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I like AEW. I’m not a hater at all. I just think a couple of the EVP’s could learn a bit of self awareness….

Re: Red Velvet; I'd never noticed that, but you're right. Huh.

Pretty hard to "separate" guys from their tweets about wanting to physically assault Obama. It's clear we aren't going to come to an agreement on this. That's fine. Varying tastes in wrestling is one of the things that makes it so great. The last thing I'd want to discuss is the frankly laughable comparison you made to the Midnight Express. Not a single member of that team, in any iteration, would've suffered one iota of the young buck's business-exposing horseshit, and any combination of Stan Lane, Dennis Condrey, and/or Randy Rose would've told them to fuck off to their faces. Bobby Eaton's too nice a guy to have done that, but I doubt he'd have been very happy selling the punches the bucks threw Friday night or the softer than baby shit knees they hit Moxley with at the end of their title match. I daresay the manager of the Midnight's feelings on the matter are well established. He isn't right very often, but when he is... well, yeah. The sooner we can all move past the myth that speeding through movez without selling or reacting is what makes for a great wrestling match, the sooner we can leave the young bucks behind us.

Yeah, that's one thing AEW does really well. Not having everyone on TV all the time. Still makes it possible to get excited when I see "Eddie Kingston in action next week" on screen, instead of that quasi- dysentarial feeling in my stomach when Raw shows the Lashley/McIntyre graphic AGAIN....

I tend to only use that phrase in context pertaining to law enforcement, but you aren't wrong.

I guess we will also wildly disagree on what "betting on themselves" means. They turned down a probable six figure a year deal with a company that runs house shows to make seven figures with a corporate title that allows them to virtually guarantee their own success in a company that doesn't run house shows. Pretty easy to succeed when you're an executive in the company you're also a performer for. Even easier to be seen as the company's top tag team when you're allowed to consistently book yourself that way, even while physically dominating much larger opponents to a degree that exposes the business. I like AEW. I agree that its revolutionized pro wrestling in the 21st century. I disagree that the young bucks are at all integral in making it what it is today. AEW would be in exactly the same spot now if Gallows and Anderson or FTR had been the EVPs with Kenny and Cody. From everything I've read and seen, Cody and Tony were the key cogs in that deal, and were the only two who could've gotten the TNT deal done. And, personally, and if I step over a line with this next part, feel free to let me know, but I don't believe anyone who tweets the things they did about President Obama is a "really good guy." At that point your belief structure just isn't one I relate to.

There's an attraction element in simping. "Caping" is like what those people who say "Vince has the right to fire anyone he wants because its his company" do. There's some aspect of truth to what they say, but why would anyone ever take that side?

I have no idea what that is. I also have no idea why anyone would cape for second rate Rockers cosplayers who also happen to be fourth rate human beings. But do you, I guess.

I mean, it could be outrage over a guy who's done the stiff-ass work Mox has over the last year having to sell knees that shitty as death. Maybe that's just me...

Wow the Bucks are bad. I mean, it's pretty remarkable they can even perform considering they both suffer from full body atrophy, but their strikes were especially awful tonight. I can't imagine a guy as intense as PAC enjoyed selling those. Andrade is a big-ass pickup for them. Dude looks like a star, and putting him with Vickie keeps him heel. I wonder if Thea ever makes the jump and if so, if it's jsut with Tom End now. I enjoy Red Velvet. I like that whole little squad, with Swole and Kylinn King, but I REALLY enjoy Red Velvet. The Inncer Circle thing was fun, and Wardlow/Hager should be a spectacle, if not a scientific marvel. main event was good, but Comorato should've gone over. Britt's thing felt like a waste.

If true, that's just cold blooded. Braun's 37. AJ Styles is what, 43? It's funny, and probably true, but it's cold blooded.

FOr the record, I’d be just fine with AEW not cutting anyone. I’m just saying if it’s between Andrade or Tommy End and fucking Luther, I know which choice should be made...

Wait. On what planet is Jade Cargill not good? That's idiocy of the highest order. She's green, but she understands what she's good at and plays the part well. She doesn't do "movez," which I know doesn't endear her to the Omega/Bucks fans around here, but she seems to have a really advanced understanding of what she's supposed to be. Having said that, working with women like Heidi Lovelace would only help her get better, and AEW should facilitate that as soon as possible. Sign them all. If that means some undercard folks go, then they go. The idea that AEW needs to stick with "homegrown talent" is asinine. You field the best possible team you can afford, and the Khans can afford the team they want. Sign Andrade to add a big time latin star to your roster, which desperately needs another one. Sign Samoa Joe to bring some hard-hitting change of pace to your TNT Title division. Sign Tommy End to chase down and kick the head off Kenny Omega. Sign Buddy Murphy to have bangers with everyone on the roster. Seriously. I'd watch Murphy & Darby, Jungle Boy or Hangman Page as many times as they want to run it. Sign Heidi, Thea, Cassie, and Jessie to thicken your improving women's division. This isn't hard, and the idea that they shouldn't sign these folks is pretty inane.

Bryan isn’t on the roster anymore, is he?

Why would he? Shit, why would anyone who has options?

Is Riddick Moss still on the roster?

AEW could use all the help they can get in the women’s division, even with all the improvements they’ve made. Cass and Jessie will be just fine.

FWIW, one of the accounts reporting this had the first round of cuts before almost anyone. It could be one of those things where they decide not to, but yeah, I'm not answering my phone if I'm any of them. They used Lana last night and she's done today.

Some folks reporting that Keith Lee, Liv Morgan, Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo will be gone before the day is over. IF true... just mind blowing.

I will admit that I advocate for AEW signing folks like Joe & Murphy because I like them and the more people I'm a fan of on the same show, the less time a week I have to devote to wrestling. I'm a Mustafa Ali & Ricochet release away from not even catching Raw highlights on youtube. I like Murphy and if he wants to stay stateside, AEW is the place for him.

They could cut the entire main roster and completely refresh from nXt in a week. The shows would be cheeks, but the numbers are there.

I see a lot of folks citing WCW 1998, but isn't it just as likely that AEW pulls a WWE circa 1995, where a glut of underappreciated released WCW talent comes in and is given a legit chance to get over? Brad Armstrong turns into the Road Dogg, Stunning Steve into Stone Cold, Jean Paul Levesque into HHH, Cactus into Mankind, etc... Tony Khan, for his many flaws, gives a shit about wrestling, and there are some talented wrestlers that became available today. If he gets the chance to make a personnel upgrade, he absolutely should.

Ok. Tell Joey Janela and Serpentico bye then. You have a chance to raise the talent level of your wrestling company by bringing in better wrestlers. You also have a second show debuting in the fall. Cut some bottom feeders and add a few world class performers.

Murphy, Aleister, Ruby, Andrade, & Zelina all end up in AEW as soon as they can, right? I mean, that’s a given. Joe, too.

Santana got herself in some hot water on Twitter over the weekend.