You’d think upgrading from the Qingdao Eagles to the San Antonio Spurs bench would be an improvement, but nope, Tracy McGrady’s career has hit rock bottom. How do I know? Because Arby’s is throwing shade at him on the Internet. Arby’s.
Twitter user @DragonflyJonez made a joke about T-Mac and mentioned Arby’s. I guess the Arby’s Twitter Team is searching for “Arby’s” every five seconds and immediately responded with the best (and meanest) (and most appropriate) joke Arby’s is ever gonna make.
Vintage Promos is a series looking back at the best, worst and most memorable pro wrestling interviews of all time. It previously appeared on AOL FanHouse.
In the last installment of Vintage Promos, you met The Antichrist, a Mexican pro wrestler who had trouble explaining who he is (and how much he hates God) because of a language barrier. I’m, uh, assuming. You get the impression that he knows what words mean, he just can’t string them together effectively.
This week, you’ll meet a guy with the same problem, minus the language barrier.
Claude “Thunderbolt” Patterson had a 30-year career, held numerous tag team championships across the country and is secretly one of the most important folks in pro graps history.
You see, he was once tag team partners with a guy named Ole Anderson. They were great. They held the NWA National Tag Team Championships. But eventually a young guy by the name of Arn Anderson showed up, and Arn was so good (and kayfabe related to Ole) that it drove a wedge between the partners. Ole recognized greatness. He realized he’d been carrying guys like Thunderbolt, and it was time to do something better with his life. That led to Ole and Arn teaming up to jump “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez, which was the genesis of the Four Horsemen, the group that defined a generation of heels and changed the way fans thought about wrestling stables.
The Horsemen thrived. Thunderbolt fell into obscurity. But LO, almost a decade later Claude Patterson reemerged as an enforcer, ready to curb the rough antics of Ole Anderson should they happen. It would be very easy for a guy to say “Ole, you wronged me in the past, but I know you better than anyone. If you try anything funny, I’m going to kick your ass.” This is what Thunderbolt Patterson said.
Well, sort of.
Jack Hoffman is one of With Leather's (and everybody else's) favorite people.
If you don't recognize the name, he's the 7-year old brain cancer patient who ran for a 69-yard touchdown during the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ recent spring game. He’s been a celebrity ever since, getting his own Upper Deck card and hanging out (and assumedly talking health care reform) with President Obama. He’d be dating a Kardashian if … you know, he wasn’t 7.
Anyway, Jack’s latest moment of stardom occurred at the College World Series, an event that this year has already proven itself dangerous for children. Why is Jack Hoffman even at the College World Series, you might ask? For a very special reason.
I’m a big fan of John Oliver taking over the hosting duties on ‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’ for several reasons … he’s funny, he’s a nice change of pace from Stewart’s regular routines, and he’s a reminder of when ‘Community’ was a good show. On top of that, there’s the joy of discovery, watching him figure out some of the finer points of sharing news clips and facepalming about them as he goes. A good example: WWE adding “half-naked men fighting” to political discourse.
If you don’t watch Raw (and haven’t totally given up on this blog over it yet), “Zeb Colter” is a fictional, nationalistic, racist and exclusionary character based on the real nationalistic, racist, exclusionary character playing him. He believes that illegal immigration is ruining our country and, for whatever reason, has chosen professional wrestling as his way to reach the masses. Yeah, I don’t know. Up until now he’s been managing an Oklahoman amateur wrestler turned giant Vader-Bomber Jack Swagger. Swagger’s had … some problems, so now Colter’s attached to Swiss superman Antonio Cesaro. The joke is that the guy who hates immigrants is supporting a guy from Europe. Wrestling jokes!
The WWE Raw announce team is having problems accepting this and won’t stop arguing about it, and John Oliver’s sub-in job gets name-dropped. On last night’s episode of ‘The Daily Show,’ Oliver responded. And by responded I mean “tore off his sleeves, held a toy belt and screamed in front of a wall of fire with WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley.”
It’s as entertaining as it is surreal. Video is after the jump.
Oh, EDSBS. You’ve managed to encapsulate everything a bystander needs to know about Game 6 of the NBA Finals in a Vine that is only 2/3 basketball. I will never again be able to see Manu Ginobili without hearing that noise. Game 7, here we come.
(Spoiler alert: Tim Duncan’s been dead all season.)
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LeBron lives the way he plays… with similar results.
Tonight is Game 6 of the NBA Finals, and if I were a betting man who has watched basketball ever I’d assume Miami would take it and force a Game 7.
To celebrate, here is Funny Or Die’s ‘LeBron James – It’s In My Blood,’ a celebration of King James’ unshakable desire for championship greatness and/or his ability to fall down and act hurt and offended on command. Highlights include an encounter with a dog walker, a trip to the convenience store and a rollerblader who totally got her elbow up and caught him in the eye (you just didn’t get the correct camera angle).
Check it out after the jump.
