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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 11:16pm On Jan 07, 2023

Ishilove:
Glass Onions:

Ingenious! I suspected who the culprit was from the very beginning, but I didn't know it would be hidden in plain sight

Yep, the culprit was clear to me even from the trailers and promotional posters.
I just wanted to know how it all went down.

TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 11:13pm On Jan 07, 2023

I just returned from vacation and couldn't post any recaps today guys.
I'll watch the show later.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 9:01pm On Jan 07, 2023

JohnnyMcCarthy:
Folie A Deux ✓✓✓
Lady Gaga is prepped up as Harley Quinn

God damn

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:04am On Jan 06, 2023

abduleez1:
Seems this year might be another joyful one for horror enthusiasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LVUrlo6woU

I can definitely watch this one

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 6:35pm On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
You don start again abi.

Lol...let me be real tho...I'm thinking 599m-699m

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 6:31pm On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
You no dey fear again abi.

whaaaaat? Nooooo.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 6:29pm On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
This is what I wishe and hope for too. All those background drama no too concern me as far they can deliver great movies and critically acclaimed adaptations.

Let's see how Blue beetle fares, funny enough it's my most anticipated DC movie right now...

Another 1.7bn loading

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 6:27pm On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
Who you rooting for in the horror genre this year.
It's quite funny not seeing The Nun 2 here.
No Evil Dead Rise sef.

None (pun intended)
I'm rooting for nun of them

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 6:26pm On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
Some if it are true.... Not sure what to think if Super Pets but I feel that was a win for DJ last year. Especially when you look at how bad Disney animation fared in comparison to it. I'm surprised it hit $205mn. Not enough but did well to break even.

I'm very sure of that Cavill scenario when he went directly to Zaslav and bypassing everyone. That has been said by many scoopers even way before this Variety piece. Remember when I was telling y'all back then that it was actually Toby Emmerich that canned Cavill and doesn't like him. Walter couldn't do much cos all DC Films were under the parent studio control. See how, exactly when Toby leaves that's when Cavill shows up. If it wasn't for the merger I'm sure we won't even see a Cavill cameo.

Cavill was brought in last minute sef at an attempt of making 7Bucks production company being a major player in DC lore. They (DJ & Hiram Garcia) wanted to carve a major separate corridor of dc to themselves and Superman was a major part of it.

All these things no really concern me sha I just want dope movies that pay homage to the comic books.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 8:17am On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:
Mehn, the way Variety is going hard on Dwayne's matter ehn.... E be like na retaliation for calling them liars.
This thing be like smear campaign.

And people will believe all these even when it's not entirely true, especially the Super Pets one.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 8:14am On Jan 05, 2023

abduleez1:

Only Drake knows

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 9:54pm On Jan 04, 2023

abduleez1:
It's smashing Pu7pl3's 1.7bn sha.
Prolly looking at 1.9 or possibly 2bn.

Make James Cameron dey play

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 12:39pm On Jan 04, 2023

OhBritannia:
The Witcher. Blood origin is 7/10 for me.

After reading all the bad reviews it got, i said to myself, nothing is going to stop me from watching this series, no bad reviews are going to stop me so i went ahead and downloaded the series and to my surprise, i totally enjoyed the series.
It is a wonderful series, it's entertaining, it's emotional, the fight scenes are gore, so brutal, and the series is magical and emotional.

Now i understand that the people that have rated this series badly had their personal reasons most especially those that have read the book or know The story or whatever so i don't blame them.
But for people like us that watches the series without a knowledge of the book, we watched the series for the sole purpose of entertainment and just to enjoy it, the series is beautiful and totally lovable.

Take away your emotions, take away your high and huge expectations and you will come to realize that the series is a wonderful series.

The only short comings is that they should have expanded the entire series into a 8 or 10 episodes because the storylines were so vast and wide and they just merged all together In 4 episodes.
The 4 episodes didn't do justice to the storyline and the characters at all, they just rushed it which isn't supposed to be so.

Perhaps if they had taken their time to spread the series into 8 or 10 episodes, people would have appreciated it the more.
We needed the series to slow down so we can properly connect to the characters and the story, it was too fast paced.
I would have loved to see more of that female dwarf and lots of characters, they weren't given much screen time.

But nevertheless, it was a nice series and it's worth 7/10.

