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  1. Barry Poppins

    WWE: After the Fall

    WWE After the Fall The year is 2025. World Wrestling Entertainment is no more. After a series of disastrous events involving Vince McMahon and WWE itself, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, and was sold to several media conglomerates. The wrestling business has been shaken...
  2. Barry Poppins

    Twitch-Con Under Fire For Serious Incidents

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twitch-faces-backlash-popular-streamer-emiru-says-was-assaulted-twitch-rcna238496 Other Incidents Include: - Multiple Vtubers have announced that Twitch-Con Security either misplaced or disposed of gifts given to them by fans. - Kick Streamers Show Up...
  3. Barry Poppins

    Warner Bros. Discovery To Be Placed On Sale (Breaking)

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/wbd-sale-warner-bros-media.html Oh goodie, can't wait to see how this goes.
  4. Barry Poppins

    Electronic Arts to Become Subsidiary of Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

    https://kotaku.com/ea-sale-saudi-arabia-madden-pif-jared-kushner-2000629829' CONGLATURATIONS ELECTRONIC ARTS! YOU ARE NEXT ON THE BOYCOTT TRAIN!
  5. Barry Poppins

    WCW Monday Nitro Live Watch-Along: From the Beginning

    World Championship Wrestling Monday Nitro LIVE Watch-Along Hey everyone, I'm planning on doing a live watch along for WCW Monday Nitro, every so often. We'll be starting with the very first Monday Nitro in 1995. First stream is scheduled for later today around 5:30 CST. Lemme know if you're...
  6. Barry Poppins

    AND NEWWWWWW! WWE MOD!

    Ladies and gentlemen, we're happy to announce that we have a new WWE moderator: @R-Troop! Give a round of applause to him and give him a warm welcome!
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    Barry's Quick Movie Reviews

    Title says it all, really. This thread is gonna be a quick compendium of movie reviews. These won't be extremely detailed reviews, but rather a set of brief thoughts compounded with a rating score between 1-10. Maybe you'll agree with the ratings, maybe you won't, but this is all in good fun, so...
  8. Barry Poppins

    The 7th Annual Smarks Choice Awards Nomination Thread

    The 7th Annual Smarks Choice Awards Nomination Thread Welcome everybody to the 7th Annual Smarks Choice Awards! It's a special time for Wrestling Smarks as we celebrate many years of activity by announcing the return of a once-in-a-year event and applauding those who are truly deserving. Today...
  9. Barry Poppins

    How Evil Is This Character? - The Inferno Model For Ranking Evil Characters

    How Evil Is This Character? Based on Dante's Inferno The title kind of tells you what this post will be all about, but for those who are not aware: The Nine Circles of Hell are a theorized model for the Christian Hell, as depicted by Dante Alighieri in the 13th Century. Each circle is based on...
  10. Barry Poppins

    The WrestlingSmarks History Club

    Was having a good old conversation with @Switchblake and decided to go ahead and make this thread as a general discussion about history, historical events, and ancient cultures. Chances are it'll just be @Chris, @Loochblade, and I (occasionally a few other folks), having a good time talking...
  11. Barry Poppins

    Barry Presents: Protoballs Talk Podcast

    For anyone wondering, it's a podcast I do with my brother that we do occasionally. In honor of Friday the 13th, I present our most recent episode: Friday the 13th - Part VII: The New Blood
  12. Barry Poppins

    Barry's Music Corner

    Title says it all really, this is just a thread where I can share musical artists or songs I really like. Maybe something people haven't heard before, or perhaps really popular stuff that people can discuss. It's up to you to like it or not. :P
  13. Barry Poppins

    Uncanny Valley/Liminal Spaces/Urban Legends/Creepypastas

    You've all heard the terms before. Each evokes a certain feeling, an emotion, an imagination for what it could be. This thread is for sharing or discussing each of the following and how they make one feel. Uncanny Valley - Coined by roboticist Masahiro Mori, the Uncanny Valley is a description...
  14. Barry Poppins

    Miss WrestleMania: According to Dave Meltzer

    This is gonna be one of those lists where I go back on the history of every Women's match, or every match involving women, and then we calculate who had the best average match, according to WON's star rating. So without further ado, let's get into it. Part 1: The Matches WrestleMania I - Wendi...
  15. Barry Poppins

    Paul Heyman Incident on Pat McAfee Show

    https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/iDlL4VAFlr Fucking yikes. Said to a fan live on air: "So who's the smart-ass, you, the one who's going to get deported. Hey amigo, I may suck but it's your mother that taught me how."
  16. Barry Poppins

    Barry Explains His Wrestling Conspiracy Theories

    Title says it all, this is where I just chat shit and either shitpost a conspiracy theory or say something obviously ridiculous but plausible enough to allow for people to choose to believe it if they wanna stretch or reach perspectives. First one here: Pat McAfee is actually a heel. His...
  17. Barry Poppins

    TNA 2001: No Russo, No Problems

    Can You Feel It? It's May 2001, WCW is dead and bought out by Vince McMahon. Vince however has made a lot of enemies in the wake of this, and a new startup company has been founded by former WCW talents and investors. In a backdoor meeting, Eric Bischoff (representing Fusient Media), Australian...
  18. Barry Poppins

    The Tale of Connal mac Donchadha and Sons (Crusader Kings 3)

    (Seal of the "mac Donchadha" Clan) The Tale of Connal mac Donchadha and Sons Part 0: Prologue "Lo, and behold the story of men and mercies, of vengeance and glory, of war and peace. Sing your song, and let your voices be heard, oh angels of Ireland! From the wellspring of life, praise your...