The Thread Killer

Sincere congratulations to you.

I see what you are saying, and you’re not totally wrong. To me, the issue isn’t so much that García is lousy, it’s that AEW have so much talent under contract that are so much better than Garcia is, but he gets so much TV time and so much creative energy has been put into pushing him and Yuta. I think both Garcia and Yuta are perfectly acceptable midcard talent and maybe they even have the potential to go even higher up…but I could name at least half a dozen guys who are noticeably better than them, who either haven’t been pushed or have fallen victim to Tony Khan’s ADD “Now You See Him…Now You Don’t” booking. Back when NXT was functioning at a creative, interesting and exciting level I used to almost hesitate to get behind a talent, because I was worried that if I got invested in them, they would just get called up to the main roster, and would be ruined, changed, not used properly, or not used at all. Sometimes I get a similar fear when I watch AEW. Even when I get into a particular character or potential storyline, I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop, or for the person to disappear off TV for no reason for weeks at a time.

Don’t say his name out loud. If you say it three times, he shows up on TV nonstop for another six months.

I have found the build for this PPV to be lacking. I am more interested in the Kingston/Ortiz vs. Akiyama/Takeshita match on Rampage on Friday than I am about anything on this PPV. Between the never ending JAS/BCC feud, the Luchasaurus/Jungle Boy Cage Match that nobody I know has any interest in seeing, and NO FTR…screw this. I am not paying for this.

PWInsider is now confirming reports that the plans for the Men’s War Games match at Survivor Series is The Bloodline (Roman, The Usos, Solo and Sami) vs. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, and Ridge) and Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens. I am all over that in a big way, that would kick ass…even if it is a WWE No Blood Allowed War Games. And if KO can’t do it because of his knee…they should put Gunther in there. Give me Roman vs. Gunther all day.

It has become pretty obvious that Dave Lagana was the real brains behind the NWA. The one-two punch combo of the pandemic and Lagana being outed as a sex pest, pretty much killed this promotion dead. I loved the concept and execution early on…but now I wouldn’t watch this crap if you paid me. How anybody could possibly think that putting the NWA World Title on Tyrus is a good idea is just…beyond me. It boggles the mind. Losing Aldis isn’t going to help them any, but it’s pretty clear the problems run much, much deeper than that.

Conrad has basically been running Foley through his Attitude Era Greatest Hits for topics the past few weeks…but this week they are finally covering the infamous 1995 IWA King of the Death Match tournament, so I’m looking forward to this.

Road Dogg and Casio Kid are the “I never could have even had a nightmare about something this bad being possible” combination of the two most indescribably obnoxious personalities in the history of Pro Wrestling.

It reminds me of that (underrated) movie The Distinguished Gentleman where a congressman dies of a heart attack and a con man who has the same legal name runs for the seat using the campaign slogan “The Name You Know” and he actually gets elected, because most of the voters don’t know the original guy died.

I never played the Japanese version of that game and now I want to.

I noticed that you dodged a bullet there. It seems the electorate is willing to overlook a physical disability when electing someone to office. Aside from John Fetteman, your state showed they are even MORE open minded in matters like this, by reelecting Anthony DeLuca, who managed to overcome the one physical ailment which I would’ve thought was insurmountable…what with him being dead, and everything.

From the “I had no idea they had heat” department… Last night on Twitter, Ric Flair took some shots at JBL. He basically implied that JBL did not belong in the WWE HOF because he was a bully. For those of you keeping track at home, I guess that means: Bullying = Unacceptable Sexually harassing/assaulting women = Perfectly fine, boys will be boys, don’t be ridiculous. Seriously though, Ric Flair of all people trying to take the moral high ground on any person regarding any issue is hysterical.

I freaking loved the hell out of that game back when it came out. I used to love fighting that big Giant Machine rip-off on the final level, you could only knock him down with certain flying moves like a knee smash. Good times.

No, I have never seen those shows. I saw him wrestle a bunch of times back in the day, but I never had the pleasure of hearing him on commentary. I know he was pretty much the king of the Boston Garden prelims. What was he like on commentary?

