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It was mentioned in the latest Observer that Edge looking old was a factor but not the deciding one:

Well Logan's done boxing so he's familiar with worked sports (I kid....sort of)

Its so typically WWE that they look at Logan Paul and all they see is "23 million YouTube subs" and not all the times he's been an unrepentant douchebag. The thirst is so transparent with this company.

I mean, I keep hoping it's that because the alternative is that it appeals to people who are into women acting like little girls, which is.......ugh.

People who think the Joker and Harley Quinn are relationship goals?

Well I suppose that's a relief to know the embarrassingly bad edit was a WWE deal and not an NBC one .

Yeah I wasn't particularly sad that comment was edited out, it was just shocking to see it done in a manner that looked like my 9 year old did it. I can't imagine how like.......75% of ECW stuff is going to pass muster either.

Someone shared a clip of the ham-fisted way they edited out Brian Pillman (as Yellow Dog) calling Johnny B. Badd "Johnny B GAY" by adding fake technical difficulties, and if that's the way things are going to be edited going forward the internet outrage will be amazingly hilarious.

Amazed that anyone here would get that bent out of shape over a reality show. Yeah It looks kinda dumb. No I have no interest in watching it. It's practically zero risk and all reward for AEW. If it becomes a hit and draws more eyes, great. If it flops its no big deal since most of AEW's hardcores won't watch it and won't know if it gets canceled anyway. The only possible downside would be if it flops and somehow sours TNT folks on AEW, which considering how much they seem to love them doesn't seem likely.

Funny thing is it's also a phrase used to describe when cops stick together and protect one of their own from having to accept any responsibility for wrongdoing.

He's largely coasting by on being lucky that there is both a sports rights fees boom and a "streaming services paying out the ass for content" boom going on. If one pops the other will still be around to keep them afloat for the foreseeable future. The only issue is if he believes he's getting all this money because it's high quality content rather than just large amounts of it.

To be fair, Tommaso aged himself about 15 years by growing his hair out so he looks like a jacked Bugsy McGraw.

So they did an angle after NXT went off the air where O'Reilly called out Cole to fight and in the fracas that followed, Cole decked William Regal. Between that and the segment from Regal's office where his brass knux were prominently on display, I wonder if he's going to end up coming out of retirement.

I wasn't sure if that segment with Cole and O'Reilly was going to end with them signing a contract or making out on that table. Either one seemed equally likely to happen.

Having HBK make the Cruiserweight unification a ladder match without saying a word was a brilliant use of him. You don't have him do a promo and overshadow the guys involved, and everyone knows what it means for him to pull out the ladder.

NXT has done an excellent job putting together a two night show together with matches I genuinely want to see. Two guys who will beat the piss out of each other like Ciampa and WALTER on a show where everyone is going to be amped to go balls out? Yes. Yes I would like that very much.

I think it's because a Rhodes Family Reality Show is something WWE would (and as noted has) done with their talent and AEW fans are by nature going to have a negative kneejerk reaction to anything like that. None of us are the target market since we're already watching AEW, but if this show gains eyeballs (especially ones who wouldn't normally pay attention to wrestling) it would be a success. My only concern is I don't think Cody and Brandi will have the same appeal as say Miz and Maryse do, since I'm not sure Cody would be as up for the wacky hijinks the Miz gets into.

I wonder if the win + her appearance in the brawl later means Tay is the new female Dark Order rep since Anna Jay blew her shoulder out.

Whoa, wasn't expecting Tay to win, that was cool.

I was thinking the same thing, this is very Bruno vs Larry Z but the roles are all wrong. Maybe QT ends up busting a wooden chair over his head.

It just hit me that Shawn Spears is there to be the JJ role when they finally do a War Games match and do the job.

It was the World Champ getting to put on a display with someone that was not really a threat to beat him. A modern version of Ric Flair vs George South if you will.

That Stone Cold-esque shirt is awesome.

It's pronounced wing-ed when it's a reference to Final Fantasy VII

Man, it really is something how great Don Callis is on commentary and how big a role he's played in getting Kenny over as a scummy heel.