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I was wondering when they would announce who was in War Games since it was two weeks away and all. It should be a fun match with all the usual spots.

I watched most of the show which surprised me. It was all right for the most part. Can't stand that Rollins retained the title. He is so bland as a champion. I almost wanted to see Damien Priest cash in but luckily Sami put a stop to that. The women's five way was as good as you could expect a five way to be. Everyone got their spots in...Nia didn't win. The world rejoices. Solo vs. Cena was a good match. I liked Cena trying to work over the spike so it would be ineffective. This was a huge match for Solo and the ten spikes he gave Cena were incredible. It's amazing to think there was a time Cena could survive anyone's finisher. Iyo vs. Bianca was all right. Typical match for the two. I obviously marked out for KAIRI's return. Iyo leaving Bayley should be a fun angle when it officially happens. Rey vs. Logan was what it was. I didn't expect Logan to win, but I can live with it especially in the manner that he did. Not sure if it's going to help having the two top champions of Smackdown being part timers (ooops got ahead of myself there). Cody vs. Damien was good for what it was. Cody needs to turn the page of his story all ready. Go for Rollins or something all ready. Hell, they could have probably had Priest cash in and win only for this match to be for the World title and he ends up losing to Cody. It wouldn't have been the craziest thing they have done with a world title. LA Knight vs. Roman was pretty good for your usual Roman match at this point. I had a small glimmer of hope that Knight would shock the world and win, but when Jimmy came out to ringside I knew that wasn't happening. I guess we're getting Roman to WM 40 as champion which shouldn't be too hard considering I read that he might be done for the rest of the year. It's easy to pile on days as a champion if you don't have to defend it anytime soon.

Watts made a big deal of not coming off the top rope during his reign. I remember before the Muta/Barry NWA World title match at Superbrawl 3 they explained the rules because WCW and the NWA had different rules and they noted in WCW you can not come off the top rope but in the NWA you can.

I read that Arn Anderson didn't resign with AEW so any interaction between him and Flair won't be happening here. Honestly I'm torn on this signing. I mean I like Ric Flair. But the thought of him doing anything physical scares the hell out of me. It would be nice if there was an old school booking committee and Flair was maybe part of it because Tony I think is out of ideas that he gleamed from playing EWR. But I don't want to see Flair try to take a bump, bleed, and God help us take any of his clothes off on live television.

I thought last night's episode was good as usual. I'm looking forward to Orange Cassidy/Moxley 2 at the PPV after last night. Cassidy sure can take a beating. The main event was fun. I agree that Max Castor is coming off like a stalker/obsessed fanboy with MJF. But, I think the ending with them scissoring was a nice touch and a growth in the character of MJF where he would never be caught doing such a thing before.

I thought this was a good episode of Dynamite. I'm kinda disappointed that Juice didn't win the Dynamite Ring. Everything was set up perfectly for him to win. Plus I wanted a video next week of Bullet Club living up to their word and taking it to a pawn shop. I did like the set up for MJF vs. Omega after the match. That should be a pretty good one before all the BC interference. Always good to see RVD around. I wish they would sign him and make him Elite all ready. He hasn't lost a step and it was fun seeing him and Hook beat up on the Dark Order. I laughed when Flair's music hit. Poor trusting Sting. He's gonna get blindsided by Flair one more time. Christian Cage was great once again with his insults on Flair. The six man was all right. Jeff Hardy looks so past his prime in these matches. At least Matt can still go. Brother Tay makes me laugh with his over exaggerated screams when he gets slammed. Shida vs. Ruby was all right as well. I like Shida so I can't say anything bad about her. But this match wasn't anything great. I did like the spray can vs. belt spot though. The belt didn't turn green because it was made out of cheap copper. Main event was good. Okada looked great as he usually does even though he was probably phoning it in. Didnt have to go all out. Orange Cassidy was good as well tonight. Bryan and Claudio are a good team together. I liked the ending where Claudio just threw Orange up and decked him with the uppercut. That should be a fun match next week between them two. I think Bryan was overselling the punch at the end, but who knows. Maybe that will lead to an OC/Bryan match which would probably be half funny/half serious. Overall a good show tonight as usual.

