The Thread Killer

The whole "Rush are huge fans of Ayn Rand" thing got blown way out of proportion and is from literally over 40 years ago. I am pretty sure their political positions evolved over the years since then. And I'm not even saying that as a huge Rush fan, because I'm not. However, as a Canadian I am constitutionally bound to defend them while at the same time disavowing Nickelback.

I listened to the entire interview Mike Johnson did with Billy Corgan, who more or less admitted that they were learning as they went along with the first set of tapings. I am hoping that next month, now that they have had a chance to evaluate what has worked and what hasn't (as well as who) we will see some significant adjustments during the second set of tapings. Corgan basically said as much.

I was disappointed with how long the match went, absolutely. I thought what they gave us was very good, which made the fact that it was too short all the more disappointing. I think that match should have been the Main Event and should have gone 5-10 minutes at least. I'm going to chalk this up to the fact that they taped all of these episodes in two days. Not only did they have to make sure to not overwork these guys, I'm going to assume that they didn't know what they had yet in Murdoch...maybe they didn't know what kind of shape he'd be in, how rusty he'd be (he was essentially retired prior to these tapings, I think) and how popular he'd be with the NWA fans in the studio. That is the one advantage to booking a show week to week and not taping two months at a time, you can adjust on the fly and react when something gets popular. (Unless you're WWE in which case you ignore the fans and continue to ram bullshit down their throats.) I am just guessing here, but I think they went into these tapings with a predetermined plan for Murdoch mapped out for all the tapings and didn't know what they had with him. I am hoping he has a much more prominent role at the next set of tapings. If he doesn't, then they're idiots because this guy was made for the NWA and he has been gold so far. WAY better than guys like Anderson, Cabana and Storm who have all been featured more prominently than he. In fairness, my complaint about matches being too long and too competitive does not just apply to AEW, either. It applies to NXT as well, and I've loved that show since it debuted on the USA Network...but I still think these guys are going way too long, doing way too much and are doing too many dives, high impact manoeuvres and false finishes. Same goes for Raw and Smackdown, but I don't watch that crap so stuff them. But I'd like to think there is a happy medium between a lot of what we're seeing on Dynamite and NXT every week, and these short matches on Power. That's one thing that sucks about having an hour long show, they are trying to cram everything in. The show flies by for sure, but matches like this one get shortchanged. As I said, that disappoints me.

He barely gave me 24 hours after making this post to go and prove me wrong, I guess. Just to echo what everybody else has said...this was at best a stupid, insensitive and racist comment to make, but how the HELL have they had this episode in the can for almost two months and they didn't edit it out? Either Corgan/Lagana are incompetent and didn't notice, or they're stupid and thought it wouldn't be a problem. Either way...yeeesh.

Please Pro Wrestling Gods, let them give The Revival vs. O'Reilly & Fish lots of time with no screwy outside interference. This match could be so damn good, if they let it be.

I've been loving NXT since the USA Network show debuted, so I'll actually watch the PPV this weekend because of the NXT involvement. Since it is a "Main Roster" show I am sure they'll screw it up terribly, but I want to see it anyhow. I am also looking forward to War Games III as well.

This sounds like a good idea to me, if for no other reason than it will attract guys who are totally unknown. The NWA needs brand new fresh faces who are totally unfamiliar to fans, and this is as good a way as any to find some. They need some fresh new blood to mix in with the veterans they have, rather than relying solely on guys who are WWE or TNA castoffs. El-P mentioned Al Snow and I would love to see the NWA work with Al Snow and OVW as well, Snow has a ton of unknown talents and new students he trained, he could really benefit from the NWA, just as they could benefit from OVW.

I'm not surprised by that news. I have seen interviews where both Drew Galloway and Matt Hardy talked about how much they loved working with Billy Corgan when he was with TNA, and how if he hadn't left TNA (and sued to get his money back) they never would have left. So of course, Dixie Carter had to go and be Dixie Carter and fuck it all up for everybody.

At this point, I'd rather watch the shittiest, biggest mismatched NFL game you could imagine than I would a standard episode of Raw.

For real? Fuck yeah, that match could and should be outstanding. Hell, I wouldn't mind seeing those guys working a program against each other. Count me in.

