Phantom Lord

Yeah I had the laptop open to watch the Mets game on ESPN at the same time as Dynamite. But most of what I saw was pretty good. Ricochet vs. Osprey was what you thought it would be. I would have been happy with the draw, but of course they needed a winner. Didn't expect Takeshita to run in and take them both out, but it added a nice layer to this feud. Takeshita would make a good International Champion. Hangman vs. Juice was a nice brawl and match. I liked the ending with Hangman trying to hang Juice only for Jay White to make the save. I missed him on tv and him vs. Page should be a good feud. Didn't really care about Private Party's match, but I guess they'll be good enough to drag a decent match out of The Bucks who have been phoning it in for a while now. Bryan vs. Okada was good. I just wish it had a proper build instead of being hot shotted onto tv with like 24 hours notice. Nice to see a backslide of all things be a match winner. Post match I dread Moxley being the hired goon for someone. People on the internet seem to think it's Shane McMahon. I can't even begin to imagine how that would work. I mean I like Shane, but a lot of things would have to go right for it to work. i don't have that kind of faith in Tony Khan at the moment. But overall this was a good show tonight. Looked like a full crowd which is a plus for them.

For the first movie I read the spoilers and still was shocked when the big scene on the talk show happened. This time around I'm gonna hold out and just go see it without the spoilers.

I forgot to comment the other night. I went and saw Megaopolis on Sunday and the nicest thing I can say about it is it's a very weird movie. Aubrey Plaza was great in her role. I suspect though there will be a directors cut for 4k/bluray. It's kind of sad that Coppola sunk $120 million of his own money into this. The movie was ambitious so I'll give it that. But just mostly weird.

Is that Blue Pain or someone else doing a spoof?

I thought for sure after the ring exploded it would be a draw between Strowman and Reed. It was a nice surprise for Seth to run in and cost Bronson the match.

I only glanced at the graphic when I saw the post. So it's like an old NWA World Champion vs. World TV Champion match. I think they used to do that where the TV Title was only on the line for the first 15 minutes.

Tony Khan made Bryan vs. Okada a title vs. title match.

I thought the show was pretty good last night. I'm glad my prediction for Bryan/Nigel didn't come true (about it going 5 seconds). They had a pretty good match. Speaking of good matches, so was Moxley vs. Darby. They backed themselves into a corner with Mox having to win here. Hopefully this isn't Bryan's last match with him. But yeah a good show and it was nice to see them have people in the stands.

One thing to think about with tennis stadiums is Arthur Ashe is a retractable roof stadium. It's a lil misty and rain is moving in later tonight into the NYC area. So an open air stadium wouldn't be good. I just wish they could run somewhere else. While running The Garden is out of the question, they could in theory run The Hulu Theater at MSG. That's a nice 4500-5000 seater they could probably fill.

Wasn't there a report that The Outrunners were moving serious merch and making money for the company? If the iron is hot, strike with it.

I watched most of RAW tonight. I thought it was pretty good. The main event was a damn good match and I was shocked that Jey actually won the damn title. I'm so used to seeing something happen and when they did the spear through the barricade I figured it would be a double count out since there was only like 2 mins left on the clock before they cut off on USA on 11pm on the dot. Pleasantly surprised to see him win and yeah Bron's gonna be fine. Let them feud over it for a while. Maybe this sets up a ladder match at some point down the road. Also got to love troll master GUNTHER. Him coming down to the ring ready to fight a spent Sami only for him to turn it around be all NO was great. I loved Wade laughing his ass off at that. Joe Tessitore is doing a really good job on play by play and I love when he gets all morally upset. I don't think it's on purpose, but he's kinda channeling Lance Russel which is fine in my book.

I went to the first TNA House show in Coney Island and saw a really good Angle vs. Desmond Wolf (Nigel) match there. Don't know if there is video outside of the TNA vault though. As for this Nigel vs Bryan, I told my friend who's going to Grand Slam one of two things will happen. Either he doesn't show and Nigel wins by forfeit or Bryan does show and he hits the flying knee right away and wins in five seconds.

Andrade and LA Knight had a damn good match. Yeah it sucked at the end when he couldn't hit that pop up to the top rope thing he does, but they can edit that out for future showings. That Cody/Roman promo at the Georgia Tech field was amazing. Just so many layers to it and Roman being all "you're in my way...in life" that was some good stuff. Bayley/Naomi vs. Nia/Tiffy was a fun match. The main event was pretty good. I missed the part with DIY getting beat down and The Street Profits subbing for them. But it was good. Jacob Fatu continues to deliver.

I always wanted to hear his bass solo.

Watched Rampage and it was all right. They might just have a star in the making with this guy BEEF. The crowd seemed really into him and Roddy Strong made him look good.

He looks pretty normal and well adjusted being the son of Scott Steiner.

I thought this was a pretty good show for the most part. Every match was good in their own right. My match of the night was Osprey vs. Pac with Willow vs. Statlander a close second. Bryan vs. Jack Perry was better than it had any right to be. Bryan did great as usual and I loved the post match angle with Christian coming down to the ring only to be stopped by Moxley and company. Soon as I saw Mox I knew what was gonna happen to Bryan. Didn't expect them to keep poor Wheeler out of the loop though so at least Bryan still has one friend. Moxley going all Terry Funk with the bag was something else. I loved how morally outraged the commentary team was. JR seemed really pissed about it which put it over the top. The cage match was all right. But I think it was lacking something and I don't know what. I think they went too heavy on the gimmicks. Like you watch a cage match like say The Last Battle of Atlanta, all they needed to do was beat the shit out of each other with their fists. I would have preferred to see that than say seeing someone powerbombed on what looked like a real cinder block. I almost tapped out at the needle spot though. That was just too much. The sickening chair shot was enough on it's own. But yeah aside from that a pretty good show tonight.

