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Weird to make night two Uncensored 2025 with all but one match a gimmick match when there weren't any gimmick matches on night one. Also weird that Becky/Lyra for the IC was longer than the WWE and World title matches combined. They really made sure to make people know night 2 was the real show, including HHH and Steph having to be all up in the videos.

They feel they should push him somewhat since he got some buzz online when he made some folks think he was going into business for himself during interviews on Mania weekend.

That’s pretty much a perfect description of Kross. I am legitimately baffled at who thought this was a good feud and that it deserved to be featured on not one, but two PLE’s?

The main event was good if a bit long in the tooth. Karrion Kross is aggressively mediocre at best and actively bad at worst. I really don't get the surge of support and popularity this guy has with fans. Apart from a decent look, he's got nothing.

He just had the most ambitious big match in WWE since... Idk, maybe Triple H vs Ambrose (sounds wild I know).

He used to be over 500 pounds, and he said his current weight of 299 is the lightest he's been since middle school. Also your first impression wasn't that far off, he was involved with drugs and did prison time when he was younger, something that the heels brought up in the buildup.

I watched the show with a bunch of friends and their wives and kids, at a large social gathering. It was an interesting way to watch a WWE event, as opposed to the way I do it usually, watching either by myself or with another hardcore fan, and looking at it with a more critical eye, almost like I am looking for things to complain about. Maybe it was the festive atmosphere or something, but I went into Night One of SummerSlam 2025 with very low expectations, assuming I would not enjoy the show at all, (especially after Night of Champions) but I have to admit I really enjoyed it and I felt the show really over-delivered, especially considering the quality of the card. Maybe if I rewatched it looking for flaws I might find some and be less impressed, but as of last night, I thought it was a lot of fun. -> Reigns & Uso vs. Breakker & Reed: I loved that opener. They gave them plenty of time, and they worked the traditional Tag Team style for the most part, which made me very happy. There will be plenty of time tonight for matches with everybody in the ring all at once, doing whatever they want. But they actually did an extended face-in-peril/hot tag sequence during this match, and it made me very happy. Roman looks awesome, and that dive of his was insane. Like @sek69 said, he pretty much almost accidentally cleared the crowd, although he wisely grabbed Bronson Reed at the very last second and kind of dragged him down with him. Reed played his role great, and if Bron Breakker isn't ready for a Main Event push right now, he's certainly not far off. I've said it before and I'll say it again (and it's hardly a controversial take) but that kid is money. I know a lot of people online were clamoring for Breakker to pin Roman during this match to make it official and really establish himself, but I'm not sure a Tag Match was the platform to do that. Eventually, he needs to get a big singles win that really puts him over the top. Unfortunately, he apparently injured his knee during this match, so I just hope it's not too bad. -> Women's Tag Team Championship: Minor quibble, I don't know why they ran the Women's Tag Team Title match right after a Men's Tag Team match, but whatever. This whole angle continues to subvert my expectations. I totally expected Charlotte to turn on Alexa, and I certainly did not expect them to win the titles. I figured Rodriguez and Perez would hang on to those belts until Liv Morgan returns, especially since I figured Charlotte for betraying Alexa. Maybe they called an audible because the Flair/Bliss team seems to be getting so popular. There's no doubt that Charlotte seems to really want to be a babyface right now, so more power to her, I guess. This match was pretty good. It wasn't as good as the opener, but it certainly wasn't a bad match, so I have no complaints. -> Zayn vs. Kross: Ugh. I am so over this ridiculous Zayn/Kross angle. Please let this be the end of it. It was never good, it was never compelling, and the fact that this match ended up on SummerSlam while Penta, LA Knight, Sheamus, Rusev, Damien Priest, Aleistar Black and the entire RAW Tag Team division couldn't get on the show? To quote Gorilla Monsoon, "give me a break." I'm not as enamored with Sami Zayn as most people around here are, and Kross is just okay at best. This whole deal needs to go away now. -> Women's Championship: I never would have figured that Roxanne Perez and Asuka wouldn't be able to pull a watchable match out of Jade Cargill, but that Tiffany Stratton would be able do it. I fully agree with @NintendoLogic in that was definitely the best singles match Cargill has had in WWE. It wasn't exactly Flair/Steamboat (or Flair/Ripley I guess) but I'll take it. Maybe the agent/producer did a really good job of laying it out. Mind you, Cargill's power based style and Stratton's flashy gymnastic style seem to mesh really well together. It was hardly a great match, and as per usual there were a couple of moments where Jade looked totally lost in there, but it was miles better than I expected, or it had any right to be. And thank goodness, the right person won. The Women's division is not ready to have Jade Cargill and Naomi holding the respective World Championships, because neither of them are really good workers, in my humble opinion. My final observation is that, in addition to being less than impressive when she wrestles, I don't "get" Jade