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Any other choice would be the wrong one

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

Yep

Strowman makes everything scary. Also helps that he's booked like a giant child anyways

They've been talking to every promotion to see if they can lock down PPV or streaming rights for their shit for that Premium tier

I'm somewhat interested in the NXT main event, and Orton vs Drew (that Flair angle was a really good) but there's a bit too much happening this weekend so I might skip'em all. I wonder, at what point does a smark crowd start a "pedo" chant at Dream? Either in the Thunderdome over Zoom or whenever crowds are let back in (which is like probably tomorrow because America sure wants to pretend this thing isn't real). Surely the fanbase isn't going to let them get away with this one? Also: I love Raw Underground. It's a combination of what I wish UFC was (I want soccer kicks and skyscraper knees and action all the time and not stalling, dammit) and corny-ass mid '90s WWF. I love shoot style wrestling, it makes simple shit look badass again (also makes the shit that happens in the main ring away from it look really bad tho, and it's hard to take seriously when Antifa and Ninjas are also running around causing chaos and Antifa are supposed to be scary but the Ninjas are supposed to be jokes but they're dressed the same but somehow Cole and Graves immediately know which is which and don't just do the logical thing and bolt whenever either of them show, also Antifa vs Samoa Joe in Raw Underground would be a big money match-up and should probably be main-eventing Summerslam and I don't know why they didn't book it) and want more of it, or a dedicated hour of it and not this switching back-and-forth.

SDL

Holy shit

SDL got pre-empted for the NHL, so I'm just spoiling the shakeup results for myself

They're becoming more like WCW with each passing day

That opening match was pretty sweet

MAN, Mania Night 1 was good as fuck. Splitting Mania into two nights is definitely the way to go, a 3 hour show is compact and the fan buzz doesn't die halfway through (goddamn were those fans jazzed to be there even after the storm delay)

Give me my Ingobernables back

Guns and Gallows, EC3 and Rusev are finally fucking free, oh my god :') Shitty timing (and WWE obviously being corporate con-man about it as per usual), but so many of those people needed to get the fuck out of WWE as fast as possible to save their careers. Rusev especially should be and will be a main event guy anywhere else. As far as I understand it, Lance didn't close his school to take a WWE job so much as he always said he was going to close his school when his body couldn't take it anymore and/or his daughter was out of the house, which she is now, and the WWE job came up when he was doing shit in Impact. He'll probably wind up back in Impact behind the scenes whenever they get around to holding shows again if this isn't just temporary cost-cutting (I could see WWE re-hiring some of those people back when things are back to normal)

I mean, with that report out that WWE might cut out house shows period going forward, he's gonna have to start paying them more (LOL) or let them branch out into other things

They're either setting up to sell the company, or Vince has stopped giving a shit about any of the lower-level competition growing bigger. Both things are very un-Vince-like

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...

I just found out that Ric Flair is 10 years older than Arn Anderson. What the fuck?

Roman Reigns and Kenny Omega Buddy Murphy had a banger on SDL

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.

YIKES But yeah. the rest of that is par for the course with Vince. He doesn't think his product is the problem, he thinks he just has to trick us into watching it.

I actually found NXT and UK pretty lackluster this week compared to the main product. I don't think that's ever happened since I started watching again.

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.