Howdy Blog O'Doomers!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and those of you that are Fathers were treated well. I am blessed to have a wonderful father, father-in-law and husband that is the best dad to our wonderful son. To have those three men and that one young man in my life have made me the lucky one.
Keep it clean people!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and those of you that are Fathers were treated well. I am blessed to have a wonderful father, father-in-law and husband that is the best dad to our wonderful son. To have those three men and that one young man in my life have made me the lucky one.
Obviously it's been kind of a solemn week here in the BoD. As a Tampa Bay resident like Mark, I (unknowingly at the time) read about the accident and saw the news updates before the user was matched to the accident. I wish his family well and hope they are providing support for each other.
Off to the sports entertainment world. Am I alone in thinking there is a better than good chance that Daniel Bryan is done in wrestling? One thing my husband always told me about professional athletics, be it sports entertainment or the entertainment of sports, is that rarely does the athlete retire the sport, usually the sport retires the athlete.
Guys like John Elway, Ray Lewis...got to leave the game on their terms and winning championships. Shawn Michaels left wrestling on his terms with a great match. Steve Austin, not so much. Edge was forced out.
Off to the sports entertainment world. Am I alone in thinking there is a better than good chance that Daniel Bryan is done in wrestling? One thing my husband always told me about professional athletics, be it sports entertainment or the entertainment of sports, is that rarely does the athlete retire the sport, usually the sport retires the athlete.
Guys like John Elway, Ray Lewis...got to leave the game on their terms and winning championships. Shawn Michaels left wrestling on his terms with a great match. Steve Austin, not so much. Edge was forced out.
If rehab isn't going like he wants at a certain point he has to look at his career and wonder what more is there to accomplish. From where he started he was able to main event the biggest card of the year and win the main event in front of 75,000 people. How can he top that? I hope he comes back but only if he's 100% healthy. Otherwise I hope he saved well and can live comfortably with his wife so he can have the flexibility to make a choice.
I wanted to post this before USA-Ghana so tonight we've got:
RAW
World Cup Soccer
Baseball and Other Stuff.
I wanted to post this before USA-Ghana so tonight we've got:
RAW
World Cup Soccer
Baseball and Other Stuff.
Keep it clean people!
Huge night tonight!
ReplyDeleteCall me a fool, but I'm expecting a good showing from RAW tonight.
I'm also expecting the US to topple Ghana. USA-A-OK!
What a night!
I just read Michael Shumacher came out of his coma finally, that's some great news.
ReplyDeleteRIP Tony Gwynn.
ReplyDeleteI would be shocked if Bryan retires. We remember all the serious neck injuries that guys came back from in the 2000s right?
ReplyDeleteAnd of course people start showing up here... assholes.
ReplyDeleteClint Dempsey scores...
ReplyDeleteDEMPSEY!!!
ReplyDeleteKinda sad to see Ziggler forced to tweet out about Kevin Hart being on Raw.
ReplyDeleteGood goal too
ReplyDeleteNow the U.S. just needs to play defense for the next 92 or so minutes!
ReplyDeleteFUCK THESE CUSTOMERS!
ReplyDeletewell, that was a furious start.
ReplyDeleteSoccer is so stupid.
ReplyDeleteThere was literally zero times I thought when I was playing kickball as a 12 year old that this should be a legit sport.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent.
ReplyDeleteIt's too slow for me. I get that you have to be well conditioned to run across a large field for 90+ minutes and it takes skill to handle a ball with your feet like that, but I just can't get into it.
ReplyDeleteInjuries in soccer are about as legit as Earl Hebner throwing up an X sign.
ReplyDeleteDEMPSEYYYYYYY
ReplyDeleteI agree. Patrick Dempsey is a fine actor and damn handsome human being.
ReplyDeleteWatching it when you don't like it - even stupider!
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching it.
ReplyDeleteand yet despite what you may think it the most popular sport in the world.
ReplyDeleteDat sideburn
ReplyDeleteIt's not popular.
ReplyDeleteOK complaining about a sport you're not even watching is even fucking STUPIDER
ReplyDeleteI'm pretending that all the people caring about soccer are Canadian.
