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I'd love to see the data on how many people have scanned the QR codes teasing the return of Bo Diddly and his band of Spooky dickheads. I've not seen one person talking about the content, or theorising about it.

It'll make for a tough Royal Rumble for him one year if they go down that route. How quickly can a man grow tits?

Oh, I forgot. Shitty promo from Punk. Completely lost the crowd halfway through. You could literally see them walking off for a piss. He's in such a weird spot, as people seem to love the idea of him but don't really stick with it when he grabs the mic. It's as if his brand of grievance and snark isn't built for the sunlit uplands of WWE in 2024. I think he needs less mic time and more opportunities to be a cheeky scamp, winding Drew up and only doing short promos. The extended shite bombs are out of date, I think.

I don't know who's idea it was, but they deserve all the money and cuddles for making the backstage environment feel like a live, dynamic, 3 dimensional workplace for 3 dimensional characters. It's the best thing about WWE at the minute. The backstage isn't just for set pieces, if we're going back there, we're getting a peek behind the curtain at how that world works (in kayfabe terms). It's not all setpieces, meticulously set up to only show us what we need to see. I loved Drew leaving, Punk arriving, Punk sending Pearce to put his music on and just casually walking past Chad Gable giving his team a bollocking. It's good stuff.

Damian Priest... eesh. It's not for me, Bob. Thought Judgment Day looked great as a group, but Priest doesn't stand out as the star of the four particularly and I'd rather they just decided to swap Sami and Priest's belts around.

I mean, be fair, every party and Prime Minister would be doing exactly the same. I don't love jumping in on politician pile-on's, but the one thing that is fair to say is that they don't give up power easily and all believe they're capable of turning things around.

Show some respect. He took the time to start this thread to discuss a product he's publicly denounced and given up on. He makes the rules.

I haven't seen Smackdown and only just turned Backlash on. I'd heard about the great crowd, but fuck me Kevin Owens just got an Austin pop and I can't wait to watch the rest of the show (spoiler; I'll probably only watch the KO match and the main event). KO for champ. *edit* Wait. Orton's pop might have been bigger. Shit. Orton for Champ.

There's a kebab shop on the corner right by Hammersmith Apollo that is absolutely banging (or at least used to be). There's a Souvlaki place by Hammersmith square that's really nice. Plus the usual; Burrito by the station, Subway by the station etc But I used to go to the Souvlaki place by the square on my lunch break and it was superb. Also, on Lyric Square @SuperBacon there's a place called Baba G. That's my recommendation for something quick actually.

I think the thing that will have real historical significance is the emergence of Kieran McKenna, especially against the backdrop of how he got so heavily slagged off by Man Utd dressing room leaks. I think he's a really special coach.

Only been working here 3 months and promotion already. Clearly I'm a lucky charm. Still have the Coventry complement of fingers, though.

It was pretty much my point, that putting someone like that in position ahead of the Tories self immolating will be a missed opportunity thats a topic of conversation amongst British comrades for years to come.

Looks like a tribute to the Cov side that beat Spurs in the 1987 FA Cup Final. #GaryMabbuttsKnee

As someone broadly of the soft, drippy centre left - eating bacon sarnies with Ed Miliband, ballroom dancing with Ed Balls and saving the world with Gordon Brown in the main - I don't really feel too passionate about this one way or the other, but... I suspect one of the great tragedies of the actual British left, and something that will stay engraved on their collective psyche for decades, will be that they couldn't hold the Labour Party a few years longer. The margins might be smaller, but I think whoever the Labour candidate was now they'd be beating the Tories. It's almost a historical hinge point for the country, that Labour decided to 'get serious' right before the Tories stripped naked, shot each other in the arse and set themselves on fire. So much of the 'appealing to Tories' that Starmer is doing makes cynical sense by traditional election and political standards, but you get the feeling he's piling in viagra after the stiffy has formed. He could easily afford to be more radical, I think.

Worried about putting this in the twitter thread for fear of spoilers, however minor, but this is top notch.

Punk and McInture is so, so good. Punk is at his absolute best when he's got a proper wrestling story to sink his teeth into, and Drew is killing it as a lunatic descending ever further into madness. Twenty stars. Logan Paul is great. Nineteen stars. Whoever is directing the shows at the minute is doing a sterling job, there are always some brilliantly framed shots. Twenty five stars.

That video is great. You get to see both sides of the new Phil. Complete gentleman with kids, doing the autographs and taking the photographs, then the minute he hears the deep voices of male, middle aged wrestling fans who might want to talk for hours about kayfabe, Khan and star ratings? Absolutely pegs it. My guy.

Either LA Knight is turning heel, or they've properly decided they can't be arsed. There's barely anything for him to do, unless the US title is the pinnacle of his ambition. In fact, to Rooster's point, there's barely anything for Cody to do. A heel turn for someone surely, be it KO, Orton or Knight. The draft was almost unbelievably shite, though. Completely pointless. The best pick was Jade as it was completely consistent with how she's been portrayed, and how Nick Aldis pursued her signing. But, besides that, it's hard to justify much of what they did. Even drafting Gunther and Carmelo Hayes is dumb if you look at it for more than a second; if this was an NFL draft maybe you pick the young next guy first, as they're reasonably likely to stay with your team as long as you want them, but the WWE do drafts or shake-ups every year. It makes absolutely no sense to not just pick the biggest names first. Punk getting drafted above Iyo Sky will make me sad until at least tomorrow. Rubbish. You can tell Punker is back on his way to rude health, on the weights and feeling sexy again. He absolutely loves cutting the sleeves off his shirts when he feels like his arms deserve to be seen.

Breathe easy, everyone. Odyssey Jones has been drafted to Raw.

I can't even begin to fathom the kayfabe reasoning behind some of those draft picks. Iyo Sky getting drafted above Punk and Hunk has to signal the end of the new boom era. It's over. Done. Someone tell The Rock he can stay in Hollywood.

I think the final test of Punk's damascene like conversion to a life of good humour and good grace would be him being a fourth round draft pick on Monday, after schlubs like Nakamura. As it is, I suspect he'll be picked ahead of Drew and it'll make DM Hunk sad.

Multiple times, to be fair. There was a draft pool of eligible picks for Friday's draft, and Heyman did a whole segment withdrawing Roman from the draft.

Darby Allin should have climbed Everest where he'd be safe, instead he's been managing the danger of downtown New York where he, first, broke his foot and now? He's got himself hit by a bus. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6SnFF6OAnu/?igsh=bDU0eHZicXdidTlz He'll even unintentionally take the big bumps..