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If Brandi Rhodes is going to get called out for code switching, it should be mentioned how Randy's getting real gangsta in his tweets toward Soulja Boy. He's really bringing the "white kid listens to Ice Cube one time and suddenly thinks he's from the hood" vibes.

This is a remarkable thread so far, I really have nothing to add other than I found this and thought it would be a good addtion:

Miz is a top guy in terms of someone who does all the work the company expects from a top guy (media, press junkets, gigs hosting other TV shows) all while never moving any numbers a top guy should do. It's weird.....I don't want to say he's "cosplaying" a top guy, but he's been largely kept safely in the mid card in comedy or comedy-adjacent roles and can be temporarily be stuck in a top guy role when needed. He's never been seriously pushed as a credible main eventer though, even both his title runs were notable for just being set dressing for the real main event guys. Funny thing is, I'm confident he could be a very capable top level guy if his career wasn't hamstrung in the beginning by idiots jealous he was a TV star before entering THA BIZ and didn't do the proper amount of bowing and genuflection before entering the locker room. So I guess I'm kind of saying "not a top guy" but for reasons largely out of his control. I would love to see an alternate timeline where WWE wasn't a monopoly for an entire generation and he was able to have started off in a company that doesn't handcuff young talent due to their weird hangups.

I'm of the opinion Sr only sold (or whatever) to Jr because of his declining health, so he probably wasn't in much of a position to do much. But I do think having dad around kept VKM's more wacky inclinations at bay.

I do like the fact that despite heel/face status no one wants to help Miz because.....he's Miz.

Shoutout to MVP's pimp cane

So I guess this Miz deal was all an attempt to have one week where hour three doesn't tank?

Well to be fair (to a Flair, lol) if Charlotte is getting a title match at Mania she should be winning.

MVP out here thinking he's in AEW dropping s bombs.

Typical WWE making you feel like an idiot for getting interested in anything.

Also not sure why Morrison is rocking the Captain Marvel hairdo.

Oh god, they went from Papa Shango vomit last week to Hogan seeing Warrior in the mirror. I can't wait for Bray to come back as the Black Scorpion.

Miz better get Kofi'd tonight.

Also how WWE is it for them to have the guy who's with Bad Bunny do a match with the guy who's seconded by the MAGA white supremacist.

Yeah they mentioned Ibushi would be the first champion of the new title, which sounds like it may have been one of those "lost context in translation" things, Also maybe now that the Forbidden Door is open, the US title will be the 2nd title? Once everyone gets their vaccine of course.

New Japan announced the heavyweight and IC titles are being combined into a new title to be known as the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Well not the f bomb, but Tony did say their partners assured him there would be no problems and since there was problems he was putting it up on Youtube. So basically, yes.

Dave mentioned that the NWA is doing a TV taping March 21-24. Your guess is as good as mine who's going to be there other than Nick Aldis and Sareena Deeb (assuming she's still women's champ then).

As awesome as Hall of Pain Mark Henry was, the last thing WWE needs is more retirees coming back.

Well the indy boom (pre COVID anyway) had a pretty substantial increase of LGBTQ+ and minority wrestlers out there that helped draw from bases wrestling not only usually would not market to but sometimes go out of their way to drive away. People still have it stuck in their minds that all wrestling = WWE and just because they are driving away fans at record numbers that it means pro wrestling in general is.

I know it's easy to bash the NWA and especially Billy (ask anyone in the music biz what their opinion of him is), but I dug the show and most what they did worked for me, I hope they land on their feet somewhere.

Well MAME (arcade emulation) has been ported to every conceivable device out there, so you can play it pretty easily now. Also I just picked up RetroMania Wrestling the other day too, it's funny to read the Steam reviews that largely praise the game for being like WrestleFest and one guy who was really pissed that it's a modern game that looks and plays like WrestleFest.

I always was of the opinion that Miswa deep down did really think he was trying to create a new star, but his top guy wrestler brain just wouldn't let him do it. I mean, he not only was the ace for a long time, he was considered one of the best of all time if not *the* best ever, and guys with the drive to reach that level normally can't just flip a switch and start putting guys over.

Each channel has access to their own stats in terms of location/age/gender. I'm sure someone in Google has a master list, but any individual channel owner can see who and where is watching their content. Its why WWE went all in on India since something crazy like 70% of their Youtube views come from there. I've heard other creators mention they can see the age range of who watches their videos too.

I don't dislike Gino's announcing, and he seems like he's a great guy IRL, but he comes off like someone trying too hard to be Jesse Ventura at times which makes him look low rent.