Twilight

Meanwhile Game Changer Wrestling had their Clusterf*ck match early Sunday morning on a show that bears the name of the match. Roughly four guys were eliminated from the match by leaving the building the show was held in. Said much also featured the mascot Chitan and a man in an inflatable chicken outfit, presumably also a mascot, wrestling as well as an inflatable doll. The whole thing was won by Microman, a little person who's only about three feet tall. The match also halted completely in the middle as a wrestler named "Spyder" Nate Webb entered as every wrestler in the match at that point was singing along to Webb's theme music. The whole thing was balls out insanity distilled into a match and naturally, I loved every moment of it. Ten out of ten will watch next year if they do it again.

I guess we'll see if Punk truly was solely to blame for everything that happened in AEW, as Tony Khan would have us believe. Not sure I buy that myself. Now mind you, I'm not saying his innocent of wrong doing but it does take more then one person to result in a brawl and it seems to me like those who were also involved in those altercations are getting way less grief then Punk is. I mean I can't get over that the altercation with Jack Perry was so bad that it was a firing offence but ONLY for CM Punk even though, logically, Jack Perry was one of the people making it so bad. If such an incident is a firing offence, it ought to be a firing offence for everybody involved.

See what bothers me is that Israel and it's supporters have been swearing up and down that HAMAS has hidden tunnels to smuggle weapons and such into Gaza Strip, tunnels which Israel has yet to find. So if HAMAS can smuggle weapons and other gear into Gaza without the Israelis noticing, wouldn't it stand to reason they could smuggle themselves out of Gaza Strip once their dirty deeds were done? I'm just saying, if the Israeli stories of smuggling tunnels are true and accurate the HAMAS agents would have little reason to actually stick around in Gaza would they? I mean it's a horrifying thought but maybe we have to address the possibility that the actual terrorists have already gotten away and the bombing is happening anyhow because the Israeli government just doesn't care?

And I'm afraid it's only going to get worse before it gets any better. Especially since it seems a great many people don't seem to be interested in preventing it from getting worse.

I'd imagine a few heads will be rolling at Israeli intelligence too, I'd imagine. I don't know what Israeli internal security is called but logically their job is to keep watch on West Bank and Gaza Strip in order to prevent attacks like these.

They practiced for the attack....in plain sight of Israeli forces and the IDF still didn't see it coming? 😵 I'm not sure how that's even possible? Like the Israelis are always touted as one of the greatest military forces in the world, how are they not competent enough to prepare for an attack that was blatantly being planned before their very eyes?

Of course he did, because why wouldn't you job the most over guy in your company at the moment to the Rock's relations? 🤬

Recently, as in a few moments before this post was made, I finished reading The Fort by Gordon Korman. It's his 100th book and it's about a group of five young teenagers who find a hidden bunker while exploring after a hurricane. The trap door was revealed when the storm blew away a bunch of top soil. Anyway the boys claim the bunker as their own, it was made by some eccentric billionaire so it's well stocked and has a record player a TV and VCR with lots of records and movies, declaring it to be their fort and spend as much time there as possible. For some of the boys this is to escape the realities of their lives, like the boy who's being abused by his stepfather. Or the boy who's parents abandoned him and his brother, who is now being raised by his grandparents and who's brother is falling in with a bad crowd much as their parents had. Anyway it's a really good book, like most of Korman's stuff. I recommend it.

That's likely what Argentina thought when they played Saudi Arabia.

The odds of Canada getting out of the group stage in group F seem rather high, but I'm pulling for them anyhow. Here's hoping for a Cinderella story.

Yeah I desperately want to like AEW, but their booking makes it difficult. The sheer amount of guys I like on the roster means I keep paying attention but MLW has a lot of guys I like too, without the things that annoy me for the most part so I think I might be focusing on them.

So AEW was in Toronto today and I had considered getting tickets. Hearing that Jericho went over yet again and Daniel Garcia was booked to return to the JAS fold, thus killing an interesting storyline, I'm glad I didn't. Heck, Garcia being on the outs with the JAS was the only interesting thing about them and now they're back to being the black hole of dullness the light of entertainment can't escape from.