And oh!!! The songs are wonderful.

@ the bolded, if I take all that away then what's the essence of watching?
You watch movies and shows to experience those things in the first place...the show is Trash.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 11:03pm On Jan 03, 2023

Devvy4:
Man, if we can just ship that guy off this winter sef, it'll be a massive win.

Nothing good can ever come from that fool

Him just dey there dey occupy space dey parambulate with our no. 7

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 10:48pm On Jan 03, 2023

Devvy4:
Fraudzard came off and we scored immediately, I hope this would be the last time we would ever see him on the pitch on a Madrid Jersey

I swear this was exactly what I came here to type.

TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 1:55pm On Jan 03, 2023

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WWE RAW REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS

What the Bloodclot
Alexa Bliss and Bianca Belair got a lot of time as Raw’s opening match, which I didn’t expect. Not because either woman doesn’t deserve the minutes because they definitely do, but Raw started so freaking chaotically that all bets were off.
But I also wondered about the outcome more than the match itself. Everyone reading this knows how talented these two are, so just a decent wrestling match was in the cards like a couple of Aces. So the intrigue lied in the destination, not the journey. That said, we got an ending I dug that raised good questions and created more intrigue.
Alexa and Bianca wrestled a very physical match. Alexa tried countering Bianca’s power early but found very little success. I mean, seriously, have you seen Bianca? Alexa used her cunning and experience but only slightly evened the odds by bringing back some of the old Alexa Bliss. By that, I mean she got aggressive. She went for body blows, she took it outside the ring, and she talked her trash.
But then she saw a couple cats in the crowd rocking Uncle Howdy masks. The sight of the masks shook Alexa, and she slowed down her attack. Bray Wyatt’s symbol flashed on screen, then Alexa finally lost it. Bliss attacked the referee with a Lou Thesz Press, which basically DQ’d her right then and there. Then she attacked Bianca with the same move, pounding on the champion pretty damn mercilessly.
Oh but wait, there’s more.
Alexa dragged Bianca outside the ring, tossed her into the ring posts, into the ring apron, and then engineered a meeting between the ring steps and Bianca’s face. Rather than leave well enough alone, Alexa DDT’d Bianca on said ring steps not once but twice. Alexa seemed more obsessed with demolishing Bianca than winning the championship, illustrated through the devilish grin she flashed as blood dripped from Bianca’s mouth. It was a pretty cool image.
Alexa walked back to the ring and the stretcher gang came out for Bianca, but the champ walked out on he own power with her husband’s help.
I hope this represents a change for Alexa as she’s done the Dr. Jekyl Ms. Hyde thing for a while now. The DQ finish and Bianca’s post match rage at Alexa indicates she’s not finished, and I think a stipulation match at Royal Rumble is the perfect place for this story’s next chapter.
As an aside, this ties into the larger mystery involving Bray and Uncle Howdy. Howdy seems obsessed with reminding Bray and Alexa who they truly are, while the rest of us want to know who the hell he is. Questions, questions, questions.

Extracurriculars
Tambourine
Solo Sikoa and Elias’ Music City Street Fight came as a result of the Bloodline running roughshod during Raw’s opening minutes. Elias begged for Solo, and Adam Pearce played the role of a genie.
This was anarchy because it was two guys hitting each other with instruments, which included an electric piano, a tambourine, a guitar (courtesy of Hardy), and a drum.
But the best moment was a Spinning Solo onto a piano. Yes, an actual piano. Elias is a G for taking that bump because that wood is unforgiving.
The wild thing here is how dominant Solo looks. I like the guy a lot but damn he survived a guitar shot to the back, along with everything else Elias threw at him. It’s especially weird allowing the celebrity interference and still giving Solo the win. Maybe it’s because I like Elias too, but it’s always weird to me when the heel overcomes that many odds in a no DQ match filled with shenanigans. Solo can take the L there without any hit to his stock.