ReplyDeletePosting about shit in a open thread is sooooooo dumb.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Soccer blows!
ReplyDeletelol.
ReplyDeleteSouth Louisiana born, still live here (although a few miles north of where I started).
ReplyDeleteI just happen to like a lot of sports. Including "non-American" ones.
"Hey let's just keep the game going and not tell anyone for how long!"-soccer inventer.
ReplyDelete"waaah waaah you're all so dumb, everyone is so dumb but me" -- all of your posts,ever, in a nutshell
ReplyDeletewhat are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteI mean, you're not wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe extra time nonsense.
ReplyDeleteNot usually, no.
ReplyDeleteIn Souther California, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days
ReplyDeleteIt's just amusing me is all, not necessarily here but especially reddit is just on fire with people suddenly totally into this.
ReplyDeleteI'm at work, so I'm watching Always Sunny on the ipad instead.
He doesn't know.
ReplyDeleteOf course people in Ghana play soccer. Why else is there to do in Ghana besides kick a ball?
ReplyDeleteIn my area the only people that care about soccer are rich kids. I laugh that America took a sport people play in the slums of Rio and turned it into a country club crowd sport.
ReplyDeleteAvoid getting eliminated from battle royales?
ReplyDeleteDid Ghana have to shut down all its economic activity for this game? I remember when we played them in '06 or something that they had to do so for people to have enough electricity to watch the game.
ReplyDeleteHE KICKED THE BALL ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE OTHER GUY. HE THEN KICKED IT BACK!
ReplyDeleteHOW FUCKING THRILLING!
not meant as an insult or anything like that. but I always wondered why the US is almost the only country (and of course: definitely the only western country) in which football is not that popular.
ReplyDeleteSome people like kicking, guy.
ReplyDeleteThis gimmick is already staler than Cena. Even he's yelling SAME OLD SHIT
ReplyDeleteYeah, but look how they turned out. Austin retired relatively shortly thereafter from compounding injuries. Worst case scenario he turns into Kurt Angle. And noone wants to be 2014 Kurt Angle.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and the addictions to pain killers too. Bryan SEEMS a little smarter.
ReplyDeleteNot everything, but yeah, it's a similar situation with their electric grid.
ReplyDeletehttp://screamer.deadspin.com/ghana-is-rationing-electricity-for-tonights-world-cup-m-1591457850/+barryap
Honestly, I don't know. I wonder if it has anything to do with our obsessive need to be different. You like tea? Fuck you we like coffee. You drive on the left, fuck you we drive on the right. You play soccer, fuck you we fall asleep watching baseball, that kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteWell, I can at least appreciate their dedication to the game.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing more gayer than calling a field of play, a pitch.
ReplyDeleteI sort of like the way the U.S. coach came into this World Cup. "We're not good enough to win." Cracked me up.
ReplyDeleteThe kicking of poor people in the head by riot cops after these guy lose is more exciting than the actual soccer.
ReplyDeleteactually driving on the right is a lot more common.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Countries_driving_on_the_left_or_right.svg
Well, he's German. He knows better.
ReplyDeleteIt's amusing to watch him try so desperately to get something going though.
ReplyDeleteIt's more a specific "we wanna be different" from England thing I think, hence the tea and all that. Which makes sense given that we had to revolt and all.
ReplyDeleteAnd Altidore comes up badly... oh shit.
ReplyDeleteI think it's because we didn't invent the sport. Americans invented the NFL-style football, baseball, and basketball. People gravitate to those sports and they are more popular among the more athletic-minded of our population.
ReplyDeleteI'm always out the door when soccer comes on.
ReplyDeleteConsidering it's the most watched sport in the world...can't be that bad
ReplyDeleteWHY THE FUCK ARE YOU POSTING THEN?
ReplyDeleteAltidore...out the door? Get it?
ReplyDeleteI think that's a good example of a "culture clash". a lot Germans (and especially those from Swabia) are usually more about understatement than about "bragging" (even if they are the favorite).
ReplyDeleteSigh. Good no-sell.