I thought Collision was a good show tonight. Forgot about B.O.T.B's till they mentioned it in the first hour. Bryan vs. Andrade was pretty good. I liked the flash pin ending and then after a minute the lights go out and it's Malkai Black. Oh that match with him and Bryan is gonna rule. It was nice to see The House of black all over the show tonight. Later in the night I cracked up at Nigel saying Bryan had a broken wrist and like a coward got surgery unlike Brody King who just has a cast. Nigel was on fire all night especially with his love and praise of Jeff Jarrett. Eddie Kingston vs. Jarrett was so much fun. I still wish it was leading to a Jarrett ROH Title run, but we got a money promo from Eddie later in the night. Man I love when Eddie gets all personal like he did tonight. FTR get beat up by House of Black. That should be a fun feud. BIG BILL/Ricky Starkz vs. Claudio and Yuta was a damn good tag match. Big Bill continues to improve so much each week. Again at the end we get House of Black. So we're also getting a House of Black vs. BCC feud as well. I loved the ending with Claudio swinging Ricky forever and ever. Battle of the Belts started with a shoving match between Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley and the rest of the BCC. I hope we get that Mox/Cassidy rematch. Silver/Cassidy was all right. Typical OC match at this point. Joe/Neese was a fun little squash. Statlander vs. Willow was a good match. I liked seeing the edgy side of Willow with her doing some heelish things. Kris gets a good victory and try's some sportsmanship with Willow only for Skye Blue to say no. But Willow is pure and good so she shakes her hand anyway. Final match was the Trio's tag and it was all right. Typical Acclaimed/Daddy Ass match at this point. Loved Garcia snapping and finally doing his dance only for it to cost him in the end. Overall a good night of stuff. I liked where they are going with the house of black tonight.

I thought this was an all right episode of Dynamite. I missed most of Jay White/Penta because I dosed off. Saw the finish and Juice knocking out Penta with the left hand of God. I liked Copeland's promo about Christian. So he refuses to fight him no matter what. So I guess that will last until maybe Double or Nothing. Haven't Christian and him had a match before? I know it must have happened at some point. Emi vs. Shida was a really good match. I'm kinda sad that Saraya didn't retain last week because we would have got the match she and Emi kept fighting about on twitter. But this was a good one. Fletcher vs. Omega was pretty good as well. I liked Callis on commentary building up Fletcher only to tear him down after he lost. HE SHOULD QUIT THE BUSINESS. I'm sad that we are nearing the end of Crazy Old Man Sting. I mean yeah he's gonna be 65 next year, but it's been so much fun with him in AEW. I hope his retirement match is a good one. The battle royal was kinda meh. I was pulling for Dustin to win or at least come down to the final three. Juice vs. MJF should be good next week. I see MJF finally losing the ring.

Tonight was an all right edition of RAW. I tuned mostly in for GUNTHER vs. BIG Bronson Reed and that match did not disappoint. I was amazed that Gunther was able to powerbomb him so easily. Cody/Jey vs. Judgement Day was a good match up until the end. I knew there would be a screwy ending, but just didn't see Jimmy Uso being the cause for them to lose the tag titles. I guess we wait till Friday to find out that Jimmy did this on his own only to piss Roman off some more for calling his own plays.

Smackdown was pretty good tonight. Looks like LA Knight is entering the next stage of the rocket that's been strapped to him with Roman and him going at it. Cena got a great response too, but we know he's gonna be gone soon so it's great to see Knight getting those huge reactions. Pretty Deadly cracked me up with the intro and the giant disco ball. Bayley vs. Zelina was good for what it was worth. Triple H's announcement was good. Nice to see they brought back the GM's for each show. Dom continues to get nuclear heat from the crowd. It's amazing how loud they get just from him trying to talk. Kinda felt bad for Aldis because you could hear the crowd say "who". But he should be a solid choice to be the GM for Smackdown. Jimmy testing Roman's patience was funny. "Drinking my water...sitting on my couch" The Cody/Jey vs. Grason/Austin match was good. Cody needs to work on the timing of that cutter though if that's the finisher...or at least set up for it. I liked the stare down between Cody and Roman after the match. Cody is still my pick to take the title off him. LA Knight vs. Solo was good. I liked the frantic ending with Cena running in to save LA Knight and hitting the AA only to eat a Samoan Spike. Knight wins and everyone rejoices.

Yeah I saw it on their twitter. Wasn't as funny as it was in the PIP.

