On tap for tonight:
WWE Smackdown airs at 8pm EST on Syfy, highlighted by a rematch of the six-man tag from Fastlane as Dolph Ziggler & Ryback & Erick Rowan take on Seth Rollins & Kane & Big Show.
The NBA has two games on the schedule that will be shown on TNT. At 8pm EST the Golden St. Warriors take on the Cleveland Cavaliers while at 10:30pm EST the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Phoenix Suns.
In the NHL there are 9 games on the schedule with the Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators at 8:30pm EST on NBC Sports.
College Basketball has multiple Nationally televised games tonight, highlighted by #21 SMU vs. Memphis at 9:00pm EST over on ESPN 2.
Also, don't forget to check out Place to be Nation's "The Great WrestleMania Re-Book Series" as they cover WrestleMania IV. Click on the link below and give that a read.
http://placetobenation.com/the-great-wrestlemania-re-book-wrestlemania-iv/
WWE Smackdown airs at 8pm EST on Syfy, highlighted by a rematch of the six-man tag from Fastlane as Dolph Ziggler & Ryback & Erick Rowan take on Seth Rollins & Kane & Big Show.
The NBA has two games on the schedule that will be shown on TNT. At 8pm EST the Golden St. Warriors take on the Cleveland Cavaliers while at 10:30pm EST the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Phoenix Suns.
In the NHL there are 9 games on the schedule with the Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators at 8:30pm EST on NBC Sports.
College Basketball has multiple Nationally televised games tonight, highlighted by #21 SMU vs. Memphis at 9:00pm EST over on ESPN 2.
Also, don't forget to check out Place to be Nation's "The Great WrestleMania Re-Book Series" as they cover WrestleMania IV. Click on the link below and give that a read.
http://placetobenation.com/the-great-wrestlemania-re-book-wrestlemania-iv/
Wrestlemania is gonna bomb!
ReplyDeleteI love it MAGGLE.
This is the greatest day in Maple Leafs history.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't imbue a lot of confidence in the months to come, does it?
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to think I might not even end up seeing it.
ReplyDeleteGo cavs.
ReplyDeleteThis might be a preview of the nba finals.
Isn't Horton's career on it's ninth life due to injuries?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's the best part. Stash him on LTIR and he doesn't count against the cap
ReplyDeleteJagr to the Panthers.
ReplyDeleteI need to see the Hawks play the Cavs. What the Hawks are doing is inexplicable.
ReplyDeleteDale Tallon is kind of dumb. He let the Devils fleece him
ReplyDeleteGood point.
ReplyDeleteIs Billy Gunn considered the good half of the Outlaws?
ReplyDeleteGo Cavs!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's a good half to the Outlaws?
ReplyDeleteWhen I read that, I actually thought about the Carolina Panthers and thought WTF is Jagr doing on a football field. A second later I remembered Miami has a NHL team.
ReplyDeleteEw, no.
ReplyDeleteJagr's been in the NHL longer than the Panthers themselves. Thanks for the second rounder.
ReplyDeleteHopefully I don't crash my car on my way home; feeling sick as hell. Lol!
ReplyDeleteThey found someone who can play defense?
ReplyDeleteAs a show, it will be fine. However, they need to not build up Reigns like they have been and start having him kick ass and talk minimally or else he will continue to lose momentum
ReplyDeleteWith bosh and rose (man that guy has no luck) hurt, the hawks is my last threat to the east
ReplyDeleteClarkson is gone! Clarkson is gone! Cap relief for everyone! BEST DAY EVER
ReplyDeleteMore work done on Chyna!
ReplyDeleteShouldnt text and drove maggle
ReplyDeleteFlu?
ReplyDeleteAll the lulz https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-z5FfuXAAAVyN2.jpg
ReplyDeleteIt is confirmed: Intercontinental Title on the line in a multi-man Ladder Match at WrestleMania, with Dean Ambrose and Daniel Bryan almost certainly involved.
ReplyDeleteR-truth wins, because fuck you, that's why.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjicPV6pxaI
ReplyDeleteBest utterly talentless wrestler ever.
Backstage interviewer Cornette?!?!
ReplyDeleteIf Vince wants to cause the IWC to combust, that's a great way to go about it.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather see a TLC for the tag titles. Usos vs Cesaro/Kidd vs Ascension vs another team. See if you can catch that Dudleys/EandC/Hardys magic.
ReplyDeleteLol. They gave Sarge Angle's music too!
