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  1. We don't have to do the whole "SEE??!?!" thing but Punk makes it easy when he does things like go on random podcasts and bash Tony Khan who by all accounts is a very nice man.
  2. Good thing for AEW is they are a part of "TNT Sports" from my understanding and they still hold a lot of major sports rights even after losing the NBA. Whether Warner Bros. keeps this around and it's sold off to another company, TNT Sports is a major chip in the industry. Cable is going to die eventually but for now the only thing anyone really watches on TV is sports.
  3. Someone who said they would never go to Saudi Arabia will be on the 'Night of Champions' card.
  4. WBD splitting the companies is official. There's been talk about this for several months. Basically, HBO and Warner Bros. Pictures along with the streaming service will be one company and all the cable networks will be another. Not sure how (or if) any of this will affect AEW. Of course there's already people online freaking out but when isn't there
  5. Cena's heel run has been worse than I could have ever imagined it to be. It's been a complete nothing.
  6. PW Insider says it was not a work. They brought Truth back after all the backlash. We'll see. I'm glad he's back but I'm not ready to give management any type of credit over it.
  7. fancam of Mercedes Mone' wrestling in...... Austria https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RIA3v2-tDeE&ab_channel=vgw77
  8. I thought Tony was insane running this as 4-hours consecutively but I have to admit I was wrong. I did have to tap out after about 3:30 hours and catch the rest today but it ended up being a well paced show and eventful. The things that really mattered were also spread out nicely. It was way better than these recent 3-hour SD! shows that I find myself DVRing and fast-forwarding through on Sunday afternoons.
  9. I hate cage matches that have a roof and people constantly find ways out of the cage. But on the other hand, I don't mind cage matches with no roof and that happening because I'm so used to WWE's "escape the cage" stipulation. That's always been their stipulation too dating all the way back to the 60s and maybe before that. However, the point of the stip in those days was more to beat the shit out of the guy and then walk out of the cage.
  10. Has that been happening? I never noticed I think the biggest problem with Adam Cole and the rest of the Undisputed Era is that they almost feel like relics of the past. Obviously they aren't old dudes by any stretch but for some reason that whole 'Black & Gold' Era of NXT feels so long ago and they are basically doing the same stable gimmick they were doing back then. But now there's so many guys that are more popular when back in those days they were the big act.
  11. Carlito is on TV every week too. I don't think just being in those segments is enough to say they have a plan for her.
  12. That reminds me. Tony Khan needs to get that puppet business up and running ASAP.
  13. They are already doing comedy bits with Roxanne in backstage segments, which have been entertaining no doubt but that's not her bread and butter. They had her wrestling on "Main Event" last week. Giulia is already picking up random pinfall losses in thrown together matches as well. They have no fucking clue how to build an engaging women's roster where everyone comes out of it looking like stars.
  14. Mariah benefitted greatly from being involved in a story line that was produced mostly by Toni Storm and RJ City with a little TK sprinkled in. At least that's what they've told us. Mariah played her role very well. Mariah put on some banger matches. But one thing I'm curious about is why the rest of her catalogue aside from Toni was so thin. She had several matches where you could hear crickets. My point is to say, I'm still not sure what Mariah May is on WWE. She's going to be fighting in a very occupied division when it comes to blondes that WWE likes to push. Charlotte is still Charlotte. Tiffany is one of their new "it" girls. Alexa Bliss is still getting pushed on occasion. Liv Morgan is a breakout star this year. That's not even factoring non-blondes who were recently called up like Giulia, Grace and Vaquer. She's going to get her "dream" of working in WWE but I don't know if it's going to go the way she envisions it.
