Psycho666Soldier

Don't worry, I already knew you'd ask. I'm still making picks, and probably commenting on results. And I can see being conned into watching WrestleMania just because I usually get together with friends. But I'm just kinda over watching the regular product right now.

I hope that's true. I just saw the bracket after you mentioned that, too, and damn that looked stacked. I'd be down for an old-school style tournament of a bunch of quick matches for the first 3/4 of balls to the wall action, then give us some epic semi's and final.

I officially cancelled my WWE Network subscription. I've been the positive, yet skeptical WWE fan for too long, and with a proper Western alternative, I don't see the point anymore. I'm skipping WrestleMania this year and pirating NXT. There are a couple cool things going on at 'Mania so far, and I hope all my boys and girls get what they deserve and have an excellent showing and WWE rights their wrongs. But for now, I'm done tagging along until they get it right with their booking.

Happy belated Bday, Mera'din!

Damn, outright cancelled? No postponement or anything? The anniversary show is one thing, but having a year without the New Japan Cup just doesn't feel right.

That's awesome. It's too bad this wasn't a thing when Air Boom was around. That was actually a solid tag team that really started finding its stride right as Evan Bourne got suspended. I went from thinking it was a lazy tag combination to being pissed that their reign ended so abruptly.

Part of me wonders if WWE has chilled on people smoking weed recently with the rise of legalization. They've been making plenty of jokes about Matt Riddle, and Dawkins has made a very blatant joke on TV before. Maybe they're just capitalizing on previous personalities, or perhaps the talent just knows how to avoid getting caught on tests. But really, I feel like if they're not baked while they wrestle, what's the problem?

Edited mine to change my tag title winners

1??. Cole 2. Ripley 3. Gargano 4. ?Broserweights 5. Nox 6. Lee ? B1. Yes B2. Chair B3. ?Dunne B4. ?No B5. Over

I'm catching up on the last episode of NXT, then I'll be posting my picks.

Not sure how I feel about him being Batman particularly, but having seen him in High Life, I think he gets a bad rap based on being typecast through Twilight. The dude can act when he's not forced to be a goth teen heartthrob.

Well, fucking hell. I think my top matches go Hiromu/Lee, then Moxley/Suzuki, followed by Naito/KENTA. The first half had some good bouts that didn't stand out, but these last three were gold. Hell of a tour in general, really. Maybe the first time I've been hyped for all of the big New Beginning shows.

Mox/Suzuki is one of those matches that I could pick out imperfections, but it added to the vibe of the match. Really unique feeling, and a wonderful clash of personalities I didn't know I wanted so bad, yet felt so right. One of my favorite matches of the year so far. Watching Naito/KENTA now

Hiromu and Ryu Lee had another terrifying classic. In other news, water is wet.

Hell of an arc. I'm a bit bummed, though, about:

Happy Birthday, you slick fox, you!

I liked both of those matches more than most of Wrestle Kingdom. I actually have those two and the New Year Dash matches right next to each other under Okada/Naito, Ospreay/Hiromu and Okada/Ibushi.

From what I understand, it's only Netflix Japan right now, with an American release to follow later this year.

Where are you guys watching Dorohedoro? I had assumed it was on Crunchyroll, and then when I tried to search for it, I can only find it on places like KissAnime. I'll watch it that way if I have to, but I was curious what you were both doing.

I was anime-only until a couple months ago. I read from the beginning just to refresh myself on the plot and ended up blazing all the way to the current manga. The shit that's gone down is so insane, it's almost like a completely different series.

This for sure. I think it beats everything else we've had so far. Though, I did really like the first Rollins match other than the finish.

I ended up getting a subscription to digital Shonen Jump after the scans of MHA I was reading turned into scanlations. The verbiage and terminology was so skewed from what I was used to that I paid just to get the official translations. I do keep up with AOT and Dr. Stone through scanlations, which I get through Manga Rock, but that's because I downloaded the app before they had the big change over. Pretty sure it's a pay service if you download it now. As for where the translations came from? It seems like the recent stuff is all over the place. I used to use the site Manganelo.com, but it's been so long that I don't know if they're still getting proper new scanlations of noteworthy series.

I thought it was a really well-booked match with well-timed drama, good spots, and being able to tell a story and give a compelling match without relying on high spots. But different strokes, I guess.

Best ever? I'm not sure about that. But I definitely didn't think it was a snoozefest.