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What is the beef between them? Money? Who else does Rossy have old bitter beef with? My top freelancers would be Momoka Hanazono, Kaho Kobayashi, Sareee and Yuu. 'Course neither Stardom or Marigold has ZONES so they can't truly be the #1 promotion (yet). She's like R. Crumb's Devil Girl. Somebody get her some Susan Tyrell DVDs.

I kinda don't get the point of an Ultimate line from DC considering how many times they've hard/soft rebooted things in recent history, unless they're do something drastically different like the current Ultimate line.

So, I finally got around to watching the secret Collision (the one that aired at midnight, after Mania Night One ended). Top Flight vs FTR was more or less exactly what you would expect a Top Flight vs FTR match to be. Probably quite different to what the planned match-up (FTR vs Starks/Bill), because FTR were the de facto heels in this one. It was a good solid match. By which I mean, the brothers Martin have a bunch of spectacular flying moves that they do in every match, so they start to seem rote because they are hit perfectly almost every time. Pac vs Encore was a good squash. Encore is really good, but he didn't get to do anything. Although Pac's main issue in AEW is visibility, he's there for a couple of shows, and then gone for a couple of shows, when he's healthy (and there's no travel ban). And working a squash on this show in particular isn't going to help him be more visible. Also, Ospreay took his "British high flier" spot... although given that Will is a face and Pac is a heel, perhaps they should fight over it. Watching the Jericho & Hook vs Moriarty & Taylor match, having already seen both the six-man tag it led to, and the singles matches that that led to, it really makes it feel inconsequential. Hook hitting a T-Bone on Shane Taylor was impressive. Ogogo having a "former boxer with a KO punch" gimmick, while in a stable with another guy who is a former boxer with a KO punch, that's a bit untidy. Unless they give Moriarty a Knockout Striker gimmick as well, and make Stone Temple Promotions into the bruiser stable. The Dustin Rhodes promo where he asks for the title shot, read about in spoilers it looks like a bit of Wrestlemania bandwagon jumping. But the actual promo itself was really good, and really makes you want to see that Dustin vs Joe match (which I've already seen). AEW should have done more to get eyes and ears on this. Tough break for Bryan Keith, getting signed and then immediately being made the weak link on a six-man team with Sydal and Daniels. Against the House of Black, even. Trish Adora dressed all in yellow, it makes her look physically bigger than her usual red/gold/green gear. Or possibly it's because she's facing tiny Yuka Sakazaki. Similar issue to Pac, Yuka's been signed to AEW for almost five years, but she's barely been on TV, and then returns on a show that hardly anyone watched. Good match though. Claudio Castagnoli vs The Butcher has me speculating, Butcher showed up in AEW with a very unique look, especially by AEW standards. But over time he got lean instead of chunky, he skinheaded off the skullet, he trimmed the handlebar down into just a bushy tache. He used to look like nobody else, now he looks like Hall of Mirrors Dax Harwood. It's a shame. The main event was Penta vs Komander. I haven't watched it yet, but I bet it was really good.

Since Hunter took over ... damn almost 20 months ago now... is Rhea the first truly story altering major injury he's had to deal with? Cause I can't imagine she was going to lose the title to Liv almost immediately after her triumphant Mania match. Now I can't see anyone else winning it, barring someone huge returning. Also, supposedly Becky hasn't signed her extension. Which makes me think that Mania match could have been a soft farewell while she goes to AEW or Japan for a while for a *much* needed freshening up. But then again, she may just re-sign now that Rhea's sidelined for however long.

Pistons are looking for a new President of Basketball Operations to sit above Weaver though.

When I tell you how much I hate the Knicks...

Has anyone read Paul Boesch's book Hey Boy, Where'd You Get Them Ears? It's an astronomical price on the internet, but it also seems like it's worth reading. I'd love to hear Boesch's viewpoints about breaking away from Dallas and his relationship with Bill Watts before Watts sold Mid-South without telling him. If anyone has the book and has read it, would it be too much to ask if there's anything interesting or notable that Boesch writes about either of these things?

Fightful reporting that Giulia will have her NXT debut match at Heatwave in July during MITB weekend

Y'all remember that laughing horse from the Pink Panther cartoon? Cause that's the exact sounds I made when I read Bauer's line.

I think I'm going to get Kino to send me: The Bride Wore Black; Hardcore; He Walked By Night; Kiss the Blood Off My Hands; Nightmare Beach (to replace my DVD copy); and Outside Man.

Oh please. The Caps are going to choke tonight and not make it to the playoffs.

RIP Whitey Herzog at the age of 92

Has there been any good matches from outside of CMLL and AAA this year? I personally enjoyed LA Park vs Blue Demon Jr vs Rush vs DMT Azul from AULL nothing amazing but if you like the Rush/Park matches it's good.

That's a big FU to Rossy.

I'll second this, I really enjoyed every interaction between them in that one, and both of em certainly made the most of their time. I thought Buddy got tore up for real on that one corner bump I'm super looking forward to the Taz-led Hook/Jericho meeting because there's a non zero chance Taz legit drops some gems like this during it

So WARHORSE changed his gimmick, and is now a lot less 80s metal bombastic, and he is now despondent, serious and faithless. And so his merch has changed, to fit in with that.

Blake Griffin finally got around to officially retiring

Gonna tell my kids this is Little Mac vs King Hippo OR Taz: now look here, brudda. First hit him in the mouth, then pummel his stomach when his pants fall down.

YES. You can also really see them writing not just on a week-to-week basis and even beyond just knowing what's happening next week, too. They've been really good at putting people in the right places for a few weeks out, and then they can get to the specifics of what they actually want to do when it comes down to it. (Gable, Liv and now Bronson Reed and the impending Finn/Priest showdown/etc.) The show is so organized right now. But it also feels completely loose, too. Even though it's probably more rehearsed than ever before and still pretty tightly scripted. Another great part about having the stories unfold where you see motivations -- it makes the things you need for actual surprises to actually pop, like Tonga's debut on Smackdown.

I’d be happy to. I’ve been a fan of this site for ages and that was what first got me hooked. Plus I know that area so I’ll have fun writing one up.

AWG retracted their statement, as apparently some things in it were incorrect. Fuka has asked for an apology. Re: the Stardom lineup, I'm not that surprised about Sareee. She's a good freelancer draw, so why not get her involved. If anything, I'm more amused at Aja Kong showing up; that's a definitive sign that Stardom is in their post-Rossy era.

Suns' assistant Kevin Young is taking the BYU job.

I don't think either side has the pull to keep any freelancers exclusive to one or the other promotion. If that were the case, they would just sign those wrestlers outright. I'm a little underwhelmed by the ASGQ card so far. The top two matches should be good (with Momo/Maika being a "3 Stages of Hell" match), but really odd with 10 days left and a lot of the bigger names (Mina, Saya, Suzu, AZM, SLK, etc) without a match yet.

There's still hope for you - they didn't get to 119 points*. * - no President's Trophy winner with 119+ points has won the Cup.

Rangers clinched the President's Trophy I am going to be doubly pissed when they lose to the Capitals in the first round