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Shayna coming out to choke out Seth right there would have made her the #1 babyface in a heartbeat.

Apparently the plan is for them to have a cinematic match and have a CGI eye gouging.

I was worried they were going to put Shayna in the 24/7 division.

....and she did!

It's also weird watching the company congratulate the Horsewomen for the 5 year anniversary of their main roster debut and shattering the expectations the company themselves set for women's wrestling. I guess that's what happens when you awkwardly co-op what was a legit pushback from fans on how poorly women were being treated. It's still hell of a thing for a company to pat themselves on the back over.

There wasn't any technical limitation per se in terms of how high quality the audio could be on the N64 itself, it's just that being cartridge based had file size restrictions. A *lot* of developers just decided to do fix that by doing the maximum compression possible which made it sound like shit.

I'm actually shocked that KO was the one who was able to get WWE to put in a mandatory mask policy, since he's generally a guy with no fucks to give when it comes to possibly rubbing people the wrong way and those types tend to not succeed in the company. Imagine though how Roman must feel. Dude endured years of creative bungling and still happily plays the role of company man while at the same time having to keep his distance from said company, only to have Kevin fucking Owens come in and get WWE to start taking this shit seriously. Like you have to think he's having a 'why don't he want me, man?' moment wondering why the top guy not trusting his co workers to act responsibly wasn't motivation enough for the company to act.

AKI were god damn wizards when it came to making wrestling games. two decades later and still no one has figured out how to make one better.

So Charlotte, prompted by the need to take her mind off a broken AC, went on Twitter to talk about her issues with having silicon poisoning from a leaking implant and how her current time off is due to having a procedure done to correct a cosmetic issue related to that. In an ideal world that should lead to a discussion of the industry leader setting expectations for women that lead them to believe their only option is to get tons of (usually unnecessary) plastic surgery, but that has become a third rail that everyone is afraid to touch, since any mention of it gets twisted into attacking the person who mentions it as someone bashing women based on looks. It kind of ties in to the previous discussion on how there is a real issue with groupthink in that company, which one might be tempted to call cult-like in many ways.

Okada vs Yujiro sounds like something booked as the starting point for Okada righting the ship and climbing back up the mountain again. Speaking of, there's something ironic about Yujiro getting a push when Pieter isn't around. His act loses so much without her. Nothing lamer than a pimp with no women.

I mean, a lot of the roster doesn't have the option not to go to work to be honest. Most of the people at the PC and in NXT get paid peanuts and probably can't afford to not go to work. It its absolutely on them to not be going out and not taking proper precautions though, no argument there. I do wonder though, considering the horrible takes (not COVID related ones, but more general right-wingery 'have you tried not being poor" ones) we've seen from homegrown folks like Braun and Corbin, if there's not some kind of indoctrination going on with the company that is going on that is leading to this attitude so many have Sure, there's likely some of the usual "young people think they are indestructible' going on, but it makes me wonder if there's something else at play. Also it could be proof for my theory that spending excess time in Florida causes brain damage.

Those of us who cut our PURORESU teeth on 90s AJPW tapes (and N64 video games) will likely get a little misty listening to all these classic themes.

Ironically I could see them doing what the Rock N Rolls do now, and work a version of whatever the style will be 20 years from now.

I also wonder if Naito ended up in a Dalton Castle situation where by the time he finally got his championship win he was too beat up to do anything with it.

Both Evil (obviously) and Taichi's wins came off as Gedo deciding we need to solidify these guys as top players right F'N now. If were's being honest, seeing Taichi being put so hard over Tanahashi and Ibushi surprised me more than Evil. I never saw him as anything more than the guy to take the fall in six mans, and maybe get some wins over the Young Lions on their way up. I have to admit, dude more than held his own in there and looked good. I still think the gimmick is silly but I can allow that's probably because it's more cultural based on how big idols are in Japan.

I got the feeling that they are working on the assumption they won't be able to use anyone who isn't already in Japan for a while and decided to go all in on elevating some of the native talent.

2020 continues to hold surprises with DICK TOGO.

That's about as strong as you could possibly put over new tag champs.

BTW, the clear MVP of this show has been Liger's fruit themed tropical shirt.

YO blew out his knee at the worst possible time, poor dude's about to get Marty Jannetty'd at the rate SHO is going.

I can only imagine how messed up Tenzan's legs must be. Dude's basically walking on his ankles and has been for probably years at this point.

Man......watching Dominion with an actual real live (socially distanced) crowd is giving me "this could be us, but you playin" vibes.

Booking in JCP was always going to be a problem. Giving Dusty so much power in retrospect was probably not the best idea since it just led to pissing contests between him and Ric.

Yeah it def. wasn't Vince running roughshod and looting rosters, or the TV model changing from local stations providing TV time free for local territories, it was *checks notes* Ric Flair having excellent matches. Also you can probably make an argument that Crockett monopolizing the NWA title led to the model breaking, as it led to groups like World Class leaving since they couldn't get the champ booked in their territory anymore.

I get that they were scrambling for something to fill time, but holy shit that karaoke segment was BAD.