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Absolutely awful news. I mentioned briefly in the UKFF anniversary thread I was minorly involved in Britwres as a trainee back around 2005-2007 and this was around the time PAC, while still having matches at working men’s clubs like Billingham Synthonia, was starting to get bookings for Dragon Gate, PWG and ROH. He was the example of someone who made it. As a young lad from the Northeast not much older than me, he had a quality even way back then that stood out amongst everyone else and it was no surprise he was the one making it to greener pastures out the other side. It was very little surprise to see him make it to WWE and AEW. 40 years old is no age to go at all. His friends and family have my condolences.

You just reminded me we watched this a couple of weeks ago and you have the same thoughts as me mostly. The bit you have in spoiler tags went on way too long to remain funny, and then the end stretch felt rushed and all over the place.

Resident Evil (2026) 90 fast paced minutes of slapstick comedy and gore. Like a violent Mr Bean. Don’t care if it wasn’t related to any of the games, I felt it fit into the universe absolutely perfectly and the games nearly all have confusing shit plots anyway so this did it a service ignoring them. Blockers Was worried this wasn’t going to be that good but it ended up being really funny. A lot better than expected. Feels like it’s going to be a Superbad knockoff but comes into it’s own. The Departed Had high expectations of this but it’s a slow slog, even by Scorcese standards. Everyone has mental BAWSTON accents. Turned it off maybe just over an hour in. Might go back to it. The Heat Felt like for a while Melissa McCarthy was in everything and thank god she’s not anymore. Sandra Bullock does not have the charisma to keep up so it’s a one man show. Moonstruck Cemented now as one of my favourite films. A real comfort watch. Smart, funny, a little odd. Despite it being mostly about cheating it has a real romance to it.

To think in another timeline we’d all be celebrating 20 years of OTTER Forum

I’ve always been keen to know this too as whenever I donate I worry it might be a drop in the ocean.

Been posting here since I was a teenager after TAFKA Marky B Kraze introduced me to it while watching Misawa tapes after a training session. I have inadvertently met probably a few of you at shows when I was a trainee, and some of you may possibly remember me once as a crowd plant Dragon Aisu and Magik “attacked” at some random show in Coventry back in like 2005. I also worked the merch stand at the 1PW show where Kid Kash assaulted a camerawoman. I never stuck with the wrestling training and thankfully to be honest as nearly everyone I met during my brief period in BritWres got either publicly or privately outed during the #MeToo movement. Early days of this place I was no good. Childish, immature, posted just real braindead shit and made enemies out of the likes of Mr Seven, Kendal Mintcake and probably a few others. Thankfully I did a lot of growing up and I do remember getting a genuinely nice feeling when Devon Malcolm and Butch off-handedly said I was a decent poster. Really felt like I’d shaken the shit reputation I had. Eventually became a bit more vocal when it came to off-topic and after all these years got voted Poster of the Year which is bonkers when you think of how I started on here. I’ve debated leaving a a few times lately, not in a stroppy “won a tenner on the horses” way but more that I’m almost entirely detoxed from the internet these days and this is the last consistent website I visit other than BBC Sport. Couldn’t bring myself to do it though, it’s a very comforting place to know is always around.