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Dustin and the Von Erichs vs the Undisputed Kingdom was a really great TV main event. As someone who started watching non-WWF wrestling with episodes of World Class on ESPN, it was surreal hearing a Dallas-adjacent crowd losing their minds for the Von Erichs.

Suzuki's beating the shit out of Jericho, god damn.

I need MJF to out Homelander Cody with his new heel pro America gimmick.

So this section of the Observer update today sure seems like Priest was flash KO'd at Money In The Bank "Priest told the New York Post recently that “there was a situation” that led to him not kicking out from Rollins’ Falcon Arrow moments before Drew McIntyre arrived to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. He reportedly told the outlet that he “didn’t want to get into anything medical” concerning what happened, saying it was personal."

IIRC he is of Russian descent raised in Germany.

On the plus side, this will probably mean Hogan is going to still be kept away from WWE programming since even Vince didn't want to go anywhere near Trump stuff.

The amazing thing is they most likely will, Osprey has a whole other gear for big stadium matches.

It's funny when AEW started everyone was mad that the Bucks were putting everyone over too much and now the pendulum has swung the other way.

I love the tradition in AEW of people hiding in the front row with a Sting mask

I love the finish, the broadway fake-out, and now they can have a big money match in Wembley.

MJF's bacne is getting completely out of control, god damn.

I would give the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't intended to come off that way, but GUNTHER's whole WWE gimmick has been ubermensch-adjacent so who knows.

Damn, I wasn't expecting an Erik Rowan promo to hit me in the feels, but here we are. "Who would miss me? I'm just Rowan" that shit hit hard.

Speaking of, this pic pretty much seals the deal that Willow is the happiest person in the history of pro wrestling

So just to show there's no hard feelings over the Stephanie Vaquer deal, Willow just won the CMLL women's title on the New Japan Strong show tonight.

and yes I realized after the fact I called her by her WWE name twice, but fuck it I own my mistakes.

There was an obnoxious Celtics fan in the crowd (shocking, I know) cheering Sasha, and the NYC area crowd did what they do when that happens. Stephanie absolutely opened a lot of eyes and got herself over, but the crowd turning on Sasha was an indirect result of one douche in the crowd.

Rush has apparently been one of the most vocal defenders so I am not surprised she didn't want to work in the same company as him. As far as CMLL, they do have contracts (mainly to keep their people away from AAA) but they usually will let someone out of a deal if they are signing a deal outside of Mexico. They tend to prefer doing business on the way out if someone is leaving but it's not a deal breaker if someone just wants to bounce. NJPW on the other hand is not happy they were promoting a match for months only to have her leave a week before the show with practically zero notice. I would suspect CMLL having the match to fill the vacant title on a NJPW show was their attempt at a make-good for blowing up one of their matches.

NXT believes in Joe Hendry!

The end of Roxanne/Lola was kinda screwed up but in a way that actually made it look more like a real fight.

Obi Femi tossing dudes around at a level not seen since Brock debuted.

The Canadian Invasion continues!

The sound his head made hitting the table was disgusting, even Corey let out a "Jesus" when it happened.

Jesus Christ

It set up so many possibilities since Punk pissed off everyone in that match for one reason or another, excellent stuff.