Hahaha... I would so give you a karma Lomax if you had it turned on.

I get the Matt comments, to an extent, because of Slash & Duff's past association with him, but I think people are kind of forgetting, Duff really re-joined GN'R in 2014. He was already there, even if he was an alternate to Tommy. By 2015-16, Slash simply re-joined GN'R to replace the already departed DJ & Ron.

People keep forgetting -- this is NOT a reunion. It might be called the "Not In This Lifetime" tour, and prices may have reached premium prices, but this frankly is nothing more than the Mark XI lineup of Guns N' Roses, Axl & Dizzy having the most tenure. Yes, Slash & Duff rejoined the partnership as legacy members, but still... Slash & Duff rejoined AXL'S band. I think that's kind of lost.

Matt didn't come back because GN'R already had a drummer with 10 years senority. Tommy had been one foot at the door for years, and DJ & Ron left on their own accord. The pieces fell in place for the right people to return. The rock Gods should be praised. But notice... the positions opened got filled. The positions that were NOT open, kept their people. Richard has been at rhythm guitar since 2001 (15 years) with occasional guest appearence by Izzy Stradlin. That will not change imo. Frank has been there since 2006 (10 years), and was not leaving.

All this conspiracy bullshit about how Richard got Frank in and the two of them are package and Slash & Duff blah blah blah.... it just doesn't work that way, and I don't feel Slash & Duff would get good guys (whom Rich & Frank both seem VERY good guys) fired, simply because they want their fishing buddies to get the job. Remember something, Tommy "The General" Stinson is the man who re-introduced Duff McKagan to the GN'R material, as well as taught him the Chinese licks. Not the other way around.

Not to be all PC, but I also really like the idea of GN'R have two black guys, and an Asian (i'm assuming) female in the band. Who also is from Seattle. Who's to say that Duff didn't sign off? We don't know. But it makes Guns more diverse, and maybe it helps them in 2016 get away from their age-old correlation with being nothing but "White boy rock".

The better question remains... what the fuck happened to Chris?

That's part of the problem. Everyone and their grandmother today now have full confirmation it's all fake. It was always obvious, but there was always that little bit of doubt.

Then the resurgence of wrasslin' in the late 90's happened during the Attitude/Austin-era which gave birth to an edgier version of what used to exist in the underground back in the day, but on a larger scale.

Again... there was a little bit of mystery. We all knew it was fake, but there was a slight doubt of certain things.

It kept it interesting and fun. Then people starting doing behind-the-scenes specials to expose how fake wrestling was and how all the moves were pulled off kayfabe in order to stop backyard wrestling, which was skyrockting in popularity in the late 90s/early 2000s.

All of these videos have now lived on through YouTube. Anybody can look up the in's and out's of a proper work. Without compelling principles (where's the next Austin? the next Rock? the next Taker?). None of these guys will ever be found, because Vince won't let the real guys work, and always dicks them around (see Punk who was the next revolution, if it wasn't for the fact his move-set fucking sucked, and his finisher was gay)

Vince/Steph kept working all these old guys to the bone, thinking they can just work them to another buy. These guys are fucking over. Been LONG OVER. Time to let the next gen make it or break it.

And like has been said before, they've made alot of business decisions to survive, but also fucked themselves in the process. For one, they've got a mega-toy deal from Hasbro that keeps them in tons of money revenue, but also hamstrings the show to be PG for kids. Another mistake, earlier mentioned, was Steph firing all the wresting writers and bringing in reality TV writers who don't know jack fucking shit about wrestling works and used them to find the next big reality trend. It doesn't work. It can't work. Another thing is, they are trying to sell stuff the audience has already decided doesn't make any fucking sense. Don't insult your audience's intelligence by trying to oversell a poor work. If the work "works", the audience WILL WANT TO BELIEVE IT. It amazes me the McMahons still have no concept of this, yet Vince was the brainchild of the Mr. McMahon character to begin with and the legendary Austin/McMahon angle. It's like Vince has forgotton how his own work worked.

TNA/Impact on the other hand, is the complete opposite problem, and still not working it right. They continue to try to work wrestling as if it's 1999/2000 during the Monday Night Wars with WWF & WCW, and that time has long since past.

I've long felt the solution, or next big thing for wrestling is a behind the scenes show, on national TV about how a wrestling show is produced and made. The entire thing is done as DEADLY FUCKING SERIOUS. It's a straight shoot. You find out Stephanie is cheating on Triple H, Vince is thinking of firing her, HBK is back on drugs and has a tape that leaks of him cursing Jesus, and Steve Austin is bracing himself with coming out as "gay".

All of it is played as a straight shoot. And work it for awhile. People start to think, "what the fuck?"

The whole time?

It's total fucking kayfabe. But you never let the audience in on it. Wrestlers refuse to work with others, don't want to go on with show, drugs, divas fucking and leaving their mess in the shower... off the fucking wall shit.

If you just listen for 5 seconds for the stuff Jim Cornette tells that went behind the scenes at these wrestling shows, you would not believe the shit that goes on. Dicks in mouths as a "joke".

THAT is what saves wrestling. Embrace reality TV. But they're not doing it right. They've got to go full Larry Sanders Rated-R with it. (RIP Garry)

Or... Izzy & Steven was originally planned for the Troub show, and when Steven blew his back out, someone called Izzy and said "we're gonna wait"