Why did Brock Lesnar win #WWEChampionship on #WWEDay1via Wrestlelamia

 

[VIDEO] Wrestlelamia takes a look at this most unusual booking decision from last nite's Day 1 PPV. For starters earlier on Saturday Roman Reigns' tweet that he got coronavirus. 

As an aside that's a bit scary since Reigns has an underlying condition. Remember a few years ago he had to drop the Universal Title because he had a recurrence of leukemia from which he returned in less than a years time. He went from being in a feud with Baron Corbin who smeared dog food on the Big Dog to being Head of the Table with a stable known as The Bloodline with his cousins SmackDown tag champs The Usos.

Anyway, Brock Lesnar was supposed to challenge Reigns for his Universal Title however this virus cancelled this match and a change of plans. As Lesnar to the four way match for the WWE Championship and challenge the champ Big E. Lesnar hit the F5 on Big E pinning him for the victory.

Wrestlelamia explores why Lesnar was booked to win the top title on Monday Nite Raw and also why it was a bad idea. Does this mean Lesnar will ultimately face Reigns when he's well enough to return to action? Does this mean the WWE title and the Universal title could be unified at some point? Does this mean that Lesnar will make appearances on both Raw and SmackDown in the absence of Reigns?

Another thing of note is the title reign of Big E. Some of the sources I follow don't consider his reign very memorable. Also Wrestlelamia questions of the booking of Big E being pinned by Lesnar to lose the title. The question here is whether or not this made Big E look weak since he's considered the muscle of the New Day faction.

Otherwise a pretty decent New Years' Day PPV with an unexpected ending as a result of an unexpected real life event....

BTW, forgot to add I like the prospect of finally seeing Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar. We got a taste of that during the fatal 5 way match. It's been said a match with Lesnar was one major point when Lashley returned to WWE. So perhaps Lesnar could drop the belt to the almighty before he faces Roman Reigns again. Time will tell however....

Undisputed Era reunited in All Elite Wrestling

 

[VIDEO] I had the TV on for most of the two hours of AEW Wednesday Nite Dynamite on TNT, which in the new year is expected to move to TBS.

Anyway I missed this segment on that show where Jim Ross returned to the play-by-play booth after taking a medical leave for skin cancer treatment. Kyle O'Reilly joined his former NXT Undisputed Era stablemates Adam Cole (Bay-Bay) and Bobby Fish. References were made to the feud between Cole and O'Reilly before Cole left for AEW over the past summer.

Anyway you see O'Reilly speak with Cole about that feud from over the past summer and he already knows that factions are how you succeed in All Elite Wrestling. O'Reilly wonders if Cole has his back like Fish does. Bobby Fish also joined AEW over the past fall after his own release from WWE. O'Reilly and Fish had a long history before they even arrived in NXT winning tag team gold there.

Anyway since Cole arrived in AEW he has been aligned with the Young Bucks who interfered in a three man tag match in the main event between the Best Friends and Cole, O'Reilly, and Fish. Of course as Cole follows the Bucks after the match, O'Reilly and Fish seem to be left wondering where Cole's loyalty lies.

And now I can see what direction the above segment goes and perhaps the storyline going forward. Perhaps the feud between Cole and O'Reilly might be a huge deal in AEW as it was during the past summer in NXT.

However, I feel as if Cole will get lost in the shuffle in the talent stacked environment of AEW. Cole has the goods to be a main event talent, however, he seems relegated to the midcard and that's not where he belongs. It seems the creative plans for him in WWE before he moved on weren't that good for him as a talent and that's fine, but is AEW where he belongs to get to that next level.

All anyone can do is watch and see....While there are some talents I do enjoy seeing in AEW what I do find a tad troubling is having a stacked roster of good talent that aren't used very well.

CNBC: Can Cadillac And Lincoln Win Back Their American Luxury Status?

 

[VIDEO] Cadillacs and Lincolns are out of my price range but if I could dream I really like Lincoln's lineups of SUV. Just the design is enough for me to go into the showroom and just try to get the right price for a Nautilus or a Corsair as they're the least expensive of the Lincoln line. And now Lincoln plans to go all-electric in the future....

Mr. Beat's brief history of the Italian-American mafia

 

[VIDEO] I've been binge watching the many informative material of one Mr. Beat who is a legit social studies teacher sharing his knowledge to a YouTube audience. And just on Xmas eve I binged watched two mob movies such as GoodFellas & Casino. I tweeted about both when I was watching those films. Mr. Beat talks about the Italian-American mafia and how they became so big here in America.

Stop-motion holiday Lego fireplace

 

[VIDEO] We're now at that time of year and on this Christmas Day I want to share with you the talent of Kevin Parry who's hands you see here set up the shot for the Lego fireplace. Duration is one hour although I also hope you spend time with someone you care about on this day.

Over at Shedd School you may want to check out another fireplace video from DC Comics.

Michael Nesmith R.I.P.

 

[VIDEO] One of the YouTube channels I follow shares clips from David Letterman's career as a TV personality and Friday morning I found this appearance by Nesmith on Late Night with David Letterman back in 1983. Nesmith didn't look as young as he did when he was the star of the 1960s sitcom The Monkees.

I've known about The Monkees perhaps since the 1980s. As a child I watched the reruns on local TV and the theme song was catchy even if I didn't get all the episodes. In my mind this was a rather kid friendly TV program compared to the Late Night show.

I'm very sorry to hear about Nesmith's passing yesterday which was noted as natural causes. With his death only one of The Monkees remain and his name is Mickey Dolenz. Davey Jones had died in 2012 and Peter Tork died in 2019.

Also, The Monkees band were really created for the aforementioned TV series, however, they later did become one of the more successful bands of the 1960s. I do find the 60s very fascinating and perhaps a major pivot point in American history and with the many historic and even national traumas that happened back them.

Tehachapi Loop

 

[VIDEO] Been a while since I've seen videos from the Michigan Central Lines YouTube channel.

On this day they take drone footage of the Tehachapi Loop in California. This is a great piece of engineering which allows trains to move up in elevation. Perhaps better than going up a straight ramp with difficulty.