On tap for tonight:
WWE Main Event is on the Network tonight at 8pm with Big E taking on Stardust.
The NBA has 11 games on the schedule tonight. At 7pm EST on NBA TV the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the NHL there are also 11 games on the schedule. NBC Sports Network will have the St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado Avalanche starting at 8pm EST.
College Basketball has many games going on tonight. At 7pm EST on ESPN2, Stanford takes on #9 Texas.
And, for a new Evening Thread feature, lets take a look at a relatively unknown great match. Here is Rey Mysterio taking on Juventud Guerrera from 4/21/95 in Mexico's AAA promotion. Feel free to discuss this match in here as well.
WWE Main Event is on the Network tonight at 8pm with Big E taking on Stardust.
The NBA has 11 games on the schedule tonight. At 7pm EST on NBA TV the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the NHL there are also 11 games on the schedule. NBC Sports Network will have the St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado Avalanche starting at 8pm EST.
College Basketball has many games going on tonight. At 7pm EST on ESPN2, Stanford takes on #9 Texas.
And, for a new Evening Thread feature, lets take a look at a relatively unknown great match. Here is Rey Mysterio taking on Juventud Guerrera from 4/21/95 in Mexico's AAA promotion. Feel free to discuss this match in here as well.
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ReplyDeleteWhats up
ReplyDeleteGot my medieval result, passed, one of the few to do it. Killing time since I'm no longer in class, talking with Anna on FB (she lives far away for a visit), Not excited for christmas.
ReplyDeleteI need to just bite the bullet and get cable again for sports, and sports alone. Relying on streams from time to time sucks if I'm blacked out of a game, especially when baseball season starts.
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks of vacation and I'm already bored.
ReplyDeleteThat's the same boat I'm in. However, I spent the day catching up on my WWE wins/losses spreadsheet so I can release it on the blog next week. Also spent time playing Madden.
ReplyDeleteYou doing anything with family for Christmas
ReplyDeleteI'm playing KOF, reading War Cry (even if it's 20 pages a day because I'm lazy), studying Modern History.
ReplyDeleteI still play Madden 2010 for PS3. Franchise mode, baby!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I use 2011 because I have NCAA 11. It's screwed with my mind because I forget how some of these guys were on certain teams/still in the league at that time.
ReplyDeleteI have 2010 NCAA too.
ReplyDeleteJust gonna be me and my parents due so bad blood between my mother and my grandfather, I wish I was with my friends.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to draft in players and see who ends up a bust and who surprises people.
ReplyDeleteStill got today and a half day tomorrow. Then no work for the rest of the year. I don't have Christmas plans so I'm sure I'll be bored by 3pm
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear. Hopefully you and your parents have a good time.
ReplyDeleteGOAL LEAFS!
ReplyDeleteAt least I'm not alone.
ReplyDeleteYeah man. Enjoy that family time while you have it.
ReplyDeleteTebow ended up being the 9th pick of one of the drafts. Noel Devine is badass for me and was a 1st
ReplyDeleteMight turn out to be a okay night, I'm just not in a mood for celebration, just wanna go back to college.
ReplyDeleteI remember in Madden 07 making lots of trades to draft Adrian Petersen, but he ended up not panning out.
ReplyDeleteAJ Green and Julio Jones were both end of the second round picks. Riley Cooper was a top 20 pick though.
ReplyDeleteThat's something not many people say.
ReplyDeleteI hope so, even with the bad blood surrounding.
ReplyDeleteSideshow Bob episodes are so good.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I miss that place. At least I had something to do.
ReplyDeleteAll his Bart killing episodes are top notch.
ReplyDeleteKelsey Grammar did the voice, right?
ReplyDeleteYes
ReplyDeleteOh man, I finally clipped a particularly troubling toenail, and there's chicken on the way. Not a bad evening, overall.
ReplyDeleteDid Rey Mysterio even go to school? He had to be about 19 or 20 in this match. And was in WCW a year later. No wonder his body quit on him. He's probably had about 19,000 matches
ReplyDelete'08 for PC (but with 2014 rosters and more realistic uniforms that I got off the internet). I take screenshots of the games & use them as my desktop slideshow.
ReplyDeleteHe started when he was 12 as a mini.
