d-d-d-dAz

4 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

What’s Cody’s obsession of signing for a company and then not being able to fight for the world title because of a stipulation he had in a match he lost?

Last night read to me like the fix comes in on night 1. 

Night 1 is the night of schmozz. Drew will be there, the Bloodline will be there, KO, sami, Heyman the lot... and it'll end with The Rock costing Roman explicitly, giving Cody a clean swing at the title.

It seems the best way to go to get all their shit in, without overshadowing Cody's win.

26 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

I'm like 5 minutes into Smackdown and it already feels like the hottest era in WWE's history.

Here's The Rock looking like a megastar, oh here's Roman Reigns looking like a megastar, don't forget Cody Rhodes the megastar, and here's Seth Rollins, then there's Logan Paul who's a megastar... oops, don't forget KSI who's a huge star in his world, and here's Randy Orton who's a big star too.

It's just a constant stream of stars being stars. And Seth Rollins.

The big Prime bottle on the mat can fuck off though.

It tailed off massively, but that core group of stars is huge.

Gutted that they teased Cody/Rock before moving on to the tag match, as Cody/Rock night one and Cody/Roman night two would have been spectacular.

The Rock's entrance was amazing. Rollins just coming out like a sad sack to Cody's music was absolutely hilarious. It's like if the Two Man Power Trip had headlined a pay per view against Undertaker and Essa Rios at this point. They're not even hiding it.

I'm like 5 minutes into Smackdown and it already feels like the hottest era in WWE's history.

Here's The Rock looking like a megastar, oh here's Roman Reigns looking like a megastar, don't forget Cody Rhodes the megastar, and here's Seth Rollins, then there's Logan Paul who's a megastar... oops, don't forget KSI who's a huge star in his world, and here's Randy Orton who's a big star too.

It's just a constant stream of stars being stars. And Seth Rollins.

The big Prime bottle on the mat can fuck off though.

On 3/1/2024 at 12:14 PM, d-d-d-dAz said:

I think Joshua might just walk through him. It has that stink about it.

Inevitable.

Ngannou wasn't different, he just didn't have the element of surprise or the good fortune to be facing another man who lacks any fundamental seriousness and struggles to get himself up for things he has no respect for.

Crikey, merciless mocking of CM Punk has instantly turned DM Hunk from my least favourite wrestler on the roster to one of my favourites. What a troll.

It's as close to sounding human Cena has got in ages. That's exactly the sort of joke people Cena's age typically make to young kids wearing an opposition football shirt. 

"Spurs, is it? We'll have you an Arsenal fan before long lad..."

I'm sure this is the inspiration for this thread, but just putting here for all to see as it's so, so good.

11 years. What a lad.

Sting's AEW run was great because they treated him with respect, but also they created a pool for him and allowed him to be the biggest fish in that pool.

WWE insisted on forcing him into their house style, in with their main eventers in their main event style matches... and then didn't want to actually present him at that level because WCW or something.

I think it boils down to; AEW's booking of him has been so clever because they realised he couldn't go in there as a singles with the big names anymore, so they set clear parameters for who he interacted with, and made clear he was always the biggest fish. WWE's was shit because they chucked him in with their big fish with the primary objective of proving he wasn't as big a fish.

Fish.

The Nasty Boyz only being 45 in 2010 has absolutely done me in.

The 'ancient' wrestlers of that 2000-2015 were nowhere near as old as they seemed at the time. Crikey.

Cody 'The Alien' Rhodes is many things but bland is absolutely not one of them.

Everything he is and does is a bit 'extra', as the kids say. If anything, I'd say the most compelling criticism of Rhodes might be that he's a bit much.

Bit still, it's not really about him. He was a cypher in many ways for years long frustrations with wrestling, where it actively discourages watching year round and engaging with the regular roster characters.

"Move aside Cody and his fans, it's time for The Rock and the vague hope someone who reads the ESPN website might convert to a Network subscriber, or a lapsed middle aged fan might return and buy a t-shirt"

I mean, it makes business sense but fuck off.

