The Thread Killer

That is sad news. I just came here to see if there was an RIP thread for him. I first saw him when I bought the 95 IWA KOTDM tournament and saw him fight Dan Severn for the NWA title. Then as I got into FMW I saw lots more of him, of course. I remember learning a lot about him from @BAHU’s awesome History of FMW podcast series. He was a unique talent for sure. Probably Onita’s best rival? I think probably some people sleep on how good he was because he was doing the death match stuff, but honestly I think he was a very solid worker. RIP EDIT: Turns out Bret just did a podcast dedicated to him last month…

That makes sense, but if last night's show proves anything...what makes sense isn't always what you're going to get with AEW. Hell, not having your most popular team on a 4 hour PPV, and reducing them to a curtain call after the cameras are off...now that makes no sense.

I remember when Ad Free Shows first started, Conrad hosting a special podcast called "When Tony Met Eric." It was basically just a recorded conversation between Tony Khan and Eric Bischoff, which turned into a Mutual Admiration Society meeting. They spent so much time complimenting each other, I ended up turning it off...it was kind of nauseating. That led to Bischoff making a couple of appearances on Dynamite. The love remained strong. Until TK said something negative in an interview about how Bisch ran WCW, and the shots started to fly back and forth. Punk ended up getting roped into it. Now, we're at the point where TK is basically slamming his fist on the table and shouting "FUCK THAT GUY!" at the Double of Nothing Post Game Press Conference. Times have changed. I find it a little odd that he refuses to answer any questions about MJF and wants to rant about Bischoff, because...really? Who cares about Easy E at this point?

That was alright I guess. About as good as you could expect…probably? Not totally sure how I feel about it. I may have to watch it again

Finish got botched and those guys never should have gone over, but it was still a damn good match

This match rules.

Give me an extended feud with Team Taz vs. Swerve & Lee and I am there all day, I love these guys.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Lee and Swerve take this one.

For my money, he is the best technical wrestler in the business today. I would just much rather see him in meaningful singles matches. I loved the roll he was on when he first came in to AEW. This whole BCC deal hasn’t done much for me, tbh.

I dunno…it seems like a huge waste to have Brian Danielson doing shit like this…never mind taking the loss.

Guess I spoke too soon. Ladders, tables, barbed wire and fire extinguishers now. Moxley just can’t help himself.

How did Jericho not think that table was going to collapse when he went for the Walls?

I give these guys credit for avoiding most of the tired, worn out, supposedly hard-core ECW arena brawl clichés

Daniel Garcia and Adam Cole need to have a posedown.

All dressed in white, huh? I wonder if they are going to bleed. And if I never heard Judas again…I’d be a-ok with that.

I suppose it would be too much to hope that all ten guys turn on Justin Roberts and beat the ever living shit out of him?

I am sure that multi-man brawl is going to be quite lengthy as well.

That match actually irritated me. If you’re going to run a cold match like that on a pay-per-view just to fill time, then at least put the right guy over. That was just baffling.

Thunder Rosa having to walk carefully to the ring holding the floral arrangement on her head is certainly…a look.

Okay…why the hell would you put a guy who is essentially one half of a Tag Team over one of the young guys who is supposed to be one of your future “pillars?”

He’s doing a tribute to Dusty Rhodes.

Yeah…this was dumb.

The dynamics of this entire feud really confuse me. Lambert and his guys were heels, but now they’re not. A.T.T. seem to have automatically turned face simply because Sammy and Tay are unpopular? Frankie Kazarian was enemies with Sky, but then they weren’t but now they are again? I assume I have missed things because I don’t watch Rampage?

He’s OK. He first started working for Conrad when the Prichard podcast really started to take off, he was selling ads and also he wrote and sings the theme song for Tony Schiavone’s podcast. He has a good voice for radio. He is a lifelong fan so he knows what he is talking about to a degree and is respectful of the business from what I have heard of him. Koon is not some guy that just got parachuted into the job who doesn’t know Pro Wrestling at all, so he’s nowhere near as annoying as Paul Bromwell.

That belt reminds me of the old Stampede North American Championship, which I assume was intended.