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Just Dave

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  1. I'm not sure what you mean. I know that I like weird, fun matches more than I like figuring out why Jimmy Uso is emoting. If I want to watch pretty people doing bad acting I'll watch that Outer Banks show on netflix. At the end of the day, it's wrestling. Not "facial expressions."
  2. Folks can't got off HHH's dick, even though the creative isn't any better.
  3. I’m assuming Saraya’s brother is mostly there for the inevitable mix tag against RuRu and Cool Hand Ang…
  4. Sorry to quote you twice, but apparently there was a wreddit thread this week about how Malakai never wrestles singles matches. I’d like to think TK is above spite booking, but it’s certainly a thing…
  5. I mean, he's under contract until 2027. So I doubt it.
  6. You could've held a gun to my head and I wouldn't have been able to tell you whether or not Ivar was in this Rumble. And Nia has lost so much weight she almost doesn't stick out in my mind anymore. She's really doing much better work now.
  7. It defies logic. A guy that size with that look being that horrible. He’s funny & gregarious in his interviews away from wwe. It just doesn’t translate. O
  8. I finally got to sit down and watch the entire Rumble PLE. It was a reminder that this presentation just isn't my jam. As chaotic, frenzied, and at times disjointed as AEW can be, it feels like a wrestling show. It's dudes with distinct looks and styles showcasing their wares. This shit feels like fitness models & Bronson Reed pretending to fight. I think the biggest downside to running everyone through the PC is that they invariably come out doing almost everything the same. There are some standouts in both Rumble matches, like Tiffany Stratton. I don't know that I've ever seen anyone scream "STAR" without doing a thing like she does. She looks like and has the athletic ability of a franchise player. She's fantastic. Bobby Lashley continues to defy the laws of time. Why is this man not champion of everything? He's the shit. I don't watch nXt, but Carmelo Hayes looks like he could be a dude for them. His look jumps off the screen. I'm a big Santos Escobar fan from his time in LU. I don't understand why he doesn't have a more prominent role on tv for them. He's a handsome athletic latino with great charisma, and I love the pairing with Angel Garza and Berto. There just aren't many people on the roster right now who do anything for me. It also feels like most of HHH's nXt re-hirings are DOA. No one gives a shit about Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox, Karrion Kross, and a handful of others. Kross, in particular, just isn't working. That dude is like the movie Anaconda; on every level, that movie should've worked. It had a decent script, a good director, and a great cast. It still ended up sucking a fresh turd. Karrion Kross just isn't interesting. He's Bobby Fish in the body of Sid. At some point they should probably cut their losses. I hope they never break up Imperium. Like 60% of the WWE product I've watched in the last 4 years I've watched because someone was like "Hey, WALTER fucked somebody up on nXt UK." Ride that shit 'til the wheels fall off. The women's Rumble was pretty fun. It is crazy to me how many stalwarts from the last 5 years weren't in it. Carmella, Tamina, Nikki Cross, Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte, Sasha, et. al. I know there are varying legitimate reasons for their absence. It just serves as a stark reminder of how quickly the women's roster can turn over. Maxine Dupri probably needs more time. Naomi coming back was cool. She has one of my favorite entrances in wrestling. I don't share some corner's of the internet's excitement about the potential of TNA and WWE working together, but Jordynne Grace seemed ecstatic to be there and the crowd was happy to see her. Our paths have crossed a few times at powerlifting meets in Georgia and she and Jon have always been super nice to me. I'm of the opinion that the creative really isn't any better under HHH than it was under Vince, but I do enjoy how much more "zip" this Rumble seems to have. One of my biggest peeves currently in wrestling is this idea that Jade Cargill isn't "ready." Can she bump like Bayley? Fuck no. But asking Jade to bump more than twice a match is completely misunderstanding what you have with her. She doesn't need to work like everyone else because she isn't like everyone else. She looked like a Greek Goddess amongst the common folk while she was in the Rumble, and her manhandling (figuratively) Nia Jax was the only moment of the show that made me audibly react. What in the world do they think they need her to do that she can't do now? If she's gonna end up having weekly 8-10 minute matches like everyone else on the roster then Endeavor would've been better off lighting a match to the money they gave her. She can't be anywhere on the card but an attraction. Let Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark have long matches to no reaction. Jade is there to draw eyes and do shit no one else can do. Neither Rumble winner was surprising. I know the rumor was that Bayley just re-signed, but I still don't think WWE really appreciates her the way they should. Her ability to get a TV match out of anyone is truly remarkable. She's gotten worlds better on the mic and this heel persona has been fantastic. She's become the class of the Four Horsewomen by a wide margin. In a fair and just world she gets the long title run in front of an audience that she's deserved for a while. Cody should "finish his story," but I'm still skeptical, mostly because I still think deep down that corporate image means more to WWE than any other deciding factor, and the Rock and Roman Reigns are both bigger stars outside WWE than Cody, and anyone who thinks that doesn't matter are kidding themselves. It wouldn't shock me if Roman and Rock were the story coming out of Mania, and it would shock me even less if we were to find out later that the decision got taken out of HHH's hands.
