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@air_raid deserves this one as a thank you for the house show thread 

Great point - awesome dads are awesome!

Dads are awesome!

There is a treasure trove of stories about my mad Mum which I’ll save for another time. A little taster - she’s banned from our local Boots 

Seeing your Dad roll a golden virginia whilst drinking a tea, using the CB and driving an 8 wheeler was a site to behold as a kid. That was my Captain America 

My Dad drove mixers (not as exciting as long distance unfortunately!) and I used to go with him a lot. 

He was based in Oxford when they were building the mini plant. I used to go with him but have to hide in the footwell at the site as no kids allowed. Look how close the concrete depot (red) and mini plant was (blue). I literally spent all day in the footwell shitting myself that I’d get caught 

@SuperBacon you should watch Shed and Buried or Junk and Disorderly, both presented by Henry Coles (who would be my pick for the Future Carking thread, I will be devastated if anything happens to the goofy git). I think they’re on one of those channels like Quest 

Basically they go round finding old motorbikes and other stuff (plates you mention, old petrol cans etc) and restore them to sell on. It’s lovely, lovely TV and I think you’ll feel closer to your Grandad when watching. I certainly feel closer to my old man when I watch as he was into old motorbikes / trucks etc too. 

One cute thing my Dad did that I only found out about after he died - when I was a teen a DeAgostini magazine came out about rally cars and each month you got a model of a different car with the magazine. One of those things where the first one is 50p and then they’re £20 a week

I bought the first one with pocket money as I thought it was quite cool and as I knew Dad liked rallying it might be something we could enjoy together. However my enthusiasm disappeared pretty quickly and after the second issue I lost all interest. 

Fast forward twenty years and I find a box at his house with folders of pristine rally magazines covering the whole run and the models. I guess he was hoping one day I’d mention it again and we’d go through them together, but I never did 🥺

What a nightmare for the guy, absolute rotten luck. 

Hopefully he can spend his recovery at the PC and working with the students there as I think he legit enjoys that. 

Who knows what the future holds, there are other NDAs out there (this one with Janel Grant is $3m and there’s another one for over $7m!) and I dread to think what horrifying things could still come out.

I would be surprised if the classic content disappears but never say never. The old tape trading board powerbomb.org might make a comeback! 

The match didn’t really do much for me honestly but it was cool to see those two together

Another good show and Swerve shone again. He’s the man! Him and Page can feud all year long as far as I’m concerned

Toni Storm may be the best thing in wrestling at the moment, which is something I couldn’t imagine saying a while back. Absolutely incredible as Timeless! I’d happily take little segments like this for the next few weeks. Also enjoyed Fritz Lang getting his head kicked off

My other favourite part of AEW is Darby Allin. The way he just jumped out the ring straight to the outside as if it’s completely normal. I’m absolutely fascinated by him

That’s the first hurdle that will never be jumped for sure. But I think when we started comparing potential damage of a WWE universe virgin entering the Rumble for a cheap pop to one of their biggest stars gloating about the competition on the biggest night of the year the discussion was over, we’ve all moved on matey.

I’m really looking forward to the show tonight. Owens vs Logan Paul should be good and I’m interested in seeing how Reigns works a four way match. His big matches have got a bit of a formula these days and they’re going to have to mix it up. Then the Rumble, where even a bad one is quite good. Plenty to look forward to, I hope you all enjoy it too

Quick Predictions - Reigns wins, Logan Paul wins, ummm Bayley wins the Womens rumble and fuck it let’s say Rocky is last man standing in the mens 

6 minutes ago, Chili said:

WWE only work with anyone not a threat or in direct business against. 

Doors open for AEW then 😁

They won’t agree to it, which I’ve said twice now. It would just be a cool thing to do for the fans, and something that would be immediately relegated to the “yeah that was quite fun at the time” part of your memory within hours of the show finishing, and everyone moves on. No need for talent exchange or any other bullshit. A one off surprise Royal Rumble entrant that isn’t some schlub from NXT

Just now, air_raid said:

I mean, just a thought, but if you highlight another company’s wrestler then a chunk of your fan base might start tuning into their show to see that wrestler. They might really like the show overall and start watching their show instead of yours. Just a thought. 

Other promotions are doing joint PPVs, I don’t think getting chucked out the Royal Rumble after exchanging chops with the Miz is going to have people flocking for the remote. You’ll get a massive pop and it brings a bit of magic back to the Rumble.

