Dear Scott,
Long-time reader, occasional asker of dumb questions…
I was reading your old rant on the 1995 Super J Cup because (reasons missing), and couldn't help but notice some of the greatest bashing of a wrestler I've ever seen. With the exception of some Hulk Hogan inspired rants from his WCW era, I don't recall you having this much venom for one particular person. I'm sure its been asked years ago, but what was the hate for? Bad worker? Awful look? His existence in general?
Second question: If Roman Reigns was the wrong kind of biscuit, would you fire the man who served him to you?
Basically I was really wanting to see various combinations of Jericho/Benoit/Liger/awesome dudes in the Super J tournaments, and here was this guy with a goofy look who was well below them on the workrate chain kind of getting pushed as a favor to the WAR promotion. By 99-2001 he was much better and didn't bug me any more, but he really felt overpushed and out of place in that field. And of course, shockingly, I decided to overplay it for a cheap gag. Not really much more to it than that.
I might be the only one here watching Smackdown lol.
ReplyDeleteI would be you're right.
ReplyDeleteDoes regularly watching the current WWE product constitute a mental disorder?
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, thus far season 18 of the Simpsons has probably been the weakest so far.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymotion.com/strangerinthealps
ReplyDeleteStranger Dailymotion madness. Right there.
12/20/86 Superstars is up. The Islanders take on Muraco & Orton; Kamala seems to be in action every week, and this episode is no exception; The Honky Tonk Man takes to the ring in his first match with Jimmy Hart as his manager; King Kong Bundy takes to the ring; Butch Reed is in action; and Koko Bee Ware teams with the Killer Bees in six man action. Plus: The Hart Foundation appear on Piper's Pit; a Ricky Steamboat progress report; and vignettes for Blackjack Mulligan and Outback Jack.
1987 NWA just around the corner.
Have you watched all the Seasons?
ReplyDeleteUp to 18, yeah.
ReplyDeleteDamn you're a trooper. I've been slowly going through them. An episode here or there. Think I'm around Season 4.
ReplyDeleteBosses just told me I know longer have to put closed captioning in my edited games.
ReplyDeleteTHANK FUCKING GOD
Are we using auction draft for BoD fantasy baseball?
ReplyDeleteI always forget it moved back to Thursdays. Not that I'd watch it anyway
ReplyDeleteYessir.
ReplyDeleteNot too familiar with that format. I did a mock draft this morning in a 10 team league, not auction draft. I ended up 9th out of 10. I built the best pitching staff, but also built the worst offense.
ReplyDeleteYou're struggling to get through the good seasons. Not a good sign.
ReplyDeleteI still wish Ronnie Fields hadn't fucked up his neck in that car accident. He could've been GREAT.
ReplyDeleteDammit, Austin pulled the noob move of tapping the mat before making the count. Poor officiating, Stone Cold!
ReplyDeleteI'm not struggling necessarily, just taking a chill approach. Plus I've seen 1-9 already anyways so I'm in no rush. Just savoring.
ReplyDeleteAll-time coulda been something team. Just winging it. Might think it out later
ReplyDeleteC - Hank Gathers
PF - Lenny Cooke
SF - Len Bias
SG - The guy that went to Georgetown that has the eye patch now
PG - anyone from NY
Watching the South Park Broadway blowjob episode and it reminded me of how great Wicked and Book of Mormon were.
ReplyDeleteMy mock draft fantasy team:
ReplyDeleteC Buster Posey
1B Todd Frazier
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Matt Carpenter
SS Jose Reyes
OF Alex Gordon
Matt Kemp
Gregory Polanco
SP Clayton Kershaw
Julio Teheran
Homer Bailey
Andrew Cashner
Chris Archer
CL Greg Holland
Sure
ReplyDeleteI'll try it out myself but no promises of sticking with it.
ReplyDeleteI came here for the Marble Madness. I'm pretty disappointed.
ReplyDeleteThat counts as mental disorder
ReplyDelete*lost your marbles joke here*
These later seasons aren't really as bad as people make it out to be, but 18 has had some pretty weak episodes.
