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Just to add, they actually gave the unified but not really unified title a name, too, absolutely giving the impression it was now it's own singular title. Fuuuuuck.

@Craig H I, too, forgot all about the National title! The history of this other two belts is maddening. Okada and Omega supposedly unified them, but not really! Because then Okada put up the Continental title in the CC tournament, BUT NOT THE INTERNATIONAL. So there was actually no unification, Okada just happened to hold two belts. Then Mox won the tournament and the one belt, while Okada still has the other. It's fucking stupid and TK, if you're reading this, you should feel bad.

See, I feel like the World title should be the one defended around the world. Now if they want a belt that's mostly defended on indy shows, like Pac did for a bit when he held the All Atlantic title, then make a title specifically for that. AEW Outreach Title? No idea. But seriously, an AEW belt that's only defended in indies and, if on regular AEW shows, then against non-AEW talent, would be cool.

The Crank films are over the top, goofy fun, but some of their subject matter is rather problematic today.

Vince booking the heel to be rooting for Sharpton jibes with Vince booking progressive causes as heel traits, like Danielson being booked as a heel because his environmentalism, or The Reckoning being a thinly-veiled BLM parody. Shit, it continues today without Vince. I don't watch but isn't there some guy who is railing against toxic masculinity and he's portrayed as an effeminate loser and a stooge, getting beat up to get babyfaces cheered?

I think Vince "idolized" MLK for purely cynical, carny reasons. Vince probably took MLK's ability to inspire followers in a cynical way, like "man, I wish I could manipulate people like that!" Whatever the specifics, no way someone who really idolized King and took his message to heart would book Kamala, Slick, Saba Simba, etc.

Much like "liberal for a wrestler," Kane was "wrestler smart" for the time. That meant he'd read a book in the past five years, knew big words, and spouted (intelligent-sounding but ridiculous upon cursory inspection) memorized Libertarian talking points. Ain't that the sad truth. I can't believe I'd been concerned about the far right hellscape Mitt Romney was about to unleash.

Oh yeah. By "liberal for a wrestler," I was trying to be clever (it doesn't always work!) and meant "has some progressive views, but probably also a LOT of blind spots by coming up in this business, with its regressive treatment of anyone not white and male.

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Nash and Cornette prove there's a difference between being liberal and being "liberal (for a wrestler)."

Reading this made me realize I forgot about the National title. Equal parts hilarious and sad.

But Dynamite isn't even on TNT anymore I'm old timey and my "regional" titles should be regional. If it's called the US title, it should only be defended in the US, for example. Don't even get me started on why a company would have both "International" and "World" titles. But yeah, the "TNT" title sounds like a TV title that should only be defended on TV. But now their TV shows are on TNT and TBS, and simulcast on HBO Max. The whole deal is a mess. Your secondary title should be definitively secondary.

LOOOOL "It has been my dream since I was a little girl to work for WWE, where I will be objectified and work for a fanbase who will sit on their hands until I do the one sexually suggestive move the gooners pop for."

Takeshita wins the Continental belt from Mox, then we get a three way unification match between Takeshita, Okada, and Fletcher. Continental and International belts are never spoken of again, Continental Classic is now for a sweet trophy and world title shot, and maybe even rename the TNT belt because naming a belt after a TV network was dumb in the first place.

Much like Phoney Stark buys companies and patents and then takes credit for "inventing" them, this manager has to hire wrestlers after they win titles, then act like he made them champions. "No no! Grok Monsoon says the key is to get your toe around their calf! Then it's unbreakable!" Vince also thought he could take Frank Shamrock because of Frank's height. Unless it's some bougie adolescent military academy shit, Vince knows fuck all about real world fighting.

Nothing good comes of paying attention to Bix

Mox gave up a well-deserved vacation in order to keep shit stable when Punk (-ass bitch) crashed out, and never got back around to taking it. Unless you count rehab. Mox is legit the MVP of AEW, for real. As someone else said, if AEW has a HOF, he is first ballot.

It's all subjective, but I'll say I feel the Bucks put on excellent, fun matches every single time. I have no desire to try to convince the anti-Bucks crowd of anything, but denying these guys are super talented is wild to me. I mean hell, Sting chose them for his final match. He probably knows something about wrestling.

What spot? Did they win tag team of the year? I don't think the awards are rigged but obviously a lot of the voters' tastes are influenced by Meltzer.

Someone here argued that the cheap heat tactics are being done by the character because the character is supposed to be insecure. That's some fun headcanon but I personally don't believe it.

Guam, but yeah I almost wrote "Guarma," by the way

If this is just a sneaky way of getting us Crank 4, I'm in.

I forgot about PG-13 and honestly, I wouldn't count them anyway. They were more mascots or glorified managers than full-fledged wrestlers and members of the team proper. Like Fantasia in the Freebirds.

A fun psyop to drive a wedge between him and TKO: spread the word that the White House PLE outdrew his inauguration. Where is this show going to be held? Are they flying in Saudi slave labor to duplicate that Royal Rumble scaffold arena in the rubble of the East Wing?

If TK ever needed a sign from the gods that he's got too many titles, it doesn't get much better than this