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As soon as everyone was done reacting to Dan's knowledge gap, I paused the stream and called my soon to be 9 year old son over and asked him "Hey buddy, can you describe what a pirate does to me?". His response: "A pirate steals things, sails on ships, kills people by making them walk the plank, smuggles things. You know, pirate stuff."

I said thank you to him and unpaused the stream, thankful that I've done enough as a father so that my son knows what a pirate does at 9 instead of worrying that one day he might reveal that he doesn't as a 33 year old on a livestream someday.

Former Power Bombcast duder Jared Rea was a guest on a wrestling podcast called Kayfabe Forever this week. He talked about how he became a fan, what he likes about current wrestling, and there are a few minutes where he talks about his time on the Power Bombcast. Might be worth a listen if you miss Jared's takes on wrestling.

Edit: I'm an idiot. Here's a link to the show page

@andythemez: I have actually seen both a Nintendo 64 hockey and baseball jersey. Kinda awesome.

It would be pretty cool if the duders and Abby would provide a list of their favorite numbers, so if we wanted to get their name and "number" on the back we could. I'd gladly rock a "Caravella 78" jersey or a "Shoemaker 5" if those numbers mean anything to them.

1. Empire

2. A New Hope

3. The Force Awakens

4. Rogue One

5. The Last Jedi

6. Return

7. Revenge

8. Attack

9. Phantom Menace

Tag team wrestling, man. So good.

Part 3 coming later today...

@soulcake: I agree and I think NJPW knows it can make an impact here, with them scheduling an event on US soil that isn't co-branded and creating an new championship. I think WWE can get there, but not as long as the old man is alive and maintains final creative say over everything. I think Triple H has evolved his thinking in regards to modern performers not needing to be 6'5" and 300 lbs but it's clear he doesn't have the sway over the main roster booking that he has in NXT.

@cherryberry: That's the article I linked to in one of my replies! I thought it odd that they cited the median age and not the average. Thanks for pointing out that I didn't change the term in the body from average to median, I will go change that now.

Overall it's not too surprising that with the glut of entertainment options available to soak up eyeballs, sports would begin to move into almost a "legacy" category and begin to skew older (like TV news viewership), but with WWE being a hybrid medium, it's even more strange and potentially damning to see it move so dramatically.

Thanks for reading!

@jaymii: Correct, but their broadcast contract with NBC Universal valuation is based off the eyes they draw via viewership. If they age out of the demographic that advertisers want and continue to see their ratings decline, it will hurt their negotiating power next contract cycle. Since they don't have PPV dollars like they used to thanks to network viewership, it could really hurt them.

Thanks for reading!