Blehschmidt

You are correct, I will respond again, one last time. Just to say that I'm proud of you Kevin. Proud that after all these years, you finally had the balls to confront someone in public instead of just talking shit about them via PM because you are so deathly afraid that if you disagree with anyone they'll quit and your precious game will fall apart. Maybe next you'll tell Rain and LowBlow what you really think of their shows! I only wish I'd saved those messages so I could screenshot and show them myself.

I do believe if you look at every rookie thread in this exact forum, you'll find that it is in fact you who is in there going "Oh so and so debuted this year" and "It appears Insert Name Here started wrestling this year" because obviously you wanted them in the game, so that you could use them and start pushing them years before they should have been on anyone's radar. Most of the guys on your roster should be working tiny independent shows, setting up rings, and training. Crash Holly, Tommy Dreamer, and all of these guys getting sustained pushes alongside Barry Windham and The Midnight Express in the 1980's is ridiculous and it never should have been allowed. But somehow, LowBlow wanting to use Rey Mysterio is just a step too far? I think maybe you're just mad that you don't have the first draft pick this year, and wouldn't be able to get him yourself.

I'm sure the guy who has pushed to get all of these people into the game YEARS before they should have been in it, and then traded to get as many draft picks as he could EVERY year so he could get them on his roster because he obviously wants to be writing an ECW Attitude Era diary would... safely say that. I mean, who can forget Waylon Mercy, a gimmick based on a movie that came out in 1991... making his debut in 1986.....

---So until a wrestler wresltes in the U.S. or Canada they are not eligible for our promotions. So I would say no--- Well by that criteria... William Regal is disqualified until 1994, Konnan until 1996, Fit Finlay until 1996, Dave Taylor until 1995, and Ultimo Dragon until 1996 but they all are currently being used. Then let's not forget the 10 match policy, yet somehow Dan Severn has been in the game since like 1986, despite not starting in professional wrestling until 1992. Then I won't even bring up the fucking Beulah thing again..... But yeah, Rey Mysterio Jr..... that'd be unrealistic!

If they'd leave the RoH titles in Ring of Honor, drop the Trios Titles that aren't really working, and unify the Continental and International Titles (which seems like it might be coming)..... Womens Tag Titles would feel fresh and new in a now uncluttered landscape. At least IMO

Going to use this opportunity since it's timely and shill for my buddy and fellow board member @GeneJackson95 who has authored a book about Eddie Gilbert with the help of Doug Gilbert that will be releasing next month.... https://www.tinyurl.com/EddieGilbertBook

I just spit out my water god damn it

I thought these types were worried about Mexicans taking their jobs, not the other way around. I'll see myself out.....

So last night while inducting Michelle McCoole into the Hall of Fame, Undertaker while discussing how hard she worked to make it said "My Wife didn't come in with a famous last name." and the camera immediately cut to Natalya sitting in the audience. Wow. I think if I were her, I'd take that personally. I also think maybe Taker shouldn't kid himself. If he were fucking Kelly Kelly, we'd have been inducting her instead

While I feel like AEW needs to get rid of a ton of titles, I actually think Womens Tag Titles would be a good idea for then. TayJay, Julia and Skye, could put Red Velvet and Kiera Hogan back together, and a lot of the other girls they aren't using could be utilized in a tag division.

Come on @El-P you can't tell me that you never saw a bar fight or a fight at school end with a.... Sharp Shooter.

I saw the video. Her boyfriend seems like a total fucking douchebag who thinks he is absolutely hilarious. They are walking through what I think is Disney and are being filmed for some reason and the boyfriend is saying all kinds of stupid offensive shit through the whole video, and she is giggling at him like a smitten school girl. He fist bumps what appears to be a person with downs and then looks at the camera and says something along the lines of "I think he just growled at me bro!" Not taking up for her, but it's hard to tell if she is actually laughing at the person, or just giggling at her boyfriend. My take is that the boyfriend is a piece of shit, and she is just stupid. Which I hate to see since she is a graduate of the University in the town I live. (Sigh)

What happened with Jazmyn Nyx?