ReplyDeleteBBQing some chicken and enjoying some Angry Orchard. Life is good
ReplyDeleteYeah, I can't see a mental health professional disagreeing with that assessment.
ReplyDeleteDrazen Petrovic your SG
ReplyDeleteIs Victor Page that guy with the eyepatch?
Any Roku ESPN3 users here?
ReplyDeleteWatching Phillies-Yankees pre-season in Spanish.
6 was the best one.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't a topee after all!
ReplyDeleteMicheal Ray Richardson would be your point guard. Maybe Jay Williams?
ReplyDeleteEh, me and the missus gonna catch Empire and Supernatural on Hulu
ReplyDeleteyeah, that's him. I think Drazen was around long enough that we know how good he was so he doesn't qualify. Like we saw something even if it was only a few years
ReplyDeleteHuh, apparently a student at a college was banned from classroom discussion after he debunked a false rape statistic and said he doesn't believe in rape culture. Thank god I did the college thing ten years ago and not now.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes you the Brothaurity, bro?
ReplyDeleteMaybe Jay Williams. Not sure if Richardson would qualify. He at least made it to the NBA
ReplyDeleteI just turned it on. I give about 8:10 before I say fuck this.
ReplyDeleteBald Vince kinda looks like the badass British dude from Lost World Jurassic Park (R.I.P.)
ReplyDeleteBias and Gathers had all the tools to be exceptional players.
ReplyDelete"Rape culture" is a thing?
ReplyDeleteRoman Reigns comes out to an ovation after the taping report said he received mostly boos. Hmmmmm.......
ReplyDeleteHeat Machine up and running for Roman Reigns already less than 5 minutes into Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteSEC channel showed a replay of LSU-Loyala Marymount from 1990. Gathers and Shaq were battling. That was a great one. I think Hank had like a 40-20 or something crazy like that.
ReplyDeleteBald Vince was fucking amazing.
ReplyDeleteThey don't even trust him to main event Smackdown. How sad is that?
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't know. I do think there are some people who have some fucked up views when it comes to rape and victims but I don't think there's a culture there.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way the title match closes Mania. Wouldn't be surprised if it jerks the curtain at this point.
ReplyDeleteI heard Roman Reigns went into a promotion and got pushed to the top of the promotion and they had to close the promotion.
ReplyDeleteNBA All-Coke Team:
ReplyDeleteC - Chris Washburn
PF - Roy Tarpley
SF - Len Bias
SG - David Thompson
PG - Michael Ray Richardson
Hashtag Roman Reigns. I'm done.
ReplyDeleteSort of. There's a lot of victim blaming and trying to create preventions for victims rather than trying to fix or stop the people doing the raping.
ReplyDeleteI would very much like Rollins vs Brock to close out the show
ReplyDeleteIt's a "Jezebel Issue." But there's a lot of shit at Dartmouth and Notre Dane right now.
ReplyDeleteTarpley was just alcohol right? Think you need a new PF. Can't think of a guy off-hand.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of misunderstanding about sexual assault and all one has to do is step on a message board to see the shitty, ignorant attitudes a lot of guys have about rape and its victims.
ReplyDeleteIf they got balls they will
ReplyDeleteWinning the ECW title from Lashley was hilarious
ReplyDeletePretty sure Tarp was coke. He definitely got banned.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't get the heave ho for life for booze
ReplyDeleteif he can't main event Smackdown then he ain't closing Mania.
ReplyDeleteThe du rag look made him look like the world's oldest mugger.
ReplyDeleteThey really have the timing for the ads down to a science in this tournament. I swear they all go to commercials at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI don't get it. Maybe because I couldn't imagine forcing myself on a woman, much less keeping my cock hard while doing it.
ReplyDeleteRichard Dumas
ReplyDeleteJohn Drew or Walter Davis over Bias. Bias never made it to the NBA.
ReplyDeleteok, you're right. He was on both.