I want my League Cup squad to play in the final if they're the ones that got the team there.

12 hours ago, air_raid said:

One things for sure with this monster tag for night one, they’re finally going to make the real most of the event being spread over two nights, like some of the better two night Wrestle Kingdoms. It’s going to piss on that “stupendous” one.

EDIT - the graphics for Mania showing both dates across the bottom are funny, makes it sound like the match is happening twice.

FURTHER EDIT - I love how the crop means we can’t even see Seth’s Silver Medal. Only Drew cares about it at this point.

I presume this is a fan made graphic, as surely WWE aren't putting out something that says 'Seth Rollins vs Cody Rhodes' in the middle?

The mere thought that they considered doing that is rushing back seeing that there.

4 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

This is absolutely terrifying.

I hope you're all b-b-b-better soon Daz.

Very kind, thank you.

It is terrifying, as there's a total stillness in your body for like 2 or 3 seconds that just feels so unnatural and horrible. Just... there's nothing happening inside for a bit.

It's why when the doc says 'I don't think it'll be anything to worry about', you sort of just have to internalise the thoughts of "nothing to worry about? You fucking sure mate?".

5 minutes ago, hallicks said:

Covid is such a fuck. Just the, y’know, 200 deaths in the last week. Blows my mind how normalised it is now. No boosters for working age people, no paxlovid for working age people, just get seriously ill for a few days with usually weeks of recovery and potentially months or years of the virus just hanging around your system causing all kinds of havoc. Cheers tories!

Sorry @d-d-d-dAz not trying to armchair diagnose you, it just reminded me what a shitter covid is. I hope it’s nothing too serious and you’re back to full pelotonning soon. 

To be honest, I've been trying to downplay the covid thing as I don't want to sound like one of those tinfoil hat guys, but both the GP and the specialist have now said they think it's more likely that than it is lifestyle specifically (as I say, I'm a big lad but got a bit of muscle still on the frame, the weight fluctuates a bit and I've always maintained fairly decent cardio fitness - at my most out of shape I could still do 10k walks or jog for half hour).

It is mad to think the damage covid still causes, if it does turn out to be that.

My heart seems to have gone down the Kermit, or whatever the potentially non-serious version of that is.

Before Christmas I'd got fit as a fiddle and could do 60 or even 90 minutes on the Peloton, doing the hard classes and whatnot. I hadn't dieted with it so weight was broadly the same, but whatever.

I got ill at Christmas with Covid, and the first workout back was a bit of light yoga and I passed out after 15 minutes. Presumed it was just a bit of post-covid gip, so gave it another week and since I've been able to do 30 minutes running every now and again (though far harder to recover than prior to Christmas). Anyway, last month or so my resting heart rate seems to have dropped from the 60s into the low 50s, and my heart keeps stopping at night. Every night for weeks up at 3am as my heart just completely stops every 20 seconds or so. 

I went to see a GP, who sent me to a cardiologist... he's broadly confident it's nothing serious (though maybe a bit non-committal for my liking), but is sending me for an Echo tomorrow and then getting a 7 day monitor fitted later in the week.

Bit gutted to be honest, as its making it a) harder for me to commit to exercising in case my heart pops and b) paradoxically, it's had me comfort eating shit food which makes it worst.

36 years old, 18 stone and a dickie ticker? Good grief. Where did it all go so wrong? (Not a question that needs answering, you bastards).

Please tell me this is edited...

2 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Apart from having him fuck off Dazzler, what would get you on board?

The problem is, nothing but fucking off.

He's such a huge star, that he can't not be the centre of attention at worst or a massive distraction at best.

If he was back fucking around with Logan Paul or something, or if Cody wasn't in the picture, I'd have no beef. But there's a simple, singular story to tell about the Blonde weirdo beating the final level boss.

Instead, we're going to have all these satellite dickheads knocking about, and distractions like 'will seth screw cody?' Or 'will the rock screw Roman?'.

