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Marti Belle vs Rachel Evers supposedly was so bad that the call was made to change the finish to put Rachel over. The editors must have really earned their money because nothing seemed outrageously horrible based on what aired. Also I understand why everyone was hyped about Jazzy at the tapings, she's like the love child of Braun Strowman and Lady Maxine. Another thing that was clear watching this is the "WWE higher ups didn't like the look of most of the women" is probably more based on half the participants being covered in tattoos more than them not having the typical WWE Barbie look.

This all makes me wonder how NJPW feels about WWE using Bullet Club inspired merch for Finn Balor.

The first four episodes of the Mae Young Classic are up.

Pretty much, the mask is the prize. Plus it's a way to get heat when you're disrespecting someone by tearing up the mask.

This is an odd dynamic in the main event since Wagner is ostensibly the heel but he's also the legend fans don't want to see lose.

I think Sexy Star went in thinking shit was going to go down since everyone is upset at her and Rosemary was just caught in the crossfire.

Sexy Star and Lady Shani were apparently shooting in the womens' match and Sexy hurt Rosemary with the finishing armbar.

AAA puts their TV show up on YouTube weekly too. Also the show hasn't been too bad so far. Certainly going better than their US PPV disaster a few years ago.

Now that Cornette works for GFW, no one better tell him they partner with a company that does man/woman/exoticio/mini 8 person tag matches.

The semi main will probably be a fun spotfest, the Pagano/Mesias match will be a violent brawl if that's something you're into. The women could be fun since Sexy Star is pretty much luchadora Roman Reigns at this point. They're doing the finals of Llave de Gloria now and it's pretty fun, it's the lucha equivalent to a Young Lions match in NJPW.

Full card per the WO site if anyone wants to check it out: Llave de Gloria final Mascara de Bronce & Big Mami & Dinastia & Estrella Divina vs. Hernandez & Hiedra & Mini Psycho Clown & Mamba Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria defend AAA tag titles against DJZ & Andrew Everett, Drago & Aerostar and Monsther Clown & Murder Clown Sexy Star vs. Lady Shani vs. Rosemary vs. Ayako Hamada for AAA Reina de Reinas title Pagano vs. Mesias street fight Torneo TripleMania 25 lumberjack match with La Parka, Bengala, Argenis, Australian Suicide, Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata, Averno, Chessman, Super Fly, Bobby Lashley, Moose, Jeff Jarrett, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido, Decnis, Psicosis (not the original), Maniaco, Histeira, Joe Lider, Halloween, Mr. Aguila, Crazy Boy, Nino Hamburguesa, Lanzeloth, Intocable, Blue Demon Jr., Pirata Morgan, Heavy Metal, Villano IV and a surprise final participant Johnny Mundo defends AAA Mega heavyweight, AAA cruiserweight and Latin American heavyweight titles against El Hijo del Fantasma and El Texano Jr. in a ladder match Psycho Clown vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. mask vs. mask

I don't think it was as much selling with Brock as it was when Brock was legit beating the shit out of people for a while until he remembered it's a work.

A local AAA promoter leaked a flyer advertising Wagner's first appearance without the mask, and it wouldn't be unheard of for AAA to fuck up like this so we'll see.

AAA has partnered with Twitch to offer Triplemania live 8/26 at 8pm est. There's two official channels, the main feed in Spanish (LuchaLibreAAA) and a second one with English commentary (luchalibreaaa_en). Just a heads up for anyone who wants to watch the show since Dr. Wagner vs Psycho Clown should be a pretty big event.

John Cena is a guy who is usually good at getting better than expected matches out of his opponents, which I feel sometimes causes them to be viewed as better than they actually were due to low expectations. Like the Khali matches weren't really all that great, but they were a hell of a lot better than anyone thought they could possibly be so they must be three stars.

Honestly, a lot of it seems to come from people wanting to see Floyd get beat up and thinking the MMA guy can do it. What's funny is that it's a no win for the UFC in the sense that when Floyd wins all the boxing people will be all "we told everyone MMA was garbage" and if Conor somehow wins they'll just claim it was rigged since a boxer couldn't really beat an MMA guy if it was legit.

At the tapings....

UFC didn't really have a choice, the new owners bought high and need to have record breaking income every year to not lose their shirts paying off the loans they took out. The only way they're going to make that kind of money on a regular basis is to whore their top draws out like this.

You're implying he was in Long Beach though. Or is there some other Gordon Solie trait you're referencing I'm not aware of.

(I suck at copying Tweets but you get the point)

Really? Your tweets during Takeover suggest otherwise More JR's performance on commentary here is far superior to what he showed last month in Long Beach. The difference is sobering. #NXTTakeOver that JR performance was more Jerry Lawler than Gordon Solie #NXTTakeOver

Perhaps the most WCW thing ever is that they did this so many times we can't figure out which one I'm thinking of (I think it's the 1991 one).

Bix subtweeting JR the last couple of days has gone from amusing to sad with all the "JR is a drunk" implications. Like, yeah the guy's probably not the nicest guy in the world but he's clearly been having a rough few months and it comes off bad.

Professional boxers haven't been able to lay many hits on Floyd, but people expect Conor will because....reasons. I'm not claiming to be a boxing expert but I've seen exactly one fight where Floyd looked like he was in any trouble, and that ended when he ran for the remaining 5-6 rounds and gassed the guy out. Conor always has the puncher's chance, and Floyd's not a KO guy, but if anyone thinks this is going to be a slobber knocker they're going to be sorely disappointed.

Speaking of WCW and things being unaired do you reckon WWE has the stuff that never made it to air like the interview with Sid as WCW Champion after he beat Vader at Starrcade 93? I know Flair was the replacement that won the title but you hear over the years about stuff being filmed in advance. The Sid taped as champion stuff is just a myth. The July tapings that Sid was part of only ran through 11/20, a few weeks before Starrcade. The November 12th taping for the end of the month and post-Starrcade was more than two weeks after the stabbing and suspension, Sid wasn't around for those at all. He had already taped some BattleBowl promos that made it to TV, and the edited match where the Kongs took him out after the Clash aired. His run in and subsequent match with one of the Kongs never aired since they knew he was done. Those two things could possibly be in their tapes. Not sure a Sid-Kong squash would count as a hidden gem, but be interesting to see nonetheless. Were there any other stuff they filmed years ago from that time period? If the Sid thing was a myth when you read various magazines and they say about people filmed with the belts in Disney because the crowd wasen't wrestling fans I was wondering who else might have had taped stuff. Im sure there was a tag team who did this but can't remember there name. The Freebirds (Hayes/Garvin) had the tag belts and were taped losing them before they ever won them at the following week's Clash. That was what I was referencing earlier.