ReplyDeleteMark Henry is about 3.2 seconds away from dropping to his knees in this verbal blowjob he's giving Roman Reigns.
ReplyDeleteThis Roman Reigns push is just a debacle at this point. It'd be one thing if the guy could wrestle or work the mic to a decent level and was just getting hated on because he wasn't Bryan. It's another thing when the guy can't do either and the company is hell bent on making him the guy, despite their apparent fear of him main eventing shows.
ReplyDeleteUm, don't fuck people that don't want to get fucked? Seems pretty cut and dry to me.
ReplyDeleteIf you are so high that you die before putting on a jersey then you get to be on the team
ReplyDeleteGiven the recent reports on making fans change out of their wrestler costumes and confiscating signs....he's closing out the show
ReplyDeleteForgotten fuck up there. We Suns fans just pretend he never happened even though he started in 93.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the guy that played for the Suns? Lloyd Daniels or something? Is that right? And the coach that looks like George Jefferson, he can be the head coach.
ReplyDeleteBut does some people having shitty views (and yes, those assholes are out there) necessarily mean we live in some sort of rape culture?
ReplyDeleteIf I were that student I'd take it to the Academic Ombud. Clear violation of academic freedom, but that is soon becoming only a freedom if you agree with the political left. It's sad how liberalism has morphed into pseudo-fascism. So basically voters can choose between those people or corporatists because the GOP thinks it's great to align themselves with Comcast and the like.
ReplyDeleteIs this Mark Henry turn #375?
ReplyDeleteCome on! Drew's got to be sixth man than! He admitted to freebasing for years!
ReplyDeleteLen Bias never played an NBA game, though!
ReplyDeleteMight as well put any 70s-mid 80s starting lineup there lol
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is beyond a Diesel level train wreck here.
ReplyDeleteSpencer Heywood over Tarp? Didn't Spence pass out during a finals game or something?
ReplyDeleteLoving the channel. I enjoy old school wrestling.
ReplyDeleteThat's Dumas lol
ReplyDeleteDude outplayed Michael Jordan in a finals game when his team was facing elimination. Total squandered talent.
ReplyDeleteHe could have been a hell of a player and really helped those Barkley teams.
ReplyDeleteok, six man, but Bias stays in the starting lineup
ReplyDeleteExactly. They messed up Diesel in early '95, but the dude had charisma and could work his style of match. Nash wasn't putting on ***+ matches, but in fairness, the dude never claimed he was a technical wrestling wizard.
ReplyDeleteman this is more fun and funny than it should be. we are going to hell
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised a guy never died in a game.
ReplyDeleteThe wwe is a just a debacle at this point. Ftfy
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, now we're at the point where I was firmly on the "Fuck Cena" train.
ReplyDeleteIs there "A LOT" of victim blaming though? Are there assholes who say shitty things, sure. But I don't see it being anywhere near the prevalent attitude. Also in high school and college there is a ton of talks about what constitutes rape and posters saying not to rape and it's viewed as a heinous crime in our society with rightfully harsh sentences for perpetrators.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the Suns and Hawks from then.
ReplyDeleteI picked the wrong upsets today. Had Texas over Butler (thanks Rick Barnes!) and didn't have the gusto to go with Georgia State, despite the fact I'd told everyone I knew they'd win an NCCAT game this year.
ReplyDeleteHeywood passed out!
ReplyDeleteIt's easy for rational, reasonable people like us to think, "Gee, maybe it'd be better to have sex with someone that's willing and consenting?"
ReplyDeleteSadly, it doesn't work like that for a lot of people. In fact, many times, rape isn't even about the sex. It's about power and dominating over someone else.
3/4 games just coincidentally went to commercial. Oh now make it 4
ReplyDeleteThis Cena era has just been a black hole of wrestling for me. 10 years of awful angles and a steadily declining quality of product. Hogan and Austin led boom eras, but Cena leads the apathy era. But hey, the bad Network subs or declining ratings aren't his fault!
ReplyDeleteWho was it that injured themself jumping out a window because their dealer was shooting at them? I want to say Eddie Johnson?
ReplyDeleteIt was Lloyd Daniels too.
ReplyDeleteHe eventually wound up at UNLV and was slated to play for legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian. One of Tarkanian's assistants, Mark Warkentien, became Daniels' legal guardian, and got him admitted to Mt. San Antonio College, a junior college near Los Angeles, to improve his academics.[2] However, on February 9, 1987, Daniels was arrested for buying crack cocaine from an undercover policeman.[3] Although Tarkanian was known for taking in troubled players, this was too much even for him, and he announced days after the arrest that Daniels would never play for UNLV.[2
OK now one is back to half time
ReplyDeleteThere are too many commercials in the NCAA Tournament. Ruins the flow of the game.
ReplyDeleteGod I hated that Cena/HBK feud. Whole thing is centered on HBK turning on Cena and they wait until the week before the show to do it. D'oh!
ReplyDeleteTwo are at the half and another is a shitkicking
ReplyDeleteYou'd be surprised. There are STILL many people who blame the victim first. Saying she shouldn't have dressed that way. Or walked down that street. Or this, that, or the other thing. There's still a very large prevalence for that. I've heard stories of women who went to the police station to report the rape and were blamed for it.
ReplyDeleteThere was a police officer that did a talk at York University (Toronto) a few years ago that said something along the lines of "Don't dress like sluts and you won't get raped."
LOL I don't know who it was, but that's hilarious
ReplyDelete>the bad Network subs or declining ratings aren't his fault!
ReplyDeleteI don't think they are actually.
Was Joseph Forte just too small to be anything in the NBA? I loved him at UNC but man did he bomb.
ReplyDeleteIt's never about the sex and always about the power thing. And rape never crosses a rational person's mind.
ReplyDeleteHe's not solely responsible, but he's supposedly their top draw and yet that isn't translating into either of those things.
ReplyDeleteWhy bother giving the teams so many timeouts when the TV ones are every 4 minutes
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't that good.
ReplyDeleteI thought he was a head case...Rashad McCants before Rashad McCants
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the awful, awful game they had with my school (Georgia Southern) I had no confidence in them winning today. Then again, if Georgia Southern won instead, I would've just made the homer pick on them lol.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was why I got cold feet. I figured after that horrid game they stood no chance.
ReplyDeleteI'm amused that the build-up to the Mania Diva's tag-match between The Bellas & AJ/Paige is simply singles matches between the girls.
ReplyDeleteno no no You don't ever disrespect Rashad McCants like that. There is only one Rashad, every one else is playing for second.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I didn't really worry about UK's lack of depth last year. So many commercials negated that.
ReplyDeleteYou in college now?
ReplyDeleteGraduated in December
ReplyDeleteI hate how the NCAA has standardized floors for all the games now. I liked when the courts had their original designs.
ReplyDeleteI swore you were still in NY
ReplyDeleteHe could shoot decently. Just surprised that his game was that bad.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to a basketball player or being a crazy asshole?
ReplyDeletethe latter
ReplyDeleteIt's like WWE!
ReplyDeleteI know he scored 48, the rebounds were right around 20 if I recall correctly.
ReplyDeleteI remember the night Gathers died. Loyola-Marymount was becoming hot shit due to scoring about 400 points per game under Westhead and were all over ESPN. They showed his collapse on SportsCenter and everything. It was crazy for 9-year-old me.
I'm really amazed we never had a Jail Blazer banned for coke.
ReplyDeleteAnd ESPECIALLY the Warriors, since Oakland was the coke hotbed.
ReplyDeletePretty soon they are going to corporatize all the fandom out of the games. I actually hated when they stopped having the banners with all the teams in region printed on them and went electronic.
