My favorite thing about that Adam Weitsman sitting at commentary is that it has introduced me to the phrase "Prominent scrap dealer."
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If you're wondering what TKO thinks of this weekend: HHH, the guy who never shies away from taking credit for every win, did not appear on either night of the WrestleMania post-show. The man went into witness protection this weekend.
Also, whatever you think about that match, Punk was doing all the mental lifting there. Punk was treating this like a special night. That was Roman by the numbers. If we put Punk's brain in Reigns' body, we'd be getting somewhere.
Still, I thought it was pretty enjoyable on the whole. It was a good version of a match I've lost my taste for. Punk's flesh was weak, but his spirit was strong and infectious; he was clearly having the time of his life and he still has a kind of presence that's going extinct.
Bad: Punk has clearly lost a physical step and he didn't have one to spare. It has become painful to watch him do anything that requires a quick burst of movement. Tired tropes (Multiple table breaks, stealing and spamming finishers) dominated the back half.
Good and bad to Punk/Roman. Good: Punk treated it like the match of his life and was clearly puttting his all into it, which was shockingly somewhat uncommon this weekend. Felt big in ambition. No bullshit overbooking. The Bad: (Next tweet.)
Credit to Punk, that elbow to the table on the floor may have been the best jump of his life.
Punk just did maybe the slowest Superman punch in history. It was...something else.
Saudi Arabia being the sponsor for Punk's match is chef's kiss.
Brock only decided to retire when Punk proved to him he could take over his role of "Guy who gets super winded minutes into every match." (I'm actually enjoying this so far.)
How did I miss this?
A Samoan named Joe.
Roman to Punk: "This ain't Twitter, son!"
Me: Oh thank God, I'm safe.
Look, Punk came out to AFI and headlocked a Samoan, I can't resist this.
Historic high ticket prices and now they’re inserting ads into the middle of entrances, even in the arena.
Live crowd is starting to boo when these happen.
One fun thing about WWE's modern marketing is when retiring wrestlers do the bow down and kiss the canvas thing they're now smooching logos for things like "Kid Kloudz: The First Vape for Children."
ahahaha when Cena plugged that they were on ESPN, the crowd booed.
I've seen a lot more complaints about ads during Mania this year. Part of that is they ran even more of them, but I think part of it is fans are willing to tolerate/ignore a lot...when the core product is making them happy. When enjoyment starts to drip, ads start to annoy more.
Almost every corporation is a soulless construction seeking to maximize profit, but most are worried enough about appearances to at least mildly try to hide it. TKO don't care. Every flat surface has an ad, commercials are pushed to the edge of fan tolerance.
I do get a kick out of how comically greedy TKO is. My favorite parts are 1.) Even their ticket sale had to have a corporate sponsor. And 2.) Last night, through another sponsor, a few fans won not free tickets, but SEAT UPGRADES from the rafters to the floor.
Some people will be critical of this, but I think they forget the important precedent of when Walter Cronkite missed covering the moon landing because he had an obligation to play televised bridge with Dan Rather and Harpo Marx.
"F4W not being able to do Observer Radio after night one of WrestleMania because Bryan Alvarez had a midnight booking to wrestle Sean Ross Sapp." Sometimes there are too many jokes and they cancel each other out.
HHH may have to make his post-PPV remarks from an underground bunker this time.
Pat McAfee came out in a ref shirt and did a slow count when Randy went for the cover and then Randy RKOed Pat and lost. Calling that finish Russo-esque might actually be an insult to Russo.
So far Orton/Cody has been the answer to "What if someone tried to do the Austin/Hart double turn but it lasted forever and was boring and Pat McAfee was there because you're in hell, you're in literal hell for running over that drifter when you were 17?"
When I was a kid, if someone told me that hearing the phrase "Jelly Roll is here" would one day make me grab my temples in pain rather cheer in delight, I never would've believed you, but here we are.
Why does Cody Rhodes in white plastic look like a JFK death mask plus the Michael Myers mask
Oh, so when Bianca Belair reveals a bulging belly, it's "A beautiful joyful moment," but when I do it, it's "Making the other customers at the Old Country Buffet uncomfortable."