WCW Monday Nitro (May 13th, 1996) – What A Slam! Bow… Ree…

We open the show with Lex Luger camping out so that he wouldn’t NO SHOW his scheduled WCW World title match against the champion GIANT. Give him points for effort, I suppose.

Steiners defeat Public Enemy in what seems like their 284,872,895th match together this year… I swear it’s like every other week, these two are fighting each other at some point in time. Could it hurt to try and get some other teams for these guys to fight? Maybe bring Harlem Heat back into the mix or something? This is followed by Chris Benoit beating Dave Taylor with a Dragon Suplex in a stiff match and then Randy Savage is BANNED from entering the building, which triggers a conversation between he and Mongo, with Mean Gene along for the ride…. which I don’t mind because whenever you need someone to sum up the situation with a clever quip, you plug in Mean Gene Okerlund and let the man rip.

Ric Flair beats VK Wallstreet in a quick match before sitting at what they call a VIP table at ringside to watch the main event, which sees THE GIANT retain his WCW title over Lex Luger via a CHOKESLAM THROUGH RIC FLAIR’S VIP TABLE… which causes Sting to come out and check on his buddy because WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON?!

Still too soon?

So that was Nitro; a fun little show with some fun stuff that did its fair share of setting up the upcoming Slamboree PPV, which… hey, you know what? If that’s up on the channel, I might give that a watch this week. Should be fun.

Sleep And Cold Are Enemies Of The Empire… Or Something

Right, so there’s supposed to be a Crocodile Dundee: 40 Years Later post here today. That’s being pushed back to Thursday for a one-off thing before the rest of the series (all two of them) are slotted for the next couple Tuesdays. What’s stalling this one was the obvious Mother’s Day festivities, which involved fried chicken and cake… her preferred foods.

And then I went for a walk because I felt a bit bloated… and then I laid in bed for the rest of the day and by the time I woke up, it was one in the morning. I slept through the whole evening… which I hadn’t planned on doing.

I feel like it’s been like this for a few weeks now. I’d go on with my day, I’d have a dinner or so, I’d pass out, and then all of a sudden, hours will have passed. There used to be a time when I’d only take hour long naps and that’d be enough to get me by. Feels like my body is playing catch-up for all those insomnia filled late nights in my earlier years.

I suppose I should be happy that I’m getting more rest… I’d be much happier if I could choose when to get that more rest.

Also, while we’re at it, I wish these winds would die down and the heat would come in sooner. I’ll probably regret that when the summer season hits, but I tried to take a walk and the wind was ridiculous. Not so much the breeze, but the coolness. It irritates me.

Anyway, that’s it for me. Old video outtake from last decade is coming up later today for the blog visitors.

I Asked ChatGPT to Book Asuka’s Last Match… Against GUNTHER

WWE can have this one for free, by the way. It’s AI-generated, which they love – and it involves GUNTHER continuing his gimmick of having people’s last matches and then “retiring” them. And then if people shit on this thing, you can have McSon-In-Law tell them to fuck off and be fans… or have Nick Khan call them the vocal minority… or maybe drive up more subscriptions to hear Uncle Dave stammer about how this is the worst affront to a Japanese wrestler since Okada stubbed his toe or something.

I don’t know. I didn’t make this up – I just asked a question and some gimmick gave me an answer that thoroughly entertained me… which means the people who actually get PAID to throw this creative together are doing a worse off job than a common AI program that anyone can access. I’m not advocating for AI to completely book wrestling shows anytime soon, but at this point, it’s difficult to argue with results.

Anyway, I give you Asuka vs. GUNTHER in Asuka’s Last Match by ChatGPT. Enjoy and be afraid.

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WWE 2K22 (PC) – Kofi and Creed vs. TKO Snake Merchants

Former WWE tag team KOFI and CREED fend off TKO Snake Oil Merchants in an Empty Arena match simulated in an old WWE 2K video game playing on antiquated hardware that isn’t a Nintendo system. Also, some idiot rambles on stuff because sure, why not?

See you boys in three months, by the way. Best wishes.

On the other hand, though, it did get me back into the Universe Mode, where Kevin Owens continues to dominate as undisputed champion of the whole goddamned universe while every Samoan not named Samoa Joe is on the longest losing streak of all time and got deported to WCW with the other old timers. This will probably last about two days before I get bored and move on to something, if I haven’t already by the time you’re reading this piece of business.

Not compelled to do more of these… but as a one-off, sure, why not?

You’re Jobbing Asuka To GUNTHER, Aren’t You?

I can see it now.

Goldberg Complains About “Some Japanese Girl” Getting Better Send Off Than He Did.

Also, that big announcement John Cena teased is for another competition that nobody is going to care, but are going to pretend they do because the algorithm requires engagement… and Dauhausen’s mystery partner turned out to be a Minihausen.

I thought I told you clowns not to do mystery gimmicks anymore. They’re always disappointing and you suck at them.

This is where I remind people that I don’t have a Netflix subscription and have no such inclination to get one any time soon.

But, hey, that Ronda/Gina thing is next week, isn’t it? Maybe that’ll be a big hit or something… right?

Moving right along…

But What About The Muppet?

(Update: Helps if you embed the correct video, dumbass.)

A little late to the party, but they released the trailer for the upcoming fourth and penultimate season of Strange New Worlds, which is due to begin July 28th. It has dinosaurs, it has spatial anomalies, it has Spirk, it has other stuff… less of a focus on the so-called “big swings” that the past couple seasons liked to toss around.

Strangely missing from the trailer is the muppet. I’d imagine most people were thrilled by that omission and expect the “dumbass Muppet episode” to never be a thing. Well, I’m here to tell you that not only is that Muppet episode a thing, it will be such a thing that it’ll go “double dumbass on you” all the way to the bank… or something.

Yeah, sure. It looks fine. Showing all the right things, it looks to be doing. Whether the season holds mustard is another story. I guess we’ll see come July.