The Drake/Aldis scenario seems possible. Perhaps Kamille turns on Aldis but Storm turns on Drake? All signs point to a heel turn for Storm, but maybe not. I'm not even sure if that would be a good idea, he is such a natural and sympathetic babyface it seems a shame to waste that. Still not sure how Thomas Latimer would fit into the storyline despite his real life involvement, nor what any of this has to do with Ken Anderson. Time will tell, hopefully. And also, regarding that picture of Kamille...DAMN.

I don't disagree with you, and I hope nobody misinterprets my opinion about Cornette getting fired from the NWA to be me advocating for Cornette or endorsing some of the jokes he made. I don't think paedophilia is particularly funny, nor do I think Cornette should have made that joke. Hell, when he made it even Brian Last had an audibly negative reaction to the comment. But I also understand that is Jim Cornette and that is what you're going to get once in a while when you listen to him. He's a guy who is known for saying outrageous shit that said some outrageous shit. And if it costs him, then he has nobody to blame for that aside from himself.

I'm not so sure that Billy Corgan/Dave Lagana/the NWA are going to do anything about Cornette, for a couple of reasons. People have alluded to the fact that Cornette has somehow "gotten worse" lately, and I don't think that is the case at all. That just means you're not paying attention to him, and rightly so. If you're not a fan of Cornette or the things he says, why would you pay attention. But trust me...I've been listening to Cornette's Drive-Thru for a couple of years now, and quite honestly his opinion, bombastic rhetoric and outlandish name calling hasn't really gotten any worse during that time, it's been pretty consistent. I only listen to The Jim Cornette Experience if I want to hear him talk about the topic advertised ahead of time - I don't really care about his opinions on politics and religion and current events. I did start listening to "The Experience" weekly once he started reviewing AEW and NXT on a weekly basis and I agree that more people are hearing it now because of those weekly reviews, but his recent comments are not really a new development. People might only be finding out about him now that more people are complaining about him, but he really hasn't changed. I'm reasonably sure that Corgan and Lagana knew what they were getting when they hired Cornette, and that may in fact have been one of the reasons they hired him. They didn't just pull his name out of a hat. I think they hired him because they wanted him to appeal to old school, traditional wrestling fans. They wanted somebody who reminded fans of the old days and talked about how much better they were. I'm pretty sure they knew his reputation when they hired him, otherwise they didn't do their due diligence and just weren't paying attention. If they wanted somebody safe or bland, there are a million guys they could have hired. They wanted Cornette for what he brings to the table, and a huge part of that is his obnoxious personality. Hell, his recent tenure in MLW was not without some controversy, and they had to have seen/heard about that. There is a flipside to this situation and I think it bears discussion. Cornette's die-hard fans are slavishly devoted to him, and like it or not there are a lot of them. "The Cult of Cornette" is quite large and where Cornette goes, they follow. When Cornette announced he was going to be working for the NWA, he encouraged his listeners to check the show out and judging by the numbers, they did. Are Cornette fans enough to sustain NWA Power? Of course not, it would be stupid to think that. But having said that, if the NWA fired Jim Cornette, it's a safe bet a good chunk of his most cult-like followers would stop watching. Hell, a lot of those drooling morons would jump off a cliff if Cornette told them to. I am thinking Corgan and Lagana had a "risk vs. reward" conversation when it comes to employing Jim Cornette. Yes, you're going to have to do some damage control over some of the things he says on his own podcast and deal with potential blowback, but he also brings fans to the product and appeals to the demographic they are going for. Let's keep in mind, of all of these controversies lately (some real and some manufactured) how many of them are for things he said or did on the air in the NWA? All they have to do is go with the old "what Jim Cornette says and does on his podcast are his own business and the NWA are not responsible for that" line. I agree that the Twitter outrage machine has been in overdrive regarding Cornette recently. There are people literally going through every single thing he has said over the past few years, and listening to all his new material just looking for something to get offended by, so they can spread it around (and report it as "news?!") to try and get him in some kind of trouble. But let's be honest...Twitter outrage is not indicative of real life. Just because a handful of people on Twitter are horrified by Cornette and are complaining about his comments that doesn't mean it is going to significantly impact the NWA. Besides, and this is a key point...how many of the people complaining on Twitter about Jim Cornette are actual NWA fans anyhow? Does their hurt feelings and outrage really affect the bottom line for the NWA? A lot of the people going mental over Cornette on Twitter already hated him for the things he says about AEW and AEW wrestlers, and weren't going to support anything he did anyhow. I don't think the NWA getting rid of Cornette is going to mean a huge upswing in support from modern Pro Wrestling fans. The bottom line is anyhow, Cornette legitimately doesn't seem to care. At this point I don't think he needs the NWA, the NWA needs him. When that recent outrage broke out over the comments Cornette allegedly made regarding suicide, Dave Lagana called him and asked him about it. Cornette talked about it on The Jim Cornette Experience. He claims that once he pointed out that he hadn't actually encouraged anybody to kill themselves and there was no evidence that he had, the issue was dropped. But he made it pretty clear at that time that he really didn't care if the NWA did fire him over it. He is next scheduled to appear for the NWA when they have the PPV in the middle of December, followed by two days of TV tapings. His comment was something to the effect of "So you mean I wouldn't have to leave my home to drive all the way to Atlanta during the busiest time of year for my collectible's business to do a part time job for very little pay? Oh no!" During the same episode, he talked about some of the things he has said about Kenny Omega. He pointed out that he has publicly said that for the crime of wrestling a blow-up doll and a 9 year old girl in Japan, Kenny Omega should be suspended in the air and lowered into a vat of boiling oil. Cornette asked if anybody actually thought that he really wanted Omega to be boiled to death? Of course not, at most he'd just like to see him get a couple of fingers broken. Whether or not people want to admit it or not, 90% of the outlandish things Cornette says on his podcast is just a bunch of hot air. Are some of the jokes funny? Absolutely. Are some of them in poor taste and offensive? Absolutely. I consider myself a Jim Cornette fan (although I am hardly a member of the "Cult of Cornette") and some of the things he has said over the years have mildly offended me on rare occasions. Big deal. It turns out that words can't actually hurt you. I could be wrong (it's been known to happen) but I don't see the NWA firing Cornette unless he does something on the air there (which they could easily edit out) or if he says something new on one of his podcasts that creates a new controversy that they don't feeling like weathering. But it would have to be a lot bigger than anything he's said so far, in my opinion. It's equally possible that Cornette might quit on his own. Doing two or three days every other month works fine for him, but if the NWA actually succeeds and expands, he's not going to want to be a part of that.

