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Ill quote you so that you see it, but I truly hope everyone does. Yesterday was a shitty day. my 5 year old son went back to his mom's house, and bawled his eyes out when it was time to go. He hadn't cried like that in a long time. I don't know if you have kids or not, but it's a very special type of pain when something like that happens. It doesn't excuse the things I said. I am sorry for that. Truth be told, yesterday afternoon is kind of a blur. That's not an excuse. I just want y'all to know that there was an extenuating circumstance. @Casey, if I'm not on ignore, I'm sorry. I'd like to think I'm a better person than that, but there appears to be a least a bit of evidence to the contrary. I like it here. I like the community this place provides. I like the outlet to discuss something I love. But I also understand that people don't log on here to be berated. Y'all are good people. I might stay away a few days. Shout out to @Log for reaching out. You're good people, man. Y'all take care.

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.

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?

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.

Opening with Naomi, Rhea, and Io to set up the triple threat was nothing special but still nice to see. This version of Naomi carries herself so well despite being a cackling villain. Kabuki Warriors vs. Raquel/Roxanne was solid. Would have preferred Kairi and Asuka won, but I'm good with Judgement Day cheating here. They also probably need it more wit Raquel and Roxanne as a new team. Hopefully they pop up in NXT and Smackdown to create some decent rivalries. Bayley/Lyra was great. Dug the action. Dug the tension. And I dug how each of the falls played out a bit more exciting than the last. Its been good seeing Lyra come more and more into her own since this story started post Mania. Hopefully she get s a stip like this against Becky and wins the belt back at Summerslam. Becky/Bayley can still happen afterward. The backstage segment with Dom and AJ had me chucking. These interactions the past few weeks have been dumb in the best of ways. Nikki/Chelsea was solid aside from Nikki trying her old spine destroying finish at the end. Guessing old habits kicked in. Was nice to see Stephanie make the save post match. Bron vs. Penta vs. Knight vs. Jey vs. Punk was good. WWE tends to gauntlet matches well so I was happy with how this one played out, particularly with them waiting for Bronson to pounce. Bron/Knight was probably the best of rounds here though I still dug Bron/Jey and Bron/Punk. The post match beatdown that led to the save by Roman was an awesome surprise. Not sure if the crowd knew he was there already or just felt like making the call, but I loved how it played out. That pop was massive. Normally I would complain about only 4 matches, but when one of them is longer gauntlet match I feel some leeway is allowed. Beyond that the wrestling here was just pretty solid-good. Bayle/Lyra was MOTN for me and really delivered though the gauntlet wasn't super far behind. Beyond that I'm digging where the stories are going and how the card for Summerslam is building. Rollins's injury got a quick and solid address that will make his return and cash in a decent surprise whenever I happens, legit hurt or not. Good show and follow up to this past weekends events.

Lyra/Bayley ruled so much. God damn that match told such a great story. Bayley really is the GOAT. So many of the other top women in the company need the title or to be in the mix for the title to be compelling and have great matches. Bayley is almost the exact opposite at this point of her career. That was just a special performance from one of the best to ever do it. And maybe “one of” should just be taken from the sentence.

Prepare for a screenshot from me of Bull being the holder of every title in the game.