JLowe

Haven't you seen the tweets with photos of BCC doing the Madness pose backstage?

I was going to use that one but decided to go with Stone Roses and my Munich rave story (for which I was only very drunk, no disco biscuits, and danced all night as we had no where to stay anyway). This is quintessential Madchester, in all the best/worst ways:

I agree that a heel SioG with a mean monster Lee would be fun for a while.

I actually went to a "rave" in a small warehouse in Munich while visiting in late 1990 and this was the big smash of the night.

For those scratching their melons: I was having to explain to my wife about how ravers started as guys with floppy hair and baggy clothes dancing to grooving 80s britpop before turning into the techno scene and I am so old.

I must have stopped watching before Henry hit main event level, I've always assumed he was just a DVDVR fave.

I feel in the '80s Heenan used to talk about his lawyers, the firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

That was an excellent example of turning chicken shit into chicken salad. Tony's taped announcement was smart. Since we're all analyzing body language, he seemed really nervous when announcing the vacancies, lots of blinking. But he was very excited when announcing the trios match (which I predicted) and the tournament of champions. For a minute, I thought it was structured to potentially set up Mox-Danielson and Jericho-Sammy in the semis, which would have been fun. What they did with the MJF opening was smart. Having Mox basically hit the reset button and set the tone for the company moving forward was genius. My wife was half-listening and was making fun of it a little for being so serious (she also has a crush on MJF), but I was totally bought in. Trios match was about what was expected, some comedy, Penta being Penta, some big spots (I personally felt the triple Canadian Destroyer was too convoluted and required a lot of staging). Complaints were a waste of Chuck T's huge entrance stage senton during PiP and Death Triangle going over. I think Best Friends could have much more interesting matches with a variety of competition. Hangman-Danielson wasn't as good as their 2 classics but was still very good on short notice, and I liked seeing Danielson win on a flash/surprise. Page's huge moonsault was awesome, and the chops palm strikes to the chest were stiff. My DVR wasn't able to record the Storm-Ford match because of, ironically, a storm messing up my DirecTv, but I'm sure it was a perfectly cromulent match. Wardlow squashing Nese felt like deja vu to something from earlier in the summer. They have to figure out something to do with him. Fucking MJF... Main wasn't as good a match as the ROH PPV but was an excellent match with a very hot crowd and a great payoff, and wasn't how I predicted. A little lost in the Dragon-Garcia-Jericho angle was Yuta sitting in the background, looking a little pissed about Dragon giving his love to Garcia. Considering we're also potentially building to Mox-Danielson at Grand Slam, are they working an angle of BCC dissension? Disappointed that Caster didn't get a rap, but also probably a smart move, and definitely got Swerve some extra heel heat. Him and Bowens mean-mugging each other at the end has me excited for a side story to their tag feud.

Fuck yes, Shook Ones Part 2 is the perfect song for Eddie. I expected to hate Westside Gunn thinking it was going to be trap crap, but it was very Wu-style and was perfectly fine. And speaking of music, can they PLEASE kill the vocals from Danielson's intro? Considering how hard that flopped at the PPV, I figured they would have gotten the message.

I had started writing a long post about my experiences in punk/hardcore and how there are 2 kinds of straight-edge people, personified by Bryan Danielson and CM Punk. One just lives his life the way he chooses, tries to bring others along, and yeah they can be smug about it but they're not going to be in your face about their beliefs. The other has made it their personality, and goes around looking to start shit, knock drinks out of people's hands at shows while his buddies are at his side. The only difference in this case is that CM Punk didn't have a crew.

From an angle/business perspective, yes I agree. Does he deserve it?

What they really should do is say "technically, Stokely Hathaway grabbed the chip, at which point the match was over and he was the winner. The chip is, and always has been, non-transferable (note: I don't know if this is actually true I've only been watching for a year)." And then let it all burn.

The idea of someone from the Lower East Side being a hedge fund guy is still so weird to me as someone who grew up in NY in the '80s.

Does Buddy Matthews ring gear always look like someone dumpster diving for discarded wrestling gear? I'd love to see him with slightly modified look and away from all the witchcraft stuff. Meanwhile, have Brodie join Hobbs in the hoss division chasing Wardlow.

And they've been working the Yuta using all of his rope breaks early angle for a while, combine that with "Garcia learned some new shit from his fights with Danielson" and it's a perfect set-up for Garcia to finally win.

MJF ending up a huge face after the way he fucked over Wardlow would be some shit, for sure.

Wondering if we get a singles match with one of the Acclaimed vs. one of SioG? Any matchup could be fun, but I’d go with Caster-Lee, with Swerve cheating to help get the win.

“We just got word from Tony Khan that the Death Triangle-Best Friends match is going to be for the interim trios titles!”

Hey, that’s going to be 108,000 people, get it right!

Caster has to tread somewhat lightly though, don’t want another suspension when your big push is in motion. Although I suppose it worked for MJF.

Only problem is they killed the Casino Battle Royale match on Sunday.

When we start seeing dissension between the 2, that's our sign that Sting is ready to bow out, I would guess his final act would be putting over Darby in a coffin match with one HUGE scary spot to go out on.

Toxic Attraction and Bron were the only halfway decent things about NXT 2.0 when it rebranded.

First thing I thought was "Sting has been getting mist in the face for 35 years" and I really wish that he had gotten Malakai with green mist as a tribute to his feud with Muta. On the other hand, if this kills the mist gimmick dead then even better.

Hahaha. for real though, maybe Bowens slipped, felt a brief twinge, and then decided that he was really going to sell it knowing that the other guys were experienced enough to make it their focus.