Thanks for the info. Shows you how dumb I am, I saw Bram in TNA and NOAH yet for some stupid reason I never put it together that he was Thomas Latimer. And I know this is terribly sexist and horrible and it makes me a bad person to even think this, never mind say it...but if Bram went from being with Charlotte to Kamille? Dude traded UP, big time.

I have mixed feelings about that news. I love watching Lorcan on 205 Live and NXT and I love his team with Danny Burch (who is totally screwed if Lorcan gets his release) so I'd hate to not be able to see him anymore, but obviously I want the guy to be happy. If he thinks he will be happy elsewhere and there is a job out there for him somewhere (hopefully in AEW or the NWA and not in Impact or MLW) then I hope he gets what he wants. That guy is a hell of a talent and I think he has a ton of potential if he gets used properly.

Joey Ryan acting like he is trying to take the moral high ground about anything is a bunch of bull. He's easily just as big of a scumbag as Jim Cornette is. This is a guy who tried to get Cornette "cancelled" once before, to suddenly back off when Brian Last uncovered a bunch of tweets Ryan had made joking about hilarious topics such as paedophilia. Cornette might be a mental case and he might be saying some stupid shit, but Joey Fucking Ryan is the absolute last person to be throwing stones. Every time Cornette gets heat for something, Ryan crawls out from whatever rock his lives under to add his two cents. Usually followed by Austin Aries. At least Cornette has made a significant contribution to the Pro Wrestling business and isn't solely famous for his dick and being sponsored by Pornhub.