Cargill as a character. After Naomi turned on her, I assumed that she was meant to be a babyface. But she sure doesn't act like one. I remember that weird promo she caught after winning Queen of the Ring, which sure sounded like a heel promo. And I swear, it looked like while she was on her way to the ring last night she was arguing with the fans. IF she's supposed to be a babyface, she does a terrible job at coming across, and if she isn't, that's just weird booking. -> Orton & Jelly Roll vs. McIntyre & Paul: One of the main reasons I wasn't really all that enthused about this show is because of this match. I hate celebrity matches. I hated them when the WWF did them in the 80's, I hated them when WCW did them in the 90's and I hate them now. I was especially crusty about this match because I had literally never heard of "Jelly Roll" before she showed up on WWE TV. When I saw him, I thought he looked like some dumpy looking meth addict. But apparently TKO has made it clear that they love celebrities, cross promotion, and the media attention which comes with it, so here we are, I guess. As I mentioned, I was at a pretty big social gathering last night, and I'll be damned if all of the people there came into the room to watch this match...including the non-WWE fans, and especially the kids. I guess people have heard of "Jelly Roll" and I'm the one who is out of touch. (I can live with that.) All of the non-fans in the room absolutely loved this match, so what do I know. People kept talking about how much weight Jelly Roll has lost, so I assume he used to be a big fat guy? As far as the match? It was what it was. Like the Women's Title match, this was WAY better than I had expected it to be. I'll give Jelly Roll credit where it's due, he seems like a legit fan of Pro Wrestling, he did his best and he didn't treat this like a joke. Unsurprisingly, the MVP of this match was Logan Paul. I know a lot of people hate the guy for stuff he has done before signing with WWE, but much like with Jelly Roll, I had the luxury of not knowing anything about him before he showed up to wrestle. I know who his brother is, and I heard about that stunt he pulled in Japan a few years ago, but that was it. But I'm sorry, even if you hate Logan Paul...the dude is just a natural. He plays a great heel, his promos and facial expressions are outstanding and he's a freakish athlete. That spot with him leaping off the ring post, onto Jelly Roll on the announcer's table was done to perfection. Bottom line is, I actually found myself enjoying this nonsense, despite the fact that I went into it determined not to...so there you go. -> World Heavyweight Championship: This and the opening Tag Team match were the main reasons I wanted to see this show. What can you say? I loved the way they laid out this match. Gunther got to be Gunther at his all time Guntheriest. He basically beat the ever-loving crap out of Punk, using every move in his not unsubstantial arsenal, for what felt like about 27 of the 30 minutes of this match. He pretty much dominated Punk, and Punk did an awesome job of selling it. These guys were great together, it was a very intelligently worked match, and I definitely want to see more of these guys together. As far as the finish, I have no complaints. Firstly, love him or hate him, Punk is one of their top guys so there is no shame in him winning the World Championship. And as sek mentioned earlier, word has leaked that Gunther needs some sort of surgery on his nose (which they appeared to set up in this match with the spot on the announcers table) so this probably had to happen. Great damn match. I haven't perused the review sites or Twitter or Reddit today, and I'm guessing there are a lot of people who have complaints about this match, but I really enjoyed it. -> Seth Rollins Returns: If I was Triple H and Nick Khan, I would find out who leaked this angle to John Pollock and fire their ass. This could have been a real shocking moment, except Pollock broke the story around the time of Saturday Night's Main Event and pretty much spoiled it. Pollock is a known and respected name in Pro Wrestling journalism, so when he broke the story a lot of people believed him, and so as soon as Punk won the title I was waiting for Seth's music to start playing...and there it was. As far as the angle itself? I think it's a bad idea. I don't like Rollins as a Main Event guy. I find him annoying sure, but even worse I find him to be boring. I have joked about this here at PWO, but I swear, when Rollins is heavily featured on RAW, the shows always seem more boring and seem to drag. The thing is, the Netflix views and rankings seem to bear that out as well. The numbers are not as good when he is featured in the opening segment. But for whatever reason, Triple H seems to love this guy, so I guess we're getting a lot more of him...and for my money that's not a good thing. I am very curious to see where this goes from here, does Punk continue his feud with Rollins and go after the title, or does Gunther go after Punk for injuring his nose? And if that's the case, who ends up challenging Rollins next? There were rumors of a program between LA Knight and Rollins, but who knows what the status of that is. I'm interested to see...but since it involves Seth Rollins, my interest is kind of muted. Overall: This was a fun show, I'd say it was very good and really over-delivered. The only real stinker was the Zayn/Kross match, and the fact that yet another fun Main Event ended up being kind of spoiled by a "cash in." Thankfully, both Rollins and Naomi have cashed in their contracts, so we don't have to worry about that again until after next June. On paper, the show tonight looked like the better card (in theory) so we'll see how this pans out for Night Two.

