I’ve never really thought much about a bucket list. Perhaps I should. Sure, when I was invincible in my 20s and life was forever, it was easier to put it off until later. Now, however, I am in my 30s and life is almost over, so it’s time to start spending my time more effectively. There’s still no solid bucket list item, except for one: I want to see a baseball game in all thirty Major League ballparks within my adult life.
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This is the most difficult thing i’ve ever done in my life. And yes, i’m counting the decision to buy a house, to propose to my wife, leave jobs, and everything else. You see, those were just moments, but wrestling…wrestling is forever.
A while back, I came up with the idea to roll out my 50 greatest wrestlers of all time. I wanted to launch it on this week, with AEW debuting and NXT setting up in direct competition with them on a competing network, along with the move of Smackdown to Fox.
And then I started doing it…and I came to a screeching halt. You see, I had to try to make a decision. Was I going to write about what might be considered the 50 greatest wrestlers of all time? Or was I going to write about my own opinion, my 50 greatest wrestlers of all time? The guys I thought deserve recognition as the greatest competitors to do this stupid little thing that I love so dearly.
Slowly, I was able to build a list. It wasn’t easy, and I guarantee it’s going to piss a lot of people off. I didn’t just go full smark and list a bunch of indy guys. I took into account wrestlers impact on wrestling and pop culture. I took into account their ability to cut promos, and perform on the biggest stages. I crossed over multiple wrestling generations to build the list I thought was the best. I didn’t include some guys because I just didn’t think they were as good as others(Ultimate Warrior) and I didn’t include some guys because they murdered their family (Chris Benoit). That’s the nice thing about it being my list. I created all the rules for it.
I also found that there were so many people I wanted on this list that just didn’t have a place. Arn Anderson is one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time and was a founding member of the Four Horseman, but I couldn’t find room for him. Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T were two of the only guys who kept WCW afloat as long as it did. They were great. But there just wasn’t enough room.
And with apologies to Big Bossman, Matt Bourne, William Regal, Bobby Eaton, Tetsuya Naito, Ultimo Dragon, Chyna, PCO, Dynamite Kid, Jeff Jarrett, and Stan Hansen, here are my 50 Greatest Wrestlers of all time….
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Growing up reading Batman comics as a kid in the 1980’s, I witnessed the evolution of this iconic villain from the earliest versions inspired by “The Man Who Laughs” to Ceasar Romaro’s slapstick antics as the “Clown Prince of Crime,” to the more twisted and deranged murderous psychopath that is the Joker of modern day. Todd Phillips gives fans of the character everything they could’ve asked for in an origin story for The Joker.
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With the release of Todd Phillip’s highly anticipated Joker, Fancy Boys David Vox Mullen & Matt Drufke decided to go back and take a peak at what the Detective Comics Films Universe (DCFU) has given us in the last six years. These films have had mixed results, both in the box office and in critical acclaim. The boys roll up their sleeves, straighten their capes, and dive in.
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In Sound & Fury, Sturgill Simpson doesn’t make music for you. He makes it despite you.
“Southern samurai glam rock” may sound like an excerpt from a lazy game of Mad Libs, but it’s the best description I could muster for Sound & Fury, the fourth studio album from Grammy winning artist Sturgill Simpson.
Once the heir apparent to the fiefdom Dave Cobb built for outlaw country revival, the main thread holding each of Sturgill’s albums together is how much they distance themselves from the last. None more so than Sound & Fury, which takes any trace of bluegrass twang and buries it under a heap of sleethy synth-rock riffs. Continue reading “Sturgill Simpson’s Sound & Fury Bucks Outlaw Revival”
Welcome to the new Wrestling Wars
The first shots fired in the Civil War were on Wilmer McLean’s property in Virginia in 1861. A bit over four years later, the war would come to an end at Appomattox Virginia Courthouse, 140 miles away, but with a similar character playing the role of “grand opening, grand closing.” Wilmer Mclean had moved after the war broke out to where he thought his family would be safe. The war would end in his parlor, with Robert E Lee signing the confederate surrender.
Continue reading “Welcome to the new Wrestling Wars”The MLB Playoffs… and Joe Maddon is not Mike Ditka
I’m going to sprint through the baseball playoffs and sprinkle some ‘Maddon Moments’ in to explain, in my mind, what happened to Maddon and the Cubs, while using Ditka like he used Bears fans.
By the time you read this, the wild card games – October 1 and October 2 – may be over, or at least started. It doesn’t really matter much. Those four teams can douse themselves in all the champagne they want, but it’s pretty much a cheap victory. Put it this way, it’s the same kind of victory you get when you visit your elderly grandmother at her assisted living facility and win their corn hole tournament.
But before we dig into the wild card teams, let’s just take a look at the 2016-2019 Cubs vs the 1984-1987 Bears. If you look at their timelines, they are a tad similar. And you can argue both Maddon and Ditka can only deal with the hands they are dealt. True. Think of this like Texas Holdem. Ditka was holding the king and queen of hearts and staring at the ten, jack and ace of hearts face up on the table… and threw out the king ‘aka’ Wilbur Marshall. Maddon’s hand, while good, was an ace and a ten. Still a potentially winning hand, but could have been better. Cubs management bet high on a good, but ultimately bad hand.
OK, now let’s place a hand on the wild card teams – The Rays, the A’s, the Brewers, the Nats.
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FBC NFL Power Rankings Week 5
Well, week four was goddamn stupid. Too many good teams lost and the entire power rankings have been thrown into chaos. I have no idea what’s going on anymore. Common sense can go to hell. I hate this sport more than Vonteze Burfict loves being a shithead. Let’s get into it, babayyy! Week 5 Power Rankings!
1: New England Patriots
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Week 4 is in the books, and I’m here with the only recap you need. Here’s the Winners & Losers of Week 4 of the NFL season.
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Fancy Boys founder Matt Drufke doesn’t know anything about football. Lucky for him, Brandon Andreasen and Jack Baker do.
Each week, Matt emails Brandon and Jack NFL questions, they then immediately go and make fun of his lack of knowledge in a secret group chat. They then go and answer the questions. Here are those answers.
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