Monday, January 26, 2026

Plea from a Wrestler Named Liger: The Disgruntled's Real Tertiary Champions - Chapter 2

 *Blog post started on January 26, 2026.

I am kind of surprised how busy that I have been able to keep myself since the New Year started and my retail hours fell of a cliff. Car trouble can be thanked. With the cold weather, there has been a lot of driving once I get home from work. Fortunately, the battery seems to be keeping its charge.

Lyft is how I am getting to and from the job because of the cold weather. If my battery is going to die, yet again, I would rather that happen in my private lot. Once the snow came, there is no way that I will trust the owners of the retailer's lot not to tow me because one cannot simply block the snow plows.

The reason for my lack of faith in the battery Nissan claims to be fine is that it was completely dead when I got back from Fan Expo New Orleans. I was gone six days, so no one was keeping the battery charged. This should not have been the case because the month did not start this cold. It maybe pricy to be riding into work each day, but when this NOLA trip was a lot less expensive than the previous. 2026 does not sound like it is starting out that bad, for me at least.

FUCK ICE AND THEIR MURDEROUS, COWARDLY CUNTS WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO COVER UP TRUMP'S PEDOPHILE FRIENDS.

If you had relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, you are a sexually violent asshole. We know Epstein was sex trafficking young girls, but it does not necessarily mean you partook in that "product". If you did not partake, you are only as bad as Sean Combs. Four years is what the orange twat deserves. Since he is a repeat offender with his 34 other convictions, lets add four more years (FOUR MORE YEARS...).

Dying alone in prison should be how Trump's life ends, but I just hope to wake up to news of him dying alone. You know Melania is not going to be at his side.

Lets get to a segue to the wrestling talk. I will end up depressing myself thinking that I may die alone and I have not done an evil thing to deserve that. Then again, Eva the Queen Kitty will be there for me. Felines make you more worthwhile than POTUS.

Speaking of Presidents, I am currently catching up on NJPW (New Year Dash!!). What is the promotion like not having Hiroshi Tanahashi on the cards? When we left the "Three Card Trick", the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion was the Disgruntled's Real Tertiary Champion. This must have meant a prime for New Japan. Here's hoping that will once again become the vibe of Japan's strongest promotion.

My hope is Tony Khan buys them out to restore the feel of the Best Bout Machine's time in the promotion, but all it takes is another set of Three Musketeers to make me eat those words.

It is nice to be thinking about threes with this blog series.


Jushin Thunder Liger with 1/8 of the J-Crown

The 20th Disgruntled's Real Southern Television Openweight Champion: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Naoki Sano.

His reign began when he defeated Jushin Liger for the title on August 10, 1989.

The 21st Disgruntled's Real Southern Television Openweight Champion: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Jushin Thunder Liger (2)

His reign began when he defeated Sano for the title on January 31, 1990.

The NWA had a great champion themselves with Arn Anderson, who defeated The Great Muta (who defeated Sting for the vacant World Television Championship), but he would lose it to Tom Zenk. He does not have the legacy of who ended this Liger reign.

From Iowa to Montana: "1985 Action Movies" & Kyle Weingart Presents: "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse"

  

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Episode 245: 1985 Action Movies: Part 2 - The Noise in Des Moines

Commando poster by Russell Treloar Art

CatBusRuss headed to GalaxyCon Des Moines to see if the capital of Iowa could help determine who was the baddest action hero(es) from forty years prior. 1985 was the last year where action movies were celebrated solely for being violent. One liners are fun, but chaos reigned supreme.

Sylvester Stallone may have had the box office with "Rocky IV" and "Rambo: First Blood - Part II", but this may have been the dawning of Arnold Schwarzenegger taking over the action hero crown from Sly. But is there a dark horse?

The Cannon Group may have only survived as long as it did because of their low-budget action flicks. Michael Dudikoff and Chuck Norris bring the martial arts while Charles Bronson returns to the Death Wish franchise.

And to make sure CatBus is not looking over any of the action legends, he reviews Sho Kosugi's fourth ninja film of the eighties, "Pray for Death". After Golan-Globus replaced his with the girl from "Breakin'", he started making hooded assassin flicks just to spite them.

Russ provides a TED Talk energy to this panel. Without having a cohost for the panel, our podcast host talks a lot and goes on some very pertinent tangents. These were the movies that Ronald Reagan loved. Are these movies truly more than right-wing escapism? Is this the machismo that modern male influencers trying to capture?

