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I watched most the show through my Twitter feed while I was at work, I got a kick out of the young ladies on my Black Wrestling Twitter feed lose their panties over a 60 year old Kevin Nash. Most of which were probably just born when NWO was hot. You gotta love Hunter folding his arms during Hulks promo too. I know Street Profits are Heymans project with the RVD line they are going to get over well once they start working matches on Raw. Austin is probably the only person who can end Raw with a talking segment and fans not complain, he seemed to speak off the cuff and I thought it was a good way to use him and get his new show over. This seemed like one of the best Raw Specials they've done.

Remember in January people including me thought that Omega not being involved with New Japan was going to hurt them, Don't get me wrong , he was killing it all the way up till end but, him leaving lead to other people stepping up. Also alot of his Elite buddies didn't really fit in New Japan. People felt like AEW would be the better company to partner with than current ROH but other than Omega and maybe the Lucha Bros, I dont see anyone else would fit.

I'm on night 5, what's the story behind ZSJ saying if he wins he'd cash in In August instead of WK

I thought Kingston vs Joe was really good, imagine if Joe was booked stronger as a monster. Claudio vs Black was dope too. Mostly every match was hot. I want to see how Heyman books Raw know that Brock is Champ. I got no problem with Brock as Champ,especially is Heyman has creative influence because I'm sure he's going to try to keep the heat of Lesnar not being around as much. With them forcing Seth and Becky relationship on TV every week is going to be worse for Seth without the title though

Its already the talk of Twitter, and this is a few months after the John Oliver thing. When wrestlers go on these platforms that is Wrestling friendly but not directly associated with the company these questions will likely come up. Even John Oliver in his segment came across as respectable to the business but more so sympathetic to the talent

That happened alot in this time period especially with Cena. Alot of big angles got flat because they didn't want him off TV. Same thing with the Summer of Punk angle, Punk was right back on TV. People were thought it was stupid that Strowman and Lashley were back on RAW Monday after their deal. If your going to pull off a big angle that calls for a guy to sit out a few weeks than keep the guy off. If not than dont run the angle. You gotta be legit hurt to be off TV unless you got a Jericho or Brock type deal.

True, they tried to Recreate it with He and Orton a few Summerslams ago ??

I want know if people think Brock vs Cena at Extreme Rules '12 holds up as well as it did then, I remember people here were saying it may have been one of the best PPV matches in WWE ever. I was really mad that Brock didn't go over on his first match back especially since he went on to end 'Takers streak. You look at the way he's been booked the past few years especially, its even more puzzling that he lost that match. I know at that point Cena was by far the most protected guy but I still find it crazy he went over.

Either that or the Rock Bottom which is why I never had a problem buying it. Hogan did a bodyslam as a set up for the Leg drop. Unless you're buying into it being a 300 lb Leg drop how is the People's Elbow anyless believable if its followed up by either of those. Plus for Hulk that Ax Bomber looked so much more credible and would've took alot less toll on him but maybe he thought Slamming his opponent especially the bigger ones made him look stronger than just a running Lariot that he could just hit from nowhere

Before then his finisher was a rolling neckbraker, that was a time where guys have the most basic looking moves as finishers like the Wasteland finisher Barrett had or the Playmaker MVP had, he switched over to the Kawada kick but then they banned that. I thought those lame finishers was another obstacle for guys getting over

Andrade and Zelina have such great chemistry, if I was a kid right now I could totally buy into them as a couple but honestly I such a mark for Andrade that a was so happy when I found out he a Charlotte are a serious couple. I heard Vince was high on him several months ago but now he has more of a reason to push him at some point soon and not get cold on him.

You can say that for every top guy in Titan to a degree.

I really enjoyed this show, Ospreay vs Archer was my MOTN, I thought every match pretty much was to set the tone for the rest of the G1 and sort introduce the G1 to the American audience.

Man is Review of DoN was some of the funniest shit I heard in a long time. I dont agree with everything he said but I feel like he's pretty much got to stick to the gimmick of ripping on the new school. Plus I feel like if he hated the new school so much, he wouldn't be working will MLW. It's not like he dont make valid points

Was that his best match?

Roman is a Heyman guy, Honestly I think He would benefit more being on a Heyman booked show. Although I do see Bischoff viewing Reigns as a guy he'd have as his ace. The problem is I dont see Eric using him any better than Vince, unless Eric is smart enough to let Roman be himself and get out of his way. I don't alot of Smackdown Live roster fits more like prime Nitro era midcard workrate guys that he wouldn't push in that era. RAW has more top level guys with Size like Braun and Lashley and Drew. After Heymans first official night with Major influence I think expectations are high for Bischoff too. He has the advantage of sitting back a few weeks before he starts. If anything, Eric knows the format of the show needs to change that will solve about half the problem of Smackdown. The creative end , I dont thing Vince will have enough faith in him in that aspect.

