Blehschmidt

You don't have to do what people voted for. If there is something that you want to write, write it. The whole point of this hobby is to have fun, so have fun and write what you want to write.

Gene Jackson and I did a watch-a-long style podcast of Abrams UWF and I made it 13 episodes before I tapped out because that show was so awful. So that gets my vote. Good Luck with that disaster!

I am fairly certain Den had David Schultz win the WWF Title from Bruno, and then it went to Hogan. I think it remained there until the next booker took over. I know he changed up pretty much everything I had going fairly quickly, but I unfortunately don't remember the changes he made with the other titles.

This new Gollum gimmick that Lio Rush is doing might be one of the dumbest things I've seen in a long time.

Thanks! The time period in discussion here is definitely my wheel house. When DoW first started and we were working near this era, I had an absolute blast writing it. I often wish life hadn't gotten in the way and I could have continued the version of World Class that I was writing. Von Erichs, Bockwinkel, John Studd, Butch Reed. The roster I had was fantastic and I had some good stuff planned.

I know I'm not particularly welcome in these parts, but since this is just a one off thing for fun, I'll chime in! Group 8 would be my choice. David Von Erich would 100% be your top babyface, but after that you'd need to do some trading cause you have pretty much no one else worth a damn on the babyface side. Potentially Don Kernodle and Jesse Barr, but there is a huge disparity in star power between David and those guys. Maybe Bret Hart gets an early push as a technical babyface, but it would be lower card at best. But oh man, David having a villains gallery consisting of Roddy Piper, a Heenan Family consisting of Patera, Saito, and maybe Rose & Somers put together a few years early. Not to mention a Russian team of Ivan Koloff and Nikolai Volkoff, Austin Idol and Killer Khan floating around, and maybe we lean into Scott Irwin's biker gimmick a little more and give him Ellering as a manger. As you mentioned @LowBlowPodcast, a lot of fun pieces in that group.

I was at that show too! I remember when Rey Mysterio got boo'ed just for not being Daniel Bryan. I also remember when the years and years of Roman Reigns backlash could have potentially been avoided if they had pivoted then and there and let him eliminate Batista for the win.

They are going to have to do something because this Orton heel turn isn't happening.

I always preferred Dennis to Stan. Just a fantastic all around worker, and he could talk when he had too. Apparently a pretty great person as well.

But yes, otherwise this has been a super fun show so far. Bucks/FTR was great. Didn't expect the National Title change. Thought Willow/Lena was fun, as was Toni/Shafir.

Rousey is the last thing the AEW Women's division needs unless it's a one off job to Toni. Hopefully she'll be too busy training for the farce with Carano to follow up.

Kind of sad that they totally squashed The IInspiration in their first TV appearance. I get that they are the kind of team who can recover from it, but still. Especially for Alex Windsor who is just awful. Also sad that Jamie Hayter went from being the most over lady on the roster before her injury to stuck carrying O'Spreays nepo hire in tag matches now.

The guy reviewing the show over on 411 gave Becky/AJ 4 stars 😂😂😂

Wow, that was awful.

Okay, apparently the story is Meltzer nonsense, as WB has issued a statement that it isn't true! My apologies for posting it before it before it was 100% verified

Brody King apparently pulled from TV because Warner Brothers doesn't want Fuck Ice chants upsetting Trump as they try to sell to Netflix. Uggh

I see that the Jumping Bomb Angels are having fans sign a petition for a spot.

I thought I remembered him being part of that match when it was first announced.

and Pac being absent for the big Moxley "we love professional wrestling" speech would say to me he won't be part of the babyface Death Riders.... or he is hurt again.

Womens Tag Title match was fine. The downfall of Mercedes is a fun story. I enjoyed Kidd/Darby more than I expected. It was less ridiculous than I expected, but still felt dangerous. The "Mixed Nuts" 8 person tag was fantastic! Well put together fun and the crowd ate it up. Ha! Didn't have Mercedes dropping an F-Bomb on my bingo card.

Okada/Takeshita was pretty good. The Takeshita babyface run is going to be huge. Holy Shit!!! Fletcher/Moxley had no business being that great. Fletcher is damn lucky he didn't break his fucking neck on that suplex, and kudos to them for turning Moxley back into a babyface in the course of one match. Now, it's absolutely time for the Death Riders to turn on him. Yikes. That FTR/Bang Bang Gang match was ugly all around.

That was the worst battle royal I've ever seen. I don't think all of the participants were ever actually in the ring together at once. I am usually a big fan of a battle royal, but that was just awful. Ricochet with the ring should be fun though.

Please let them take Jericho! Maybe it can be a trade, can AEW give them Jericho, Edge, and Christian for say.... Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, and Mia Yim. I can come up with a few more if they want The Hurt Syndicate back too.

Nah, next up will be the Randy Orton "Chinlocks Forever" retirement tour.

I'm sure that the whole "creative" team was backstage pretending to smoke cigarettes and laughing in fake French accents when they come up with that.