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Wow, sounds like they're pre-taping Mania this year

Good a time as any to experiment with it

Promos were a lot better on SDL and then again on Raw. Making eye contact with the camera, not having to awkwardly pause for crowd reactions, not getting "What"ed or random chants. I'm not sure if they're less scripted than normal or it's just the good promo guys talking but it feels like they are less scripted. Mebs just keep doing this

Looks like they shut down Mania in Tampa, it'll be broadcast from the PC with essential personnel only God damn, this is going to be weird

My sister was watching Smackdown and Dynamite from last week back to back and I figured out why I hate legends in WWE and like them in AEW. AEW: The legends are there to back up the guys of now and add to it. They're managers, talkers, posse-members, there to be an extra set of fists if and when shit goes down. Or they're guys like Jericho and Dustin, who can still go. WWE: The legends are there to remind you that WWE used to be good, the wrestlers there are to act like marks and mega-fans for them, and if they can still wrestle, they're mostly there to beat everyone despite being past their prime. Fuck

Not if Vince has anything to say about it

Yep

That weird moment when WWE steals an AEW gimmick, but then goes and does it better

Kind of wish that was an hour or two longer. Attitude Era stuff gets a bit boring because there's only so many times you can hear the same stories over and over, but Hunter having more personal insight into Vince as a family member makes him looking back on shit like that really interesting

I wish Raw was 1 hour, maybe two if there was no Smackdown. There's like 1 hour of decent to good stuff and then 2 hours of filling time on Raw. 2 segment matches that only need to be 1 segment, 1 segment of promo-time that only needs to be three minutes, etc etc. I dig the Seth Rollins stuff right now, I like the squash-match format when it's not going two segments. A fast-forward through a lot more than I want to just because it's too long.

Vince McMahon was sitting in the back jerking off, to which Vince exclaimed "That's how fucking good that was, pal" Holy SHIT

Ascension would probably do fine in some Japanese organization. Hunico might be useful in lucha, WWE made him a bigger star than he was otherwise going to be. Brodie Fucking Lee has the world at his feet.

I'm acks interested in this AOP storyline. Seth being a nerdy prick and the AOP acting like The Shield did for CM Punk. If it's me...

Almost 4 minutes of Jim Cornette swearing from his podcast

Dominate? - Rhea Ripley won via cheating with interference against heel Sasha when the crowd was ready for her to straight up win clean and make her an instant star the way they want Lacey Evans to be + Roderick steals a win (that's okay, he's a heel) - Roderick had to steal a win off of someone else's finisher, doesn't win strong when most of NXT doesn't win strong over the course of the night - Roderick's entrance gets cut off before the BOOM + Adam Cole BAYBAY (BOOM) and Pete Dunne got to do their thing at least - Walter eliminated early like a fucking chump + Riddle pins RKO - Riddle pins RKO with a fluke roll-up - - - - - - - Riddle RKO'd and eliminated immediately right after - Ciampa, the top babyface of the brand, is not the last elimination of his team - Keith Lee also still loses + Shayna wins strong - In a dead match - Doesn't even kill Becky, just heel Bayley Even though they upgraded the minor league to an equal brand, it was still pussy booking to protect the "main" roster from the "minor league" roster.

My man Vinny Mac trying to hand AEW the Wednesday Night War

WALTER murdering fools on Raw

I'd be skipping out on that one next time

They'd call up NXT guys in the event of a unionization, but then they have no one on NXT able to war with AEW. Also the people trying to unionize would get fired, which means a dispersal of high-quality talent with WWE-television exposure suddenly available for AEW, RoH, Impact, NJPW's American expansion, the UK indy scene, AAA etc.

Apparently the Saudis didn't pay Vince a lot of money, so Vince ordered the Saudi feed cut off and in retaliation the Saudis kicked talent off whatever plane they were using. If anyone chartered a flight out, they got out, everyone else had to wait for [however they ended up flying out]. Also WWE is apparently trying to cover it up and get any talent on video to say it was a mechanical issue. Also it apparently can go deep enough that if WWE knew the Saudis were going to stiff them on pay, there's a massive inside trading scam they can get fucked by.

What a fucking main event

Large portion of the Smackdown crew have been held back in Saudi Arabia and it apparently wasn't for plane or weather issue. Vince got out of there on his own plane. Rumours ofc start flying (unlike the SDL roster) that he had a disagreement with the Saudis over something. They won't be able to make it back in time for SDL so they'll be running either with a light crew or an emergency crew. Pussy-ass Vince probs should've stayed behind regardless what the issue is.

The thing I don't really get: Vince McMahon isn't racist in the sense that he hates PoCs, but Vince is racist in the sense that if he thinks it will make him money, he'll do it regardless of any insensitivity unless it'll hurt business somehow, and even then, there is a certain amount of money or value where he'll stop giving a fuck even with the bad publicity. That filters down through his company, which means that for the most part, race isn't going to be an issue that's taken seriously in the backstage either way, it's just something to work the crowd with to make money. This has been true for decades. I don't know why people think Vince is the kindly Walt Disney grandfather of pro wrestling and then show up and somehow act shocked or surprised when things like this happen. It's par for the course when it comes to WWE, even down to ignoring the Gucci incident in pop culture and using that as internal lesson to avoid something like this, because upper management are old and rich and therefore don't pay attention to pop culture (or maybe in WWE's case, they think they ARE pop culture rather than just a reflection of it)

He wasn't happy with the offensive T-Shirt that they're selling with his name on it and has been publicly calling out the WWE, Vince and Hunter over it. He trashed the WWE system and how they still employ Hogan, posted a video with him flipping the bird and saying "WWE doesn't care about black people" and called Jay Lethal an Uncle Tom (RoH even catching some bullets).