Ruff Ryders Anthem
Elias wanted Solo, while the Street Profits & Kevin Owens wanted all the smoke with Sami Zayn & The Usos. The Profits & KO hit the ring hard and got busy before the bell rang. The ref restored some order and the match played out like most of the Bloodline matches in that the faces rocked them early until they found their footing later. Oh, and they were just a tad underhanded.
The most interesting part of the match for me was Montez Ford. Tez started very hot and around the middle, he clearly lost focus while thinking about his wife. KO begged him for a tag but Tez looked out of it. He looked down at the ring mat, looked down at Angelo Dawkins, and never reached for KO’s hand.
Eventually, Tez got his head in the game, no doubt after envisioning Bianca telling him to give it all he’s got, and the tables finally turned.
But then came Solo, who, once again, enforced! I mean, he’s the enforcer. Solo attacked KO outside the ring and threw off all the momentum the good guys carefully cultivated. Montez tossed Sami back into the ring but left him just a little too much time and found himself on the wrong end of a Helluva Kick. Bloodline wins again.
But wait, there’s more!
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus showed up out of nowhere and saved KO from a post match beatdown.
IF/WHEN we get the eventual Bloodline downfall, this feels like more seeds planted for that story. These dudes have targets on their backs the size of watermelons, and everyone wants them out of commission. No group, not even this one, can withstand that type of pressure.
The problem for me is I wasn’t that into the match because knew the outcome. Solo winning against Elias foreshadowed this W. So, yeah, that’s not a knock to anyone involved but just the reality.

Worked Business
Seth Rollins and Austin Theory don’t have bad or even meh matches. These two gave it all in a ferocious main event that, hopefully, closes the door on this feud. Seth needs to move on to bigger and better things, while Austin finds his footing and another gear for his character.
They protected Seth a lot here: He hurt his knee early in the match, Austin threatened a walk out and nailed Seth with the belt, the ref bump, and, finally, Austin’s low blow that sealed the deal. Effective for what it was and Austin loses nothing winning in that fashion since he’s a heel and he’ll sell it like he beat Seth clean in the middle of the ring with the world watching.

HURT BUSINESS
We got a Hurt Business sighting as Damage CTRL walked to the ring. Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, and MVP chatted with Adam Pearce in a background shot. I’m excited.

Minimal Damage
Becky Lynch confronted Damage CTRL and actually took on the tag champs by herself in a two-on-one match. And I’m glad she got help because the tag champs getting beat by one person rubbed me the wrong way. Michin showed up because she still has beef with Bayley’s crew.
This was definitely a bit chaotic but thankfully, the right team won. Becky took her eyes off the match the minute Bayley interfered and that caused Michin’s downfall. She took the pin while Becky looked like someone stole her lunch.

Locked Up
Dominik cut a promo from...some white room. Dom told us all how hard he is now that he did real time behind bars, and he’ll see mami soon.
Hilarious. After the rough night Monday was for other sports-related reasons, that was the lone thing that made me smile.

Psycho Dance
Dexter Lumis defeated Chad Gable and I’m still not sure if they’re using Dexter correctly. The win is great for him but I question the direction. And why this match on this show when everything else was part of a larger more consequential story? Meh.

Going to be honest here and say Raw felt inconsequential tonight but I still enjoyed what WWE did this week. Raw was all gas at 100 mph from the opening moments until the final credits minus one match, which truly felt like it took up space.
If I have one big critique, I vote for extending the Bloodline story for the whole night rather than simply ending with the United States championship match. The Bloodline kicked off the show as the main story and that main story ended before we even got to the third hour.

Grade: B+

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 4:15pm On Jan 02, 2023

Rudiger done barb stone like Pepe

TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 8:20am On Dec 31, 2022

RAW REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS

Early on during this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, they starting laying the groundwork for Roman Reigns being unhappy about Sami Zayn shining a little too bright while in the ring with him, referencing the Honorary Uce getting loud chants last week.
It’s just bad optics, as Paul Heyman put it.
Reigns played it off to Zayn like it wasn’t a problem but it absolutely felt like something to take note of for down the line, if there would be a down the line. After all, there was a match later with the two teaming against Kevin Owens and the returning legend himself, John Cena.
That match had a feel to it, man. It genuinely felt like something important, with a great atmosphere from the live crowd in Tampa, the kind of feeling we don’t get enough of in pro wrestling anymore.
They put together a fun match too, doing a great job building to the hot tag to Cena, who the crowd was absolutely begging for. Unfortunately, they seemed rushed for time by then, as you could hear the referee telling them to take it home and giving them a countdown as they hurried to the finish. It didn’t take away anything for me, just left me wondering how much better this would have been if they had more time to work with.
Ultimately Owens — who got his eye busted open pretty bad — scored the pinfall on Zayn. Gee, I wonder how Reigns is going to react to that next week.
This was great. I wish it had more time, but it was still great, and it set up the future well too.

