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Yo, CHRIS DANIELS. That was wild. If that's it for those guys, it was the best possible match of that style they could have done I think, YMMV on the finish

Yeah, the champagne thing sucked. It was good exactly twice, 20 years ago. Hope Orange isn't legit hurt, that was scary on the same level as what happened to Starks kinda. If the entire thing, including the triple threat was an audible, then BIG ups. Crowd was very into that announcement. Britt Baker. That's it, that's the paragraph. I like Cody, but he's gotta freshen up a little. Paternity leave will be good for him. I kinda have to say... I loved "I'm sorry, I love you." I'm that person now. Looking forward to the Varsity Blonds match, I haven't been catching Dark lately so I haven't seen them in a bit (besides the 4 way a few weeks ago) Jimi > X > Troggs. Nagata looked great here. I had a secret hope he'd rock the black and gold WCW gear. Great match with a couple scary parts. I liked the show of respect afterwards. Edit - how the hell did I forget to bring up the main event?! I absolutely loved that. I love that ECW interwoven story style

Dearest wife, Its day three of the great crash pad war. I'm beginning to get weary. Water and sustainence are in short supply. The battlefield is littered with soldiers, some who died on the hill blaming production, others who died storming the command, their cries of "it was a bad finish!" piercing the night, like the blade I'd use to skin the chickens back at Paw Paw's farm. Next week's episode and the upcoming PPV shine in the distance as beacons of hope in the darkness; I simply pray I can hold on until then. Please tell the children I am thinking of them.

That's an interesting idea. We've all been looking ahead to Hangman being the one to unseat him, but I don't think I've ever considered taking a detour like that. Reminds me of Luger taking the belt off Hogan for a week in the summer of '97

@Hayabusa I don't know about your point about it being taped, just because it takes some of the liveliness out of it (not to mention spoilers always suck) but I def agree with your tweet if that's you

Mini-rant incoming: YouTube TV strikes again! No more ROH or CWFH for me, I guess they dropped the channel they aired on without me noticing. This is in addition to losing YES, so no Yankee games again this year. But hey, we finally got BET and Nickelodeon after never once asking for it, so at least I'm getting Martin reruns and toy commercials for the $30 price increase! Insanely frustrating.

I'm not trying to stir shit up for no reason, but I've seen a million gifs of the bump since last night, and I'll be honest: in retrospect, I still don't even think it looked that bad!! Shane came off the cell at that Mania in Dallas and it looked like the announce table was sitting on top of the fucking Blob from Heavyweights!! I really didn't see a ton of movement like that

It's not terrible but it's too close to '97 with the Hennig turn which I think left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths

I don't disagree with you, but I think that may be part of the story in that Sammy will say "I was an idiot for trusting you" and that's how we'll transition into either a singles program with MJF, or Stadium Stampede II as the blow-off (how else do you go bigger than that?)

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We were dying at that too. "His father Dusty invented the Blood and Guts match, it's an emotional night for Cody..."

Nah, man I have to respectfully disagree. I think it was a fine finish shot at a bad angle. I'm firmly in the camp that it's much ado about nothing

Okay, that's pretty fair. I concede it could've been shot better, but I maintain that it was in no way as egregious as the non-exploding ring, nor did it ruin the preceding match for me whatsoever. @Curt McGirt @John E. Dynamite

Easily the best War Games since the first NXT one, maybe the '90s. I don't understand the crash pad talk, was MJF supposed to shoot murder a guy?

I had em pencilled in as The Founding Fathers but YMMV

Having flashbacks to that promo with Paul London where theyre coming out of a supply closet with eyes as red as the devil's Johnson

Tbh I feel like if there was a real possibility of Bryan leaving, they'd have done one of those weird Moxley send-offs, but it sure has been fun to think about.

The obvious fantasy booking is Joe, Punk, and Bryan as a group, but I'm doubtful it would ever happen.

I completely glossed over that part dude, that's my bad. DVDVRMB + work call that could've been an email = bad idea!

@J.T. I see where you're coming from with that, but I have to be honest with you, I think if they were to sign Peyton and put her in a *different* tag team, especially with Tessa, people would absolutely hate it

I confess I haven't seen the episode yet, but I'd speculate that it's actually a possibility that WWE is more "comfortable" (for lack of a better term) discussing the criminal stuff with Lex over the obvious steroid use because they were so God damn brazen in trying to convince people that his physique was all ICO PRO - when the Network first came out, I rewatched an early Raw where they asked him in an interview segment "Are you on steroids?" and he was like "NO WAY, STEROIDS HAVE NO PLACE IN SPORTS, KIDS." I'd also guess that Lex being a Born Again Christian helps "explain away" the other stuff in their eyes - can't help but push a redemption story.

I answered thinking that would eventually be the end game after a possible Page/Sky vs Darby/Sting match but I could be way off - just speculation

Just a note on this: these marathon Dark and Elevation tapings actually serve a purpose in adding hours to their content library, making them more attractive to future streaming partners, and more valuable to potential buyers if they ever have to sell. I get what you're saying and I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but thats one reason they're pumping out tons of content at the moment - secondary to the purpose of getting reps in for the lesser featured acts and giving dates to unsigned talent during COVID.

AJ Styles: "Stripping community?!?"

@The Naturalim not really interested in the Scorp match either, and I love both guys - I think maybe because the finish seems like a foregone conclusion with Sky seemingly teaming with Ethan Page now. Which I'm also not in love with - why have Scorpio split with SCU just to stick him in another team?