I thought this was a pretty good episode of Dynamite. I ended up watching 97% of it only flipping to the other show a couple of times. The preshow with Eddie vs. Suzuki was fun. Just a good old chopping match. I guess they are dead set on doing Eddie vs. Jay Lethal. To be honest, I'd rather see Jarrett go for the ROH Title. That would be way more fun. Bryan vs. Swerve was a good match. They were kinda backed into a corner with this one. Bryan had to win because I can't imagine them doing heel vs. heel in Swerve vs. Christian. Hobbs looked strong in squashing Jericho. Hobbs being the muscle of the Don Callis family works perfectly and he's just gonna destroy people. I blinked and missed Wardlow's match. I guess they're trying to reboot him. Poor Matt Sydal. I thought the ADAM Cole and Roddy skit was funny. But I can't imagine them doing another one. What else is left to do at that house with no cell service or tv? OC/Fenix was good. Again makes you wonder if Moxley didn't get hurt, would this have been their rematch? Of course I don't think OC should have lost to begin with. He could have survived Moxley. Shida vs. Saraya was good as well. I get a little nervous watching Saraya take even basic bumps, but she looked good out there. I was shocked to see her lose because I figured she would at least hold it till the next PPV. But I love Shida so I'm not mad. Adam Copeland vs. Luchasarus was pretty good for your standard Copeland match. I thought Sting was gonna make the save when he was getting beat up at the end, but it worked having the BCC come out. Bryan vs. Christian is going to be so much fun on Saturday. Overall a pretty good show in my view. Also can't wait to see the Toni Storm film on youtube where it will be uncut from commercials. EDIT: Saw the Toni Storm video on AEW's twitter. It was all right. Went too long though. Also forgot about Hangman vs. Jay White. I thought it was a good match. The post match seems to be what everyone is talking about. Lots of people on Twitter are upset about the quarters. I didn't think it was nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. Personally I would have preferred he didn't show the roll but rather save it for the eventual match. A roll of dimes or quarters in this case is an old school gimmick so it would have worked as a shock. Now we'll probably see MJF grab the roll and use it himself.

That was a good episode of Smackdown. I loved the ending with Cody and Jey Uso coming down to hold the fort. Poor JD being the sacrificial lamb for Judgement Day. But man they should re-evaluate Cody taking off the title from Roman if they haven't all ready. Cody should still be the one to beat Roman.

Last night's show was all right. Nothing spectacular...especially for an anniversary show. They loaded up everything on that front for next week. Fenix vs. Nick was all right. The Adam Cole/Roddy skit was funny especially with the music which you heard the second time it aired. The Kenny/Jericho vs. Takeshita/Fletcher match was good. I loved the opening with Tony being morally offended by the Last Supper painting. A bit long, but good. Everytime you think Don Callis is gonna get got, he pulls another trick out of his sleeve and this time it was Powerhouse Hobbs. That was a good beat down. I liked the chair shot at the end. They are so rare like that so it added something to the angle. Of course Kenny trying to free himself defeated the purpose of being KO'ed by said chair shot did look a bit silly. Timeless Toni Storm. She needs to be the TBS Champion when the Statlander reign is over. That whole promo was fantastic. The match with Skye Blue was all right. Adam Copeland's promo was good. But man Christian was so damn good not saying anything but the three words that he did. The show felt like it was missing something.

I don't get why Dom even lost the title to begin with it the just to regain it tonight.

So was the crowd doing the lights on their phones the new form of the wave to show their displeasure/boredom? I thought Gunther/Ciampa was all right. It started off very slow and took forever to get going. The ending was a bit awkward where he just dropped him and the referee ruled he was ko'ed. Stupid USA had to go off at 11 on the nose for that dumb Chucky press conference video that lasts a minute. DIY needed 10 more seconds to hit their move on the air.

Well that certainly was a good show. Bryan vs. ZSJ and FTR vs. Aussie Open were amazing matches. But every match delivered on some level tonight. I loved how the main event went from wrestling to a brawl to off the rails. I was very surprised Darby lost, but I'm all for Christian to continue on this roll he's on. Nick Wayne turning on Darby was a nice touch I didn't see coming. I was also shocked by Adam Copeland's appearance. I guess the WWE did not trade mark "The Rated R Superstar". It's weird seeing him in an AEW ring, but I'm for it. He was probably living some dream being in the ring with Sting at the end. Overall a great show.