ReplyDeleteLizzy Caplan: Hot or not?
ReplyDeleteHe was 20 there and made his debut at 18. He worked such a crazy style for so long that its no wonder his knees are shot. Don't get why people hate on the guy, either. He revolutionized the light heavyweight style in America.
ReplyDeleteWatching 1998 RAW, Jim Ross still had a tendency to do the whole "This is great!" stuff, but at least when he did it it came off as more genuine and less fake. Maybe because Ross actually sounded like he was having a blast doing what he did.
ReplyDeleteAbout a 7.
ReplyDeleteI give it a 8.
ReplyDeleteI play Franchise for all 32 teams. I simulate half the season and play the rest. I am up to the current season now. I play in spurts.
ReplyDeletePeople just hate on him now because it's time for him to retire. Also, his matches started to become full of unrealistic spots (619).
ReplyDelete1995 Rey Mysterio is *amazing* to watch. He didn't give even one shit about his body. He was just throwing himself everywhere. It's amazing he can even walk right now.
ReplyDeleteNot especially. I mean, she's fine, nothing notable.
ReplyDeleteI watched some random WCW match a while back and it's amazing how fast he moved compared to his time in the WWE. Night and day
ReplyDeleteHis knees are trying to change that.
ReplyDeleteI imagine that Rey in PWG having matches with Ricochet/ACH/Fox/Sydal, ***** potential.
ReplyDeleteHe's the reason I got into WCW. His matches were always incredible.
ReplyDeleteYouTube a cage match between him and Juvi. It ends in a draw after they crotch themselves on top of the cage and end up splatting onto the mat. It's crazy.
ReplyDeleteThat match I linked is about ****3/4, IMO. Way ahead of its time too.
1994-1997 Rey is the fucking man.
ReplyDeleteDude! I think I just came thinking about that....
ReplyDeleteBetter Simpsons villain: Mr.Burns or Sideshow Bob.
ReplyDeleteSame here. I was a huge cruiserweight mark.
ReplyDeleteProbably about 500 with Psicosis alone.
ReplyDeleteI really don't care for the lucha style one bit. Every single thing that defines it is not what I like about wrestling.
ReplyDeleteHis early WWE run was fantastic, without a doubt one of the best, if not, the best high flyer ever.
ReplyDeleteGenerally, Lucha sucks but it does have some incredible matches. Atlantis vs. Villano III mask vs mask is *****. That had it all.
ReplyDeleteAll ***1/2 or higher.
ReplyDeleteSome matches I get into, but most are just lots of dumb spots.
ReplyDeleteThe only I really care is Rush, that's because he acts like a southern heel.
ReplyDeleteAfter last night I expect Big E to pin Stardust by raking a dump on his chest.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, backstage, Dean Ambrose accidentally walks into a closed door, blinds himself, and Bray Wyatt covers for the pin.
Youtube Aero Star vs. Super Fly. Those two are insane. Fenix and Daga are awesome and Ultimo Guerrero is the most underappreciated luchador ever, IMO
ReplyDeleteHe would also call something stupid if it didn't work (Kennel in the cell)
ReplyDeleteI take control of all 32 teams so I can control the draft & free agency & stuff myself. I spend 4 seasons with a team so I can play everyone else once, then switch to another division in the other conference and repeat. My most recent ones I've also taken to playing the best game in my teams bye week and all the playoffs too. I skip the pro bowl though because I nearly always put the teams in their old uniforms & I haven't found a way to get the helmets that I want to appear in that game.
ReplyDeleteI usually play a lot during the season then don't touch it between late february and mid september.
I saw his mask vs mask match, amazing.
ReplyDeleteSame. Never been my cup o' tea.
ReplyDeleteI was sad, but I'm listening to Zayn's theme now. Everything is awesome now.
ReplyDeleteI do the drafting, free agency and trades too. I usually play a week, then skip a week.
ReplyDeleteDallas needs to trade the Stars name back to Minnesota and then come up with a new one.
ReplyDeleteHow did the toenail clipping trigger chicken delivery?
ReplyDeleteWorlds Apart, the theme that cures depression.
ReplyDeleteShe's 8ish to me. In that 'real world hot, but meh for celebrity' range.
