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Aren’t they called “Manhattan drops” now or is that a different move?

The tall lanky member of Varsity Blonds

And since we’re randomly doing this, Daniel Garcia gives me strong Bob Backlund vibes.

Griff Garrison

JD Drake is your Greg Valentine. That’s all I have to add to all of this.

Respect for Jade saying “I don’t trust myself with that” on the knee drop. Freak injuries happen, but I imagine more injuries happen when people try and do stuff they’re not capable of or don’t have mastery of.

I guess for me, if I’m paying $50 bucks for a PPV, I’m glad to get 4+ hours of wrestling. If they go to 6 a year, and shorten them, in my mind they’ll need to be $10 cheaper.

Not much to add that wasn’t already said. Opener was so good, but that’s was to be expected. I should have guessed when the Hardys called the Bucks “Hardys cosplayers” what was going to happen. It was uncanny at times. Acclaimed are so over, and while Caster-Martin wasn’t a great match (Dante reverted to his weak strikes, he needs more BCC time) it was good to get Dante a win on TV. Young love and Kaz segment was cringe. Please, for the love of Gotch, make this feud end Coach Tony. Main event was excellent, Stat really woke everyone up when she hit that HUGE lariat after the first couple of minutes of feeling things out. During PiP, I’m fairly certain that Stat’s hanging vertical lasted 20-25 seconds. The segment Dean posted a tweet of was slick and brutal and I think everyone was justifiably pissed at the kick out there, especially after the pre-match promos. Ruby did a good job post-match reacting to what was happening and not just giving lines.

If the idea of the pre-show is to convince people on the fence and/or casuals to shell out money for the PPV, then something like Darby-O'Reilly would be a much better option than Hookhausen- Smart Abs.

I think I actually had that one as I have a modded PS1 that could play burned games and imports. If not that, I definitely had a joshi game. I sold it to a used game store a few years back.

Especially the last month with the NBA playoffs.

Wardlow is SO OVER! Wow! It was hard not to start popping at home. Also damn, I hope that local enhancement dude is okay, nasty cage bump. Best use of the cage in that match until the final visual. Wardlow needs some gold by the end of the year. Hangman-Punk was intense in a slow build way. Verged at time on being a little too insidery, but hearing the crowd go from booing Hangman to cheering after he made his stand for AEW was cool, and then Punk really getting into his head at the end. Mox-King vs Private Party was more competitive than I expected, great brawling, PP know how to really take offense. Best Shooting Star Press I’ve seen in a while. The Danielson injury angle is interesting in terms of evening the perceived odds, although Jericho being a wizard might be a hidden advantage. Trent is sneaky maybe a top ten guy in AEW. Great match, especially when Trent and Dax were wailing on each other. Jeff Cobb is a scary looking dude. Not sure of this is where the Hardys backstage segment was, I think it was at this point in the show, but it was excellent. Loved the triple threat, they all really gelled and played well off each other, felt very smooth. Highlights being Swerve throwing JB from a shoulder carry onto Starks for a huracanrana, and then Swerve landing on his feet on the super poison rana attempt. Aubrey Edwards was agog in the background. And then Lee doing his over the top rope move! Helpful to have two huge strong dudes there to catch. Thunder Rosa does a decent job to remind us that she actually has a match at the PPV and we should be interested in it. Crowd loves her. No makeup was nice touch. Storm and Baker was solid, they messed up the ending a bit with Hayter. Or actually getting there to help DMD, making her grab the rope instead. I was honestly a little surprised to DMD go over, I won’t believe that they have Stat or Ruby go over her, and I have a sick feeling we’re going to get Bay Bay and DMD as winners. Finally, Joe-KOR was stiffer than my back is going to be tomorrow after doing 10 hours of metal detecting and digging holes for work. Good lord they just laid in everything. My MOTN.

Counterpoint: Sonny has looked great in recent Youtube matches and is over with the live crowd (from personal experience) and could very capably be in an 8-10 minute TV prelim match as a JTTS. At least as interesting as any of the lower tier Dark Order guys at this point.

as long as it doesn't give you the Scorpion Death Drops

Obviously shows how long it's been since I paid it any attention ?

Nah, Austin wouldn't care about a pro football team, we already have a semi-pro one. San Antonio is perfect, they already have a stadium built for football and a hungry fan base.

For the arena fans, WWE has traditionally run their Austin shows at the Frank Erwin Center (aka the Drum). This was closed last year and the upcoming show will be at the brand new Moody Center, which I believe is a little smaller and set up to serve as a better concert venue in addition to being a basketball arena. I imagine they'll mention that on the program as well.

I've seen fancy cooking shows where they use chicken skin cracklins for crunch.

If it's about bonuses, then just select a Pro Bowl team the way Topps used to name their "All Pro" team for their sports cards. All of these guys can afford to pay for their own trips to Hawaii these days.

I'm just glad it's on a holiday weekend here in the US so I can try and stay up late watching the whole thing while enjoying cold beverages, and then sleep in the next morning.

The twist is that last week Yuka and Anna Jay beat Nyla and Emi, so Skye Blue is the weak link apparently.

I rewound that sequence three times and then made my wife watch it because of the way they both bounced after that Nyla-bomb.

His name is Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he has a similar schedule.

Rippa or Schneider?

Toni Storm says "G'day"