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In Russia, Ceman prematurely releases YOU!

We really gotta irradiate this term "X-Pac heat". Waltman is the man. He had like one shitty six month run in X-Factor that sucked. 20 years later that shouldn't be what his legacy is. Just say "Go Away heat" instead. He deserves better.

I'd like to rename it "Kevin Dunn heat"

Sensitivity training for what? The Duke lacrosse players were exonerated. But the false accusation led to a national embarrassment for a North Carolina school. So bringing it up was actually meant to tweak the North Carolina audience by implying he believed the false accusations about students at one of their schools. The Simone Biles stuff is fine. It’s topically relevant and Scottie Pippen is still shit on for stuff from the early 90’s. Part of being a pro athlete is getting attacked by people on their couches when you don’t live up to their expectations. PCR tests were at one point giving a lot of false positives—that’s not denying COVID. He should absolutely not be suspended or sent to sensitive training for that promo.

I can tell you the crowd was about 90/10 for Charlotte until the finish. There was also a fun little match after 11 between Lashley/MVP and New Day.

You do know that the Cane Dewey sign was some wrong shit regardless of how great of a ring heel that Foley was, right? Pro wrestling is patently offensive so that we can all make fun of the shit together and maybe have some not quite so uncomfortable conversations about the stuff. This is pro wrestling's highest calling and I fully support crazy ass and horribly stereotypical wrestling tropes like the International Hierarchy of Headbutting with Samoans and Pacific Islanders at the apex. However, we're just coming around to properly treating mental illness as something that deserves concern and treatment rather than ridicule and ostracization. Jokes in poor taste about mental illnesss just set us all back and those jokes are always funny until its someone you know or love that is the fucking punch line. My dad suffered from dementia for years before he died so yeah, not cool. Max Caster can take his Simone Biles verse, write it on a chewing gum wrapper, roll it up really tight, and shove it up his ass.

It should be renamed “Uncle Kracker heat”. The song was 9/10ths of the heat.

AEW giving Ric one more title win after WWE get Chalotte to 16 would be the most tremendous piece of trolling in wrestling history

Miro saying “I’m having the best time of my life” is a good sign for the locker room moral in AEW.

2.0 is back, and they freed Davey Richards clone from the lab.

My girlfriend to her dad (who, considering his age and past medical history would be considered high risk if he caught Covid) when he said he didn't think he needed the vaccine if he just wore a mask: "Stop getting all of your news from fucking Facebook and go get the god damn shot". I feel like that statement can apply to a lot of people. *edit to add* and you best believe he took his ass to the nearest pharmacy and got a shot that day lol.

So cold to kinda lukewarm?

I get what everyone is saying, but come on, sensitivity training? Really? The only line I'd argue is really that bad was the one on Julia but that's because she is 19. Now, who am I to say he didn't clear it with her first? This feud has been going for a couple of weeks now, so to think the wrestlers don't talk to each other at all would be a little naive right? This is like the 3rd or 4th time Max has used a sexual line against her too (I remember the Eiffel Tower one and then the baugette). I'd even go as far as saying Griff or Brian would probably speak up for Julia if it was anything. They seem like good enough dudes, but I can't judge Max Casters personality and if he's a "good person" off of a wrestling angle/gimmick. Bubba said some pretty provocative stuff back in ECW to the crowds but I dont recall hearing of Bubba ever being "degrading" to any females or anything of that nature in the back. Hell, he may not even be the best example but you get the point.

What's wrong with a good vagina joke? lol When I first read the synopsis of what he said I was right there with ya. But listening to it myself it's not as harsh as people are making it out to be. He didn't make fun of mental health. He dissed one athlete, without crossing any lines. Then he joked about those rapid covid tests that were giving a punch of false positives, not denying covid. Then a vagina joke. Like none of this shit even crosses the PG-13 line. Let alone AEW wants to be the edgy R rated company. You guys have become too used to PG wrestling me thinks.

Neither has Dababy.

Why is it that Miro can cut amazing heel promos with barely any tasteless references other than the flexibility of the woman he's married to, without sounding like a total jerkass like Max Caster or MJF?

And people complain about no "hot moves" in Olympic wrestling. Get ready to see this tried at your local indie show

I watched Dark this week which is very rare for me (David Crockett was the draw). My biggest takeaway is that no one leans into anything except for Darby. That's almost his gimmick, but he really does make most things look good and credible. I get that there are more trainees and inexperienced people on this show, but there's a lot of obvious telegraphing of spots across the board. I wouldn't say things feel choreographed so much as a lot of the wrestlers don't know how to more organically bridge the moments between spots or set up the entry point for their next spot. I noticed it the most with the women but it was there up and down the board, save for the Darby match.