They’ve been hyping on TV for a while now, brother. Personally, I don’t care. The last Pro Wrestling video game I bought was this one on the NES… I assume these newer games are similar?

You don’t mean… The Duke of Dorchester himself is coming back?!

It’s not a matter of quality. It’s more the fact that they pay the talent peanuts and practically nobody watches it. I’m sure it is creatively fulfilling to work there, but that don’t pay the bills. If I was a pro wrestler looking for work and had a family to provide for, I can’t imagine Impact would be the first place I would call. And Aldis has young children to feed. If I had no financial constraints and just wanted to be creatively satisfied and work in a positive atmosphere, that is a different story, obviously. Mind you, I seem to remember hearing Aldis also had heat with Scott D’Amore, come to mention it. I get the impression Aldis is a difficult person to work with. This guy has gone on Twitter and done interviews burying the company he works for over the last few months, I can’t imagine that will endure him to perspective future employers much.

Aldis has claimed for years that Tony Khan told him there will always be a spot for him in AEW if he wants. And I certainly hope that Khan does sign him, because the AEW roster is getting dangerously thin. They don’t have nearly enough talent under contract right now. Realistically, I would expect him to show up in either Impact or MLW. Also known as “places you go when nobody else wants to hire you but you have no other viable options.”

I have admit, I am slowly starting to come around on the talk about Roman Reigns being one of the GOATs. He really does have the ability to have a compelling and watchable match with just about anybody, especially people who are below his skill and experience level. Plus his overall promo skills and character work are miles above pretty much anybody else active in Pro Wrestling right now. It’s a real shame he has such a shallow pool of talent to work with. I guess you could say I am finally acknowledging him.

I believe you have hit the nail on the head. I love the NFL and I will probably never stop watching Football, but you have to come to terms with the fact that the majority of the owners are scumbags who are raking in millions of dollars at the expense of the players, the majority of whom are visible minorities that are literally crippling themselves and willingly giving themselves CTE on a weekly basis, for our “entertainment.” Yes, the majority of them are well compensated financially for it, but that doesn’t make it any less unsettling. And that’s not even touching the woeful history of the players when it comes to using steroids or domestic violence. But I am still watching, and so are a hell of a lot of other people. And if you’re an NBA fan…well, they’re comfortably in bed with China, a country who can certainly match up with Saudi Arabia when it comes to human rights abuses. But people still happily watch Basketball. I definitely would not want to look under the bed, or in the closet, or in the medicine cabinet of the majority of my favourite actors or musicians, either. Nor most of my favourite writers, when you get down to it. I certainly understand why people object to WWE being in bed with the Saudis. But I am getting old, and jaded, and at this point I just can’t muster up much outrage for anything anymore. I fully admit that when they decided to get into business with Saudi Arabia that was one of the deciding factors in my decision to cancel my WWE Network subscription. But if I am not paying for it, and I can still watch it for free, I am not really accomplishing anything by not watching it. Quite honestly, if you look hard enough you can find reasons to get outraged regarding pretty much any form of entertainment or sports. I literally just don’t care anymore. Like everybody else, I have my limits. I don’t watch Chris Benoit matches anymore. I am a huge fan of stand-up comedy and I can’t watch Bill Cosby anymore, which sucks because I thought he was a genius. But honestly that is more because it makes me uncomfortable. I guess it’s up to each individual to decide where their own personal line is that they don’t want to cross. I don’t begrudge anybody for watching anything at this point. Just can’t be bothered.

The good thing about Wrestlemania being two nights is that in theory, they could do a World Title Match one night, and a match with The Rock on the other. I don’t know that they would actually do that, and I’m not sure how it would work out logistically, but it’s a possibility I guess.

Not going to lie, that was actually a decent show. Way better than I thought it was going to be. There were a couple of good matches in there, and that Main Event over delivered.

I thought that the original plan was KO & Sami to end up feuding with The Usos, but at the rate Sami is getting over with this storyline it might end up being him vs. Roman in the Main Event.

All things considered, that was pretty respectable and a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be. They obviously worked in a lot of outside shenanigans but it wasn’t bad. Logan Paul has a hell of a lot of raw talent.