He's just too big a star to naturally slot into a supporting role, which is all that's needed here.

I still can't be arsed with The Rock, but the utter disdain in his voice when he talks about Seth Rollins is wonderful.

Clown show.

I don't know. I'd still rather he fucked off.

56 minutes ago, Loki said:

As much as I'm up for laughing at ol' Hollywood, which bit of this is him saying it's all scripted?  Isn't he saying exactly the opposite, trying to claim that it's actually got real and personal?  And the video is a normal hype vid as far as I can tell.

I generally hate the shoot-work bollocks but in this case their real life connections are the entire story so they can't avoid it.

I don't know about this.

I don't think anyone gains by them ever trying to get a story over by how it's usually fake but not this time. 

But my broader point is he's been working over time pointing out its fakeness and how it's scripted, because I suspect he doesn't really want to be playing the heel.

I think they could talk about the family connections without talking about scripts, or pointing out everything else is fake.

I think Joshua might just walk through him. It has that stink about it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C39z5cwuf7w/?igsh=MmNqZ3d3c2NudnF6

The nervous breakdown continues apace on ol' Dwayne's social media pages.

"It's all fake lads... yeah, scripted... I'm a good guy!"

As good as the TV may be between now and Mania, people better not retrospectively cast this as a great heel run in a few years time. It's at the point where he could actually learn a few things from Logan Paul and Grayson Waller.

What a muscly wally.

These Saudi events are living proof that the absolute *best* marketing is... when you've got a shit tonne of money and no real worry about ROI.

Still, good laugh whilst His Excellency can be arsed.

Get him down York Hall, give him a real feel for it.

I think expecting people to live by an arbitrarily high moral bar is something that you used to only hear from Daily Mail loons.

Every time there was an Occupy protest, they'd sneer and say 'ooh look they've got Apple laptops and starbucks coffees', like that somehow invalidated their opinions.

People should expect people not to commit heinous crimes, and if they do they should expect them to be prosecuted. That's about it.

2 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

Do we? Who are they? I don't know of anyone that I'm dealing with, even occasionally, who is remotely on a level of these pieces of shit and I don't know of anyone who I'm supporting in any way who comes close either. If I did, I wouldn't be. That's the usual cop out to justify watching this garbage. Nobody has to stop watching but don't give the rest of us this bollocks.

If you've not watched a movie that had involvement from Harvey Weinstein since the #MeToo allegations i'd be absolutely amazed. Everyone does, all the time. That's engaging with a piece of shit. Should HMV stop selling the DVD's? (or whoever sells films anymore), should they all be pulled from Netflix? Should otherwise progressive actors return their royalties? No, because that's nuts.

It's possible to think Vince McMahon is a piece of shit, without thinking that every wrestler should take a moral stand or whatever. There is absolutely zero reason Punk needs to make a statement, or that it reflects badly on him. It doesn't. 

Also, people can't possibly believe that people with progressive views about the LGBTQ+ community can only work for companies with crystal clean histories and reputations? The majority of people would be out of work.

Life, and work, is a contradiction. Every day we have to engage with, and sometimes work for, companies that have people in their leadership who we'd feel utterly repulsed by on a one to one basis.

Couple that with the fact that in wrestling there are two companies to work for and he's persona non grata in one, plus the shitstorm that I imagine would come if he did say anything combative about Vince, I think this is all much ado about nothing.

It's a uniquely CM Punk pickle that he's judge by higher standards on moral issues, yet would be judged with double standards if he did speak up about Vince or WWE. The amount of articles that'd be published immediately like LOCKER ROOM REACTION AS PUNK SLAMS WWE or ROLLINS STORMS OUT AS PUNK COMMENTS NOT WELCOME or DREW LAUGHS AT PUNK AS HE'S ESCORTED FROM BUILDING... it's just not worth it.

He's better off keeping his nut down and working dickheads like me with Instagram stories about video games.