A little of this & a little of that

 Adnan Virk has called his last wrestling match.

Virk, installed as play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Raw on April 12, has agreed to a parting of the ways with the WWE this morning, following 7 episodes of Raw and one pay-per-view.

Virk, also a studio host for MLB Network, had submitted an audition tape in February, presumably at the request of his former agent, WWE President Nick Khan. Senior announcer Michael Cole (Sean Colthard) made the final decision on behalf of WWE Chairman/CEO Vince McMahon, and Virk debuted on Raw on April 12. Fans never quite warmed up to Virk, noting he was ill-prepared, and was not given a chance to learn the terminology, including moves, before going on the air.

What should've happened was having Virk in the studio, using old tapes to practice before being sent to the Thunderdome. His hire recalled the similarly disastrous hiring of former NFL player and announcer Mike Adamle in 2008. Adamle lasted nearly 10 months before resigning. It can be said that Khan had made a gamble on one of his former clients, and it backfired.

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Black Lightning executive producer-showrunner Salim Akil had hoped a prospective spin-off, Painkiller, with Jordan Calloway reprising his role, would be picked up. However, several hours before the Lightning finale Monday, the CW announced they were not going forward with Painkiller.

The most basic reason is obvious. The very name, Painkiller, while it represents an anti-hero, does not strike the casual viewer as any sort of attraction, and suggests the show would've been a wee bit darker than it really is.

On the other hand, another CW pilot, Powerpuff, is going back in the shop for repairs and a second pilot will be shot. Part of the reason for that is Oscar winner Diablo Cody being attached to the project, and CW sees that as a prestige project. Make of that however you will.

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It was announced late last week that WWE will be back on the road on a limited schedule at the end of July, as more and more venue begin opening their doors to fans, especially if they've been vaccinated. There will be a pool as to how quickly Albany's Times-Union Center will be booked for either Raw or Smackdown.

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Last week's Dunce Cap winner, Miss Moldy Peaches herself, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, doubled down on her pathetic comparison between vaccination against COVID-19 to the Holocaust, which happened nearly 80 years ago. Even fellow Repugnants, including House Minority Leader Kevin "The Body Snatcher" McCarthy, have condemned Empty Goofy, but she's not listening. Her remarks are geared to rile up the Legion of The Brainwashed, and for fundraising purposes, the latter of which has all the stink of a major league scam.

And while we're on the subject of Repugnant idiocy, senile ambulance chasers Rudy Goofiani and Silly Sidney Powell are trying to have their lawsuits filed against them by Dominion Voting Systems thrown out. Goofiani thinks he shouldn't be sued because of his fame alone, and Powell stupidly thinks Dominion is singling her out. No, they're not.

What scares them more, you might ask? Getting sued, and then going to bankruptcy court (which is likely), or losing their reputations. In Goofiani's case, he already destroyed his by hitching his broken down wagon to Donald Trump, and no one had heard of Powell before any of this.

In Goofiani's case, if he loses his case, he torpedos his son Andrew's chances of running for Governor. Just watch.