WWE TLC 2020

“I’M LAUGHING BECAUSE THE FIEND IS BURNT
TO A FUCKING CRISP! THAT’S FUNNY!”
Vincent Verhei
Bryan & Vinny Show
December 21, 2020
Welp, here we are. The TLC show from the WWE Thunderdome featuring Bray Wyatt being burnt to a fucking crisp… and yes, the Fiend still sucked.
Why did I decide to watch this show after skipping it the first time around? That’s a very good question and as soon as I can come up with a very good answer, I will let you know. In the meantime, it’s Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt THE FIEND in a Firehouse Inferno match, which is basically an inferno match in the THUNDERDOME where everything is in a monitor and we do video tricks and shit like that…
Other stuff happened, I guess.

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Review #915 – Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night (PSX)

Oh yeah… we’re going there.

Honestly, the fact that we’ve gotten to the point where I can feel comfortable sharing my true feelings on games that are considered bonafide classics and not giving a fuck about the backlash is rather gratifying. I mean, look. I’m not getting to Youtube superstardom or anything like that. Not aiming for that. I’d rather be me and have a few folks around to watch me share “bad” takes than a whole bunch of yes-person stragglers subscribe because I said something they agreed with.

So, no, I don’t hold Symphony in high regard. I still think it’s a good game, but this is one relic I refuse to worship for the sake of… what? I don’t know.

Anyway… moving on.

Review #914 – Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)

True story: This was the video review that was too hot for Dailymotion last year, but Youtube took it without issue… AND with no changes to the content whatsoever. Pretty much the thing that convinced me to just stick with the Youtube thing.

Also, wave the flag in hoping Symphony moves past the Sony ecosystem and onto other systems. You know, for the fans.

AEW Dynamite (Oct. 18th, 2022): A Quick Word

Only saw the last hour-ish of Dynamite, but I got the important bits. There was a really great exchange between MJF and William Regal, there was a pretty good match between Chris Jericho and Dalton Castle that saw Mr. Wizard retain his ROH title – this Dalton fellow seems a bit out there, but he’s certainly a unique cat and I certainly appreciated the video package telling me what this guy was all about. I hope to see more of him in the future.
And then we have the main event match between AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Hangman Adam Page that ended abruptly when Mox hit Page with a lariat and Page somehow landed on his head, prompting the ref and doctors to check on him and call the match off. Page was stretchered out and diagnosed with a concussion. A bit of good news is that he was discharged from the trauma center that he was taken to, but still under protocol. All I can say is “Get well, Hangman.”
With time to spare, Mox calls out MJF, who teases cashing in his chip – basically a Money In The Bank type deal – but decides he’s going to actually earn his keep and cashes in for a title match at the upcoming Full Gear PPV. Nice to see that they’re going along with the people cheering MJF by having him do this babyface thing of “earning his keep.” It’s going to make it difficult to get people to hate him now, but you knew this was going to happen sooner or later, so you may as well just go with it.
Okay, so we’ve actually got a main event World title bout for the PPV to look forward to… and all it took was an impromptu segment after a guy got concussed to do it. At the very least, they’re trying to fix their issues, but it’s a process.
Show was alright… somewhat tainted by the Hangman spot. Hope he pulls through.

WCW Halloween Havoc 1996

Halloween Havoc was World Championship Wrestling’s signature October PPV event before the name was adopted into a special episode of NXT that would play around this time. I’ve only dabbled in a few of these PPVs and never did bother to make these a tradition on the blog… and a few have wondered why that’s never the case. Well, the plain and simple answer is that none of these Halloween Havoc shows were actually any good and even some of the better shows were simply a matter of being “less bad” than the usual stock. Sure, there was some good stuff – usually on the first half of the card – but the bad stuff was generally very bad and offset the few highlights on these shows.
With that having been said, since I’ve been on the WCW 1996 PPV kick during the summer, I might as well cover that year’s Halloween Havoc PPV, which I have never seen. Fall Brawl closed out with a significant push forward in the nWo saga, with Sting out of the picture and the nWo running roughshod. Our main event for the show is Hogan vs. Savage.

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