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You definitely drafted too early if that’s what you are asking

Christian was unquestionably the better bell to bell guy (one of the best of his generation imo)

You could tell when Shawn was going to lose a belt by the career threatening injury he'd suffer before the match, and the surgery and months of rehab he'd miraculously not need once he'd got out losing it in the ring.

Always appreciate how he and PSychosis would start their Top Rope Frankensteiner by standing on the actual rope, instead of directly facing the opponent in the corner.

The Antonio Brown situation continues rolling right along. Antonio Brown to AEW?

The Thanksgiving night and Christmas night 1991 Omni shows are right at the top of my Hidden Gems want list.

Wow, Ryan, just go ahead and shit in LoneWolf's crown. Uh, metaphorically, I mean!

I'll be honest. I'm greedy and want both.

I actually agree that the best, most interesting period of NXT was when it offered a good mix of genuine developmental talent and experienced Indy dudes doing their thing. It was pretty rewarding to see the newbies figure things out and develop their characters, and then you’d get, say, Steen and El Generico doing cool shit as a cherry on top. But somewhere along the way, NXT changed from being a true developmental brand where newbies learned to work and experienced vets learned to adapt to the WWE style to being the WWE’s alternative to NJPW/ROH/AEW. While the work rate may be substantially better in the new Super Indy NXT, I think it’s substantially less interesting to watch on a regular basis. Personally, I preferred Takeovers when they were tight, 2-hour affairs where you had some short openers that continued building characters and there was a sense of escalation to the card and it culminated in a big main event that would really try to be something special (without going nuts). Now, nearly every fucking match is 15-20 minutes* long and everybody is trying to have the MOTY and it’s borderline insufferable. They’ve basically adapted a PWG house style, and it sucks. *I’m sure someone will go to Wikipedia and try to “Well, actually, the average Takeover match is 11:38...” me on this. Point being, everything certainly feels like it goes on WAY longer than it has any need to.

Did he get that with his BK Kids meal?

I'm not buying into Bigfoot's opinion on anything:

Who knew you had to be unbelievably tough to be successful in MMA?

STIPE MOTHERFUCKING MIOCIC ARE YOU KIDDING ME

I've been calling for Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal for like two years. Please for the love of God...make that fight.

I know all those words but that sentence doesn't make any sense.

This is all I care about

As an independent contractor, she has the right to refuse bookings, doesn't she?

I would not trade his ECW run for anything.

I wish he never came back to the WWE when he did. He was so much better in his run in TNA and had some great matches. But the indy style takes its toll. He'd be perfect for the rebuilt NWA right now though.

Who are you to doubt El Pie Grande?

The problem with having a developmental territory to get people ready for the main roster is, they've been hoarding talent and keeping main roster workers who they have no use for under contract. The annual post Mania talent cull no longer occurs. So because nobody on top is leaving, the main roster spots aren't getting vacated, there's nowhere for the Dev guys to graduate to. It's programmed inertia. What's the one complaint WWE fans have had the most, over the years? The 'Same old shit' complaint, right? Nothing ever changes, and if it does, it changes straight back. It's how Vince wants things to go, you can tell because he does it so much. Well, expect it to get worse, in that regard.

I know it’s 3 years past, but it’s still frustrating he got so so close to the GWE Top 100 and he missed while Kerry Von Erich snuck in. Kerry obviously had some impressive performances but give me the consistency of Christian any Day.

It's made of metal, so no, he'd have to borrow yours.

Baron Corbin and Tim White!

“Goddamn, pal. Hell of a match, Elijah...”

Great night of fights. Stipe's journey in the main event is kind of an incredible story that you don't see very often. He went from timid guy afraid history would repeat itself, to fuck it let's trade shots, to "hey I can win if I make smart adjustments" and it was pretty fucking awesome to watch.

I liked Edge very, very much in 2006 as the anti-Cena but honestly I can say I think I miss Christian more. He and Orton were headlining SD when I came off an extended watching hiatus and I really enjoyed it. I was glad to see that Orton considers it a highlight

I recently stumbled across a Sid promo from his final days in WCW and he said his I Will Rule The World catchphrase that became famous in the WWF. I didn’t know it officially debuted in WCW! He was fun I don’t care what anybody says.

Those ripping body shots by Miocic in round four set up the finish.

Who gives a fuck about all this YouTube/ social media bullshit? Becky finally has a hot heel to work with. It worked out.

Edge is coming back? Yeah no thanks.

I'm glad to be wrong. That was fucking fun.

Well now. So much for Diaz's layoff being a liability.

I have to add this. After the dude threw the chair, he drunkenly was pretending to sit on an invisible chair, so as not to be caught, like a hillbilly Marcel Marceau.. Then, security grabbed him and dragged him out kicking and screaming.

I’m still sore about Dark Matter.

Joe worked as King Joe in Zero-1. If Joe wins, he needs a King Haku style coronation. For some reason, he's the only one I could see pulling that off really well. Maybe Cesaro, too. I don't see any of the others pulling off a cape and crown well. If Joe wins, there should be a haka dance, Polynesian women in grass skirts, and a pig roast.

FLQ uses some of the same talent as Smash Wrestling. I've enjoyed what I've seen of FLQ on the Fite Network. It's fun watching French Canadian workers work heel in Smash and face in FLQ and the Toronto/Buffalo guys work as heels in FLQ while faces in Smash.

If they do that exact same angle in an arena for the cameras... most people here would just shrug their shoulders. The fact that Spears pops up unannounced on an indy show in Canada makes this special. I really love the buildup to this match.

205's issue has always been the insistence on it being aired live and following SmackDown at shows where people paid to see SmackDown - if NXT was in its place, it would be having the same issue. It's been shown lots of times that the main roster audience doesn't necessarily know who the hell NXT people are.

Do you really? I sure don't!

Lana and Rusev say hello... from catering. Good job, writers!

Fucking umpires. When they do this shit like looking to toss people it makes me in favor of changing to the robots.

No. It's lasted longer than it's been fun.

So I think Bray's best bet is to not wrestle on TV at all and use the Funhouse to build to PPV matches, then focus all his creative energies on cool entrances and outfits. It will keep him from getting stale and treat him more like an attraction. I don't think he's bad in the ring or anything, it would just be playing to his strengths. I don't think the Fiend should show up very often but I also don't think Bray should go the Finn/Demon route either and this is the best of both worlds. And if they want to build any kind of aura around the Fiend, limiting his exposure will be key.

I'll put the second part right here: