The Thread Killer

And yet I cannot look away.

That Ricochet/Knight match was pretty damn good, IMO. And I usually don’t enjoy Ricochet at all. Don’t tell me after all this time, we’re going to see Eli Drake/L.A. Knight used properly and live up to his potential.

I respect JJ’s game. That dude always lands on his feet, no matter what. Plus, he’s still in great shape and cuts a good promo. Not sure I need to see him vs. Darby in 2022…but whatever.

Do the math. @sek69 announces he has a new gig, now we hear TK has a surprise planned for tonight. Clearly, sek is now All Elite.

I don’t know what the hell this crap is, but whatever it is, it’s terrible and I am not watching it. Time to watch the Astros murder the Yankees. Fuck this nonsense. Matt Hardy could pop up at any moment.

I barely ever watch NXT but it seems clear to me that Hayes is the obvious blue chipper out of this bunch.

The fans don’t seem to care for Von Wagner. And not in a “he’s a good heel” kind of way. More in a “you suck” kind of way.

LOL Wagner couldn’t figure out how to get the ladder out from under the ring and almost hit a fan in the face.

I just saw on SmackDown on Friday Hit Row alluded to a new member joining to even their numbers against Zelina’s stable (whose names I forget) and one of the clickbait sites said it’s going to be Hayes.

Oh gawd…I forgot how terrible Booker T is on commentary.

Carmelo Hayes is on his way to Smackdown to join Hit Row, isn’t he?

Who the hell is this massive yutz on the pre-show with Sam Roberts and the young lady dressed up as Darby Allin? I want to punch this dude in the face.

Thanks for sharing your opinion. It’s hard to believe FTR had that match with The Bucks on Dynamite, two classics with The Briscoes and now this match, all in the same year. For my money, I don’t know if anything will ever surpass that 2/3 falls against DIY in Toronto. That and the first Briscoes match are probably my favourite FTR matches of all time.

Ever since it debuted, I have been sporadically checking out the Kevin Nash podcast on YouTube. Tristan has been working on that show as a producer and has even been featured on screen a few times. He sometimes took questions from fans, and just this week they were promoting an upcoming event he was going to be performing at. (He was a musician.) It is obvious from seeing how they interact with each other on the show and how he talked about Tristan, just how close Kevin Nash and his son were as a father and son, and how proud of Kevin is of him. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain that poor family must be going through right now. I have an uncle who lost his son at the same age, and it literally destroyed him. He has never been the same since. They always say the greatest tragedy is when a parent has to bury a child and I believe that to be true, from what I have seen. This is just unspeakably tragic. I really feel for Kevin Nash and his family right now, this is just terrible news. Nash was just mentioning on this recent show what a terrible year it has been for him, losing Scott Hall and almost losing Triple H. And now his son has died on Scott Hall’s birthday. Heartbreaking.

Has anybody seen the recent IWGP Tag Team Title Match between FTR and Aussie Open from NJPW “Royal Quest?” Apparently it was taped on 10/01 in England, but just got released on New Japan World this past weekend. The match is getting a lot of praise online…people are calling it a MOTYC. Some people are even saying it is better than the matches FTR had with The Briscoes, although I find that hard to believe. But Dax Harwood recently said it might be in his personal Top 3 matches FTR has had in their careers. Just curious if anybody here at PWO had seen it, and what you thought? I have recently been considering subscribing to New Japan World, especially with those New York shows coming up.

Yeah, the show is just…not good. I don’t like watching roundtable discussions under the best of circumstances and these are definitely not that. I would be interested to see an in-depth documentary about the history of the Memphis territory, but this episode told me nothing. I skipped the Andy Kaufman episode. That story has been told to death, I don’t need to see another version of it. I turned on the AWA episode and lasted about two minutes. Between Greg Gagne and Ken Patera, they may have set a new record for combining obnoxiousness and utter bullshit all seated at one table. Greg Gagne is tied with the late Mike Graham (and maybe Black Bart and Manny Fernandez) as the person who has told the most ridiculous, outlandish and provably untrue total bullshit lies and stories in the history of Pro Wrestling. Every time he opens his mouth, nothing but total bullshit comes spewing out. (Actually Hulk Hogan probably belongs in that list too.) This show is a massive disappointment. Jim Cornette keeps going on about how great it is going to be. He claims that the show will be using previously unseen photographs and video footage directly from his archives, but I don’t know if I am willing to sit through these terrible roundtable discussions just to see that stuff.

Honesty, this injury to Punk could be a blessing in disguise. It’s unlikely Tony Khan will fire him while he’s injured. A 7 month recovery gives plenty of time for cooler heads to prevail regarding this entire situation and lots of negotiations to take place. I know he’s not the most popular around here, but anybody can see that Punk can still move the needle and he has plenty of value to bring. This forced time off just might help everybody get some perspective and figure out a way to do business moving forward. Or conversely, Tony Khan might fire Punk tomorrow. Who knows.

Hot damn, that MJF/Regal segment was good shit, pal. So it’s confirmed…Nese and Woods are a full time team called “The Varsity Athletes?” I can live with that. Probably the best possible use of both guys. (Sorry @C.S.)

In Canada it’s not an issue. NXT is preempted for the NLCS.

Oh my God! Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt just very gently lowered that garage door onto Darby’s midsection!

If they end up breaking up Death Triangle, I’d be all for a Fenix/PAC PPV match.

I hope Houston stomps the Yankees and then the Phillies beat Houston.

Also, I think we’ve had a chance to see what Chris Jericho’s so-called “creativity” looks like over the past few years, when he doesn’t have someone to reign his more ridiculous impulses in. Musical duets. Football Field Follies. Matches in a giant glass of Orange Juice. And now this fucking endless feud with the Blackpool Combat Club. Hell, the whole stupid “Sports Entertainment vs. Pro Wrestling” angle. Pardon me if I’m not super psyched at the prospect of years more of this crap. Don’t get me wrong. I think Jericho is probably more creative and has better ideas than your average Pro Wrestler. He has successfully recreated himself several times, with great success. But the real issue is, he is nowhere near as clever and creative as he thinks he is. He needs somebody to tell him when he is wrong, or when one of his ideas just isn’t going to work. I don’t think he is going to get that in AEW and we’re probably all going to see the results.

I remember Prichard talking about that on his podcast. He and Briscoe went over and met with Baba at an All Japan show. He pretty much admitted that Baba was insulted that Vince sent his underlings to negotiate for him. So much so, that once the show started Baba (via Joe Higuchi) sent Prichard and Brisco out to sit in the crowd, rather than stay backstage. Apparently, Baba also told them that WWF guys alone would not be enough to sell out the Dome, because AJPW fans wouldn’t care as much about WWF names as they would native talent. Prichard was incredulous and totally flabbergasted about this assertion of course, but I am not convinced Baba wasn’t right. IIRC, Baba didn’t even really want to run the Dome anyway. I think it was Meltzer who reported that Baba only did it because he felt pressured by New Japan running the Dome and getting decent attendance there. I think the whole reason he even entertained doing a co-promotion with McMahon was basically to stick it to New Japan. But there was no way Vince was going to be able to co-promote with anybody, especially Baba. The two promotions couldn’t have been more diametrically opposed. All Japan was doing King’s Road and Vince was doing “I choppee your pee-pee.” I remember JR talking about that, and saying that one of the reasons Vince did it was to punish Michaels for being a massive pain in the ass backstage during that time period. Basically if Michaels wanted to keep getting paid, he’d better strap on his tight little referee shorts and go to Japan. Vince put up with a ton of shit from Michaels especially back then, but I think even he had his limits. I’d never heard that Michaels did it to help his students.

After watching Rampage last night, I can only assume that Tony Khan has secured a ROH TV deal and is getting ready to announce that and the next ROH PPV…or he has totally lost his mind.