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Gee I wonder who will help Jacob even the odds against the Temu Bloodline?

Company man.

100% snoozefest, give me Bloodline shenanigans over this any day as repetitive and all as it was.

Nice to see up and comers Becky and Seth get the kickstart their careers needed.

Agreed on all points. And to add to it, they had a hot start with Penta and it seems they don’t know what to do with him, I can’t see him winning at the PLE as they’ll probably want to further the Judgement Day story. But hey who knows. The Cena turn is just pure laziness, it wasn’t thought out fully and he/they obviously didn’t want to lose out on merch sales so they just stuck him in his same gear and gave him the “You People” generic heel turn. It’s obvious they don’t know what to do with Rhea other than “ummm she’s the champ now”. Bringing Becky and Charlotte back for storylines that make no sense when there is plenty of women on the roster that deserve higher positions on the card. It reminds me of that period in 2018-2021 (I could be wrong on the years) where they had such a bloated roster and didn’t know what to do with it, which led to people wanting to leave and I feel those times are close again. Don’t get me started on Rollins being your main heel. The biggest and most interesting stars on the roster at the minute are Cody and Roman. Roman doesn’t want to be there full time so it’s hard to put him in any storyline that lasts longer than a couple of weeks and where the fuck do you go with Cody after that shit show of a Mania main.

The women’s triple threat was one of the best matches I’ve seen in a while. Everything was so crisp and timed perfectly. Joe Hendry must have been walking on air after that reaction he got.

Starks/Page got the cringey “Thank you Tony” chant over the weekend but for me the real Thank You Tony moment is Punk getting his main event. As crazy as it sounds watching Punk back in 2011- 2013 helped me get out of a dark place mentally so I’m glad he got his moment in the sun. And yes I’m fully aware he most likely is a dick behind it all but to me, he deserved it. Was Jey Uso injured? Dude looked fucking out of it for 3/4 of the match and it seemed the ref was checking on him a bit TOO much but maybe I misread it. Gunther tapping out was a choice

I thought back in 98 that this match was some of the biggest horseshit I’d ever seen and I still think the same today. Why? I don’t know exactly, I suppose I just don’t get it. You can end the match after the announce table spot and still have the same story, everything that follows is just hard to watch and unnecessary.

To me Cody came off looking like the biggest fucking dork- he gets his ass handed to him at Chamber, spends 2 weeks on Raw and SD calling out/looking for Cena then finally is in the same building as him and all he does is do his full entrance while all smiles calls Cena a bitch and leaves. Edit- I know the live crowd ate it up but take away THAT atmosphere and it just doesn’t add up.

Wasn’t a fan of the first 10 minutes or so and can’t put my finger on why but it just felt off. The Murdock/Fisk scene in the diner and the ending scene with ‘Staring at the sun’ were fantastic though.

To me everything from the rejection of Rocks offer to Cena choking Cody out with his tie was just perfect, probably one of the greatest wrestling moments I’ve seen. The extras with whipping and Travis Scott nonsense isn’t for me but I wasn’t totally put off by it. I have two small gripes- 1. And this is probably an age related gripe but EVERYONE is on their phones either filming the moment itself or their reaction to it. Just live in the moment people, there is going to be plenty coverage of it afterwards! 2. Do Rock and Hunter and whoever else realise that by doing the Cena turn that there’s a chance Cody gets booed out of the building at Mania and possibly during the run in to it ?

Jey winning makes the most sense even if I was bit ‘meh’ when I saw it. It was either him or Punk and maybe Punks injury record went against him for long term planning? Dude doesn’t need it anyway. I think Roman/Seth/Cena are in the “don’t need it” category and as someone said Cena has all year to get number 17 it doesn’t necessarily have to be at Mania. I don’t know who faces Cody yet but I see Punk v Cena and Roman V Seth as semi mains for both nights. It’s great that there’s so much going on that it’s so unpredictable. I’m definitely in the minority here but I think Cody’s lucky that the company is white hot at the minute because his reign hasn’t been that good (just my opinion) he’s in the Cena role and business is great but I reckon if the stories and angles not involving him weren’t as good the spotlight would be harsher on him.

Give KO a 4-6 week run with the belt please.

I don’t get why Seth has to get involved in War Games, I mean I know he’s linked to the story but why (storyline wise) would he ever team with Roman again? Just give it to someone that’s off tv or Bron or someone from NXT. I can’t remember the exact quote but someone on here (i think, it might have even been a wrestler) said that WWE is great at the minute, and it is, but it’s the same guys getting to time all the time more or less. Adding something new or different to the war games match wouldn’t hurt it at all.

This version of Mox is the best Mox. As hard as they try,Jack Perry is just not that guy.

Whatever way it was meant,“this isn’t your company anymore” is a killer line. Mox looked great.

I was in and out of watching this but one qualm I do have is (and I know this is how AEW does big shows but still) how they just rolled from match to match to match without leaving things (and the crowd) breathe.

The MJF shtick is fast forward territory for me, at some stage he has to learn that not every feud he’s in has to have 20 minute perfectly verbalised promos where sometimes YOU SHOUT AT THE END OF A SENTENCE FOR NO REASON! Sometimes the less MJF the better. Thought Ospreay, Swerve and Dragon came off great. Great crowd also.

Roman Reigns is the fuckin man. That is all.

Involving Seth in Punk/Drew has diluted it a bit for me but then again I just can’t stand his shtick.

I have all the respect in the world for what they are trying to do by honouring Brays vision and legacy but the Sick6 stuff isn’t for me. Also I have to ask, what is Jey Usos character supposed to be now?

That ending was fantastic. Edit; upon rewatch, Mariah May did not hold back on any of her shots. Killer.

Edge wins lol

100% all of them need to move on, yes Punk brought it up again but Ariel quizzes him on it, if he said nothing people would have had a problem with that too. I said it in a previous comment but I don’t know what the gain is here. One weeks rating pop? Yay but what happens after?

Not much to say other than it was Cody’s time and that I hope Roman gets his flowers for this title run and it isn’t forgotten in the transition to this new era. Mania did a great job of further setting up the inevitable Punk/Drew feud but where does Priest go from here? Can’t see him having the belt for long. My hopes for the summer are a tribal chief face run, and also Drew/Punk and Cody/Randy for the belts. Interesting week ahead on Raw and Smackdown and even Dynamite (who might pop a rating for a week with some BACKSTAGE FOOTAGE~!).