First, let’s shout out Raquel Rodriguez here. She was put in a bit of an unenviable position on this show, going in knowing she wasn’t going to be winning the SmackDown women’s championship and then ultimately, despite the way she was protected in her loss, being completely overshadowed by a major return that led to a title change right after.
Rodriguez got a pretty damn good match out of Rousey, all things considered, and deserves a lot of credit for what she did here.
Charlotte Flair, though, is inevitable.
Flair has been out since May, having taken time off so she could get married and go on her honeymoon and generally enjoy living a life away from pro wrestling. It was only a matter of time before she came back. It was also only a matter of time before she won the title again.
I just didn’t expect those two things to happen so close together.
Flair quite literally won the title within minutes of her return, challenging Rousey to a match right then and there and rolling her up to take back the title she lost earlier this year. I guess they did want to make this a big show, huh?
I couldn’t be happier Flair is back. This division needed her.

Is that?
Could it be?
He’s a couple inches shorter, which tracks.
I can buy that it’s his build.
Yep, I’m prepared to say it.
Uncle Howdy is Bo Dallas.
Please let Uncle Howdy be Bo Dallas.
We got another appearance from ol’ Unc during this show, this time appearing after Bray Wyatt and LA Knight agreed to a match at Royal Rumble. Howdy took his sweet time getting to the ring, staring down both men, and then, just as it seemed he took Wyatt’s side, he hit him with Sister Abigail.
The message seemed obvious enough — Wyatt wasn’t giving in to his more violent urges, having offered an apology to the cameraman he assaulted last week and then remaining relatively calm while accepting Knight’s challenge for a match. If he’s not going to “revel in what you are,” as Howdy has repeatedly demanded, he’s going to pay the price for it.
As he did here.
I think.
Knight was incredible during all of this, playing the deeply confused guy who just wants to be done with all this weirdness. He seems to get more and more comfortable as his old self every week and each one of us are better off for it.
But we’re also getting honest to goodness movement in this story, and it’s a welcome sight indeed. Business is about to pick up, and I gotta admit I’m here for it.
Especially if Howdy is Dallas.
Come on!

All the rest
-Solo Sikoa defeated Sheamus in a singles match that featured plenty of interference from both The Bloodline and The Brawling Brutes. It was still a fun match and Sikoa was made to look strong. He was on the verge of taking Sheamus out completely when Drew McIntyre made his return after a few weeks away and cleared the ring. This didn’t feel like a resolution between these two sides and indeed they announced later in the show McIntyre & Sheamus will get the title match they missed out on against The Usos next week.

-I quite enjoyed the entire locker room making fun of Top Dolla for his inability to jump over the top rope a couple weeks ago. I also enjoyed that he responded to this by getting good and pissed off and ready to fight people over it. Hey, it’s some actual character building, something they’ve done none of with Hit Row since they came back. I’m all for it.

-Imperium and Braun Strowman had themselves a confrontation that was mostly just a brief bit of fisticuffs that saw neither side really look much stronger than the other. When Strowman was going to be overwhelmed, Ricochet showed up to help him and ran everyone off (unfortunately nailing GUNTHER with a chair shot to the head in what one can only assume was an accident). Not much to this but done to set up the announcement of GUNTHER vs. Strowman for the Intercontinental championship in two weeks.
This was a damn good show.

Grade: A-

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 12:03am On Dec 30, 2022

Chai
I just heard the news
R.I.P. Pele

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 10:48am On Dec 29, 2022

Kaycee7:
Make I sha watch this episode 1 wey I don download

No problems G

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 12:25am On Dec 29, 2022

Baddestguyp:
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch this yet despite downloading days ago

For now...SAS: Rogue Heroes

It's a proper waste of time
And it's not just about the story. The acting, dialogue and pacing were really trash

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 10:24pm On Dec 28, 2022

Witcher: blood origins
Just to fulfill all righteousness

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:22pm On Dec 28, 2022

GloriousGbola:
Pu7pl3 & 1.7b be like abduleez1 & big titty midgets

Inseparable

Lmao
Guy abeg na
Wtf
Abduleez1 shey you no go beg this egbon make him free you and the midgets?

