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The Miz was a potted plant in the background to the real stars (Rock and Cena). That's why it's been used as a way to get him heel heat over the years. Becky and Ronda were pushed as the main event and Charlotte ended up getting wedged in because reasons, but it was the marquee event.

Agreed. The factual content may be debatable but Nash seems custom made for a gig just sitting around bullshitting with people. It would certainly be entertaining if nothing else.

I don't disagree, but I see people using WM as a negative since it went on last on a marathon show which muted the crowd, and the finish was botched which kind of ruined it. Also if she doesn't come back I see her getting stuck with the "wasn't around on top long enough" tag.

Never forget Kerry Von Erich got released when he did because Vince didn't want him to commit suicide while under contract. Also Vince was adamant he didn't want an Olympic medalist dying on his watch either, which is why he never brought Angle back until he was convinced Kurt was clean.

I know here in Pittsburgh, which is probably the most (American) football obsessed city in the world, our eyes were opened when we found out about Mike Webster. Learning a dude we saw as the centerpiece of an iconic sports dynasty reduced to living in his car because concussions cost him his ability to be able to function as a normal adult was a hard slap in the face.

I suppose that's fair. The big shift came when the main sports leagues were forced to acknowledge the long term effects and could no longer rely on mark doctors to clear players with scrambled brains anymore. Although anyone who saw the NFL try to kill Cam Newton last year might argue that still happens.

We've always known concussions are bad, what's new is just how far reaching CTE can be, It used to be believed concussions were something that can be shaken off and only folks like boxers suffer long term effects. Now it's understood more how long lasting it can be.

Diablo Velasco as well. He trained several generations of Lucha stars from the 40s to the 90s.

Yeah the only time live vs taped made a difference was when WCW was an asshole about it on national TV. Spoilers on the internet have never made that much of a difference.

FWIW I'm of the belief wrestling is usually better taped, at least for weekly shows. There's no reason they have to run live every week (that goes for all companies) other than that's what was done when WWF and WCW had a dick waving contest in the 90s. It makes for a better show and it's financially smarter for the company.

Nice (and hygenic!) touch adding the glove to the Lockjaw for Dr. Britt.

Billy Mitchell is a better heel to be fair. (for those who don't know he was caught using emulation to get some of his arcade records, and when they were thrown out he sued Twin Galaxies arcade over it.)

Somewhere JJ has a tear of pride seeing Tully cheat to win.

You can probably infer by who appears on the show who's affected or at least adjacent to people that were.

He was also running Bar Wrestling, so *maybe* income from that plus what he was earning from his own bookings adds up to that.

Hopefully there will be some lawyers willing to do some pro bono work for them. You'd think "defending sexual assault victims from a lawsuit brought by the assaulter" would be something a lawyer would want to have on the resume. Especially since any lawyer worth their salt could easily turn it around on him and put him on the hook for court costs at the very least.

A huge difference in ages, especially when the man is older, is a red flag for grooming behavior. Also the whole deal with the company just recently having an issue with at least two known cases of talent reaching out to teenagers online and do this kind of angle right now is extra gross because it comes off as the company endorsing those folks' behavior.

Honestly I think at first she was just trying to help with the storyline since it's public knowledge she used to date Murphy and they seem to still be friends. Then she saw the reaction was less "boo this heel" and more "holy shit is WWE really pushing a storyline with a 19 year old and a 32 year old" and had to backtrack quickly. Plus it seems like "blame the fans" is a terminal condition for anyone who works for WWE.

Changes afoot per the NJPW english site, Harold Meij is out as CEO to be replaced by NJPW America CEO Takami Ohbari.

Reports at the time made it sound like it was 100% going to be a relationship angle, and all known info on Vince would suggest people's reaction to this is going to make him want to push it even more in that direction.

Considering WWE's real life issues it's an even worse look to position the 19 year old as the instigator.

Yeah they had NXT trainees and extras around the ring on Underground. They most likely all got quarantined at least.

I'm sure he'd gladly do it but WWE doesn't want anyone over a certain age taking bumps after Lawler almost died on live TV.

lol

Man this story is like Shane fighting Test to defend the honor of Steph's hoo-ha or something.