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| Still quite the controversial pairing Photo Credit: WWE.com |
Staff Shots:
- In lieu of a podcast from last week, why don't you read my take on the freefall women have taken in WWE and how for a split second, Alundra Blayze and Bull Nakano were the best or at least most innovative wrestlers in the company [When Bulls Blazed]
- I was one of a bunch of people who contributed to the DDS Year End Love cavalcade, and here's the first in that series, Matches We Loved Part 1 [Dirty Dirty Sheets]
- In which I claim that WWE is still very much John Cena's company [Camel Clutch Blog]
- In which I laud the Wrestling Is model of business [Cageside Seats]
- Danielle had a very strong emotional reaction to Eddie Kingston's High Noon promo [Promo School]
- Hey, it's Brandon's Best and Worst of RAW! [With Leather]
- And remember to check out Brandon and Danielle on the first Mandible Claw podcast [The Mandible Claw]
- Butch was a bit nonplussed at the discovery of a new element in WWE, Inevitabilitum [Best Coast Bias]
- And hey, for a place that serves roast pork and cheesesteaks, John's Roast Pork's breakfast sandwiches might be their best offering [Holzerman Hungers]
Wrestling Links:
- My bro Gregg Gethard wrote a fascinating look into his tenure in fantasy wrestling [The Classical]
- A great post on why Vickie Guerrero needs to be appreciated on her own merits and not as a vestige to her late husband [The Mandible Claw]
- A lot of people wrote about Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger, but Tom Breihan may have done it best [The Classical]
- David Shoemaker weighs in on the topic too, noting that maybe WWE's audience doesn't all agree with Colter's rhetoric [Grantland]
- A cautionary tale on why Jack Swagger SHOULD have been fired for his DUI [The John Report]
- Why there's such a link between Donald Trump and Zeb Colter/Glenn Beck, one that wasn't seen in the Friday Five answers [Turnbuckle Zine]
- Here are Eamon Paton's five favorite things in wrestling this February [The Wrestlefan Writes]
- Jonathan Coachman claims that being gay for those out of the closet in WWE "was no problem" [Cageside Seats]
Non-Wrestling Links:
- So, did the Pope retire because he was having an affair with his male secretary? At least it was consensual and of age if true... [UPROXX]
- Hold everything, Christian Bale is possibly returning as Batman for the Justice League flick [Gamma Squad]
- The ten worst moves of the baseball offseason, and hey, the Phillies have two of the bottom three! HOORAY! [Baseball Nation]
- Keeping with the theme, Jonah Keri says blow the Phillies up, and I think I agree with him [Grantland]
- Alex Liddi may not be a great player, but he's important in baseball's expansion globally, especially in Europe [ESPN Sweet Spot]
- Soccer kits for baseball teams? Okay! [M. Willis]
- A dose of reality for poor tippers [Buzz Feed]
- Andrew Zimmern looks at horse as food, which is a-okay as long as you know you're eating horse [Andrew Zimmern]
- Pete Holby used pepper jam in a sandwich at my recommendation and then reviewed said sandwich [On Sandwiches]
- For all you mooks out there who don't know how to cook a proper egg [Foodspin]
- Some journalism student tried to play gotcha journalism with Tommy Craggs, who rope-a-doped him with each one of his replies [Sports Journalism.org]
- Here's a radical, controversial realignment plan that I'd rather not see but would be interesting and geographically accurate to say the least [National Football Post]
- Stone Temple Pilots "terminated" Scott Weiland, marking the 80 billionth time they've broken up. Still doesn't make it any better though. [The AV Club]
- Baltimore resident uses a 65-year old law to fuck with Ticketmaster [UPROXX]
- Stephen A. Smith still thinks hockey has ties, doesn't know that Columbus, OH has a hockey team, deserves your mockery [Puck Daddy]
- The 34 video game levels you need to play before you die [Buzz Feed]