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MAIN THREAD: Memorial Day and General Discussion

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 Well, it's Memorial Day time and I figured I'd actually write a new thread about it.  Just the basic history, etc, blah blah blah. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, originated in the years following the American Civil War to honor fallen soldiers and was established as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with spring flowers. Originally created to mourn only Union soldiers who died in the Civil War, the holiday was expanded after World War I to honor American service members who lost their lives in all conflicts. Although the day gradually came to be known as Memorial Day, it wasn't officially declared a federal holiday by an act of Congress until 1971 and the date of observance was moved from its traditional May 30 date to the last Monday in May. Fun fact: Inspired by the famous World War I poem "In Flanders Fields," professor Moina Michael championed the sale of silk and paper poppies to raise funds for disabled veterans, c...

AEW Double or Nothing Predictions

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The PiTG championship and Sex Pest championship are both on the line! Can our current champ - Joe, who actually holds both belts after the Backlash predictions - retain one of his straps?  We'll have to wait and see......  1) Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Swerve Strickland vs. Bandido 2) Women's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa 3) Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Will Ospreay vs. Samoa Joe  4) Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly 5) International Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita  6) I Quit Match for AEW World Tag Team Championships: FTR (c) vs. Adam Copeland & Christian Cage  7) AEW Women's Championship Four-Way: Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida 8) Stadium Stampede: Jericho, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks & Jack Perry vs. Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Andrade El Idolo, Mark Davis, David Finlay & Clark Connors 9) A...