Pre-show notes:

- So I’ve finally decided to dedicate a weekly report to the best show WWE produces, NXT. If you’d like to see these continue, please contribute to the discussion in our comments section, click the “like” button and share the column on your social media things. If you’re on a wrestling forum or site somewhere, share it. I’ll keep doing them until I run out of complimentary things to say about Emma (which would be never).

- If you’re wondering where you can watch NXT, it’s currently on Hulu Plus every Thursday. If you’re like, “weh, I don’t want to have to pay for Hulu Plus to watch wrestling,” it’s the best wrestling show and Hulu Plus is like 8 dollars. Just do it, it’s fine. You aren’t gonna miss 8 dollars. You can watch this week’s episode (as long as they keep it up) here.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- Banner image via the wonderful @I_Am_ALo. GIF courtesy of Wrestle Enigma.

So! Please click through to enjoy the debut edition of The Best And Worst Of WWE NXT, May 22, 2013 edition.

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You're welcome.

Pre-show notes:

- Comments, shares, likes, and anything else that gets people to come here are appreciated. Thanks to the folks at Reddit for liking/posting last week’s thing. You are all my pals on the Internet.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- GIFS courtesy of Jerusalem over at Punchsport Pagoda.

- This is the last week for our Meet Me There fundraiser, and we’ve only got a few days left. If we can push it over the 5K mark, I’ll consider it a win and a blessing. Huge, huge thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, even if you did so passive-aggressively! Head over to IndieGogo and buy a shirt or a poster or a DVD or something, friend!

- For additional wrestling jokes, be sure to check out 51 Random, Awesome WWE Promo Photos.

And now, complete with helicopter entrance, here’s the Best and Worst of WWE Raw for April 22, 2013.

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Pre-show notes:

- Comments, shares, likes, and especially Reddit submissions/up votes are appreciated. If you aren’t sending me a Christmas present, at least make my column slightly more popular with strangers!

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- Next Tuesday is Christmas, so the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw will take a one-week vacation. I’ll still get up an open discussion thread for Christmas Eve, and we’ll pick back up formally on January 1.

- Smackdown is live tonight on the USA Network, so be sure to come back to With Leather and hang out with us in the Super Smackdown Live open discussion thread. I am probably not going to do a Best and Worst report for it, because I’ve already done two this week. If that makes you sad, go read the Best and Worst of TLC again!

- Thanks for a great year of reports, everybody. I couldn’t do this without the generous comments and feedback you guys give me. I love you all dearly.

Please click through to enjoy the last Best And Worst Of WWE Raw column of the year, for December 17, 2012.

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I AM EXACTLY LIKE JESUS. SERIOUSLY.

Hey, you. Before you read this, make sure you read The Best And Worst Of WWE Survivor Series 2012 by Dan ‘Soupy’ Campbell of The Wonder Years.

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Tonight, on the WWE Raw open discussion thread:

At the 26th annual Survivor Series, the WWE Universe witnessed yet another controversial ending, keeping WWE Champion CM Punk at the top of the mountain. With the adrenaline still flowing from WWE’s fall classic — and the momentum sure to carry over into tonight’s Raw — here are five things to watch for at 8/7 CT on USA Network. (via WWE.com)

1. DEAN AMBROSE, EVERYBODY, HE DOES EXIST, LIKE THE M&MS AND SANTA CLAUS IN THAT ONE M&M’S COMMERCIAL.

2. The With Leather community will discuss what makes this GIF from Survivor Series so hilarious, and spend at least 1.5 hours making jokes/looking at it:

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Pre-show editor’s notes:

- Brandon here. This is one of the cooler things I’ve gotten to do so far as the EIC (or COO, whatever) of With Leather. Soupy’s doing me a great favor by stepping in and covering the Best And Worst Of Survivor Series, so show him the most ever love so he’ll consider coming back.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook. Follow Dan at @headabovewater and The Wonder Years at @twypoppunk . I put those links at the end because he’s already got a billion more followers than me.

- If you’re new here and just stopping by to read the guy from your favorite band’s wrestling column, consider stopping back by on Mondays and occasional Sundays for our open discussion threads, and on Tuesdays for the Best And Worst Of Raw. It got a shout-out at a TWY concert, so it is band-approved.

For further proof of street cred, here are two guys who dressed up as Daniel Bryan for Halloween:

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I feel your pain, Ziggler Shirt Guy.

Pre-show notes:

- Comments, shares, likes, what-have-you are really appreciated. Especially this week, when there’s a lot of sad stuff to talk about.

- Thanks as always to Casey/THESTINGER of Hammerlock Dialectic for GIFs.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- There’s a little bit about the scheduling of next week’s reports at the end of the column, so make sure you check that out.

Here’s the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for September 10, 2012. The bad one.

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