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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1h

Just remembered this was a thing that happened (I assume it happened, they must have managed an episode or two, right?). 🤼
www.wrestlezone.com/news/1284870...

New Details On Mila Kunis And The Good Brothers’ NFT-Backed Cartoon Series ‘The Gimmicks’

Former IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team Champions Good Brothers are set to offer free to mint NFTs.

www.wrestlezone.com

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1h

After coming across it, I did venture back to Twitter to see if Fed Fans were annoyed by it and some are but others are calling it "Genius Heel Heat" because "Of course, the fake Luchador fakes his history by using AI. It's clever if you think about it!".

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1h

Recently saw WWE did a promo for "El Grande Americano" now Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne are joining the gimmick and there's really egregious AI in it if people are desperate for actual AI-usage in wrestling to call out.

Still from WWE Promo Video of El Grande Americano and his tag team partner. Despite them being real wrestlers who work there that they could have done so shots of, WWE has AI generated the shot. It doesn't look like Kaiser, the man under the mask, and is just slightly off feeling.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3h

"Men like the character. Women like the character. Children love the character." is a statement that applies perfectly to Orange Cassidy in AEW too.

Fuck Quack.

Chob @chob316.is.tired.fyi · 6h

With Orange Cassidy being part of a major pro wrestling crossover with the DC Universe at NYCC, I’d like to take this opportunity to dunk on Mike Quackenbush.

Mike Quackenbush extols the virtues of Fire Ant over Orange Cassidy.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 7h

A lot of the weird misogynistic predators telling boys and young men how to "conquer" women don't seem to actually have happy partners too. Like Frank Down The Pub is probably sexist but he also has actually been married for decades.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 11h

WWE has released the following from NXT:

Screenshot of Fighting Baseball for SNES Roster.
The names are:
Sleve McDichael
Onson Sweemey
Darryl Archideld
Anatoli Smorin
Rey McSriff
Glenallen Mixon
Mario McRlwain
Raul Chamgerlain
Kevin Nogilny
Tony Smehrik
Robson Dugnutt
Willie Dustice
Jeromy Gride
Scott Dourque
Shown Furcotte
Dean Wesrey
Mike Truk
Dwigt Rortugal
Tim Sandaele
Karl Dandleton
Mike Sernandez
Todd Bonzalez

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 14h

These releases has been the first I've learned of "WWE LFG" that is basically like a Tough Enough show & that's where a lot of these people are from (and the Evolve revival).

Outraged to learn the latest LFG Winner is a guy called Thunder Justice Keck but WWE decided to rename him "Shiloh Hill".

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Dang.

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Union clinched the Supporters' Shield on Saturday at least...still got the Play-Offs to get through to win the MLS Cup and be Champions though...

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

It always makes me laugh that this map implies WWE was going to scout talent from Svalbard which has a population of under 3000 but said "Fuck Iceland". WWE looking to crack that lucrative Polar Bear Market by signing a local star.

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think about this NXT World Domination Map Triple H presented in 2018 and then look at how many of his plots have flopped so far. I guess he can still turn TNA and AAA into NXT Canada and NXT Mexico though so...

Triple H onstage unveiling a map showing NXT reaching out from Florida to South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, and part of Asia including China, Korea and Japan. These regions are coloured yellow. Weirdly Svalbard is highlighted too, a Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean with a population of under 3,000.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think about this NXT World Domination Map Triple H presented in 2018 and then look at how many of his plots have flopped so far. I guess he can still turn TNA and AAA into NXT Canada and NXT Mexico though so...

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, in my experience, a ton of Young Conservatives aren't in it for any coherent ideology but by either a desire to be contarian or controversial to their peers, or to have (ironically) a safe place to be bigoted. If Reform is the hot shit now, they ain't standing by the Tories out of loyalty.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I see Mox clearly loving his work, I think about this quote from him in 2019 responding to Seth Rollins saying it was "a little presumptuous of him to get on a podcast and talk down about the company that gave him such opportunities".

