Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Your Midweek Links: Gratuitous Simpsons Sports Referneces!

"I still like him better than Steinbrenner."
Screen Grab Credit: Brandon Stroud
It's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:

Selfies:

- Here's last week's podcast, which was light on rasslin talk and heavy on college football [Episode 72: Bangarangle]

- My review for Double Trouble, which was a fine, fine show [Drew Gulak and the Replacement Referees]

- My latest for Camel Clutch Blog on ditching the GM position [Enough Power Voids and General Managers]

- Fried chicken and pulled pork at a wedding? Don't laugh, it was awesome [Holzerman Hungers]

Wrestling Links:

- Fallout from the Punk incident, Eric Gargiulo argues that it could've been worse [Camel Clutch Blog]

- David Shoemaker's take on Punk [Grantland]

- A message of support for Skylar Moon/Buggy Nova [Ring Belles]

- Yes, Hulk Hogan has a sex tape, and for whatever reason, AJ Daulerio decided to provide commentary [Gawker]

- And predictably, the Internet quipped quite mightily at its release [With Leather]

- Ten ridiculous candidates to lead Aces and Eights [Sad Salvation]

- Best and Worst, featuring the best Jack Swagger/Dr. Manhattan mashup ever [With Leather]

- Five moments in wrestling when it went from still real to the dude in that auditorium to SHIT DEFINITELY REAL [Cracked]

- Honky Tonk Man will NOT sign your napkin in this week's Virgilbag [Deadspin]

- Wait, haven't we seen the Daniel Bryan and Kane thing play out before? [The Classical]

Non-Wrestling Links:

- The top 20 sports moments in The Simpsons [With Leather]

- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia-themed Halloween costumes [UPROXX]

- The worst bridezilla ever? Yeah, probably. [Gawker]

- Did Jack need to die in Titanic? The results are mixed [Film Drunk]

- On why the platoon works in baseball [Crashburn Alley]

- Jonah Keri provides an insightful look on whom he thinks should win baseball's awards [Grantland]

- An informative and frankly entertaining set of rebuttals to all the arguments against marriage equality [Upworthy]

- What would happen if the Earth literally stood still? [ESRI]

- Seven musical moments robbed from us by death [UPROXX]

- There's a bacon shortage looming, but here are some other foods that might end up being in short supply too [The Daily Beast]

- But fear not, we still have bacon and are using it to make grilled cheese sandwiches in place of bread [Dude Foods]

- 11 delicious Wu-Tang foods [Buzz Feed]

- And 19 "secret" items on fast food menus [Buzz Feed]

- The most West Virginia barbecue grill ever [Dr. Saturday]

- INFOGRAPHIC: How much do cats actually kill? [The Oatmeal]

- The world's worst Batman [Prickly Legs]