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GIVE ME MORE TEAM CHALLENGE SERIES

I marked out at the time because it was the first time in my young wrestling fandom that I really did think people could get elevated out of nowhere after seeing the world title matches rotate between Hawk, Dusty, and Nikita for a while before that. I was pissed, though, that my guy Barry Windham got pushed aside for Ron Garvin.

From the way she's been pushing it, it sounds like seeing MSK meet the shaman is all that's left for her in NXT.

That spot where Jericho reversed the top rope rana into what looked like a botched Styles Clash and ended up in the Walls was concerning.

That's my guess as well. I assumed it was Keith Lee at first but now I figure it's the Ric thing.

BRING BACK RING KA KING

Not really IN AEW, they said the match vs. the winner of Hikuleo/Archer would take place in Japan. Just being on TV for now, though, was pretty boss.

Give Dick Togo the shot against Takagi.

The good: Cameron Grimes continuing to make the most of his butler role, Theory's part in the domestic strife. The bad: Odyssey dropping Chase, everything else.

I'm wondering if Joe turns heel and it's revealed that Regal can't fire Joe, setting up a long-term Joe vs. Regal (non-wrestling) storyline rather than Joe-Kross. Kross will most likely be on the roster next Monday since he's the only Kross/Cross now that Nikki is almost a superhero.

Between his clothing being so disheveled and a little stagger in his step down the ramp, I thought Lashley was supposed to be drunk when he came out at the end.

That's how I felt at the time, but after seeing the vignette Excalibur's commentary made more sense. He's basically saying that Malakai Blacks is the evolution of Tommy End, which does sell the character. It's still not great, but it's not as bad as it was when he initially said it with no context.

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Interesting. It feels like such a thrown-together group (especially since all of the talk was that Suzuki was strictly there to train) that this would have helped make sense of it.

Wrestling Nick Gage can also be the end of one's career.

I really wonder if the Roddy/Suzuki/Rust grouping was a last-minute audible in advance of Ruas's release.

I wonder if the superhero character move came just in time for Nikki.

Exactly what I was thinking.

I'll assume that this round of cuts indicates that they're giving up on the WWEVOLVE project.

I totally thought Molly was going to be her surprise partner when it ended up being Asuka. They do have to bring in Molly now at some point.

I assume that's why AJ brought in Joseph Park.

Isn't that clip of Harry showing him the Tiger Mask match originally from a BBC piece? I swear I've seen that exact footage before.

I teared up at the end seeing him surrounded by his family and, like you said, really seeming to be HAPPY.

No, I want it to be someone who hasn't been on TV and is willing to sacrifice the rest of their career for this one storyline. Or someone who hasn't been on TV in years like Misty Blue Simmes.