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Solid opener from Holidead/Santana. Nice debut for Nikki Nashville, looked good. Top Tier victorious again in a non title trios tag. Paola/Aussie sounded good but Paola gets replaced by Genesis. Always glad to see her but we'd all know how that one would end up.

That would actually be pretty good and not something I've seen before!

Well, they do call the smuggled MacGuffin in S1 an "Imperial" Starpath unit, but there's also the fact that whatever faction won was going to repurpose equipment en masse, so it could have been a "Republic" unit prior to that. I blame Lucas a little bit for not giving them a long enough runway. Made all the worse by the fact that even as a kid, I could tell Mark Hamill was old as dirt compared to what he should have been (he was 29 when ep 4 debuted, 35 for 6). Or you could just handwave it as "long ago far away", meaning accurate records didn't survive.

requesting an AEW match that goes to a draw which is settled by a bodyslam contest

Oh, baseball. One step forward, two back.

A History of Vioence is on the short list for Best Comic Book Movie, along with Road to Perdition.

I did say it was loaded.

He needs to cycle in some more guys to the Premiere Athletes, really expand that army. If not Mark Sterling, QT Marshall could easily fill some ranks up too.

I don't know why some of you think that Thekla going 50-50 with Aminata is bad, it's a very hard hitting 50-50 right now and I really think they'll stick with it til we get a plunder match between the two of them where Thekla should be the one going over there.

Not for a while cause he could easily be slotted into a world title program and have a ppv main event anytime. Heck have Hangman be the first to pin him at full gear or something I bet it would be a banger.

The booking of the HS has been one of things that makes the most sense in AEW. Look at them! Jesus Christ. They should be beating the shit out of everybody. They're like if the Road Warriors were also amateur champions. Who cares if they're "old" or are "WWE" guys? I loved the tag match at the PPV purely because the HS were having no part of all the flippy shit and just wrecking house.

I also think Stat needs a real "day in the sun" reign with the big belt way more than Mercedes (who shouldn't win it until she's a face again).

Movies today.... Fading Gigolo (Criterion Channel, leaving on 7/31) - 2/5 stars Little Solange (Criterion Channel, leaving on 7/31) - 4/5 stars Flipside (Criterion Channel, leaving on 7/31) - 5/5 stars Nationtime (Criterion Channel, leaving on 7/31) - 4.5/5 stars

Really even if Seth's injury is 100% legit and he's out for the better part of the year, Punk winning at Summerslam only for Bron & son to absolute destroy him so Seth on crutches can pin him just out of pure spite even if he has to immediately forfeit it would work for me. Sure it's perhaps not the best thing for a top title's credibility but idk it'd be pretty funny.

Stokely already managed a stable of losers and 97% of us forgot!

The idea that Mark Briscoe is the new Boogie Woogie Man intrigues me no end James

I’m just glad the apology was as loud and as public as the disrespect

If it's true that Rusev and Black didn't want to lose, that's fine because Tony Khan shelved them. Rusev wasn't used much at all and Black was mostly in tag matches. Tony Khan is the one doing the booking, none of these people have creative control. If they are difficult? They don't get used. It's seems fair to me. There's no signs whatsoever that Mox, Mone, or The Hurt Syndicate have been difficult to work with. No signs at all. They've all done jobs. Shelton has done jobs. I think only Lashley hasn't been pinned but should Lashley be pinned?

I'm watching Spring Break 2023 and Mike Bailey has the best Spring Break song for his entrance (Brass Monkey) and STILL manages to look like a dork. I love it!

Except that's what multiple indie promoters have said about ex-WWE workers - that they'll come in and not want to lose or give their opponent that much as if it's hurting their stock. Rusev/Miro preferred to stay at home in LA and work out and then move to Bulgaria instead of doing business in AEW. I honestly don't know if that's the same for Black, but where there's smoke there's fire. I don't think that's the case at all for Mone. She's a huge star, one of the biggest stars in wrestling/women's wrestling. She shouldn't be losing that much. It would be like if John Cena, or CM Punk, made the jump. Those people shouldn't be losing.

I'm pretty sure it's going to go Toni-Athena-Mercedes with Mercedes winning the ROH as well.

I feel like Thekla will get built back up, but I gotta agree that going 50/50 with Aminata has really hurt her. Thekla shouldn't have to be built back up this quickly. She should have squashed Aminata like a bug and moved on.

