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I have pre ordered from Amazon, really wanted the physical copy as opposed to the digial version. Really looking forward to this.

Quite liked the trainers as well, but I decided against getting them in the end.

Warrior's demeanour looks like the person who is always lumbered with the middle seat in the back of a Mini Metro on the way to an away game in Sunday Football.

Ronny Rosenthal.

I used to love those Brizz Cola Cups as a kid.

Remember my local Heron selling them for four for a pound. 

Just started watching this (watched the 2nd episode last night) really enjoying it, up to now. Vince's forearms in that orange t shirt was probably the most disturbing thing I have seen in a while, looked like a cross between Popeye and Quagmire's big arm.

Konnan constantly shoung "viva la raza" and "bowdy" something still has me saying "fuck off" when watching WCW on the Network not to dissimilar to when watching it all those years ago.    

Teddy Long in his GM days is another one that springs to mind.

All now sold, thank you.

Just now, Hannibal Scorch said:

28 years old this year than. That’s hardly new (As an aside at a DLP shareholders meeting when Remmy was opening we were told a rides life expectancy is usually between 20 and 40 years).

Most major rides in Magic Kingdom are older than that and have more or less remained the same since opening, minus the odd refurb or adding scenes etc. Magic Kingdom is generally considered a timeless place, which is why I originally said still relatively new "in a Magic Kingdom sense".

58 minutes ago, Monkee said:

Have you ever seen the film? Do you know the story behind the theming?

I think it’s a great idea. It’s never stood out as particularly Disney to me and, while the ride itself is a classic, it’s outdated and needed a spruce up. In all the times I’ve been to Disney I think I rode it once when I was little and once as an adult. It’s boring. It doesn’t even have that ‘it’s so rubbish it’s great’ vibe that other rides like Pirates of the Caribbean has.

 I think reimagining it as Princess and the Frog is a great idea.

I have seen the film yes, and I am aware of the story behind the theming.

To each his own, personally I loved the ride which is still relatively new in a Magic Kingdom sense, at least (opened in 1992). Having said that, I am still miffed they got rid of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Such a shame that is being rethemed, racism never once came into my mind when riding this.

As Clive James once said about her "She never lets the words or melody get in her way. She is us, without the fear of failure."

Quite disturbing to see how many people connected with the wrestling world are jumping to his defence. 

I hope Marty Jannetty does not post anything on Facebook for a while.... 

Think Shawn Michaels in mid to late 1997 looked in great shape. His return in 2002, although smaller was still in great shape. He seemed to loose some muscle definition in early 2005, but I believe he was injured and by the time that years' Wrestlemania rolled round he was in great shape again, not as bulky as previous, but it certainly better for that time of his career.

HulK Hogan in his match against the Rock at Wrestlemania X8. Definitely subjective, but I do not think Hogan had ever been in better shape, not that he was ever in bad shape during his main/prime run.

Roddy Piper's shape fluctuated a fair bit but he was totally ripped in his match against Jerry Lawler at King of the Ring 1994.

56 minutes ago, The Maestro said:

I think going down the road of taking these kinds of things down is quite a dangerous one and sets a precedent for all kinds of censorship. Obviously I don't want to live in a world where hatred and prejudice is spewed out but surely context needs to be taken into account. And where is the line drawn? What about music? There are countless songs I've heard in my life that have questionable lyrics relating to homophobia, advocating drugs, violence, misogyny, etc. I think whilst the intention is honourable with censorship and pulling things, we have to be careful not to get to swept up in the things as all it does is strengthen the argument of the 'PC Gone Mad' brigade.

Good point and there is a fair few rap songs that has the 'N' word mentiond, in some cases frequently. Will they be removed from Spotify and iTunes etc.

If I don't like something, disagree or are offended with something, I don't watch it or pay any attention to it. I don't go all in and demand it to be banned, removed etc.  

Just another form of dictatorship as far as I am concerned or at the very least kowtowing to the offended by everything/everyone society.

With films and series being removed, edited and in some cases butchered, it certainly is fair argument for buying actual media of your favourite films and series. Even if you buy a copy of a film from Apple etc. and just keep it on the cloud or whatever, it is possible that it could be editied or even replaced with a different cut entirely. 

Always liked him and believe that he would have had a top line run and maybe even a title run, if he had not been around when the WWF was so top heavy with superstars.

He kind of suffered the same issues in his return in 2002, althouh he would not have been a headline attraction at this point,  they could have done a lot more with him but it just shows the depth available to them at that time. 

I always thought if he was fully fit and did not have the Lloyds of London issues, he could have had a great run in 1996 when there was not so many big names around. 