Like Hell Yeah, he found his favourite toy again! 🤼‍♂️

"There’s this episode of Frasier I was thinking about... the dog, Eddie, is really depressed, and he’s all sad, mopey, and they don’t know what - he won’t eat, you know, they don’t know what’s wrong with him. The vet doesn’t know what’s wrong with him. So they hire a dog psychiatrist to examine him, and then the comedy ensues for the next 26 minutes. But then at the end of the episode they find a toy was like stuck under the couch. And then all of a sudden everything’s good! He’s like ‘oh!’ [hopping up and down] and he’s not depressed any more. It was just the toy, the thing that he likes to do...

For me like, that’s all it was. Now that the fog has continually lifted more and more, and I kind of realize how deeply unhappy I was there, that I didn’t realize at the time because I was like ‘well, I’m making a bunch of money and it seems like it’s going good!’ Now I’m like - I’m kind of realizing how much it effected me. But now it’s like ‘oh! I found my toy under the couch - pro wrestling - again. It’s all good!'"

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

The Nana Panel Watching Collision:

An older woman with grey hair is watching a laptop. An inset in the top corner shows what she is watching. It is edited to show her watching a promo between Toni Storm and Kris Statlander where both are laying down in the ring together and Kris is gently stroking Toni's cheek. The woman says "They seem to be very good friends."

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

The best part is I bet the Elderly Audience is less weird about Deathmatching than a lot of Wrestling Podcasters. Just someone's Nan writing in "MAKE THAT PUNK BLEED, HANGMAN!!!"

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

Oh I just realised The Cat kept the half of the pencil with the eraser. That's smart. Forward planning.

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

Then you'd have messages from the little kids being like "Speedball is my favourite cause he does cool kicks." and I'd be like "Hell yeah, kid, you're spot on!".

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

My pitch is rather than posts from any social media, if they need Viewer Reactions on screen, they should set up a viewing party for Old People & Little Kids and just transcribe their thoughts throughout the episode.

Just Deidre Aged 83 calling Yuta a "little b***h who needs a haircut".

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

"The EU has already defined dairy items as products coming from the "normal mammary secretion". This includes products like milk, yogurt and cheese."

Normal Person: "Unless this "Oat Milk" didn't come from the Normal Mammary Secretion of an Oat then it's not Milk!!!"

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz fully backs the ban. "A sausage is a sausage. Sausage is not vegan," he said recently."

I don't know, if a consumer eats sometimes labelled "Vegan Sausage" expecting meat, I don't think it's a problem if they're outraged. They'll live.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 3d

EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

www.bbc.com

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Big Table (Zero One & AEW Time) @bigtable527.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing people post about just getting into aew is really nice.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

It's especially nice to see people who thought wrestling wasn't "for them" get into it because it's a credit to the section of fans & parts of AEW as a company that work hard to make AEW open for everyone & have something for all tastes & not accept than "It's For An Ageing Male Audience" "logic".

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, it's the same broadcaster that put Caroline's Bestie in I'm A Celeb so worry they'll learn nothing from shooting themselves in the foot again.

I suspect they're pissed their twist got Emily out Night 1 as she likely had better Media Training to be "Controversial" in a broadcastable way.

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

The comments he made that aired and seemingly weren't given warnings included referring to Trans People as an "ideology" children need to be protected from, and repeated Anti-Immigrant sentiments so how bad did he go for ITV to deem it unbroadcastable? #BBUK

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 3d

Deeply unsurprising that Big Brother cast an outspoken Right-Winger and he managed to cross the line repeatedly within 10 Days of being in there.

Sadly, I worry this is a result he'll be happy with and is ready to turn into a Right-Wing Grift of being "Cancelled by ITV for His Views". #BBUK

Being Big Brother #BBUK @beingbigbrother.blog · 3d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

George has been removed from the #BBUK House following repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour.

He's in tonight's episode but his comments WON'T air as they'd break broadcasting standards. This follows SEVERAL warnings, many of which weren't aired due to the language used.

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