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I don't really think AEW would be clamoring for Nia unless she promised Cousin Dwayne would show up.

Two interesting developments today: 1. Bryan said on the WOL show that numerous people from within WWE contacted him and said Nia/Charlotte was what it looked like, they got mad at each other and got uncooperative with each other until cooler heads prevailed and they finished working the match. 2. Asuka posted a photo of her at the dentist announcing she finally got the teeth replaced she got knocked out a while back, while rocking a big ass arm sling/brace combo. So I suppose that explains why she's been AWOL.

A big part of what makes Kenny Omega so great in the ring is he can match anyone's style in the world and have the best possible match that opponent could have. Sasha seems to have that trait as well. She's been so many other people's best match at this point it's crazy.

Y'know, Adam Cole might be the most professional guy in the biz right now. He could have really fucked the company over since they were stupid and didn't realize his deal was up prior to the show he as main eventing, he could have gone full Jeff Jarrett and asked for a huge payday to show up...hell he could have just said FU and really pantsed them by showing up on Dynamite while NXT was still promoting the match, but he signed a month extension so the show would be covered and did his job (literally and figuratively) like a pro.

Like of all people to cape for to get internet points, Nia Jax though? It seems like a lot of people are taking Dave's report of it being an attempt at a worked shoot at face value, which, ok whatever, but that doesn't explain Nia dropping Charlotte like a sack of potatoes on multiple occasions. "BUT SHE'S JUST WORKING STIFF!!" Motherfucker, WALTER works stiff and as far as I know he's never hurt anyone outside of turning people's chest skin into hamburger meat.

I guess now it's bad to point out that Nia is a sloppy mess that hurts people and nearly got into a shoot fight on live TV and doing so makes you a misogynist ? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Surely people would have the same reaction if a match with two dudes broke down like this?

Seems like I could see three possible reasons here: 1. The company realized how stupid the segment with Alexa and Charlotte looked and hit eject. That would require self awareness WWE has not normally shown, so this seems the least likely. 2. It got caught in the tornado of Vince tossing the script in the air, which is certainly a strong possibility. Normally protected acts are spared much of the wrath tho. 3. Charlotte realized how stupid the segment with Alexa looked and pulled the "that doesn't work for me, brother" card when the company is desperately trying to keep her from joining the rest of her family in AEW. Andrade publicly stating he wants her to come with him was the best thing for her career. She doesn't even have to do anything to make them jump at her command. They KNOW she has options and doesn't have do put up with shit.

My man MVP getting himself in the main event, respect the hustle.

Yes, that def. gave me kitao/tenta vibes. Both of them were like "you wanna do this?" and then both seemed to be realizing they knew it wouldn't be smart (but not sure the other one was thinking that).

HOw can a guy who has more drip out of the ring than anyone else in WWE like Omos have ring gear like his luggage got lost and he's making the best of what he had?

Yeah either they worked the piss out of me or they were about to start legit throwing bombs at each other like Frye/Takiyama. Not to mention it looked like Nia just blanked on the next series of spots to the point Charlotte seemed to have a seemingly real "wtf?" face.

At some point, we need to find out at what point did WWE change all their belts to use velcro, complete with fake snaps on one side. That shit makes them look super cheap, like they bought all their belts at the merch stand.

Tony actually mentioned this on the interview he did with Dave and Garrett, he said if things get bad again they do have a contingency plan in place but he hopes they don't ever have to use it.

WWE announced their latest Performance Center class, and it looks like in addition to the usual WWE requirements you can add "related to someone" as a key thing they are looking for since their class includes: Gable Steveson's brother which seems like a clear "please sign with us" move Bull Buchanan's son The Usos' little brother NBA legend Darryl Dawkins' nephew who was a student of D'Von Dudley

Yeah it seems like the original tweet was a concern troll aiming to get a reaction from Brandi since she's so easily gotten to, and mission accomplished.

All NYC is asking is proof of vaccination, so it's not like it's anything draconian to sane people.

Lucha payoffs pretty much work like they did in the old days, a percentage of the house based on your position on the card. Plus hair/mask match losers tend to get a bigger than normal payoff as well. Also a lot of lucha shows tend to be sponsored so some of what people get come from that. CMLL's problem is that they were running empty arena shows so folks were probably getting paid next to nothing, which wouldn't be a deal breaker in lucha except they won't let anyone take outside bookings and expect them to be happy with the crumbs. Also people politically connected like UG get taken care of which only further inflames feelings

There were also reports Impact was bring in Braun Strowman, and while I'm sure they very much would like that, he was asking astronomical amounts to indy promoters sniffing around. Then again every time Impact signs a relatively known name I have a Joe Swanson style "HOW DO YOU AFFORD THESE THINGS?" moment. I think AEW should basically use Impact as their NXT, have guys/girls who were jobbed out or misused go there to get the failure stench off them and if it turns out they have something, have them come swing by Dynamite and see if they catch on.

Then someone should have told Paul that HHH was taking his wife to Motorhead concerts, lol.

Everyone would be better off pretending that gimmick didn't exist. I was falling down a JCP rabbit hole a while back and he popped up in I think 85 and he looked even worse than he did in the WWF.

If you read between the lines, it seemed pretty apparent that his inability to convince Vince Sr to keep the belt on him triggered a depression in him that seemed to grease the skids into drug use (well...*more* drug use I suppose, seemed like everyone was doing some level of drugs at that time).

Yeah, it's not like CMLL has some insurmountable problems that need fixed. Literally all it takes to turn things around there is for someone in charge to give the slightest of shits about putting on an entertaining card. Hell, they could just not go out of their way to fuck with people's money in a part of the world still taking a beating from covid and it would improve things there. Instead you have real estate millionaires acting like it will break the bank to pay non poverty wages.

Didn't Billy say (in his book or something) that the karate gimmick was at the height of his drug use? I would assume that probably explain his rapidly aging appearance and his charisma disappearing. Dude was like the Rock, Dusty, and Hogan rolled into one and a few years later he was like a jobber in a 70s kung fu movie.

Some post show hijinx from Punk, Christian, and Kaz. Christian making "I wasn't disappointed" jokes makes me think he lurks on PWO lol.

I guess they are doing this to have Jericho on every show to add star power, but all you need is Excalibur and Taz. I suppose if you really want a 3 man booth you can put Henry out there as the World's Largest Beth Phoenix and just have him read off random factoids.