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:18pm On Dec 28, 2022

AnfieldFan:
Did Pu7pl3 predict 1.7?

Man may finally get it right..

Lol, you guys should stop it
Black Adam was a one time glitch in the matrix...it's accuracy from here in out

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:14pm On Dec 28, 2022

AnfieldFan:
Are you saying Avatar 1 deserved a best picture award because it earned a lot more than the Hurt Locker?

When you say not exactly as original, are you implying Avatar's plot is somehow more Original than the Hurt Locker, or are you referring to military movies in general?

Wanted to call out that post yesterday but I just didn't have the strength for arguement.

TV/Movies › Re: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 8:03am On Dec 28, 2022

WWE NXT REVIEWS RECAPS AND REACTIONS

Prediction? Pain
Tony D’Angelo wanted more than just the NXT North American Championship. The Don wanted Wes Lee’s blood, and he spent most of their match dishing out punishment. Tony attacked Wes’ knee through dropping him on the commentary table, body blows to the leg, and even tried “sweeping” the leg after Stacks’ patented ‘80s advice. Tony knew he stood no chance wrestling Wes’ style or letting Wes get high. Just no way in hell he wins that match. And, for a good portion of the match, Wes obliged the Don. Wes slowed everything down with headlocks and submission holds, either as cover for a knee injury or out of pure pride. Either option is acceptable considering Lee’s 2022 and his mindset.
Based on all of that, I started typing Wes’ championship obituary. Even when Wes went after Tony’s rehabilitated knee with a couple leg snaps, he eased up. Almost like he went out his way to prove he’s not the guy Tony says he is after their last match put the Don on the shelf for months. I’m not sure if that was their intention, but that’s how I read it and it worked for me. Tony had no such qualms, and targeted that knee every time he needed an advantage. In fact, one might say that hindered him in the match’s final moments.
After that suplex to the table, Lee hobbled back into the ring and nailed a desperation DDT. Tony D went for the knee again, and then set his sights squarely on it the limb. D’Angelo went to the top rope ready to jump directly on Wes’ knee and not just finish the match, but possibly Wes’ career. Eye for an eye and all that. Along came Dijak, who attacked Stacks and caught Tony D’s attention. Wes capitalized on the distraction and finished the match with the W and a great cap for his ‘22.
For those of you with bad memories, Stacks ran up on Dijak last week for a closed-door meeting. We don’t know what happened behind said door, but Stacks told us earlier in the show that everything was peace. He told us he handled Dijak and that brand of justice won’t be a problem.
Another solid match that capped a pretty entertaining night for the black and gold brand. I’m still down on Dijak but I remain open to new possibilities in the new year. Where does Wes go from here? It looks like Tony D and Dijak have business before Dijak maybe kinda gets to Wes. So what does the champ do in the meantime?
We shall see, but he needs a New Year’s Evil dance partner.

Extracurriculars
She is the Bar
Not going to bury the lede: Fallon Henley now owns her family bar, in full, and owes no debt. Wish someone did this for my student loans.
I dug this match between she and Kiana James. Both women went for big moves in hopes of finishing the match early, which made sense. James started the match outsmarting Fallon with a fakeout and then beat her down with clubs to the body. That’s key because Kiana’s “smarts” played a big role in the finish.
After exchanging blows and submission holds, the match ended when Kina tripped over Fallon. Yup, she tripped. Kiana went to the ropes and Fallon hit the mat. Kiana tripped over Fallon, hurting her ankle in the process, and Kiana finished with a running dropkick.
The intrigue, if you call it that, was Brooks Jensen’s allegiance. Earlier in the show, he clearly waffled when asked about his support. And during the match, he looked torn cheering for Fallon and even thought about interfering on Kiana’s behalf.
Part of me wishes they played that beat more with so much on the line for Fallon, but letting the two women duke it out for their story without male interference seems like the better move contextually.