Punk vs. Gunther is one of the best matches I’ve seen in years. Physical & emotional and a huge moments - Gunther selling the left arm throughout Punk’s strategy of attacking it and blocking the chops, the story of fatigue, how Punk gets the win. It’s a pretty brutal match and love Punk firing up after Gunther gets back in the ring bloody. Great stuff.

Okay just to finish off, a couple of media articles about Farag and the scene. https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/The-Death-of-a-Wrestling-Legend https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/56/108556/Sports/Omni-Sports/Famous-Egyptian-wrestler-Mamdouh-Farag-dies.aspx

Not exactly a match but an angle, partly conducted in English., on Egyptian TV

The one other bit of Egyptian footage I've found is another mashup of various bouts. One opponent is Greg Valentine (John Wisniski Jr from America, not Steve Crabtree from England) and another is in a bizarrely small outdoor venue- possibly a lawn tennis court.

Hello! Back with more Mid South wrestling! This time we're looking at Butch Reed & the Midnight Express. Hope you find something you want to watch! Hacksaw Duggan & Magnum T.A. vs. Hacksaw Butch Reed & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (10/13/83) - Very good TV episode title match with a clean finish. It was all action and Reed & Anvil were looking like a team ahead of their time with their athleticism. Again, really good stuff! Jim Neidhart & Butch Reed vs Magnum TA & Mr Wrestling 2 (12/02/83) - Good match and I like both teams. This was a little slow but I'm still happy with the match. There's a lot of sleeper hold work but I'll take that over Figure Four work. The sleeper work makes sense when the guys can't make the tag and it was that type of match. Nothing fancy or special but a good bout. It's a lead in match to Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart (Cage Match) (12/25/83) but I wasn't able to find it. That one has gotten a lot of praise. If you're able to find it, watch it. Butch Reed vs Jim Neidhart (01/27/84)- Oh yeah this is great stuff especially with the post match. Former partners collide and Neidhart is a bloody mess but the man is a living tank. Even Butch can't contain the big man. Butch Reed vs. Jim Neidhart (02/10/84) - Upgraded "No Disqualification" version of the previous match. Hard hitting, bloody, awesome wrestling. I really like their chemistry. Hacksaw Butch Reed vs. Jim Neidhart (02/24/84) - First off, the ring doesn't look stable...it's like they didn't tighten something on the frame. When Neidhart goes up to get the football helmet (off the pole) the the ring looks like a rhombus for a second! Ohhh I get it...there's one spot that I think they loosened the ring for..I think. It's cheesy but its 1984 and it works and this is another great match! A great trio of bloody matches with this gimmick match being the culmination. And the stuff afterwards is quality as well. It's a wonder why the WWE didn't include one of the Butch vs Neidhart matches on their set. But I guess they figured neither were big enough names to sell DVDs but I thought each match would have been perfect for a comp like this - short in length, intense and actually resembles more contemporary wrestling with moves and spots people would recognize...thus more accessible. I don't think you need any background to include the football helmet on a pole bout. It's under 10 minutes and is full of great action and tells a simple story. All of these are recommended viewing. Butch Reed is a must see wrestler for me going forward. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Midnight Express vs. Rock n Roll Express (05/11/84) - This one is Houston but I'm watching it since the WWE DVD only has gimmick matches between the two teams. This was good stuff and in a way a comedy match that the fans are freaking out over There's some good wrestling but most of this is shenanigans from the Midnights. Just premium chicken shit, ref distracting, double teaming, cheating heel work. But there's so much of it with the ref running around as much as the wrestlers that it's hard to take it seriously. Again, it's a bit of comedy wrestling. That said these guys worked the crowd like the all time greats that they are. Absolute rapid fire yet organic pro wrestling... *The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express (05/23/84) - This is a really good match. I felt like both teams were gelling and the no DQ rule makes it legal to go off the top rope and over the top etc. Cheap finish but there's more to be had with these teams. WWE actually included the post match interview and another segment setting up the match below so we actually have some context. *The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express (Jim Cornette in a Straight Jacket & in