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I think the best indictment is that the recently passed Casey Michael, who devoted his entire life to women's wrestling and those who do it, didn't like you that was the largest red flag possible.

Also it seems like deciding to start no selling in a match against someone who's trained and fought in MMA is not the best plan to have.

Yeah, but Billy is at least someone willing to spend money to run professional wrestling shows. That's not something common enough to be able to afford to piss one of them off. At this point, if it wasn't clear already, it seems like she needs to be moved fully into the "not worth the hassle" pile.

Ivelisse continuing to be the female Austin Aries is not surprising but disappointing. Not to mention of all people to decide to do it with, it's against someone representing another company so you can burn two bridges for the price of one.

Not even sure why Ciampa is still there, he publicly stated (correctly) his body couldn't handle a main roster WWE schedule and he's beyond played out in NXT. I mean obviously he's a "keep him so no one else can have him" guy, but he's just spinning his wheels.

I know this list is long, but one of the things WWE missed the boat on is pushing Kacy as a Rey-style tiny person who can flip around and do amazing and cool things.

In my head I'm booking him as a dude going after everyone with #SpeakingOut allegations.

LOL that was my exact same thought as well. I'd get dirty looks getting in her car if my shoes were muddy.

That was fantastic.

That facepaint makes Santana & Ortiz look like Tama Tanga and Tanga Loa.

Shida cleaning house while wearing her title belt as a bandelero is a baller move.

I'm OK with it as long as it's a Jim Crockett/Jack Tunney role where he only appears occasionally to deliver major news. It's not a secret that he's the boss and you should have an authority figure that lays down the law when needed. Just because WWE abuses it doesn't mean it's not a role that has value.

Since the person he responded to deleted his tweet, KO posted a pic of him and his daughter wearing masks and this guy was like "your daughter is wearing a mask..... *shrug emoji*", leading to KO unleashing the above dunk.

Say what you will about him as a wrestler but I'm a KO mark for his tweets alone.

So I found one of the low level channels on my TV package actually airs the Championship Wrestling from Hollywood show, and it just happened to be their first two weeks back from the pandemic. Other than a little bit of "we've got 6 months of pent up angles we're going to bukkake on your face" it was a pretty decent show. Helps a lot that they were already in a small TV studio so no fans doesn't take nearly as much from their aesthetic as it did for other shows. They were doing a lot of plugs for the NWA show since they are pretty much the ones partnering up for this (the "United Wrestling Network" is pretty much them creating a fictional governing body for them and their Arizona offshoot that apparently being booked by Peter Avalon), and I have to say it was a pretty well produced.

Hollywood is on par with rasslin in terms of sleaze, but at least they get unions and health care. Even if you end up a B level actor at least you don't need to run a gofundme when old age starts to take its toll.

If nothing else the Fox contract was worth it for the interview where Bayley accidentally revealed wrestlers don't have any form of collective bargaining ,and the Fox Sports interviewer being completely baffled at that.

"IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT" - that ref, probably.

Yeah I saw a clip on Twitter where you can see from the ref's POV it looked like Mickie tapped out and while obviously the ref is clued in to the finish they are told to call it like a shoot.

Not to mention on top of everything else, it's poor staging/costuming as well. Could not one of the 500 writers on staff not been like "Yeah, you know that group we're trying to get over as such a serious threat heels and faces band together to stop them? Maybe we shouldn't have them dress in a visually similar way as the jabronis who chase around R Truth every week for the 24/7 title".

So the people who seem to be penciled in as official members (as opposed to people who are just background fodder) are Dijakovic, Mia Yim, Mercedes Martinez, and Dio Madden. So you have folks that WWE only fans have no clue about and fans who follow NXT know none of them have any reason to be mad at WWE since they were all given ample opportunities. I suppose Dio Madden has a legitimate beef since he was getting a shot to be an announcer on Raw before Brock killed him, It's just silly either way. Even if this whole thing would have been done correctly from the jump, having the reveal being a bunch of unknowns with no real axes to grind would have made it a failure. The funny thing is WWE has tons of people not being used/underutilized who would have fit way better as "disgruntled employees tired of the bullshit just decide to fuck shit up", but that would have required an iota of self awareness we all know WWE does not possess.

Yeah but.....the Hurt Business were the only folks who came out to fight them and made a big deal of taking off their jackets and marching up to them. It wasn't exactly all the WCW babyfaces and heels emptying out to fight off the nWo.

If you believe the sleaze-thread type rumors of the day, Dory's school was more for his wife to scout talent if you know what I mean.

So with the Hurt Business.....supposedly heels.....coming out to brawl, does that make the angle BLM vs Antifa?

I think I had a seizure trying to watch the Hurt Business brawl with Retribution. At least Keith Lee finally got to do Keith Lee stuff with that dive.