Jenalysis

He turned down working for WWF and went back to Europe. He didn't need the money- he had JBL-like success on his investments.

This forbidden stuff really helps with speculation over the joker tonight, which adds hype. Heard people believe it's going to be Hangman, Jay White, and Will Ospreay (who apparently is in Philly). Definitely helps keep things unpredictable.

Given that Jungle Kyona is leaving Stardom, would she be a decent pickup for AEW? I mean, they have plenty of joshi talent, and she has a long injury history, but AEW's reduced schedule might be good for her, and I think she'd get over.

Joker better be Hangman or a mega heel.

I loved the gear, felt like a lot of the DO got gear upgrades. I just wish Tayjay had a black and purple color scheme instead of pink.

I felt Salina was supposed to be the Gary Hart expy. Gary Hart wanted championships more than violence and destruction, though if that was needed he'd get somebody. I got to talk to her once (left with a good impression of her, she was really nice to the little girls who came near her)- and she admitted it. She was pleased someone got it. Also Al Perez was Gary Hart both in WCCW and Crockett.

Contra Unit is the modern day Devastation Inc.

Hoping this brings out the desperate MJF, like his MLW match vs Mance Warner. That was MJF at his best (also the Mox match had some of this as well) MJF is best when he knows he's bit off more than he can chew and can't run.

Lot of folks are expecting Hangman to be back. I think they'll be disappointed, but I hope not.

Great feelgood show tonight. Stoked for MJF/Darby. MJF should be able to hang with Darby. Sammy winning was a nice surprise, Hubers getting DO on same page was another feelgood, and I loved the new Tayjay theme/gear.

Evans is broken down at this point. He's also been underwhelming in ring. Shame because I've always liked him, and he's been pretty good to his fans. I think it's hurt Angelico as well.

I kinda want someone to dethrone Kenny, have Hangman beat that guy, then have to deal with Kenny as champ to feel like he's really champ and not a cheese champion. Maybe have Kenny stuck doing something else for a while, so Hangman has to hold onto the title despite not feeling he deserves it. Cheese champion who everyone knows is a cheese champion and goes after hard.

Makes me glad I've pretty much been a nobody on these boards for 20 years. Sucks you had to get all that unwarranted shit. It's been interesting seeing how this board has grown, and just as importantly, grown up, over the years.

She's attractive as hell, can talk , and can take a bump. She can make money. I know she gets shit for flat earthing, but when I saw her at an indy event, she made good efforts to make everyone, especially the little girls, feel welcome. I had a good impression of her (it's rare for me to get a bad impression- the only person I can ever remember having a bad impression of was Pillman)

This feels like a slow show, with the only reason to watch being the hope of Suzuki-gun killing Dan Lambert. (MOTY beat up Archer a few weeks ago)

The thing is why would you need to be released? If you're not being used, you're free to do indies, even big-name indies, and you get more money as an AEW talent. Pineapple Pete probably makes more now than he ever did. I do think eventually there is going to be a logjam in AEW, which we won't mind, cause embarassment of riches, but some of it is going to filter down into ROH/Impact.

Looking like Buddy Murphy is going to be part of NJPW and UE (probably their junior) Ospreay leaked stuff on twitter strongly hinting at it.

So far I think I enjoy Rampage more than Dynamite. Just a full action-packed hour. Kinda wish the order of matches was switched- feel like PAC/Andrade was so awesome it made Caster/Pillman seem tame even though the latter match was also awesome. As much as I dislike Pillman (and Garrison) personally, he's got talent. The Acclaimed feel like a pairing that is more than the sum of their parts, but the parts are really good. Really think this would be better with a face Acclaimed and heel Blondes though, but that might be personal bias. Betting as a baseball player is considered the one unpardonable sin due to the Black Sox scandal 100 years ago. Pete Rose managed to talk himself into an irreversible ban, when if he kept his mouth shut or just plead for mercy he would have been let back in. (The only folks I think yetted forever are Rose, Sandy Alomar Jr, and John Coppolella who did under the table deals with prospects and lied about it in a big coverup. All three totally deserved it.)

Hell, if he's an anti-vaxxer, then I'd be fine with relegating him to Dark and letting him go when his contract expires. He's a mediocre talent, injury-prone, anti-vaxx is a liability, and others can fill his spot a lot better. Either way monster of the week is about his ceiling. Cage should just go to AAA and take a mask/character.

I'd say just slightly better to the first four teams on the list, and much better than Jurassics. Some of this is style preference, I like FTR/PNP a lot more than Bucks/Lucha Bros.

It was average height or even slightly above average for a man in those times.

I think ZSJ is gonna be a NJPW lifer. While I think Jay and Finlay will jump- I think Juice, Gabe Kidd, ZSJ, and Cobb , and probably Ospreay are going to want to stay in NJPW. ZSJ's style might not work well in AEW, though he'd get over with promos. Also Zack is doing fine for himself, I wouldn't be surprised if he's in the block final or wins his G1 block, and Dangerous Tekkers is the best tag team out there right now, better than anyone in AEW.

The sneer seems intentional- he's done that ever since he's been part of Team Taz. I think he smiled more as a face?

Seriously the NJPW/AEW fans I know - this is the most livid they've been with AEW. They're not going to turn on the promotion over this, but they really wanted to chant it at their TVs. For Wardlow, I smell something a lot like Luger's post-Horseman face turn.

No Kazei Ni Nare makes me angry.