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I worked for AIW at the time and I can tell you we all hated it

Good riddance. I've been giving Cody waaaaay too much credit assuming his heel who thinks he's a babyface act was intentional or going anywhere. Unless it's a work, but then I still don't know where it's going and I still don't care. AEW doesn't need him anymore and he can take Jericho with him.

I've never given a shit about Jay White, but I also haven't watched any NJPW since Covid. I won't pretend he's not a great worker.

That's sort of their MO with Jade for some reason. I thought it was a really good showcase for both women until they fucked up the finish. Holy fuck that was a good tag match.

Is two matches the fewest that's ever been announced for a Dynamite?

Definitely a WWE guy. Probably Keith Lee, maybe Samoa Joe, someone who was under utilized and has a reason to "shoot". Not a good way to debut Hardy, and he'll probably show up after Andrade's hostile take over of HFO forces Matt back into a face turn. Long shots are; Mustafa Ali, and as much as I'd love to see the ensuing legal shitstorm it would likely lead to either the end of WWE's bullshit "independent contractor" status (yay!) or the end of AEW (hard boo!) Triple H, who is probably a company man to the bitter end despite how they've dismantled NXT, or Shane, dear god I don't want it to be Shane.

Lambert fucking rules.

I don't know. I kind of love and hate Cody in equal measure. Like, he's a heel, but he's desperately trying to convince himself he's a babyface, and he's desperately trying to convince the fans he's a babyface, and he's so good at it that sometimes you have to cheer him even though your gut reaction is "fuck this guy", but I don't know how much of this is just head cannon. Is this a masterfully booked slow burn heel turn or am I just trying to make sense of meandering tweener bullshit?

They're obviously saving Wardlow finally popping MJF for his hometown on 1/26, and as a man with tickets for that show I'm fine with that.

You can't trash the FTW title until Hook goes after Starks to claim his birthright.

I bet Hook's mom is a fucking dime

The left hates Biden too.

The finals will be Ruby handing Jade her first loss. I am 100% confident in this. Rosa will be the one to dethrone Britt, and her loss to Jade in the semis will set Jade up as a title contender in the future.

Any idea why Revolution is on a non-holiday weekend Sunday?

We definitely used traffic cones as weapons in my backyard because they were easy to steal. They're shit weapons but the go-to spot was to pretend to sodomize someone with them. Best backyard weapon was a wet floor sign. Easy to walk out of McDonald's with one, flimsy and plastic so they don't hurt when you crack a dude in the head, but the two sides clack together and it sounds like a fucking kendo stick.

Great list, but you forgot ZSJ.. I'd love to see Keith Lee and Samoa Joe slap meat for twenty minutes.

I completely forgot about Lethal's allegations. I've just always found him boring when he's not cosplaying as the Macho Man, and his handspring into a diamond cutter is the shittiest finish in pro wrestling. I'm not surprised he was signed and I think he'll be in a similar position to what Sydal and Fish are doing now, but eh, there's a lot of free agents coming up and this seems like a lot of flak for not much upside.

I was told just yesterday his name would be REX STEINER. Bron BreaKKer is a terrible name, and I dare someone to justify the extra K to me. Creed brothers were the shit though, big dude tag teams murdering jobbers is my favorite sub-genre of pro rasslin by far

Agreed. But Cash is obviously still very fucked up from the injury in the first match.

I would imagine Omega vs Cage has some screwy finish to build hype for the All Out rematch, but I also can't see AEW running a screwy finish on the first match of a new show, beyond typical Elite interference shenanigans.

A kid in my backyard fed botched a shooting star press off a ladder and landed ribs first on the springs, denting the frame. It was gnarly as fuck.

I'd imagine the Elite are going to fuck with Dark Order at some point to goad Hangman into taking on Kenny, so my money's on Silver and Reynolds beating the Bucks, though Uno & Grayson, Best Friends, and Santana & Ortiz are all excellent choices. And as long as I'm fantasy booking, Jungle Boy should beat Miro.

AEW would be stupid not to pick up Black and Riott. Joe's a bit less of a no-brainer because he's older and injury prone, but they should sign him too. Fuck, if they signed Big Show and Mark Henry to be announcers there's no reason not to sign everyone under the sun. TK got a billion god damn dollars and I think his primary motivation to play Fire Pro IRL and if he turns a profit doing it that's gravy.

Watching Inner Circle and The Pinnacle running roughshod through the stadium reminded me of when I had backyard wrestling matches at my Dad's house when he wasn't home.

Well, I felt bad for dude for losing Penelope, but sounds like he's doing just fine.