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The make-up department of WWE is absolutely god-awful, it has to be said again and again, they are doing a terrible job. I'm sure all those women look a hundred times better IRL. Alexa looks like a completely different person on Total Divas.

Wow, really gonna wait for the go home show to do whatever they do with Taker? You would have thought one of the few legit dream matches WWE has left would have more behind it than Cena having a tantrum.

Looks like Kurt doesnt clean the mats wherever hes training Ronda at and she just got through a bout of pink eye.

Was that Sarah Stock playing the role of female Adam Pierce breaking up the Sasha-Bayley fight?

IIRC, it wasn't until Hogan came around that Vince turned into the muscle loving gym rat we know and love today.

AJ and Bryan are probably 1a-1b in my book. Bryan was ahead for a long time but AJ's caught up and maybe by this point surpassed him. I never expected him to do as well in WWE as he has, and he's managed to work miracles with guys I wouldn't think he'd mesh well with. One thing that I think sets them apart is Bryan being on another level when it comes to connecting with the crowd. I consider that a big part of in-ring ability since you can be as techincally sound as you want but it means nothing if no one gives a shit when you do it. AJ's got a lot better in this WWE run, but I don't think anyone can come close to Bryan in that aspect.

Molly Holly will be inducting Ivory. Also it looks like Mark Henry might be part of a more exclusive club if reactions to his induction are any indication. He seems to be one of the handful of people to spend significant time in wrestling that no one has a bad thing to say about him as a person.

I'm sure matches with AJ/Nak/KO/Zayn will all be great and worked in a manner as safe as possible. The beatdown angle on SD was a master class in doing a violent beating in the safest way possible. What worries me is when he's in with stiff/sloppy guys and gets an unintential boot to the face.

I kind of want Joey Janela to book Funk vs Biden for his Spring Break show.

Bruno only came out of retirement to work matches and do commentary as a favor to Vince in return for David getting a push. I think Bruno always felt like Vince just used David to get Bruno back, and that was really the source of his grudge against the company all those years. David and Bruno had a falling out IIRC and I wouldn't be surprised if Bruno blamed Vince indirectly for it.

In my experience, there are generally two types of wrestling fans on the internet . Those who are genuinely interested in wrestling and/or its history and enjoy finding out new information. Those kind of folks tend to fit in well here. The other type are basically WWE only fans and get irrationally defensive if anyone questions the official company line. That's where the "snobbish" stuff tends to come from, as there tends to be a big overlap between those folks and those who think education is bad.

Braun-Ellsworth is probably the greatest squash in wrestling history, can't think of any other where both parties involved launched careers from it.

Guys from that era have shown to struggle mightly in the current script heavy WWE. Piper and Flair had issues, and Kurt is 50-50 if he can make it throught a typically overly wordy promo without bumbling. Hogan's always been a case of diminishing returns post 2002 or so, the best case scenario would be to show up on a Raw-after-Mania level show to get the big nostalgia pop and then have Heath Slater run into a few punches for him. Having him as any sort of recurring character would not be best for either side.

I'm sure the Snickers people would love that.

The link in the OP basically stated WWE has reached out and could have plans, hardly "Hogan is returning to WWE" worthy. Especically in light of having the Moolah Battle Royal blow up in their faces, I doubt they want to have the guy on tape making racial slurs as their next WM plan.

The AAF already will have a year head start so the XFL will have to pick from the guys who washed out from the NFL/CFL/AFF first. At that point you could probably field a better team from 11 random dudes from here.

Owens slowly going more and more crazy was great too. "YOU DID THIS!"

I know everyone hates KO and Sami now, but god damn that show ending angle was great.

Was it wrongfully though? Clearly something happened to cause Mauro to leave, and at the very least JBL was being an ass about if not being the direct cause. Just because Mauro did a tweet upon his return clearly meant to squash any heat, people dogpiled on that as proof Dave was wrong or worked.

A lot has happened in the last couple years to make those type of folks feel a lot more embolded to be human sewers online.

Dave has stated for a while that the only doctor who wouldn't clear him was Maroon. Is it cynical of me to make the connection that the only doctor to not clear him has ties with the two industries most aligned with CTE and concussion lawsuits, WWE and the NFL? Maybe. However it was getting to the point of ridiculousness that seemingly every other doctor and specialist Bryan went to not only cleared him but would mention his brain function was better than most men his age, yet Dr. Maroon was still sticking his fingers in his ears all "nah nah nah I can't hear you, still not cleared". To me if you follow the chain of events it seems clear once Bryan made it clear he would leave when his deal ended to wrestle elsewhere if he wasn't cleared, it set the ball in motion. Vince knows that he would be a giant draw on the indies/Japan or whereever he wanted to go.

I think at this point it's clear that KO and Sami spinning their wheels as of late was clearly just because they were buying time for Bryan to be cleared. What I wonder is how they are going to pull off a Team Smackown Management pairing when they've spent all their time as of late antagonizing each other. Shane heel turn at WM? Attempting to turn Daniel heel would be such a hilariously WWE thing to do I almost want to see them try it.

Where did Ward end up anyway? Seems odd that someone with such a pedigree (pun not completely intended) would get lost in the shuffle.

'Member when everyone was raving about Smackdown, and it was all due to having Bullet Bob's kid in creative?? I member.

Man, how can anyone look at Daniel Bryan and not make him the greatest babyface in the history of wrestling. His retirement speech was one of the most legit heartbreaking moments, and it may have got dusty where I was seeing him so happy to announce he can continue his passion.