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Even if Roode's call-up wasn't a mistake, several other have been
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Wednesday is here, and you're through the churn of the early week but not yet to Labor Day and all its riches. What can you do? Well, you can review these best articles from the last week. What is stopping you other than a TPS report or a fire in the kitchen? Those can wait! Well, the TPS report can wait. These hot hot links will be here after you extinguish that fire, bucko.

#WrestlingGirlsBreakTheInternet was not only a celebration of women in wrestling, but it was absolutely necessary thanks to the rampant misogyny that still plagues both fans and workers alike. [The Wrestling Blog]

Hey, did you know Bam Bam Bigelow had a deli in Northeastern Pennsylvania? Well, now you do! [The Wrestling Blog]

Think Bobby Roode coming up to Smackdown as an apparent babyface is weird? Ben Arp has five other odd call-ups from NXT that still baffle him to this day. [Turn Heel]

Henry T. Casey responds to the beach ball dorks at Barclays with four other types of fans he saw as ruinous to the live experience. [Cageside Seats]

With help from Chris Harrington, Ian Williams spends Bruiseday showing how not even New Japan Pro Wrestling is close to competing with WWE. [Waypoint on VICE]

Several WWE superstars were asked about their taste in metal bands, and well, Scott Heisel ranks them. [UPROXX]

Rhyno is feeling quite trapped in his tag team with Heath Slater, and he wonders if he's the only one who cares about it anymore, dammit. (Note, check the url before trying to corncob me, alright?) [The Onion]

STARDOM's G1 Climax equivalent, the 5 Star Grand Prix, had its second show, and Parm was on top of reviewing it. [Wrestling With Words]

NON-WRESTLING #1: David J. Roth writes about Floyd Mayweather's self-given nickname of Money and what that says about him. [Victory Journal]

NON-WRESTLING #2: Spencer Hall comments on society's thirst for spectacles, and how the utter absurdity of Mayweather/Conor McGregor reminded him way too much of his time waitstaffing at Bennigan's during its death spiral. [SB Nation]