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Not to mention, Ospreay has all that momentum and they book him with lame-ass Roderick Strong (good worker, negligible character) for a title no one cares about?

Thought it was excellent and I'm not a huge fan of either guy.

Almost everything he does, even the rainmaker, looks weak. It's why I've never gotten into him, even though he has an undeniable aura and many great matches to his name.

We need a pro wrestling czar to ban ladder matches for a minimum of two years.

During this burst of Angle discourse, it hit me that I've hardly watched him in the last 10 years. Even during the last GWE, he wasn't someone I looked at with any focus. Might take a spin through a few matches just to see what I think of him now. I guess the greater point is that it's easy to become frozen in positions from decades-old debates.

I was mixed on it. It had the unhinged violence/bumping you want from a match like that, and it certainly told a story. But I did feel the length. There were stretches when it lost any dramatic tension for me, in part, to be fair, because I feel zero attachment to most of the participants. The comparison to Cage of Death is apt, and I have to think that was the model these guys had in mind, but it didn't get all the way there.

This show has been tremendous, even if most of the wrestling world would rather talk about Punk.

Darby vs. Luchasaurus was damn good too, maybe the best Luchasaurus singles match ever?

Joe vs. Shane Taylor was a tight, excellent slugfest after we got a tease of Joe as MJF's next challenger. I'll take all of that.

Yes, I spoke too soon.

With Danielson injured and Punk gone, what remains is not a compelling product. That's not to say TK was wrong to sever what seemed to be an increasingly toxic relationship. But it's an invitation for me to stop watching, at least for awhile.

That was a hell of an episode of wrestling TV.

I haven't seen a lot of Komander but man was he not good in that match.

Seriously. Is there any matchup in which you'd rather see Wardlow than Joe? Would love it if Hobbs beats him.

I hate the way Moxley and Page are working this, like guys who are more interested in searching for gimmicks under the ring than fighting. True brawling is such a lost art.

This has been my thought. Why lock yourself into a title change when the Bloodline story has legs and a Cody win would bear limited fruit?

Would you believe that if you were them?

Same template but hard to compare because there's no way for MJF to replicate the credibility that came with being NWA champ. As a kid, I thought Flair was a shithead, but I also thought he was the best. Both components were essential.

MJF and Starks don't have great chemistry in the ring. Match was fine but didn't jumpstart the title reign or elevate Starks as a rising star. Even the Danielson run-in was just kind of there.

So, so bored with this best-of-seven.

The Briscoes pushed FTR to the limit in two classic matches and wanted another shot at them on their terms. FTR was too proud to say no. The fans ate it up. That's enough justification for me, and I don't see how either team came out of any of it looking bad. TK's inability to put the Briscoes on TV took away depth and richness from the build, sure, but that's a quibble when we're talking about such a great series.

Didn't see that but sounds perfect.

Thought the trilogy was so great in part because they worked to the format of each match. They put a lot of thought into making this a special thing for those of us who care about this shit. It would have been great to have TV segments building to each chapter, but the psychology of going dog collar worked for me. The Briscoes went 0-2 trying to outwrestle them straight, so they resorted to mayhem, and FTR had too much pride not to go with them. Not so much a blood feud as an expression of each team's character when pushed by worthy rivals. I came out of this thinking all four guys deserve consideration for my GWE list.

Can we have a best of seven between Dax and Danielson instead of the Elite and Death Triangle?

I could see digging that match if you're invested in the Sami/Bloodline story, but as someone who doesn't watch WWE regularly and dipped in for the War Games concept, I had no use for it. No blood, the usual WWE plunder shit, weird babyface advantage booking, no real sense of hatred between the factions. They could have just done a 10-man tag with the same finish.