Godfrey

Last week I thought neither WWE and AEW were putting out a particularly good product and this week both companies showed me why they are utter trash and likely won't get better any time soon. True bottom of the barrel bullshit from Cena and Moxley that combined to kill my interest in wrestling in general. Gonna check out again and watch baseball, nice to talk to some of you for a bit. See ya next time!

The polar opposite of a 30 minute 'great' match that people forget the next day

I have a few misgivings about doing a European tour leading up to Mania with this particular Cena angle happening, people might be too happy he's there to boo him. It would be funny if Cena got booed on his face run and when he finally turns gets cheered as a heel. Maybe he can trash the local sports team, "RSC Anderlecht are vreselijk!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDlrFVr2vc&ab_channel=jsg_games A random ep of Crockett's WCW from '87. There is nothing spectacular about it but it struck me watching just how slooooooowwwww paced modern wrestling shows can be in comparison. 7 minutes into this show and they've had promos from Barry Windham, the Road Warriors, and Jim Cornette plus a squash by Ole Anderson and another one getting in the ring for the Midnight Express. A real thrill a minute

I meant more in terms of effect on the overall match. I thought the weapons were superfluous anyway

Jey Uso and Gunther is a real nothing so far, huh? It's a World Title feud and they're slumming it with Alpha Academy. I've been a fan of Otis since he was recruited as an amateur called Dozer but WWE has deliberately cooled him off a few times lately so including that team doesn't exactly scream Main Event. Still got time to juice it up

The 2025 equivalent of Shawn Michaels flashing the Wolfpack hand sign

Cage match was really good! Wild ass slugfest to start that got a bit finisher heavy in the closing stretch before the expected Roman interference. Punk's back got a little fucked up from the cagebombs, even so they could've been a little more imaginative with the violence. The fight on top of the cage got a little scary but overall the sense of danger was relatively low. Some compare and contrast: Both AEW and WWE cage matches had interference which negates the point of the cage, at least Roman's led to the finish while Davis' was completely superfluous. Ospreay had to switch up his game in the cage and honestly that was most of the appeal of the match for me. I wish they hadn't resorted to weapons but that's another matter. I don't feel like Punk or Rollins really needed to adjust their style for the cage even though Seth couldn't use half his offense. Given how both feuds have progressed, Ospreay/Fletcher was closer to living up to the promise of a cage match. More intensity except the strikes. Of course, that match appeared to be a blowoff while Punk/Rollins was only a step towards Mania so the goals were not the same.

This may belong in the Hot Takes thread but I thought The Bar was pretty great for him and Sheamus, one of the few highlights from that time.

Is Ospreay/Fletcher the first one on one cage match to get triple juice?

Punk was in the Cell right after the Page/Swerve cage match, now he's in a cage right after Ospreay/Fletcher? One more time and it's not a coincidence

MJF vs Adam Page was pretty dope. I dug the really good and hard hitting stuff until that Angel's Wings, that looked a little too spicy. MJF's emoting was too much for me personally but I like that they are paying off the characters right the beginning of the company. Commentary let some of this match down, they didn't sell most near falls or submission attempts as anything serious. Considering Max tried to kill Hangman earlier in the week I thought there might be more to this but I guess a brutal face plant is enough. Cage match started as a nice change of pace and got silly by the end. I enjoyed Will discovering the limits of the cage and adjusting on the fly, nice piece of in-ring storytelling there and it leads to Ospreay setting up his highspots with more logic. AEW has a habit of going overly hard in the early stages of a match so the wrestlers can get to the big spots and kick outs, this is the kind of match that deserved that pacing and I didn't think it was too long tbh. All the blood licking and weapons were corny and Mark Davis didn't need to be anywhere near this, aside from that the match had some great moments and I'm excited to see what Kyle can do next.

Stoked to see Ospreay/Fletcher and MJF/Page at some point. They should both be good matches and I'm interested to see how these feuds get blown off without someone being murdered in the ring.

Seriously. I get it, it's a bummer AEW isn't catering to the most niche tastes anymore but let's not go nuts

The ladies are out here farting it up, dude's just trying to work. I don't want to poke too much fun because this person may be legitimately in need of help like Rhaka Khan but damn that got me