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I'm in 100% agreement that unless Rock magically gets the stamina and durability he had in his prime, he is in no shape to work a main event Mania match. Maybe a hardcore match with a bunch of resting spots but that's not fun. I'd say stash it on a Saudi show that none of us really care about. The only big matches left for Roman are Punk, Lashley, Seth, Orton and Gunther. Maybe Styles with the OC as backup but we should be there and they're not getting involved. We're getting an Orton match at some point. So there's stuff for Roman to do in the meantime. A Cody/Punk double elim could be on the table! I can hear the collective groan from the couch. And yeah Becky/Rhea is the Big Joker they're holding. They need to get to Nia/Becky finished up which will lead to Becky/Rhea. Maybe Nia eliminates Becky and Becky gets revenge? But I know I'm going to fry some wings for this Saturday.

Oh yeah different strokes for different folks. You for sure could swap out some main roster folks for NXT folks or give them time off. R-Truth was actually in NXT when he got hurt in a match with Waller, and Waller did a great job covering for it on a live show in a tiny studio. I wasn't the biggest fan of the end of B&G NXT, it seemed stuck in place with the UE guys not moving up and no one else on the card getting swapped in. I don't know if the big reset of 2.0 was the right move, but something needed to be done. On the Okada thing, that's still a smark heavy crowd with a lot of the same people showing up week to week, doesn't seem like a good way to have your roster work since you don't really know if stuff is actually working or not. But if Okada showed up yeah they'd go bonkers. And Okada/Briggs could be a fun 8 minute match.

Haven't watched this week's episode but the reasons you dislike the show are the exact reasons I love the show. The wackiness of these matchups is intriguing to me along with the really bad sketches. Work out the kinks before getting called up. And there's a bit of a log jam at the main roster so there are a bunch of folks that are stuck in NXT for now which is even more glaring with the UK folks that have been there for the last year and half or so now. And I believe Booker T on commentary is the WCW B/C show Dusty Rhodes of our time.

This is how I know I go to a "serious man's gym" I haven't seen any kids trying to lift with Crocs on. That's insane to me. Tony Atlas' photographer? Also, I am disappointed they didn't have Juice's pic on a cardboard box for the obvious Juice Box joke.

There's an uptick in ACL tears for women across all sports at all levels. I'd assume the solution would require a lot of shared data.

I always assumed it's to cut down on glare on the monitors from the ring lights. I don't think when the commentary table is near the entrance they have the shield up.

Is that the song that's a Heart knock off? Yeah, I'm holding out on a sale for season 2.

A few years ago MegaMan Legends was on sale on the PSN store so I got it, man were the controls tough, you had to use L2/R2 to strafe and it made the boss battles rough.

I mean it's a resort area with all of it's trappings (tons of gift shops with either offensive or culturally insensitive things, random chain restaurants etc) but if you're into hiking and other outdoor activities or water parks it's fun with a group of people or a significant other. Plus Del Bar and Ishnala (speaking of culturally insensitive) are really good supper clubs.

There's a Ponderosa that's a 2 hour drive from me that's open seasonally because it's in a resort area (Wisconsin Dells) and I tell myself I should just find a rental for a weekend and go there for old times sake and maybe get a day pass at a water park. The only thing I know about Bossier City is that they've hosted a leg of the Womens Volleyball Nations League (a yearly international volleyball competition with your standing helping your chances at Olympic qualification) for the last 2 or 3 years and every volleyball fan is confused because it's sparsely attended and the closest international airport is Dallas/Ft. Worth which is a good drive and it's apparently not a happening city and the only thinking is that there must be some big time grift and kickbacks going on.

I didn't see anything on my socials but I'm not super deep since wrestling on social media can be really annoying. It's Joe's first defense, of course it's a lollipop. This is just more fun because it's a young guy and we'll get to see a little more out of Hook. Same with Jinder, I haven't seen anything negative out there, we know it's just a stop along the way to Rollins/Punk.

Yeah, if you see her trending on Twitter/X, don't click it.

