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It seems to be forgotten that they did a stupid injury angle a couple weeks into American Alpha's run on SD that completely killed any heat their debut had. They were arctic cold when they came back.

The thing with Dave is that if you actually read what he writes and listen to the shows he's on, he usually drops enough hints to piece together what he's talking about fairly easily. The problem is that 90% of the people who @ him on Twitter only get what he said second or third hand from copy/paste sites that tend to paraphrase all the nuance out of what he actually said.

As much as I preferred this format as opposed to a full draft, doing it this way will make it seem that the show that goes first gets all the talent. SD still will have the freshest matchups going forward, and the writers there seem much better at taking someone who hasn't done much and make them interesting.

Per wwe.com they swapped Saxton for Otunga, and I'm sure somewhere JBL nodded in approval.

Also I love all the promos for this kids football show on USA when we haven't been "Steel Country" here in Pittsburgh for about 30 years.

Sasha might as well be carrying a neon sign stating she's turning heel soon.

Now teaming with the Shining Stars? That's a burial.

This is the greatest segment on Raw of all time.

It's probably because they're going to move the New Day to SD but it was nice to see them not 50-50'ing the Arrival on their second week in.

Shitty day for lucha for sure. Santo mentioned it on his Twitter and CMLL confirmed with a in memoriam graphic.

The buddy I watched WM (and most of the Big Four shows with) watches Raw most weeks and never watches Smackdown. He's been a fan since the 70s but can't be bothered to keep up with all the content

http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/2017/04/08/aaas-joaquin-roldan-has-passed-away/ AAA's Joaquin Roldan passed away at 63 today, apparently of cancer. He's been seen less recently and this probably explains why he was suddenly inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame last year when he was a heel on screen character, which didn't make a lot of sense at the time.

Also Coach announced that after "much soul searching" he wouldn't have WWE guests on his shows anymore.

They can rocket JBL into space never to be seen from again, but the people who foster the bullying culture will still be in place and just create another triggerman when the heat dies down.

Coach really is quite the mix of WWE arrogance and ESPN arrogance, which is odd since he acts like a big shot but hasn't made it past the level of "guy who fills in when the real stars go on vacation".

It pisses off folks like us to no end, but the harsh truth is no one outside of hardcore fans gives two shits what WWE does. Outside of occasional dog and pony shows like TV talking head shows or meaningless congressional testimony, WWE could murder puppies at every board meeting and the outside world would respond with a collective shrug.

They absolutely should hold themselves to a higher standard but it should not come as a surprise when they don't.

He made clear to point out how tight JBL is with Vince and how his bullying can be (and one assumes *is*) seen as authorized by Vince to weed out the "weak".

Whatever happened to put Gotch in the doghouse in the first place?

Plus the joke when he debuted was he looked like Simon Gotch and Conan O'Brien had a baby.

Catching up on SD on the DVR, and having Naomi's name in blacklight reactive paint on the side plates of the belt is a nice touch I didn't expect them to think about.

JR being back in the fold for the next couple years would make him a nice fit to induct Dr. Death next year. Pretty sure Gang is a prison guard in Louisiana so he would seem to be a shoo in too if they don't insist on him being Akeem.

Isn't Brie due soon? Maybe Bryan's busy with that.

Heat for the feud has been dying off in the last few weeks too imo. The spooky stuff and the senselessness of it all collapsed under its own weight. So a House Of Horrors match should be fun Can heat die off if it never existed in the first place? I never got the vibe people were leaping off the balconies in anticipation of the match.

Also the balls of whoever laid out the show putting the Pitbull concert that late in the program. Those can get the crowd to turn on them in the best of times.