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At least they didn't put her on commentary. The Universe would be dying playing the "Take a shot every time she says Warrior" drinking game.

A brawl with just punches and strikes and no neck bumps...... and Ciampa falling off the Empire State Building..... A Scaffold Match!! Good idea peachchaos!!

That's beautiful. When I was ring announcing I worked several shows with Barb, and if you shake his hand and show him respect, he is the nicest man in the world. He frequently would inquire about the well being of my family (who he'd never met) and spend several minutes just chatting away about whatever. Why in the world anyone would want to piss that man off, let alone show him that kind of disrespect.... What a fucking idiot.

Jesus Christ, if Liv Morgan is fat, then I am Yokozuna after he just finished eating Bastion Booger. What the fuck is wrong with people.

I wonder if they might go for almost an inverse Wrestlemania 31 ending. (No MITB or anything, just Seth getting the short end of the deal instead of Reigns) Brock mauls Rollins in like 2 minutes and he can't continue, Brock gloats, Roman comes out, the match gets made, Reigns beats Lesnar's ass, and they finally get the ending they've wanted for years, Reigns winning the title at Wrestlemania to (hopefully) cheers. Although, knowing the Mania crowd, they'd probably boo.

No way that Balor is hotter than Andrade or McIntyre.

The cost of the CGI to make Andre as big as Hulk claims he was when he slammed him (and tore every muscle in his back, three days before Andre died, at Wrestlemania 3 in the Superdome Brother, Jack, Dude!!) is gonna be astronomical!!

They just can't help themselves. We are headed into year 22 of heel authority figures, and McMahons all over everything and I honestly believe they are too lazy or too arrogant to book it any other way. This story wrote itself. It didn't need Vince, or Hunter, or the inventor of women's everything, Stephanie. It needed the hottest act in the company to take on the biggest mainstream star in the company as the first worst women to headline the biggest show in the industry. But why do that when you can turn it into the same bullshit you've been serving up since 1997. I'm very happy for Becky, and I hope she gets her moment, but I wish they'd find another way.

The mid-atlantic Rambo lists being in Portland in his profile on the website for his wrestling company. Rambo Bio

Rambo ended up hooking up with a guy named Dick Caricofe and running a promotion called National Wrestling League/House of Pain Wrestling Federation in the Maryland/West Virginia/Pennsylvania area. They also have a wrestling school which I understand from talking to several people and my time ring announcing on local indies is a complete fucking joke. I attended a few shows in the mid-2000's while I lived in Virginia and they were for the most part hardcore garbage brawls, with a women's match, a single name to draw, and Rambo in the main event. The name was usually Samu, and sometimes Gangrel. To the point of how bad the shows were... I once saw Rambo blade a referee who looked to be about 19 years old. The crowd was chanting "Hit the Ref" after a bad call, so he nailed him with whatever trash was laying in the ring and then obviously gigged the kid in front of everyone. Classy Anyway, if you wikipedia National Wrestling League you can see the who's who of who cares that worked for Rambo. Lastly, Rambo likes to claim that he trained Luke Gallows. I asked Gallows about it on a show one time and he laughed then replied "Fuck that guy"

I don't get Havoc either. He looks and works exactly like every indy deathmatch guy I've seen at all the garbage shows around here, except he has a British accent. But he has a ton of people that swear by him, so I guess he brings something to the table.

That depends on whether or not it was the #1 trending topic on Twitter while you were using #WorldsCollide

No. The opening battle royal, 1 match from the first round, 1 match from the second round, the semi finals, and the finals are on the Network. All of the other first and second round matches are on WWE's YouTube/Facebook/Twitter (your choice) Your best bet would be to watch the first 2 matches on the Network show, then watch the whole YouTube show, and then finish the show on the Network. That will be the closest you can get to watching the show in order (though I still don't think it's in order)

The presentation of this was ridiculous. The battle royal to determine the matches, 1 first round match, and 1 second round match on the network, and all of the rest of the first and second round elsewhere? What the Fuck? Beyond that stupidity, the matches were for the most part a lot of fun. Tyler Bate is a phenominal talent, able to work with anyone. I thought Gulak/Devlin was a fun little heels trying to one up one another kind of match. I hope they realize what they have with Keith Lee pretty soon. I know he hasn't been there that long, but I already feel like they are wasting him. As for Humberto Carillo, they must be all in on this kid, as he got the only first round match on the network show, made his 205 debut in a super competitive match against the champion, and I just can't say I'm impressed yet. Anyway, good concept, good tournament, poorly presented. It would be nice if they would just upload the whole thing in order as it happened.

I like to judge my gimmick posters based on realism in comparison to Volk Han. But seriously, maybe if we acknowledge he is really important, he'll move along?

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1090708432145895425 There is video

Well, Walter made his in-ring debut on NXT:UK this week, and he only threw one chop during the whole match..... Fuck.......

I think that Konnan match was on the WWE Unreleased DVD.

Murphy is seriously one of my 2 or 3 favorite guys to watch in the whole company. So good.

I can't believe they are worried about The Ascension or Primo Colon going to Ring of Honor and becoming the next Hulk Hogan or anything like thay, so they have to be hording talent for a different reason. If it were to fill out the NXT's and 205's that would make sense, but they just aren't using them. That they are seemingly that worried about the perception of a Zack Ryder going to the Young Bucks promotion just baffles me. It's not going to hurt their bottom line, the fans aren't going to leave them, and it's not going to change the ratings. If this keeps up, and they keep hiring it is going to turn into WCW paying Lanny Poffo to never work a match at the rate we are going.

Does anyone else find it strange how opposed to having any kind of competition Vince and WWE have become? Vince never struck me as a guy who was afraid of a challenge, and during the height of the Monday night era, competition made the business thrive, and WWE rose up and fought back and won, and god knows we have heard the story a billion fucking times, so we know they love that shit. But now they are sitting on a massively bloated roster. They are signing people left and right, seemingly just so they don't sign elsewhere. They hardly ever release anyone unless they do something really stupid. Now there was that rumor today that they are willing to pay guys twice whatever they are being offered if they can show it too them in writing because they are embarrassed Bandido chose RoH over them I just don't get it. For fucks sake, they are the biggest wrestling company on the planet! It's not like a little bit of healthy competition is going to take away the whole fan base. Are they really that worried that they might have to start putting effort into their product again? Am I way off base here? Has it always been this way? What do you guys think?

Pretty sure Grace and Blanchard are signed to TNA, Karen Q, Twister Sisters, and Madison Rayne all work with RoH, and Cheerleader Melissa may still be locked up with Lucha Underground. Otherwise, that's a good list.

I agree. 21 years of the McMahons has me begging to never see it again, or at the very least to see a Jack Tunney type who appears via vignette 3 times a year. But if they are gonna have one, it's a use for J.R. that keeps him off commentary full time.

Since the constantly on-air authority figure roll doesn't seem like it is ever going away, why not put J.R. in that position. It allows them to use his fame with casual fans, call an occasional match, be around enough to justify a contract, and if they are really on TBS they can say that the Network Execs had previous dealings with him, which is how he got the position. As for Excalibur, the guy is hands down the best commentator in the game right now, and... the visual of a dude wearing a suit and a lucha mask is cool as fuck. You want something different from WWE, there you go. Then with that image, Excalibur is a fine name for a dude in a suit and a lucha mask! I just hope they have Chuck Taylor on color commentary.