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Man that's cold... Well, hopefully if crowds start dumping on him when they hit the road again, the poor fucker will have the sense to just turn heel instead of just continually climbing uphill

Its honestly so egregious that im now nearly convinced he's lurking here lol

QFT. And don't forget next year, this would theoretically be happening even more regularly with the NHL were they to have stayed on TNT.

I mean, was this entirely unexpected in this time slot? I know this is where Rampage is going to eventually be, but I have to imagine those will be much better and heavily hyped cards (at least to start) than this was. Maybe they expected to retain more of the Smackdown audience? Also, why the hell didn't they just put it on TBS live on Wednesday? They must make a ton on those Big Bang Theory reruns I guess

I was wondering that too, don't quote me but I feel like I remember reading Jack Evans is hurt

I gave the sad face because I agree, not because I wanna argue just FYI! One thing I'll give him is he had good ass cardio and went the distance - with some more seasoning, that's gonna go a long long way. Dustin winning was the right finish, Nick is my #1 hoss boy but he isn't there yet

I watched BTE for the first time in ages this week, and there was actually a segment where they paid Knox off at the airport

Yeah, this definitely needs to be retired for a while, It's way too much. I'm guessing/hoping that's something they'll tighten up on the road, depending on how non-JAX crowds react in a live situation. That said, the things I'll give them credit on about em though, is that 1) It's usually either a scheduled interview with Tony, or they have a graphic ready and a "We'll hear from ___" as opposed to just guys randomly walking out 2) Correct me if I'm misremembering other examples, but I think only Sting gets music when he does the interrupting (as he should, because the whole Night King intro is rad) as opposed to every guy magically getting their theme music ready for the "surprise" run in.

Nyla Rose was the MVP tonight, I loved her during that segment. Everything she did with the burgers, the balloons, and the bird at the end was pitch perfect. I liked most of the show, except for the continual slow death that is every segment involving Cody and QT Marshall. Alright, cool, he's Cody's buddy and trains people - Sara Del Rey and Albert aren't on NXT TV last I watched a few years ago, and I'm sure it hasn't changed. Just end this, man. Please. I cannot bring myself give a shit about anyone involved except (in order) Nick Commorato, Dustin, Mr. Ass, and Cody. Edit: Also want to say that, though I really, really like Death Triangle's whole involvement in the Kingston/Moxley/Elite angle, I really hope we get Andrade vs PAC ASAP. Andrade vs Christian for #1 contendership at some point would be another fresh, interesting match And I've not seen one person mention that there may be more wigs to be split yet by Mark Henry. What happened to this place?!

I shat on the build to Cody/Ogogo as well as the match itself as much as anyone, but Cody's theme for that was legitimately freaking awesome. I hope he keeps it, the Snoop thing has way run its course; also, it sucks. https://youtu.be/wBMf1rLWlmI

As my G.O.A.T., I love way too many Bret lines - it's cheating, but I heard him say it before I ever heard the Stones: "Ya can't always get what you want, but ya get what ya need." If that doesn't count, then the one I'll go with today is "Just wanna say hi to my cat, Smokey" from a random guest commentary appearance on Nitro (surprise, surprise: they sent him to the booth with *nothing*)

It was less than a month between July and August of '03 - I only know because that sick ass block logo Word Life raglan tee was the last WWE shirt I bought til ~2011

I agree on your point about signing all the quality talent they can. If Vince sells, there's a greater than zero chance that the buyer has no idea what they have on their hands, like a modern day Jim Herd or something. If you think the show sucks now, at least Vince has booked wrestling at some point in his life. Comcast can't even run a cable company right. It's a very good reason for AEW to invest in it's own future.

I dunno, man. They just signed a new TV deal that TK specifically said would enable them to raise their budget.

Clearly the proper move to make cap space is to keep Peter Avalon and sell the Jags

Naturally! No disagreement, I'm just operating under the hopeful assumption that the booking here won't be strangulated by things not working for Kenny, brother.

This is an interesting conversation, because I also thought of Hogan when I was posting earlier, but I was thinking of the '97 WCW reign as opposed to any of the earlier WWF stuff. Basically, and maybe I'm alone in my interpretation of this, but I'm looking at Kenny/Callis as Hogan/Bischoff, except were eventually going to get a proper ending instead of the Starrcade/SuperBrawl nonsense.

Agreed, and well said @NoFistsJustFlips. It's a tough balance to strike. And if anything, it's the TNT title that should have shorter reigns given the fact it's defended on TV so often - keep those three world titles right where they are. I also kinda like the positioning of the NWA title as the de-facto Women's TNT title, but obviously theres a host of politics and issues with actually trying to use it that way when it isn't theirs

One thing I want to say about this, is even though they're not rematch-heavy, they still mostly do a really nice job of bringing stuff back around when it's relevant. Like on this show, for example, you had Pac making reference to unfinished business from the first two Kenny PPV matches, and you had Orange bringing up that he had beaten Jericho twice. I absolutely love, love, love that kind of continuity.

My not so bold prediction is that were probably going to be building to babyface Britt vs. Cargill at some point, but agree with you entirely, that's gonna be a super fun group of challengers

I know it's come up already with regard to The Giant doing color on Elevation, but I am eagerly looking forward to someone like a Ricky Starks or an MJF eventually forcing Henry out from behind the desk to deliver a motherfucking wig splitting

Congrats to Britt Baker - now let's have her hold it for exactly one year, so Serena can unify the titles at DoN IV. I loved the Serena/Riho match. I thought it was better than the Shida/Baker match later on, though that one had better false finishes for obvious reasons, but this one man, the finish with the leg into the mat 5 or 6 times before grabbing the hold... *Chefs kiss* This whole card was pretty awesome - my only tiny exception was that I thought the tag title finish was kinda weird. I don't know if someone was hurt or what or maybe I missed something or they went over time but I felt like that was a bit aprupt Stadium Stampede pleasantly surprised me! Whoever I was discussing this a couple weeks ago with here, shout out to you, because you def called the match ending in the ring like Piper/Goldust. The three way dance was the best one I've seen in a while, and the crowd was on fire here with the F U Don chant. Orange is way, way over still... Maybe he should be the one to take the TNT title off Miro down the line

I agree entirely, Orange and Darby were way over with kids pre-pandemic, it would be silly not to capitalize

Gotta agree with every point of this. I hope the match is at least decent, because the build up has been just awful. What the hell even was this segment? No pull-apart brawl? No "THE GIANT IS THE ONLY MAN WHO IS STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THESE TWO APART!"

And to your point, what a great motivator for a rematch down the line, or for a future chase in general. I have seen her say in interviews a bunch of times now how she can't wait to defend in front of fans, plus this week's promo... Lots of gold to mine for promo packages and such.