Cornette doesn't just hate Russo because he dislikes Russo's "creative" abilities, he hates him because Russo went behind his back and got him fired...twice. Russo freely admits in his first book that he went behind Cornette's back and gave Vince McMahon an "either he goes or I do" ultimatum to get Cornette fired from the creative team in the WWF, so McMahon chose Russo, who then brought in Ed Fererra. (Which coincided with WWF creative going directly into the toilet, but that's another conversation.) Cornette ended up doing basically nothing in the WWF after that, until he proposed turning OVW into a developmental territory and moved back to Louisville. But the one thing that Russo and Cornette agree on is that Russo is responsible for Cornette being taken off the WWF creative team and basically running him out of Stanford. Years later, he puts aside his hatred of Russo and actually shakes his hand and calls a truce (which for Cornette is a minor miracle.) He takes a job with TNA as a producer, but he is also a creative consultant. After a while, Russo goes behind Cornette's back and...gets him fired. Jarrett told Cornette that pretty much from the moment Cornette came on board, Russo was campaigning against him behind his back to Dixie Carter. There were occasions that Russo literally lied to Dixie Carter about things Cornette had said and done, in an effort to get him fired. Dutch has confirmed this as well, but best of all somebody leaked the emails Russo was sending Dixie Carter about Cornette, so he has documented proof that not only did Russo get him fired again, but he also was working behind Jarrett's back to get him pushed out of TNA as well. So yeah, when it comes to Russo I don't much blame Cornette for hating him. I don't know how I'd react if somebody went behind my back and got me fired twice, telling lies about me to do it - but I can't sit here and honestly say I wouldn't hate that person.

I thought this week's episode was pretty good. It seems to me that they are learning how to edit the shows together and pace them properly so there is a proper mix of interviews and in ring action. I liked the opening promo with the RnR's putting over Kingston & Homicide. I have to admit, I have never been a huge RnR fan. I am pretty sure this dates back to the JCP days and their feud with The Midnight Express. Back then I thought they were just annoying pretty boys with annoying teenage girl fans and I was more of a MX fan. As I got older and matured as a Pro Wrestling fan I grew to respect them a lot more as workers, especially Ricky Morton but they still probably wouldn't be my pick as the greatest Tag Team of all time. When I heard the big spoiler out of this set of tapings, I cringed. Even if they were great, they're like 137 years old or whatever now. I'm all for the NWA being an old school nostalgia act, but I think pushing guys who were actually stars during the heyday of JCP is pushing it a bit too far. I am going to try and keep an open mind about the RnR having an active role in the NWA now, but this is one of the rare instances where I can actually see the validity of one of the criticisms being levied at the promotion. I loved the Trevor Murdoch vs. Caleb Konley match. This is exactly what I want to see, and Murdoch is awesome and tailor-made for this promotion. More of this kind of stuff, please. I assume the Stevens/Starks rivalry is over but I really hope this isn't the last we see of Aron Stevens. I don't know if they just brought him in to this set of tapings to get Starks over or what, but he's been great. I'm sure his agent has lots of movie offers lined up for the Romanian direct to VHS market, but I hope he is sticking around. The Women's Tag Team match was what it was. It wasn't long enough to be offensive. Thunder Rosa is awesome and if they are insisting on trying to have a Women's Division in the NWA then they really need to build it around her. Also, please never give Marti Belle a microphone again. I am bit puzzled by the James Storm promo (aside from the fact that he has "bigger frish to fry") in that he was throwing a temper tantrum about losing the National Title to Colt Cabana but then pretty much switched his focus during the promo midstream to start ranting about how he wanted a shot at Aldis. Immediately after losing your title seems like an odd time to demand a Title Match for the World Heavyweight Championship...but what do I know? Just like last week, I am "meh" over Colt Cabana, his championship and his promo. However this seemed to set up a match between Cabana and Starks for the National Title, and that could be pretty good...so okay. I am really on the fence about "The Question Mark." Based on the vignettes and this match, this is either the greatest thing I have ever seen in Professional Wrestling...or the worst. I haven't decided yet. I am assuming based on the fact that "The Spiritual Advisor" was doing the voice-over for the vignettes and based on the Question Mark's "physique" that is Jocephus under that mask...so okay. I'll take this over what they have been doing with him thus far, but I hope they have an end game in mind. Okay, now is where I am having some issues with this show. Maybe. For the first month + of NWA Power, I have really been enjoying the complicated storytelling regarding Nick Aldis and Kamille. They have incorporated a sideline with Tim Storm and Eli Drake and I haven't been able to figure out where they're going with all this. However after seeing this segment, I am starting to get nervous that they don't actually have any plan at all, and they're basically just throwing a bunch of shit at the wall and are waiting to see what sticks. I really, really hope that isn't the case...but this angle is starting to get so convoluted I can't figure out what the hell they're doing. Either they don't actually know what they're doing, or they're being too clever by half. Let's recap: Nick Aldis defeats Tim Storm in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship, and now Storm can never challenge for the title again. During the match, Aldis accidentally injures Kamille, who Aldis won't let speak about the incident. Meanwhile, Tim Storm is so devastated about the loss that he starts to publicly mull retirement. Eli Drake tries to persuade him not to retire. Aldis inserts himself into the situation and seems to be advocating for Tim Storm. So we have poor discouraged Tim Storm being pulled in different directions by Drake and Aldis. Even the announcers speculate that Drake is trying to manipulate Storm. During all this, Kamille still won't talk. So I assume that either Storm is going to align himself with Aldis, or Drake is going to turn on Storm and end up facing off with Aldis who will defend his former foe. Meanwhile, Kamille is an x-factor during this whole situation. Fine. Eli Drake cuts a promo this week which is almost heelish, saying he doesn't care what Kamille has to say and Aldis is keeping her from talking because she loves him or something. So fine, that helps build the potential angle between Aldis and Storm. Except for some reason this brings out the Tag Team Champions of all people, and one of them (I get them confused, it's the guy who wears the kilt) tells Drake to "stay out of his business." WTF? So one of the guys in Wild Card has something going with Kamille? How can any of that pay off? And then in the middle of all this, for reasons I'm not quite clear on, Mr. Anderson comes out and whispers his name...which is supposed to accomplish I'm not sure what. And on top of all that, Aldis is now firing back at James Storm in promos...which seems to have nothing to do with any of the aforementioned storylines. Like I said, I am really hoping these guys have some sort of idea where they're going with all this because it's starting to look like they don't. I'd hate to think that, but I can't see any conceivable way they are going to be able to pay off all these different stories and that will look really stupid and be kind of annoying if that is what ends up happening. This is evidenced by the fact that pretty much the entire roster ended up coming out at the end of the show for a big verbal confrontation with each other and I have no idea what that was supposed to accomplish aside from confuse me and look odd. I really hope they aren't just writing this stuff week to week without any idea of what their creative end game is going to be. I really liked the Main Event. I don't dislike Wild Card anywhere near as much as some other people do, I think they're actually not bad at all. They're a damn sight better than The Dawsons. This match and the opener with Murdoch were two really solid matches, a couple of the best they've had on this show so far. I assume that this signals the end of Homicide and Eddie Kingston challenging for the Tag Team titles, which in a way could be good. I think they should split those guys up and have them work singles, this roster is so thin they are both needed, to be honest. Anyhow, once again I really enjoyed the show and the hour just flew by. This is still my favorite weekly show, by far. I'm just getting a little nervous about the creative leading into the PPV.

