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Orange and Mox having a banger out here

Funny how Tony is teasing a MAJOR STAR signing, and then Ronda Rousey shows up on the ROH taping Also the going rumor on the interwebs is that the person being signed is Will Ospreay. Allegedly a deal was made where he can still appear on New Japan shows and New Japan was cool with it because it meant he wasn't going to WWE.

Also the return of the best theme in WWE

Dragon Lee needs to start an Ingobernales chapter in WWE so they can have a presence in every major promotion in the world.

Seeing Brian Cage reminded me he just welcomed his first child, who is named Logan because of course he is.

Dying at Skye Blue in her emo phase in Mystery Machine themed gear.

I know wrestling is all about the suspension of disbelief, but Reggie as the manager of a team from the streets is pushing it.

Shoutout to Dom for the Art Barr shirt he was sporting tonight

Good thing that Vince isn't in charge of creative anymore, that camera angle showing Bronson Reed the same height as Valhalla would have been a career ender for him.

I'm glad they aren't handwaving away that in storyline Seth took Cody out for months.

Alright, time to watch Raw. It's kind of amazing how Cody is still super over despite being booked like every other babyface: promise to win a championship but in the end fails heroically.

There's a reason people thought she could be the female John Cena back when she was in NXT. She's been a heel for so long people forgot the charisma she had as a babyface. They could easily have Becky and Charlotte save her from the beatdown since they were NXT OGs like her and do a redemption story with Bayley .

I wonder if Bayley ends up getting Sting'd by the rest of Damage Control and ends up on the babyface team.

Also it looks like after doing a match for the ROH tapings, that was it for him in AEW/ROH. For those keeping score this is the running tally of bridges he's burned: GCW - refused to lose to Hijo del Vikingo, which ended his time with them CMLL - did a job for Titan but left such a bad impression he wasn't ever brought back and now AEW/ROH The problem is he left WWE because he felt he wasn't being used properly (ie: jobbing all the time), but his biggest value on the indies in the US or Mexico is as "ex WWE guy that puts on a good match and puts over the local guy". That seems to have broken his brain and it will be interesting if he tries to pull this stuff if/when he gets to go to Japan like he's been wanting.

When I first heard the story I just assumed it was AAA being weirdos again or something, nope just Metalik being a shithead.

Obviously they are setting up the War Games match, but who's going to be on the babyface team? Bianca/Charlotte/Shotzi....and? Also Kairi's elbow us up there with Julia Hart's moonsault when it comes to "moves by tiny people that look like they are crushing their opponent".

I love how Swerve's gimmick is like a psychopath and Nana somehow makes it even better. The crowd doing the Nana dance got a pop from me. Speaking of the crowd, based on reports I was expecting a late era AWA crowd but it looked......fine? Last minute walkup? Creative camera work?

I'm starting to think the Devil is going to end up being Jack Perry. Clearly any time out for whatever the hell happened with Punk should be done with by now, and it would be a way to work him back in as a top guy.

MBS is a big fan so I would expect WWE shows to continue until there's a...change.... of regime.

This is true, but in their ever ongoing quest to capture the casual fan, having her out there looking like a bride on her wedding night isn't the best way to do that. Either you're going to give the impression the show is trashy, or (worse) you'll attract the creepos who are *way* too into it if you get my drift,

Tiffany's ring gear makes me think of bad Divas bra-and-panties matches which I don't think is the vibe they should be aiming for

Legitimate hate like Bubba in ECW asking a girl in the front row learned how to suck dick from her mom = not a great thing in modern wrestling. Legitimate hate like Bully Ray in Impact/TNA by being an actually despicable heel with no redeeming qualities (like how MJF was up until the Cole stuff) = actually pretty great in modern wrestling. As someone who grew up with Tully Blanchard as my heel role model, anyone who tries to be an actual unlikeable asshole heel instead of the "cool heels" that have been done to death since the nWo gets a thumbs up from me.

If Cody doesn't bleed in a War Games match he'll be dishonoring his family legacy.

I wondered why they weren't saying the name of the city they're in, until I saw the Baby Penguins logo on the ceiling when Ivar did his moonsault. I guess Wilkes-Barre is too tiny a city to get mentioned.