just drew

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.”

Twice your boy was the beneficiary of WCW's papering practices. I was there in the Ga Dome for WCW's best moment and worst moment on television.

@Casey I’m not sure what’s funny about what I said. I mean, I guess if I were a hapless Punk mark I’d be laughing too, if it kept me from crying. Your boy has been a paper lion for at least 3 years. Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston, and Adam Page, amongst others, called Phil a bitch to his face on tv, and Punk did nothing. Instead he sucker punched noted tough guys Matt & Nick Jackson. Then he tried & failed to choke out Jack Perry, who Phil outweighs by 80 lbs. Then, after being fired by a company that was willing to tailor their entire product around him, he showed up to French kiss the ass of the “doofus son in law” he once said he’d never work for. Your punk rock kid has gone back on everything he’s ever said. His integrity is as absent as his edge. He’s “Mr. TKO.” He’s become the establishment he claimed to despise. So yeah; if I were you, I’d laugh to keep from crying too.

So, maybe this should go in the weekly thread, but holy hell, what a glorious week this was for those of us who have always rolled our eyes at CM Punk’s “anti-establishment” act. This was the modern answer to what trips had to go through after the “curtain call.” I believe the direct quote that Trips attributes to Vince was; “you’re gonna eat so many plates of shit that you’re gonna like the taste.” Phil had to go to Saudi Arabia, a place he explicitly said he’d never perform, dress up like John Cena and do the shittiest freestyle rap since Noah Vanderhoff went on Wayne’s World, apologize to a planted fan for a tweet that I believe he genuinely meant, and then got made to look like shit against a thoroughly coasting John Cena. And to think: all he had to do was not get upset at Adam Page for not wanting advice that he didn’t ask for. This is what narcissism and self adulation gets you. He’s “Mr. TKO” now. The highest paid corporate stooge since Ed McMahon assured us that any of us could win the sweepstakes. Fuck that poser. I hope the Saudi blood $ keeps him warm, because he’s sold off every moral he’s ever pretended to have.

I think that’s why Stat is gonna join the Death Riders. To team with Marina. AEW & ROH should have universal trios & tag titles. Each brand doesn’t need their own belt. I’m okay with two secondary men’s titles simply due to modern roster sizes. It would be better if there were something that differentiates the two titles, but a second secondary title makes sense. Yeah, the TBS & women’s titles should be merged.

There's been a lot of silly interpretation of who's names represent what. I think the easiest way to interpret those three names is that those 3 guys were all guys Punk championed in the past. He famously fought for Dolph Ziggler and Zack Ryder to get more tv time. The cynics amongst us (myself included) wondered how genuine he was being about that. Did he really think those guys deserved more, or was he invoking their names because it would further endear him to the growing sector of fans who were not into what was currently being booked? Also, yeah. That promo ruled. Fuck that poser.

I can't remember exactly what the issue was, but there was a thing where he couldn't travel to Canada for a big match and didn't inform anyone until the last moment.

Ordered mine today.

You’d be proud of me. There’s tons of idiots on wreddit throwing the “Mercedes Hogan” nonsense around as though they’ve never seen a “belt collector” story before. I’m in the trenches, baby.

It should’ve been two posts. I started out being somewhat facetious. Then I veered into serious. That’s on me. It just made me smile when Hanger did that just two weeks after TKO sent Rey Mysterio out to publicly thank WWE for “legitimizing” Lucha Libre. Fuck those maga dorks.

I may or may not have much more about this show. I thought it was dope as hell. I just wanted to chime in on the Hangman Love-fest. That dude is too good for this business. Can you even imagine what a sanctimonious, self-righteous piece of shit one would have to be to not get along with a standup human being like Adam Page? Imagine the deep-seated insecurity required to see a quality human being like Hangman Page as a threat? Lots of guys in this business talk the talk when it comes to speaking out about human rights. Hangman Page cut a promo in spanish in Mexico during a highly tumultuous week in our nation's history. I could be completely wrong, but when I listen to a guy like Hangman speak fondly of a handful of migrant workers he encountered during childhood, remembering their names, and generally just being a wonderful human, i almost get a little misty-eyed. I have a young son, and I want him to grow up to be a guy like Hangman Page.

Speaking of Mortos, apparently he and Mercedes Mone are a thing now. My guy is posting "dubs" left and right.

They could also merge the TBS/World titles by having Mercedes win so they could introduce women's tag titles.