ReplyDeleteLOL, someone actually traded for him?
ReplyDeleteHorton for Clarkson.
ReplyDeleteColumbus, I'M AFRAID I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS.
Fuji in an open thread. Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA.
ReplyDeleteThe Atlanta Hawks do not have a single NBA Hall of Famer playing for their team. They have a 8 game lead on the 2nd place Raptors! It's unreal. I cannot think of a single NBA champion that has 0 HoF players on it. Even the 2004 Detroit Pistons probably have Billiups and Rasheed Wallace. I haven't looked at their numbers, but it's probably borderline HoF worthy.
ReplyDeleteHorford might make it someday, and Korver might get in for making the most 3's of all time or something like that. None of their players are cornerstones of team building with the possible exception of Horford.
I might end up rooting for them just to see how far the NBA has broken the game to allow small ball to work.
Columbus is dumb. Isnt their like 4-5 years left on Clarkson's contract?
ReplyDelete5.5 years.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that people cared about those three teams. The only team that people could marginally care for at WrestleMania would be Cesaro/Kidd.
ReplyDeleteWho on Atlanta will cover LeBron? Sefolosha? We've seen that fail in the past.
ReplyDeleteNobody cared about them until they attempted suicide in stunt show matches.
ReplyDeleteLOL, that's possibly the dumbest fucking trade in sports since the C's traded for Vin Baker.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Millsap and Horford will have a field day against Cleveland's frontcourt.
ReplyDeleteNonis may have been the dumb cocksucker who signed the deal but to find another sucker...wow
ReplyDeleteMichael Hayes TOTALLY got the Hardy's over!
ReplyDeleteLudvig Borga is way more entertaining than I remembered. Dude is pretty charismatic.
ReplyDeleteWho is guarding the Hawks? Love is useless, Mozgov can't guard out to the 3 point line, Smith isn't particularly good at defense, and Irving is still doing the matador defense.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't really that dumb for Columbus. Instead of paying a guy who can't play, they're paying a guy who can, although he isn't very good anymore.
ReplyDeleteRaw must have been fucking amazing in 1997, because the PPVs have been dogshit.
ReplyDeleteNow in TEW I'm prepping Seth Rollins for a world title win. And Miz & Damien Sandow have somehow become two of the most over heels in the company.
ReplyDeleteI just don't know what's going to happen. NBA Playoffs traditionally favor superstars, but sometimes they still fail. Dallas in 2011, Detroit in 2004, SA last year. LeBron had a good series, but nobody else on the Heat did.
ReplyDeleteJohn Jangle Cenasmith.......ABADOOOOOOOO!!!
ReplyDeleteThe defense is still lacking but i dont feel that theres a team in the east that can beat the cavs in 7
ReplyDeleteIm just burning time before class.
ReplyDeleteTrust. This is an anomaly
I'm still at work.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm watching Wrestlemania 2...how did they let Dan Spivey look so much like Hulk Hogan? I would have thought Vince would ask him to switch his look up.
ReplyDeleteIt's incredibly dumb. They had guaranteed cap space for five years and they chose to use that cap space on someone who is awful.
ReplyDeleteRaw was amazing in 97. Problem is for the PPV that the main event scene in 97 was stacked but the midcard was shit.
ReplyDeleteTJ: I'm a bit of a softie, but I loved this exchange.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/2/26/8116995/awwww
Smarks only deal in absolutes.
ReplyDeletePretty sure that was probably the point.
ReplyDeleteThe Golden Boy!
ReplyDeleteHonesty, he was nowhere near ready for the WWF when he first signed with them. He actually spent about a year off TV as a heel wrestling in opening matches on house shows against the Sam Houston's and Scott Casey's of the world.
Thanks Kevin Dunn for zooming in on Bastion Booger's ass while he is bend over.
ReplyDeleteWatching the Lesnar-Goldberg clusterfuck from WM20. WWE, this is a window into your future.
ReplyDeletethe two 97 Raws on the Network are way better than almost every PPV we've seen so far.
ReplyDeleteI'm completely positive that Id rather be talking wrestling here than pulling up disgusting bathroom tiles.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I'm saying this but WWE should reach out to Jeff Hardy. He would actually be a good jolt right about now.
ReplyDeleteI still think the Bulls have a small chance if they can get their defense going. The Gasol/Noah thing isn't working too well recently, but they've been playing without Rose on and off all season.