I just watched the Super Juniors final.... That was insane, I watched Dominion last week.Ive been a Subscriber to NJWorld but I dont have time to watch everything, can someone recommend some Matches I should watch from this year that's MOTYC or just important to watch. I'm thinking about ending my WWE Network subscription just to solely focus on New Japan, I'll be on leave from work in a few days, I like to get hip to some of these guys

Why is Chicago such a hot market for Lucha right now?

For someone with no prior experience before NXT I think Alexa is pretty good. Alexa has obviously been more of a favorite of Vince if you judge by her title runs as opposed to Sasha. I'm sure she's aware of that too. She's been booked pretty relevant since she been on the main roster, she was giving a talking segment on the show after she got hurt, how many women that are actually workers have been given that chance

The heat Sasha has with Alexa is based off the fact that Alexa wasn't as knowledgeable about the business as she pretended to be and she didn't grow up a true fan like Sasha was but I loving the fact that she's saying the Sheets don't know what they are talking about and denying injury reports. That's old school mentality and that's endeering to me personally but I don't think that old school thought process of hiding your injuries is completely gone. Especially if you have a high enough position on the card. These that repution of being injury prone and that's something easy to get in this social media era. It's not like late WCW when guys were eager to let people know about the most minor injuries just so that wouldn't have to go out and work a match. Even recently you hear about WWE keeping certain guys injuries a secret. And I a huge Sasha mark but she gets too overzealous in the ring. She needs to slow down a few notches at times, she has the right attitude about wanting to kill it out there but see gets too anxious. She kinda reminds me of Ahmed Johnson before he just couldn't he realised Vince gave on him. Yeah, he was hurting people but I think it was because he was too overzealous, he was doing dives and things he did just because knew he was able to do and he felt it would get him over. He got hurt alot doing alot of that stuff. Imagine the stuff Sasha would try to pull off if she worked outside of WWE where she'd be alot less micromanaged it probably wouldn't be safe for her at the pace she works now.

You actually think the fans in Japan or even fans in general would hold his WWE against him? I'm sure if Tozawa came in to NJPW or any other top Japanese Promotion he'd have a ton a fanfare. If they got a chance to get over they'd be bigger legends once they returned but the other Indie guys like Kieth Lee, ACH and guys like that have more to lose by not getting over, At this point even Adam Cole has had a well enough run in NXT that if he got called up and didn't get over, fans outside of WWE wouldn't hold it against him and he'd be a bigger star than before he left.

I think the Big PPV type shows ar going to continue to do well, but its going to be tougher to keep up that momentum after TV starts. WWE live event and TV business is declining and I'm not saying AEWs Success is going to be based on WWEs decline in viewers and attendance but it certainly helps. I think with a PPV Schedule like ECW had where it's not every month is great for AEW and gives them enough time to build towards them. Even though NXT is is a different brand its still WWE so if they added another hour it would be another excuse for decline in the product they would use and I think fans would hold that against them too because if you made the case for NXT to get 2 hours then why not 205 live either ?. 2 hours a week is perfect for a major Promotion especially starting out. Thats one show, no syndicated show. TNA had Explosion before they started Impact on Spike.

CAEWs women's division being primarily a Joshi division is a great move. Around Survivor Series 95 WWF seemed be pushing towards that the same way WCW was building up the Cruiserweight division at the beginning of the Monday night Wars. WWF really missed out with that at that time. I think AEW will definitely feature them strongly. I don't know if Amazing Kong can go like she could 10 years ago. I always thought it was a shame she didn't get a chance on major promotions TV. I thought WWE should've given her another shot. She's a true attraction that needs to be seen. She's one of those type of talent that could catch the intrest of non fans flipping the channel and seeing her in the ring in a good way of course

Its widely known that Spears is close friends with Cody and that's probably the reason he's got a spot in AEW, so I'd like for them to play off that and have these to eventually at odds with Spears trying to prove he belongs in AEW on his own merit. I'd like to see how good he can be out of WWEs system. I know alot of people don't think he's anything special and I get it but He has been capable of having some impressive matches with the right guys, even with Corbin in the equation

Moxley gets unfairly judged based off the majority of his WWE run, he was one of my favorite people to watch upto the first Shield split even his developmental run was enjoyable to me. I love that his look is the polar opposite of his Dean Ambrose look with the traditional tights. He just seems so refreshed and genuinely into his work now. I'm more excited about seeing him work NJPW than AEW right now although I'd like to see him work Dustin. Add to the fact they got KENTA and SHINGO now, I could live off just NJPW world for my Wrestling, I been thinking about stopping my WWE Network subscription but I never missed a TakeOver and I am into NXTUK too and even though I don't watch the weekly TV, the WWE PPVs more often than not deliver but the way I work it's a chore for me to try to keep up with more than one Promotion and when I do its has to be a major show. People were talking like they wanted New Japan to ditch ROH for AEW but the managed to keep access to Jericho and Omega and now they got Moxley. The ROH talent they use fit NJPW better than alot of the AEW talent anyway