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Man, Sting proving he can still bring it on the mic with that promo on Darby.

I went to a TNA house show in Bumfuck, WV in a high school gym a long time ago, and Don West was there selling the absolute hell out of his brown bag gimmick at the merch table. Dude looked like he was having the time of his life, that man was pure enthusiasm distilled in human form.

Man, a Mania match with Austin and a tag match with Cena....KO had a hell of a 2022.

Charlotte was overpushed of course, but even a long overdue heel turn couldn't save this run for Ronda. Plus I'm sure throwing Fox a bone by getting another top star doesn't hurt either.

Yeah him and Ali are on another level never to be reached again by mere mortals. I love how it seems like literally everyone who was alive in the 70s/80s seems to have had their photo taken with Andre.

Also to make it wrestling related, I was today years old when I learned it was Don West who coined AJ Styles' bicycle kick the Pele Kick back in TNA.

Since WWE threads always end up being soccer threads as well, RIP to the GOAT of all GOATs, the man, the fucking KING OF THIS SHIT (sorry had to make it somewhat wrestling related), Pele who passed away yesterday. I'm sure there's a period of mourning in Brazil since he was a national hero and icon.

Wow, the ladies in this tag match are beating the piss out of each other.

I know everyone hates Jericho now, but that was a Memphis quality fireball he hit Action Andretti with.

Shoutout to the guy with the "My wife thinks I'm at Bible study" sign.

Well at least now he won't be unmasked and renamed Spunky Martinez or something. Also I hope WWE is ready to deal with the legendary Munoz family pain-in-the-ass-edness.

Yeah, that's kind of my point. Level Up is probably the best place for them to work since it's technically TV but if they mess up not too many people see it.

GOONTA and Jinny (last seen on NXT UK) having a celebratory dinner with Ludwig Kaiser and Tiffany Stratton.

I tried looking, but it said there was no content to approve so it might be an admin only thing.

I get your point but I don't think many people actually watch Level Up so it's not the worst place for folks to learn.

I feel it should be mentioned more that while Tony has done better than anyone who's tried to run against Vince/WWE in decades, he's still a newcomer to the business. Yeah he's been reading Observers/posting on DVDVR/fantasy booking forever, but he'd never had to deal with the realities of injuries or egos before starting AEW. Sure he has business experience running football teams on both sides of the pond, but we all know the wrestling biz is it's own animal. It's one thing to come up with storylines and feuds, but it's another having to deal with guys you booked months of plans around blowing out a knee. I think it's probably clear he most likely underestimated having to deal with egos and people "that doesn't work for me brother"'ing his ideas. The key is going to be how he learns from these bumps in the road going forward.

They're still basically brand new at this, Level Up is like AA level baseball. It's going to be a lot of rehearsed spots since they are so green.

my goodness, peak babyface idol Konnan vs heel Terry Funk tormenting the crowd would have been AMAZING

She's been improving a lot in a short period, I just hope they don't try to push her too quickly because her move went viral.

I would expect it's probably a reference to the weirdos who were obsessed with the bathing suit style gear from 80s All Japan Women. It's not like there being a creepy subculture of women's wrestling fans who are WAY into it and give off "this guy is probably on a list somewhere" vibes is somehow a new idea. Hell, I'd argue a lot of it probably came from wrestling mags in the 80s having apartment catfighting ads that were barely disguised pornos.

The benchmark in wrestling is "does it get over with the crowd", and for as much as you may or may not like it he's over with the NXT crowd. Unless you want to become one of those old cranks who shit on everything because it's not their cup of tea, sometimes it pays to step back and look at the bigger picture. Wrestling is meant to entertain the crowd, and sometimes the things that entertain them are things you won't like and/or "get".

I suppose nothing says "pro wrestling is a legit endeavour" like getting a foodborne illness.

Keith and Schiavone trading "oh shit" faces afterwards cracked me up.

God damn.

Edris Enofe got a WWE logo chest tattoo, which I'm sure won't be something he regrets later.