  15. AEW is on a roll right now. Another very good show. I loved the opening segment. Listen, I know I'm preaching to the choir here but it needs to be said again that Hangman and Swerve is THE BEST feud in all of professional wrestling. There's so many layers and character moments. You understand exactly what each guy is thinking at all times. I would think this leads to Swerve having to help and even the odds against the Death Riders but we'll see. I'm loving it. Both guys were awesome. The end segment with Mercedes and Toni was good too. The back and forth was mostly "I'm the best wrestler" stuff which is fine but the way both women are presenting themselves it's a very interesting dynamic. I love that even in WWE these two have never fought. Shout out to the FRAT HOUSE. It's such a lame gimmick with 35-year old dudes being frat boys but it's lame in a way that I think it could actually get them over. The reactions The Opps were giving them were so funny. Then they had to kill them. Shout out to Thekla debuting as well. I'd love to see her and Hayter go at it at ALL IN. Fuck it, load the show up with women's matches. The women are killing it. Speaking of.. the women's hardcore tag match. They really brought it. It was dangerous in spots but damn if it wasn't entertaining and they busted their ass and their noses out there.
  16. I was stunned at the result but with the news breaking that Stephanie is main roster bound it makes sense. I just don't think Triple H has proved to know what to do with his new toys on the shows. It's going to be very difficult to navigate Steph, Giulia, Grace, Roxanne, Black, Rusev, Penta, Fenix, etc. Good for Jacy. I think she's done a lot of great work down in NXT and this was a nice reward for her. I'm not sure what the plan is for Ricky Starks.
  17. Jesse has been wonderful, I agree with that. Maybe I'm stuck too much into nostalgia but I'd love to see the cold open promos return and I'd love to see something big happen like the twin Hebners screwing over Hogan.
  18. Some funny moments with Jesse and Cena/Truth was comedic as well. Overall though I feel like SNME has been mostly a miss. Too many commercials and not a lot going on. They don't feel like they are must see.
  19. When Kelani/Sol put it together they could be awesome rivals. They are both so athletic they just need to work on everything in between the MOVEZ. I really enjoyed Oba vs. Borne as well. Obviously Oba was winning but Borne looked good here. As impressed as I've always been with Stephanie Vaquer, I am not as impressed with Grace thus far. I thought the match was good but Grace doesn't do much for me, there's no character work going on there. Trick Williams winning the TNA title is an interesting move but he should have been called up to the main roster by this point. Decent show.
  20. Anarchy in the Arena has had some crazy moments over the years but I thought this had the most cohesive layout of all of them. It was magic from beginning to end. Swerve, Kenny, Willow, Hobbs, they all had some incredible sequences that were true to character and all of them looked like a million bucks coming out of this. Hobbs looked like a fucking monster. Kenny looked like the ace he is. Swerve looked dangerous and unhinged. Willow looked like she could really tear apart the Bucks and them if she got pushed too far. For such a giant personality, Willow is so awesome when she has to turn to violence. This was beyond 5 stars. And Surprise surprise the same guy trying to saying Mercedes/Hayter was "garbage" and meanwhile the entire world is showering the match with praise. It gets tiresome reading the pure hate because the person you wanted to win, didn't lol. Those two put on an absolute banger, same with Toni/Mina and definitely Ospreay and Hangman. Their finishing sequence was so great. Probably the underrated match of the evening would have to go to Ricochet and Briscoe. That match had no business being such an entertaining and bloody brawl with so much action packed into it, I certainly didn't have super high expectations for it and they killed it out there.
  21. Well if TK is reading this, you did good coach. You did good. How great was that crowd tonight. They were on fire and they were rewarded with a special card.
  22. This was a top 3 AEW PPV in my book. 3 legit MOTYCs and other great matches as well. It was long but the crowd stayed red hot most of the night and I think the couple cool down matches they had were probably necessary given everything else that was packed into the event.
  23. I remember Brock vs. Big Show being entertaining, yes.
  24. I have a Crumbl about 15 minutes from me so I've been there a few times now. I don't hate it but the flavors often tell me they are appealing to kids under 12 who think mixing all this sugary stuff on top of one cookie would be awesome.
  25. WrestleMania under the TKO banner is soulless, overly corporate junk catering to Casino owners and people with money to blow who are still Hulk Hogan fans and remember Stone Cold being a thing 30 years ago. It's not for us.
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