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Dave said they tried to get "Final Countdown" and while not mentioning the dollar amount said it was way more than TK was willing to pay, while mentioning all the songs he did get to illustrate they must have asked for some insane amount.

I could see him wanting to do something different since for as much as Vince loves him (and he clearly does since he keeps him around despite not checking the usual Vince Boxes). the only thing he seems to be allowed to do there is feud with Sami in between times they are using him as a heater for someone else.

Hearing Dave mention he has "Ruby Soho" stuck in his head because he listened to it so much on WON last night gave me the mental image of Dave doing a deep Youtube dive of Rancid's catalog that makes me smile for some dumb reason. Also how stupid are Europe's management team asking for money well beyond even TK's music budget. When you have a dude who just gifts people theme songs as birthday gifts say "whoa, that's too rich for my blood", you know your asking price is too damn high.

Yeah Jericho was always lauded for his promos and wacky skits like ARM-BAR and his hijinks with Ralphus, plus he was a beneficiary of the "we saw him on tapes we got from Japan" rub which always made someone a bigger deal to the 90s/00s internet crowd.

I thought Punk looked better in terms of physical shape than he has in years (I didn't watch his UFC fights so maybe there). Toward the end of his WWE run he looked physically and mentally shot and while he obviously has some work to do to get back in to ring shape he seemed to be in much better physical shape than he's been in a while.

Let's not forget he had to get used to having to wear those ridiculous lifts in WWE which caused him to botch a lot early on, and that made him an easy target for the "he can't work" crowd in the locker room.

To be fair to Bruce (can't believe I'm saying that), his job is to deliver what Vince wants and there's zero chance he is going to see Adam Cole as any kind of serious main eventer. Suggesting him being a manager was probably his best option on the main roster that doesn't lead directly to becoming one of the geeks that chase the 24/7 champ around.

I would like to see that happen. I enjoy KO, probably more than most here, but he's done all he could hope to do in WWE and I would like to see KILL STEEN KILL return.

Bryan has been vegetarian for a while and I believe he still is, he tried going full vegan but it proved too difficult to maintain on the road. IIRC, he started going vegetarian since he had some kind of digestive disorder growing up and that was the thing that solved it for him.

I love that Sting can get away with stuff like that since his character was an 80s/90s surfer dude for so long. Its like hearing your dad slip into some slang that was popular when he was in his 20s.

I'm sure Bryan *can* have a good match with anyone else in the world but all we've really seen the last several years is that he can work miracles in the WWE style.

I think Jericho's IRL beliefs/personality is coloring people's opinions of his work. He's been a big part of AEW from day one, the crowd singing his theme has been a signature part of AEW shows, he's reached the "legend who can't go as good as he once did but he's still working hard for an old guy so the crowd is more accepting of it" status. The fact that he's at best kinda dumb and at worst he's Pro Wrestling Joe Rogan working the MAGA/anti vax grift train is souring people on his ring work and I can't say I blame them.

This. Kenny may be a goof but there's really no one else around right now who can have a good to great match with anyone in the world in any style. Punk's match was fine for a guy who hasn't done this since 2014, Darby was the perfect opponent for his first match. You want a guy who can bump around for you while you get your sea legs back, and there's not a better guy to fill that role than Darby. It's always been said that the only way to get the ring rust off is to have matches, all the training in the world is no substitution for having actual matches, so if Punk was able to pull off what he did while being that rusty I don't think we're going need to worry much about him.

He's been pretty open about working Arena Mexico being a bucket list item for him.

Yeah it's ridiculous that all they've done is lose since they got the titles. I think Tegan and Shotzi beat them like 3x on Smackdown and never got a title match.

I get all that, but the net result of all that we saw this week is a rerun of a match we just saw last week.

All that TAG TEAM TURMOIL to lead to.......A REMATCH next week! What a colossal waste of everyone's time (hinting at Bob vs Omos was cool tho).

Man, I didn't consider the timing of the MSG show. I just love to be told NEVER FORGET something I witnessed happening live on TV and have been told to NEVER FORGET for 20 years now.

At this point I think Reggie is immune to gravity and only walks as to not freak out us normies.

I want to see a Reggie/Dante Martin match just to see if either guy ever touches the ground.

WHATCHA GONNA DO BROTHA WHEN REGGIE MANIA RUNS WILD ON YOOOOOOOOU

Charlotte gonna get it for saying title match and not CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY.

Clearly the highlight of this show has been Kofi's Kevin Nash gear and him doing the framing elbow.

Like I didn't think they weren't going to botch Kross because that's what they do, but having him dress like a drugstore knock off Demolition while facing Johnny Drip Drip is another level I wasn't expecting.

Karrion Kross on MOIST TV looking like he's wondering how his life ended up in this situation.