a cherry picker - October 1984) - This was a good match but for whatever reason it didn't hit me. In some ways, taking Cornette out of the equation diminished the quality. It was neat from a gimmick perspective that Cornette was physically out of contact but, they didn't bother to change the body of the match up. The Midnights dominated Ricky, and Robert come in with the hot tag and the finish was soon behind. I think that if things had been more even then it would have made the Midnights more in peril and made the ending (which was pretty awesome) be even more impactful. What do I know though? Midnight Express vs The Fantastics (1984?): This is Houston as is the next. However the below match is included in the DVDVR best of Mid South '80's list so this one is fair game in my opinion. It's a straight match so I'll compare it to the first match with the Rock'n'roll Express. I think that I liked the layout of this one a little better. I liked Fulton's work with Cornette after the opening shine segment. Then they move to Tommy Rogers getting beat down. It didn't seem to go on as long and I think that really kept the match moving along and then they went to the finish. The finish was kinda weak but dammit it worked on the crowd! Fun match The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (07/20/1984): If you ever wonder about how physically big you had to be a wrestler (or in Mid South) compare the size of the Fantastics who are 5'10 & 5'9" and jacked to the other guys in this match. I think I like the Fantastics vs the Midnight Express better...at least in '84. This was a great match and the stuff with Cornette is entertaining...until the cheap 80's finish. It felt very 80's in the sense that it felt nonsensical and it didn't contribute to anything and ended it on a sour note. I liked the Midnight Express stuff but I wasn't blown away. Perhaps I'm used to their stuff in JCP/NWA/WCW and with Stan Lane instead of Dennis Condrey. Or it's just that 1984 is pretty much the very beginning of their work. Same with the Rock'n'Rolls. I think part of it is that I'm just too removed from it to appreciate the style. I think that they turned tag wrestling in the US on its head. The couple matches on the DVD were a selling point and for me, they didn't live up to my expectations. Here I actually appreciate the work Cornette does as a manager more than what Eaton or Condrey are doing... which is a testament to Jim Cornette as a talent. I think the TV segments are all fantastic. All that said, these were some fun matches and definitely a good mix of action & angles. Too many of the finishes were "80's finishes" and not many (any?) were terribly satisfying if you're rooting for the baby face team. Again, I think their later work in the Mid Atlantic region & NWA/WCW was more my preference. All in all, this is a fantastic project. Every year I try to look at the 80's. I had no idea awhile ago that I would get into this as much as I have. It was just another DVD that I wanted to watch and move on from. If you're a fan of 80's & 90's puro then I think that this project will interest you as well as it has me. There are a lot of guys you may recognize from NJPW & AJPW and this sounded like an interesting project to expand upon. Additionally the stuff so far on the WWE is not a very good representation. It captures some of it but there's much better stuff they could have included. In fact, I would have suggested have quantity over quality. The significant matches included require too much backstory or just don't have good work in some cases. Another detail that took me a few matches to realize, WWE have dubbed in Jim Ross doing commentary. This is modern day (as of the DVD release) Jim Ross as he is more gravel throated than his younger days in Mid South. I don't like them trying to trick the viewers. Be upfront about the commentary or give the option to turn it off or use the old commentary. It's shit like this that keeps me away from them as a fan...it's duplicitous... and that's the tip of the shitberg. I'm working on watch Mid South 1985 pretty in depth and those should be my next Mid South posts. In the meantime, I'm going to get back to some Japanese wrestling 🙂 But there should be more Mid South shortly if you've been interested! Thanks for reading folks!

Mashup of various bouts to the tune of Eye of the Tiger. Mostly footage of a match where the challenging Bad Foreigner is a young Dave Taylor.

This is probably the best known piece of Egyptian footage, Farag as home country hero defends his Euro title against Klaus Wallas - back home in Austria a respected judoka and usual good guy but here the arrogant villain. Listen out and you will lean plenty of useful Arabic wrestling vocabulary like BODEHSLAM and SIDERING. Keep your eyes peeled for Tony StClair as Farag's second.

