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Except Jericho has long been one of Meltzer’s sources if I remember correctly. At least in his WCW/WWE days.

From what was reported after the Punk/Elite stuff, he was supposedly a big reason the locker room bounced back so I’m not surprised.

There’s also the story that at Heat Wave ‘98, Heyman wanted to bring in Kobashi and Misawa for a match, so I wonder how much he knew about Vince talking to Baba and he tried to work his way in there somehow.

It was in the Forbidden Door match. It was a gnarly landing but can’t remember offhand what it was.

Jericho in a Leafs sweater, book it.

Moore literally made Watchmen as a call to how much depending on heroism leads to fascism. Yet isolated comic book fans saw Rorschach as their avatar for being an outcast. Irony thicker than the Ultimate Director’s Cut.

That segment was just…yeah, not a peep when Lumis was supposed to actually do his thing. Dying a slow ass death.

The idea of perpetual hope. He’s Santa Claus.

I brought up Nemeth more as an example of the type of work that needs to be more a part of the product as opposed to the quality of his work. One thing that bothers me is that folks don’t understand roles are meant to be played as opposed to maximize their attempt at the house style, and I’d rather have guys who understand those roles than not. Nese and Lethal are guys that aren’t over but known entities. And known entities that you use specifically to put over guys you WANT to get over have merit and value. Good hands who know their roles mean more to wrestling than guys who can work a good 50/50 10-minute match but it’s all they can do. And AEW has way more of the latter than the former.

Yeah, one of the issues AEW has from a talent perspective is that everyone was the best in their respective regions before they got there AND needs to protect themselves AND needs to work a 50/50 match because otherwise they’ll never get over. The Peak PWG conundrum where everybody got over because the thing that matters most was the in-ring work. Problem is that when you have so much talent, that’s not possible, and you have to play more to strengths than looking to do always competitive matches. I get why people don’t like Nemeth, for example, but he’s one of the few guys who does the example of a role I want: A dude of whom you always want to see get laid out. And he does it just fine.

Because Tony is horny for his “pillars” and knows Eddie is bulletproof from a booking perspective.

Sammy Guevara and MJF are both edgelord pillars; need to fucking figure out how to actually do something more than put themselves over to be worth a damn. Sammy’s shit is so tired on social media for so many reasons, least of all that he couldn’t figure out a way forward that doesn’t include making sure he gets the most shine. The Kingston shit fell on Eddie because Sammy can’t figure out how to do anything other than the lowest common denominator bullshit. It’s just so damn stupid. All of it. The shoot shit is so tiresome. It doesn’t make me interested in anything on any side.

I think it was more than just his concussion, but his shoulder, too.

Jericho/Dalton Castle Jericho/Rush Jericho/PCO Theres some good stuff there for sure.

Bandido has impressive spots but no sense of match construction. Jericho is letting him shine but the match isn’t really coherent.

That Bandido suplex was wild.

I popped for Jericho calling himself “The Ocho.”

Action Bronson hits the ropes with conviction, which so many full-time guys don’t. I love the short burst explosiveness he had. I’d be bringing him back as often as it would be warranted, as he loves the business and has many folks’ respect for not half-assing it.

Welp.

Because you get her in front of 1 million viewers and a $1 million house and you get the damn BBC to write an article about it.

That’s a stretch. It was incredible to watch in the moment because it was as if a master artist was making a clay mold out of dirt with no water for 15 minutes. To call it his “worst” just because his opponent wasn’t any good is to do him a disservice because carrying is as important as having a good match with a good wrestler; maybe even more so, in fact. Yuta in the MJF promo was extremely cringe, by the way. And that’s with MJF taking his cheap shots.

Never mind the fact that a majority of the information that has come out from one side of the argument in a way to paint the other side in the wrong, which has only made it worse.

Calling Punk’s rant about Cabana “preplanned” when dude has been stewing on something like that for years is a stretch. My point has always been that dirtsheet reports are rarely fact-checked with any type of vigor. The “two sources” rule most folks use leads to conspiratorial reporting where the wrestlers know they can pass off the same story, but never go outside their normal sourcing to get that different point of view. Hence my original statement of The Elite being gossipers extraordinaire bearing fruit when you barely hear anything about Punk in these reports. The awkwardness of the Kenny report only paints a picture of a failed attempt to lead the locker room, and frankly, is why he’s never led a truly diverse locker room in his career. It’s what The Elite need to realize: the influence they think they hold only exists with a few folks, and even then, you strain credibility when you try to be something you really aren’t. “Leaders” don’t pull the shit they have. And I’ll happily admit Punk isn’t one either.

Again, it goes back to my original point of Punk being very upfront at calling the Elite out for chirping to the sheets and the more time that passes, the more it rings true. They’ve been trying to get the narrative on their side from moment one on this thing while Punk has stayed quiet. And Punk’s version is becoming more right by the day.

Kenny still hangs out with guys like Chasyn Rance and Marty Scurll on the regular so I don’t think his judgment has ever really been “good.”