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Is he at that level? Of course not, but they both are "I can't believe the other company had this guy and let him go" types.

I have a feeling Swerve is going to end up being this era's "WCW had Steve Austin under contract and cut him". Also holy shit that Darby/Joe match. A guy who likes ragdolling people vs an actual human ragdoll is just the perfect pairing.

Shida seems to be playing it up on Twitter that she's pissed that Saraya picked Toni, so I'm thinking she's gonna beat Toni's ass and leave an opening for another partner.

"I'm the boss WINK WINK*", yeah this is screaming swerve (I'm rewatching it now)

the tag title match was great old school bullshit, btw. There's a reason Dusty abused that finish until it became cliche, that shit would always work. Plus Aubrey got the chance to be a hero in her hometown.

Toni Storm as the mystery partner (after Britt dropped a "boss" reference) is so anti climatic it almost has to be a swerve.

Gotta admit it was kinda weird hearing FTR's Midnight Express theme playing in the dome.

Mercedes vs KAIRI for the San Jose Battle in the Valley show.

MERCEDES MONIE HAS ENTERED THE TOYKO DOME

KAIRI wins a surprisingly quick match (just over 5 minutes) but what they did was good.

Women's match time, everyone hold on to your butts

crowd looks pretty decent, announcers are saying 30,000 ish and that looks about right just eyeballing it.

TV Asashi vs the Sasha stans gonna be the most violent match of the night

Lio Rush got hardway'd taking a face first bump on the rampway and he's half Muta at this point.

first big announcement: an Antonio Inoki movie is being produced!

Final Four in the Ranbo to fight for the KOPW 2023 provisional title: Shingo Takagi Sho Great O'Kahn Toro Yano

EVIL was the first one eliminated, Gedo reads PWO confirmed

pre show kicking off now, about to have the RANBO

less than an hour away from WK, here's the lineup: Antonio Inoki Memorial Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, and Togi Makabe vs Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki, and Tiger Mask IWGP Jr. Tag title match: TJP and Francesco Akira (c) vs Lio Rush and Yoh IWGP Women's title match: KAIRI (c) vs Tam Nakano (this is where everyone expects the Artist Formerly Known as Sasha Banks to appear) IWGP tag title match: FTR (c) vs Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi NJPW TV title tournament final: Zack Sabre Jr vs Ren Narita NEVER Openweight title match: Karl Anderson (c) vs Tama Tonga Keiji Muto Final NJPW Match: Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Shota Umino vs Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, and Bushi 4 way for the IWGP Jr title: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs El Desperado vs Hiromu Takahashi vs Master Wato IWGP US title match: WIll Ospreay (c) vs Kenny Omega IWGP World title match: Jay White (c) vs Kazuchika Okada

Yeah, he's hardly donating money to millionaires. Every one I've seen was someone undergoing hard times and/or illness.

I dig how NXT's women's division is shaping up. They have a good mix of established names and newbies getting close to "getting it" that there's a ton of potentially fun matchups.

Wrestling has always been built on spots/moves from the past, it's just that so much footage is available nowadays it's much more obvious than it used to be. Hell, some of the greats lifted their entire acts from others. Ric Flair got over the hump from being a Mid-Atlantic midcarder to world champ by basically lifting Buddy Rogers' whole deal. Both Hogan and Dusty borrowed liberally from Superstar Billy Graham, and every territory in the 80s had a Rock n Roll Express knockoff.

Watching Melo vs Apollo and I'm reminded of how when discussing Dragon Lee's NXT deal he mentioned that Apollo is the highest paid person in NXT right now even still. Assuming he was kept at the same money his main roster deal, it really shines a light on how little folks must be getting paid there.

Funny how she had no issues with doing borderline racist/definitely tasteless angles in AAA but this is a bride too far for her.

To be fair, he has donated a lot to not only this but other fundraisers. Dude may have shit politics but he does have a heart.