I felt Sammy's face run was rather lackluster to be honest and his feud with Scorpio Sky had folks cheering Sky, rather then Sammy, if memory serves. It was so bad he had to turn heel again and resume riding Jericho's coattails. Given the backstage problems he's been part of as of late and well, I just don't think he's worth the push that Khan's giving him. I agree though that rejoining Jericho has hurt him, that much was clear when he faced off with Daniel Garcia on Dynamite and it got no reaction. Can't honestly say I'm upset about that though.

Lately I've been collecting Masters of the Universe Origins figures. I have 27 figures from the collection, I have a Tri-Klops to but he's actually from the original collection. I picked him up at a Comic Con, cause I wasn't able to find the origins version of Tri-Klops anyplace. He doesn't have any of his accessories but aside from that he's in pretty good shape. The other figures are: He-Man, Battle Cat, Skeletor, Panthor, Sun-Man, Stridor, Lord Pig-Head, Sorceress, Ram Man, Buzz Off, Clamp Champ, Man At Arms, Stratos, Man E Faces, Fisto, Beast Man, Trap Jaw, Clawful, Faker, Anti Eternia He-man, Jitsu, Mer-Man, Stinkor, Evil-Lyn, Buzzsaw Hordak, Horde Trooper and Mantenna.

And once again Jericho goes over somebody he ought to be putting over. Once again the Jericho Appreciation Society comes out on top, bound and determined to destroy any interest I might have in AEW's product. People whine about the Elite but it's not the Bucks and Omega who've been refusing to put anybody over. They've got a great many interesting factions available in AEW, JAS IS NOT ONE OF THEM! Let somebody get a solid lasting win without Dusty finishes or BS like that, let Kingston take the ROH title off Jericho, let Andrade stretch Sammy till he cries, just please remove this black hole of suck from my TV screen.

Why?

The Undisputed Elite are coming back next week apparently. Should that be true then you'll see Adam Cole again.

I don't think they will, if only because Mox vs CM Punk to reunify the titles is a big money match and AEW likely knows it. What I'm hoping is that Kingston interference causes Jericho to lose, resulting in Kingston and Jericho facing off again with Kingston FINALLY getting his revenge on Jericho and the JAS disbanding. Guys like Daniel Garcia don't really need Jericho after all, they can make it on their own.

To add to my previous thoughts on the matter: Chris Jericho shouldn't be going over any young stars in 2022, he was great in his prime sure but now he ought to be building up new stars for the good of the promotion and wrestling in general. Furthermore JAS ought to be disbanded on the grounds that the young stars aren't really getting much out of it aside from Sammy Guevara. They're not getting much attention from being Jericho's goons, there's no rub for them by being part of the group and I feel they'd be much better off on their own.

Particularly ridiculous due to the fact that Kingston is one of the most popular guys AEW currently has, the fans adore him. He ought to be getting pushed to the moon, not jobbed to the likes of Jericho. My thoughts are not only does Kingston need a decisive victory over Jericho but the JAS needs to disband as well, as Jericho's really holding them back at this point.

Rather hope they stop dialing back the silliness of the character's myself. I mean nobody's calling for a return to Adam West super camp, though I did love the Adam West Batman, but there's surely a happy medium between that and Frank Miller grim dark. Some of those silly elements are things I want after all, like Penguins trick umbrellas. I'm not even asking for the really silly ones just the gun disguised as an umbrella, or the umbrella that sprays knock out gas, stuff like that.

I personally would've preferred if Batman had deduced Riddler's plan and thwarted it but aside from that I enjoyed the movie way more then I thought I would. The action sequences were top notch, all the actors did excellent work with their roles and I particularly enjoyed Colin Farrel as the Penguin. It wasn't a perfect movie sure, it dragged by the end after all and Riddler barely resembled the character from the comics but none of that was a deal breaker. I do wish they'd ease up on the dark and dreariness for the next movie though.

He is in fact a member of Minoru Suzuki's Suzuki-gun stable, last time I checked. Suzuki-gun vs Blackpool Combat Club would make me very happy.

Not being a psycho is what makes Riddler stand out among Bat villains these days, I feel. If he's just another psycho it makes him feel less unique.

The Lone Ranger was very uneven I'll grant you, but I wouldn't put it on any worst lists. When they find the right tone the movie is good, but sadly they only manage to do that for the finale.