Julius Shows and Proves
I love Julius Creed’s offense. The man exudes violence with every clothesline and every suplex, For me, the winning combatant between he and JD McDonagh was, to paraphrase Ja Rule, not even a question. Creed had more on the line and without a W, Sanga & Veer don’t grant the Brothers Creed that tag team match at New Year’s Evil. But the story is how Creed earned that W. JD dominated early, dissecting Creed and working on those arms. No arms? No suplexes. No arms? No clothesline. JD’s strategy made sense but, as he often does, JD underestimated his opponent. Julius nailed a Hail Mary suplex, which evened everything out. After going back and forth, JD missed on a moonsault, which gave Julius the massive window he needed. Julius fought through the pain for one final suplex and a clothesline for the W.
Sanga & Veer hit the ring, gave their approval, and finally announced their New Year’s Evil clash.
Within context of the story, I wanted more struggle from Julius. Grant it, they only had 15 minutes—if that—but I wanted more JD on top, which makes Julius’ eventual comeback and W sweeter.

Nap Time
If I have one criticism of Wendy Choo’s match against Cora Jade, it’s that it slowed down! Wendy rushed to the ring as soon as her music hit and threw hands. Which makes complete sense as Cora represents every bully she ever faced. I wanted a fight but they turned it into a wrestling match. A solid wrestling match, yes, but Wendy’s emotions and motivations called for a brawl with a tad more violence. Wendy got the W and showed that emotion as she walked to the locker room, yelling that Cora got what she deserved. Very true, but I’m not sure if this ends their story. If only because as someone rooting for Wendy, it felt a bit anticlimactic and I wanted more suffering on Cora’s part. That lights out match between Wendy and Tiffany Stratton is the type of flavor I needed. Still, solid match, but just missed that extra gear. Possibly saving this for New Year’s Evil and adding a stipulation fits the story better.

Writing Time
Reggie Scrypts confuses me. Not his ability, but his character. I really dug his match with Ikemen Jiro this week. Jiro went in with some aggression, so he set the tempo with strong style. But Scrypts...flipped the script and made Jiro wrestle on his terms. We got a lot of flips, high risk moves, and everything that makes Scrypts look strong. Jiro proved the perfect partner not only for his selling ability, but the fact he matched Scrypts’ offense with some of his own.
Scrypts got the win, which I get. But then he returned Jiro’s jacket. Well, he draped it over Jiro’s motionless body. Scrypts’ offense makes him exciting in the ring but they gotta work on the characterization.

Alba Fyred Up (Get it? I’m sick, cut me some slack.)
Alba challenged Isla Dawn. She wants her next week in what sounds like an extreme rules match, which makes complete sense based on the fact Isla tried blinding Alba and tried breaking her hand. That feels reasonable.
Isla is down for an “extreme resolution” as this is just another “step” in her twisted plan for Alba.

Peace to the Vikings
Lyra Valkyrie’s second match took a different complexion than her first. She wrestled Lash Legend this week, and Legend showed flashes. Legend always shows flashes, but she’s still learning. The two messed up a couple exchanges, including Lyra countering whatever Legend planned with a DDT. Vic Joseph, phenomenal at his job by the way, noted the DDT wasn’t pretty but it was effective. That’s a great call on his part as a commentator but yeah, both women need more reps. BUT, and this is a big but, both women showed a lot and Lash proved with more time, she might stand tall as an effective heel.
Lyra got the W, which isn’t a shock, but unlike last week, they made her work for it.

Well, That’s One Way...
Mandy Rose’s absence spoke volumes the last time NXT came into our world. Mostly because they kinda didn’t acknowledge it. This week, we got Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin in a pre-recorded segment not saying Mandy’s name but talking about their greatness and lamenting their failures. They built an empire and now they’re going after the people who brought that empire to its knees. They showed Mandy’s loss to Roxanne Perez, so that person might be her. The women’s NXT tag champs might also be the targets. Or maybe all three.
They really miss Mandy’s presence. It’s not Jacy or Gigi’s fault, and maybe they’ll figure it out over time, but this package just showed how valuable Mandy was to the whole Toxic Attraction thing. If you ask me, and you probably didn’t but I’m writing, they need a replacement. It’s probably stunt casting, but Nikkita Lyons fits seamlessly into that role in terms of presence and charisma. But, hey, let’s give them a chance.