ReplyDeleteAt least in Seattle the only people I see that care about soccer are exactly the rich white hipster douches that you describe.
ReplyDeleteThere's also the huge hispanic contingent on the east side of the state but the difference is that they come (at least within a few generations) from Mexico and they *actually go outside and play* soccer as well as being a fan of it, which is something none of those bearded fruits would dare try.
C'mon! That Altidore joke is gold!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/usa/10901944/USA-World-Cup-2014-fever-shows-popularity-of-soccer-is-growing.html
ReplyDelete"the combination of a friendly time zone and an irresistible sense of cultural zeitgeist is expected to make America the second-biggest overseas television audience after Germany."
Ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
ReplyDeletealthough there is nothing wrong with just being a fan.
ReplyDelete(I mean I doubt that every (US) football, baseball or basketball fan really plays the sport. there are dozens and dozens of people who enjoy watching it more than actually playing)
I'd personally the worst case neck injury guy was Benoit.
ReplyDeleteOh no, for sure. I'm not meaning to insinuate that they suck because they don't play, I meant to insinuate that they suck because they're hipsters.
ReplyDeleteit seems like the news reports all indicate that the surgery has made dbry's condition worse
ReplyDeleteJohanssen, the job is yours. Good luck, kid.
ReplyDeleteI've seen every game so far, USA doing well. There's more goals in this though.
ReplyDeleteMalpractice! Send in Clarence Mason!
ReplyDeleteIn truth, I feel bad for Bryan, but this is reminding me of what Paul Orndorff went through. In that case, he'd better just retire.
Just name-checked on ESPN:
ReplyDeleteJoe Biden and Leo DiCaprio. Two people with about the same usefulness in politics. NONE.
we watch oiled up grown men in their underwear lay their hands on one another and pretend to be made at each other, your argument is invalid
ReplyDeleteand to be fair: it's very common that the most popular sports are often those in which athletes of the own country are good (or even: the best) at. for example in Germany tennis reached the height of its popularity with Boris Becker and Steffi Graf.
ReplyDeleteSounds like time for somebody to get an "evil surgeon" gimmick!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Biden thinks he has a shot at the 2016 presidency makes me laugh. The guy is touted as a foreign policy genius, yet most of his ideas have been terrible or proven wrong over the last 20+ years.
ReplyDeletePaging Zack Ryder......
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibdv-nO6CyI
ReplyDeleteTrue and I think that has something to do with it as well. If the U.S. was dominating the World Cup or contending in the top 4 each year, I'm sure there'd be more people following it. I'm a casual follower of the U.S. team at World Cup time, but I don't get into the qualifying games, Confederation's Cup, or MLS stuff. I couldn't even name a single team in the Champion's League despite ESPN trying to make me care.
ReplyDeleteLOL it's seriously less important to people than curling up here.
ReplyDeletecult is so broken up about farva that he's taken on the gimmick of hating on stuff for the sake of hating on it
ReplyDeletewhat a tribute to his fallen opponent
Did anyone debunk that whole WWE Jet going to Chicago and flying to where Raw is tonight thing? I saw it on a couple of forums with a flight tracker associated with it.
ReplyDeleteget chloe obrian on the case
ReplyDeletemmmm, goth chloe....
TIMMAY!
ReplyDeleteBrought to you by the same people that brought you NORAD reports of Santa!
ReplyDeleteMan I haven't seen Americans drop like flies like *this* since 9/11!
ReplyDeleteDamn, spoke too soon, he got up!
ReplyDeleteDempsey just took sweet chin music...
ReplyDeleteI think even an MMA fighter would drop off that kick. He'd get right back up, but he'd go down for a second.
ReplyDeleteBecause that is way, way, way, way, way less conspicuous than Punk just taking an Alaska flight.
ReplyDeleteUSA...
ReplyDeletehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSHNT6CIAE-cDV.jpg
vs Ghana
ReplyDeletehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSIjB2CAAE-1nR.jpg
livin' a lie, livin' a lie!
ReplyDeleteOr would it be cleat chin music?
ReplyDeleteFucking awesome, both of them.
ReplyDeletei'm not your guy, friend!
