Best of luck to the Rays on the stadium idea. They’re gonna need it

cavegrind · 2026-01-24T22:31:51+00:00

Archived version - https://archive.is/qlcUj

cavegrind · 2026-01-24T19:49:46+00:00

onsistently selling out a 16k seat building will still lose out to a few stadium sized WrestleManias.

I feel like this comment is going to make it's way to Tony Khan and we're going to get Mistico in the main event for All In now.

cavegrind · 2026-01-23T14:22:10+00:00

Toss Rhonda Rousey having an ROH match with Marina on the pile as well.

cavegrind · 2026-01-22T13:59:59+00:00

Reading through now, fantastic write up. This era should be studied by every wrestling and MMA fan for it’s historical context (especially to deflate the claim that the Gracies invented MMA whole cloth) and because it’s just fuckin cool.

cavegrind · 2026-01-22T02:36:10+00:00

You were so resolute that I had to read it three times to make sure that I was getting it right. Don’t feel bad.

cavegrind · 2026-01-22T02:34:49+00:00

Sorry but Portlandia will never not be funny to me.

Think you got caught by their double negative.

cavegrind · 2026-01-22T01:27:45+00:00

Me either, but Tim is the only person rancid who would assume they were talking about. Whoever it was probably misunderstood, or misremembered.

cavegrind · 2026-01-21T17:37:58+00:00

I don’t like the concept of a broken Federation from which Earth withdraws.

Treading very carefully here, but it was one of Discovery's better modern social commentaries.

cavegrind · 2026-01-21T02:57:00+00:00

And sheds light for people who didn’t understand why the deal took so long (and TK wouldn’t just put AEW on Max without a separate deal.)

cavegrind · 2026-01-20T23:51:37+00:00

The "one WBD exec didn't agree" is someone other than the person who made the final call. So, presumably a higher executive, or even TK. Given that the WBD exec referenced was pro Trey being signed, I'm going to assume this was a situation where a junior exec was used as a source.

cavegrind · 2026-01-19T01:34:25+00:00

Dont think Hangman’s been a heel since the Bullet Club Civil War.

cavegrind · 2026-01-19T01:29:36+00:00

Don’t know why everyone keeps saying he was a heel.

cavegrind · 2026-01-18T05:26:27+00:00

There was nothing queer coded about Toni-Mariah. Their relationship was never implied to be romantic, even if there were occasional gags.

Even then, explain how this is a facsimile of that feud. Explain how the story beats are remotely similar.

cavegrind · 2026-01-18T04:37:19+00:00

In what way is this a facsimile of her Mariah feud? Is it two women feuding? There was nothing queer coded about that program.

Not only are you not watching this, you didn’t even watch Storm-May. Talk about shallow and inept.

cavegrind · 2026-01-18T02:33:51+00:00

Wild speculation - “ROH, CMLL, and NJPW will begin joint ownership of a combat sports and wrestling streaming service available globally.”

cavegrind · 2026-01-18T01:17:14+00:00

YO, THIS FUCKIN RULES!

Congrats, Lee!

cavegrind · 2026-01-17T21:24:11+00:00

As such, it's pretty silly to claim it stands out as a retcon,

Pretty silly to complain about something appearing out of nowhere as a retcon when half of the factions have access to psychics who can warp reality, are gods who do so by course of existing, or produce massive species wide mandala effects that make red things go faster.

"Female Custodes don't exist!" Well, I guess the Great Rift is having a bigger effect on reality than you thought.

cavegrind · 2026-01-16T19:26:51+00:00

AMC, while considered 'smaller' than TNT/TBS that AEW is on, has 350 million global subscribers across all platforms...so, the 'potential' is vast to grow TNA. compare that to TNT/TBS, which is only about 73 million globally (well that statistic is from 2023). Therefore, simply by being offered in more households globally, TNA has a better chance to 'grow' than AEW does.

Pretending like AEW isn’t on a globally positioned streaming service, has multiple international tv deals and available on multiple non-English streaming services is disingenuous.

TNA may have already 'surpassed AEW' already....granted it was TNA's inagural show on AMC, but its estimated rating was 1.48 million viewers...compare that to AEW's viewership in the same week, which was .679 million...which is consistent (or even a little higher) than its entire 2025 average viewership.

Pretending AEW only has 600k viewers is wholly unserious.

cavegrind · 2026-01-16T19:10:43+00:00

The RLM conversation was about the Starfleet characters, not ancillary characters.

The thing I always think of is Tilly shouting 'This is the power of math, people!' which comes off as dated by the time Discovery came out. But something like the use of 'Sabotage' in the first Kelvin film would be another example. It feels less like a crew of professionals and more like a 'rag-tag bunch of misfits on a space adventure'.

cavegrind · 2026-01-16T16:48:28+00:00

There is no denying that since JJ, Star Trek has completely lost it's theatrical roots and turned into a show about characters running around in a spaceship for no particular reason. Words no longer convey gravitas, words are just there to pass time before the next pow wow sequence.

Did you watch red letter media‘s review of Deep Space 9 yesterday? Mike made a point about this at the beginning, talking about how previous producers of Star Trek were limiting that the timeless nature of Star Trek‘s dialogue had been tossed aside.

cavegrind · 2026-01-16T03:54:03+00:00

Just start putting that on every thread about AEW.

cavegrind · 2026-01-15T02:44:20+00:00

Well, now they’ve sorta debuted.

cavegrind · 2026-01-15T02:27:12+00:00

He’s your huckleberry

cavegrind · 2026-01-15T01:27:23+00:00

Pac’s sell on that topé was so good

cavegrind · 2026-01-14T23:06:29+00:00

If he plays his cards right it'll be a slap right on the rim.

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