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Watching 1984 Mid-Atlantic today, and another one of those things that aged poorly through no one's fault is Paul Jones and the Assassin referring to their enemy list as "the registry".

Because that was probably the original plan, and that's what they're probably going to tell the FOX people. Paul's been in and around the company for years and was already helping folks so him running creative for all of Raw was less of a leap than it would be for Eric who most likely hasn't seen a second of WWE TV in years. It seems like the company realizing a guy like that wouldn't be the best fit to run creative for all of SD is more likely than Dave suddenly making something up out of nowhere.

His replies when asked on Twitter if he'd ever be put in the WWE HOF seemed to indicate he didn't think they'd ever want him back, but it seems like Vince's plan is to throw piles of cash at anyone even slightly associated with AEW (which by the way has been quite the tell that he's way more concerned about them than any other attempt at competition since WCW).

Also the CMLL edecanes dressed up as Liger for the main event intros, which also featured an awesome performance from a Japanese drummer.

Real recognize real.

Unless he gets a Maria-like stupid money deal, I honestly would be shocked to see him go there. He didn't seem to enjoy working there the last time (granted it was forever ago but it's not like it isn't the same guy still in charge) and he seems to really enjoy calling baseball games.

Also Arena Mexico looks like a sellout, so Liger is still a draw in Mexico.

I mean, it's blunt but not wrong. Mexican fans don't give a shit about what would offend American viewers, and they aren't likely to change because they got offended at it. The only thing that would stop is for the luchadoras to make a fuss, and that sadly isn't likely due to the small amount of work available.

So apparently Tony Schiavone okey-doked MLW. Court's claiming he's still under exclusive contract and didn't know Tony did anything for AEW until he read about it in the Observer. I suppose there's also the possibility that Court's just lying out his ass here, but "I'm clueless about what other promotions and also my contracted people do until I see it in the WON" isn't the best look either.

I was thinking it might be clever to have Cody bring in Baby Doll as a counter to Shawn Spears having Tully as his manager (since she has ties to both him and Dusty), but based on her Facebook posts she probably doesn't want to do business with a company that donated to victims of gun violence.

It's actually not uncommon in Mexico for wrestling and church to mix, AAA has a mass they do every year and Fray Tormenta not only is a real priest he was involved in getting over the original Mistico (the videos that introduced the character had him giving Mistico the mask).

Tony has a contract with MLW but they don't seem to be mad if their people work AEW (see also: MJF)

This really is the best possible outcome. Let him be the face of the company for the FOX suits and convince them everything is fine when the ratings don't meet expectations, and maybe his schmooze powers will keep them from getting demoted to 3am on FS2.

This Friday is the Liger farewell match in CMLL, and the semi-main is the return of LA Park team with his sons against the Munoz family (Rush, Mistico, Bestia del Ring).

So since Tod Gordon bought out Joel Goodhart, and Paul bought out Tod, I wonder if anything was filmed of the pre-ECW Tri State Wrestling anywhere in the pile.

Wasn't he supposed to have an iron clad deal though?

Maybe Heyman cleaned out the attic?

Alexa got mad on Twitter about the crowd shitting on their match last night. It's a real sign of kool-aid consumption when you lash out at the paying customers rather than the company that put you in that position. (and yes I know she can't really rail at the company on social media, just pointing out it's not a good look to lash out at the crowd for not being eternally grateful they were subjected to a TWENTY FOUR MINUTE elimination match.)

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Alexa looking more like her off-TV normal self without all the excess eye makeup was interesting. Normally they don't change the presentation of the women like that.

I seem to recall that they were, but it's short sighted. They can't bring back legends every week since it's been proven nostalgia quickly has diminishing returns, and very few fans that come back for those shows end up sticking around past that week. Basically they get one decent rating then it's back to normal. Plus they're about a month and a half away from football coming back and murdering their ratings.

Well it's not like Brock was being left out of the title scene before Heyman got control. As long as he keeps giving him these bazillion dollar contracts, Vince is going to feel like he needs to be champ to make it not seem like he's wasting money.

All Hail the return of BORK LAZER

They spent all that time just building up Ronda, Charlotte, and Becky. Now one's gone, one's been off TV for months, and Becky's been on newbie detail.

She was dead before that by being put into a feud with Lacey.