The other new clip is a handicap tag against German heel Indio Guajaro and Colonel Brody from Britain. Brody was a regular on 80s ITV and also Reslo from Wales and New Catch from France as a mean moody macho military man heel (albeit often quite technically adept). but this was tame compared to the very dark racist N-bomb dropping character he was for Germany's VDB (Ed Wiskoski also toured Germany at this time and may have plagiarised Colonel De Beers off him.). Which makes the obviously BAME Guajaro an odd choice of tag partner.

Okay, this is one of the two new ones I've found - Farag against someone billed as Hercules but looks more like Chris Benoit

Decided to give Egypt its own thread after coming across a couple more clips of Mamdouh Farag in action. To fill you in, Egypt had the odd foreign tour back in the Monarchy days but was "dark" from the Revolution under Nasser up until Camp David when the country opened up again to the west and tours resumed. At around that time. Farag was a popular babyface in Germany and decided in the early 80s to set up a scene of his own back home in Egypt. Farag had won a European championship and took it back home from where, as national hero, he took on foreign heel challengers from both Europe and America. Farag continued with this into the Nineties when he retired and became a TV presenter. Among other projects, he provided bootleg Arabic commentary on WWE broadcasts Cairo being a major media hub in the Arab world, his commentary. To say this urinated off the folks in Stamford CT is putting it mildly - in fact when WWE finally toured Egypt in October 2012 with three nights at Cairo's Stadium Complex, Farag was banned from the building. He died two years later aged just 64.

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from McArthur Court, Eugene, August 10th Pacific Trios Title Match : The Midnight Express © vs. David Cash, Chris Hamrick & Jason Jett The Money Train put in a game effort to regain the Trios Titles, but the experience of Cornette’s men spelled the difference, as Condrey took down Cash with an Inverted DDT. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Jack Victory Bigelow overwhelmed the Big V, pinning his fellow New Jersey native with a slingshot splash. The Dreamboats (Tommy Dreamer & Glamour Boy Shane) vs. Sabu & Rob Zakowski The Hexagon duo showed they were another team to watch against the former Golden State Tag Team champs, taking out Shane with the Rolling Thunder. Shane Douglas vs. John Tatum Shane Douglas continued his rise, prevailing over Hollywood John by pinning him with the Belly To Belly Suplex. Golden State Tag Team Title Match : The Oregon Wrecking Crew (Gary Albright & David Young) © vs. The Force Of July (The Patriot & The Eagle) The patriotic pairing put quite a scare into the champs, getting several near falls over the OWC. Albright and Young took the cheap way out, double teaming the Eagle and slugging the ref when he intervened, earning a DQ finish. Art Barr, Eddie Guerrero & Dean Malenko vs. Jushin Liger, Dragon Azul & Too Cold Scorpio The evening closed with a long and exciting Light Heavyweight six man. There were plenty of high points in the match, but the final decision went to Liger, who pinned Art Barr with a running Liger Bomb.

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Portland Memorial Coliseum , Portland , on Pacific Super Cards on ESPN / TSN, August 9th Lance Storm vs. Toshiaki Kawada Kawada continued his leader’s path of viciousness, brutalizing Storm before forcing him to tap out to the Kawada Crab. Dan Severn & Steve Blackman vs. The Suicide Blondes Severn and Blackman showed their tag team efficacy, with Blackman flattening Candido with the running bicycle kick for the win. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Genichiro Tenryu Well, it didn’t take long for Slaughter to find a new rival. Slaughter and Tenryu had a ferocious battle that ended when Slaughter hit a Slaughter Cannon that sent them both flying out of the ring. They continued to brawl outside the ring until the ref counted them both out. Pacific Tag Team Title Match : The Miracle Violence Combination © vs. The Sons Of The Beach (Cannonball Grizz & The Sandman) The Surfing Superstars have risen rapidly in the Pacific Tag Team ranks, and quickly earned a shot at the champs. They certainly gave it their all, keeping the MVC off balance for a fair stretch of the match, but the sheer power of the Champions proved too much to overcome. Steve Williams pinned Grizz following an incredible Oklahoma Stampede. A disappointing result, but the SoBs certainly acquitted themselves well in their first shot at the big belts. Pacific Television Title Match : Big Bully Busick © vs. Fit Finlay As could be imagined , this was a hard hitting match, with Busick ultimately putting the Belfast Bruiser down with the Bully Breaker (Hangman neckbreaker). Pacific Heavyweight Title Match : Ted Dibiase © vs. Barry Windham Windham put in an incredible effort to regain the title he had held twice before. It looked like he might just pull it off when he clipped Dibiase with a lariat that knocked him out of the ring. While the ref made the count, Chris Adams snuck into the ring and blindsided Windham with a Superkick . When Dibiase made it back into ring , he found Windham laid out, and smugly got the cover. Once again, Dibiase sneaks away with his title intact.

