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Also Buddy probably wants to get back to WWE to make sure Rhea and Dom don't work themselves into a shoot, brother.

I would say possibly because Sullivan was so committed to the bit people thought he was responsible for all the Benoit stuff 20 something years later. Most people in that role are clearly doing a gimmick, but with him part of you thought "this guy might be legit", at least you did in the 80s.

They gotta be strapping up Swerve at Revolution.

Even allowing that being an undersized ass-kicker is part of Hook's legacy, him vs Brian Cage is just silly from a visual standpoint.

The Young Bucks as thinly veiled Vince avatars is somehow so far just straddling the line considering the last week. Leaning in to the "out of touch douchebag promoter" aspect sure helps.

I was being glib, but apparently we are having a CMLL invasion after all, lol

Lucha guys in the front row! CMLL invasion!

I fully expect Okada Bucks to be falling from the ceiling in AEW soon enough.

He got fired for Wellness issues, iirc he got busted with coke.

Yeah Graves is going to be the play by play man, which will probably be a good way to keep his tendency to want to be Bobby Heenan under control. Speaking of Graves, I wonder if he's pushing for his bro Sam Adonis to get signed since he doesn't have a contract with AAA.

NXT was a pretty fun show, and that Chase U angle in a vacuum was a harmless if not dated skit, but it's very telling it made TV without anyone how tone deaf it comes off as.

So..............they are really going with "Chase U is saved by the sales of a cheesecake calendar" after the last few days? I mean I'll give them the benefit that this was probably planned before everything broke, but jesus christ did no one think "maybe we should change that"?

Agreed. I'd wager anyone who's worked for WWE for longer than five minutes in the last 40 years has heard fucked up stories/rumors/tales about Vince, but I as far as knowing all the sordid details I would think only his inner circle would know the full story.

The Bellas are in an especially tough spot not only because of the Laurinatis stuff, but I doubt there's been a woman who's ever got a significant push in WWE that didn't get creeped on by Vince at some point. Also the lawsuit mentions Vince showing the photos to random tech people so it really strains credibility that none of the wrestlers knew anything was amiss since he seems to constantly act like a teenager who just got to third base for the first time.

Anyone else wondering what happened with Kevin Patrick? I didn't think he was doing that bad a job to not only get removed from SD but fired completely.

Part of me thinks Tony warming up with CMLL in the last few months is just so they are cool with Bryan getting his Blue Panther match, which I'm completely okay with.

It will never not amuse me that I get to hear a Pittsburgh yinzer accent on WWE TV when Pat is around

They must have still been using the Rumble clock since their commercial-free hour lasted 53 minutes.

I'd argue he's #3 at best behind Gunther and Rhea in terms of relevant champions IMO

Eddie completely nerding out on commentary was so heartwarming. That was 100% teenage tape trader Eddie on the mic for that match.

Sadly the Plane Ride from Hell episode made sure they'll never be able to get anyone on camera do discuss anything more than how much coke did Brother Bruti do.

The most charitable defense for Ari is all he knew is Vince has a bunch of NDAs, which if you are doing a billion dollar deal with someone like that you'd think at the bare minimum you'd ask what's up with those. As far as Bruce, not only am I sure he knows every detail that went on I'm fairly certain he's one of the Unnamed WWE Corporate Employees in the lawsuit. I wouldn't be surprised if his podcast goes silent for a while, at least it should if he's smart (or his lawyer is smart enough to have him STFU while this plays out).

Just thinking how the whole "make Trish bark like a dog" segment now somehow looks even worse in retrospect, which I didn't think was possible.

Big Bob dumping Kross like the trashbag he is.

I totally forgot Andrade was going back to WWE lol