Niners Fan in CT

You are an obsessed Punk fanboy and always have been. You can call me a Mercedes stan all you want.. do I look like it bothers me? What's weird about it is that I'm not allowed to be a big fan of a woman's wrestler....why because she's a woman? That's exactly why and it's embarrassing for someone who claims to be progressive. There was nothing in my post that wasn't a fact.

A lot of people have issues where they worked. We don't need to hear about them. To this day, Mercedes and Trinity never said a word about what really transpired with WWE management. People have tried to paint the picture of a lot of different things including veiled racism from a producer but we don't know the actual story and we might not ever hear about it. Punk on the other hand calls up a guy who has a personal beef with Tony Khan and they sit around and giggle about all the dirty laundry. That's all there is to it.

Also... a shoot from Punk with a guy who is nothing but a WWE paid shill... count me out. Couldn't care less about either of them and WrestleMania is 1000x better off without Punk on the card.

Here's more info that kills the narrative the beards try to put out there. https://twitter.com/bigtimeEST/status/1774573186891300911

I don't normally love work/shoot stuff seeping into the television but there's no doubt that sometimes it does bring more passion and intensity to otherwise generic/scripted promo segments. I do think Becky feels that way about this and I liked the Drew/Punk/Rollins segment on Monday because it does feel like the guys don't like each other all that much. There was a lot of truth behind what they were saying and it came off better that super scripted stuff.

I don't know what Barnett's true intentions were but I remembering watching some interviews about this and apparently he was stating to other promoters that because they were still using all Georgia based wrestlers it was no harm, no foul. I've never viewed McMahon as the only promoter looking to monopolize professional wrestling. It seems like several others were attempting to do the same.

Is the Junkyard Dog vs. Michael Hayes "Dog Collar Cage Match" available on video at all??

I don't think it was a "work" in the sense that someone told Becky to say all of that. It felt to me like a work/shoot like "I'm facing this person and getting digs in but at the same time telling you the truth about how I feel about her spot"

I really dislike having six-man tags on PPV and that goes for all companies. I just think they are played out and there's very little stakes to them. House of Black vs. Copeland, Briscoe and Eddie feels like a waste of time. Black vs. Copeland or Eddie vs. Brody would have been a more interesting way for this to play out. If you must have a six man then do it on TV. This isn't the most frustrating of the week, though. It's not just an AEW thing. I couldn't care less about Lashley and Street Profits vs. Karrion Kross and A.O.P.

Unfortunately I cannot find a link on Twitter but Becky had some very strong words for Rhea in an interview about the "viral spot" from last week. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1brq2cu/becky_lynch_very_emotional_interview_about_the/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title

I see they booked Hobbs vs. Ospreay for the Worcester show. That's going to be a very good match but I do think Khan needs to start protecting Hobbs and Takeshita. He doesn't protect the big guys too well and like it or not those are the guys who look like stars. I'm not one of these "everyone needs to be 6'5" and 275 lbs" type of people but when you see Hobbs and Takeshita and see what they are capable of in the ring, it's madness not to protect them.

Jade definitely looked and came off like a star but it's still all smoke and mirrors. She'll do well in the six-woman tag but after that I don't know...

I don't know if Tony operates this way but they likely overpaid for Adam Cole to pry him away from WWE and with him being one of the first big free agent signings, he might still feel that he's supposed to be one of THE guys in the company. The ROI on that signing right now is at 'The Marvels' or 'The Flash' level. As for Ricky Starks, I argued about how they should be pushing him more for years but I think at this point Tony probably feels Starks is waiting to jump ship so he's stuck in no man's land.

I don't think anyone should be talking in absolutes about the theme because I've heard everything from what you're saying to it being "brilliant" because it conditions fans to want to chant her new moniker and I don't think either side is wrong about it. What I think is wild is how people are already writing this off as "going nowhere" when it's three weeks in and she hasn't wrestled a single match. That's what hate looks like.

Cole's stable is the worst stable quite possibly in AEW's short history. They do nothing and have accomplished nothing and there's no direction for them at all. It doesn't help that the only guy who was interesting was Roddy and they pretty much took away what was working for him. Roddy yelling at people was actually funny. Also, nobody gives a shit that O'Reilly is back... I like him but it's a hard sell. Another guy who needs to be in a captivating story line because by himself he's incredibly boring.

There's some fans who will still hate on her because she left their precious WWE and then there's other fans who will hate on her because she's "WWE.." but when she starts to wrestle she will likely win some people over with her ring work.

That's true too. Anyone saying she "added nothing" is just a hater and can't be taken seriously. She was out there calling moves before they happened like she actually watches the product (because she clearly does watch the product) and her in kayfabe taking the time to scout the Skye Blue's of the world does more for Skye Blue than random matches on Rampage..

The women had a very good fatal 4 way match and it was in the 9 o'clock hour and the reason it was in that spot is because they signed Mercedes. That's not some crazy, hyperbolic statement. These ladies were routinely in the death spot and now they are being elevated above that because they brought in a woman who has main evented a WrestleMania etc.. etc.. Her entire gimmick is that she's the 'CEO' and she's a 'superstar' so why wouldn't the rest of the women want to prove something? Whether that's to show Mercedes and the rest of the world that they are on that level or to just shut her up? You do realize they are billing her as a "5x women's champion"? This isn't WWF in 1988 where someone comes in as a construction worker gimmick and the company completely ignores their past as an accomplished athlete. That's NOT what is happening here. She's coming into the company as THE standard... So yes, a lot of the focus is going to be on her as the others prove themselves one way or another.

Also, what were weirdos like Alvarez and Dave expecting out of Mercedes being at the commentary table for the 4-way? She was speaking on the action and how much she wants to mix it up with these women. What else was there to say? She's barely had any interaction with any of them at all and has no matches announced.

No, I usually only respond when obsessed weirdos tag me and I see it in my mentions. I'm just not sure if you are more obsessed with her or me. I see you ducked the last time I responded to you, I suppose you didn't want to touch when I brought up how you said Sasha/Mercedes doesn't talk like a "real black girl".. If I was you, I'd have stayed silent too.

Coincidence?

Yeah that was my initial thought but now it's looking like The Rock and Roman are just two egomaniacs from the same tree.

Also... I don't think there was a script for Punk and McIntyre. They were just out there doing a good old fashioned roast session and that too was incredible. Maybe the best RAW I've seen in years...

Corporate/Hollywood Rock beat the shit out of Cody IN THE RAIN outside of the arena and left him bleeding. What year is this?? That was EPIC.

You sound jealous or something, not a good look for who is supposed to be a grown man. Lol. "A Disney+ show"... haha. We should discuss her walking the runway at the L.A. and NY fashion shows as well. But look, you have an ax to grind, everyone knows it. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it. You're the guy who once said she sounds like she's a "fake black woman" whatever the hell that means, one of the most suspect things I've ever read on here. She's quite literally FRIENDS with dozens of women's wrestlers, including Bayley, Naomi, Tamina, Natalya, Dr. Britt, Bianca, etc. and Paige said herself she doesn't blame Sasha at all for what happened in that match. But you can pretend "no one likes her" to fit whatever weird narrative you have.