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@mtpluggrinder @WrestleFeatures He said a lot of things that can work with that will have a lot of people nodding their head (including me, though the place and delivery was confusing; kind of a meh promo overall) Whether they make it work, make it horrible or completely abandon it is up in the air

@WrestleFeatures The Mcafee promo wasn’t bad I’m being honest It just doesn’t make sense storyline wise.

🚨🚨🚨🚨 Sources indicate to Bodyslam that McAfee was the plan for the person on the phone since right around Elimination Chamber. The call came directly from TKO executives. Another source noted that McAfee’s promo was completely off script which resulted in Cody Rhodes’ promo later in the show. (Bodyslam+)

@DetlefBest @C2_Cooper They got better? Then you get better. Who gives a fuck if the teams or fanbases whine about it? They whine about everything, like the 65 game rule and players missing games. You want a realistic solution (outside of the correct one, less games)? That’s the solution.

@SouthernIion @C2_Cooper The problem with that is teams are better at hiding healthy players behind injuries than ever before and when the league does investigate teams for healthy/injured players, the teams and fanbases throw hissy fits about the nba overstepping.

If the award voters are trusted to use their discretion when weighing and assessing ability, not sure why they can’t also be trusted — without an arbitrary rule — to weigh and assess availability.

@JonnyWrestlin06 @KotasIdiots Yeah, they should hire you instead 🤣

@KotasIdiots They’re actual idiots. Triple H, Bruce Prichard, Michael Hayes, Ed Koskey, Nick Khan, Ari Emanuel, Mark Shapiro, they all need to GO

But the WWE fans told me that all the hate was online and performative!

@creativeplayaa @StuntCunnings @Ballislife Who asked dumbfuck, it’s still an offensive foul

@StuntCunnings @Ballislife Idk if u kno ball well, but Anthony davis dunk on Knicks legend Ron baker so hard, and technically it was a offensive foul, but fan reaction + superstar vs role player didn't change the call... everything Blake did in that era was mostly elbows in the face dunks

14 YEARS AGO TODAY Blake Griffin posterized Pau TWICE in the same game Pau's postgame comments 🤣

@StuntCunnings @Ballislife He blatantly offensively fouls in every one of his mega highlights

@Ballislife Both were offensive fouls when you rly look at it

@GiveIt2EmRaw_ @WhispVT @WrestleFeatures You know dick about heat.

@WhispVT @WrestleFeatures You know what, you’re the type of fan that makes these angles work just off of how triggered yall get. Keep playing your role you’re doing a great job adding context to this story lmao.

The Pat McAfee reveal has 57,000 dislikes on WWE's YouTube channel. Congrats.

@dontmesswlady04 @nodqdotcom You spend all day on Twitter talking about wrestling and only wrestling, who are you performing for?

@nodqdotcom Why do we need details tho? It's their business IMO.

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@Debate455 @C2_Cooper @stevejones20 Who cares? They created a rule. Everyone knew it was a stupid tule BECAUSE it would screw up awards voting, not to mention other issues. And you’re arguing that the secondary effects aren’t a problem because the people making the rule ignored them in the first place?

@C2_Cooper @stevejones20 The response i have heard to this is the 65 game rule is about disincentivizing players from load managing. Not about a lack of trust in award voters

@F_Benk @C2_Cooper Argument that makes your argument fucking stupid on its own: multiple players this year that should be on All-NBA teams and won’t be because they played 60-64 games instead of 65.

@C2_Cooper Big argument against: LeBron being on an All NBA team in 2019 with 55 games played and the Lakers missing the playoffs.

@WembyProject @C2_Cooper You’re an idiot. The rule sucks and everyone with a brain said it sucked the second it was rolled out.

@C2_Cooper People have selective amnesia about why the 65 games rule exists in the first place if teams hadn’t abused load management we wouldn’t be here

@DetlefBest @C2_Cooper The same thing as all the other things people are whining about? Nothing (certainly not actively making them worse) and actually consistently enforcing rulings you’ve already made in the past, like punishing teams for sitting healthy players?

