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Confusion about Andrade aside, that was a fun show.

Yeah that was surprising to me since allegedly Andrade wasn't exactly endearing himself to folks behind the scenes.

Not to mention there's zero chance WWE would ever allow blading in a women's match when they barely allow it with the men. Funny thing is a lot of the time with Nia it almost seems like she doesn't realize her own strength and ends up hurting the much tinier women on the roster by not realizing how far they'll go when she tosses them around. Clearly that's not the case with someone like Jade.

So TNA just announced they are doing an investigation on Masha Slamovich. She used to be in a relationship with former MLW wrestler Akira and one of his friends posted ȧ dropbox link on Twitter full of screenshots of Masha and Akira texting each other and most of them involve her being verbally and emotionally abusive toward him, and even a few pics of what appears to be signs of physical abuse on him by her. I've been going over them and she comes of at best as someone very jealous and angry, especially an exchange where she basically goes into a rage over him getting a Ribera jacket when he did a tour of Japan. Saying shit like "you don't deserve it, I do" and her not even wanting him to wear it around her.

So is Bayley doing a Three Faces of Foley gimmick and just going to cycle between Hugger Bayley, Ding Dong Hello Bayley, and Role Model Bayley?

Sting mentioned he wanted to be a part of it since Eddie was the first one to see something in him more than just a gimmick tag team guy. I'd wager that was probably a big part of him doing all the stuff with Darby on his last run as a way of paying it forward. Also it's being heavily rumored the Big Announcement on Dynamite is going to be women's tag titles finally debuting. Tony had the belts made a while ago and injuries kept derailing whatever plans he had for them.

I thought it was cute the way Taker did it, and she clearly was not expecting it (at least not in this manner), but when he hopped the rail to sit next to her part of me was expecting him to drop a "where to, Stephanie?" just for old times sake.

One thing he wasn't doing while he was away was leg day. His upper body is so huge it made his legs look practically Nash-esque.

Death Riders vs Darby/Bryan/??? in the next Anarchy in the Arena perhaps?

PAC on that WWE style "get injured, come back massive" diet.

Mox vs Darby is going to be some insane bullshit and I can't wait.

So the rumor mill is stating New Japan is planning on strapping up Takeshita soon. and that's why AEW is speeding up the potential match with Okada now before it becomes more of a headache politically.

Eddie looking like he hasnt't missed a beat, he's like the passion of wresting in human form.

Considering how much they get paid for random ass PLEs (not even counting Rumbles and Wrestlemanias), you can make the argument that the Saudis have been their bosses for a while now. Speaking of TKO putting profits over everything else, anyone else hear how the reason John Cena's retirement tour isn't having the storybook ending in his hometown? Because Boston wouldn't fork over the event fees WWE was asking for to do a week of shows.

The way Meltzer worded it made it sound like there was a second Wellness Policy violation that would have required a 60 day suspension but the reason he was released wasn't that.

Having Mascarita Sagrada in the opening match and letting him do his thing was a smart move.

Also not trying to be mean, but did Maricela Pena have a stroke at some point? She looks very not well.

Watching the AAA show on a delay. and I was thinking.....for everyone mad that WWE is going to ruin AAA, it was always AAA's goal to be the WWE of Mexico. They just could only go so far with the budget they had. If they get turned into WWE then that's just going to accomplish the goal they had all along.

That's like the WCW Jobber Hall of Fame, god damn!

This, and also AEW made it popular since TK is obviously a lucha fan. Funny enough, they still call the ROH titles "six man".

If you recall, AJ was actually around a bit after Punk left. I've always suspected her retirement was less about injury and more about WWE becoming an awkward relationship once Punk went nuclear on the company.

She was the one who started the #GiveDivasAChance movement back in the day and was an inspiration to a lot of the new generation of women wrestlers since AJ was really the first one to speak up and demand WWE start taking them seriously. She wasn't the best in ring talent of all time but there was a period where she was the Main Character and that struck a chord with a lot of folks.

I popped for "Dalton, you son of a bitch!" Also it should be interesting where Eddie fits in with the Death Riders considering his history with Mox.

oh shit, Eddie Kingston getting called out on Collision!

Yeah after he did those UK shows, it was the easiest layup for AEW to make it permanent. Someone that passionate and knowledgeable who wants to do (and is good at) announcing is a unicorn you don't miss on.