Pacific Wrestling Showcase from the Portland Sports Arena, Portland , on ESPN / TSN, August 8th Stormfront (Al Snow & Jerry Lynn) vs. Jimmy Del Ray & Billy Black After some time in the middle of the pack in the PCW Tag Team decision, Stormfront have been putting in some impressive efforts to show they were a storm to be reckoned with. Despite Jim Cornette’s men’s attempts to take the low road, Stormfront prevailed with Lynn taking Del Ray down with a package piledriver. The competing tag teams had best not overlook the Citadel duo. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Mark Caruso The American Hero got a huge response from the Portland fans, as well he should. The double tough Marine DI is a legend in the ring, and he proceeded to run roughshod over Caruso. It didn’t take long for Slaughter to dispatch Caruso, forcing him to tap out to the Slaughter Cannon. The fans can’t wait to see who would be the next rival for Slaughter to go to war with. Roddy Piper & Pierre Carl Ouellet vs. Buddy Rose & Scotty The Body Both Piper and PCO have been having their own war with the Playboy Club. The two sides had a fierce battle, but it was only a matter of time before Brian Lee stuck his nose in. The Bulldozer yanked Piper off the ring apron, and while the two slugged it out at ringside, the rest of the Playboy Club double teamed Ouellet until Scotty took him out with the Body Shot (DDT) . The Club continued to use their numbers after the match to beat down Piper and Ouellet until Bret Hart came out swinging a metal chair to run them off. Bret Hart vs. The Lightning Kid Bret didn’t have much time to catch his breath, as he would be in the very next match, facing a young up and comer. The Lightning Kid may be young, but he certainly proved to be quite a handful for the Hitman. Bret had to work hard to overcome the Kid’s speed and high flying moves, but was ultimately able to put a stop to him with the Sharpshooter. After the match, Hart offered a handshake of respect, which the Kid begrudgingly accepted. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Adams Adams has been gunning hard for Barry Windham, but would have to settle for his Brigade comrade Chris Jericho. Jericho put in an enthusiastic effort to which Adams responded with sheer brutality. Adams seemed to particularly relish nailing Jericho with a Superkick to the head. Adams has certainly made his mark in reestablishing the group he renamed the League Of Gentlemen.

There's a viral clip going round of a floating ring on a lake capsizing in France. Cornette mentioned it on his show. I sent Jim and Brian a potted history of Swimming Pool Matches in France with some YouTube links.

WWE audience sure showed 'em that doesn't work for them brutha ! After paying 200$ at least to attend the MAGA show because after all, Papa Trip is cooking or something. This is way past being delusional into being full fledge performative. They totally deserve CM Punk as their world champ... oh, wait, shit.

A lot of modern WWE matches have this weird, automated, unloose feeling. I think it's really remarkable for me it feels how often WALTER breaks through that for me. Through that even something like having mutiple finishers. I have really enjoyed his his what I have seen from his pre-WWE work, interested in checking out more.

A really good consistency case, he feels the kind of wrestler who tries constuct his matches to uniquely showcase to what will his opponents and tag team partners seem strongb while doing unique stuff himself. His Evan Bourne stuff is really cool especially the Sin Cara No Count Out match, Mark Henry ECW match, and others. The Sheamus vs. Evan Bounre match sticks. Really good team wrestler. The Mattpool/Blackpool Combat Club vs. Team CMLL match last year was awesome, Sydal/Ricochet vs. Young Bucks vs. Penta/Fenix is one of my favorite matches ever, and The Sydal Brothers and Dante Martin vs. Young Bucks and Kenny Omega is still in my head years later. He can also be an nice agressor heel (vs. Will Ospreay in Rev-Pro and his Wrestling Society X). Interested in checking more. He feels like he might be 80-100.

It's so fucking crazy how the only thing they seem to give a shit about is social media stars and adverts. If you aren't a regular watcher, you have no idea what any of the storylines are because they are paywalled on their main US platform, the announcers then do not follow up on details during entrances or the match because they're doing ad reads. They couldn't give me 25 seconds to tell me why the fuck Jellyroll and Logan Paul are wrestling at Summerslam, but did have time to give the rundown on viewership numbers for Jellyroll's wife's podcast and its rankings in iTunes.