In the end, was it a good thing that PG-13 action movies would dominate the next 35 years? Are we mature enough as a society to know that these ultra-violent affairs should not be taken seriously?

There is a charm to these films. They are mindless crazy flicks. Please leave your brain at the door.

Episode 248 - Kyle Weingart's Guide to "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse"

Cuisine de La 'Pocalypse

It is Thanksgiving Week, and CatBusRuss is very thankful for the opportunity to interview the writer/director of "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse", Kyle Weingart. If you want a story about good food in a desolate land, this is a far better tale than the white washing of colonialism's effect on Native Americans.

"Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse" stars Kevin Jack as Chef John. John is an aspiring cook who yearns for fame in a world where all conceivable apocalypses have occurred. But his pursuit of this dream may have just put the newest bastion of civilization, New Missoula, at risk of destruction. If Hollywood learns of this paradise, it will inevitably be overrun with solar-powered homicidal robots, roaming biker gangs, and whatever scum the television industry can come up with. Zombies outside the city limits will be made to look quite quaint.

To save New Missoula, he must go on a quest to stop this dial up transmission. Joining him on this mission are his sister-in-law Laura (Zuzu Weingart), her father and town preacher Wallace (Douglas 'Hurricane' Hall), local celebrity Landeaux (Nelo Butler), and "Hercules" Kevin Sorbo.

Kyle Weingart went to film school, and after a few years serving as PA, returned to Montana to make movies. And the state was happy to help him. Thanks to a Big Sky Film Grant, there was no limit to hokey B-movie special effects he could use. It also helped him secure other established Hollywood actors like Natasha Leggero and Emilio Rivera. What more can one ask for in a sophomore directorial effort?

Russ does his best to ask about the filmmaking process. Where did this idea came from? Is "Iron Chef" comfort television for him? What does he and the film have to say about granola? Our host may even try to pick his guest's brain on what needs to be done to be a successful (and since this film is over 100 minutes) and overly ambitions filmmaker.

The film is worth a purchase on Prime Video, but Kyle would just be happy that you give this film a watch on Tubi. Happy Thanksgiving.

 

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Bonus: Fan Expo New Orleans 2026 (Days 1 & 2): The Flashpoint Paradox

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Bonus: Fan Expo New Orleans 2026 (Days 1 & 2): The Flashpoint Paradox

CatBusRuss was waiting for panel approvals that did not come. But as he waited, he checked out the room rates available during the Fan Expo New Orleans weekend. Under $150 a night in the Big Easy was too good to pass up. Hence, our host is off on his first networking and promotion trip to a comic con.

How well is Russ doing promoting "I Dig Crazy Flicks"? Not as well as Brian Plaideau from "NOLA Film Scene" (Check out "Ninety For Chill X Nola Film Scene" to get to know Brian and TJ.), but if he has enough Studio Ghibli attire, guests will come up to him to chat. Day One worked out a lot better with four separate pieces (six if you count the Jiji and Cat Bus earings). The Cat Bus hat on it owns might just seem too weird.

It has mostly been a good experience, but CatBus is upset that hosts will no show panels that could be useful to so many content creators. If they are not going to use their time, he feels he better get in next year. There may be a little too much "Kpop Demon Hunters" influence as well, but he will say the Aerial Space Squad burlesque team made the idea look better than what made it to Netflix. Once Russ gets out of his shell, he is rolling.

And the panels that he did attend were mostly great. Mike "Luke Cage" Colter came off to him as a little "alpha" male, but he at least knows that enduring struggles will pay off. Anyhow, can you be a alpha when John Cena is present? The 17x champ's humbleness puts us all to shame.

Perhaps Jamison Newlander can. A hero from "The Lost Boys" is hard to upstage.

Now, was Cena as much fun as Aaron Reynold's "Bootleg Safari" or a Mardi Gras-themed kick off to the Hobbits 25th Anniversary tour? You better have the extra $25 for the next Fan Expo they attend to find out yourself.

It has been an odd experience for CatBusRuss's return to the Gulf Coast, so it feels appropriate for him to review the DC Animated Movie "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox". We will see with Day 3 if this podcaster fixes the Time Boom.

Promo art for -Justice League-The Flashpoint Paradox