  9. So I was watching some old Ricky Starks promos from a couple years ago, and damn was Hobbs cool with the fur coat and no shirt. He would fit perfect with the Mogul Affiliates with that look. At this point, though, throwing him straight into another stable would be dumb.
  10. I chuckled a couple times. Fun little show and only about 8 minutes.
  11. That would rule, actually. "Uh, you actually can't fine anyone." Then everyone they've fined or otherwise wrong comes out and kicks the shit out of them. I'd watch that.
  12. I'd need to give it a second watch. I think this is by far the best use of the Bucks from a character perspective. They aren't at all likeable, so why pretend they are? The cynic in me thinks they grounded Top Flight so as to not be shown up by them, but I'll admit that that's my own extreme cynicism.
  13. I mean, I have trouble believing Tony Schiavone couldn't kick the shit out of both Jacksons, but that was my only real complaint about this show...
  14. What pay per view outlet will that CMLL card be on? Also, I keep hearing here and other places that AEW is on life support. It's nuts; for a company that is allegedly on death's door, there sure are a lot of things picking up/going well. There's the huge pay per view crowds, the huge free agent signings (Okada, Mone, Ospreay), and now QT Marshall coming back on a backstage role. I'm not equating Marshall's importance to those others, but he's definitely a dude who would know if the ship he were re-boarding were sinking or not. Either a) he was told unequivocally "nah. hard pass" by the competition, b) the friend he has who is a huge mover and shaker at the competition told him "hey, not everything is Mai Thai's and Yahtzee over here", or c) QT just sees AEW as a viable long term employer. Marshall coming back will help in several ways, not the least of which would be giving "Cody guys" like Rick Starks, Ethan Page, Red Velvet, Preston Vance and others an advocate backstage. I get the sense Starks is looking for reasons to stay, and having his good friend QT back in a producer/talent relations role can't at all hurt.
  15. I spent the second half of last season as the videographer for the Augusta (GA) Greenjackets. Excited to get going for my second year. Highlights last year; Seeing Hurston Waldrep dominate in his only Low A start. He ended the year in AAA and is a big league camp invitee for the Braves. Meeting Braves organist Matt Kaminski. Fantastic human and exactly my kind of eccentric. Watching Ambioris Tavarez finish strong. He's under tremendous pressure as the Braves first international FA signing post ban, and he appears to finally be making strides. He's a puppy with big paws. All the tools are there. I'd love to see him put it all together. Mostly because I've got lots of signed stuff. Goofing around with Augie, the mascot. My 3 year old son is a huge Augie fan and he thinks Dad is the absolute coolest for being Augie's buddy. We do a thing where we dance on the dugout and throw t-shirts and my son looked at me like I invented cable television. It's comforting that I can one day remind him that at one point, he thought I was cool. Meeting Alex Anthopoulos. I so very rarely get starstruck, but he just exudes... confidence and knowledge. Bobbleheads. I love bobbleheads.
  16. I could be into that, too. I like the Lethal Lottery idea better but this isn't a bad shout, other than I feel like it maybe makes the outcome a little less in doubt...
  17. Rock really is by miles and miles the best part of Be Cool. Jumanji is fun. It's not gonna be mistaken for high art, but it's entertaining from minute 1 until the end. Everyone in those movies is swinging for the fences. It's the goodest of shit.
  18. I think it might be fun with Malakai to like, tease that he has some kind of supernatural abilities. Not out and out say it, and not have anything he does be too outlandish, but just little stuff. Like, in the fantasy booked Lethal Lottery tourney some of us have suggested, have Black & Matthews be paired together at random and Black is standing there smiling like he had something to do with it. Overt magic in pro wrestling is dumb, but mind games are fun. The key is that it would have to be somewhat plausible that Black could just be really sneaky and manipulative, but he could also be influencing the company by supernatural means. And he never gives a straight answer. He just shrugs when asked about it, or says something like "I like magic." You never say he's magic. You never have him do overtly supernatural shit. He just has a lot of things go his way at opportune times that leads to success. I don't think that's ever been done, and I think he's the perfect guy to do that with.
  19. Yes. Adam Cole has much less upside than those people. He should be far, far behind them in the pecking order. Was I not clear? I'm sorry...
  20. Nope. There sure isn't. He has less upside than anyone else you listed there, and there's probably some others, too. Kingston and the HOB guys, for example...
  21. Or Michael Bay working with anyone but Nicholas Cage. Or Bruce Willis.
  22. There's really no reason to do it, but they need established tag teams not named Jackson. It'd be hilarious if Starks/Big Bill said they were amicably going their separate ways and then get partnered up in the draw. They're the team S&O face in the finals. Then maybe you turn Starks on Bill, depending on whether or not Ricky thinks it'd be more fun to toil in nXt as Stark Richards than be in a top spot on AEW TV. If he's leaving, let him shine Large William up on the way out.
  23. Well, I'll tell you this; someone suggested a Lethal Lottery- type tournament when/if Darby & Sting vacate the Tag Titles. I'm predicting, because I'd find it entertaining, that that's how Santana & Ortiz get back together and finally win their long overdue AEW Championships. I'm also predicting some kind of title reign for Ruby Soho, because it would rule, and she deserves it. I'm also predicting that Swerve/Page/Joe will fornicate.
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