The Thread Killer

That poor woman has mutilated herself past the point of recognition with plastic surgery over the last few years. If you look at a picture of her when she first debuted, and then a picture of her now, she is almost unrecognizable.

Yeah but if Tony Khan had any sort of control over his locker room, none of this shit would have happened to begin with.

Strongly agree. And extra bonus points to anyone who could also get him banned from Twitter.

Being bitter is all part of what makes Bret who he is, I don’t hate him for it. I remember a couple of years ago somebody asked Jim Cornette of all people about Bret. Cornette said that when he worked with Bret, he used to think that Bret took things way too seriously, but then he came to realize that if more people had that attitude, the business would probably be in a much better place than it ended up. And yes…I am aware of the irony of Jim Cornette thinking somebody takes the Pro Wrestling business too seriously.

Bret Hart is totally capable of holding a petty grudge. He personally called Greg Oliver to complain about where he was ranked in Oliver’s book about the greatest Canadian Pro Wrestlers of all time. (And then staged that uncomfortable walk out at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame over it.) I love Bret Hart, but it’s obvious he and Punk are cut from similar cloth.

It’s actually kind of funny, when you think about it. Punk’s inability to forget a slight (either real or perceived) reminds me of his biggest hero, Bret Hart. Now that dude can hold a grudge. To this day, just see what happens if you mention the name Goldberg or Hulk Hogan or Eric Bischoff around Bret Hart. It’s like he is angrier about them now than he was at the time that he had problems with them originally.

Punk is never going to forgive Page for going off script and shooting on him in that promo way back when. That was really what started this whole mess between him and The Elite. Punk is one of those guys that seems to be incapable of letting stuff go. From everything I have read and heard, Punk is one of those guys that if he decides he likes you, then his generosity and kindness knows no bounds. But if he doesn’t like you or he thinks you have crossed him, then you have yourself an enemy for life. I actually saw Hornswoggle of all people talk about that in a shoot interview, years ago.

Of all the possible CM Punk/Elite matchups that could happen (but aren’t because of this drama) is Punk/Hangman II really one of those anyhow? Is there anybody out there really bemoaning the fact that we are being robbed of that match? I wasn’t even really interested in Punk/Page the first time. I‘d much rather see CMFTR vs. Kenny & The Bucks, Punk vs. Omega, or Punk & Whoever vs. The Bucks. Thanks to his bland, unremarkable character and Tony Khan’s lacklustre booking of him, I can’t honestly think of a Hangman Page match I would be excited to see at this point. The last Hangman rivalry I thought was even remotely good was that series against Moxley and how long ago was that? Maybe they should see if they could milk any more drama out of the Hangman/Dark Order storyline! I think that still has mileage, right?

Yeah, it’s hard to believe most Pro Wrestling fans had pretty much written him off by the end of his last WWE/NXT run. He’s done some great work in AEW/ROH since getting signed.

I can only assume he’s injured…again?

Ugh. I really love Collision so far, so I guess I will pay for now…but this is some bullshit. AEW should not be making Canadian fans pay to watch what American fans get for free on TV. I just canceled my Honor Club subscription a couple weeks ago and now I have to start paying for this crap? Small wonder people end up pirating this stuff.

Yeah @TheDuke it’s official. You can’t watch AEW content on the TSN app anymore unless you pay…which means it’s $8 a month to watch Rampage, Collision and have access to the AEW TV archive going back to October 2019.

I don’t know if it’s true but the rumor going around now is “The Golden Lovers” and Hangman Page vs. Bullet Club Gold and Takeshita at All In, and then Omega vs. Takeshita at All Out. I don’t know, that seems like an odd choice to me. This show at Wembley is arguably the biggest show in the history of the company and they’re sticking Omega in a Trios match?! You also have to feel for PAC, who is apparently going to miss the show due to injury. It’s not like a show like this is going to come again anytime soon in his home country, it’s going to suck for him to miss it.

Yeah, some sources were reporting it was a life threatening illness?!

