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Twice your boy was the beneficiary of WCW's papering practices. I was there in the Ga Dome for WCW's best moment and worst moment on television.

@Casey I’m not sure what’s funny about what I said. I mean, I guess if I were a hapless Punk mark I’d be laughing too, if it kept me from crying. Your boy has been a paper lion for at least 3 years. Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston, and Adam Page, amongst others, called Phil a bitch to his face on tv, and Punk did nothing. Instead he sucker punched noted tough guys Matt & Nick Jackson. Then he tried & failed to choke out Jack Perry, who Phil outweighs by 80 lbs. Then, after being fired by a company that was willing to tailor their entire product around him, he showed up to French kiss the ass of the “doofus son in law” he once said he’d never work for. Your punk rock kid has gone back on everything he’s ever said. His integrity is as absent as his edge. He’s “Mr. TKO.” He’s become the establishment he claimed to despise. So yeah; if I were you, I’d laugh to keep from crying too.

So, maybe this should go in the weekly thread, but holy hell, what a glorious week this was for those of us who have always rolled our eyes at CM Punk’s “anti-establishment” act. This was the modern answer to what trips had to go through after the “curtain call.” I believe the direct quote that Trips attributes to Vince was; “you’re gonna eat so many plates of shit that you’re gonna like the taste.” Phil had to go to Saudi Arabia, a place he explicitly said he’d never perform, dress up like John Cena and do the shittiest freestyle rap since Noah Vanderhoff went on Wayne’s World, apologize to a planted fan for a tweet that I believe he genuinely meant, and then got made to look like shit against a thoroughly coasting John Cena. And to think: all he had to do was not get upset at Adam Page for not wanting advice that he didn’t ask for. This is what narcissism and self adulation gets you. He’s “Mr. TKO” now. The highest paid corporate stooge since Ed McMahon assured us that any of us could win the sweepstakes. Fuck that poser. I hope the Saudi blood $ keeps him warm, because he’s sold off every moral he’s ever pretended to have.

I think that’s why Stat is gonna join the Death Riders. To team with Marina. AEW & ROH should have universal trios & tag titles. Each brand doesn’t need their own belt. I’m okay with two secondary men’s titles simply due to modern roster sizes. It would be better if there were something that differentiates the two titles, but a second secondary title makes sense. Yeah, the TBS & women’s titles should be merged.

There's been a lot of silly interpretation of who's names represent what. I think the easiest way to interpret those three names is that those 3 guys were all guys Punk championed in the past. He famously fought for Dolph Ziggler and Zack Ryder to get more tv time. The cynics amongst us (myself included) wondered how genuine he was being about that. Did he really think those guys deserved more, or was he invoking their names because it would further endear him to the growing sector of fans who were not into what was currently being booked? Also, yeah. That promo ruled. Fuck that poser.

I can't remember exactly what the issue was, but there was a thing where he couldn't travel to Canada for a big match and didn't inform anyone until the last moment.

Ordered mine today.

You’d be proud of me. There’s tons of idiots on wreddit throwing the “Mercedes Hogan” nonsense around as though they’ve never seen a “belt collector” story before. I’m in the trenches, baby.

It should’ve been two posts. I started out being somewhat facetious. Then I veered into serious. That’s on me. It just made me smile when Hanger did that just two weeks after TKO sent Rey Mysterio out to publicly thank WWE for “legitimizing” Lucha Libre. Fuck those maga dorks.

I may or may not have much more about this show. I thought it was dope as hell. I just wanted to chime in on the Hangman Love-fest. That dude is too good for this business. Can you even imagine what a sanctimonious, self-righteous piece of shit one would have to be to not get along with a standup human being like Adam Page? Imagine the deep-seated insecurity required to see a quality human being like Hangman Page as a threat? Lots of guys in this business talk the talk when it comes to speaking out about human rights. Hangman Page cut a promo in spanish in Mexico during a highly tumultuous week in our nation's history. I could be completely wrong, but when I listen to a guy like Hangman speak fondly of a handful of migrant workers he encountered during childhood, remembering their names, and generally just being a wonderful human, i almost get a little misty-eyed. I have a young son, and I want him to grow up to be a guy like Hangman Page.

Speaking of Mortos, apparently he and Mercedes Mone are a thing now. My guy is posting "dubs" left and right.

They could also merge the TBS/World titles by having Mercedes win so they could introduce women's tag titles.

You invoked MIRACLE. Now I want this...

I think Swerve comes down to counter-act Young Bucks interference, maybe screws something up, and accidentally costs Hangman the title. Hangman's big character beat is that he learns to let shit like this go. Idk. Maybe it's too complicated.

Yeah, I've been on both ends of the "oh shit, this submission is REALLY gonna hurt." IRL, you don't try to fight out of an armbar or omoplata or anything once it's in deep and your hands are out of position. You tap and "nope" the fuck out of the hold and the mat. I had zero issue with Aminata tapping and getting out...

Hangman Page was right.

I'm not gonna do a review for the whole 4 hr block of TV from wednesday. I will say that I had a wonderful time watching the show, and anyone who was on the discord can attest to that. What I want to point out is that I think one of the big things to take away from what happened Wednesday is that it's so much more fun to naturally integrate Lucha Libre into your product than to shoehorn it in, WWE style. I watched the youtube highlights from nXt tuesday and the whole AAA integration felt so forced. Like, "look at all these people you're supposed to care about now! not as much as our talent, but care! Exactly as much as we tell you! And make sure to watch 'Slim Jim presents Prime Energy Drink's 'When World's Collide' super show! Brought to you by Cricket Wireless and that Insurance Guy!!!" Woof. Kudos to TK for figuring out the right balance.

Damn. I’m torn between my love of Lucha and my hatred of WWE. I want to watch this show, but I don’t want to cast a “yes” vote with my viewership…

I was thinking novelty coffee mugs and one of those decorative wall hangings, but I like a yard sign...

i'm honored.... I think?

fwiw, they are not fans of one another as people. I would suggest enjoying this.

A one-shot of tafka R-Truth appearing in a Casino gauntlet match, throwing all the competitors in the ring over the top rope, and then climbing to the middle turnbuckle would rule. Like, he's looking for a Wrestlemania sign to point at, thinking he's won the Rumble, he's confused, and then someone like Lance Archer or Kyle Fletcher just obliterates him.

Fair enough. I ruminate sometimes. As I continue with therapy it becomes more apparent that I have some deep seeded issues with anger going back to an incident from childhood. Crazily enough, I work with autistic children now. One of the things we work on the most is "emotional regulation." Like, they get mad about things they should be mad about, but they have no idea where to draw the line in terms of how best to express that anger. It's an ongoing process, and it's lifelong. As someone on the spectrum, I learn a lot about myself through my work with these kids. I WILL say that to some degree, Punk drew this target on himself. He spent years talking about how WWE is soulless and evil, but now that he needs the money, he's willing to overlook all that. Like, they're even more soulless and evil now that they are part of TKO and Punk is on tv every week smiling and toe-ing the company line. Hypocrisy bugs me. Probably more than it should. Sometimes I have trouble figuring out how mad I should be about shit like this. I consider guys like you and @nikobaltimore to be level-headed members of this board, so if you say I'm overreacting, I'll take your word for it.

I think he's a gutless coward too. And I'm typing this while touching grass, so your normal advice won't work. Silence speaks volumes. I'm sure your boy was busy purchasing tickets to Jeddha...

Where’s Mr. “Workers Rights?” Mr. “Voice of the Voiceless?” Oh yeah. Doing a photo op with Demolition. CM Punk’s silence on all this speaks volumes…