For Great Justice

Hey maybe we get the scene from Rudy and all the wrestlers will walk into Vince’s office and throw their gear on his desk. For Kof

Ok I got a kick out of the swerve ending. If this were 1980 that would be “kill the town” stuff. I mean that crowd just went kerplunk. I was expecting WCW-ish trash and beer in the ring. But as a TV product I love the swerve and am looking forward to next week. Poor 205 live guys

Braun SNL bit leads to heel sneak attack leads to Nicholas run in and kendo stick ball shots

God this Shooter McGavin shit is the absolute worst and needs to crawl back into the same hole that other turn of the decade relics like the word “extreme” and Tank Abbott pulling a knife on a dude live. For a guy who I think more or less shares my idyllic view of wrestling as 1983 Mid South, I’m disappointed that HHH is both condoning this and booking his own shitty shoot promo feud. Bill Watts ain’t book no shoot angle

I know WWE performers are 1099’s, but do they have to pay state income taxes in only the state they are domiciled in, or like professional sports pay state income taxes in every state in which they perform? I presume the former, which explains why so many live in Florida. Do professional entertainers (singers, etc) pay state income in states they perform in? Curious how this works.

Who knew Prince Iaukea was such a grizzled vet when he showed up on the mothership. No wonder he won the TV title

Styles/Orton is a tailor made opener, isn’t it? Name guys, clear heel/face divide, athletic stuff that will pop the crowd. Reminds me of Cody/Rey from 28, which was really good and should have been the opener instead of Del Rio / Edge

I feel like they got the challenger / likely new champion right, but I’m not excited about the match they are using to get there. Would have maybe preferred a multiman ladder cluster to play off last year.

Man this gauntlet match next week might be incredible. This thing has been really good, almost note perfect so far. The B+ Player callback to Bryan himself, awesome.

Give the timeframe I always thought Test was a steroid pun. Sounded like a Russo sort of thing to do.

I was gonna say I don’t remember Rotunda in the West Texas Rednecks and then I saw the graphics. I wonder if he too likes country music. And if he likes country girls.

Those are/were both awful but here’s a cool picture

This is a feud that’s been right there for them for a while. I think they were gonna run with it last year when one or the other dude got hurt (can’t remember). Anyway the inevitable Joe promo about being boys in UPW while Cena went Hollywood and Joe took the hard road will be incredible. Cena’s shooty mcshootshoot stuff about “Orlando” notsomuch.

If putting Ali in that spot was some kind of interesting test of his ability to be an upper card baby face that dude passed with flying colors. Not many guys on the roster pull off what he did. Has to bode well for his future

For a nothing show I thought this turned out really good. A small thing but I dug the little production detail of the Corbin/Lashley/Drew promo being produced like the early days Shield promos