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If they aren't going to turn Nikki heel at some point, the build for Evolution is going to be really awkward and weird. The Bellas are being shoehorned into this division, and I don't have faith they are going to give us much reason as to why beyond "because Total Bellas"

So what can only be described as Vintage CMLL, Park vs Rush will not be on the Anniversary show after months of build. They did an angle where Rush is claiming the fans in the building want him to face Volador (spoiler alert: they don't) and it's only the fans on social media that won't buy tickets that want the Park match. The funny thing is all the publicity he got from being on CMLL shows made it financially unwise for Park to do the match since he was surely going to lose. So CMLL revitalized Park's career and won't end up being able to fully capitalize on it. They got some bigger houses for weekly Arena Mexico shows, but they ended up building a quarter of AAA's TripleMania main event free of charge.

From WO's story:

I would agree with your last sentence. Different kinds of charisma for sure, but I would say Misawa and Kobashi kind of underrated in that aspect. The famous story of Baba changing the finish for Misawa to go over (I believe it was) Jumbo based on the buzz he was getting from the crowd speaks to that. It still sends chills down my spine to watch back to his big matches and the crowd chanting MI-SA-WA while his music played.

When Sasha turned around to look at Steph come down the aisle, she had a look on her face like someone took a shit on the rampway,

I'm not saying they wouldn't be good, but Vince doesn't see Finn as main event material and Drew probably will lugging Dolph around for the forseeable future. Lashley's a good option though, I forgot about him (which speaks volumes of how he's been used since the last match he had with Roman).

Should be interesting to see what they do from here. After the obvious Braun feud there's really not much out there for Roman to do.

Historically, the people in wrestling who were the biggest draws and made the most money also were the most charismatic. Like Loss said, it's not like it's an either or deal where you can only be one or the other, but those who have charisma and lack the in ring ability tend to have more success than those that have the ability and lack charisma. I think a part of it is cases like Hulk Hogan and the Rock, who pretty much lapped the competition in their eras in terms of charisma it created a sense of "well no one can compare to *that* so why bother". One thing I always seem to notice when watching old territory stuff on either the Network or Youtube is how much more charisma I see in mid or lower card guys. Part of it might be it stands out more because it's not something common in today's overscripted WWE style, but it shows how important making a connection (or at least trying to) was in the days where your income was based on the size of the house. Everyone had a vested interest in getting an ass in every seat.

It's a looks based business and they keep giving her bad looks. It's not that she personally is bad looking.

It's like the makeup team has been doing a long running troll job on Ronda since the start.

Suddenly the room got dusty seeing Nattie come out wearing Anvil's jacket.

As far as I can recall, they haven't been on Raw since 205 Live became an exclusive Uncle Paul Production.

One of the best parts of Wrestling Twitter is Dixie tweeting at EC3 as if he's actually family.

Next match in this series: Canadian I Quit Match where the loser say's he's sorry.

If I'm booking, the mystery guy who killed Black takes out Johnny to give him a non-Ciampa related program until Mania time.

Shayna is so great as the asshole bully heel.

I just got really sad realizing Henry vs Keith Lee probably will never happen.

Fun note, co worker who is an old school wrestling fan but doesn't watch current stuff saw the show on my iPad and asked me I was watch "that old NWA stuff".

I thought the show started at 8pm EST instead of 7, missed most of the opening tag.

Jesus Christ, Mauro nearly missed the finish of the match trying to shoehorn another reference in at the end.

EC3 out here looking like KFC's Extra Crispy Colonel.

Popped big for the Notorious DREAM

Yeah I thought they would have Riccochet win the NA title and have Adam Cole weasel his way into the title match, or something along those lines.

I realize shit happens in wrestling, but I was a little surprised they didn't use this as an opportunity to stick someone else in the match.

I get that people are burning out on the Ciampa/Gargano feud and all, but this looks on paper to be one of the better Takeovers if everyone performs as expected.