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Do you know that he doesn't? Or that he doesn't pay for their time/travel in the first place?

Remember that question over in the AEW section about names you'd like to see get a shot at booking wrestling? Octopus. That's my answer. Oh, damn! How did I just realize that @Sparkleface's avatar is Courtney Barnett from the Pedestrian at Best video? I love Barnett.

This is the week! We're going to Collision this Saturday. Cool to see Darby already announced, he's one of my son's favorites. I'm looking forward to seeing him match up with Christian. That's kind of a dream match that I didn't know I wanted until it was announced thing. So, the story is that we're going to check out this cool toy store in Lexington Saturday. I told the boy we may run by Rupp Arena so he can see where the Wildcats play basketball and maybe check out where our seats are for Guns n Roses in September (yes, I'm taking a six-year-old to see GnR next month). I haven't been to Rupp in a little while, but I think I can pretty much get him into the arena before he realizes that AEW is happening there that night. He's going to lose his mind. My wife said he's told her at least twice in the last week that he wishes AEW would come somewhere close so he can go. I'm so excited for this. Let's get some more matches announced!

Alternate reality where the Cole/MJF team doesn't happen. Instead it's Jungle Boy and MJF. JB turns heel with Max. Max converts him to Judaism. Holds a late Bar Mitzvah for him. "Today I am a Jungle Man!"

God! When's TK going to pull his head out of his ass and do something about Samoa Joe! Clearly, him turning a blind eye to Joe using someone else's phone to order food on their dime for the whole locker room is a sign that Khan has NO CONTROL over his locker room! And forcing someone in a lower spot on the roster to do that many pushups!!!! Don't even get me started! Maybe if he wasn't stretched so thin trying to book three shows and ROH on top of that, he'd be able to do something! I always knew Samoa Joe was like this. He thinks because he's big and he's on some big-time Amazon Prime show, he can push people around! What a jerk! I won't be watching Collision anymore as long as he's on there!

I mean, if I'm running a wrestling company, and it comes down to keeping CM Punk happy or keeping Ryan Nemeth, I don't even have to think about that one. (It's Punk. I'm keeping Punk happy.)

I REALLY likes Full Circle. A very unique show, for sure.

I also like to watch Hangman wrestle and talk on my tv. I hope to see him do those things live at some point. I enjoying watching Kenny Omega and the Bucks wrestle on my tv. There are also a number of other wrestlers I enjoy watching to varying degrees. Some of them may be mean to people backstage or not. That’s fine. Those are problems for other people. I like to read the gossip. Why do some of you get so mad about these people you don’t know doing things/not doing things to other people you don’t know? Really. I’m genuinely curious.

I like watching CM Punk wrestle and talk on my tv. Looking forward to seeing him do that live this Saturday, too. That’s the entirety of the effect he has on my life.

Help me out here, I’m a little dense. Is it that they’re the four looking to leave the ACC?

I’m going to give a total cop-out answer and say “someone who hasn’t booked wrestling before”. I’d love to see some fresh minds tackle that task. It’s seems like the same rotating cast of a handful of people always get mentioned. It’d be cool to see what some other people could do in that position.

I think it's important for them to keep this an AEW show, too. Not a New Japan/AEW show or whoever.

There's a joke to be made here about old people and technology.

I'm convinced that you could put a Walmart in the nicest neighborhood in the country, and it'd still be filled with people in pajama pants screaming at their kids.

Wasn't All In the name of the show that Cody/Elite put on based on Meltzer's bet that they couldn't draw 10,000? I always thought All Out was a play on that once AEW was formed.

AH! How'd I miss Billy? He, Jake and Dustin were my go-to's for many many years looking through results.

I'm going to go with 1994.

I'm two years older than Harley Race was when he debuted in the WWF. I'm no spring chicken, but I'd say I could pass for 1986 Harley's grandson.

Are we sure she actually said they were developing a new Wonder Woman? It may have just been an ad-libbed verse for a new recording of Imagine that she's doing? Imagine there's a new Wonder Woman...

That guy behind Blassie is 23. That's just what 23-year-olds looked like back then.

They did do a video package for Jay/Shida. Went through their history (Shida was Jay's first AEW opponent). I mean, I don't think it made the match feel more important, but it was there.

I don't know if it's sadder if that is Zas's alt or if there is a regular person who exists that feels the need to go around defending him.

I mean, would it even be an RVD match if there weren't some botches and unnecessary stiffness?

It's an unfortunate fact that you'll have some shitty workouts here and there. Don't let it derail you. Just put that one behind you and focus on making the next one better.

Am I wrong, or do they seem a bit below "retiring their numbers"-tier players?