ReplyDeleteIs Bryan supposed to be on Raw tonight? I'm going and I have no idea what to expect.
ReplyDeletescotty doesnt know
ReplyDeleteLooks like Wayne Brady doing an SNL character.
ReplyDeleteexpect MIZ
ReplyDeleteNOBODY expect the MIZ
ReplyDeleteSHUT OUT!
ReplyDeleteAnd hopefully Miz's Dad.
ReplyDeletehe wouldve gotten away with ti, too, if it werent for us meddling blog otters
ReplyDeleteANYBODY except the Miz, you mean.
ReplyDeleteCheckmate.
ReplyDeleteI remember being on a wrestling message board during the '06 World Cup or so and having one of our guys go down in a heap bleeding against Italy (I think McBride). One of the poster cracked me up by saying that McBride intentionally bladed to get a call.
ReplyDeletePart of the problem was that all those guys returned and just went back to wrestling the hard-hitting style they were known for. Daniel is so talented that he could just work a safe mat style and get it over.
ReplyDeleteCome ON Ghana... man.
ReplyDeleteimo Muntari can consider himself glad he wasn't booked in that situation with Jones.
ReplyDeleteYeah Portugal's Pepe got straight red for ... pretty much the same deal.
ReplyDeletewhat about chavo's pepe?
ReplyDeletehaters GHANA hate
ReplyDelete...i got nuthin'
Poor Chavito. Poor, poor Chavito...
ReplyDeleteNaww, I ain't hatin' dawg, I just like watching The States get beat at sports. You guys are like the Miami Heat of the world.
ReplyDeleteI like the ref's reaction: Harsh but fair tackle on Jones, Jones incidentally clips Muntari's head on the way down with his foot, and Muntari seemed unhappy with it. BUT, he didn't actually throw anything at Jones.
ReplyDeleteGive them the lecture, tell Muntari to cut the crap, and play on. I'd basically see him as being on a "yellow warning" at this point.
Not in soccer.
ReplyDeletei was gonna write players GHANA play, but went to haters since it's the standard line
ReplyDeletedamn, imagine being the miami heat of the miami heat!
ReplyDeleteYep, you're alone in thinking Bryan will retire. Just like you were alone in expecting him to face Kane at WM when it was obvious he wouldn't.
ReplyDeleteApparently there's some type of soccer tournament taking place currently.
ReplyDeleteAnd Kevin Hart.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering if maybe Bryan would be better served by retiring. I know there's almost no chance he will, because nobody really does, but you have to wonder if it gets to a point where it's no longer worth it. You look at how the careers of guys like Dynamite Kid ended and you just hope Bryan has a better future.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's making BrazilianKid's home crazy to live in.
ReplyDeleteThe way it should be.
ReplyDeleteNo I meant just generally!
ReplyDeleteBuck Nasty-1
ReplyDeleteCult-0
I was surprised at how nice Jones was to Muntari through it all
ReplyDeleteBryan seems like the guy that is happy with his accomplishments and won't go crazy.
ReplyDeletePepe loves to fight...can't go game without a fight
ReplyDeleteDid you see the story last year of the game somewhere in Brazil where after arguing, the referee stabbed a player, and then the fans (mostly the players family) stormed the field, beheaded and dismembered the ref, and then left his head on a pike on the field?
ReplyDeleteSoccer is serious shit in Brazil.
Yeah, right up until ONE too many diving headbutts scrambles his brain, and he becomes BENOIT 2.0!
ReplyDeleteIt's serious in a lot of places, the riots they have are incredible.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately some people think is more important than education.
ReplyDeleteOnly sucks to study in Brazil's matches in my house,since I'm not having any classes on their games.
ReplyDeleteEurope is even more crazy.
ReplyDeleteObviously you are on team educate.
ReplyDeleteIf the game wasn't so boring there wouldn't be any riots! I'm convinced that the reason people scream and sing at soccer games is for want of something exciting to happen.
ReplyDeleteregarding riots or the perceived importance of football?
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteBoth.
ReplyDeleteOr becasue people think the World cup is something stupid and should invested in other areas.