Same, anytime I've seen a wrestler in the "wild" the most I've done is a head nod/wave (my favorite might be Silas Young at the gym since he was somehow as wide as he was tall), if I were with my niece/nephews and it was someone they were a fan of, I might try to approach them, but I'm not tracking them down! Skye's comment was kinda sad/funny considering that everytime she wrestles, she trends on Twitter and it's just zoomed in shots/gifs of her butt. I almost didn't recognize Madison Rayne in that clip too.

"Heyman can spend a couple of weeks cutting promos against Aldi's," This is an amazing autocorrect. Now I want Heyman standing by the carts cutting a promo and someone interrupts him asking if they can have a quarter for the carts. As far as Rock/Roman, like others have said, Rock wasn't great 10+ years ago and time won't make it better. And him huffing and puffing after that spinebuster/people's elbow is not a good sign either. I don't even think he can go for a "throw bombs" match since his moveset isn't that compared to Goldberg. The rumors say that the Australian tourism board which paid for the show wanted Rock and WWE let them know it would cost extra so maybe they coughed up the cash. I don't think you can run Rock at Mania and not have it be a mess. Guess we'll see what happens. Having caught Raw this morning since I was busy last night, the show was good and hopefully Giovani is feeling better.

Pre Sirius, it was pretty drab, similar to how a team announces the visiting team. It was a Bull's arena guy who started doing all the extra stuff and actually turning off the lights which was a big deal since the lighting at the old Chicago arena was I want to say halogen and it wasn't a guarantee they would turn back on right away so he really had to advocate for it.

I mean the Native guy with the "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" chest tattoo might have some weird thoughts about his ethnicity how to display it.

Forgot they were showing a full episode of NXT and not a yearly recap. I can't figure out why OTM matches are dead since their work is solid, I think they need something else to connect with the crowd. Maybe some more clubbering with Briggs and Jensen or Hank and Tank? Briggs/Dar was solid before the DQ but Meta Four is going to have nonsense with their matches. Not sure why Briggs/Jenson/Henley had to break up, but I guess they want to do some other stuff with their characters. Speaking of, so Fallon's folks own a bar and a ranch? That's some decent on paper wealth which doesn't explain why she had to fight Kianna to get her to back off from trying to buy the bar before. Hell why wouldn't Kianna try to buy the damn ranch with the way farmland is getting snapped up currently? I know, I know it's wrestling logic. Fraiser/Bron was fun. Underground match was solid too. I can't see any title changes next week, but I'm excited still.

Wait, so it was get a pinfall, 30 second rest period and if your opponent didn't answer a 10 second count after that, you won? That's insane and I'd love to see that gimmick used again to see what kind of finish you'd use.

For a one off match, probably one of the more experienced UK guys, for a few matches? Whoever is remaining from that original 2.0 class: Bron, Melo (is there strict weight class separation in AJPW?) Tony D, or either one of Briggs or Jensen.

I guess I'll be the only person who like Nigel's dumb commentary. Those forced jokes really make it for me. He knows they're awful and gosh darn it, he's going to get them off.

The NJPW QT of it is even better since they basically use the ol WWE "Future Endeavors" template: https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1738733909394010375

I'd love if the triple threat match for the Gold final was a triangle match like that Sting/Luger/Flair match from Starcade 95' just switch it up and make it so the third person would have to tag in. I know it was designed like that since Luger and Sting were working double duty, but let's just get weird!

Dude! I had to replay this one a few times because it looked so nasty, I think Shotzi turned in time so the lid hit her shoulder/back, but it's just seems like a nasty spot.

If you look on Liv's IG there's a reel of her and CJ Perry making brownies and they are both baked out of their mind. Also, weed is legal in Florida if you have a medical card, I can imagine a wrestler with their line of work can find a reason to get a card. This is probably a nothing burger.

Yeah, Kelly is not great for AEW. I always thought he was fine for ROH and his NJPW work is ok with the whole crew. I like Nigel's work, wrestling needs more heel commentators that say stupid things.