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To be fair, if he's consistently slow, it's kayfabe still bad because it's making it harder for a wrestler to get a pinfall. It's like when an umpire has a too-wide strike zone. It will piss off the hitters on both teams even if the pitchers are a-okay with it.

Nobody outside of wrestling journalists would call a wrestling "manager" a manager.

So I guess Colt will be the next Dark Order departure.

Theory's push is easily explained: Vince is old. He saw "Austin" and thought it was Steve. Sure, they've shortened it to just "Theory" now but that's closing the barn doors after the horses have got out.

I think the problem Alan Five-Angels ran into was how badly the Dark Order split went with the crowd. It felt like he was going to be a focal point, what with his unmasking and all. But then the bookers saw the writing on the wall and called the split off, and that cut off whatever story they were intending to tell. Personally, the mask worked for him, and taking it off might have been a mistake. Not because he's unattractive (he's a bit of a cutie, though I don't like wrestlers wearing dangly earrings in the ring) but because it gave him something that set him apart from all the other athletic smaller white guys on the roster.

Also, if it's a work, it's counterproductive in that he's not being missed. He's not holding anything hostage like Punk did with the belt. And (if it's a work) the effort to make it realistic by not talking about him is leading to an element of out-of-sight, out-of-mind. If/when he comes back it'll be fine, but in the meantime...

I've kind of hit a lull in my wrestling fandom the last month or two, and with Punk and Danielson off the card and no real investment by me in the NJPW side, I can't justify shelling out for this. Especially since I have to work in the morning and AEW has no idea how to budget their PPV time. Perhaps if I hear good things and/or the mystery guest is interesting, I might order it on a replay. Only Mox and OC's matches have me really interested.

If you're looking for someone who is already an AEW talent, has some history with Danielson, and hasn't had the chance to show his full potential yet (which accounts for the vague bigging-up Danielson did), Lee Moriarty fits the bill. But would the fans buy it? Probably not at first. Is Joe booked?

I only just got that the Kane who rubbed shoulders with Hitler was Charles Foster Kane.

I feel like letting Everett will have an unfair advantage, being over seven feet tall!

After it came up in my playlist the other day, I've decided I don't like the FTR theme. It's like choosing to listen to DDP's theme song instead of Smells Like Teen Spirit. There's never a situation where you wouldn't be better off just listening to "The Chase".

You know, with the way A stock vs B stock is set up, non-McMahons would have to own roughly 91% of the stock to have the majority of the voting stock. That is nuts.

To be fair, a lot of that time Sonny was in an angle with Janela. Can you blame them for not putting that on TV? :rimshot:

In the interest of clarity, I didn't mean people here. I meant in general. I guess it shows how far in the bubble I am that I didn't realize the general outside world would be shocked.

The only really surprising part, to me, is how many people are surprised by this.

That's gotta be Shabba Ranks!

I'll echo what others have said - he's going to kill someone. And what can they do? Suspending/firing him won't stop him from drinking.

Sorry to say this, but he'll Never Give Up.

I've been watching Iron Chef on Tubi, and I realized that Dario Cuerto was basically Chairman Kaga.

AH, that makes sense. I thought it was some sort of goth/House of Black thing, but then I noticed the Dutch flag was still in colour. Too bad they couldn't have found two distinct countries amongst the wrestlers in New Japan. It looks kind of weird to have six countries and then a wrestling promotion.

Why is the Australian flag in black and white?

Punk is my all-time favourite, so if I leave him out I guess it'd be the following. I'm limiting myself to men for now. -Orange Cassidy. He has a great combination of gimmick and in-ring performance, and I think his absence due to injury has been sorely felt without us realizing it. -Eddie Kingston. He may be doing the greatest character work of his generation - nobody else encapsulates the "Yourself but turned up to 11" dictum as well. -Daniel Bryan. He is great at everything. And a wildcard fourth pick that will get me roundly laughed at: -Shawn Spears. I don't know why. I just love his whole deal in AEW.

Well, if you let it go too long without getting the surgery, it will heal wrong and you won't be able to fix it. My roommate's ex wound up in that position from bad medical advice.

Punk wins the title, but then won't be around to defend it? Only one option: