TNA Cancels April Tapings

Source: http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/report-tna-cancels-their-april-impact-tapings/

As much as some might perceive this as doom and gloom, it’s probably a smart idea to save up on some money. I’m sure they got enough content from the past few tapings that they can afford to skip a month of tapings. Unless they want to start taping their shows from a pink studio with no people… nobody is going to get that last bit, are they?

Gotta suck for the talent under contract, though; having to wait for the next set of dates that might seem like months away. Wonder if they’re allowed to take bookings elsewhere in the interim.

Only saw a couple episodes and it’s alright… hell of a lot better wrestling-wise than what they’ve been putting out a couple years ago, but I’m probably gonna stick with NXT for my ‘alternate’ wrestling fix; an hour that goes by fast and fresh talent… also LIGHTS.

Retired? I Thought You Said You Were Tired…

So… that blog lambasted Chris Bores for announcing his intention to continue his Irate Gamer show, shortly after a sample video of that series’ next episode was posted. As a matter of fact, the insightful title of the guy’s latest blog post is So Much For Retirement! Actual “Irate Gamer” is Coming Back. Because how dare Bores bring back something that people like so much… for whatever reason.

I guess the chucklehead who runs the blog failed to recall that Doug Walker once retired the Nostalgia Critic in 2012 and it took him a few months to go back to the well. Certainly, far less time than it took Bores to do the same. I’ve got dates and everything…

September 14, 2012 – Nostalgia Critic is “retired”
January 13, 2013 – Nostalgia Critic is unretired
Elapsed Time Of Retirement: Four Months

July 21 , 2014 – Irate Gamer is announced as “retired” in subtle mention of Chris Bores bio
March 11, 2015 – Irate Gamer is “unretired” with a teaser video
Elapsed Time Of Retirement: Eight Months*

How sad is it that the only “angry reviewer” type to keep that gimmick retired – save for special occasions – is Kenny The NC17 Guy?

*In fairness, the most recent episode and final episode of his “fourth season” was posted in April. It would be around eleven months retired, but still a longer period than Walker.

RAW (Mar. 9th, 2015) – Where The Big Boys Play With Each Other…

A couple thoughts on last night’s edition of WWE Monday Nyquil (where the big boys play with each other!)

– For those clamoring for the Divas to get a chance, they got a two-minute match on RAW last night and it was the most underwhelming two minutes ever. Meanwhile, we’ve had the Bellas cut a promo that made me continue to be as invested in this match as I am in stocks… And then people wonder why we don’t give these Divas a chance. My guess is that they should get new women to perform for them; preferably those who have no qualms about not being featured on a rather worthless reality show.

– Every time I show signs of interest in a feud, WWE finds a way of killing it. Case in point, Paul Heyman’s reminder that his client, whose name I forget, beat the Undertaker… which served to remind everyone how worthless it is to have an Undertaker match after the fact. Also, it’s nice to see Bray Wyatt pleased that his rocking chair got struck by lightning. Suddenly, I’m not reacting anymore.

(Although credit where it’s due; I think it’s smart of them to keep ‘Taker off television until Wrestlemania 31 in order to keep the suspense of Taker’s condition. It almost harkens back to Wrestlemania XX when Undertaker was being re-introduced under his original-ish Deadman gimmick in his match, but only debuting at that pay-per-view’s main event match. Because Undertaker vs. Kane was the last match on the card, right? There were no others…)

– Randy Orton turns on Seth Rollins because Seth Rollins is stupid… almost as if that ball shot from Jon Stewart got to his brain.

Thank fuck for the WWE Network. That is all.

Del Rio Tore Quad. Nash Is Pissed.

Alberto El Rio Del Patron tore his quad at a show. According to dubious sources, word of this reached Kevin Nash, who was seemingly irate that this “Mexican midget” was stilling his online gimmick. Eventually, cooler heads prevailed when he took solace in the fact that nobody would care about this in the long run.

“When I tore my quad twenty years ago, people made a joke out of it,” Nash had allegedly said, “And you internet geeks and marks got lots of mileage out of that. But when this Alberto Del Kabong or whatever his face is tears his quad, how many people are going to give a shit? The business is ruined, boys.”

Shortly after this supposed interview was (never) conducted, Nash tore his quad… again. On the bright side, the hospital where he was staying was kind enough to offer him a giant salad (with no olives – Nash don’t like the olives.)

Someone Made A Fake “Rise And Fall Of WWE” Trailer

Good to see they’re getting prepared for the eventual Roman Reigns failure… though I must dock points for the uncreative cover.

If the late Mike Graham was around, he’d probably be quoted as saying “Roman Reigns superman punched a thousand people… Never drew a dime and he really thought, in his little Samoan head, that he was as big a star as John Cena.”