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I'm sure you've all seen it going around, but rumor is that Stu Grayson may not have been able to come to an agreement with AEW or was not renewed. That's a significant bummer, man. I was hoping he and Uno would get an underdog title program at some point.

Im looking forward to Christian eventually turning on Jungle Boy and wrestling him one on one, but it's a good question as far as what to do with Luchasaurus. Maybe instead of a singles, Christian tags up with someone. Ethan Page would be great for that assuming Sky is going to keep the TNT title for a while (or if he drops it, you could always reform SCU in parallel and now you've got two more teams in the mix to freshen things up)

Yeah actually I shouldn't have said it was largely info I knew in my previous post. Tons of it will look familiar if you've been online for a while, but the perspectives and quotes from Turner and production people make it much, much more interesting than that.

I get where you're coming from, but I think it would be really cool if MJF brought in a new monster of the week a few times before the PPV to try and take out Wardlow. After Cass, Jeff Cobb could come back again, we could have Bad Luck Fale like @Nice Guy Eddie said, or MJF could pay Big Show for a one off. Might be kinda fun

It pains me to say, because the last thing we need is less women on the show, but I'd have cut the Britt/Hayter/Toni/Ruby segment. Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but to me it was way too similar to the two Hayter/Toni interviews we've had already, and they really should not have used the phrase "no physicality" prior to the entire JAS/LAX segment being built around the same phrase/concept

Was it a timing issue or just an interesting choice? Because he did the same shit in the Cody ladder match after a big bump, and at the time, I kinda defended it in the sense that it didn't ruin the preceding 10-15 mins of match for me. In this case, it feels deliberate, like they thought the fake out would aid the finish - but either way, I can't get behind it on this go round. In the plunder hierarchy, barbed wire, tacks, and fire should always mean figurative death IMO* *Unless you're Terry Funk, Mick Foley, or Sabu

I haven't kept up with Impact in quite some time but I managed to randomly catch this recently on their Pluto channel recently and thought it was excellent too

No idea, but I can tell you that immediately after ordering it I found out on Twitter that there's an expanded edition coming, so if you havent read it yet I might hold out for that

I just finally read NITRO over last weekend, so all of this is really fresh in my brain. I was largely aware of everything written in the book (with a few exceptions) but man, reading it all compiled together in such a way is a massive exercise in frustration. Highly recommend.

Deeb is such a bad ass. Even if Bret isn't coming in, I still stand by my Deeb/Punk/FTR stable idea.

It would never happen but I would die if TK wrote like a $250K check to old ass Kevin Nash or Sid just to walk out and eat a single powerbomb in a passing of the torch

Yeah, I thought Sammy destroyed his shoulder on that for sure. I liked the match and especially the callback to Sammy's cutter to Cody a few months back, but could've done without Sammy popping up after eating it on the barbed wire ladder. Also wondering whether the PVZ/Tay involvement at the end was setting up a mixed tag, or being done in lieu of it (given that Sammy dropped the title. Of course it's possible that's where he gets the win back but who knows). Opener was a god damn clinic which I cannot say enough about, and likely what this one will be remembered for, but Wardlow/Archer was 1a for me. Those dudes killed it. I was a little bit disappointed with Serena/Shida, I think they could've had a way better match without the plunder, but the right lady went over. I AM looking forward to her rekindling the feud with Rosa, but I doubt they're ready to take it off Rosa yet so I'm not necessarily looking forward to it as much as I could be. I'd almost rather they just have her keep racking up wins for another month or two and have her take the TBS off Jade. Count me among those who thought the fireball needed more time to breathe. Right into the Rampage ad was dumb as hell. It felt shoehorned in Edit: I also forgot to mention, can Nick Commoroto get a TV win just once? I mean, it didn't need to be tonight, BCC is the greatest thing on Earth right now, but they continue doing him dirty Overall I thought it was an awesome show I have very few complaints other than those

Agreed Deeb is sorely needed elsewhere on the card, but on your second point: it probably seems overlong because they have dropped it for weeks at a time in the most infuriating fashion. I figured someone was hurt, or Shida was stuck in Japan or something

I kind of wondered after last week if we're heading toward a reunited SCU vs. Ethan Page/a partner

On your second point, that's why I've been waiting to see how HBO Max's foray into live sports goes with the World Cup qualifiers. I know obviously they did boxing for years on linear HBO but that's a different animal

I know they've framed it as a team up on TV so far, but I think we're going to end up with Adam Cole vs Knife Perv

I mean, good on Bret because he's already been robbed of way too much money, but that is a significant bummer for those of us who wanted him with FTR if healthy and willing.

Christian would be a good pick, he's one of the few remaining active guys who have actually wrestled Owen (and he also checks the Canadian box). You could fold it into the eventual Jungle Boy split (Ex: 'I won the Owen because I out...worked...everyone... but you didnt even qualify!') That said, it really depends on what the identity of the tournament is or becomes. Is it to get a young guy over, is it all juniors, is it all Canadians, is it a KOTR/G1 thing, etc.

I said the same thing in the Dynamite thread last night or this morning but in the context of a manager, sort of alluding to maybe Bret himself, in kind of a revisiting of the Regal debut as well which fits a similar template, but I love your idea as well. I could easily see it going that way

I'm going Cash. Everyone loves Dax cause he has a great mustache and is a fun Twitter follow, but Cash gets my vote for the mullet (as already stated by resident hair expert @Fighting a man with a perm)and for knocking out the guy who attacked Bret at the HOF that year.

I caught that too. I'm kinda in the camp that she was just winded, but after having been out for a little bit, and also being out there with two Steelers players in her hometown, I wouldn't blame her for a bit of nerves either. Cannot agree with you Go2Sleep that a live mic isn't her strong suit, though. This was a rough one, but she's had great promos in the past. I was just there live in Feb for the Rosa contract signing and she killed it. Edit: Have to tag you down here because mobiles being a little weird @Go2Sleep

I was so fired up about the rest of the show, that I forgot to mention how excited I was that Freirmoith and Najee walked out with Britt. I don't think the league would allow it in this day and age, but I want another Kevin Greene(RIP) in WCW

That's gonna kick so much ass. I'm almost wondering if this is gonna be a Danielson/Mox redux where they end up with a new manager

That was a really awesome show. Killer opener. I really particularly enjoyed Dustin doing cross Rhodes into the piledriver, I thought that looked awesome. Loved Punk's Bret tribute gear. Speaking of gear: I also thought of the board when I saw Yuta's new gear. Mission accomplished!

Damn, I was just wondering where he was after I saw Angelico last night on Elevation. A minor bummer, if not unsurprising.