ReplyDeleteI watched a few moments of the RAW main event between the MNF game last night and when I saw Ambrose pull out that candy cane kendo stick I immediately changed the channel.
ReplyDeleteAlright guys, do I go with Turkey Chili or Chicken noodle soup for dinner.
ReplyDeleteSo, Adrien Neville will have a gimmick Mighty mouse-esque, where they will say he's small all the time. Another burial made by Dunn & Co.
ReplyDeleteI don't hate him, I just don't think he should be wrestling with those bad legs,
ReplyDeleteChicken.
ReplyDeleteSideshow bob
ReplyDeleteIndeed. If it's with his dopey babyface cheering mug in the background, happiness is unavoidable
ReplyDeleteYes, this.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Haha, I love how Dunn & Vince just intentionally sabotage NXT talents.
ReplyDeleteIndependent events.
ReplyDeleteHe's small but STRONG.
ReplyDeleteHomer Simpson has to be number 1; he constantly chokes his own kid and never gets arrested who have his kids taken away permamently
ReplyDeleteTurkey Chili
ReplyDeleteChili.
ReplyDeleteChili of course.
ReplyDeleteI'm 30 minutes away from 12 days of vacation. Working for the State school system, fuck yeah
ReplyDeleteIt was literally the Looney Tunes finish we'd been joking about since last week. Was only missing the Sister Abigail.
ReplyDeleteI still think it would be beautiful if NXT started pulling in Smackdown similar numbers.
ReplyDeleteChili it is. Going to Panera and will place this order and be right back.
ReplyDeleteReally? A boy band episode?
ReplyDeleteVince then would interfere.
ReplyDeleteVince would just freak and screw with it.
ReplyDeleteBook it. I think he's even smaller than Crash
ReplyDeleteDean/Bray bombed with the crowd last night and at TLC. The feud has sucked.
ReplyDeleteTeacher?
ReplyDeleteTommy Hall gave you his coupons?
ReplyDeleteThe Bunny would be NXT Champion within a week. Oh wait.....
ReplyDeleteBought a few ebooks and got them on a Black Friday deal.
ReplyDeleteOh look, Nsync on the Simpsons. More unnecessary celebrity bullshit.
ReplyDeleteIt would be funny to see Vince screw with it and the Full Sail crowd just flat out revolt at everything.
ReplyDeleteJeopardy, mofo's.
ReplyDeleteSilence!
Sort of expected when a fuckin' ROCKING CHAIR is made the focal point of the feud. We never even got a good explanation for why Bray screwed with the HIAC match with Ambrose and Rollins.
ReplyDeleteAnd that crowd looks like it would revolt.
ReplyDeleteI remember this one.
ReplyDeleteYeah, college kids are very anti-corporate so they'd just go nuts.
ReplyDeleteI view them as a PG version of an ECW crowd,
ReplyDeleteYup. That's the perfect analogy.
ReplyDeleteThere's actually a report out from some backstage sources that Kevin Dunn, realizing that his power will erode once Triple H takes over from Vince, has been intentionally sabotaging NXT talents on the way up in an undeclared 'cold war' of sorts against Triple H.
ReplyDeleteThe Lazers.
ReplyDeleteAh. I thought maybe it was a voodoo subscription service. Clip a toenail, cut a clump of hair, and this tall man in a tophat brings you a chicken and a box of long pins...
ReplyDeletePWG crowds are the PG-13 version.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense.
ReplyDeleteExactly. The feud has been garbage, much like the other feuds currently going on.
ReplyDeleteTrade Stars back to Minnesota and become the Texas Lone Stars. Have a picture of Bill Pullman's face, with an alternate of Dark Helmet.
ReplyDeleteSo I read that WWE has officially started a "No CM Punk" signs, shirts, or chants policy. http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/536767-wwe-cm-punk-sign-attire-policy
ReplyDeleteSure, WWE will sell the merchandise, but won't let you wear it to the shows. What the heck has happened to this company? Now they are telling their audience what they can and can't wear or write on a sign to take to a show that they are PAYING to go see?
Nothing screams more than fighting game final boss as Brock's theme.
