Had a moment of clarity where I realized I'm a grown man shouting about professional wrestling on the internet and in a first for this specific breed of creature I'm going to stop because man that's sad. Not that I offer anything *else* to society but I can't help that I'm an unemployed dirtbag.

I don't know why it took until tonight for me to realize Mania is a variety show more than anything, right down to celebrity skits with the roster and musical interludes. The actual wrestling is just kind of... there perfunctorily. "Here's what we normally do, if you care."

Much motherfucking clown love, Juggalette.

Okay, I saw a post about a few of the Mania matches not making it to ten minutes. The show's been on for three hours. HOW many ads are they loading this show with? Or is it all Cena "host" skits?

Look, there's a non-zero chance the WWE shitshow is still going at 8 PM Pacific, the same time Coachella is streaming the second set by Nine Inch Noize. Don't be dumb. Make the right decision.

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Today's an excellent day for quality wrestling, mainly because I'm catching up on #AEWCollision.

WWE fans: “Jake Hager is winning at Power Slap!” AEW fans: “LOL Jake Hager is winning at Power Slap.”

I will always repost Trent Reznor praise.

I get the worry. I do. But Nintendo not allowing sharing of Tomodachi Life screenshots is a) not going to actually stop them from getting around and b) feels like obnoxious overreach, especially in a game where social interaction is a core tenet.

Tomodatchi Life today and Pragmata *and* the Nine Inch Noize album tomorrow?

So today was my birthday and I had a lot to think about. It's been a rough 6 months. In November I lost my uncle, in mid-December I lost my cat. At the end of November I lost my mom. In March I lost my job.

How it feels to use bluesky rn:

Darby won the title and Bluesky literally imploded. LOL. #AEWDynamite

Catching up tomorrow but I saw the result and TK is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. Change the title on a PPV? “Nothing big happens on TV.” Change the title on TV? “Why should I pay for the PPV if the title changes on TV?”. Chill out wrestling fans. It’s going to be okay. #AEWDynamite

Bigger dumpster fire: my life or the build to Mania?

Sometimes #lifeisgood.

A lil bit of that shaky cam goes a looooong way. Just saying. #AEWDynasty

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh the fake outrage that MJF came out wearing an inverted cross is going to be amazing. DOWNLOAD ALL THE PODCASTS. #AEWDynasty

It's amazing how every Kenny Omega special entrance is simultaneously the most badass thing you've ever seen and the nerdiest. #AEWDynasty

Anyway The Dogs being pissed that they lost the belts after only one day is going to be scary to watch. #AEWDynasty

As evidenced by their introduction the Conglomeration invert the toxic masculinity dynamic, showing three friends who respect each other as people and not as symbols of wealth and popularity. Contrasted to this, their #AEWDynasty opponents known as, ahem, The Dogs, are the very personification of

Am I tripping or did they just reintroduce Kyle O'Reilly with a sitcom skit? #AEWDynasty

I know that from a kayfabe standpoint attacking the recently injured part of your opponent is a perfectly viable strategy but in reality I hated when they teased re-injury with Danielson and I also kinda hate it with Ospreay. #AEWDynasty

Don't take the bait. Don't take the bait. Donttakethebaitdonttakethebaitdonttakethebait (Sigh.) This whole "WWE is the top of the mountain" stuff is so silly and it doesn't reflect reality. I guess *their* fans care, but I'm completely fine with AEW being "#2" in size but otherwise better?

I appreciate the gentleman who's like "I don't know what to do while these two women kill each other inches in front of my face" and simply folds his arms and smiles. #AEWDynasty

Daniel Garcia just Samoa Joe'd Mike Bailey. #AEWDynasty

As an FTR fan I was fine with that result. #AEWDynasty

Is it kind of distracting anyone else that Christian has a mini yellow mustache in the middle of the white one or am I just insane? #AEWDynasty

I wasn't sure what to expect from a Darby/Andrade pairing and, uh, this kinda rocks? #AEWDynamite

Andrade just threw himself down uncovered arena stairs for our amusement. He's got the AEW spirit. #AEWDynasty

I mean, for a 2026 Chris Jericho match that wasn't half bad. #AEWDynasty

Legit laughed out loud at Don Callis going "WHAT WAS THAT?". #AEWDynasty

Nixon Newell waiting for that Tony Khan callback right now. #AEWDynasty

Jack Perry getting punched in the face and then staring blankly at the camera is my new go-to reaction for life in general. #AEWDynasty

I know this is a squash match but I'm still rooting for Big Anne just because. #AEWDynasty

Oh. I see they're doubling down on this Kamille thing. Yeesh. #AEWDynasty

Trent Reznor is turning the Sahara stage at Coachella into some kind of psychosexual nightmare hellscape and if I were high on whatever most of those people in the crowd are high on right now I’d be having the most insane fucking panic attack. #Coachella

This Mania build is like one of those plywood bridges people my age had to make in high school. You had to perfectly cut all the beams and glue them together and let the teacher stack books on top to see how many it could hold.

Saw this going around and I’ll bite. I expect like maaaaybe five likes so this should be easy.

What happened to Spring Baking Championship? Where’s the pastel colors and Jesse cracking jokes and Nancy hinting at problematic drinking? What is this “Master Baking” schtick? Father, why have you forsaken me?

If Tony Khan would just stop catering to the “sickos” who will always be there regardless and started listening to the podcasters who know the business maybe AEW wouldn’t be dying.

For whatever reason my LinkedIn feed has reverted back to the day I was laid off so I just keep getting notifications about colleagues announcing they'd been affected. This is suboptimal.

I made a #Shudder meme.

The story of our age is billionaire narcissist men who are widely known to be frauds or creeps within their industries but are allowed to destroy the world in plain sight because American media & business view rich confidently-speaking white men through an infinitely-forgiving lens of merit.

I was live in the second row for Kenny/MJF 1 and they put on an absolute hell of a match (my favorite I've ever seen live). Now they're main eventing a PPV? This is going to be *insane*. #AEWDynamite

Jericho cutting his first name off and going just be his last, coupled with his bringing back the List gimmick, is a staggering meta-commentary on the nature of the WWE sports entertainment product vis-a-vis the purer wrestling-focused nature of AEW. By emulating the worst excesses of WWE, Jeri

The only thing that's weird about the list being back is that Jericho always talks up how he reinvents himself. Going back to a gimmick he ran with for a decent chunk of time in the other place feels... a little like a step back? I mean, it's still entertaining, but I'm surprised he's doing this.