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Welp, this is it.

To the only state I’ve ever called home,

I’ll miss you. Except winter. Winter sucks.

To the friends I’ve made over the years,

Thanks for being there. I’ve never been shy about telling the people in my life I love them, so I don’t have to do one of those annoying things where I tag everyone in a post cuz God that’s obnoxious. You know who you are. Not much is going to change.

To my family,

I know the shit I do rarely ever makes sense to you, this being no exception. I’m not like you guys. There’s nothing wrong with that, I just need something more than all this. Both sides knew it and it took longer than it should have for both come to terms with it. Thank you for turning the corner and at least supporting me even if you didn’t agree with any of the things that I do.

To the comedians I’ve gotten to work with,

If you were good to me, I’ll remember it. If you weren’t, I’ll remember it.

To anyone that ever put me on their show or came out to see me perform,

Thank you so much for the chance to do the thing I truly love doing. Thanks for keeping comedy alive.

To anyone that didn’t,

Fuck off.

To my girlfriend, Liz,

I don’t know how you put up with my shit and I’m sure others wonder too. You’ve been an amazing partner through all of this and I’m beyond excited for us to start our own life out west. I couldn’t do any of this without you.

I have no idea what the next few years hold for me. I’m the weirdest combination of happy, sad, excited, anxious and terrified. But I love what I’m doing and the people I’m getting to do it with and that’s enough. That was all I ever wanted.

We’re back everyone.  This week we review the biggest show of the summer, Summer Slam.  Joining us is the internet’s own @ironghazi.  Be sure to subscribe on iTunes, maybe give us the ol’ 5 star review treatment.

Some of you may remember my old podcast with comedian Sam Jay, From the 99 to the 2000. Well we got the band back together for a special guest, WWE’s Dolph Ziggler. Dolph was in Boston for work so he decided to drop by for some comedy and a sit down with us.

Big thanks to @Ay00y for editing this and be sure to follow Sam and Dolph @samjaycomic and @heelziggler

We are back, everyone. Lot of wrestling news today with Hulk Hogan saying the N word a bunch of times, but this week we talk about the latest shit pile PPV.

Fresh off the heels of Elimination Chamber, we’re back to discuss everything that went down.  Back to back “not totally disappointing pay per views.  It’s almost like this shit isn’t that hard to come up with.

We’d also like to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of Mickie James.  She’s not dead in real life.  Just in TNA.  Which will be dead soon enough.  And then we can resurrect Mickie James and all of us can live forever.

Follow us on twitter @fakemikemulloy and @fansince09.  You probably already do, otherwise I’m not sure why you would be here in the first place. Thanks again to @ay00y for editing!

Tuesday 6/2

– Gig: Broad Appeal, Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA, 7pm

Wednesday 6/3

– Podcast: Favoured Nations w/Mike Mulloy and Daniel Sloss, Episode 3, available here and on iTunes (hopefully)

Thursday 6/4

– Content: NXT Recap

– Comedy at Halligan Tavern, Derry, NH, 9pm

Friday 5/29

Podcast: Podcast on a Pole w/@fansince09, Elimination Chamber Review, available here and on iTunes.

Part 1

Part 2

Hey gang, after a little hiatus and a massive fuck up, we’re back.  This episode takes a look at the quickly thrown together Elimination Chamber.  Did you know that in German, they call this Pay Per View “No Escape” because of that whole murdering Jews thing?  Bet you didn’t think you’d learn something like that on a wrestling podcast, did you?

Follow us on twitter @fakemikemulloy and @fansince09.  You probably already do, otherwise I’m not sure why you would be here in the first place. Thanks again to @ay00y for editing!

Wednesday 5/27 

– Podcast: Favoured Nations w/Mike Mulloy and Daniel Sloss, Episode 2, available here and on iTunes

– Gig: Comedy Night at the Skaskeen, Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101, 9pm show, Free!!

Thursday 5/28

Content: NXT Recap, I’m no longer going to be writing for BroBible and instead will be hosting them directly on my site

Friday 5/29

Podcast: Podcast on a Pole w/@fansince09, Elimination Chamber Preview, available here and on iTunes.

Hi there,

It’s your old pal, Mike Mulloy.

I’m finally taking some initiative and making my own website.  It is a pain in the ass, I don’t know what I’m doing, and I already hate doing it.

The purpose of the site is to centralize all this shit I have floating out there.  We’re doing the monthly wrestling podcast on podcastonapole.com.  Daniel Sloss and I are starting a new weekly podcast where two idiots who know nothing about politics talk about politics.  And an old favorite, fromthe99tothe2000.com, is on its way back.  So I figure I should just have one place for all of these things to be heard.

So from now on, all these podcast will run under the Mike Mulloy Podcast banner.

Welcome back everyone, this week’s WWE NXT wasted no time getting into things, so why should the WWE NXT recap?

WWE NXT Recap For April 29th

Kevin Owens Promo

On Raw or Smackdown, when the show kicks off with an in-ring promo, I usually sigh and prepare myself to hear the same bullshit I heard last week, with a 2 minute talking point being stretched into 20 minutes, thus killing any momentum or excitement.