I think Will said in another thread that he had been chatting with Charles about the AEW Pay Per View. I guess he is just taking a break from PWO, presumably because of something one of you guys did. I know it couldn't have been me...I'm a delight. But in all seriousness, I agree with the sentiment that his presence is missed here.

I think it's hilarious. He autographs and personalizes them, and gives the proceeds to charity. It's a great way to send a special "fuck you" to Russo.

I find that more often than not I agree with @C.S.'s opinion on stuff here at PWO (with the glaring exception of his opinion of Mauro Ranallo) but I really don't get the hate for PAC. I've always liked that guy, I liked him in NXT and I liked him when he got called up to the Main Roster (even when they tried to turn him into Mighty Mouse and stuck a fucking cape on him) and I especially loved his run as Cruiserweight Champion. It wasn't until he held the belt that I thought that division was actually interesting, and I loved his matches with Aries (except for the Submission Match, which admittedly sucked.) I also think his promos are perfectly acceptable, I thought that quick promo he cut last week after his match was quite effective. Then again, I really like Adam Page too. His look and work are great as far as I'm concerned...it's just his promos that are a bit wanting. I think both of those guys have a ton of upside for AEW and I think both should figure heavily into their future plans. Hell, they both seem comfortable in their roles as well. There's no question that PAC is a heel, and Page plays a great old school babyface. One of my issues with AEW so far has been that you don't know who is playing what role, but you certainly can't say that with either of these guys.

Hey, the fact that I habitually wear cheap, loud colored sports jackets from the 1970's and carry a tennis racket with me everywhere is a complete coincidence.

I stand corrected. That post certainly proves you don't care.