ReplyDeleteHawks have a much better chance. I do not know how they do it other than I know all 5 players can hit 3's. Korver is deployed in a way where there is no help defense or double-teaming against the Hawks like 90% of the time because he's shooting 50% from the 3, and the team as as whole is hitting .383, 2nd in the NBA.
Ah. A rematch of a match that has played out in some different form for the past six months. Sign me the hell up for that.
ReplyDeleteWatching Fresh off the Boat. This is pretty hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThe porn?
ReplyDeleteHorton's contract wasn't insured and they don't have the money to just waste 5.3 mil.
ReplyDeleteIt's a new TV show on ABC about an Asian family that moves to Orlando where everyone is white.
ReplyDeleteHe isn't totally off base. Edge & Christian and the Hardys didn't have much heat until they had that Tag Ladder match at No Mercy 1999.
ReplyDeleteDudleys were over upon arrival.
You're thinking of 'Fuck on the Boat'
ReplyDeleteWatching Heavy Metal Van Hammer squashes on youtube. He used to carry a flying V guitar to the ring with him and swing it around his neck lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's just weird. The announcers don't seem to call attention to it, he's like 1980s Evad Sullivan.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you taking classes for?
ReplyDeleteDavid Clarkson is a waste of $5.4 million. He sucks.
ReplyDeleteOr Fresh off the Dick.
ReplyDeleteIt might have staying power. It gets better each week.
ReplyDeleteJolt is that what the kids are going heroin these days?
ReplyDeleteAnd will have 50/50 booking....
ReplyDelete\_0___/
ReplyDeleteLove the match where he and I think it was Jack fought to the back and ended up in a rodeo corral and Abdullah the Butcher comes out and hits him with a shovel.
ReplyDeleteWhat part of Orlando is that?
ReplyDeleteNot really. Dudleys didn't get over until they started putting women through tables.
ReplyDeleteAm I wrong?
ReplyDeleteThats how orlando used to do it some years back with terk/nelson/petrius/ et al
ReplyDeleteLiving and dying by the three dont work in the ppstseason
I'm binging all the episodes back to back. It's very good. The humor is subtle and the writing is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAlso, FUCKING EMPIRE. That show should CLEAN UP at the Emmys.
It's on ABC, so obviously it's the part of Orlando near Disney World.
ReplyDeleteYoung Triple H would have been way better as a face.
ReplyDeleteBetter wrestling opinions hopefully.
ReplyDeleteLogistics and supply chain mgmt
ReplyDeleteThe show takes place in 1995.
ReplyDeleteFuj used that as his screenname for a while a year or two ago.
ReplyDelete......kinda liked Hippy Van Hammer with his FAAAAAR OOOUUUUT theme
ReplyDeleteReal talk: Yoko/Crush/Borga/Fuji/Cornette is the most underrated stable of all time.
ReplyDeletehe said off the boat, not motorboat
ReplyDeleteWhat's that? I couldn't hear you behind all of my \_0___/ -ing
ReplyDeleteWith their charisma, can you blame them?
ReplyDeleteThat match and the Starrcade Battlebowl where he beaut up his partner and the guy spends the whole match crawling to the ring only for Cactus to tag him in so he can take the pin were the 2 matches that made me a Mick Foley fan.
ReplyDeletePlus his daughter...Jesus Christ, where did those genes come from?
No.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who read that, you are right to be confused.
ReplyDeleteHold on a minute while I screenshot this.
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for 2 I love the battle royal, the tag title match, the Funks and most of the other matches are pretty short and inoffensive.
ReplyDeleteEspecially with the Quebecers and Polo
ReplyDeleteThat's why I'm so shocked they let Butch Reed dye his hair.
ReplyDeleteHis wife was a hottie.
ReplyDeleteWas that late period WCW? I don't remember that at all. I only liked him when he had pleather tights with musical notes on them and this was his theme.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjicPV6pxaI
Borga's deadpan sarcastic promos are hilarious. How did Vince fuck this dude up?
ReplyDeletedidn't he fuck up himself with injuries?
ReplyDeleteThe battle royal is awesome. It's obvious that the football guys are having a blast, and some of them weren't bad in the ring. Bill Fralic, for instance. Plus the rate Hart Foundation Blue and Black Attack look.
ReplyDeleteNo argument there.
ReplyDeleteThat's what SA did last year, and what Dallas did in 2011. SA was scorching at the right time, which is why I didn't think they could repeat. Golden State's offense is outside-in, and that would have never worked in the past. It's not easy to do, but when it works there's very little that can prevent it. It's no longer just 1 or 2 players that can hit the 3, it's the entire team (both GS and ATL).
