John from Cincinnati

Devil's advocate: A lot of people aren't interested in seeing that side of it. Of course I'm just taking a knock at the comparison. You're totally right about athletes competing for titles being the whole point.

I assumed this was a widely accepted abbreviation of a Michael Scott bit. Whoops.

Not from anywhere credible yet. Though even if they're true, I'm not sure why anyone would risk being put in the discard pile for the remainder of their contract at this point.

I'm not into that scene. ELI5?

Only SDLive Youtube video with over 1M views as of this post (at 1.4M): Closest at 724K is the Miz-Sheamus main event.

I'm not into that scene. ELI5?

My reaction to his entrance tonight: "Wow, the ring announcer is really putting some stink on his first name... Oh..."

Sounds to me like whatever this Beyond Wrestling stuff is needs a larger stage to shine on after proving itself in the minor leagues.

While I appreciate the sentiment here, this is your winner with 106M.

2M views now. And yeah, a lot of it is the thumbnail. But it still tells you something.

Hypothetical question based on this from the Raw thread: Seemingly there's an appetite from wrestling fans for a certain kind of content that WWE may not be interested in providing all the time. If AEW were to lean more adult and more mature, what would the reaction be if some of their talent were to partner with producers of tasteful nude photography? I know popular culture is different than it was at the turn of the century. But, as seen above, it isn't so different that such content wouldn't find an audience.

Food for thought: At the time of this post, only two official WWE Youtube videos from last's Raw have more than a million views. One is Braun flipping the limo with 1.9M. And at 1.8M, we have...

Aren't vocal racists normally mad about something?

Why would he be worried about that? Biscuits and gravy made him a man.

There's speculation NBC may use their Olympic coverage to drive their streaming service? That's some serious unearned confidence. I'd happily pay to see them give up their rights to the games forever.

I'm not so sure about this. Benoit tapping out Hunter in MSG and Michaels in Edmonton back-to-back shows felt big at the time. Of course then the focus shifted hard to the Hunter-Shawn HIAC build and Eugene. There was no follow-through and they were clearly over Benoit shortly after Backlash. My memories may be fuzzy though. It's been a while.

Did the pitcher then declare "That's two"?

I hope your fantasy booking doesn't have my man Otis turning his back on STEAKS and WEIGHTS.

I liked the movie, but it peaked there.

Love how hard they're leaning on the classic theme song.

I'll take it further: Rhea wins the Rumble, debuts as a killer, and adds credibility to the "new era" bollocks. Keep the Becky/Charlotte situation fluid for another month so paranoid Beckbeards can keep that heat hot before shoehorning both into the obvious Ronda triple threat. Two birds, one stone, and the main roster gets an immediate swagger upgrade. Assuming Rhea's going to be locked into an NXT holding pattern, she should be the champ there by Mania weekend.