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I hope Bryan wins, because no one wants to see Mox/Jericho again.

Somewhere HBK is proud.

Looks like it's almost back to where it was during NXT 1.0, which on one hand is good news but on the other hand it took them a year plus to get back to where they were before.

Its been mentioned but it still seems like it's being undersold that it's pretty much been confirmed that Patrick Clark's firing (and the weird non reaction his last match from the crowd of PC trainees) was due to his pecker-checker cam in EC3's bathroom rather than him sliding in the DMs of some young boy. They apparently were ok with him being a creep until it happened to them.

The fans seem to want him to turn too. Everyone gets the "hey, that guy's back" pop at first, but you would think the massive "You Were Right" chants speak volumes.

I know he would be good at it, but man does babyface MJF feels weird. Like that dude is like pure essence of heeldom.

Funny thing is I can believe Kenny is the only one who doesn't care about the BS. He's the ultimate art-for-arts-sake guy, famously saying he couldn't work for WWE (in the Vince era at least) because he wouldn't have been able to turn his brain off for that length of time. I can see the Bucks getting full of themselves, and Cody clearly has not only his dad's mind for business but his ego too. Add Punk to the mix and its an explosion waitin to happen. I wouldn't be surprised that when the true story comes out on what happened in the fight it will come out that Kenny was just making sure Larry the dog didn't step on his Wrestle Kingdom booking ideas and had no idea anything was going on.

We never really heard of anyone claiming Cody was a troublemaker though, did we? That seemed to be a clear case of Cody's vision not matching what everyone else wanted to do so they all agreed it was best to move on. Now Brandi you can argue might have had some shit talked about her behind her back, as she seems to be itching to spill the tea now.

I just hope they keep the lighting from 2.0 and just ditch the 90s paint splash colors. NXT 1.0 looked like it was filmed in a warehouse in the bad part of town.

Also the end card looks like they are finally dropping the 2.0 name.

MELO TIME

The legend of BIG HANK

This Oro dude better be an old Brazilian guy who fights with one arm tied behind his back .

Right, because Punk has never been accused of being a toxic asshole before. Looking how things ended up evolving, the most likely scenario is Punk probably was in a happy place just to be involved back in wrestling with a major company not WWE. As the honeymoon waned, it's not impossible to believe the prickly asshole we all know and love emerged back out at some point. Especially if he started acting like the youngsters are required to bow to his knowledge at all times. I can easily see how that shit could get old real fast.

I don't get Zoey Stark, she's not terrible but I don't see the Main Event appeal they seem to.

Also I guess Quincy's gimmick is "Goldust if Dustin was actually LGBTQ"?

Since he showed up for Clash at the Castle, they should do a segment where Quincy meets Adrian Street.

Sanga vs Von hossfest?

BRUTUSMANIA WAS RUNNIN WILD BROTHER

Creeds vs Pretty Deadly in a cage is like something that would main event the Mid South Coliseum in 1984.

If anyone wins a belt w/o beating Roman, they'll have all the credibility of an interim UFC champ that got made because Dana didn't want to pay someone.

In retrospect it sure seems like Tony was sunk-costing not the money he invested, but the damage it was doing to his locker room.

In WWE? Bryan probably was the far bigger star. In AEW? I don't think it's close really. Punk has proven to be a ratings mover, PPV buyrate mover, and a merch seller. Not to say Bryan hasn't done anything to those metrics, but part of why Punk kind of has TK by the balls here a bit is because he's been the top draw since he debuted.

Bryan is probably my favorite wrestler and undeniably the GOAT, but there's no universe where he's a far bigger star than Punk.

Honestly I don't think the EVPs will go anywhere. The show's most likely getting paused because of ongoing investigations/legal issues that would result in pretty much everyone who appears on the show from being able to do much of anything. My best guess is Bucks/Kenny's time outs last as long as the investigation goes, and Punk is given a release with Tony paying all medical bills (which would be the case anyway since it happened in a match). If the Bucks want to go to WWE I see it happening after their contracts end in 2023.