Saturday, December 31, 2016

If Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks fights again, I want Bruce Buffer to announce him as the following.
"Fighting out of the nearest Whataburger"
Johny "So Bigg he has two gs Rigg" Hendricks
Johny "Bigger than a Big Rig" Hendricks
Johny "More Tires than a Big Rig" Hendricks
You can have a lot of fun with this.
Speaking of Hendricks, I don't think there was a funnier bit where someone failed to make weight since Anthony Johnson before his fight with Vitor Belfort at UFC 142.
So last night was Mike Goldberg's last night in the UFC. Keep in mind, his first night was UFC Ultimate Japan back on December 21, 1997. Here's how long ago that was.
Kazushi Sakuraba made his one and only appearance in the UFC where he won the UFC Ultimate Japan Heavyweight Tournament
Frank Shamrock defeated Kevin Jackson to become the first UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (then Middleweight Championship)
Randy Couture defeated Maurice Smith to win his first UFC Heavyweight Championship
Semaphore Entertainment Group still owned the UFC.

The Grass Isn't Always Greener On The Other Side: Wrestlers Who Did Better In WCW Than WWF/E

The Grass Isn't Always Greener On The Other Side: Wrestlers Who Did Better In WCW Than WWF/E
December 31, 2016
By Ryan Porzl

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of when the NWA became WCW and what better way to celebrate than honor them? Over the years, it's become tradition for the WWE and certain fans to mock and ridicule WCW for not being organized or a company run by a collection of incompetent morons. While WCW had it's moments and mistakes, things weren't always bad as many wrestlers have actually done better there than in The WWF. So, in honor of WCW, we'll take a look at the wrestlers they used better than The WWF as to some, The WWF was not the be-all, end-all for everyone. Before I begin, I will have two rules for this article. One is I will only talk about wrestlers who wrestled for WCW from January 1991 to March 2001 so time in Jim Crockett Promotions/NWA and the WWF owned WCW don't count. I will also be fair to WWE as well and will not include wrestlers who by the time went to the WWF or WWE had already suffered a serious injury or came in way past their prime specifically Brian Pillman and Sting who will not be included.

Friday, December 30, 2016

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Well, hope everyone had a great Festivus and to all my friends and family, rest assured that a generous donation has been made in all your names to The Human Fund. The Human Fund: Money For People.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Ronda Rousey Does Not Deserve A Title Shot

Ronda Rousey Does Not Deserve A Title Shot
December 23, 2016
By Ryan Porzl

On Friday December 30, 2016, the UFC will host their UFC 207 event. The event will be headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship fight between champion Amanda Nunes and former champion Ronda Rousey. The fight will mark Rousey's first fight since losing the title to Holly Holm 13 months ago. The fact Rousey is getting a shot has split the MMA community with some justifying it while other feel she doesn't deserve it. As you can read from the title, I'm one of those who does not think Rousey deserves it and this article will explain why I feel Rousey is not deserving of a title shot.

Monday, December 19, 2016

Kid Icarus (NES) Music - Title Screen

Happy 30th anniversary to Kid Icarus. Underrated series from Nintendo and features one of the most underrated villains in video game history: The Eggplant Wizards.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

1986: A Year of What Could've Beens in Professional Wrestling

1986: A Year of What Could've Beens in Professional Wrestling
December 18, 2016
By Ryan Porzl

1986 was a big year in American Wrestling. The WWF was skyrocketing to the top with PPVs, Saturday Night's Main Event specials on NBC, and shows on The USA Network along with Syndication. The NWA had shows on TBS and The AWA along with World Class had shows on ESPN. That same year, many historical moments occurred including the legendary feud between Hulk Hogan and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff as well as the formation of the legendary Four Horsemen. 1986 would also be legends like Sting, The Ultimate Warrior, and Lex Luger's first full year in the business while other legends like Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett made their debuts. Unfortunately, not everyone had a great 1986 as that year saw many promising careers come to an end for one reason or another while others saw the beginning of the end. We'll take a look at five wrestlers who had the wrestling world in their hands only for their careers to end while others saw the beginning of the end.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

007 HD Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd - Diamonds are Forever

Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd were awesome Bond villains.

Diamonds Are Forever Intro

Happy 45th Anniversary to Diamonds Are Forever which had it's first premiere today. DAF was the seventh James Bond film and saw the return of Sean Connery to the role after he originally left following 1967's You Only Live Twice and was replaced by George Lazenby for 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. This was Connery's sixth Bond and his final "official" one with Eon Productions though he did a seventh Bond with the "unofficial" (not done by Eon Productions) 1983 Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again. The movie saw Shirley Bassey return to sing the theme song making her he first singer to do more than one theme (she previously did 1964's Goldfinger and would return for Moonraker in 1979) and she's the only one to do so as of 2016. The movie was also the final official time Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his group S.P.E.C.T.R.E. appeared in a Bond movie until last years Spectre (The Wheelchair Villain at the beginning of For Your Eyes Only was clearly supposed to be Blofeld but not named due to legal reasons).

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Almost forgot but today is what would've been the 60th birthday of the great Randy Rhoads. Rhoads, of course, was a founder of Quiet Riot and performed on their first two albums that were only released in Japan as well as the original guitarist for Ozzy Osborne. Rhoads played on the first two Ozzy albums and co-wrote many of the songs. Sadly, we lost Rhoads to a plane crash on March 19, 1982 at only 25 years old. Hard to believe Rhoads would've been sixty. Makes you continue to wonder what else he could've achieved.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Mega Man 4 (NES) Music - Wily Fortress 2

Mega Man 4 (NES) Music - Wily Fortress Intro

Mega Man 4 (NES) Music - Select Screen

Mega Man 4's robot bosses included Skull Man, Dive Man, Bright Man, Ring Man, Pharaoh Man, Dust Man, Drill Man, and...Toad Man. I think this was a time when Capcom was beginning to have a hard time creating new robot bosses though there were plenty of cool robot bosses throughout the years.

Mega Man 4 - Title

Happy 25th Anniversary to Mega Man 4 which was released in Japan on this day. It was the first Mega Man game to have the charged Mega Buster. Sadly, Mega Man 4 also began a dumb trend of Capcom trying to fool fans into believing Mega Man was taking on a new villain only to reveal Dr. Wily always pulling the strings. They would also continue this with the Mega Man X games as well.

Star Trek Undiscovered Country 22 Star Trek VI End Credits Suite

Happy 25th Anniversary to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country which would be the final movie starring the original cast though many did make guest appearances on other Star Trek shows and movies. The movie was also dedicated to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry who passed away on October 24, 1991. Apparently, Roddenberry passed only two days after watching the final cut of the movie.

"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)" Theatrical Trailer

Happy 25th Anniversary to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country which would be the final movie starring the original cast though many did make guest appearances on other Star Trek shows and movies. The movie was also dedicated to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry who passed away on October 24, 1991. Apparently, Roddenberry passed only two days after watching the final cut of the movie.

So today is the 115th birthday of Walt Disney. How about that? Too bad he can't celebrate since he's still cryogenically frozen underneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. I think out of all the conspiracy theories out there, I think the one about Walt Disney being cryogenically frozen underneath Disneyland is the one I want to see be true the most.