Caster has always been shit, his "rap" game, a relic off the cheap heat Attitude Era better off left buried. If it were a WWE ring he did this in, most of you would be marching on Stamford for his head.

If Flair is wrestling anywhere it needs to be either Zona 23 or DDT.

He can edit in any reaction he wants though.

I don’t see TK doing that. Now Billy Corgan, and the NWA…

Good promo from Malakai Black. He’s doing less goofy facial expressions in his acting, and it’s making me take him seriously. He’s really turned this completely around from where he was prior to his WWE release as a wrestling character. Edit: Oh lord…

Not a thing if the punchline is Missy Hyatt. I'll show myself to the out door.

*listens to the last verse dissing Julia Hart's feminine hygiene* Really, dude?

Ryo Mizunami is out of the hospital and sounds like she is doing well.

The fuck are you headhunting for during practice?

Jokes on you, Sammy's nickname is 'The Best Ever' Sammy Guevara. Implying that there are other, less good Sammy Guevaras out there, somewhere in space and time, envying him.

Woah...What in the fuck. It's so much worse actually hearing it instead of reading what @Dolfan in NYCsaid it was. He shouldn't be outright fired for this, but he should at least be suspended and have to go to some kind of sensitivity training. I'm also not interested in hearing excuses like, "it's wrestling though!" Yeah, it's wrestling, but if you have the skills to put rhymes together like that then you don't have to sink to the absolute bottom of the barrel to get heat. Be better and be more creative.

I mean, also I'm guessing her powers are going to be similar to Carol's because, you know, Terrigen Mist isn't a thing in the MCU and they're staying away from Inhumans (with good reason considering how horrible the old TV-wing's attempt to make them X-Men replacements was).

But it's not just rich people Disney have been fucking over. The writers they fucked over are definitely not rich. They basically got away with that, so they moved to bigger targets.

So he gets millions in golden parachute money and doesn't have to change anything. Fuck him and fuck Activision Blizzard.

LOL

David Crockett was awesome, being everything that Jim Ross should be. He didn't ever say, "KICKEM! KICKEM LIKE A DOG!" though. And they didn't go into Nikita Koloff clotheslining him though it was right there.

L…O…L

Wow, so you’re telling me that they did all this to double cross Sting again? I think they’ve taken this way too far at this point.

They removed the rap.

You’re entitled to your opinion and to be offended by whatever you want but making things taboo because someone might be offended would be creatively stifling and lead to a very boring show. For instance, they’re telling a story about Adam Page having self confidence issues and clearly coping with alcohol abuse. Should they abandon that storyline because a viewer might be an alcoholic and triggered by it, or having self confidence issues and be inspired to abuse alcohol? There’s lots of lines you can make an argument for drawing especially in today’s society. And once you start going down that road you can easily end up producing a boring watered down show because you’re afraid of offending someone. And at it’s best wrestling has been about pushing boundaries and wish fulfillment. The asshole that makes distasteful comments or does distasteful things and then eventually get his comeuppance.

Max Caster ? And in the end, Julia will get the last laugh over him. It's easy booking.

Counterpoint, do that story beat next week. Let Ali smash the jobbers and look like world beater in Chicago. Then they can go back to their tired singles dudes reluctantly form a team story for the 30,000th time next week.

Jesus Christ. Some of you people need to get out more.

I'm sorry, but I see nothing wrong with that rap. The gimmick is he makes people go "oooohhh...damn!" with his rhymes. Next week he'll probably find another way to shoehorn something topical, a diss to the area, and a diss to the opponent in his 4 bars. It's not he wrote a song about how Simon Biles is a quitter lol. Much ado about nothing.

JEZUS CRIPES THAT'S A LOT OF BLOOD!

Remember that Raven/Jake Roberts/Kevin Sullivan discussion-style shoot interview, where Sullivan was sleeping throughout the entire thing? That was like 15 years ago already.

If I've got my lore right, this is Arisa Hoshiki and her space androids against Act Yasukawa and her time traveling samurai.

CP getting himself voted president of the union solely so he could negotiate bigger max contracts into the CBA for him and his friends is truly a great moment in Securing The Bag. The Bucks kept Portis for 2/9M, which is nice. They should have ponied up for Tucker to run it back next year, but that's cheap owners for you. E: It could always be worse, you could be a Knicks fan:

If you want to see jobbers get hurt bad, then this episode was for you. I personally loved all the enhancement talent stuff this week. -Women’s opener was short, but fiery. -Nick Comoroto got to look like a beast for his showcase. -Lee Johnson got to look athletic. I hope he gets a competitive match with Omega one day. -Marcus Kross desperately needs a makeover, or a booker to fall in love with him. He’s actually really good outside of his horrible fashion. -The main was an early contender for match of the week. -Hints of Eddie challenging Miro on this episode.