Hurricane Helms is hilarious on the most recent E&C podcast. I forgot that I used to actually like him for a while.

Daniel Bryan still making everything he touches gold.

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Hm, for some reason I thought midgets were infertile.

Daniel Bryan is the best.

I almost called him the GOAT, but didn't want to be rude.

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According to the Observer, both War Machine and Ricochet/Prince Puma have officially signed deals with the WWE.

Well, they have their 205 Live star.

I like War Machine, but I just feel like they have got enough big sweaty man tag teams. I guess the AOP will end up on either Raw or SmackDown and War Machine's purpose will almost be to fight The Bludgeon Brothers. Maybe they can go through all the big sweaty men en route to that match. I'd be fine with War Machine vs. Harper & Rowan on the Mania Kickoff.

Batista has always been highly underrated.

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It would be nice to have another man in the house.

You can see that heel turn coming from a mile off.

I see both Batista and Rey working with the WWE in 2018. In some capacity.

I remember thinking that Batista heel turn was brutal. In a good way.

I loved when the Batisa heel turn happened. By that point he had been a face for 4 and a half years and he was beyond stale by that point. The heel turn made him way more interesting and allowed him to really show off his personality in a way he never could before.

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Used to love fucking Funaki. Going to be so happy when he goes into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Trying to figure out mystery spots for the Women's Royal Rumble. Currently there have been 14 entrants announced and I'd think it's a safe assumption that Becky Lynch, Nia Jax, Mickie James, Alicia Fox, and Dana Brooke will bring it up to 19. So that leaves 11 spots to play with.

Meltzer's said that most of the mystery spots will probably be filled with NXT women, but I'm really not so sure. Recent history shows that when NXT names are used to fill out the Rumble it's because there are imminent plans to call them up.

Bo Dallas in 2013 and Sami Zayn in 2016 were both officially added to the main roster starting the next night (although plucky face Bo got sent back down after a failed feud with Barrett when they realized he truly wasn't ready). Rusev in 2014 and Tye Dillinger in 2017 were groomed for call ups which happened after Mania. So I think any NXT women who come up will be used on the main roster in the not too distant future.

The Iconic Duo spring to mind right away. They've been in NXT for quite a while and I'd have to think they're finally going to get their due soon after being passed over for the recent wave of women, many of whom just don't seem ready for the main roster. Plus they'd help eat up 2 spots for the Rumble.

Nikki Cross is the other one that feels likely to me. She can get an elimination or two and be given some nice shine. Sanity feel like strong candidates for a post-Mania call ups so Cross being in this would make for a nice preview.

If there is another NXT woman added, I really would love to see Sara Del Rey get one WWE match. It's a smarky crowd, they'll know who she is. It'd be a nice thank you for the work she's been putting in with the girls in NXT.

Nikki Bella returning is a possibility, she's been gone for ages. And you've got Ronda Rousey being heavily rumored as well.

Hopefully they can sprinkle in some unexpected ones though. I'd be thrilled to see Victoria get one last match.

Beth Phoenix will be in this shit.

You can see most heel turns coming. But Goddamn, that was great. Way better than if he did the typical "raise his hand and then suddenly clothesline him" thing. Loved the slow burn. Seriously one of my favorite heel turns I can ever remember.

Ronda will be in, so let's call that 20. Nikki Bella returning for it makes sense too. 21. I think there will be a couple of blasts from the past. Beth Phoenix seems like a good candidate, unless they simply get her to do commentary for it, but let's throw her in there for a Natalya interaction. 22. Molly Holly? She did a Table for 3 and I'm sure she's stayed in shape. 23. Victoria's name always comes up, and I'm surprised they've never done anything with her. 24. Lita? I'm sure she can still go to some extent. 25. Has Brie worked off the baby stuff yet? 25. Trish Stratus had her next child. 26. It wouldn't surprise me to see Jacqueline get another call to be in. 27. Now, from NXT:

I think Nikki Cross' fire spot where she comes in and starts scrapping with people is fun and inoffensive enough to earn her a spot, even if she doesn't come up. They'll give her some spotlight. 28. The other girl that I think would really add something with her unique stuff with Bianca Belair with the hair whips. 29. We've got one golden spot left.

