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It was always my understanding he doesn't have interest in that position and loves the freedom the announcing gig gives him with working indie dates on the weekend.

Drink a bunch of cough syrup and then wrestle strippers with comically oversized implants?

I am actually kind of shocked WWE hasn't jumped on the "memorable moments" collectors statuettes already. Seems like a natural product you could do a limited run and make some decent bank out of those able to spend for something a little higher end. I personally would start with Jake's cobra chomping on Macho Man's arm.

If WWE wanted to make a big fuss about the August 19th deadline, Evolve could just have Cody not hit the ring until after midnight so then technically he is wrestling on August 20th.

I hope Rusev and Lana make the most of the time left that they have on the road together.

Let's be honest, we all know how this is going to end. John Cena will win the rematch, Pabst Blue Ribbon will get de-pushed, and then eventually everyone will shout "if creative has nothing for you, fire creative" when PBR gets released.

Cody feels like a guy who could have been bigger in the territory days, perhaps in Mid-Atlantic where tag teams were the main event. I myself have always seen him as a "solid hand" sort of guy. Not deserving of being a complete jobber like Stardust has been mostly, but not someone who is a botched PPV main eventer or anything like that. I think I always just saw him as a modern-day Tito Santana. Someone who could put on a great match, be someone the fans could get behind, but in the end ceiling is IC or Tag Team Title-level. That said, if leaving WWE (and/or wrestling completely) makes him happier, more power to him.

Jesus Christ, that may be the absolute stupidest joke in the history of this board - and yes, I am including the Attitude/ECW-era GREEN Board. It may also be the absolute GREATEST joke in the history of this board.

It really is a shame that Dixie couldn't shake the Russo virus. They would probably still be on Spike TV to this day and still averaging 0.8-1.0 ratings from wrestling fans just being creatures of habit for so long. They would still be irrelevant in the big picture but I don't think things would be as dire and near death's door as they seem to be now.

I am sad that the "How Much Does Dis Guy Weigh" love always overshadows my own favorite Art Donovan KOTR moment: Diesel is walking to the ring for his match, accompanied by Shawn Michaels. ART: Who's that coming to the ring with Diesel? GORILLA: that's the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels. ART: Oh...IS he a wrestler too?"

No one talks about how Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble. Everyone talks about how Santino almost won the Royal Rumble.

Given that they tested the waters last week by promoting a main event of Big Cass vs. Jericho, I wouldn't be surprised if Vince has thought for a few minutes how to get to Roman vs. Cass in next year's Wrestlemania main event.

That will be taken up by the guys that jobbed in Cruiserweight Classic qualifiers.

Dammit, there better be a tournament in NXT at some point called "Race To Da Pay Winda". I don't care who's in it, but I'm watching every damn second of television around it.

I wondered that too, Dawson just unloading on the louder dude once he got tagged in seemed reminiscent of old 80s NWA job matches where you could tell the star of the match was in a surly mood, and Dash just shoving his foot into his chest after the finish. I had in my head for a little bit that I just watched Midnight Express vs. Wee Willie Wilkins for the 2016 generation.

It's a shame Sinclair doesn't already have anyone good at managing their video library, as I feel like TNA and ROH under the same umbrella would at least have some increased value for the combined video library alone. That would put the majority of high-profile matches from current WWE talent like AJ Styles, Austin Aries and Samoa Joe under one library, as well as a library ranging from HOF greats like Sting and Mick Foley as well as ROH heroes like Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens. Hell, a combo deal of the two libraries would probably do at least the same rating as new episodes of Impact do now.

Wasn't the Jarrett thing just that he wanted what was going to be his PPV payoffs up front instead of having the office find excuses to drag ass in sending them out once he was gone?

Giving this otherwise awesome bit of business from BEN! an A-. The minus is only because of the fact that he booked a wrestling show in a prison and failed to find room for the Undisputed Prison Wrestling Television Champion BULL PAIN. Also, is this whole TNA thing over yet?

I cannot imagine that anyone had dibs on "Dixie can't pay back a loan and TNA ownership turns over to the Harris Brothers" in a TNA March To Death Pool. Even the Harris Brothers right now are probably saying "Fuck, really?"

There's also a part of me that is wondering if Zayn losing is meant to play into the build for the Owens match. Owens keeps harping that Zayn doesn't deserve to be here. All of these losses - in his head - proves his point. A promo next week where he comes out bragging that he beat John Cena on his first night in WWE and Zayn has yet to beat anyone would tie it all together. But yeah, I doubt the writing staff have put that much thought into this to put that easily digestible narrative together.

Shit, I think TNA would have been better off selling to Prestige Worldwide.

With the Harris Brothers taking over TNA, maybe we will finally find out if Brian Lee is still alive.

For those uninformed humanoids, that is Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson rocking a Blue Demon mask during the band's performance of "Powerslave" during this past weekend's L.A. Iron Maiden shows. And yes, it was awesome.