ReplyDeleteI could go down to the games in Pittsburgh Saturday, but it's ND and Butler and Villanova vs. nc state/lsu winner
ReplyDeleteBasically, everyone gets $260 fake dollars to build their roster with. Instead of picking a player for your team on your draft turn, you select a player for everyone to bid on, and everyone gets a shot to bid on that player in real time. The highest bid is shown so everyone gets a 10 second window to place a higher bid (the clock resets on each new bid) until no one bids and the clock lapses. I would definitely suggest printing out an auction cheat sheet from ESPN that will give you projected dollar amounts every player is predicted for.
ReplyDeleteThe positives for this draft are twofold, one is that everyone gets a shot at every player; an auto draft order will not determine who gets Mike Trout, it'll all come down who wants him more and is willing to pay for it. That ties into the second part, which is its a true test of GM skills. You have to decide on how you're going to budget your roster, whether you want to tie up your budget on several superstars or go for a more balanced roster with less elite but more affordable players. You have to bid a minimum of $1 to get a guy, so you have to watch your budget during the draft because spending too much could lock you out of the middle portions of the draft when you can't bid more than just a couple of bucks when players are still going for $10-20. It's a lot more fun and involved though, because you don't get to pick and then wait for your turn, you're in on every selection. Definitely run a few auction mock drafts and plan out some strategies if you've never done it before
http://www.celticslife.com/2013/07/what-hell-happened-tojoe-forte.html
ReplyDeleteThe Jailblazers were good for some laughs. Imagine having to cheer for that team.
ReplyDeleteIt was weed with them and I be damn if Z-Bo didn't try to get banned. Where is the 30 for 30 on them?
ReplyDeletelol at the fan jumping into the ring right before the bell.
ReplyDeleteQyntell Woods had a fucking dogfighting ring!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI heard he was impossible to get along with and kinda crazy, but I don't remember if it was from anyone credible.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why Chris Mullen had himself a nice career.
ReplyDeleteI have a theory about why Samoa Joe took a pay cut to work with the WWE instead of indys and Japan. It goes back to CM Punk. See Punk isn't actually training to fight in the UFC, that's all a big rouse. He's just trying to make it look like he wants nothing to do with wrestling. But in actuality he's putting into motion a Frank Underwood like plan to take over the WWE. He has AJ, Joe, Owens and Zayne in prime positions. I think soon we'll begin to see the dominos begin to fall.
ReplyDeleteI remember it too. That movie man. Dang, the whole thing was just so heart breaking.
ReplyDeleteChris Herren coming off the bench
ReplyDeleteI think Tarpley was doing drugs too.
ReplyDeleteEesh this Nova/Lafayette game is a total bloodbath
ReplyDeleteYeah, corporate America is destroying everything in its path. Awful.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe we've had this extensive a conversation about basketball fuck ups and Eddie Griifin hasn't been mentioned yet. That guy was fucking legendary!!!
ReplyDeleteUK's game with Hampton should be the same, but I'm still nervous about it.
ReplyDeleteI liked him in Undercover Brother
ReplyDeleteHis story is sad though because he died in a real f'd up way.
ReplyDeleteBISON DELE!!!!
ReplyDeleteOy, when he died there was no sense of shock.
ReplyDeleteVin Baker too
ReplyDeleteI'll remember the good times, like when he got pulled over drunk jerking it to porn while driving.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of NBA cautionary tales, anybody remember Leon Smith? He was drafted by the Mavs, I believe, not too long ago. I don't think his problem was drugs; he was just stone crazy. WNBA star Cappie Pondexter later said he was the crazy ex-boyfriend who almost cost her her career. Like he threatened to kill her or something.
ReplyDeleteFour NBA players who were in the movie "Eddie" have since died with the recent passings of Anthony Mason and Jack Haley. That movie is becoming the NBA version of watching wrestling events or playing the games and realizing how many folks in it are no longer with us.
ReplyDeleteAnd speeding!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember any of that but that is crazy stuff
ReplyDeleteLol what was that post peddling drugs...that was a Pittsburgh number.
ReplyDeleteLol butt injection
ReplyDeleteShane Douglas truly hit rock bottom.
ReplyDeleteWoah as is Rodmans care taker Jack Haley? How?