Four Roots...
Three things stood out in the six-man tag between the Schism and Edris Enofe, Malik Blade, & Odyssey Jones. One, Odyssey Jones is a problem. He’s an agile big man who uses his body effectively, and knows the meaning of a hot tag. Two, Ava Raine yelling at Booker T mid-match that Schism is the definition of living your best life. Which, yeah, creepy and weird. Thirdly, the storytelling. The tag match remained even until Schism focused on the big man after finally realizing they stood no chance against his power and quickness. With Jones out of the ring, Schism took turns with suicide dives, each man trying in vain because the big man didn’t go down. In fact, he swatted the first couple attempts like they were flies at a cookout. But, eventually, it was too much for even Odyssey, and he went down.
From that point, Schism took care of Enofe & Blade with a dual Doomsday Device, followed by a trip to the Upside Down.
Odyssey felt like he let down his team, but Enofe & Blade gotta hold their own. A very fun match that delivered on its promise, while further establishing Schism.
Shoutout to the cat rocking a Maximum Carnage era Spider-Man tee while sitting behind Booker T. I’m not a fan of that era in the least bit, but Todd McFarlane’s art remains beautiful.

Melo Trick Gang
Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes stood by for a backstage interview. As always, Trick entertained with a rhyme and said his size 15 will kick Axiom back to Comic Con. Melo called his shot for winning the NXT championship in ‘23, but only after dealing with Apollo Crews next week. Looking forward to both matches.

Poor Bron
Bron Breakker recovered from from last week’s Bret Hart maneuver. In fact, he made it clear he wanted Grayson Waller this week. Unfortunately, Grayson wasn’t there but he sent Bron an obnoxious video from Australia. Grayson acknowledged he can’t compete with Bron physically on any level, but he’s smarter than the champ. And next week, we get a contract signing on a very special Grayson Waller Effect.
Oh, and Bron destroyed the television that coincidentally appeared in his locker room right when McKenzie threw to Grayson’s video. Lucky, right? I’m curious how Grayson plays up his smarts in the next couple weeks, and how Bron counters that with some intelligence of his own.

Gulak Hype
Drew Gulak held his invitational with Hank playing the background. Drew illustrated holds on his three students. Everything went pretty smoothly until Drew got to Myles Borne, who Drew noted is one of his best pupils. Drew clearly took that progression personally because when he slapped on the Gu-Lock and didn’t let go after Borne tapped. Hank intervened and Drew eventually broke the hold but with a crazed look in his eye. In comes Dempsey, who says he wants to make an example with one of Drew’s students. Me thinks that student might be Hank.

Speaking of Hype...
Roxanne Perez got a backstage interview where she referenced the target on her back. She’s ready for all comers but knows it won’t be easy. This is fine for now but I do hope we get more from Perez than the generic babyface character and promos as her reign continues.

A very sound and solid show closing out 2022. Even as someone pretty sick, this kept my attention and helped me forget that I feel like crap! That’s the best compliment for any show. A lot of setup for next week and New Year’s Evil. so we got a little intrigue as well as stories that don’t seem quite over yet.

Grade: B

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 11:49pm On Dec 27, 2022

mirinder:
Yo pu7pl3, have you seen Locke and Key

Nope

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 11:37pm On Dec 27, 2022

DrDax:
Take it easy.

One might think you have a Visa interview tomorrow morning...

I don't know why this was too funny for me

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 8:30am On Dec 27, 2022

hopefulLandlord:
when Craig's character was in the jacuzzi video chatting. Jabar was the one on the bottom right corner of Craig's computer

Oh wow
Lol, I remember now

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 8:28am On Dec 27, 2022

cao:
Excuse you... where are these silly folks?! How is Glass Onion terrible?! Abeg don't tell me before I start a whole new brand of twitter violence. My twitter is already violent enough.

what's your @?

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 11:19pm On Dec 26, 2022

hopefulLandlord:
I visited Reddit and was surprised Ethan was the one giving the shot, barely sounded like him too, Kareem Abdul Jabar was there at the begining too. only cameo I knew right off the bat was that of Serena and that's too difficult to miss

I saw Serena
Where did you see Kareem?

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 3:03pm On Dec 26, 2022

Frostyzone:
He's the employee who sprayed the anti-COVID thingy into the guests' mouths.

Barrywhyte1:
He was the one that led them to the boat..
He sprayed that stuff into their mouth.

Geez...I wouldn't have guessed
Thanks for pointing it out...good eyes.

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