Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 11th, 1995) – Not Even Gary Spivey Could Save This Show

So this is the show that saw the end of the wrestling career of one “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff.

You folks remember Mr. Wonderful? Wrestlemania main eventer, once had a cage match with Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night’s Main Event? Eventually jumped to WCW and formed a tag team with former Horseman Paul Roma? Yeah, Mr. Wonderful wasn’t feeling wonderful until he had a chance encounter with Gary Spivey – that psychic with the ridiculous hair – and then he had a bit of a revival that ended with his mirror breaking and he needed Gary’s help again… at which point, he got a new mirror.

So he has a match with Disco Inferno and he beats the guy with a pretty slick back suplex… and then he runs into the Horsemen, they have a spat, and next thing you know, they’re given poor Mr. Wonderful a spike piledriver that pretty much put him out of wrestling forever. So ends the career of Paul Orndorff… which was going to end sooner or later due to years of lingering neck issues, so this was a way to write him off. Some psychic you turned out to be, Gary, you fucking hack.

The main event featured Hulk Hogan teaming with WCW World Champion Randy Savage against Flair and Arn Anderson… and since this is Charlotte, NC – Flair Country, pretty much – the crowd is very much against Hogan, who does his usual thing because he’s delusional… so, of course, Hogan wins and there’s a brawl afterwards… eh. I’ve seen worse.

DTM Rambles #29 – My Thoughts On The Game Awards

The narrator’s very succinct and very thorough thoughts on the Game Awards event that has become an annual tradition in the video game industry. The narrator describes in great detail what the narrator is looking forward and what the narrator expects will happen at the latest iteration of the prestigious event hosted by former Doritos pitchman Jeff Keelee. Other topics discussed includes the virtues of Pop Tarts as well as the behind the scenes effort in producing this thorough document.

The Annual “I’m Not Watching The Game Ads” Post

Welp, tomorrow will see the annual Game Awards take place; the walking advertisement for non-game products with occasional game trailers you could watch online and a handful of award presentations with winning speeches from people who are told to please wrap it up so we can have Geoff Keighley give Hideo Kojima his annual verbal blowjob. And true to form, this is my annual “I will not watch the Game Ads because I have better things to do with my time… like giving the dog a bath” post.

Please feel free to enjoy the show if you’re actually looking forward to this pile of shit, but please don’t bother me with this stuff. It’s not worth my time or energy.

Doctor Boo And Chef Gordon Debate Fish Custard

Doctor Boo and Chef Gordon debate the culinary value of fish fingers and custard. Obviously not a real thing and the AI thing helped a bit, which should strike fear in the heart of Marble Mouth Davies that ChatGPT can produce a better Doctor Who script than anything out of his return trip.

Anyway, here’s the fun portion…

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For Anyone Who Cares, Your Christmas Week Video Festivities (And Beyond)

First off, no Gimmick Table today; we’ll double up next Sunday and I’ll have a special video on Monday. However, I do have something of remote significance today.

If all goes according to plan, this will be the 6,000th published blog post as of this publication. And what better way to celebrate the occasion than to present the finalized Xmas Week video schedule. Should be quite a fun time ’round these parts.

This schedule also represents the last batch of videos for 2025. The first video of 2026 will probably hit Saturday, January 10th and will cover my time with Ataribox, while the first review of 2026 will hit on Friday the 16th, kicking off the Valis reviews that have been way overdue. From there, who knows? I might actually pop up the new video trailer for the channel somewhere along the way.

Meanwhile, on the non-video side of things, there will be a special Christmas morning edition of the DTM Mailbag to go along with the Xmas “Special” on the same day, a Boxing Day edition Bite commentary, and perhaps even a surprise post or two.

Anyway, that’s the plan. It might actually happen for once. Would be nice.

Later.

Super Sentai Ends In 2026

Source: https://comicbookmovie.com/sci_fi/power-rangers/toei-officially-confirms-50-year-super-sentai-saga-concludes-in-2026-a225228

The end of Super Sentai after fifty long years is nigh… and I’m not quite sure what to think. I figured that it would survive in some form or fashion without the Power Rangers partnership, but I didn’t think that it would also die off. I know that PR isn’t technically dead because Hasbro is going to milk that thing for all it’s worth, but we went from three decades of consistent product to nothing and it’s been a shithole ever since.

Yes, there are rumors of this and that, but until something substantial happens and not just some random hack writer’s fantasy sways at Screen Rant being passed off as actual news, there is no reason for me to believe that this franchise is dead and buried. Hell, Boom’s fancy new Prime series is supposedly coming to an end after sixteen issues and no word on what comes afterwards, if anything comes at all.

I wish I could be more upbeat about this, but right now, it seems like all we have to look forward to whatever Hasbro can squeeze out of those Mighty Morphin Member Berries for all their worth. Folks hoping that we’d go beyond that point had better get comfortable. You’re probably gonna get more MMPR whether you want it or not. Gone are the days when a WWE wrestler pulls down another WWE wrestler’s pants to reveal that they’re wearing Power Rangers Time Force underwear. That ain’t happening anymore. Now they’ll be wearing Ptera Ranger socks or something.

Eh… whatever. I’ve got the old shit to rewatch on Youtube… and the DVDs… I’m feeling fine right now.