Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Your Midweek Links: MAXIMUM LINKAGE

Lots of talk about these guys this week
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It's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:

Staff Shots:

- IN case you missed it, I spoke with Greg Wyshynski about WrestleMania, hockey, and MST3K [Episode 89: Frances the Muta]

- Danielle wrote a Best and Worst of Impact that you should read. NOW. [With Leather]

- And of course, the main article, Best and Worst of RAW, is up too, so read that, but don't give Triple H the "wait and see" treatment. Fuck that guy. (But do harass him on Twitter) [With Leather]

- Brandon also wrote about ACW's latest show, featuring an awesome main event of Jimmy Jacobs and Davey Vega [An Absence of Law - Results and Recap]

- Hey! Butch looked at Main Event as an appreciation of Big Show [Best Coast Bias]

Wrestling Links:

- Jennifer Logsdon is the newest writer for PW Ponderings, and here she tackles the subject of TNA's Gut Check [PW Ponderings]

- Appreciating ACH [The Wrestlefan Writes]

- A look at the ill-advised and ill-informed rant by Alicia and Sean McCaffrey about WSU [PW Ponderings]

- A look back at the utter ridiculousness of WCW [The Classical]

- Chris Sims on how Kane vs. John Cena last year was almost good [With Leather]

- A wish list of wigs Mark Henry needs to split [The Wrestling Journal]

- When WWE is on the right side of a debate (in this case, immigration), you know it's time to rethink your priorities [The Daily Banter]

- A look at Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger through the lens of the Tea Party and current events [Hammer Dialectic]

- And here's another look at We the People, using The Newsroom, Sgt. Slaughter, and Vince McMahon as a populist as the backdrop [International Object]

Non-Wrestling Links:

- No diggity, no doubt, Flyers/Penguins is the best rivalry in sport [Deadspin]

- In the most infuriating story of the week, an alleged rape victim was reprimanded for "intimidating" her attacker, even though she never mentioned him by name. Good move, UNC. [Jezebel]

- What the Legion of Super Villains would look like if they were real life monsters [UPROXX]

- An idiot's guide to free speech [Jezebel]

- Snark is a loaded gun, and not one that should be used to denigrate anyone's sexuality [Sarah Sprague]

- Is Russell Westbrook a cat or a dog? THE ULTIMATE INVESTIGATION [The Basketball Jones]

- Your guide to fast food secret menus [Epic Meal Time]

- 12 dishes you should be begging your local Chinese restaurant to serve [Buzz Feed]

- Rejected Viagra commercial? Rejected Viagra commercial [UPROXX Video]

- What if all the NFL logos were British? [Dave's Art Locker]

- Every NFL city sucks, according to Bobby Big Wheel. Why free agents shouldn't play anywhere. [SB Nation]

- Adam Jacobi on Bill O'Brien's lack of fear of 4th down [Big Ten Blog]

- Why don't good quarterbacks come from Southern California? [Shutdown Corner]

- The most miserable creatures in the Pokemon world [Dorkly]

- Potential slogans for US Olympic cities [SB Nation]

- Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how NASA is going to deal with potentially civilization-disrupting asteroids in the future [Buzz Feed]

- MASSIVE solar storm in perspective [Buzz Feed]

- Have scientists found Lemuria, the mythical lost Indian Ocean continent? [Wired]

- What if Hank Aaron had been named MLB Commissioner in 1983? [Deadspin]

- 10 supergroups that were less than the sum of their parts [Flavorwire]