ReplyDeleteI think his are more protective.
ReplyDeleteSounds like rebelling wrestling fans.
ReplyDeleteGot my Theory of History result tests.
ReplyDelete7,5/10.
Nothing wrong being on average, that is average right?
ReplyDeletewouldn't agree on the "riots"-part, at least not as a general assumption.
ReplyDeleteThe average is 5.
ReplyDeletewhich is especially understable when talking about stadiums that cost millions but will probably hardly ever been used after the World Cup.
ReplyDeleteBut she expected more out of me.I promised her that would be better in the next one.
ReplyDeleteThan that's good. As long as you pass with an acceptable grade, you should be good.
ReplyDeleteAnd people being kicked out.Private companies taking money.Near slave work in the construction of those stadiums,police brutality.
ReplyDeleteClassic post-Raw hijinks - Undertak-a-Rooni:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3hGULdtTiw
He certainly seems to be more level-headed than, say, Kurt Angle (although that probably isn't saying much). The thing is, he could very well just come back because he's still in a position where he needs the money, then fuck himself up even worse.
ReplyDeletethe US team seriously needs to get back into the game right now. otherwise it seems it won't take long until Ghana can catch up.
ReplyDeleteThey better use those stadiums after then.
ReplyDeleteNot really sure if you can actually do that spot safely.
ReplyDeleteThey were badly build.
ReplyDeleteWell, your knees take the fall, but you spare your head.
ReplyDeleteLETS GO GHANA / CENA SUCKS
ReplyDeleteif you build a football stadium that can hold ten thousands of people but the cities' team is usually playing in the third division in front of a few hundred people, what DO you use it for?
ReplyDeleteSo, for the non-soccer fan on the blog, if the US wins, would this be considered an upset? Or is the U.S. expected to win this? I seriously don't know, and I'm just asking because I know Ghana has knocked the U.S. out of the last two World Cups.
ReplyDelete*rimshot*
ReplyDeleteNo,it's a jobbers match.
ReplyDeleteIs that by design? Like...is anyone having classes during games or is that stuff temporarily suspended for national soccer/drunk?
ReplyDeleteTHANK you
ReplyDeleteSomeone a few weeks ago said it was a .....STING!
ReplyDeleteOnly for the cup.
ReplyDeletePublic executions?
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome.
ReplyDeleteCan the Americans at least be the 1-2-3 Kid?
ReplyDeleteNo,because my semester schedule will be delayed and the content will be rushed.
ReplyDeleteAs Daniel Tosh said, Americans pretend to care about soccer every 4 years.
ReplyDeleteOwww. I have bad knees and that just sounds awful.
ReplyDeleteWell,11 to 1 handicap,of course.
ReplyDeleteSame as politics, AMIRITE?
ReplyDeleteSo, you're telling me there's a chance!
ReplyDeleteShouldn't have laughed at that, but well done.
ReplyDeleteIts a good thing for the us that Ghana don't have their shooting boots on
ReplyDelete6/10 for the joke.
ReplyDeleteBut then we're gonna end up hanging out with China.....
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way. Years of running, basketball, and being on my feet at work have taken their toll. Every time I see Hunter do the pedigree, I just think, "Damn."
ReplyDeletePassed on buying tickets to RAW. Hope I don't regret it.
ReplyDeleteI saw a story on that on Outside the Lines. Terrible shit.
ReplyDeleteI'm on my way back up and my miss some of it. Plus if you don't like Kevin Hart, you regret nothing.
ReplyDeleteme at the end of the night: http://i.imgur.com/VQxJV.gif
ReplyDeleteChild prostitution.
ReplyDeleteJust got to hold on for another 23 minutes or so.
ReplyDeleteIs TPrincess seriously the only female on the BOD? I thought WWE told us women were 40% of the audience.
ReplyDeleteI know. That's some awful shit going on over there.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately. At least, it sure as hell feels that way sometimes.
ReplyDeleteNo, we have a couple of others that I'm aware of.
ReplyDeleteWWE also thinks there are hundreds of millions of people with an "affinity" for their product.
ReplyDelete