Last night was a pretty good show as usual. I wish I knew what direction they were going with Moxley and Shafir. I like Marina so it's nice to see her get a prominent spot like this. But I can see how it's being forced. I mean why does Moxley need muscle? It has me interested so I'm willing to see where it goes. The ending was so damn good. I totally see the comparison of Adam Page becoming Harvey Dent that was made above. This is probably the most excited I've been to see a cage match in a long time. It's going to be a horror show with the blood involved. I'm a firm believer in lots of blood in cage match of a personal nature like this.

I watched most of RAW tonight. Mostly wanted to see Bronson vs. BRAUN and I was not disappointed. I loved the match with them trading hoss moves on each other. The ending was hilarious though with the TSUNAMI onto the roof of a car. All the windows blowing out and the little sparks and smoke from the engine. It was so over the top it was great. Uncle Howdy vs. Chad Gable was good. Chad Gable delivers anytime he's asked to in a big situation and tonight was a big one. Uncle Howdy didn't seem too hokey, which has been a fear i have for the character. I look forward to more of the Wyatt's and American Made feuding.

Sid was so cool. He is the only wrestler who has ever legit scared the hell out of me. I flipped off Sid at that show at the Meadowlands in 91 (same night Flair beat Sting) and even 15 rows back I swear he looked me straight in the eye and I was like "oh no he saw me". Of course as I got older I appreciated his awesomeness. He had the best powerbomb and I love the night he gave Shawn Michaels like 5 of them in a row on a RAW. The stretcher match should forever be in his honor.

Well I thought this was an excellent show for the most part. Solid from top to bottom. The ladder match was a bit ridiculous and almost came off as a human video game especially when everyone was trying to run up the ladder and someone would pull them off. I was surprised that BCC and Pac won. Toni vs Mariah should have been higher up on the card. That withstanding it wss a really good match. I really good it's not over between them because there do much more they could probably do. Glad Mariah won. I look forward to seeing her night. Only match I didn't care for was Hook and Jericho. It honestly could have been on Collision last night. Did pop for Hook and Taz hitting double taznissions at the end though. The three way tag title match was all right. I really thought The Acclaimed would win this one. I guess that didn't work for The Bucks. Loved the gauntlet match. I loved Nigels surprising return. He didn't miss a beat. Christian winning was a bit of a shock but I can live with it. Osprey vs MJF was really good. Hated the streamers though that were stuck above the ring for the rest of the night Aside from that I thought it was a great match. Britt vs Mercedes I thought was good, but is being trashed online. Was it perfect? No. But it was good in my view. I figured Kamille would factor more into the ending but she didnt. Darby vs Perry was all right. Could have just been a regular match. The coffin really added nothing. Loved Sting coming back post match to kick some ass. I don't care if he's 65. I wish he didn't retire. Bryan vs Swerve was great. I can't believe Bryan bled in front of his kids, but that added to the drama of it all. I'm so glad he won. He deserves a title run of significant length. Overall I enjoyed this show

I missed the first half hour so I missed the Britt/Mone segment and Jericho/Billington match. The rest of the show was good. It was great to see AEW in front of an actual lively crowd. The promo with Osprey and MJF was really good and I loved the whole "how much will it cost to hit him" bit. Okada vs. Claudio was a damn good match. It went by so fast when they announced one minute remaining I didn't even realize 19 mins had gone by. FTR/Darby vs. The Elite was good as well. I really hope The Bucks lose at All In. Cash Wheeler was all over the place in this match doing an insane dive to the floor to stop The Bucks and Jack Perry from walking out. Loved the triple sharpshooter and eventually the win from The Power and Glory splash and Coffin drop. The ending segment was good. Swerve cut a good promo and Bryan came out and just went off. I really hope Bryan can pull it off this weekend, but Swerve might just pull it off.

God I hope he wins. If not that was a perfect career retrospective.

I watched most of NXT tonight which is rare since I don't usually do that. Mostly wanted to see Obi vs. Otis and I wasn't disappointed with that hoss fest. The Dempsey/D'Angelo match was really good. I figured there would be shenanigans to allow Dempsey to win again and there were. Dempsey is really good and you can see shades of his dad's comedic timing in those backstage segments. The main event tag was really good. I find myself rooting for CHASE U and I'm glad they won. I still get nervous watching Ridge Holland throw guys with overhead suplexes though. Pretty good show tonight.

I thought this was a good episode of RAW. Loved the opening with Dom and Liv in the crowd and Damian showing up behind them. The following match with Carlito was all right. I liked how they put some respect behind Carlito's career outside of the WWE. Mcafee even named dropped WWC. The Texas tornado tag match between Alpha Academy and American Made was awesome. Otis is so great doing the small things that get the crowd behind him. I popped for that superplex off Julius's shoulders. That is some freak strength to hold up Otis for that. Poor Maxine has to get beat up as usual. But it was a good ending. Odyssey Jones had a really good debut match. Xavier is so turning on Kofi next week. Good segment between Orton and GUNTHER. It led to a nice RKO and then all hell breaking loose with Punk showing up to attack Drew. Looks like we're getting a strap match in Berlin, which should be fun. The women's tag match was all right. I liked the ending and it set up for the three way next week. Sami vs. Bron was good, but it seemed too rushed as they didn't give them enough time this week. I think the match started at 10:40 EST and when they got to the third fall they really had to rush since they can't go over 11pm. But it was good as I said. Sami can take a spear like no one else.