When NXT does it, they get to the point in a satisfactory amount of time.  That’s the beauty of an hour-long show.  They don’t have time to dilly dally.  They don’t have to stretch things out.

Another thing I love: the Bad Guy making very good points.  Everything Owens said was right.  Why should he give Zayn another title shot?  Zayn went and licked his wounds for a month, Owens shouldn’t have to put the title on the line from a practical standpoint.

The people writing this show understand how people operate.  Owens has no reason to put the title on the line until Zayn gets to him.  The writers play on Owens’ insecurities.  Owens is a fighting champion, but in the back of his mind, his character knows that his legacy is attached to Zayn’s and he hates that.  It’s nice when wrestling remembers that these people are still supposed to act like people.

Alexa Bliss and Carmella Confrontation

Did you know that women wrestlers are allowed to have a conversation that doesn’t boil down to “Who is fat/a slut/a bitch”?  Cuz I literally forgot that was even an option in women’s wrestling until this segment.

Alex Riley and Sami Zayn Confrontation

NXT made me interested in 4 different matches (Owens/Zayn, Enzo & Cass/Murphy & Blake, Carmella/Alexis and Zayn/Riley) in the first 16 minutes.  4 matches.  4 matches explained and invested in no more than 16 minutes into a show.  Do you know how many matches are featured in the first 16 minutes of Raw?  1 max.

Enzo & Cass (W) vs Murphy & Blake

I’m changing my tune about Enzo and Cass’s in ring work.  It’s improving dramatically, and they seem to be learning the nuances of tag team wrestling.  Tag team matches that are basically two 1-on-1 matches happening at the same time are the worst.

Becky Lynch Promo

I like NXT acknowledging that these people have a resume prior to arriving there.  Becky looks poised for a face turn against Sasha Banks.  Banks is too good a heel, and Lynch seems wildly likeable, so why fight it?

Baron Corbin Vignette

This vignette did more to build interest in Baron Corbin than the eighty 10-second matches that he’s been having up until now.  I really love the variety of how they’re presenting characters.  We’ve only had one in-ring promo so far on the show.  That’s good.  That’s very good.  Mikey likes this.

Bayley vs. Dana Brooke (W)

What Mikey does not like, is distractions from the top of the ramp.  I hate them.  I hate them so god damn much. Remember that time Lebron James spotted up to take a game winning three in the Conference Semifinals, but then he saw Tim Duncan on the sidelines and got psyched out and bricked it?  No?  Because that doesn’t happen in sports.  Quit it.  Just fucking quit doing this.  We do at least one of these on each program every week since the beginning of time.  Let’s all agree to knock it off.

On a good note, Dana Brooke didn’t look like absolute garbage this week.

William Regal Promo

Regal announces a #1 contender match between Hideo Itami, Tyler Breeze and Finn Balor.  I love #1 contender matches, because they make winning and losing matter.  And when winning and losing matter you can make the people involved matter.  It’s a crazy concept, I know.

This also could lead to a Finn Balor heel turn, which if you’ve ever seen heel Balor from his days as the leader of the Bullet Club in New Japan, you’ll understand why I am so god damn excited for this.  There’s something about an Irish guy being a dick head (see: Conor McGregor) that overjoys me.

Hideo Itami (W) vs. Adam Rose

If you had Itami win that Battle Royal, he could be doing exactly what they’re doing with Neville on the main roster right now.  Instead, you gave it to the Big Show and haven’t mentioned it once since the night after Wrestlemania.  What was the fucking point?  How do you expect me to care about that match next year when you’ve made it abundantly clear that it does not matter whatsoever.  Once again, Vince’s fault, not the fault of anyone involved with NXT.

Bayley promo

Another prime example of how women can be mad at each other without someone being fat, a bitch or a slut.  Emma stole Bayley’s things and Bayley is pissed about it.  That’s a fairly relatable grudge, right?

Becky Lynch (W) vs Someone

Another thing I love about NXT: enhancement talent.  Bringing in wrestlers that the WWE isn’t trying to invest in is a great way to build the wrestlers you are trying to invest in.

Rhyno Promo

Short, sweet and to the goddamn point.  Rhyno doesn’t like Corbin’s attitude and they’re going to fight about it.  Simple.

Here’s a number for you: 18. Eighteen wrestlers were featured in an hour of television, yet when I watch Raw for 3 hours, I see the same god damn people over and over again.  This is how it should be.  A little foreplay.  A little fucking.

Sami Zayn (W) vs. Alex Riley

Great way to further the feud between Owens and Zayn.  Bad guys being bad.  After everything Owens has done, how can you not want to see him get the shit beaten out of him?  This is how you should end a wrestling show.  Not with random tag team matches that nobody cares about featuring the same guys that are mad at each other every week.

Well that’s it for this week, thanks for stopping by.  Before I wrap things up, I want to mention the passing of a wrestling legend, Verne Gagne.

Pro wrestling would have never became what it was without people like Verne Gagne.  Almost every wrestler you love from your childhood exists because of Verne Gagne.  Without him there’s no Hogan, there’s no Flair, there’s not much of anything.

Over the last decade, he’d been suffering from dementia and as much as it sucks to lose him, it’s good to know he’s at peace.  He deserves peace after all he did for this stupid, childish thing that I love so much.