w. josh

Mason Ryan would be 1000x more entertaining if he stopped doing the Chicken Dance constantly. Davey would be 1000x more entertaining if he started doing the Chicken Dance constantly.

So will Paul be recruiting new Heyman Guys now? Let the Antonio Cesaro fantasy booking commence anew!

Trump vs. Hogan in a hair vs. hair match for control of TNA would get all of the buys.

I think the problem there is that every bald jacked-up guy in wrestling gets "Goooold-beeeerg" chants even though the man hasn't done anything in wrestling in ages. Anyone big enough and intimidating enough to use the jackhammer effectively (so, not Billy Gunn) is going to get the chant ad nauseum.

"If"?

Hogan leading an "invading army" of Bully, Aries, Joe, Storm, Roode, Magnus, and Bad Influence might possibly not be absolutely awful, right...?

Oh, it will take at least three Knee That Beat Jon Cenas, five ref bumps, and half a dozen Yes Locks to take him out. It pains me to say it, but I'm actually interested to see what part Cena plays in this story now. Having him stay on a separate planet Punk-style won't make any sense since he was actually the catalyst for the whole thing in the first place. He could decide that since the WWE title situation is a mess and the belt's just been handed to Orton twice now, he's going to make the World title the more prestigious of the two, I suppose. Since his general status as eternal BJC champ is going to make that happen anyway (especially if it's Orton-Big Show on the other side) they really need to make it explicit. Unifying the titles is still the best thing in the long run, and keeping Cena involved on the Big Gold end of things would probably be the only way to keep the ending in suspense. If HHH-Bryan is really the goal for 'Mania, and we expect the usual Part-Timer Parade as well, then a champ vs. champ match might be the only thing that keeps the belts from getting lost in the shuffle. And yes yes, they're neeeeever going to unify the belts, ever never ever. Until they do.

Saw that coming. So, Orton/Cena for the millionth time, then?

He's the youngest - the Von Erich seed had just been diluted by that point.

Who's the least useful Anoi'a family member?

JR wants Shelton Benjamin, the Briscoes, and MVP. Shane-O wants TMDK, Davey Richards, and John Morrison. Billionaire Ted wants Rob Gronkowski.

There's no way Matt Morgan isn't the hoss of a Shane-o/JR promotion, right?

What's the cadence on that, exactly? Is it "where's-my-chinesefood-clap-clap-clapclapclap?" It might work better to the tune of "Joe is gonna kill you," but needs another syllable. Maybe "Where's my bourbon chiiiicken?"

Charlie Sheen would like a word with you.

My guess is it's just a way to further bring the main angle into weekly NXT programming, and we'll see JBL/HHH send some main roster guys after Woods to put him in his place. If they could somehow manage to put together a face Nexus with guys that are ready for the main roster (Woods, Ohno, Zayn, Neville) who offer to counteract the Shield for Bryan/Rhodeses/etc., I could see that going very, very well...particularly if it meant fifteen minute six-man tags with any iteration of those guys.

That Rollins powerbomb into the barricade was maybe my favorite spot in the match, and deserves to be in highlight packages for many, many years. And Reigns is turning into my favorite big man wrestler since Batista; he may not have a lot of MOVEZ, but what he does looks good and makes sense, and he's the best trash talker in the company (as long as he keeps paying Mark Henry's air bill). "You NEVER put the chair down!" was unbelievably great. I've got the same worries about the rest of the booking as I've had the whole time - Daniel Bryan looks more and more like he's actually being positioned as a B+, and the payoff to this sure looks like Show-HHH at 'Mania - but honestly, if the best we get out of this whole thing is Shield-Rhodes Boys, it's hard to complain too much.

Like Cena's ever used his own pee. That's what jobbers are for.So that's why Zack Ryder still has a job.Please. Like Ryder could cope with the last two years of his WWE career without drugs.

Or better yet, all three members of the Shield.

On one hand, Cody and Cesaro come out of the show looking like a million bucks. On the other...they were the only ones. What a bad, bad finish.

So tiny, the Justin Gabriel trunks. So, so tiny.

That Schultz promo...Jesus.

So, Curt Hawkins is cosplaying AJ Styles, right?

I could see them inserting her into that dynamic fairly easily. Just an "I'm sorry, you were saying something about real wrestlers?" interruption to transition her into a feud with AJ. No idea whether there would be interest on wither side, though.

His wedding is supposed to be September 26. Can you wait until October for that to happen? That would give them a chance to debut the Colons in the next two weeks, just so it's even more obvious when Dustin and Cody take over the roles.

That ending was pretty damn great. The fact that it was the B-Team that came out for the save works in storyline (the bigger names are either injured, "fired," or openly weeping) and sets up a fun couple of weeks of guys like Gabriel and Ryder getting absolutely slaughtered before Los Midnightadores show up. Next step should be to add a guy or two to The Corporation of Business-ness's side officially so that it's not just The Shield cycling through guys for the next month.