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited to see what happens though.
Yes this would be 98-99
ReplyDeleteYou make it seem like im this contrarian when i just like to deconstruct wrestling to weed out who the fuck knows wtf they are talking about.
ReplyDeleteThe vast majority dont have a clue.
I am hopefully going back to school in the fall.
ReplyDeleteDipnanudupnaucottoneyedjoe
ReplyDeleteConstance Wu is adorable.
ReplyDeletewho on earth gave Sgt Slaughter almost 20 minutes in a PPV match in 1997?
ReplyDeleteHHH's ego
ReplyDeleteGood luck
ReplyDeleteIts just a joke dude.
ReplyDeleteNo fucking idea.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous NWA Jarrett!
ReplyDeletedamnit..don't bring her up...every damn time....I'm all hey I'm a young guy...what Foley's daughter? the little girl crying in beyond the mat?...oh crap I'm old.
ReplyDeleteYeah, he talks about her model career in his first book. Still you'd think those Mick genes would get in there and ruin everything. But Noelle is just ridiculously attractive. If she can wrestle she could get over huge as the Princess of Hardcore or something.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Its going to be a pain in the ass to do it while working full-time but its now or never.
ReplyDeleteShe has his personality.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting close to giving in and checking out Empire.
ReplyDeleteAwww... This boy miss me...
ReplyDeleteI miss you too cult.
<3
Michael Cole just called it his in ring debut with a straight face. Wow.
ReplyDelete(what's your timestamp btw? I'm at 1:39)
35 here...I hear that.
ReplyDeletesame here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/mirtle-david-clarkson-and-his-buyout-proof-contract/article17783243/
ReplyDeleteThis makes it even funnier.
1:41:00
ReplyDeleteThe thought of Jeff Hardy going against the likes of Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, and Daniel Bryan intrigue me.
ReplyDeleteSo...Taker gets to kill Jarrett? Okay.
ReplyDeleteSo I got into NXT late..trying to play catch up....would Corey Graves have amounted to anything?
ReplyDeleteThat launched them to the next level but they definitely got good receptions right away just from ECW recognition alone.
ReplyDeleteSame here.
ReplyDeleteI just like more money and wifey makes a ton more.
While the faux pimp in me loves that that money comes to me... The man in me is kinda upset.
But she got degrees so... Yeah...
New shoot interview poll is up
ReplyDeletehttp://vote.pollcode.com/43398313
He would have been a fantastic fake CM Punk.
ReplyDeleteDel Rio time.
ReplyDeleteBut I wanna see what Rex's has against Cena.
...i know.
ReplyDeleteJarrett's ring gear is terrible.
ReplyDeletehis entrance music didn't win any awards either
ReplyDeleteThursday Night Smackdown playas!
ReplyDeleteWhat does Bryan dream of, when he takes a little Bryan snooze? Does he dream of mauling Cena, or Brie Bella in her Brie Mode suit? Don't you worry your pretty bearded head, we're gonna push you away from the main to the IC title instead. And then we're gonna push our boy toy Reigns and then we're gonna put him in the Hall of Fame. Reigns, Reigns, Oh Reigns Raining Raining Reigns Reigns Reigns...
ReplyDeleteBut if his push stalls and the fan base snickers,
Well then we'll just push him harder.
\_0___/
ReplyDeleteBryan still does have some devoted followers.
ReplyDeleteNow he's feuding with BNB? The guy who hasn't won in forever and is already feuding with 23 other people. Wow
ReplyDeleteNot by my reckoning.
ReplyDeleteThat bout of fervor for SmackDown was extinguished quickly!
ReplyDeleteOoh, smackdown has new graphics for their name keys!
ReplyDeleteExactly how many people are going to be in the IC match?
ReplyDeleteSooooo...I just got the wwe network alert. How fucking depressing and funny. He's in a fucking multi man ladder match....for the fucking IC title....lololol wow they couldn't even run a mitb? And Bryan has been ambrosed
ReplyDeleteyea watching him and Zane right now and it feels like a case of a pretty good match in spite of Graves
ReplyDeleteTonight's main event is a [six man] TAG TEAM MATCH! Holla holla holla!
ReplyDelete5 or 6.....for the jobber belt.
ReplyDeletePositive: they're going to use the IC belt as the Wrestling Belt, and the World as the Sports Entertainment belt. Smarks can beat the traffic at live shows.
