The Thread Killer

Lyra is molting.

Hey look, they got a shot of rovert in the crowd, weeping with joy.

I’m terrified that Lyra’s partner is going to be Nia Jax.

Yeah the dude is just a natural. It amazes me how comfortable and smooth he looks in there, considering the amount of experience he has.

That went pretty much how I expected, but it was fun.

That I/C match was just…wow. I don’t know what was crazier, the result or the reaction it got.

I’m generally not a huge fan of WWE plunder matches, but that was about as good as you can expect to get. Fact is, Priest is probably better off in matches like that. And as I said, McInyre can’t do much wrong in my eyes. I liked the ending spot.

McIntyre is great as a heel, he’s been doing such awesome work the past couple of years.

KERRY KING MOFOS

Damn, that was a good match. That’s how you open Wrestlemania and get the crowd riled up.

Honestly, I don’t get their beef with Bianca either. I know the announcers keep playing up the fact that Belair cost Rhea the title, but she really didn’t.

Yeah they booed the shot of him walking into the building. I guess the honeymoon is officially over.

Damn, Reigns is ripped.

He was never any good and he still isn’t any good and Pat McAfee manages to make him even worse if that’s even possible.

So Rey is officially out and Fenix is officially in, and Bayley is out of her match as well.

I caught the North American Title match, which I thought was really good, then the Tag Title match which was better than I expected. I missed the Women’s Ladder Match, the 6 Man Tag and the Women’s Fatal 4 Way. But I got back just in time for the Main Event and I really really enjoyed that a lot. Great match.

Apparently Rey Mysterio might have been injured in that 6 Man Tag on SmackDown. There is fan footage of him being helped to the back. Hate to see it, but if that is the case and he can’t work tomorrow, at least they have a built-in replacement right there. El Grande Americano cost Fenix his shot at winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royal tonight and Fenix isn’t booked on Wrestlemania, so they could easily have him substitute for Rey tomorrow. I doubt the fans would be disappointed.

Ugh, that Karrion Kross elimination from the Andre the Giant Battle Royal was pretty rough looking.

Well, aside from anything else covered in this week’s episode, I now know way more about Tony Atlas’s fetishes than I needed or wanted to, I’ll say that much.

I don’t know if it’s that the comments flew under the radar, or if it’s just that people really don’t care at this point. Let’s face it, the guy that is president of the other major company which is part of TKO is literally best friends with Donald Trump, and nobody seems to care about that anymore. So I don’t think anyone is going to fuss over Paul Lévesque making some inane but innocuous comments. I think the outrage bar has been cranked up quite a bit over the last few months. It’s probably going to take a lot more than these types of comments to garner any attention at this point.

Any chance this will be a squash, you think? Let’s be honest…Naomi isn’t really all that great, and Jade is pretty limited too. Lord knows, Jade has done her share of squashes.

I’m wondering if they are going to address who is going to end up fighting Randy Orton at WM41 tonight. I can’t imagine that he isn’t going to be on the show just because Owens is injured. I guess they could bring back Black or Rusev. Rey Fenix isn’t booked on the show yet. Some people are even speculating based on the RKO last week that it might be Nick Aldis?

I keep meaning to check it out, but I keep forgetting. Wednesday is Survivor night, dammit. And if FTR is going to be feuding with Adam Copeland & Christian Cage, I may have to start watching Dynamite again. But there’s nothing stopping me from checking it out after the fact, I guess. And it does have one huge positive going for it…no Booker T on commentary.

So apparently Ric Flair (after previously saying he would be there) is now saying he will not be appearing at Wrestlemania in any capacity…because he’s still technically under contract with AEW?!

Wow, I actually thought it was pretty good. Jey cut something resembling an actually serious promo for once, and Gunther sold it pretty well, I thought. When it comes to Jey Uso promos, that's about as good as we're going to get. Speaking of last night, that Women's Intercontinental Championship match was pretty damn good. A couple of minor botches but overall I thought it was a great TV match. Way better than that Elimination Chamber qualifying match they had a while back.