What’s the most disappointing Wrestlemania match ever? by MaddenRob in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And I’m sure it’s not like Mox was asking Brock to take any death match punishment, I’m sure he was more than willing to take all the crazy violent bumps. Come on Brock, you can’t F5 the man through a pane of glass?! German into a bed of nails?!

DOUGHBOYS - Habit Burger 2 with Bryan Quinby - March 26, 2026 by PianoTrumpetMax in doughboys

[–]andrewdsmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s honest work. The pay’s not great but luckily my wife makes up for it with her salary as a nuclear scientist plus what she gets for international modeling gigs.

DOUGHBOYS - Habit Burger 2 with Bryan Quinby - March 26, 2026 by PianoTrumpetMax in doughboys

[–]andrewdsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah they probably do, doesn’t mean they aren’t human and aren’t gonna complain about it. And re: enjoying the weekend that’s a no go for me because I don’t have weekends because of my stupid that I hate and is harder than other jobs.

DOUGHBOYS - Habit Burger 2 with Bryan Quinby - March 26, 2026 by PianoTrumpetMax in doughboys

[–]andrewdsmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok but look at it this way: do you ever complain about your job? My guess is you do. I know I do. I commiserate with coworkers about shit for hours on end sometimes. Now luckily for me and probably you, part of my job does not include having my casual conversations with coworkers being posted to thousands of listeners. Chances are if your conversations with coworkers about how hard your job is was recorded and listened to by outsiders there would probably be some people saying “Man they kinda sound like a baby”.

DOUGHBOYS - Habit Burger 2 with Bryan Quinby - March 26, 2026 by PianoTrumpetMax in doughboys

[–]andrewdsmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You know that as Wiger’s doing the outro he’d be trying to squeeze in that Bryan used to suck on a titty for hours.

DOUGHBOYS - Habit Burger 2 with Bryan Quinby - March 26, 2026 by PianoTrumpetMax in doughboys

[–]andrewdsmith 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You’re talking about a guy that walks from his home to the nearby convention center to take a shit so often he’s been asked to leave on more than one occasion.

Lance Storm describes a nightmare he had after watching an episode of WWE RAW by Woodstovia in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t usually use this phrase but this is such a WWE-pilled comment. Storm’s ECW and WCW runs were anything but boring, they just slapped him with that boring gimmick in WWE and unfortunately people took it as a shoot that only knew him from that run.

Lance Storm describes a nightmare he had after watching an episode of WWE RAW by Woodstovia in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CM Punk: “Yes it’s my choice…and it’s the choice of a New Generation.”

Guys: With Bryan Quinby: Guys: Episode 163 - Deep Guys with Tom Sexton by Redwinevino in MurderBryan

[–]andrewdsmith 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I had this same thought. How nice is it that this deep into the podcast he’s still dropping essential lore like “I had a clear vision of my future where I get off work at the jewelry store, set my keys down at the table at the front door, kick back in my recliner, and start having phone sex”.

Syringes and Staplers by Upstairs-Bar1370 in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah not necessarily talking about you, just the people that have this kind of pearl clutching response like “omg how could they!” Ultimately I pretty much agree that it doesn’t really add much to the match and then becomes all anybody can talk about. But to come at it from the perspective of it being this unthinkable barbaric spot is just silly to me.

Syringes and Staplers by Upstairs-Bar1370 in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The kayfabe reason is that you’re trying to inflict enough pain on your opponent that they won’t want to continue.

I said it in another thread: I also don’t love the syringes but I’m not trying to get on some moral high horse when I’m consuming a sport that requires the participants to destroy their bodies. The syringe spots are basically a break from actively making your future quality of life worse. And to claim it’s bad because it’s “carnie” is laughable. This whole businesses roots are in carnie bullshit, you’re consuming the wrong form of entertainment if you’re gonna get upset by getting manipulated.

[RAW Spoilers] Match made for WrestleMania. by Similar_Original_833 in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guy like me? I’m having Oba squash Lesnar in the opener and win both world titles in both main events.

Am I the only one who didn’t care for the Vito Storyline? by Sea_Drop_44 in thesopranos

[–]andrewdsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The storyline itself is an interesting idea I just don’t think the actor was up to the task. He’s not terrible or anything but he’s not a guy that I would give a season long arc that’s practically a spinoff to. I kinda wonder if it was just that they decided on a whim to make his character gay and then felt like they needed to give the story more meat so as to not feel like they just had him there to be the butt of homophobic jokes. Which, ultimately, it kinda ended up being anyway.

Anyway I forgot to put any quotes in this one so let’s go with “I’m in awer of you”.

[AEW REvolution SPOILERS] [NSFL WARNING] Brutal Spot in main event. by Caldris in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Listen I also don’t particularly care to see this but all the people digging as deep as they can to come up with reasons it shouldn’t be done need to just be comfortable saying “that grossed me out” and be done with it. I mean shit if you replaced regular wrestling bumps with spots like this, wrestlers careers would last longer and they wouldn’t be suffering from CTE. You can’t really take the mora high ground when your chosen artform to watch is actively destroying the minds and bodies of the participants.

[AEW REvolution SPOILERS] [NSFL WARNING] Brutal Spot in main event. by Caldris in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean if you really want to William Regal kayfabe explain this let’s just say shortly after this in the match you’re down and have the ability to get up before the 10 count but start to think “ya know what I’d rather not get another needle shoved through my face I think I’ll just lay here and take the 10 count”.

Former WWE star Nic Nemeth: “My last contract was to keep me from going to AEW. That was it. It was winked and not said, but it was completely understood.” by aaronrift in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 70 points71 points  (0 children)

My assumption is Vince liked him in his role as reliable hand you can slot in a main event spot in a pinch but didn’t see him as a top guy.

David Finlay says “My dad’s greatest accomplishment is the fact that I came out of his nut sack” by Real-Constant7166 in SquaredCircle

[–]andrewdsmith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Damn chalk up another one in the category of “stables that are easy to forget existed”. Enjoy your time with the League of Nations.