ReplyDeleteYeah, isn't that old news? Makes perfect sense when you look at what has happened to some of the talents such as Emma and Paige. Of course, Dunn hates women too, so maybe that is the explanation.
ReplyDeletePWG crowds are more entertaining than RAW.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should chant for CM Punk during the entire show in protest.
ReplyDeleteSo what are they going to do if you chant CM Punk? Throw you out? Good luck doing that in your smark cities where you are going to have thousands of people doing it.
ReplyDeleteCrowds should just abandon the CM Punk chant anyway and just pick up a "Same old shit" or "This shit sucks" chant to express their boredom.
Lmfao. Such immaturity.
ReplyDeleteI still laugh Bad Influence shows up and they chant "fuck TNA".
ReplyDeleteOr just stop buying tickets.
ReplyDeleteNah, it's fun to see Vince get upset at his own fanbase live.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's what I've done. No Network, no tickets, etc. Starve the beast.
ReplyDeleteEspecially in 8 bit form.
ReplyDeleteRandom theme that's grown on me: Dean Ambrose's. It really fits him perfectly, and works when I'm in a manic mood. Too bad he's a hardcore division jabrone now.
ReplyDeleteDean Ambrose, jobs to life.
ReplyDeleteAmbrose's is one of my favorite current themes.
ReplyDeleteI subbed to continue to watch the library. Not sure if I want to continue paying in January though. They honestly don't deserve the money.
ReplyDeleteBo Dallas, Paige and Adam Rose have been named as those most directly affected by Kevin Dunn's politicking, though Emma would be another name that deserves mention.
ReplyDeleteWhen he was serious, it got me hyped.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vmc13.png
ReplyDeleteI love how how they chant "O' O' O' O'Reilly....AUTO PARTS." at Kyle O'Reilly.
ReplyDeleteYeah, since they lack a lot of the old footage I don't already own, I figured I didn't need it. Not like the pay-per-views have been must see events.
ReplyDeleteEmma may have been an easier picking for Dunn after the robbery.
ReplyDeleteTHREE AINT ENOUGH MAN I NEED FIVE
ReplyDelete"I want Candace", when she's in Joey's corner.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see what happens when the WWE are sued by fans who were turned away.
ReplyDeleteBanned from a show for wearing their branded shirts you bought from them. I very much doubt a Judge will side with WWE here.
She dyed her hair purple. Bleh.
ReplyDeleteTurkey chili off a frisbee
ReplyDeleteOne of the big reasons wrestling isn't going to have another boom is that they've become so disconnected from popular culture. The 1980s had the whole superman Hulk Hogan stuff with rock n' roll, while 1990s was tied in with youth rebellion. Not sure what the popular culture to tap into now is, but that's what the WWE has to exploit for a boom.
ReplyDeleteThe Reality Era MAGGLE!
ReplyDeleteThey're trying. Bellas speak to the vapid, talentless twit demographics
ReplyDeleteThey had Grumpy Cat what more do you want?
ReplyDeleteIt should be about Vines.
ReplyDeleteTo their credit they have been trying with the twerking and the Twitter. It just so happens that pop culture kinda sucks right now.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't show 'em. Gotta buy CENA SUCKS shirts to get the point across.
ReplyDeleteTout it out
ReplyDeleteOr Vince is always 5 years behind.
ReplyDeleteBecause in reality, you don't get what you want,
ReplyDeleteThis company is seriously dying a slow death. I don't even see it being around ten years from now.
ReplyDeleteIMO, the big glowing neon reason is because kayfabe is dead. Only the dumbest trash kids still believe.
ReplyDeleteThat's fair. I think it's harder to find a popular culture because everything has become so damn corporate over the last two decades.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Dean Ambrose can grow a beard.....but just around his neck.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they do need to sell it more like an athletic contest again.
ReplyDeleteLike how NXT is doing it.
ReplyDeleteThe average fan doesn't want a goody two shoes as it's hero. They want an anti-hero like ironman, starlord, Walter white, or rick grimes.
ReplyDeleteThat's why fans liked the shield, cm punk and Daniel Bryan because they weren't traditional good guys.
True. In the 90's the rebelliousness was so palpable that it was an easy thing to tap into.
ReplyDeleteNow? Whatever is happening doesn't translate. Clearly Twitter isn't the next Attitude Era.
