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I doubt we'll ever see WALTER on the main roster, he doesn't want to live in the US full time and only agreed to NXT UK because they backed the money truck up for him. The most he'll agree to is to come over for brief visits like he's been doing.

Well he *did* get the name shortening treatment too since he went from Hunter Hearst Helmsley to Triple H.

Was really funny seeing WWE Champion Big E responding to Angel Garza's tweet announcing he lost his last name by "welcoming him to the club" and telling him to ask Cesaro to coordinate what food and drink he's be expected to bring to the next meeting. Like it's clear he was doing it in his usual joking manner, but it was something seeing the champ basically saying how silly it is how everyone loses part of their name in WWE.

Commercials on Raw seems to be a swing and a miss for the company trying to promote the new Kenneth Brannaugh movie.

Really wish WWE could think of a starting off point for a women's feud that isn't "they're all catty bitches who hate each other". It's like the one Russo archetype they just can't quit.

Big E vs Chad Gable is this generation's Ric Flair vs Mike Jackson. World champ has a competitive match with the job guy who's a really awesome wrestler but has no chance of advancement because he's a small guy.

OK, done watching my football team narrowly avoiding shitting their pants on national TV, time to start Raw and the first thing I see is Seth coming out looking like he raided Becky's closet. WTF? Also they are so clearly telegraphing Owens turning heel (again), but making Big E look like a dick about it.

Also I see AJ is back after a two week non injury related absence. Gee I wonder what that possibly could have been?

NXT UK, unlike its US counterpart, actually achieved its goal (killing the budding UK indy scene before it could hit the next level of getting on TV) so Vince will probably keep it around.

I would assume, given the context of coming right after releases and word coming out how utterly clueless the company was about how to book them, that it would be in regards to his opinions on Vince.

WWE provides drug/alcohol rehab since a direct line can be drawn from drug abuse to wrestler deaths. Mental health issues provide more deniability so there's less pressure on them from a PR standpoint to care about that.

Honestly it's probably less evil than that, when WWE sees people at a certain level and then tries to justify that perception based on that. So if they didn't see value in Keith and he obviously saw value in himself, then any attempt he makes to change their mind is going to be seen as a problem. Also Dave explained the vax issue as now that they are touring again they plan to do international tours (like the UK one they are doing now) and unvaxed people would just be a logistics headache. Part of the job is going to be international travel and to do that (in most places) you need the vax. He also went into the Nia situation and pointed out it's sending a message to the talent that if you ask for time off for mental issues they won't refuse, but when it comes time for cuts you're probably going to be high on the list. So its a nice way to discourage folks from seeking mental health which I'm sure won't lead to anything bad happening. Pretty good compare and contrast how AEW handled the Mox situation too. Another one for the "why would anyone want to go to WWE" pile.

Taya (and Morrison) were happy living in Southern California, and since everyone in NXT is expected to work at the PC you pretty much have to live in Orlando. Reading between the lines, it would seem she tried to get some things guaranteed before uprooting her life and it appears they were just blowing smoke since she got cut just a few months lather.

Been trying to watch last night's show and NJPW World has been on the struggle bus. Constant buffering, random crashes, player restarted at one point.

I suppose they are doing something with someone new, so that's a plus. Also Dave mentioned in the WON that Vince doesn't see anything in Toni Storm, hence why she's in the spot where she's working NXT folks in dark matches now.

All the members of Team Raw just came over in the draft. Also LOL so hard at Alyiah being on the SD Team. Even with their limited selections, how is someone who toiled in developmental for like a decade in your top five? This like that one SS where they had guys like Steve Casey on teams because a bunch of people were fired for failing drug tests.

TBF Eddie is a million times more authentic than pretty much everyone other than maybe Bryan (who's authentic in an entirely different way).

You love to see it. Kinda feel bad for Izzy that her parents seem to be shitheads, but her dad is def the "fuck around and find out" type,

At the end of the day it's all about money and WWE is a money making machine. Unless Vince goes on a public diatribe (which hey, isn't out of the question), WWE is a giant source of content for anyone.

The heat pretty much only goes one way. CMLL loses their shit if one of their people work on a show with AAA talent, but AAA doesn't really care about that. The real question is would CMLL be petty enough to cut ties with him if he worked for AEW (and the answer is probably not but it's not impossible that they might).

John Silver is so awesome, I could see him being a breakout star at some point.

Also I love that Bryan's AEW run has led to "a match on the go home Rampage against Rocky Romero? Fuck it, why not?"

lol that BUDGE chat

Kingston and Punk bringing the fire right now.

Bryan with another fun match, Max Caster popped me with the "ending more careers than your father in law" line. Also love that MJF rents his friends out to others, love to see the hustle lol.