So my guess would be... Athena costs Mercedes the tournament final (to Statlander of course, because Statlander must win everything) and then we get Athena/Mercedes 2 in Texas with all of their multiple times on the line. and Ospreay/Takeshita.... Holy Shit

Of the recently released people, the only one I'd like to see is Isla Dawn cause I think a potential stable with Julia Hart and Skye Blue would work. of people I could see WWE releasing, the only ones that interest me at all are Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.

I literally just finished Tony's book last week, and it ends with him in such a good place, totally content with his life and so happy and thankful for having his wife in his life. So god damn, the ending of that episode was a unexpected kick in the feelings.

El-P is 100% correct that it happens every day, probably multiple times a day. If Chris Benoit had been a banker from Idaho, none of us would even know his name unless we lived in the area or were part of the family. But, I think Sek hits the nail on the head. Up to that point the rat stories, the bullying, the racism, and so on, and so on, and on and on and on.... Were able to be attributed to just certain "bad" guys or was just chalked up to "boys being boys" or "those wacky wrestlers" or whatever other disconnect we as fans chose to justify liking terrible people. The Benoit situation was something so horrible, so unfathomable that it couldn't be ignored or chalked up and conveniently forgotten about so that we could go on rating matches or whatever. As to the original post and sussing out feelings on the whole situation, speaking only in the context of professional wrestling, I've mostly come to feel bad for Nancy, in the terms that as Woman she was a very good manager. She was entertaining, she was well spoken, she was fun to watch with Sullivan, with The Steiners, with Sandman, and with Flair. She deserves to be remembered for her contributions to the business, but now any mention of her name will only bring to mind a singular thing and it is absolutely unfair to her legacy.

The Omega promo was painful. That guy is fun to watch in the ring, but Yikes, not a talker. and what the fuck was that Jericho thing? It accomplished nothing other than making Bill and Keith look like total losers. That should have been the moment the two of them kicked the shit out of him, especially if he is actually taking time off. Him throwing a temper tantrum while they stood there and watched? That did nothing for anyone. What a horrible segment.

Keith is far from untalented. He put on some fantastic matches in PWG and had some fun matches in AEW as well. But when he's in there against two guys who have a foot in height on him, and aren't gonna sell shit for him... I'm sure he looks pretty untalented.

Congrats Gene! I'll definitely be picking a copy up.

Speaking of NXT, so we had Stephanie Vaquer win both women's titles, then they said she was going to defend them both, then last week she did defend them both, then this week they decided she needed to vacate the North American title. I understand they needed to get the belt off of Giulia because she is hurt. I understand Stephanie was the best choice. But for fucks sake, this company has to overcomplicate everything. If they were going to vacate, why not do it immediately? Why not have her lose in a valiant effort last week when she'd already wrestled once? Because of course we have to build a multi-person ladder match instead of doing the sensible thing! Also, am I the only one confused by Zaria? She's not good in the ring, doesn't talk well, and her My Little Pony Beyond Thunderdome gimmick isn't all that intimidating. Maybe I'm just old.

Lashley has a million dollar body, moves well for a guy his size, works fairly well for a guy his size, but..... has all the charisma of a coconut. Also this "We Hurt People" repeated over and over is one of the dumbest sounding chants of all time. Lastly, fuck MVP for that verbal exchange with Big Bill. The minute Bill turns and destroys Jericho, AEW has a huge (literally) babyface on their hands. This dude has improved his body, his work, has a great real life redemption story to tell. They should be protecting his ass at all costs.

The voice of World Class Championship Wrestling. A man who also covered the assassination of JFK for the Dallas news, and was actually the person who informed Lee Harvey Oswald he was being charged with the murder, has passed away at 99 years of age!

At least it got Moxley to sell something. I am so sick of his lumbering around like Frankenstein, slightly flinching at things, whatever this angle is supposed to be bullshit at this point.

So Thunder Rosa got a promo about Bayne, got jumped backstage by Bayne, got another promo about Bayne, got a lengthy match with Bayne, took Bayne's finisher on the ramp (half assed it as well) and crawled back into the ring.... Then, Finally... after taking her finish again! Rosa put Bayne over. Toni Storm, you know, the world champion, came in and ate the finish once, and had to be carried out. I seriously wish I knew what the fuck AEW saw in Thunder Rosa and Kris Statlander.