ReplyDeleteDidn't Z-Bo shoot at Reuben Patterson? I know Patterson had the babysitter thing. Sheed was Sheed. Stoudamire liked the sticky. I'm sure Darius Miles did Darius Miles things. Man we need a 30 for 30 on them
ReplyDeleteSo the Pittsburgh Plunge was really pushing the plunger on a smack syringe?
ReplyDeleteLol yeah I only remembered that he fought or almost fought James Jones. He definitely seems like a head case, and wasn't good enough to justify bad behavior.
ReplyDeleteSo what was the point of the whole fake Authority drama with Rollins? Like, Rady was already going to fight Rollinsin the main event. What was the point of tricking him?
ReplyDeleteThe trying to kill her thing is what got him banned from the NBA. I think he had a mental illness that triggered it all or something like that.
ReplyDeleteNobody wants to go to Pittsburgh for cheap butt injections.
ReplyDeleteTo lure Randy into a false sense of security, which he wasn't going to have anyway.
ReplyDeleteThrowing dem pork chops out there!
ReplyDeleteLol Bob Thuggins doesn't coach Cincinnati anymore, but you wouldn't know it.
ReplyDeleteGauntlet Match?
ReplyDeleteSo all these IC Geeks can do the J-O-B tonight.
Great booking as usual guys.
Have to hand it to the drug dealer, that's probably the worst attempt at selling drugs I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteYeah I totally remember that dude. He was doing some really weird freaky shit.
ReplyDeleteMight produce some good matches.
ReplyDeleteYOU get to job!
ReplyDeleteYOU get to job!
EVERYBODY GETS TO JOB!
And R-Truth gets to make off with the belt yet again! Probably.
Is that his real name? Because Teddy Long loves it.
ReplyDeleteWorse than Nate Newton rolling around with 200 lbs of weed?
ReplyDeleteShawn is absurdly tan in this match.
ReplyDeleteJerking off to porn while driving is a contender for GOAT off the court story status!
ReplyDeleteI'm all out of Telltale Games to play!
ReplyDeleteUgh, I knew where it was going the entire time, but The Wolf Among Us was so fucking GOOD.
The first couple days of the NCAA tournament always get me thinking about former college stars who fell off the basketball map. Right now I'm thinking about Hollis Price (Oklahoma), Tom Coverdale (Indiana), Tyson Wheeler (Rhode Island), Michael Robinson (Purdue)...
ReplyDeleteI remember a brawl with Z-Bo's crew because a dealer tried to pinch their weed.
ReplyDeleteThat team was fascinating.
I bet low on the Big East this year. That might have been a mistake.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is a fucked-up death story.
ReplyDeleteI like that he didn't slow down the car. He got pulled over for speeding lol.
ReplyDeleteYou remember Charlie Jones from LIU-Brooklyn? He put up about 30 something on that Tim Thomas Villanova team. Man that dude could play
ReplyDeleteSoon you wont be able to show up dressed in character of NCAA greats anymore.
ReplyDeleteI never saw them because basic doesn't have FS1
ReplyDeleteHarold "the show" Arceneaux
ReplyDeleteDid Jones play on the same team with Richie Parker?
ReplyDeleteChris Thomas from Notre Dame, Anderson Hunt from UNLV
ReplyDeleteAll right, keep it up in the second half, Carolina. Time to boot the future doctors and lawyers of America.
ReplyDeletePurdue vs Cincy is pretty good right now
ReplyDeleteman Z-Bo could have his own doc. Just too funny
ReplyDeleteThe Illinois backcourt of Harold Deane and Kiwane Garris
ReplyDeleteYeah, I followed the scores of games, but never saw any of the teams actually play. Thus far, Butler and Xavier are into the second round and Nova will join them.
ReplyDeleteHunt ran those UNLV teams.
ReplyDeleteyeah. I think this was 97 or maybe 98
ReplyDeleteEddie Johnson jumping out the window because his dealer opened fire is pretty close.
ReplyDelete