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    If we're doing announcers - Adnan Virk. Previously an ESPN studio host (until he was let go after investigation into company information being leaked) he was hired and thrust into the PBP spot on Raw, and was dreadful at it. He miraculously made it 6 weeks before leaving via mutual consent (claiming the schedule didn't suit him/his family).
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    Oh yeah, good shout - and it was before, I think. They ended up debuting as a trio. Trey Miguel - can't remember why they ditched him. Went straight back to TNA.
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    Another pre-debut release - Aloisia, the super tall one who was supposed to be in NXT season 3. Announced as a contestant but let go prior to the first episode for having made some spicy content (as they call it these days). Total tenure under contract of a couple of weeks, IIRC. It brought Kaitlyn into our lives though so all good 😍
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    Think I mentioned this prior to All In but during Forbidden Door last year (where we sat in the very back row) my wife said to me "You should get yourself a ticket down the front one day. You never treat yourself to anything". Well, I did. TBH it was a little more than I'd like but what the hell. Should hear about my bonus around that time so hoping it's a decent one 😆 Front row basically behind the announcers. Hoping I'm behind Schiavone or Taz rather than Paul Wight. Will prepare a range of UKFF signs (thinking "KWESH", "Chippy Tea" and "Loki Pokey") for any on camera opportunities.
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    Well I didn't even get an email so you're one up on me!
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    It was.
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    Great taste in knitwear, too. Your Week 6 College Football recommendation is one based primarily on the reasons I fell for CFB in a way I never have for the NFL - tradition, pageantry and truly intense rivalry. It'll be one of the great scenes of the season as #1 Texas meet Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout. Always a neutral site game, taking place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas as part of the Texas State Fair festivities. Despite being on Texas soil, it's basically precisely halfway between the two schools. Crowd allocation is 50/50 too, and unlike the usual mix at US sporting events they split this one like a Wembley final over here - one end Longhorn burnt orange, one end Sooners crimson bifurcated at the 50 yard line. It's quite a sight from the air in the Texas sun. Will it be much of a game...? Well JR's boys have been garbage on offense thus far and are now missing their starting left tackle to boot, but it's a rivalry game and they play it on grass not paper, so who knows!
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    Fair point... but how are we ensuring this? Have we just told everyone to behave this once, please? If this match isn't anything goes and competitor A hits competitor B with a chair, competitor A gets DQ'd. If it's in the first section, they're eliminated. If it's in the second - does competitor B get awarded a fall? Or does competitor A get docked one (even if that puts them onto -1)? Either is fine, I guess (with my preference being the latter). But if someone interferes and attacks someone... if they're affiliated to another competitor in the match, do you make the assumption they are working on their behalf? And if they're not associated with anyone...? I'll concede it's less lazy here - and maybe lazy is too much generally. Incomplete, perhaps? I'm cool with extra emphasis on no outside interference for particular matches, but just tell me how you're enforcing that (i.e. 6 month suspension without pay for anyone who interferes). Otherwise my mind goes straight to "there won't be outside interference in this match because we won't book it to happen". Maybe that's a me problem, though.
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    They did of course make a point of placing the current usual AEW emphasis on NO OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE like outside interference isn't illegal basically all the time. As I've said before, I'd not mind so much if they presented it as an overarching concept that the promotion was very keen to stamp out outside interference full stop, and that anyone caught interfering in any match at any time would be subject to hefty fine/lengthy suspension (even if missed by the assigned match official - if you're caught on camera, you'll get the punishment). It really rankles me how they lazily throw it out there as a tagline for certain matches.
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    Gonna try to get myself some tickets for that I think. I grew up on Blackadder and Bean.
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    Spidey wouldn't have turned it over so often. I've literally just finished watching the game, having watched the first half then gone to a wedding reception then watched the second half after coming home. Weddings on college football Saturdays should be outlawed both sides of the Atlantic. Mississippi State bringing a reserve RB into the game in garbage time and him being the nephew of Bama's starting RB is as college football as it gets, though.
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    Whatever the reason, it's a real shame that they dropped the "forced to reunite" angle cold. Former tag partners forced to get back together because the promoter sees more value in them as a team and keeps booking them in tag matches seems like the kind of angle that should have been done over the years, but I honestly don't recall one. Not on a big stage anyway. It was particularly well suited for these two as since their split Bowens had tried to get serious and stalled, whereas Max had only got goofier and was getting reactions. That dynamic would be perfect. I always saw Bowens as a potential breakout singles star (based mostly on a cracking match he had with Danielson, but broomstick and all that) and thought he looked every inch a megastar when he returned after the split, but that was as good as it got. Still, a shame to see both of them go if that's what's happening.
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    Suited for here... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeASxW8Rn8n/?stkn=cDdyZ2pvN2cxZ3g2
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    So a couple of things I was keen to avoid in making a weekly college football game recommendation were a) not recommending the same teams too often & b) being very careful to avoid recommending Alabama all the time. But honestly... The best thing you're probably going to see on Disney+ this Saturday without staying up all night (or perhaps even if you do) is #7 Alabama @ #16 Mississippi State (5pm UK) Something of a historic rivalry (State are the Bulldogs in need of training referenced in Bama's fight song, not modern nemesis Georgia), two electric sophomore QBs you'll likely be seeing on Sundays in 24 months, and one of the more unique atmospheres you'll find in sports (you'll fairly quickly ascertain why State are known colloquially as "CLANGA") If you're particularly offended by multiple Bama recommendations, watch #3 Notre Dame @ North Carolina I guess...
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    PAC RIP

