Category: Musings

Tony Khan Uses Black Magic To Ban Joe Hendry From Ever Appearing In AEW

They say that if you say his name, Joe Hendry will appear.

Already making waves in his current home promotion of TNA Wrestling, the Scottish sensation and former Local Hero recently made waves by appearing on WWE’s NXT television show on Tuesday nights, much to the delight of the crowd. Not only that, but it seems that Hendry’s appearances have had effect on the ratings and overall television product.

Hearing about this and fearful that Joe Hendry’s magic might effect his own promotions, AEW president and ROH owner Tony Khan had administered some black magic hocus pocus to prevent Joe Hendry from ever appearing on AEW television for the foreseeable future. Not even saying his name would cause the former WCPW Champion to appear at either AEW or ROH events for the foreseeable future. While Khan considers Hendry to be a great wrestler, he’s nowhere near the greatness of his many big wrestling stars like Jumpin’ Jack Perry or the Warhorsemen. Hendry’s appearing in AEW could invoke some much needed energy and enthusiasm into the show, something Khan clearly doesn’t want to detracted from the main event angle of the Elite running roughshod in AEW ever since they attacked the AEW head… even though he’s back in the office.

Morale in the AEW locker room is said to be at an all-time low, but Tony Khan promise that they have all the talent they need right here… before announcing the signing of ten more free agents from some obscure Japanese wrestling promotion that nobody outside of the hardcoriest of hardcore fans could honestly give two fucks about.

Also in other news, Drew McIntyre played a game of Pong against a vacuum cleaner. He was on the verge of winning until that fucking asshole Phil came along and distracted Drew, allowing the vacuum clean to mount an incredible comeback for the win.

Across The Grid: The Other PR Comic Written By PR Actors

Source: https://morphinlegacy.com/2024/07/power-rangers-across-the-morphin-grid-1-announced/

So BOOM! Studios announced a one-shot Power Rangers comic called Across The Grid, which will be an anthology of stories written by various Power Rangers actors, including David Yost, Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Nakia Burrise, and Meghan Camarena (the Strawburry person of Hyperforce fame.) The issue will see release in late-October and who knows? Maybe if it goes well, it could invite other actors to come in and share their own stories if they have any to share.

Now that I think about it, considering David Yost is one of the contributors to this thing, what are the odds he decides to take his Quantum Continuum thing and turn it into a comic book series? I know some would prefer it to be a television project, but honestly, you could do so much more with the comic book medium and not have to worry about budgetary limitations or the like. Amy Jo Johnson proved such a thing is possible and can turn out great. Maybe Yost could consider the same avenue?

For what it’s worth, I’ve read the two scripts that he put out… I have no qualms about saying that it’s not my sort of story, but there is some potential for a compelling series here should he want to develop it further. All I’m saying is that if TV isn’t a viable option, then maybe consider the comic route because I feel it might work best there.

Last Weekend Enforced My Lack Of Faith In Humanity

I very rarely lean into real world, serious stuff, but I figured that I’d chime in a quick thought on what happened this past weekend involving Donald Trump. I assume you know the details by now, so I won’t repeat that here. I do wish to offer my prayers and best wishes to the families of the one attendee who was killed and two others who were injured.

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2000 Games By 2025?

Took a trip to a local store that sells retro game stuff… first time I came across this place and probably the last time I’ll be stepping foot in person. A bit of a shame, because it’s a nice looking place, got quite a bit of haul, and the people there are quite nice… but the parking in the area is quite shit and on top of that, this is near one of the major roads in Montreal and that road seems to be in a constant state of being under construction.

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Gamecube Has Achievements… But Only In Emulation. (So It Really Doesn’t.)

Source: Time Extension article

So the Dolphin emulator – that thing that lets you play Gamecube and Wii games on computers and other things – has introduced an update that adds achievements to Gamecube games. So you can earn little “trophies” or “achievements” in Gamecube games much in the same way you can Steam, Xbox, and PS titles. Good for those who emulate this stuff, but kinda useless for those who play actual hardware, which is quite a few people, still.