The only bands, artists I enjoyed was: R.E.M., Brian Wilson, The Who, Velvet Revolver, Metallica and Pink Floyd. Although the latter definitely seemed a bit forced.

As for the rest, it was mainly filled with "flavour of the month" bands and singers and to be honest, I would glady close the blinds if they were playing in my garden.

1 hour ago, quote the raven said:

Universal don’t waste anytime do they. Meanwhile Disney have been building gotg for how long?

Last few years, well a decade to be honest, Universal have been pretty aggressive in building new rides in the sense of building brand new buildings or adding to exisitng buildings. I seem to remember Transformers being built at a rapid pace, whilst Disney seem content to announce something and wait about 2 years to actually start building, Avatar being the best example. 

A great "what if" scenario of Sting going to the WWF in late 1995 or 1996. I dont think Vince would have let it happen for one minute but both Sting and Vader (who was signed roughly around the same time) could have been the Outsiders in the WWF. 

Watched New Year's Revolution from 2005.

Very much a one match card, with the Elimination Chamber. The rest of the card was pretty dire, although I think that the injuries to Eugene and Lita may have hampered the card somewhat, the latter match in particular I feel was ended abruptly due to the injury, which looked pretty nasty.

On to Royal Rumble 2005 now, apparently there is a bad injury in the Royal Rumble match as well....

I think Jesse Ventura could be an interesting episode. His issues with Vince McMahon and going into his political stint, would just be scratching the surface.

Quite a few I can think of, but do not know if they would be suitable for a full episode. Perhaps they could dedicate one epsiode to two or more stories, moving forward.

Looking forward to watching this, but I am trying to hold off until at least another two episodes have dropped. Must admit every time I see the thumbnail picture for it on the WWE Network I have to do a double take as I keep thinking the picture is of Mike Ehrmantraut.

7 hours ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Popped by Aldi tonight, with me waiting outside with the boy and the missus going in to do the actual shopping.

It's bizarre how many people still turn up to shop as a couple. It's mind buggeringly astounding how many of these will queue as a couple, and watch - as a couple - other couples being split up because of the "one person per household" rule, and then remain queuing as a couple, only to finally reach the front of the queue and kick off when they're told that only one of them is coming in.

I have seen this happen quite a bit and one guy nearly ended up punching one assistant because he wouldn't let him and his partner into the shop at the same time.  In all honestly I cannot believe the genuine level of stupidity of some people whilst all this has been ongoing.

I work for an energy company that supplies small businesses and have been able to contiune working from home despite everything. However, we are all being asked to take calls from customers, due to lower staff numbers, who regularly do that job. You would expect that as my employer supplies small businesses, it would be pretty quiet as most businesses are closed. However, it is not and some of the calls being received with the questions being asked or the statements being made are generally baffling, I actually had one person telling me with such conviction that my employer was the only utility company still invoicing and taking money from their customers (business and domestic, she said) ..... I do often wonder if the calls are being made due to boredom rather than necessity.

We also have several messages on the phones IVR system directing customers to our online accout manager, live chat and the automated "Making payments" "Adding readings" section where you can do either without having to wait and speak to someone. However people seem content to wait for 30 minutes plus to make a payment but then complain about the wait time the moment you introduce yourself.

I'll admit, I have not dealt with people over the phone for about 6 years as my current role does not call for this. However, the way some people speak to advisors, who they have called for assistance, remember is downright disgusting. One of my favourites is asking why their bill is so high, you determine it has been estimated (the invoices do confirm if they have been estimated, so this could actually prevent the conversation in the first place, if you think about it logically) and when you ask if they have or are actually in a position to be able to obtain a reading (you know, the proactive approach) the answer is generally no with a few obscenities to fill out the sentence.

The more this goes one and the more I have dealings with the "Great" British Public the more I think we need cures for stupidity and bad manners before COVID-19.

8 minutes ago, King Pitcos said:

Aren't the edits just on WWF stuff?

No, they removed Bobby Heenan's line of "Who's side is he on?" During Hogan's run in during the main event at Bash At The Beach in 96.

Been watching some of the WWE PPV's from 2004 and recently watched Backlash, which was from Canada and featured the Wrestlemania rematch between Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit.

Throughout the show, Jerry Lawler is indicating that Benoit is a flash in the pan and has no chance in the rematch. Benoit's wife, Nancy is in the crowd and during the main even event Benoit is being slapped around in the corner by Triple H and Lawler remarks "I wonder if Benoit's wife has ever seen him choke before?"...

With the amount of edit's in the Network classic content, I am surprised that remark has remained.