AEW Dynamite (Nov 4th, 2020): I Completely Forgot About This Show…

You know, with all the shit-shingles surrounding the bickering of old men and political ideologs, it just occurred to me that I had completely forgotten about last night’s AEW show… which is a go-home show for their Full Gear PPV taking place this weekend. Honestly, I can’t imagine the ratings being any good due to the mess down south, but at the same time, I can’t imagine anyone caring about wrestling at the moment.
From my understanding, it was a pretty tame show with a couple good promos from Mox and Kingston regarding their match and a strong showing from Sammy Guevara during a tag match. Jericho was on commentary once again. Sounds like I didn’t miss much.
However, to bring up some good news, Cody is now able to be Cody Rhodes again… even though everyone has been calling Cody Rhodes every now and then, so it probably doesn’t mean much anymore. Still, good for Cody. Maybe he’ll bury more people with that extra name.
Or maybe he should’ve trolled the AEW crowd and called himself Stardust or something.
Nah, that would’ve been stupid.

You’re Getting What You Deserve

No, this is not about the Joker movie. But the header does fit.

Because it’s the truth.

You know… I’m not one to talk politics on this here blog. It’s not a thing I care to comment on and it’s regarding a country that I do not live in. However, in light of the ongoing (as of this writing, at least) counting of the votes that is still ongoing, I feel the need to say this to all my neighbors in the south and I want to emphasize that this is from the bottom of my heart.

You’re getting what you deserve.

I’m not saying this out of malice, because I feel the pain of millions of southern neighbors in anxiety over their uncertain future. The voters who feel their vote to this political process called democracy may or may not be counted. There’s a part of me that feels sorry for the citizens of the nation genuinely concerned about their country’s future, but there’s also a part of me that feels this whole thing is your own damned fault and whatever happens afterwards is of your own doing.

This whole election snafu and the shitstorm that’s going to come afterwards is something that could’ve been prevented had anyone had the foresight to develop a system that would result in a timely and smooth electoral process during a period where such results would be demanded upon. Yes, the world is suffering from prevailing circumstances and we’re developing ways to operate in this pandemic-stricken environment. Don’t you think the means in which you’re determining your next head of state should be one of those things, especially considering the scrutiny and the ballyhoo that is going to be drawn to it?

This is harkening back to Gore vs Bush in 2000, where things turned to shit during that electoral process as well… and then things went to hell for the next eight years. You’d think we would’ve learned something from that, but instead we’re too busy trying to censor history because it might offend someone or hurt their feelings.

To hell with your feelings.

History is not supposed to be pretty. It’s not supposed to be all-inclusive. It is pretty diverse, but not in the way you’d like. You’re not supposed to like history. You’re supposed to learn from it and try to do better than what your predecessors have in the past. And you haven’t done a single thing of it. Hell, none of us have. That’s what so damned frustrating.

Anyone who had a hand in this mess… congratulations, you deserve whatever comes afterwards and the rest of us have to suffer for it by proxy.

Thanks a lot.

RAW After Mania (April 3rd, 2006) – The Night After The Birth Of Cuck Fena

So what a difference a year makes. John Cena went from beloved champion to hated fellow in roundabout fashion. And when HHH is unable to sway the crowd into cheering for the chosen one, we’ve got a situation that would continue on for DECADES.

In any event, there’s a nice opening segment with Cena, Hunter, and Edge; some nice barbs here and there about perfect Mania streaks not being in the main event and such. This exchange results in a handicap match with HHH and Edge teaming up against Cena and McSon-In-Law wins, of course.

In other news, the Spirit Squad (a male cheerleader group that you’re supposed to hate in 2006, but would’ve been babyfaces in 2020) beat KANE and the FUCKING BIG SHOW for the Tag-Team titles in a big upset. Chavo Guerrero “quits” after losing a match against Shelton Benjamin – but he’d eventually show up on Smackdown to fuck with Rey Mysterio… that’s loads of fun right there. Shane and Vince challenged Shawn Michaels and GOD to a match… no, not a wrestler named GOD, but the actual Almighty himself… but not Lashley… this is so fucking stupid.

There’s actually some fun stuff on here and after a couple dull years, we have a good RAW after Mania. Things are supposed to be looking up because this is when things are supposed to get really, really good in WWE.

I sure hope so.

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

So we have another Halloween Havoc PPV one year later, featuring the Spin The Wheel Make The Wheel concept. So let’s have a look at that before we dive into the NXT iteration… soon enough, I suppose.

Oh yeah, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the wonderful little opening mini-movie featuring a bunch of kids going to a creepy house and being greeted by a really creepy Tony Schiavone, who pulls off his face to reveal a much hairier face to scare off the kids. I’m amazed that in all the years of modern face technology, nobody bothered to replace the fake wolf mask thing with Tony Schiavone’s face circa 2020. Wouldn’t THAT be a hoot.

Anyway, on with the show…

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WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

So… in preparation for this week’s NXT show – featuring another edition of Spin The Wheel Make the Deal – I decided to revisit the WCW show responsible for its infamous reputation and that is Halloween Havoc 1992. Tomorrow, we’ll be look at the 1993 edition that also featured the second ever STWMTD match before the concept was shelved forever and never seen again until a couple times when WWE would bring it back as RAW Roulette or whatever they used to call it.

Anyway, onwards with the show, as it were.

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RAW After Mania (April 4th, 2005) – The Reign of McSon-In-Law Is BWAH-HAH-HAH GOOD ONE PAL!

So… Batista beat McSon-In-Law for the World title.

Despite this, he and McSon-In-Law would headline TWO MORE PPVs in 2005 before Batista was eventually shipped off to Smackdown. This is evident when the guy starting the show is NOT your new World Champion, but rather McSon-In-Law. In fact, the only time your NEW WORLD CHAMPION shows up on TV is in a main event match with Randy Orton that ends up going nowhere. In fact, I barely remember the match.

Yeah, this was another show where nothing of note happened and everything was quickly forgotten in a blur. There’s a thing with Steve Austin in it, there’s a pretty entertaining Edge vs. CB match in there, and a really short Trish Stratus match with whatsherface… but that’s about it and I’ve had to struggle with this knowledge.

A meh outing… not feeling these shows.

Bad Gas Derails Plans, So Here’s Some Havoc

Stomach issues, sadly, derailed any work to be done on the blog, so it’s light slimmings. On the one hand, this allows the Youtube side of things to catch up in regards to the video content. On the other hand, no new videos this week on the blog beyond, maybe one or two picks along the way.

However, those who missed my PPV Musings for whatever reason will be happy to learn that two new ones will be posted this week. Neither are current PPVs as I haven’t seen either one from this weekend, but they are old WCW shows relating to a certain gimmick that will be making a comeback on this week’s edition of NXT. So look forward to that eventually.

Other than that, everything is up in the air. If something comes up, it’ll be up… but videos have been curtailed yet again.

I swear the doughnut isn’t at fault. I recorded that video two weeks ago.