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Raven in ECW is a great example of "place and time" where the gimmick tapped into the zeitgeist of the times. The only point in history where that gimmick could have gotten over was ECW in the mid 90s. Plus I thought his best use was in ECW as the leader who could only keep dipshits like Stevie Richards along as everyone with an ounce of self respect would get sick of his bullshit.

NJPW Strong had a purpose when everyone was stuck where they were during the pandemic and it was something for the dojo crew to do.

So it looks like Charlotte isn't going to be back in time to face Ronda at Summerslam so that's probably part of why they decided to belt up Liv.

DC marking out for the Taker entrance got a pop from me

I'm sure Vince just asked his bro Dana to save him some seats lol

WWE just can't end a PPV on a happy note I guess.

Fightful reported that it's supposed to be for Edge.

Interesting how Vince saw how everyone rejected Roman when they felt he was getting pushed down everyone's throat..... so now they make that Theory's gimmick?

LIV A MANIA RUNNING WILD!

LOL Ronda doing the HBK pose while having Nattie in the Sharpshooter is the best thing she's done in WWE

Shocked at Liv winning but it was absolutely the right call.

This has all the hallmarks of a typical WWE PPV where everything is good to great in terms of the matches, but there's really no doubt in terms of who's winning.

Bayley's been set to return, or at least cleared to return for a while apparently.

I wouldn't argue, especially in terms of singles matches, but RK Bro was having some bangers with the Street Profits and Usos in that last run.

It was always interesting how the guys you could say pioneered the deathmatch style where people like Abdullah and the Sheik, both of whom worked well into their senior years with minimal decline. Their style seemed like a "safer" style, as weird as that sounds. Makes you wonder if having forehead scars you could lose a quarter in was a better side effect of bein a pro wrestler than what a lot of guys deal with now.

Amazing, Abe Lincoln cut a promo on George Washington and it's not really much different than one you'd hear today

Dave has mentioned more than once that New Japan stubbornly refuses to adapt for the US market, and then is puzzled when they have a show that doesn't draw that much.

It its, but it's something to do for guys who were basically forgotten about. It's interesting they put the Saudi guy in there though, I don't know how that will play out in the Kingdom.

Michael Cole struggling to not lose it at Pat marking out for MMM was fantastic, that made the gimmick worth it right there.

Maximum Male Models was certainly a thing.

In an alternate timeframe, the I Quit match was only Magnum TA's kickstart to fame and he ends up having absolute classics with Ric Flair.

When I saw Nattie and Ronda going back and forth on Twitter (and Nattie dunking on her at every turn) I just knew Ronda would end up gotten to over it.

I would have expected AEW's ratings to bounce back now that the NBA and NHL playoffs are over and Rampage won't be getting bounced around as much as it has been. That combined with them settling back in their pattern of months to build the next PPV should help matters significantly. Also it seems like Forbidden Door did well on PPV too, so all the hand wringing about US fans not knowing New Japan guys seemed to be for naught.

Funny thing is the only reason that match was so crazy is Undertaker's leg was trashed and crazy ass Mick wanted to overcompensate for that by being more insane than usual.

Honestly Logan Paul is probably worth more than Rousey at this point. He still has a pretty large fanbase and Ronda's purpose in life seems to be as unlikeable as possible.