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For a company that has such a fetish for second (or third) generation wrestlers, it's odd they never seem to count Carmella. I know it's probably because her dad was a jobber, but it seems like something they would have at least mentioned in passing when she got grouped with the Welcoming Committee.

I wonder if any actual money was involved, I figured once Double J was back in the fold it was just a matter of time until they just merged.

Nia was starting to get the "person who eliminates a lot of guys in the rumble" reaction, and she wasn't too bad going that long.

So that LaVar Bell segment was certainly a thing. Also heel Big Cass was way better than I thought it would be.

Well perhaps if they keep her away from the bar prior she'll be okay since she seemed half-smashed all the time on the PPV pre shows.

According to Dave, the match was made because Gedo thinks a world champ vs world champ main event would be huge for the first US based show. Seems odd they'd consider the ROH champ to be on that level since it doesn't seem that the ROH guys get much of a reaction on NJ shows I've watched other than maybe War Machine.

So I suppose Cody vs Okada next month will be the rock bottom point for NJPW then he said sarcastically.

I get Cody's not the most exciting guy in the world, but....really?

Well that does seem odd.... *does Google Image Search* ...oh well, that explains it.

Maybe Bruce is getting mad that Dave won't take his obvious troll bait to come on his show?

The issue is that there's really no need for a three man team on any show, even more so on a hour long one like NXT.

That's another thing, it made Carmella look like an idiot to not cash in that night since Daniel already said he was going to address the situation on TV. Could have been great heel work for her to come out and rub it in everyone's face that it doesn't matter how she won the case since she's champ now so tough shit.

Jazzy had a super quick stint in TNA where she was pushed like a monster then she completely disappeared.

I will give credit where it's due, no one in the history of wrestling has ever been as good at keeping his name in the spotlight past the point of any semblance of relevance like the Ru-meister.

IIRC he went by Percival Pringle III in Texas at least for a while, always wondered why until now.

Dave has had Russo fanboys @'ing him on Twitter trying to claim bringing VinnyRu back to WWE would boost their ratings. Needless to say they got destroyed like a toddler trying to play one on one with Steph Curry.

He'll probably be much better on NXT, he was great on the CWC with Bryan, Main roster production seemed to bring out the worst in him.

BTW I would guess Cody not being in the G1 means he's probably winning the ROH title on their show and they didn't want their champ tied up doing all the tournament dates.

I kind of did. He was getting a lot of MMA and boxing work, and that plus whatever dirt he had on them with the JBL stuff probably meant they made him a ridiculous offer.

Looks like we're getting two years of WWE ECW soon as well.

I bet Brad Maddox would consider that art. (seewhatIdidthere) I mean, why not. Art is like the most subjective thing there is. Too many people dismiss something they don't like or don't "get" as not having any artistic value. As a longtime video game fan, I've heard that argument all the time from people who had little to no understanding of what they were talking about and were just being dismissive of something they felt was beneath them. Wrestling at its core is performance art, whether it's a Santino comedy match, an indy spotfest, or a NJPW six star classic. No one would suggest movies aren't art just because there's tons of shitty B/C level films made every year.

Last year's was great but like jcmmnx said the search function for CAWs was so busted it was too frustrating to play on any kind of regular basis. Which was really too bad since there were tons of great ring and belt creations to go along with the wrestlers.

What I don't get is Carmella and James made a valid defense, and Bryan actually agreed with them, but then he took the case away anyway because reasons. It seems popular on Wrestling Twitter to say that people who didn't like the women's MITB and the aftermath are being worked by WWE's brilliance here but since they troll the fans all the time now it's gotten to the point that not liking something they do is their version of the guy who's all "it was just a prank bro" when they get called out.

The Bruno-Hansen cage match is so great, just two guys clubbering each other until Bruno just beats his ass and walks out. I will say Stan teasing that he's going to climb out of the wobbly ass 70s WWWF cage was the scariest part of the match.

That and he was tired of having to fight Enzo's battles for him after he would shoot his mouth off. Considering WWE doesn't do managers not named Paul Heyman, there's not much Enzo can do now. I think he'd be great as a modern day Jimmy Hart pipsqueak heel manager, but that role won't be there for him in this company.