John from Cincinnati

The problem with that is wrestling would peak right there. Wrestling would be over.

We live in a world where a not-insignificant number of people think that "on background" means "fake news." I wouldn't waste my energy explaining journalism practices to anyone these days.

I don't think they mean it this literally, but if they try top ten rankings for six months, they'll back themselves into a few corners and realize how stupid it is. But I don't think you need to go to those extremes to make wins and losses matter. Just don't go 50/50 and let guys rot thoughtlessly. Seems simple enough in theory. Of course plenty of promotions have succeeded without even that level of insight. So who fucking cares? It really is a meme.

As much as I think some of the things that come out of his mouth aren’t the most well-formed thoughts, he’s such an institution with his audience that nothing your or I say will change that. Even if he’s betting on a losing horse here, his rep is safe. I do plan to give the pod a listen later. Just to get a read on him that’s not a live event write up from a decade ago.

Nope. I just think it’s hilarious that you believe Melzer’s credibility is on such fragile footing. And I say this as someone who also isn’t a big fan of Meltzer.

Sure it will.

20 years ago this month.

And that neglects to mention Omar testifying against Bird, which is probably a lot of people's highlight of the season. Me? I'll take some prime Herc and Carver incompetence. Season 2 is great.

I know only a small handful of us care about 205 anymore, but that last qualifying match doesn't air for a few more hours.

Cien and Rey were dialed in tonight.

It’s nice to see Prez land on his feet and become a somewhat effective teacher. But at the end of the day, he’s still a giant fuck up who took away a kid’s eye. That’s hard to look past.

At least nobody here has the poor sense to accuse Brandi of “virtue signalling.”

At a SmackDown taping, wouldn't that be an improvement?

I'll grant you that. When it's all we have to go on, we're going to be prone to extreme judgement both positive and negative. In reality, it's a nothingburger.

Kill me now.

So are we meant to assume that Jericho attacking Kenny is a story that was settled on the cruise? Or should they build to Jericho-Omega 2 because it's the biggest match available to them?

Everyone should. Wrestlers who don't look like they're pretending to be bad-asses or class clowns are getting harder and harder to find.

I just checked the Jericho pyro bit again. Still a big woof from me.

That it's a student film pretending to be Michael Bay?

I don't listen to his pod much anymore, but Jericho doesn't strike me as bitter. I just think he's having a lot of fun on the outside and it's changed his priorities.

Not at all. The picture is low quality. With how fuzzy the stream got, I could barely see him behind the pyro and smoke. It looked like a minor league playing like it was major.

Jericho? I didn't realize this rally had an open bar.

Agreed 100%. The video packages at All In and the editing on your average BTE episode leave a lot to be desired. They need some real help.

Glad PAC is getting paired with Page, who's the only of the Elite guys who looks anything like a star at this thing.