![]() The Street Profits Split Up: (Writer’s Note: This one is a juuuuust a bit more difficult based on their match result at WrestleMania.) Honestly, I don’t care if Angelo Dawkins or Montez Ford turns heel, as long as one of them makes the turn. Some of these things are a lot more realistic than others, but they’re all things I have floating around in the ol’ noggin at the moment. It’s worth pointing out that I’m typing this column up before NXT Stand & Deliver and WrestleMania, so some of these things may have already happened or be out-of-the-question by the time you read these words. I have a list of things I would love to see on Raw and Smackdown this week. With Triple H seemingly looking to reverse the direction of every decision Vince McMahon made over the last few years, could we be on the verge of seeing the Raw and Smackdown after WrestleMania make a return to past glories?įor obvious reasons, I really hope so. The episodes are still fun, sure, but there’s just some magic missing. Even things like NXT call-ups tend to happen by “coming soon” vignettes now. The live crowds are still as loud and as hyped as you’ll see WWE crowds be, but we’ve been getting less of those big moments. In recent years, there seems to be a shift in WWE’s focus for these shows. Triple H and the rebirth of Degeneration X after WrestleMania 14. Paige debuting on the main roster and winning the Divas Title after WrestleMania 30. Dolph Ziggler’s Money In The Bank cash-in after WrestleMania 29. Brock Lesnar’s main roster debut after WrestleMania 18. ![]() Brock Lesnar returning after WrestleMania 28. Ric Flair’s retirement (lololololol) ceremony after WrestleMania 24. Put all that together, and you have must-see television. On top of that, the shows were held in front of the most raucous crowds that WWE was going to see all year long. A bonafide classic.Debuts, returns, main roster call-ups, title changes, heel turns, face turns, new feuds… you name it, and we saw it. Weird, funny and unforgettable, the lamb story and Willie are now such a part of Off Menu lore they’ve even made a return visit for a 2020 Christmas special. Then Willie and his Perfect Chocolate Christmas gets involved, the wheels come off, and somehow James Acaster emerges from it as the straight man. This episode starts slow with a great deal of butter chat before building to a headline story involving a dead lamb, a local dad at a romantic time of year, and a hole in the back garden of a woman known only as Soft Touch. It’s very, very funny, but you’re also left worrying whether he’s getting quite enough sleep. Where to begin? Thomas holds full conversations with himself, posing and answering his own questions, arguing with his violent inner monologue, flipping from hesitant and cerebral to absolutely enraged with zero requirement for outside input. If you came away from his stint on Taskmaster still not quite knowing who Joe Thomas is, then his Off Menu will tell you: the man’s an absolute mess. ![]() It’s a very funny episode, the menu of which is totally irrelevant to your enjoyment. Number two is the ‘falling on a hake’ incident that gave Rylan his fish phobia. ![]() Number one is a live phone call with Rylan’s mum, who’s been stealing his lamps and checking the cupboards in his house for his chopped up corpse. The truth is dug up, and with it, so many treasures. (He’s unable to answer those questions himself because he’d taken leave of his senses during filming and still maintains that he was robbed of being awarded Star Baker despite serving soupy flapjacks and a solitary cream horn that dripped like a Dali clock in the Technical.) Rylan Clark being one of his competitors, this is Acaster’s chance to dig up the truth. In it, Acaster lures in guests connected to his 2019 Bake-Off appearance under the guise of a normal episode, and then grills them for answers about his time on the show. Before going into this episode, it’s important to know that inside Off Menu is another podcast: investigatory true crime series ‘James Acaster v Celebrity Bake-Off: The Unravelling’. ![]()
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