ReplyDeleteNegative: this is too fucking obvious and they'll never do it.
If I had my druthers and if I had my wish of being granted the power to change any one thing about WWE you know what i would pick?
ReplyDeleteGOING BACK to the 2003 SmackDown intro with the black and white and the "I want it all" song with the graphics and entrance and the whole 9 yards.
Man that's one hell of a demotion. He doesn't even get to work with a top guy at Mania. They could have at least gave him UT or something
ReplyDeleteLooking through some old Apter mags from the early 90s. So great.
ReplyDeleteOne article had a line about how dusty rhodes in his prime could split a pea with a single dropkick.
Well I think I'm out on Bryan. That means the only guy in the wwe I'm even remotely into is cena. I think its nxt for me. Why can't there be other wrestling to watch? Do I just switch out to NJPW? I don't know but I can't watch this anymore and I don't even think I can pay for the archives.
ReplyDeleteso Taker/Jarrett gets 5 minutes, even though it started well... but a Sgt. Slaughter match got 20 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking recently of doing Bryan-Taker at WM 29 and throwing Punk into the World Title match.
ReplyDeleteThat was fucking pointless.
ReplyDeleteSo why do you think that wrestling went from a weekend show to a week night show? I know Monday night war and all but for years and years weekends was where it is at.
ReplyDeleteZiggler or sheamus one on one would have been way better. I honestly hope the smark crowd turns on Bryan now too.
ReplyDeleteThe Slaughter match, or Taker/Jarrett? Both?
ReplyDeleteThe english versions of NJPW are available online. Watch the first couple of episodes (Esp. episode 3) and see what you think.
ReplyDeleteI'm fed up. Thankfully spring training games start next week, and the MLB season isn't far away. Cancelling the Network on Saturday morning, and then I might just be done with the product.
ReplyDeleteI think about following NJPW....but I never do.
ReplyDeleteI've been telling myself I was going to start following NJPW since 2011 lol.
Jarrett. At least the Slaughter match kind of helped Hunter.
ReplyDeleteI think he's above those two at this point for Mania. They don't have many options but BNB and R-Truth? that's a big fuck you
ReplyDeleteyes, at least ONE big star laid down for HHH, despite what he says.
ReplyDeleteI'm still in but having a strict only PPV rule helps.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is they believe that's when people are in a tv watching mood. WCW ran from 6-8 for that reason. No one was doing anything during that time so why not watch wrestling.
ReplyDeleteA fucking multi man ic title match...wow....that is actually worse than anything I imagined. People clowned witw for saying Bryan wasn't even gonna make wrestlemania. This is one step better. Barely.
ReplyDeleteLOLCenaWins your heart.
ReplyDeleteWatching Lesnar vs Eddie from NWO 04 for the first time. I've heard good things.
ReplyDeleteIts crazy.
ReplyDeleteWe cloned WitW because he took seven spittle covered paragraphs to say that.
ReplyDeleteYes come to the NJPW bandwagon.
ReplyDeleteTo play devil's advocate, the IC title would look good on Bryan, and I see him more as an IC champ (in the old school sense) than I do a world champion. If only the IC title still meant what it did in the 80's...
ReplyDeleteGoing to NXT for a while would do wonders for Miz
ReplyDeletelove that match. I'll add it to the list of shit I should watch between now and Saturday when I cancel the network.
ReplyDeleteIts just hard not to be so disgusted that it even ruins my enjoyment of old wrestling. Wow...he's in a throw away match that means nothing. For the ic belt...well I'm speechless.
ReplyDeletelol. Cancelling until WM?
ReplyDeleteMiz has officially reached jobber status
ReplyDeleteMiz is good in that role. He's always over as a heel so any face you put against him will be cheered.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of Asians? Iranians? Siberians? Chinese? Filipinos?
ReplyDeleteIts been decades since that belt wasn't laughable. Winning that match would be the nail in his coffin so I actually kind of hope he does. I just can't believe they threw him in the dumpster with all those jobbers for that crappy belt.
ReplyDeleteSo Bryan gets the I.C. belt and Cena gets the U.S. belt? Are they pushing the secondary titles?
ReplyDeleteAustin-Rock three minute match? Sure.
ReplyDeleteI'm a freebird, what's your excuse?
ReplyDeleteIf you get a guy over then why not push him? Guess I should stop asking stuff like that and just watch the show
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