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Hangman/Silver/Reynolds not winning over the Elite in the finals of the Trios is definitely a move that still confuses me. That's probably why the titles have been cursed since, lol

I might be in the minority on this, but despite missing Danielson, i don't want him coming back at All In. Him in the Casino gauntlet would either overshadow the eventual winner, or him winning(longshot) might telegraph a Moxley win. Him running in during the main event would overshadow what will most likely be the final burying of the begrudging hatchet between Swerve/Hangman. It feels unncessary(i feel that way about Darby in the main event, but to a lesser extent). Now if Danielson comes back to finish things up with Moxley while simultaneously redeeming Wheeler Yuta after the belt is out of the Death Riders hands? Sign me all the way up for that.

That's how I've interpreted it as well. I thought it was weird that people were claiming KO was taking legitimate shots at Cardona, glad I'm not the only one.

Given the last time that they faced off 1 v 1 was at Revolution 2023, and that was the only time Hangman used "Ghost Riders in the Sky" as his theme, I really hope they bring it back for another one-ff. Has a real big match feel to it and would play extremely well.

I liked that they had an angle early on in the show why Swerve wouldn't be there when all of the babyfaces helped Hangman at the end. I appreciate them saving that moment for All In(most likely) and not insulting all of us by just having him not "be there"

I really cannot wrap my head around the weird narrative regarding Mercedes. The hate directed at her is truly odd, meanwhile, i wasn't so much of a fan of her in WWE despite knowing she was talented but since leaving, she has done such an incredible job.

I was thinking the same thing about it being "too obvious", but the first Hangman title win was the culmination of a year(s) long storyline and Hangman beating Omega was super obvious, but still the right call and TK still pulled the trigger. I'm hoping that is the case here because I agree with everything you said about Hangman. AEW needs him to be on top as the Champ

They released another Danielson where he has the eyepatch going on, which is by far the better figure obviously. I picked that one up, but have yet to grab "Laundry Day" Danielson (IO love that)

It legitimately cracks me up how people will still hang the whole Punk debacle on him, when he's acted like a complete adult the entire time while every other party in that whole fiasco(minus Omega) has acted like petulant children. Punk/Bucks were ridiculous children while Hangman/Omega were the adults "in the room"

My feelings on Punk aside, i legitimately wanted to see one last Punk/Cena match. I won't be watching it if its Saudi. I saw somewhere that Uso might be hurt? I haven't seen ir corrorborated much, so i wasn't sure if it was true. I thought Uso proved a lot of people wrong in that he was never out of place in the title scene despite people saying he was. I'm always more of an in-ring guy than character and catch phrase, but Uso was easily the most over person on either Smackdown or Raw and i think he deserved better than losing to Gunther on a Raw. I'm hoping(and insert fantasy booking here), that this means Sami wins KOTR and we get a Sami run, even if it's extremely short. I don't think anyone deserve a title run, short or not, more than Sami(unless you're counting Ron Killings). I am ALL in on Ron Killings and I'm all in on Bayley murdering Becky. There was a lot to like about Raw so i don't even have to grab that low hanging fruit, even if i want to. I was very down on Money in the Bank, but this Raw was definitely a step in the right direction for me.

I'm going to go against the grain of "hahaha, fuck this hypocrite" and say, i thought it was a pretty clever move using it as an angle from Cena on getting him to that match.

I'm really happy Naomi got her win after 5 MITB matches, but im calling her being the first person on the women's side to fail a cash-in. It's unfortunate and i don't want it to happen, but someone has to be first and i can see them making it be her. I'm about as tired of Rollins as I am of Punk and i can't wait for them to feud....again....over the belt in a few months after Rollins cashes in. I'm already checking out on WWE as a whole again, as the shows have been getting worse and worse as of late, but this didn't help. That being said, i don't care how it happens, i want Truth to get a pinfall over Cena. throw in a day title reign? even better.

I just want to again reiterate how much I appreciate you making these and how much I look forward to them monthly.

One that jumps out instantly is Levy/Mickie Knuckles. I don't know if i'd really characterize it as a "match", but it's tough to watch Ian Rotten and crew just beat the shit out of this dude for....reasons? Though I did see somewhere that Levy was viewed helping break down the show afterwards, so who knows what was agreed upon or not, but i just have a tough time stomaching it, not out of grossness, etc, but just out of disgust.

Keeping a Foley theme going, his words show that Funk was the king of #2 “No matter what mannerisms I 'borrowed,' I knew that I would never throw a punch like Terry's, which was truly a thing of beauty. Many people, including me, considered the Funker's big left hand to be the nicest punch in the business. A few minutes into the big match, Terry took me into the corner, and I saw him rear back with the big left. This was going to be great. Here it comes. Thwack. I felt like I did when I was eight and my mother came clean about Santa Claus. I had just learned the hidden "secret" of the great Funk left hand. It was so simple--I'd been a fool for not knowing the whole time. Terry Funk had just punched me as hard as he could in the forehead."