Timbo Slice

He’s also, by all accounts, one of the good guys in the business and had respect from everyone, which is tough to do. His enthusiasm was much needed in wrestling and I’m sad he’s gone. I really wish there were more folks like him in wrestling. He’ll be missed.

This women’s match is slapping hard, though.

That build terribly but had a great finish to it.

Tensai in full getup saying “Please respond” gives me life.

So Vince doesn’t see Sasha as a “Star.” She’s a “great hand” that makes “stars.” Because she can have great matches with everyone and that’s her utility more than being on top. That’s a WWE trope as big as any other: you can be one or the other, but never both.

Holy mother of fuck, yes please

The two biggest issues ROH faces now: Running as net-negative business and having it be added while the parent company is in a lull, and having any type of marketing structure in place outside of AEW TV making mention. NXT made that work because they were able to get on USA and recoup a lot of the losses as ad revenue, but now ROH won’t get that, has a smaller audience, and an accessibility problem on top of that. In the US the exposure is probably slightly above NJPWWorld, and I don’t see how you build something viable long-term. Everybody talks about how the streaming miss sucks, and that’s true, but there are other outlets Tony can go through that he never pursued, and now he’ll have to use Honor Club as a bridge. And that’s perilous at minimum.

That’s been Darby’s gimmick his entire career, and was his gimmick before he got into wrestling, the concern trolling here is really something else.

Soooooo, Sasha will be at WK17 and now Saraya bringing her in next week might actually happen.

People value “speed” in technicians more than anything. Which is why ZSJ got over like he did. Dory and Destroyer doing it the way they did it wasn’t a “lesser” version of it, either.

People think “technicians” are chain-wrestling freaks as opposed to masters of transition: Regal’s biggest strength was always finding the smallest advantage that may have been subtle to most, whereas the great “technicians” make a show out of those subtleties. ZSJ’s flashiness doesn’t make him better; it might make it easier to understand, but Regal’s effortlessness was the draw. He even made it more comedic when he went for a big technical move sometimes, something that was more a rite amongst English heavies since the technical proficiency of the juniors was such a big part of the draw. It’s also hilarious that Thatcher got brought up here given the discourse around him when he was at his peak and was similarly on an island.

Joe/Darby is the 2022 Hoot of the Year, pals.

The Ol’ switcheroo.

You mean like how they put Arn and Dustin on TV in obvious mentor roles? They didn’t add anything to the product?

Great fucking finish though. PAC is a great seller.

She was just…I do not blame Bow Wow at all. Shoot your shot. Meanwhile, this main event has too much fuckery. Too many big moves just being kicked out of. Ref shenanigans that doesn’t mean much. The action is gonna carry it to a favorable result for fans of the style but it also has a weird structure to it.

Tony, if you’re reading this (and you are because you’re conveniently booking Danielson in a main event match for the title), pay Kawada whatever he wants for one match with Eddie.

I can’t tell you what exactly they’re going for but I’ll tell you what, we’re going to be discussing it ad nauseum.

KO wearing the Dusty shirt, my dude about to bleed BUCKETS.

LOL FUCK OUTTA HERE

Also, his forward roll-based offense is shit.

A really weirdly paced show: Women’s WarGames was overconvoluted and bloated. The AJ/Finn match just kinda ended after a somewhat heatless stretch run. And then Ronda/Shotzi was blah because Shotzi had absolutely no chance. These next two matches really need to deliver for me.

Shotzi needed to hit something crazy to start to really get the crowd behind her. The crowd isn’t feeling it at all.

This match is more cute than good.

Too much reliance on plunder and convoluted sequences. It’s WarGames. Keep it simple.