Cobra Commander

Time for the part of the releases where talent starts airing some laundry (mostly good stuff) (this being Reddit, it's always possible that some of this was not said)

was he in a group or did his nickname not really make sense at the time? I know it's a band reference and all

Dory Sr, Dory Jr and Terry are all proud natives of Hammond, Indiana just outside of Chicago

it's hard to figure out who survived the whole purge of the old people during Covid plus it's Terry Taylor so he could have always ended up not sucking up to the right boss at the right time

is Terry Taylor back in the fold

I can understand why they might not want to ask like Fenix doesn't understand any English but I'd think that Fenix's manager would be an emergency option to get a point across in Spanish that might not be getting across in English? and also having it be communication without it looking too weird on-screen?

although for the sake of safety, calling a stoppage instead of a second headdrop would have been better even if it opens the door to yet another tournament since a stoppage isn't a pinfall or submission and Moxley is unable to defend the title or whatever

a tournament of casino battle royals where the winners of the first round of battle royals go into another battle royal Aside from the whole concussion and disregard for personal safety thing, having Fenix beat Moxley for a title in the middle of a show has some upside. For one having that title change could create some reasonable doubt about if a title will be retained for all the other televised title matches which aren't in a main event. Just don't book it like the TNT title or 1999 WWF? Also gotta differentiate the Fenix change from the Claudio/Kingston match where title vs title kinda implies that one of the titles is changing hands or the free TV tournament finals or whatever. Coincidentally, quite a few of the most prominent free TV title changes involved Moxley winning or losing. Omega winning the world title, the changes last Summer, so on.

has AEW called a double digit number of DQs in their entire history? also, even before the finish, wouldn't Moxley be in the sort of condition where if he was retaining the title over Fenix, wouldn't they have to just vacate the title because this probably isn't a quick concussion?

Having Ali in a No Mercy match with his contract coming up is certainly a decision. But who knows, maybe more of that card is about to go up in smoke today

Pat McAfee sources are saying there was a raid. The amount of “we’re not saying anything more than this” in the statements is certainly something

In the scheme of things, Moxley’s working style might conceal if he’s concussed during a match So Knox is like a shittier Herb Dean?

Elias is sorta in the same realm of Mr. Kennedy where the entrance is way more over than any of his actual matches, isn’t it?

And somehow all of his children are local Indy workers

AIW could maybe get Ziggler for a show for a slight discount because he’s local. Ziggler vs Matt Cardona somewhere on the indies to really get buzz for Ziggler as more than just a recent WWE firing

Which means he’s a far better fit for matches on AEW TV that come out of nowhere

Shelton and Ziggler would be promoted as young guys if they go to CMLL though

In the spirit of the DVDVR universe, a tag team/faction called Veteran Presence that coincidentally tends to work with wayward younger wrestlers

Currently taping a podcast to propose Shelton be the head of talent relations (I don’t tape podcasts)

The ringside medics were too busy getting minute by minute updates from Roddy’s hospital room

Wikipedia with a sentence where you wonder if Sawyer was the bodyguard or Roddy Piper

So NXT’s leaving USA once Smackdown returns to USA so keep 5 hours on USA instead of 7?

For all the jokes about AEW pickups, quite a few of these names are probably better fits for Impact.

Checking into Ziggler’s Wikipedia to make jokes about him going directly to AEW Ziggler’s older than Amy Schumer. Didn’t expect that.

Detlef Payton from Seattle