Like I said it’s not gonna happen but thinking that it could somehow destroy a chunk of your fan base is mad 

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

I know it won't happen but..

 

 

I was sat on my own drinking cider thinking about this as you do

I wonder that if TK wasn’t such an argumentative prick the two companies could do something like this. Growing up the excitement of the Rumble was thinking about what surprises you would get but it doesn’t feel like that anymore. 

Imagine the two companies could agree to let say Hangman have 20 minutes in the Rumble. What’s the downside for either company really? Like you say it will never happen but it would be incredible for the fans 

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

Yeah there's a reason Disney and others take stuff down all the time. It's not just a free thing where you can put endless amounts of content on there without the cost increasing.

If anything I imagine it'll be like most things on Netflix and a lot of the content will be timed, disappear and then put back again and made a fuss about etc.

Same with places like Amazon and their James Bond movies, or Sky with Harry Potter etc. Hell, even something like McDonalds and their "limited" menu items. It's a very familiar practice now.

Further to Lister’s post - part of the reason streaming services remove things like Harry Potter is that when it’s re uploaded they can push it and attract new viewers / remind old viewers to watch again. It’s designed in part to make users feel the service is being added to a lot more that it actually is.

With regard to Netflix have they ever removed their own shows / films which wasn’t a licensing issue? I can’t recall anything but don’t pay too much attention to it to be honest

Go with FLips, keeps the memory alive for us and is wrestling related 

I can’t imagine the archive disappears under any circumstances. The streaming companies are obsessed with content and all the hard work is already done on the existing Network shows. Either Netflix will take it, WWE will keep it or sell it somewhere else. Amazon used to have entire years worth of CHIKARA shows on Prime, Wrestlemania 3 isn’t going to be left in the cupboard to rot anytime soon 

Just now, Loki said:

I've seen a few things on there but if it had a catchup service I'd probably watch it a lot more as well!

There is a catch-up service you can watch on a browser, it’s called TPTV Encore I think 

Just remembered from this show - crowd signs can be pretty shite in general but 

I CAME

I SCISSORED

I CAME

Was one of the better ones I’ve seen recently 

Those two clocks have absolutely killed me 🤣🤣

My Uncle had to stop my Grandad from driving a few years back. He caught him driving using the dashcam camera that was attached to the ceiling in the car, rather than, y’know, looking out the windscreen. I can’t imagine how unsettling that must have been for other drivers, seeing my Grandad cruising along whilst looking upwards

Sometimes, because I’m a spoilt brat, I sit there watching all this great wrestling and start to get a bit bored or mind wanders on to other things. We’ve never had so much good stuff to watch at our fingertips and occasionally I’ll think I should grow up and watch the news or something

But then matches like Joe vs Hook come along and I’m reminded I FUCKING LOVE THIS STUFF!! I was completely and utterly lost in it. The house could have burnt down around me and I wouldn’t have known. For ten minutes I was Hook. I was Taz. I was there. It was perfection. Joe might be the GOAT, and as much as I loved seeing him in a poncho I am so pleased he’s had this renaissance. Watch this match!!

Wrestlemania 41 - Danielson vs Okada III  😵

It's a real interesting one. With the existing relationship between AEW and NJPW it seems that Okada, Ospreay, Mox, Danielson etc can have the best of both worlds, appearing across both companies at various points in the year. So to actually leave NJPW is a big step and makes me think he's WWE bound. I know Ospreay has left NJPW for AEW but he's never been interested in going to Titan Towers has he? 

It also leaves NJPW with some work to do on the top of the card. Losing Okada is a massive blow for them now. I'm not close to NJPW at the moment (trying hard to catch up!) but I assumed after watching Wrestle Kingdom that Okada would be the big feud with Naito at the top, probably culminating at next years WK. Where do they go now? By most accounts I've read SANADA wasn't a great champion and looking up and down recent cards I don't know what else they've got.

Might actually watch this now

Me and my daughter are watching Takeshi’s Castle at the moment but when that’s done we will give this a spin

I was obsessed with Gladiators when I was a kid! I do wonder if that was the building blocks for me getting into wrestling. Used to get so angry with Wolf that I’d almost be in tears, but then Jet would come out and all would be well

The other thing that kept me engaged was my PE teacher telling us all he was a contestant on it. Every Friday we’d be excited to see if Mr Cookson was going to be on TV that weekend….found out a while back it was all bollocks and he was just taking the piss