SO MUCH THIS. I couldn't agree with @C.S. about this more. I don't even know where or when this whole trend started, maybe it was the ridiculously melodramatic overdone "epic" Shawn Michaels/Undertaker Wrestlemania matches or maybe it was the bloated and self-indulgent Omega/Okada matches. Somewhere in recent years, Pro Wrestling seems to have "evolved" to the point where you can't just have a fucking match anymore. Matches have to be long and drawn out with multiple false finishes. I love the King's Road era of 90's AJPW and to be honest maybe they have to bear some of the blame here. Maybe we have a generation of guys working in Pro Wrestling now who grew up watching Misawa/Kawada and are trying to make every goddamn match they're in a replica of 06/03/94. I know this is going to be a "hot take" and of course as soon as I say this, El-P's butt will start to hurt so bad it will make him scream in agony...but look at this past week's AEW Dynamite as an example. The opening match featured (C.S.'s personal favorite) Pac, vs. Trent Baretta. Pac is unquestionably one of AEW's top heels and Baretta is one half of a Tag Team, and not even one of AEW's top teams. They're a team that doesn't even have a winning record. This was a mismatch. As soon as this match started, we all knew who was going to win. You knew it. I knew it. The guy selling popcorn in the arena knew. The purpose of this match was to put Pac over going into his PPV match with Adam Page. It was a technically great match, but it went 12 damn minutes and Baretta kicked out of Pac's finish, for gawd's sake. WTF? Would it really have hurt Baretta's character or his Tag Team to have him do a much quicker and more decisive job to Pac? Would "Best Friends" really have been looked at any differently if Baretta hadn't kicked out of The Black Arrow? And it's not just AEW who does it, WWE are just as bad. I have been really enjoying NXT since they debuted on USA, but there as well, every freaking match has to be an overlong epic with nearfalls. I have no doubt that has something to do with "Mr. Wrestlemania" himself being a producer in NXT. That's one of the reasons I love NWA Power. They slowed shit down and not every match has to be a damn overdrawn, overlong epic. When you do that in a big Main Event match, it's dramatic. When you do it in almost every freaking TV match, it's desensitizing and it's overkill and after a while it all feels the same.

He's making more than a decent living. Since he quit working directly in the industry full time and started focusing on his memorabilia business, his podcasts and his rare personal appearances, interspersed with the odd part time job (MLW, NWA, Dark Side of the Ring) he claims he is making more money now than he ever did before, and that's adjusting for inflation. He could be lying, but I doubt it. It's a pretty safe bet that he's making a comfortable six figure income. Look at that comic book project he did with IDW publishing this past year. He wanted to do a graphic novel with IDW detailing his favorite behind the scenes wrestling stories. He decided to crowdsource it, since he didn't want to pay for the production of the book himself. He started a Go Fund Me and asked for $25,000. He raised $75,000 in the time he thought it would take to raise the $25,000. IDW finished the graphic novel, and he decided that would be his big feature item to sell this Christmas at his Cornette's Collectibles business, since that is apparently his busiest time of year. He put the graphic novel on sale in September, assuming he would sell them through the holidays. He was selling a hardcover edition with personalized autographs exclusively on his site, but the sales of the standard softcover graphic novel went wide. He sold out his entire hardcover stock in two weeks. It's now pretty much impossible to find a copy of the Hardcover edition, similar to that book he wrote about the Midnight Express years ago. Copies of that book now literally sell for over $1000.00 on eBay, it's so hard to find. You can still get the softcover graphic novel on Amazon for around $20.00, but it has apparently sold so well and the available stock is so low that IDW have decided to order a second printing, which is something neither Cornette or IDW were anticipating. He is hoping to get supplies of the second printing in time to sell them for the holidays. Brian Last has claimed that every time Cornette gets into another controversy over something he said, or a situation like this AEW fangirl trying to get him cancelled, the downloads and YouTube views for his podcast go up. He certainly has introduced a lot of new advertisers on his podcast over the past couple of months. A lot of those new listeners are people who are "hate listening" and are looking to be upset or looking for ammo to use against Cornette for sure, but he is also drawing in a lot of new fans to his "Cult of Cornette." There is no surprise that they decided to breakdown every episode of Dynamite on his podcast for the entire month of October. The podcasts where he reviewed the first few AEW PPV's supposedly got more downloads than any other shows he had done previously. He knows what draws listeners, he knows what his fanbase wants and he is giving it to them. He is basically the Pro Wrestling podcast equivalent of a "shock jock" now. The more people get offended and complain, the more controversy he creates and the more attention he draws to himself, the more listeners he gets and the more money he makes. Not bad for somebody who is irrelevant.