This was an all right episode of Dynamite. Nothing stood out as great, but nothing was bad either. Rey vs. Jarrett sure was a match of randomness but it worked. I guess since they called the audible last week, this was supposed to be Moxley vs. Jarrett. I want to see that now. Perfect reason for Double J Double M A to return. Sonjay as a cutman for Jarrett would be amazing. Speaking of randomness, we get Nick Jackson vs. Brian Cage vs. Claudio. I figured Cage would win but was kinda shocked that Jackson did. I mean Fenix vs. Jackson should be a fun match and all next week. The four way was more randomness. I guess that was the theme of tonight's show. Surprised to see Orange Cassidy win. I can't imagine they are giving him and Hook a tag title shot after sunday, but random things are a foot tonight. The MJF/Jay White promo was something. MJF sure did do his best to bury him but I thought, at least in my view Jay was able to come back especially after the tofu line. The Jim Ross sitdown was all right. This match should be saved for the main event of a Dynamite rather than being thrown on the middle of the PPV. Willow vs. Julia was fun. Willow forgot to sell her "eye" injury which was amusing. At least clutch it or something. The contract signing was all right. Swerve has to be winning this match. I can't see them doing all this hype for him wanting to win a big one only to fall short. So yeah I guess this episode was just random.

Not a bad show tonight. Dominik Mysterio had easily his best match ever tonight. I don't know if it was all Dragon Lee or maybe Dom secretly is picking things up...but either way it was his best match. Otis vs. BIG Bronson Reed (he's big you see so they call him big) was a match I wish went a little bit longer. The tag title match at the end was pretty good. JD (who my brother hates) is becoming a great stooge for the Judgement Day.

So is this the start of the 12 PPV's a year rumor because isn't Full Gear still in November? Kingston vs. Shibata should be really good as should FTR/Aussie Open. These $50 ppv price tags are gonna be harsh unless they end up on Max in the near future.

Well I thought this was a very good show. Top to bottom it was stacked and it really did feel like a big show for once. Eddie vs. Claudio had a really big fight feel. I liked how they showed them walking to the ring from the backstage with their seconds. It was a good match. Solid back and forth action. So glad Eddie finally won the big one. Sammy vs. Jericho was good. Everything I expected out of a match from them two. Didn't expect the swerve after the match though with Callis. Moxley vs. Rey was all right. I missed the dive everyone is talking about, but it was clear Moxley was loopy from that point on. I'm convinced Mox got a stinger from that first driver he took. But call it stupidity or whatever he said do it again. I thought referees were always like "if you don't kick out I'm counting 1-2-3 regardless". Knox should have counted the three instead of them redoing the spot. I loved Toni Storm's new intro. Taz got it wrong by calling it something from the 1920's. She's clearly a noir star of the 40's/50's. Anyway I thought the match was good with Saraya. I knew she wasn't losing so quick into her title run. I loved the shoe bit. Fun match and I hope its not the end for them. MJF Vs. Joe was amazing. Joe dominated and MJF was perfect as a face in peril. Loved the ending with him choking out Joe. Overall a really good show. Not much to complain about and I hope Mox is ok.

Not a bad episode of Collision tonight. I thought Starks/Bill vs. Bryan/Claudio was a good match. I liked the ending with Ricky cheating to win. Big Bill looked solid in the win. FTR vs. Iron Savages was a good open challenge match. Nice to see The Workhorsemen step up for the next challenge. That should be a good match with them and FTR. I too like The Righteous so I was shocked to see them get the win over The Hardy's. The Hardy's are going through the motions right now so it's better to see them lose than win against more deserving teams. Statlander vs. Britt was all right. I thought for sure Britt was winning since they were hyping up the hometown thing, but Kris had a nice counter to her finisher.

So I watched as much of RAW as I could while watching the Jets game. I thought it was all right. I skipped a couple of matches early in the show. I was amused at them going to the main event at 10:30ish because I was like there is no way they are giving them a half hour. A commercial and switch back to the game and they hadn't even done the introductions yet. Rhea vs. Raquel was a good match up until the WTF ending of Nia Jax coming out and interfering. I get they have to keep throwing obstacles at Raquel. That's WWE storytelling 101. The babyface has to overcome and overcome and overcome before they get their win. It's very infuriating at times. I don't think anyone wants to see a Nia Jax as a heel I'm assuming against Rhea. I don't know what they were thinking.

Last night was a good show. The promo with Swerve and Hangman was gold. Hangman is treading so much water lately so everything Swerve said was on point.

Not a bad show tonight. Only reason I watched the whole thing was because I wanted to see Gable vs. GUNTHER. That was a damn good match. Gunther is a machine and so is Gable. Yeah it sucks they had to show the kid crying, but what other reason would they have flown them out to the show.