Carbomb

Bear in mind that the Hispanic community had one of the largest Trump-supporting groups in the US - like with so many sadly, they thought they were pulling up the ladder behind them. I wouldn't be surprised to find out Mysterio thinks that way, if he does; wrestling's already horrendous for politics as it is.

One of my favourite comments I've seen on Richard E. Grant's performance so far:

So does Shake, Rattle & Bap

There you go, Onyx2 - now you know you don't have enough sauce.

Apologies for the diversion, but was just sent this screenshot by a mate, regarding the Ireland-Israel match.

It's about 30% of the content on here, and half of that is arguments about batch/cob/roll/bap/stotty

So it turns out The Proclaimers have proclaimed themselves as cunts. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26543168.proclaimers-spark-backlash-anti-trans-comments/

I thought it might be bubble & squeak.

I'm sure he'd have had some great matches with people he'd never worked before, and I'm sure he'd have been booked well. That said, you watch more AEW, more wrestling than I do, so I'll take your word for it.

This is truly shocking and utterly shit news to wake up to. There's very little to add to what's been said about PAC as a wrestler - an absolutely stellar talent - or as a bloke. I saw PAC a bit around the BritWres scene, first as a fan, then as a translator. I had the honour of having to translate from Japanese to Geordie and back for when he had his match with Morishima in IPW:UK, and he was a really lovely guy, friendly, polite, easygoing. Never heard anyone say a single bad thing about him. For sheer talent, and for personality, he more than deserved his success. One thing that doesn't tend to get mentioned is his ability to sell, especially high spots. I'll never forget seeing him take a Sheer Drop Brainbuster from Stevie Lynn in FWA, which looked like he'd landed directly vertical on his neck, yet he was right as rain (he told me afterwards it was a trick of landing on the elbows, but it was still impressive as fuck). Man, this is just awful. We've lost a really good one. RIP PAC.

Oh, for god's sake - I'd completely forgotten that, and I watched it as a kid! I remember being absolutely thrilled to see Warrior running down the aisle, as I started watching at the end of 1991, and always felt I'd missed out after hearing all my junior school mates going on about him (and, because promotions rarely acknowledge exits, I didn't know why he was never around when I started watching). I must admit I'd have liked to have seen one of those house show matches to see what the dynamic was like. Probably wasn't up to much, but given how both guys were both pushed as monsters (of a sort), would have been interesting to see what they did.

Went to see Martin Simpson at King's Place last night. He's playing songs from his latest album, which he released to mark fifty years of performing as a professional (he went pro at 17!) - most of the songs are either covers of folk standards, or re-workings of old songs he either wasn't happy with the original versions of, or hadn't released. Incredible guitar-playing, superb voice, and interspersed the songs with either stories about some of the people or situations he wrote the songs about, or talked some politics about the songs he was playing. He's a good, progressive bloke too. Was glad I finally got to see him perform. Also, I love going to King's Place, and regret that I've only been twice - last time was to see the Kinnaris Quintet, who are excellent. It's a great venue, particularly for folk music - Hall One is beautifully constructed for aesthetics, acoustics, and audience views.

Did Sid and Warrior ever cross paths? Because I wonder what that would've looked like.

Thing is, he may have good reason to be WWE-Pilled: he probably doesn't think he's got anything left to prove. He's earned his place in wrestling history, he's been around long enough that the kids who grew up idolising him are now adults taking their own kids to see him, and he has a new lease of life. How many wrestlers can anyone name who still impress crowds and somehow stay somewhat relevant thirty or so years into their career? Rey has always known his place in the grand scheme of things and the expectations fans have of him, and he's probably never really felt the need to exceed that. That's not to say it's not a shame he didn't stick around in AEW - there must have been so much he could do there - but people's motivations in their careers vary, and maybe he feels secure enough when he looks back on his career, thinks he's left a pretty respectable legacy in terms of body of work and influence on later generations, and doesn't feel the need to do more, especially in a much more physically-demanding promotion like AEW.

It's white and gold where I'm from