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I liked the Goldberg/Lesnar stuff a lot. Everything they've done has been perfect except for that one week in Minnesota. The match might be a trainwreck but it'll probably be a violent one. I've been on TEAM BRAUN before it was trendy to be on Team Braun. There's money there for the same reason people still love Goldberg. Listen to the pop when Orton stepped up to Braun. Was that the first time that Nia and Charlotte have done anything against each other? There was some serious hoss fight potential there, IMO.

It was a very brief moment. It's not like Conor was doing the Anderson Silva thing where he was actually letting Bonnar hit him in the face.

Very good show from top to bottom. Almost every fight had something memorable happen in it. Going forward I'd do McGregor vs Aldo II and Ferguson vs Nurmagomedov.

No, he 100% knows. He's admitted to it in the past. He said what he said about pro wrestlers to rile them up and get attention for his last fight.

Lakers/Kings was pretty entertaining last night. Julius Randle is becoming quite the shit disturber lately. I like it.

What's with guys missing weight by A LOT? It seems like a recent thing where a lot of the missed cuts are by 5-7 pounds. Are guys trying to cut via more "natural" methods and hitting an unexpected wall?

I love that Big Show and Braun Strowman are going to be doing Body Slam Challenges on the house shows. Hopefully one of those pops up on Youtube.

The Ellsworth thing is fine up until Survivor Series and then he needs to go away until the Rumble.

Ziggler is going to be a huge fucking heel in that match against Zayn. He might get the most heat out of anyone on the entire show.

Breezango got on the show! I wish they would have played their vignettes to show everyone why they're dressed as cops. Becky vs Alexa was a good solid match. They kept it very basic and allowed Alexa to focus on her strengths. That's what she needs right now and hopefully her and Becky can have a bunch of these matches on all the house shows for a few months.

The Clippers look damn good to start the season.

They certainly can't give the answer that most of them probably would give if they were being honest.

Thanks. That's actually the match I watched originally that led me to asking the question! I found a couple more and a few singles matches with Octagon to check out later.

They're very much into streaks, accomplishments and legacy building lately. They want to give those accolades to Charlotte because I think they view her more as the long term centerpiece of the division. I think Sasha goes over at Mania if they don't introduce the new belt and rebrand the division. I think Sasha goes over at Hell in a Cell if it's not the main event and there's not a documentary crew there. There was also a lot of talk about Ronda and WWE too recently. Maybe Ronda is gonna do Mania?

Anyone got some good Fuerza Guerrera recommendations? I was watching a random trios match for someone else and Fuerza wound up stealing the show.

Timberwolves have been really frustrating to watch early in the season. They look like a playoff team for 50-75% of the game and then it all falls apart.

What are people's best non-WWE/NXT tag team matches of the year? Ones that jump to mind for me are the Fortune Dream tag, Hero/End vs Callihan/ZSJ from Evolve, and some of the Revolucion vs Cuervo & Mendoza matches from WWC.

This might be the first likeable Lakers team since ... I don't know when.

Not a surprise at all. I generally like his podcasts and his writing but he's never been good on TV.

