Timbo Slice

Mercedes then, I’d wager.

Hollywood EVP, not Elite EVP.

It’s footage ease of access: Ishii’s matches were easily watchable on streaming services for a decade while the others had to be sought out. It’s not really laziness so much as it’s the medium in which they can be viewed. Before steaming, a lot more work had to be done.

It’s an A24 movie so you have to assume they aren’t gonna be quick to hide the horrors of the family. Can’t really see them really caring what Kevin thought in pre-production, let alone finished product.

Hase had feature matches on big Dome shows in multiple promotions, Ishii has never been as high up on a Dome show as Hase has. The match quality argument can only hold so much water unless you are objectively, basically universally renown.

A lot of SANADA’s appeal is that folks really, really want to fornicate with him and that can’t be undersold.

Because SURVIVOR Series. See you next week.

Best young actor going today in my eyes, and he understands wrestling as a whole, too, dude’s a unicorn

They’re running arenas but only really selling camera side tix.

Looking forward to seeing how not full the Oakland Arena will be on Friday for whatever weird combo of talent Tony uses.

Giulia going to NXT would be hilarious, mainly because if there was anyone who didn’t really need the seasoning, it’s her.

Have to imagine GUNTHER somehow sold out wXw with the acknowledgment of a European PLE were he to make it to the main roster. What a coup. Meanwhile, Roman about to die with that belt, seriously. Nobody gonna beat him. Nobody built up to beat him.

They switched up the PBP to Tony Schiavone on Collision over Kevin Kelly and it’s almost like night and day. Happy Tony gets to be a lead guy again.

Bryan got super over with one exclamatory and teasing hugs. With Kane. Do what you gotta do.

Everything on the show just feels lifeless, to be honest. And great matches aren’t the antidote. There’s just nothing really appealing about so many folks on the roster right now. The folks who are over stand out way more than the others, and the fatigue on a lot of folks is starting to show. When you have to get Paul Wight involved, who is sadly obviously hobbled, that’s a bit too much. Next week? They’re running the Oakland Arena for Rampage/Collision and they only are selling tickets camera side lower bowl. I’m considering going knowing I can get walk up tickets no problem, but have no idea what the show quality is going to be like. There’s just no juice there. The creative is bad, they’re not doing a good job elevating talent, it seems like even the basic things are falling well short. A lot of odd transitions in matches and between segments. The prevailing idea is they’re spinning their wheels waiting on folks to get healthy and TV money, but considering the resources and the talent, it really feels like they’re fumbling the ball.

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Dude deserves better. YEAH

Road Warrior Pop for Okada. And Bryan.

Goofy-ass home invasion bullshit, man, not all ideas are good ones.

And there’s Ric.

Guessing it’s a quick ratings boost with a swerve to lead to a rematch. Wait? Are they doing a picture-in-picture for Toni’s bit?!??

Fucking Abdullah in a box, natch.

Who do you think Cardblade dresses up as this year?

If I remember right, the Fujiwara draw argument comes down to longevity as a true top draw and the “failure” of his promotions he started relative to other shoot-style outfits, which makes sense in some ways but was overblown.

We’re so in synch it’s scary. Can’t believe they’re just gonna feed LA Knight to Roman like that. Bring back the Dummy button.