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I love how it seems like Ziggler & Roode seemingly went into business for themselves by naming their team the Dirty Dawgs since WWE looks like they are going out of their way not call them that.

I could imagine the combo if RT'ing far right politicians and apparently having heat with someone they clearly are investing time in is not going to go well for Shanna's prospects.

Man, watching the Pillman ep now is just devastating to see how fucked up his family was yet how much he loved his kids. JR talking about going to Brian's funeral thinking about how this should never be a part of his job was powerful stuff. On a lighter note, it was hilarious to see Eric still believing he was in on the work 23 years later with the whole release deal. To be fair, it 100% comes off that he completely believes what he's saying, but it was funny to see literally everyone else who would know (Kim Wood, Dave, Jim Cornette) basically say "yeah that mf got worked".

Yeah I get what he's saying, but more eyeballs were on the Impact belt with Nakazowa wearing it than any of the last dozen actual Impact champs. As long as they aren't throwing it in a trash can on Dynamite they should be happy with it.

Well Blood and Guts largely delivered what was promised even with the Jericho pillow bump. The PPV was built on seeing shit get blowed up and didn't deliver so it seems like that would be a difference. Also next week's show is so ridiculously stacked I don't see how anyone would skip it based on one bump.

He was trying to use the Pillman deal as an example of someone who made their decision solely based on who gave him the most money, and may have had regrets about it later on. I think that might explain the "Did he buy a Humvee" line. If I'm doing the usual read between the lines Meltzer translation, it seemed to me like he was saying Bryan went with the money the last time he signed and maybe he was second guessing that choice now.

I mean, that's kind of what is happening tho. If people were mocking Jericho's obvious blading/spot calling I would say that's fair game for jokes. Mocking the same kind of bump that Shane does in every match seems a little disingenuous to me. If anything I would make the case if they were going to do a bump off the cage spot, literally anyone else in the match would have been a better call than Jericho.

Could it have been shot better to not show as much of the crash pad? Of course. What I don't get is all the snickering this one got when every Big Bump in WWE/NXT also has an obvious crash pad that normally is just as visible. It just seems like a lot of it is people trying to take a minor blunder and bad faith it up.

I was thinking more LMAO at the person who seemingly tries to kill herself with dangerous spots in every match she's in trying to clown on someone trying to be safe.

I still want a Netflix series where it's Mox and Kingston going around just being bros, and occasionally stopping to murder people.

Dusty was his dad, and Ric Flair was his favorite wrestler as a kid. We should be lucky he doesn't walk around with a crimson mask 24/7.

All in all, that was a fantastic War....uhh.... BLOOD AND GUTS match. The NXT ones are fine, but double ring/cage with weapons and no blood will never not be lame to me, and this match delivered everything I was hoping to see.

All the commercials sucked, but if they run this again on a PPV at some point it will instantly get praised for not being interrupted.

No one's gonna confuse this with the version that NXT uses, that's for sure.

Kenny has to face someone he can beat since he obviously has plans with Impact and AAA (Andrade at TriipleMania).

OK, I lol'ed at Nakazawa being Kenny's personal belt carrier.

Breaking news: Britt continues to be awesome.

You can't set up two rings near Arn without him feeling his oats, lol.

Add in the WWE #ForTheBrand stans that will turn on him just for having the gall to work somewhere not WWE, that number will probably be closer to 50%

Probably because Dave has been pointing out that old farts of the time were down on Harley for being too flippy, especially for a guy his size.

World Class was one of the bigger non WWF syndicated shows. They were aired all over the world and had a habit of getting super popular in far away places. That's also why they were big in Israel in all places.

The moment he was revealed to be in Pinnacle I was like "wtf, why him?" Once they announced Blood and Guts it was like "oh, he's totally going to be the JJ Dillon of this match",

It must be rough for him, he clearly loves wrestling to a degree most can only imagine (see how he broke down after his retirement speech), but obviously he has to put his family needs first. I'm sure deep down he wants to go all over the world and have the best matches possible against the best every country has to offer, but also knowing he has to make the most money he can for his kids (which is normally not something he's concerned about since he famously lives a low cost life) which means staying with WWE and missing out on crossing off his bucket list items.

If he signs with WWE, there's no way they are going to allow him to wrestle anywhere than promotions they have a stake in. If anything, signing with WWE will burn a lot of the goodwill he has with fans who listened to him talk about having matches elsewhere for years but just ended up blue balling them every time,

IIRC, Boesch ran shows in Houston but it wasn't a promotion in the sense of having their own titles, he just had exclusivity to promote shows there. Watts would have his guys do those shows and air them in part or in full on Mid South tv. It helped both since his TV would drive interest in Houston shows, and getting on a Houston show helped a feud get "this is a big time match" rub.