WWE needs to reach those criminal fans too! She got some street cred!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he can grow a spine.
ReplyDeleteThe Bo Dallas shit I don't understand. He appeared to be getting over and then he just loses a ton to R-Truth for no reason.
ReplyDeleteCM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK!
ReplyDeleteThe 70's, the 80's the 90's these decades had completely different well Everything.
ReplyDeleteIt's like popular culture died in 1996 or so. Imagine your kids looking at a photo of you from 2004 - Today and being able to instantly place it like when we look at old pics of our parents.
Another thing I just thought of: so the company has a DRESS CODE for fans now? That's just really funny.
ReplyDeleteYou either need to be a super cool anti hero, a sympathetic face, or both.
ReplyDeleteYes. And it's one of the few things I agree with Cornette on with booking. Dangle something where we question if some part of this is real. Like the Punk promo. Because when it's a bunch of nothing now where no results matter, why should anyone care?
ReplyDeleteI think people can know wrestling is fake, but they still want to believe what they are watching is real. Just like a movie. You know what you are watching isn't real, but with the right storytelling you can become invested in the story as if it's real.
ReplyDeleteWell, enjoy your Christmas/NOT Christmas plans, or lack thereof, and I'll probably see ya'll Friday, unless something strange happens.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they have no leg to stand on.
ReplyDeleteIt's like being kicked out of a sporting event because you're wearing the opposing teams jersey.
With WWE"s crack legal team, some random fan from Kalamazoo,Michigan is going to end up owning the company by 2017.
Still hot.
ReplyDeleteYou too man. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukka, Happy Festivus!
ReplyDeleteThat NXT crowd really gets invested, I've never heard a "Don't give up" chant at a wrestling show before, they truly made it feel real.
ReplyDeleteIf the justice league fought a united xmen and the avengers in a triple threat match, who would win?
ReplyDeleteThe fans,
ReplyDeleteSole survivor: Batman, because he's the goddamn Batman,
ReplyDeleteX-Men after Superman turns heel on the Justice League.
ReplyDeleteHe and Tony Stark will be the last 2 fighting.
ReplyDeleteJohn Cena.
ReplyDeleteChristmas shopping is DONE. Fuck yeah, it's time to relax.
ReplyDeleteSuperman could get cheered then.
ReplyDeleteLeafs playing like they give a damn tonight. Hopefully they can sustain the momentum for the next two periods. Leafs have a bad habit of playing too loose after playing a good first period.
ReplyDeleteso the justice league then
ReplyDeleteIf Bray is feuding with Undertaker at WrestleMania, I can't wait to see how they build that feud. Is the Undertaker going to burn down Wyatt's Bayou or something?
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be Wrestle Crap for sure. Lightning bolts, holograms, exploding caskets, you name it.
ReplyDeleterevenge for making his half-brother into a corporate stooge
ReplyDeleteSince Dean already killed his chair, I don't see why not,
ReplyDeleteI just trade $100 bills with everybody.
ReplyDeletesame with me but it's gift cards
ReplyDeleteAnd lots of unintelligible promos, mostly by Wyatt. The Undertaker will show up twice. Once to just some weird promos about the Creatures of the Night and another to chokeslam Wyatt, probably at a contract signing.
ReplyDeleteThe only way the feud could be saved is if they finally have Sister Abigail show up.
ReplyDeleteWent to Walmart to get a pump for my basketball. Was in line behind this old white lady and she told me to go ahead since I only had the one item. Then when I get to the register she tells the cashier to ring my stuff up with hers. That was pretty cool for her. Now I feel like I have to do something or someone. Stupid pay it forward.
ReplyDeleteWyatt will summon the Undertaker's spirit.
ReplyDeleteSo you spend money on something like money, but not as good. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteneeds more urn
ReplyDeleteAnd have it be Michelle McCool.
ReplyDeleteThat is such an awful idea that I can DEFINITELY see them doing it.
ReplyDeleteGrab your phone book and select an address at random. Send a pizza there with a note saying "Merry Christmas".
ReplyDeleteNever forget:
ReplyDeletehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5lMc_YCYAAYTMs.jpg
And Undertaker will get an oscar for the "best" shocked face in the business.
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