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Remember when Raw after Mania used to be exciting? Yeesh. A damn near HOUR long HHH/Cody/Rock segment to open the show, two NXT cameos, a Jade squash straight outta Rampage, and a whole lot of nothing. That sucked.

The opener was finisher spam nonsense, but the post-match with Drew/Punk and Priest’s cash-in was great. The six man and Styles/Knight were certainly matches that happened. U.S. Title 3-Way was really fun, though the hokey random “influencer” in the Prime bottle gimmick has certainly run its course. Bayley/Io ruled, MOTN for sure. Very cool to see Bayley get her WM moment. Main was better than expected after the fucking slog last night. The absolute nerfing of Seth seemed unnecessary, and can’t help but wish it would’ve been Austin instead of Taker, but overall it definitely delivered. Star of the night, John Cena’s bald spot.

Others have certainly mentioned it before, but he’s very very very overdue for a break from TV. A long one. His character is beyond stale and every turn and character tweak only makes things more muddled. Even him putting over young guys now is largely met with shrugs and never really serves to elevate anyone. Keep him around backstage, even on commentary if they must, but the audience definitely needs time to (hopefully?) start missing him again.

Yeah those new flared bottom pants weren’t doing the Mad King any favors. Should go back to the old tucked into the boots look ASAP.

I realize this is your schtick when it comes to Cole, the Bucks, etc. but it’s just such a weird fucking take. As a 42 year old relatively beefy guy, there’s plenty of dudes I don’t find “imposing” or “intimidating”. Top Flight, Kommander, Fenix, Swerve, to name a few. I sure do like watching them wrestle though. Not being a fan is fine, whatever, different strokes, but having that reason being because you wouldn’t be scared to fight them is really bizarre. It’s fake dude.

Sure seems that way. Don’t think they’ve been on the website or mentioned on TV in weeks.

Man that tag tournament bracket is SUPER underwhelming

It’s not your money, so, who gives a shit? Why are wrestling fans so obsessed with the financials of billionaires?

Please god no

Swerve, Okada, Ospreay, Jay White, Takeshita, Daniel Garcia, Rush, Darby

You’re right, I don’t, especially since Brody is light years ahead of both those guys.

Brody King’s pure beef, though he shouldn’t be involved in something like that unless he’s winning.

100% same. Had been an avid fan since I was a kid, renting the old pre-Zuffa UFC tapes from my local video store. Started to tune out a bit after the ESPN-era started bc it just become way too time consuming to keep up with all the shows they were running, but still happily gave them my money for the bigger PPV cards and still paid attention online. But these days between Dana, Rogan, Colby, Strickland, et all it’s turned full on MAGA chud and I have absolutely no interest anymore. I still like fights, but absolutely will not support that company in any way.

His socials say “Taurus” and “Taurus Rivera”, maybe one of those will be his name in AEW?

Fairly certain Kommander is under AEW contact as well.