just drew

There are people out there who still think he's going back to WWE at some point.

Yall see how much more interesting Kyle O’Reilly got the second he got away from adam Cole? Adam Cole’s orbit is where charisma goes to die. It’s been a fantastic week of tv other than that, though. Hanger fucking rules.

Agreed. Whenever he loses the title (he should lose at All In, but I'm not convinced he will), he should get jumped by Claudio & Yuta and take some time off.

Oh yeah. Shit's starting to run together on me.

Holy shit did FTR/Outrunners rule ass.

I was at that show. As bad as it was on tv, it was SO MUCH worse being there live. You know an event is boring when a 14 year old Drew is thinking "I could've been at home getting a jump on my French homework"...

I'm finally getting to watch Collision, and holy hell is Adam Cole bad. Just zero attempt to evolve his style or presentation at all. I hope Kyle Fletcher squashes him flat at All In.

I'm certainly not the only person to share this theory online, or even on this site, but I really don't think TKO wants Evolution to be successful. I don't think they see women's competition in WWE or UFC as a worthwhile investment, and these poor women are being sent out to get creamed, both locally by a concert and on TV by a superior (if less known) product. If Evolution tanks, now TKO and HHH can say "see? We told you this wasn't profitable on its own." Conversely, if they DO manage to siphon off a few hundred buys from All In, HHH and Nick Khan can crow about how they've stymied AEW and uncle Tony again. It is crazy to think about how 18 months ago, TK was melting down regularly over what WWE was doing and now WWE is the entity acting like a jilted lover.

I mean, Hurt Syndicate fucking rules, but an angle where FTR is presented as their kryptonite because of what incredible tag wrestlers they are would rule. Like, Dax and Cash would have no chance against Lash and Shelty in singles matches, but their continuity and chemistry is so good that they're able to overcome the obvious advantages the Syndicate have. Plus, then you'd get some interaction between MVP and Big Stoke, which would fuck hard...

Lashley looks like he's having a ball. And, for the record, he let by choice. If he really wanted to be there he would be.

I saw that. MVP openly talks about how much he doesn't want to be in WWE. Shelty and Lasher look like they're having a ball. The Hurt Syndicate are booked how they are because they're terrifying-looking athletes who come off as legitimate and talented.

The only way that Hurt Syndicate losing the tag titles without being pinned would work would be if MJF fucks something up trying to help them. Like, not even on purpose. He's just been so selfish his whole career that legitimately trying to help someone else win is an almost incomprehensible concept. Then you can start ratcheting up the tension between Lasher and MJeff. Ideally you want Bobby in line as a challenger for Hangman after All In, so that gets you set up for that, too.

I disagree with you a lot but I find you insightful. Not being WWE is 80% of the battle for AEW in my eyes. I'm to the point where it's "don't watch WWE" or "don't watch wrestling." I tend to be very optimistic (with few specific exceptions) as to what AEW is doing on tv. Other people might be more critical. That's okay.

This probably isn't the place for this discussion, but I can't think of a comic actor who had as much zip on his fastball as Mike Myers did who then fell completely off a cliff. IDK if Love Guru just shredded his confidence, but damn.

That was one of those where I thought, “there might be 15 people that get this, but they’re gonna LOVE it.”