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I'm perfectly okay with "Wardlow kills someone" being a regular feature on Dynamite.

popped for Tony's Jaguars Christmas sweater

FWIW I still think Gargano is going to go back to NXT after taking some time off for dad detail.

KOOL KYLE in the house. I suppose we all saw this coming.' Seems like we're going to have Elite ve Legally Distinct UE next

I could see how the Superman logo can be problematic for merchandising reasons, but I've seen worse tribal tats. Nothing that would need his arm to look like a redacted government file.

They made a point at Final Battle to thank not only TK but Brett and Billy so I would expect ROH title matches in GCW and the NWA (I think OGK already defended the tag titles on the last NWA PPV). It would be something if the ROH titles ended up being the American version of how the UWA titles being defended in Mexico for decades after that company folded.

Probably not a surprise since Taya is back, but AAA announced their next big show will be headlined by Vikingo defending against JOHNNY MUNDO!

I mean, if they just require proof of vax/negative tests they should be fine running with crowds. Of course MURICA gonna MURICA tho.

Greyson Waller is an amazing douchebag.

LOL at Raquel wearing high waisted fishnets under her jeans for the street fight

Watching NXT now.....and Ciampa is basically walking BRON through the opening segment. How's he supposed to learn on the job just standing there like a tree while Ciampa does all the promo work. Also if/when Bron wins they better give us a video of all the Steiner family barking at the title.

Was looking up All In on Wikipedia (as one does) and I was reminded Samuel Shaw was one of Nick Aldis's crew in the NWA title match against Cody. I wonder if he would believe it if someone told him then he'd spend the next three years being a serial killer in NXT.

Even funnier, DDP's real name is Page Falkenberg and so his wife is also Payge Falkenberg.

Funny how the most honest billionaire is a carny ass rasslin promoter.

I feel like Reggie and Dana could be in a WWE version of a Hallmark Christmas movie.

At least the match was decent and Bianca got a great pop for getting her up on the finish. I still want to see then devote a whole segment to Bianca and Cesaro doing weirdly impressive feats of strength.

Also "wherewithal" is a great WWE-ism that has been around forever yet hasn't gotten on people's nerves nearly as much as nearly any other example of weird WWE terminology.

It's so hilarious yet so typically WWE that they keep that stupid name on Doudrop when she's completely doing the Viper heel gimmick now.

Smackdown this week is taped already, so Raw will likely be the only WWE TV that matters until 2022. So far announced for Raw (which means since they announced it on their official channels then some or all of it likely won't take place) : Lashley and MVP TALKING! Edge having Maryse on his show for TALKING and I'm sure this won't at all involve Miz somehow sneak attacking him! Bianca vs Doudrop in the ongoing "wow it's clear this was supposed to be Nia Jax in this feud so when we fired her we just slotted in the other big girl we have in there" battles they are having Austin Theory vs Finn Balor where WWE will show us they know how to create a new star by making sure the guy they've been trying to give the Vince Rub to gets made to look like a geek by a real star. Damian Priest vs Dolph Ziggler battle to see what the next stage of Damian's WHY AM I SO VIOLENT turn will be. (also I decided to put all this in the intiial post just so I can look back and see how much that was advertised actually happens).

Well yes, that was what I meant. At the time the impression I got was that we were supposed to believe Backlund did kinda get screwed and it warped his goody-two-shoes mind. I never watched the full match until now, and seeing it context of the match just made quite the contrast that I wasn't expecting.

Bunch of Old School shows added to the 'Cock today, so I was watching the 12/26/83 NS show where Sheik wins the title and I'm surprised how good the match is. The story going in was that Backlund got hit with a Persian Club and has a bad neck/arm and really shouldn't be in there but dadgummit he's a fightin champ! Makes Bob look kinda dumb but it worked in the 80s. Anyway, because of that Sheik ends up taking almost the entire match and actually gets to show off his legit wrestling background that I don't recall seeing him get to bust out very much in the WWF. Bob really only gets a few short hope spots and it's interesting to see how this match is laid out since at no point do you really think he's actually going to win since it's clear he's in no shape to be competing out there. Even odder is to hear the commentary (Gorilla and Pat Patterson) putting over the wisdom and helpfulness that Blassie is adding since Gorilla especially always went out of his way to point out how the heel managers were just greedy n'er do wells who just skim off their protoge's checks without offering anything of substance. You just don't see many WWF title matches in the 80s where the babyface champ is clearly in over their heads against the well managed foreign menace heel So after about 10 minutes of Sheik using his technical wrestling skill to tear apart the injuries Bob stupidly came into the match with, we get the famous spot where Sheik locks in the Camel Clutch and Arnold Skaaland throws in the towel to keep him from tearing Bob's head off because he knows he won't submit. Funny how the storyline later was "did Skaaland screw his Backlund" it was so clear here (and especially now after years of MMA) that this was clearly a "corner throws in the towel because their guy was done" moment.

Dave also pointed out the smart play (for anyone in wrestling) is to take the shortest contract you can get since both WWE and AEW are likely to see big increases in their next TV deals unless disaster strikes.

Figured that would be the case when KO re signed, those two have a tighter bond than most married couples.

Hey there's also NXT UK which apparently is still putting out great matches on the regular but nobody watches it.

I hate to defend WWE, but there wasn't much they could do if he didn't want to come to the US for more than a short trip.