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MLW just filed suit against WWE for among other things, trying to get Vice to stop airing MLW programming. Apparently they've been messing with MLW's plans on several fronts including a streaming deal that supposedly was going to be "transformative" for them had it gone down.

NFTs are demonstrably worse, since it's the most obvious scam since the MLMs your former high school classmates push on Facebook. 90% of the people pushing them don't even understand what they are (you're literally just buying a receipt saying you spent money on something and nothing else) and the ones who do are just trying to get their cut before the masses get fleeced.

I will say at least the idea of "Commander Azeez" as a gimmick makes me realize I miss when managers would suddenly become military officers like General Skandor Akbar.

I also don't want to see anyone lose their jobs or anything, but I have no idea why Commander Azeez still exists. It's not even the usual "well duh, he's tall" when OMOS is on the same show as him

On one hand, this split personality gimmick for Damien Priest is kinda dumb.....yet anything is better than that Archer of Infamy nonsense and that silly entrance he had to do for it.

Missed opportunity there in Philly to not have Damien Priest be the dude with the deep voice from Boyz II Men

I love how MOMENTUM is somehow both the most powerful force in WWE and at the same time it doesn't mean jack shit.

This version of Brock is so great

After spending all this time in a place that pretty much let him do whatever, I wonder if he even wants to go back to WWE and their weird obsessive quirks. You have to think Vince is just itching to sign someone who is a star in AEW just to show they can't hang with the "real" stars of WWE like he did with all the former WCW guys

....and if we're being really fair, he keeps getting these comments because Cornette constantly implies he had a sexual relationship with Riho and therefore he's a pedo. Now any time Kenny mentions her he gets tons of Corny creeps in his mentions making the same implications.

I wonder what the plan would have been if Cody had not been protocol'd. Was he going to beat Sammy again? Lose the belt back to him after only a short reign and make beating him in the first place pointless? Seems neither option would have been optimal.

At first I was like "having someone land on a table your leg is pinned under must suck" but then I realized if it's Riho doing it then it's probably okay.

Dustin had only had maybe a week's notice (assuming he probably knew before the rest of the world), so I would assume he probably needs more time than that to get his cardio up to be able to keep pace with Sammy.

That was a really good match, all things considered.

That would be nice, but it seems like the goal was for it to be the successor to the US title as it was positioned in JCP where it was the #1 contender title/belt for main eventers not currently in the world title picture

Also that must have been a hell of a phone call to make "hey, look, sorry about sending you your shit back in trash bags but can you help us out here since we don't have enough women to fill up the Rumble?"

Hook has those "shoot fighter who doesn't want to fuck someone up for real so is noticeably pulling punches" strikes.

Also I'm always a little taken back by Hook's slim physique not in a "he needs to get on the gas" way, but a "I just assumed someone who's 50% Taz DNA would be stockier than that" way.

The show is tomorrow, right? Announcing it a day in advance is more than the WWE ever does for anything but COVID issues.

HOOK TIME

RESPECTUFLLY, one might say

Also lol at the women's rumble match being like 50% names from the past because WWE released 100 folks.

Us a few days ago: "It's bush league for AEW to mention the competition on TV!" WWE social media today: "Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James will be in the Royal Rumble" 2022 is wilding out already.

Also it's always kind of weird to see AEW folks on social media acting like Rampage isn't a taped show. I get why they do it, but it's always going to be slightly jarring to see folks bantering over a match that took place two days ago.

I wonder if he wants to keep wrestling or if working backstage gave him a taste for that side of the business.