@C2_Cooper I guess the question is what else should the league do to encourage team/players to play more in the RS? As frustrating as the 65 gm rule is at times, the spirit of it is to get players to play because there have been way too many reasons created for them not to anymore.

@spyritwriter @C2_Cooper Me when I’m illiterate:

@C2_Cooper I think the word "trusted" may be... un-ideal. There's a long list of MVP's that have just never stood up under scrutiny. Fatigue and "equivalency-reluctance are real things. Plus, there is alot of suspicion that some of these voters barely watch games anymore. I don't "trust".

@mjolnir_storm @DGNDiesel @WWE He can’t, he’s an idiot.

@DGNDiesel @WWE How can you tell she was on it vs off it

RHIYO is so BACK! 👏

@R3ADYFORWARR @SportsCenter @espn 14 point game? What kind of a fucking loser blames the refs in a 14 point game?

@SportsCenter @espn How you mad at her cus the refs not giving yall calls lmao

Geno Auriemma exchanged words with Dawn Staley in the final seconds of South Carolina and UConn’s Final Four matchup.

@Camron86762101 @WrestleFeatures “We” all know you didn’t skip shit

@WrestleFeatures I stg yall if we skip just this one smackdown next week and tank the ratings we could turn some shit but yall just like to complain and do nothing

🚨🚨🚨🚨 Sources indicate that this was not a call from Triple H or WWE creative but a call straight from Ari Emanuel and TKO brass. McAfee has been expected to return to WWE for quite some time now and his comments about the business passing him by were all kayfabe. Another source indicates that Ari Emanuel believes that McAfee is a star and will help elevate this program between Orton and Rhodes and get it to where it needs to be between his show on ESPN and weekly SmackDown episodes before WrestleMania in 2 weeks. TKO are firm believers that main stream names will help bring more eyes to the product and sell more tickets as they make their return to Las Vegas. (Bodyslam+)

@elsalvajeRW @Tim_NBA Average European

@Tim_NBA Fuck The Playoffs. Fuck The Lakers. They put a horrible roster around Luka, with 0 depth, then asked him to carry their useless asses playing super heavy minutes… This is the result.

Expecting the worst, hoping for better. I don't care about the awards piece. If he's not healthy enough to be himself in the playoffs (as it looks), that's the real issue.

@Grumsi24 @Tim_NBA @NBAPR @NBA @spurs @DetroitPistons That’s the reason he didn’t win a defensive award over VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, you fucking idiot?

@Tim_NBA @NBAPR @NBA @spurs @DetroitPistons That is the sole reason Luka did not get the award.

San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Detroit Pistons guard-forward Ausar Thompson have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Defensive Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in March.

@SanthoshKumarVM @iztok_franko Lost by 50 yet you were blaming the refs before the game even started. Why don’t you go root for the Kings or something? You’ll fit right in with the victim mentality. We don’t need that shit.

@iztok_franko Could be game of the year if the refs don’t rob us by gifting FTs for SGA and turning blind to the fouls on defense by OKC. If Luka beat them with PJ as the 3rd option in ‘24, he can beat them with LeBron as the 3rd option. It boils down to AR. Can he deliver as the 2nd option?

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@Danny9_6 @forumbluegold Has to be just engagement farming at this point. Either that or Darius exclusively listens to and responds to the absolute stupidest national pundits in basketball. I expect better.

@forumbluegold Stop giving dumbfucks attention

"first of all, it does feel like the lakers play almost all their games at home...the only nba team that played 74 games at home, and 6 on the road." lakers are tied for the 4th most road wins and have the 4th best road winning percentage in the league.

@VeranDirtstar @WrestleFeatures @RomanEra0 It wasn’t. The entire match sucked.

@WrestleFeatures @RomanEra0 Agreed but I think the reason it was so bad was all because Travis Scott. I thought the match was OK until he came out amd took like 6 minutes to walk to the ring. That 6 minutes sucked the life out of the crowd and fans at home

What’s the most disappointing Wrestlemania match ever?