Men's title could go any number of ways and be good. The true 4 pillars of Hanger, Swerve, MJF, and Ospreay give you a lot of flexibility, and that's before you add Okada, Omega, Jay White, and Fletcher to the mix. For Women's, either Athena needs to knock off Toni and then do a condensed version of the minion angle where Billie takes the belt off Athena, or if Toni fends off Athena, Billie takes down Toni in a massive upset and feuds with Athena that way. They're dangerously close to running out of credible challengers, so they kinda need to do something now. If they protected Thekla better, they'd have that in the chamber, but having her go 50/50 with Aminata isn't helping in that regard.

Wrestling Rocks https://www.discogs.com/release/4237194-Various-Wrestling-Rocks Shell Shock Shannon and his Hollywood Manglers – Wrestlers Just Wanna Bust Heads (2:37) Jesse “the Body” Ventura – The Body Rules (3:37) “Classy” Freddy Blassie – Pencil Neck Geek (3:26) “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant – Son of a Gypsy Man (1:33) Tau “The Destroyin' Samoan” Logo – Samoan to the Bone (2:37) NRBQ with Captain Lou Albano – Captain Lou (2:31) “Exotic” Adrian Street – Breakin' Bones (2:10) Johnny Legend – I Like to Hurt People (2:54) Jerry “the King” Lawler – Trouble (2:16) the Novas – The Crusher (1:57) The Foreign Objects – Who Will Dispute the Genius of Lou Albano (1:38) “Exotic” Adrian Street – Imagine What I Could Do to You (2:13) “Classy” Freddie Blassie – King of Men (3:10) Ring Introduction: This was released in 1985 under Rhino Records, a label known for putting out compilations and novelty records. So that should set the tone for what we're about to listen to. To keep my sanity, i'll be skipping over any songs that i've already reviewed or am about to review. That should make this pretty short, but still worth covering. The Match: “Wrestlers Just Wanna Bust Heads” is a cheesy parody of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. I'm a sucker for novelty records, so this popped me. “The Body Rules” (previously reviewed) “Pencil Neck Geek” (review coming soon!) “Son of a Gypsy Man” has a fun guitar riff, but Valiant absolutely does NOT have the voice for this. I mean, it's somewhat endearing and almost works, but taken as a serious song, this ain't it. I still like it tho. If i'm being completely honest, the song fades out, but could actually stand to have another verse. “Samoan to the Bone” I have no idea who Tau Logo is. He doesn't have a wikipedia or cagematch page. But he DOES have an IMDB listing, and apparently had a role in “The Golden Child” and “Darkman”. But the song is fun. Kind of driving, and Tau's vocals keep you hooked. This song is also featured on the “Muscle Rock Madness” youtube video that was going around a couple years ago. “Captain Lou” (previously reviewed) “Breakin' Bones” (previously reviewed) “I Like to Hurt People” per wikipedia, Johnny Legend is a Rockabilly musician, film producer, actor, and wrestling manager. He released an album in 1979, but was probably best known for writing and co-directing My Breakfast with Blassie. Around these parts, he is probably also known for co-founding Incredibly Strange Wrestling in 1995. Legend sounds very much like he came from the Jimmy Hart school of managing. This song is upbeat and pretty fastpaced. It has its own set of charm, but just misses the mark for me. “Trouble” (review coming soon) “The Crusher” is by the garage rock band “the Novas”, named after the Chevy vehicle. This was originally released as a single in 1964! They never went on to much fame and disbanded just a couple of years later. This song is pretty fun. The lead singer is growling out wrestling moves as if they were dance moves, and it's all set to a pseudo-dance-rock song. “Who Will Dispute the Genius of Lou Albano” was released by a punk band called the Foreign Objects, and just in case that didn't clue you in to their other passion, it is taken from their full length album “Into the Squared Circle”. A big of a non-sequitur as a song goes, and yet it kept my attention. For its brief tenure, it mixes up sounds quite a bit. I am tempted to check out their album, but I probably won't. “Imagine What I Could Do To You” (previously reviewed) “King of Men” (review coming soon) The Finish: Another mishmash of an album, but I had a good time listening to this. I kind of want to pick it up on vinyl Not Rated due to it being a compilation of quite a few songs i've already reviewed.