I don’t know; I’ve never cared for achievements in the first place. There’s a nice optional thing to have and give the player some extra incentive, but beyond that, it’s not like you get anything worth a damn for achieving these feats in the first place. Still, if you care for such things and you emulate Gamecube, this might be worth pursuing until Nintendo comes along and extinguishes all the dolphins on Earth or something.

Gimmick Tables are delayed a week. Stuff came up recently and I’ve not gone ’round to ’em yet. But the reviews are on schedule, at least.

Michael Cole Explains VHS To Da Kids

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dLZWft-UU

So let me just say that I am fairly vocal in my dislike for the Bray Wyatt stuff. Creative guy, sure, but the execution was largely bad. And so when it comes to the Bray Wyatt Tribute Band, my hopes aren’t particularly high in this regard.

That having been said, should this start to fall apart, the only good thing I can take out of this is at the 2:28 mark, where Michael Cole, who’s hip with the youngsters, explain to said kids what a “V.H.S. tape” is. Next week, he should explain stuff like Betamax and 8-Tracks.

Cold Ronda’s Writing A Comic… No Thanks.

Source: https://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/319519-ronda-rousey-announces-new-graphic-novel-project-expecting-the-unexpected/

Former UFC and WWE Diva Ronda Rousey announced that she’s doing a graphic novel about a hired gun who pretends to be knocked up, only to eventually be knocked up and pregnant. And of course, said hired gun is modeled after Ronda herself, because of course it is.

While I’m sure that this is going to be on par with the Kevin Nash comic book from ages ago, I have no interest in giving this comic a look. Anything that actually involved giving Cold Ronda any of my money so she can start talking shit about people who thinks she sucks and use the “if it were a guy, you wouldn’t say it sucked” argument… which doesn’t work here because I compared her would-be project to the Nash comic, which was also wildly imaginative and shit… and that’s being generous.

Best of luck to her on the project, hope it works out for her, but… no buys for me. Sorry.

BOOK REVIEW – Doom Guy: Life in First Person (2023)

So I recently came across John Romero’s autobiographical book called Doom Guy: Life In First Person. The book delves into the obvious talking points; Romero’s early career, the formation of id Software and the subsequent creation of the many landmark games produced, his later career, and other things. There’s also the personal side of things that make the autobiographical stuff worthwhile; his upbringing, his view on things today, stuff like that. That stuff… well, your mileage is going to vary on that stuff, but the insights into the gaming stuff is what sold me on this book.

This is a better book than I was expecting. Part of it has to due with Romero possessing such keen insight and recollection of past events that very few people have. Oftentimes, whenever someone is pressed on past events, they’ll either provide a fuzzy recollection or they claim that they simply don’t recall. Romero doesn’t have that problem. Everything is written and retold with such detail that it’s almost as though he’s been writing this book his entire life. The only other book I could think that comes across as similar is the Bret Hart bio from ages ago.

Is there a possibility of some things being embellished or perhaps told from a certain point of view? Always, but that’s always the case with these things. I’ve read bios that were completely full of shit from page 1. I didn’t get that case here. I got Romero’s side of the story, it felt genuine, it felt like it came from the heart. And for what it’s worth, I’m on my fourth reading of the book. I don’t say that often for something I’ve read fairly recently.

All in all, Doom Guy gets a thumbs up from me. Tremendous read. Well worth checking out.

Closing Up Shop…

Bit of sad news around my neck of the woods, as the game merchant at the local swap meet will closing up shop after decades in business.

I hadn’t known about this until a chance trip yesterday. It’s been a while since I’ve been there due to other things coming up and when I got there, I noticed the area was considerably cleaner than before. Did the guy get robbed or something? But it turns out that he’s wrapping it up and… well, he had a big sale. Obviously missed out on some good stuff, but hey, I’ve got some stuff at least.

Obviously, I wished him all the best in whatever he decides to do next. I’m going to miss the occasional visits, just shooting the breeze, talking about our pets, and of course, getting some swag out of it.

So… that’s going to be a talking point on the Cast this coming Monday.