Daaaaaad!

6 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

us

Yes, it seems you’re a big fan.

“At least Triple H can’t sign Adam Cole up, so we won’t be subjected to his old NXT lot being forced up the card without justification”

“Oh.”

2 hours ago, MungoChutney said:

I can't be sure so thought I'd ask: you know this is a different John Hughes, yeah? 

I do now, yeah. About ten minutes after I posted this in fact. I guess it’s appropriate that the thread starts with a Scottish football fan making a wildly inaccurate statement having failed to read something properly - sets the tone for the season ahead!

Well @SpiritOfTheForest prediction of Motherwell hiring John Hughes won’t be coming true…

(edit: it’s not the same one of course, as anyone who spent five minutes reading properly or paying proper attention would’ve realised)

Not sure what the short illness was at this point, but still terribly sad news. RIP.

5 hours ago, ThumpSquids said:

The music alone deserves some award or other. 

Yeah, absolutely. I love how they blend notable classical music in with the modern compositions too. ‘Sleepytime’ in particular has to be up there for the sheer quality of the animation and storytelling over such a short period of time.

Personal favourite episode has to be ‘Takeaway’ though. The music grows more frantic as events in the episode unfold, and that feeling of just wanting to get through these five minutes so you can get the kids home for dinner and have your spring rolls in peace and quiet… safe to say every dad must’ve been through it at least once! Yet as usual, Bandit rolls with the punches, embraces it and pulls through for his children.

I’ve seen criticism levelled that he’s an unrealistic ideal of what a father should be, but I don’t agree - instead I think he’s just a normal dad character who makes the right decisions in a way I wish I would more often. It’s caused me to really examine how I act with my two kids and I can honestly say I’m better for it.

Oh, and Bing becomes more terrifying when you consider that he could squash Flop like a grape if he wanted to. And he definitely would. 

Some quite deliberate wordplay there I feel.

Ultimately this is the perfect opportunity for WWE to score some easy PR goals. Make it seem like Vince was the problem and it’s all going to be the land of milk and honey from now on. Just look at how people reacted to SummerSlam. Some fans are so desperate for there to be actual change that they’re already clinging on to the most minimal of alterations. 

The DX blackface thing is especially intriguing having watched the Table for 3 with Faarooq, Mark Henry and Godfather.  At one point they suddenly go out of their way to say how it wasn’t offensive and that they thought it was really funny, all in a nicely wrapped up WWE-produced interview.

All this time I’ve thought I was CBBC all the way, but this has been an eye opener. All the good shit was on CITV wasn’t it? Although I did watch Blue Peter, there’s just no way that Grange Hill and The Demon Headmaster could compete with Fun House or Finders Keepers. Plus CITV had Thomas the Tank Engine, so they had the advantage from an early age.

Say what you like (plenty do, and rightfully so) but it seems like the name 1PW does seem to still hold some specific value, at least at the Doncaster Dome. Plus the tickets are only being sold through The Dome’s own box office, so a quick glance at the ticket availability map seems to corroborate the numbers announced.

I’ll admit that I was a fully paid-up card carrying member of the 1PW following in 2006 or so, but even I didn’t expect interest to this level.

2 hours ago, Loki said:

So you’re saying that WWE would fit perfectly with their key demographic?

No, I’m saying they already have that demographic cornered and wouldn’t need to waste money on a sleazy business that is generally considered beneath most forms of entertainment to sew up an audience they already have captive.

3 hours ago, DavidB6937 said:

What do you mean "any of the audience" exactly?

They have Star Wars and Marvel. I’m fairly confident that already provides 99% of any potential audience that owning WWE would bring.

4 hours ago, Loki said:

sell the whole thing to Disney.

Cannot imagine they would possibly be interested. Why would they? They don’t need any of the audience wrestling brings.

Big time Ben Swain energy from Zahawi there.

I'd say there is zero risk of that because it's already the case.

6 hours ago, Marc Ambush Solo said:

Sinistera is about to sign witb Leeds United

Appropriate name for that club

Is it just a regular simp reaction that’s causing it, or have I missed something that Liv Morgan has done that’s made her all of a sudden very worthwhile and wholeheartedly deserving of a title reign? I’m not saying I dislike her, in fact I really “nothing” her as I’m sure most people did for the majority of her WWE run. But there seems to be this groundswell of ‘you deserve it’ type reactions on Twitter and I’m just curious to get a response from a place where people are (mostly) reasoned and measured. 

8 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

It served to show that “Hell in a Cell is so dangerous even the referees aren’t safe!!!” but I don’t think he did another match after that.

Weirdly enough, I was convinced this was the case as well, so was shocked to see him turn up at WrestleMania XX! I think he only did a single match on the card (a quick Google after typing this shows it's Christian vs. Chris Jericho) and the Cell match is generally considered to be his 'proper' retirement.

17 minutes ago, LaGoosh said:

The story behind this match is baffling to me. No idea what's going on at all.

Typical WWE innit? Tag partners who might not get along. Honestly, it's been the same thing for nearly thirty years now and I wish they'd do something original like that other lot down in Jacksonvi- wait

11 minutes ago, Sheffbag said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61843035

Vince steps down

Great Scott!

Well, holy shit.

3 minutes ago, Loki said:

Jeff Jarrett's just been hired to an executive role in WWE.  And Abyss and Jeremy Borash already work there.  So finally, TNA might win the war!

Er...

22 hours ago, Daaaaaad! said:

 

"TNA lost the battle. But Jeff Jarrett won the war."

- The Rise and Fall of WWE, 2024

I literally quoted you in my post, @Loki!

9 minutes ago, Loki said:

I wonder who will end up in charge?  12 months ago you would have said HHH, but now?  Who knows.

"TNA lost the battle. But Jeff Jarrett won the war."

- The Rise and Fall of WWE, 2024

1 hour ago, CavemanLynn said:

A professional, for-profit company?

I mean, it's BritWres, so probably no on both counts.

I don't think even one of us will be surprised reading this news, but still, fucking hell.

Starts to clarify why so many of his family are suddenly taking leaves of absence from WWE.

I didn’t watch Dynamite live, so my entire reaction to having a clip of the main event show up on my Twitter was “Fucking Kyle O’Reilly?”

Ugh. I know NXT didn’t create him or his UE colleagues, but putting them front and centre really makes AEW feel like a bad NXT clone.