I'd kind of like to see them give it to Sara Amato, as you said, but I'm also secretly hoping for Kharma. I think she needed a bit of help for a while there. But it sounds like she has made a physical and mental recovery, and the WWE likes a feel-good story like that.

We're at 30. It would be nice if Sarah Stock and Sara Amato could both get in. I also have this suspicion that they'll re-trial Melina too. So she could be in. And Kelly Kelly's name also comes up. It wouldn't surprise me if Brie and Jacqueline are taken out so that Kelly and Melina can get in. Blue Pants might also make a surprise appearance. I dunno. It's hard to call it all, and you really want to make those surprises count. But Melina and Kelly Kelly probably aren't high priority. I feel surprisingly safe in predicting Beth Phoenix, Ronda Rousey, Nikki Bella, Nikki Cross and Bianca Belair. I do think that the other spots are really just who they feel like making calls to on that particular day. I am going to guess Molly Holly, Victoria and Kharma, even if Kharma is jus a one-off. Do Lita and Trish do it? Hmm. I actually think they kind of get out the way a little bit. Sara Amato going in seems...cool. Jacqueline getting to just be the tough vet and another Hall of Famer in there would be a nice touch. That leaves one more spot. Fuck it -- Kelly Kelly. No, wait, Melina. For diversity's sake, because she's got the Hispanic heritage or whatever.

Final predictions: Beth Phoenix, Ronda Rousey, Nikki Bella, Nikki Cross, Bianca Belair, Molly Holly, Victoria, Kharma, Melina, Sara Amato and Jacqueline.

Match predictions:

* Natalya and Beth Phoenix re-form their "Divas of Destruction," although they probably don't use the name, and kick ass together for a while.

* Kharma gets to have a monster moment with Nia and Tamina, but is ultimately eliminated by Nia.

* Nikki Cross runs while but is dumped out fairly quickly, but gets a nice "we recognize you" pop.

* Bianca Belair' hair whips get so over.

* Nikki Bella gets booed.

* Molly does the Molly-Go-Round.

* Alexa Bliss throws out Asuka to sell that she's terrified of her.

* Absolution and The Riott Squad face-off and have a brawl.

* Someone screws Nikki Bella to treat her like the biggest star in the match, even though Philly will hate her.

* Sara Amato is #30 and no one knows what the music means until she appears on the stage.

Final four: Ronda Rousey, Sara Amato, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. Can kind of actually see Becky being the runner-up. Probably Sasha. Could be Nia, but I think Sasha is going to keep the crowd more at the end and she looks so good when she is ultimately defeated.

I got bored, so here is my "somewhat realistic" WrestleMania card, even though it's still way too far out to properly predict anything:

Eat more hot pockets

I was just thinking back to some developmental wrestlers from the old OVW/HWA days. I never saw him work, but a name that popped into my head is Ron "H2O" Waterman. He's 52 years old now. Was jacked to the fucking gills -- kind of looks like Scott Steiner. Found out he went to Japan and competed in MMA. Nothing about him retiring, but his record hasn't been updated on Wikipedia in about 9 years, haha. He won the NJPW Ultimate Royal in 2005. He helped train Shane Carwin for Brock Lesnar for UFC 116. Just thought I would share.

Davey Boy Smith, Jr. is only 32 years old. Holy fuck. I wonder when the WWE signs him again? Lance Archer is 40.

I don't want anyone I like leaving NJPW.

WWE can have Yoshi-Hashi.

Davey boy would be a great challenge for Tana or Okada if they push him hard.

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Christy Hemme Gives Birth to Quadruplets

Damn, that must've been some hardcore fucking.

Hemme Lee Patterson, Jagger James Patterson, Quinn Eugene Patterson, and Sunni Sue Patterson

Holy fuck at those names.

Took me ages to work out why they had the Patterson surname when Mike’s surname is Bennett.

Then I realised that Christy Hemme is not Maria.

That's basically child abuse.

Now that I think about this, we do have a law about names in Poland.

Sadly they keep adding new ones, mostly bastardized versions of English names

So it's just English names spelled phonetically, like Brajan, Dżesika, etc.

Show me anyone outside of the internet that cares about Japan?

I mean, the majority of developed nations now have internet access so I don't understand this post. And how could we show you outside of the internet?

There's 2 people at work who watch NJPW, but I think they have internet connections. Sorry :(