ring, they’ve got enough refs out there

Courtesy of the Didn’t Happen of the Year Awards twitter account (@DHOTYA)