I think he has basically made the same deal for TSN+ in Canada that he has made with FITE TV internationally. If you sign up for AEW Plus on FITE, you get the weekly TV commercial free, plus any other TV specials like Battle of the Belts. You also get the complete archive of every TV show they’ve ever aired. But no PPV. Like I said, the only question is if they are going to make the weekly TV available on the app, even if you don’t sign up. I guess we’ll find that out tonight at 10:00 PM when Rampage is supposed to air.

Yeah I just saw that as well. I am going to wait until tomorrow night and find out if I can still watch Collision live without having to pay for it. I have heard different stories regarding what the plan is. Some people are saying that if you subscribe to TSN as part of your cable package, you can still watch the AEW shows live on the TSN app as they happen, but you don’t get access to the on-demand features, unless you pay extra. The other thing I heard is that if you pay eight bucks a month, they actually give you access to an archive of every single show that AEW has had so far, aside from the PPVs.

Kawada’s view on foreigners must have started to soften already if he has agreed to travel to North America. I don’t know where I read it (it was so long ago) but I had heard Kawada had vowed he would never come back after his “learning excursion” in the 80’s.

My brain just exploded.

Oh yeah, I have one other little quibble when it comes to creative. Two weeks ago, CM Punk went on national television, and announced that since he never lost the World Heavyweight Championship, he is still the champ. He produced the belt, he’s carrying it around, and he had actually defended it. MJF, who is the recognized champion, has had exactly NOTHING to say about this? I’m not saying you have to book a match right now or anything, but you don’t think he could reference it?

That JAS segment was a bad choice to start the show, but at least they moved it along fairly quickly. If that had been a WWE segment, with that many people in the ring, they would have had to make sure that everybody got a few pages of scripted dialogue in, and it would’ve gone on for an hour. But to me, it was pretty much pointless melodrama. Not that this is surprising, but The Hardys are just done. It’s just sad to watch them now. I hate to see acts that should have enough sense to hang it up when it’s time, still trying to hang on for one last great match that probably is just not going to come. Also, maybe it was just me, but I found the crowd energy for that face off between FTR and The Bucks to be somewhat lacklustre. This whole MJF/Cole thing has already jumped the shark as far as I’m concerned. The fans are into it, but it really does nothing for me and these stupid vignettes are just cringe worthy. RVD did his best, and he could have looked worse, I guess, but it was still a little sad for me to see that as well. But it was what it was, and I guess the point was to put Jack Perry over. The mere sight of Jon Moxley just irritates me now, I am so over that guy. I also noticed that we have gotten to the point where the announcers are openly making fun of the fact that he can’t be on TV without bleeding. I am guessing this is leading up to a BCC/Death Triangle match at All In and I could not possibly care less. I have no issue with Sting & Darby vs. Swerve & Fox at All In. And…Anna Jay is in the Main Event of Dynamite. Let’s just let that sink in, shall we? I guess someone who has the initials TK and loves that yayo was a little “got to” by all the recent online drama surrounding the AEW women’s division, so last week and this week are his response. Ugh. The one thing I find fascinating is that this is the same company that produced this show, which also produces Collision every Saturday. Collision is consistently a home run show. Even when they don’t succeed, they at least come across as putting in the best possible effort, and 99% of the time that show is outstanding. It almost boggles my mind that this is the same company that puts on both shows. Weird.

It’s called bursitis. I had that on one of my knees once, it sucks.

Have you read Hardcore History by Scott Williams? It’s pretty good. Well researched and he got a bunch of good interviews.

Like I said, if the freaking NWA can offer a multi night discount for their FITE shows I am sure AEW could. And the ticket prices on the recent Canadian tour have proved AEW are not beyond soaking their fans.

Oh yeah. I feel zero guilt over the fact that I haven’t paid a penny to watch any WWE content in years. I canceled my WWE Network Subscription before they moved to Peacock. I can’t say that I feel a ton of guilt over not putting money in the pocket of a creepy old rapist. For the most part, I have always paid for my AEW content. Even though the Khan family are already filthy rich, I figured I would support the official alternative to WWE. But right now I don’t see myself paying for both of these shows.

I am leaning towards ordering All In. Even though it is in the middle of the day, I think it starts at 12 PM Eastern Time. I might see if a couple of my buddies want to come and see it at my place and then we can all chip in. I assume All In will be more historic in nature due to the location and crowd size.