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"Great officials here, we can say their names".....JR bringing the sass tonight.

Allie gasping for every spot Kong does makes her seem even more like an unstoppable monster.

Smiley Kylie vs the Dentist seems like a feud destined to happen at some point.

KONG!

A small, but important thing...I like how they are breaking up pins instead of having guys kick out of potential finishing moves.

High priced boxing events setting the price standard for PPV, followed by WWF and WCW inching it up bit by bit over the years.

Big Vinny V from the Bryan and Vinny show getting screen time.

I mean, they kinda deserve a little victory lap for pulling this off.

Considering Page was supposedly facing Pac until like a week ago, this is apparently AEW's first Plans Change moment.

Still have no use for Havoc, but I suppose him and Dreamer can staple gun each other to their heart's content.

Jungle Boy should be a huge white meat babyface to draw the young girls.

Battle Royals usually suck, but this is fine as a way to introduce people to what will probably be their mid card for the most part.

Brian Jr out there looking like 1986 Ricky Morton with the blonde power mullet.

MJF is such a great heel.

So are we thinking The Artist Formerly Known as Dean Ambrose shows up here?

It's exciting to think there's a genuine major competitor in wrestling again. I honestly didn't know if we'd ever see this again after WCW folded. Even if what AEW offers isn't your bag, just having more viable companies that give people places to work and stimulate competition is great for the business.

Damn dude, who hurt you to have this much anger for a promotion running it's first show on their own? I will say it is kind of giving me nostalgia for the WWF fans vs WCW fans battles of yore. Even before the Monday Night Wars made it cool, it always seemed like there were folks who hated the very concept of the opposing promotion, as if Vince or Crockett murdered their mothers.

So in other news, Deano Machino was announced as a senior producer/coach today.

Cody is pretty protective of his dad, I don't think it would be far fetched to believe that pissed him off. Too bad for him it's the one person in WWE his fanbase won't allow anyone to make jokes about.

Was it a joke that fell flat or was he implying she's not really a nice person IRL?

R-Truth is probably one of the more underrated guys on the roster, he can seemingly make anything work. If he can be the Crash Holly of the 24/7 title, maybe they have something.

He stumbled into the spot because of Ali, but he stayed there because it got over and clicked with the fans at a level almost nothing else does in today's WWE. Giving all the credit to Daniel (while he certainly deserves a portion) is suspect as hell.

I'm not saying anyone critical of Kofi is racist, but it does seem like a lot of folks in the wrestling bubble are eager to deem this run he's on a failure. Lots of minutiae and nitpitckery that I don't recall other recent champs having to deal with. I don't blame folks for thinking it's another case of a black person having to work 2x as hard to get the same amount of benefit.

Was it ever confirmed if they have any GCW TV in good condition? Wondering if it's somewhere in an unlabeled box next to where the Last Battle footage was found, or if it was just not Network quality enough for WWE.

I was sure it was either him or Knobs that got hurt there. I will say Norman Smiley doing a Courage the Cowardly Dog gimmick as the guy scared of his shadow who somehow got roped into hardcore matches was one of the few entertaining-on-purpose moments in late era WCW.