Back with a new series of matches to look at. I’m going with Tag Team Title matches this time and I should be able to get all the way up to 2009 with WWE’s recent additions to the Network. WWF RAW #395 - December 18, 2000 Edge & Christian (c) vs. The Undertaker & The Rock - WWF Tag Team Titles E&C complained to Commissioner Foley about Kurt Angle being put in a match against Vince McMahon so Foley responded by booking them against Rock & Undertaker. Undertaker rides out to Limp Bizkit. The Rock gets a huge pop coming out and JR informs us that People Magazine named The Rock one of 2000’s 25 Most Intriguing People. Christian jumps Rock to start and the crowd erupts with Rocky chants. E&C get a little bit of heat on Rock before he hits a powerslam and tags in Taker. He easily handles the champs by himself to a ridiculous degree. More Rocky chants. Edge gets one clothesline on Taker before Taker goes back on offense. Rock tags in and ends up eating a spear so the champs can get some offense. They hit a combo backbreaker / reverse DDT. Rock uses the Rock Bottom as his way to make the hot tag to Taker. He hits Old School on Christian while Rock and Edge fight on the floor. The ref gets bumped. Christian takes a massive Last Ride and Edge nails Taker with the belt. Christian does the slow crawl to cover as the ref gets back in but Taker does the monster kickout spot where he throws Christian off him. Rock is hilarious back on the apron being insanely fired up. He gets the tag, hits the spinebuster and the People’s Elbow on Edge to win the titles in 8:40. JR mentions something about Exlax when describing how easily Taker and Rock won the match. RATING: C. The most notable thing about this match was listening to how hot the crowd was for The Rock. He was on top of his game here. The Undertaker was not. He’s not in great shape and his look is poor. He’s not a deadman anymore yet he manages to give E&C absolutely nothing. This felt like something WCW would have done and been laughed at for. WWF Smackdown #76 - February 1, 2001 The Dudley Boyz (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz - WWF Tag Team Title Tables Match Smackdown has apparently gone XTREME tonight and there’s a big red X through the logo. All the matches have stipulations and the show starts with a tables match. Matt has a black eye from a match they had at MSG recently. All four guys are involved and they go right into their signature spots. Crowd is very loud for the Dudleyz. The first table gets introduced really early and we get some spots with partners pulling the table out of the way to prevent someone from going through it. Matt takes it up a notch by putting himself through a table to prevent Bubba from superplexing Jeff through it. We get two tables setup on the outside with Matt and D-Von fighting on a ladder. Bubba throws Jeff into them and they’re supposed to fall through the tables but they miss, barely hit the first one and just go splat on the floor. Jeff takes a massive backdrop from Bubba. They fight up to the stage area where there are more tables. They tease going off the ramp a few times before Bubba puts them both through the tables with the Bubba Bomb to retain the titles in 7:26. RATING: C+. This was really rushed given what was involved but at least they still teased the table spots before delivering them. Matt and D-Von missing the two tables looked pretty brutal. WWE RAW #500 - December 23, 2002 Booker T & Goldust (c) vs. Chris Jericho & Christian - World Tag Team Titles BookDust won the gold a week prior at Armageddon in a Four Way. Jericho’s sporting his insane goatee. The storyline going into this was Jericho bullying Goldust about being the weak link on his team. Goldust shines to start against Christian and talks some trash! Cool spot where Goldust slingshots Jericho over the top rope and onto Christian on the outside. Christian distracts the ref, nails Goldust and Jericho hits a missile dropkick to the back. Goldust sells it big time as Jericho aggressively attacks the lower back. Nice team work by Vitamin C. Goldust fires back and makes a hot tag to Booker. Great stuff here from Booker including a double harlem sidekick. He hits the Ax Kick on Christian but Christian gets his foot on the ropes and the ref waves off his three count. We come back from the break with Jericho in control on Booker. He’s real cocky doing his little shuffle before eating a sidekick. Christian distracts the ref so he doesn’t see Booker make the tag to Goldust! Crowd is pissed off! Christian chokes Booker and yells at the crowd, “WHO SUCKS NOW?!” They keep working over Booker until he hits a flapjack on Christian. Hot tag to Goldust! Jericho cuts it off and goes for the Walls but Goldust rolls him up for 2. Goldust hits a double DDT on them both! Shattered Dreams on Christian! Sends Jericho’s head into Christian too and hits the powerslam for a great nearfall. Jericho reverses out of the Curtain Call and locks in the Walls of Jericho. Booker finally breaks it up with a kick. He and Christian get taken to the outside and Jericho rolls up Goldust with his feet on the ropes for another good nearfall. Jericho hits the bulldog but Goldust gets the knees up on the Lionsault and rolls him up with a handful of tights to retain the titles in 17:21! RATING: A-. Excellent tag team match between four guys with a lot of experience working tags. This felt like it was straight out of early 90's WCW. Everything in the match made sense and played into the storyline of Goldust needing to prove that he wasn't the weak link on his team.

Yeah, I definitely noticed it but I'm a bit forgiving since the match was somewhat rushed and they had a lot of stuff to get in with Ellsworth. He hasn't really done that to any great degree in the longer matches with AJ.

I guess Akira Tozawa lost his first name.

Here they are against the very young Edge and Christian. This is right before Callis came into WWF as The Jackyl. And here's Martel and Callis going at it in a cage match... And Callis against his new podcast partner Lance Storm in like 1991

This is great...

Solid show. Ambrose/AJ was good again. I'll take Orton joining the Wyatts over what they were doing before. Dolph facing a RAW guy at Survivor Series is interesting. Sami maybe? Women's tag seemed to mainly take place during the break. Alexa did well on the mic again and Carmella is getting a little better. I liked the Baron Corbin video. Probably should have followed it up with a squash match, though. Talking Smack was pretty funny.