Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

WWE Raw Tapings Cancelled Due To Storm

Source: http://rajah.com/node/45458

Tonight’s WWE RAW taping from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut has been cancelled due to Winter Storm Juno. Some folks noticed the WWE crew packing up the trucks and as such, no live show to take place. The Smackdown tapings for tomorrow might also be affected. One has to wonder what WWE will air in its place… maybe they can re-air the Royal Fumble on free TV, but edited so that fans react positively to their chosen champion… worth a shot, I guess.
Still, good move on WWE’s part for their proactive thinking. Setting aside the recent controversy over their Royal Fumble showing, they avoided a potential disaster of a RAW taping going horribly wrong due to a possible power outage or other possible setback as a result of this storm. I suppose, if nothing else, it gives the hapless Twitterers something to add to their #CancelWWENetwork Twits that continues to be a major trend.

Remember the days when the most efficient means of display fan discontent was littering the ring with trash? Those were the days.

The Backlash to #RoyalFumble Getting Mainstream Attention

Well, WWE got their mainstream attention… and it only took pissing off their paying customers to get it.

Time Magazine:
http://time.com/3682093/cancel-wwe-network-royal-rumble/

USA Today:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/wwe-daniel-bryant-royal-rumble-eliminated-reaction

Fox Sports:
http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/wwe-royal-rumble-daniel-bryan-brock-lesnar-roman-reigns-the-rock-012515

There’s laughter in Chicago on this cold night… if it were still night.

On A Somewhat Happier Note…

Montreal will only be getting 2 to 4 centimeters of snow, thus avoiding the brunt of Winter Storm Juno that will hit the American Northeast. It’s a happier note to me because it means no need to pull out the shovel… and also a little snow might pad out the parking lot full of ice.

Folks, be mindful of your surroundings and watch your step. Drive carefully, avoid taking unnecessary risks, and just be careful. It’s either to make light of Americans taking precautions of snow, but even us Northern folks have a tendency to act like crack addicts whenever a snowstorm hits.

Be good and be safe… the posting spam ends now.

The Royal Fumble

(2024 Update: Hello, folks. This is a slightly updated version of the original Royal Fumble post that combines a number of posts into one. Now there’s only one place for you folks to share the misery. For the record, this isn’t a “Royal Ramble” post; that’ll be coming along in early 2025 – ten years since this event took place.)

I guess we might as well get it out of the way… the Royal Rumble event. Or, as I like to call it, the Royal Fumble… this was not a good show by any stretch of the imagination.

Anyway, let’s get on with some thoughts.

Continue reading “The Royal Fumble”

Jackass Nerd Wallpaper

For those interested, the “Jackass Nerd” wallpaper from the TMNT review. The image was done up in Vegas, which explains the blatant cut-and-paste nature of Nerd’s face. The sides of the image was flipped to cover the black bars of the original shot. If I spent more time on it, I would’ve added a mound of bullshit underneath, but then that would be pushing it. People sometimes take this shit a little too seriously after all.