    Statto replied to poetofthedeed's topic in UK Fan Forum

    Given he was the ultimate inspiration behind the name, I hope they do something annually to memorialise Pac at Full Gear. Kick off the Continental Classic there and change the prize to a trophy in his name.
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    I'd seen suggestions it was pretty much done, but judging by the scripted lines at the end of this: They must still be producing the commentary. I think even Michael Cole would be embarrassed saying that garbage out loud. If that's the case - you turn Matt on Jeff and have him lead "Syx", don't you? Given his own history with Bray Wyatt.
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    This was playing in the Super Dry store in Cambridge while my wife was browsing clothes yesterday and I had to "shazam" it: Top stuff.
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    PAC RIP

    Statto replied to poetofthedeed's topic in UK Fan Forum

    One of my favourite things about Pac (the character) in AEW was the fact that, face or heel, he always loathed Orange Cassidy and made no bones about showing it.
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    MyAEW

    Statto replied to RedTwoster's topic in UK Fan Forum

    Ok, time to watch the PPV that was on just last night. Should be fairly easy to find on the homepage.. Ridiculous.
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    It's a big Week 4 in College Football with loads of ranked-on-ranked matchups, but your Disney+ recommendation of the week is a meeting between a couple of teams hotter than a stolen pistol that's just been fired, #4 Ole Miss @ #21 Florida (8:30pm). Possibly the best QB in the nation (Ole Miss' Trinidad Chambliss) facing possibly the best RB in the nation (Jaden Baugh of Florida). Ole Miss potentially in a massive letdown spot after a huge win in a powder keg last week (would turn into a TL;DR if I try to explain it all, you'll hear plenty about it on the broadcast if you watch!). Should be a good one. (If you fancy something a little earlier, #1 Texas @ #14 Tennessee at 5pm wouldn't be a waste of your time either) Edit: flag thrown for "simulating using the restroom"!
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    I noticed they very clearly termed it an "intimate" event.
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    Fuck. Edit: YEAH! Needed a LB with 0 to finish it.
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    Over the last 20 seasons, teams in college football in possession of the ball in the final 10 seconds of regulation were 1,046-1. And then... The punchline is that they determined there was a second remaining on the clock so Vandy kicked the extra point to win by 4, having been a 3.5 point favourite. All time bad beat for those holding NC State tickets.
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    I've posted it a couple of times on here over the quarter century we've been at this but - BritWres feds, stick someone in a shiny silver mask and cape, have him come out to that music, announce from P.O. Box 2240 in Middlesex and call him "The Silver Vision". You can have that one for free. (Actually might send this to Evil Uno if Mystery Wrestling come back in February).
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