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Brock gonna be mad that Bunny took his cowboy swag

I know they think it's building intrigue, but constantly mentioning how the draft can break up teams just hammers home how stupid it is.

Kicking off RAW with Finn trying to recruit Cody was certainly a choice.

Wrestling has wedged itself so deep in my brain, that when I'm watching French soccer and every time they mention Grenoble my brain adds "....in the French Alps"

It absolutely fit them coming back from Brawl Out, but it's diminishing returns each time. I'm not saying there haven't been great in house produced themes, but for my money nothing hits like someone using real music to get the crowd amped.

So it looks like they really wanted to sign Trinity Fatu but they are under pressure from Bushiroad to keep the costs down. I suppose she wasn't just there to cheer on her BFF at the Tokyo Dome after all. I also wonder if they are being told to keep the costs down also partly due to how women's wrestling is viewed in Japan. It's cool that they got to do matches on New Japan shows, but you can tell the crowds are still getting used to women and men's matches on the same show. It does seem like Mercedes helped bump up the NJPW World subs a bit, so that's why I assume they're going to do what they can to keep her around. It would be something if she ends up being involved in improving the standing of women's wrestling in two different countries.

Just read an interview Big E did where he mentioned his C1 vertebra was fractured in two places, holy shit he's lucky he didn't get killed. Ironically it was probably the MEATYNESS that saved his life. He also said he's back to normal for a non-wrestling life and it's pretty much a matter if he can get to the point he can feel comfortable taking bumps. I can't blame a guy for thinking hard about a return after dodging a bullet like that.

I watched a few GCW shows that Gringo Loco was on, and he was pretty good. I was expecting him to get exposed when they brought lucha guys in, but he held his own and as stated he is an excellent base (which is kind of a lost art outside of Mexico these days).

Sammy has potential, but my fear is if you give him a main event push he's going to do something stupid again. I honestly don't see anything in Jack Perry if I'm being frank, he is improving at promos but he still comes off as someone who struggles to show emotions that don't come off as ACT-ING. Plus just as a personal bias every time I see him all I can see is a long haired Dylan McKay.

my grandfather is who got me into pro wrestling, i'd spend summers at my grandparents house and the only things he would watch on TV was baseball and wrestling at 6:05 on Saturdays. He was a Bruno fan, as any proper wrestling fan in Pittsburgh was, but he got into JCP because my grandparents would go to Florida in the winter and that's when Dusty was blowing up as a huge star.

As loveable as Danielson is, he's so much better when he's evil

lol Adam Cole dropping a "jagoff" at Jericho, I popped for that

The angle with the Elite and the BCC was great, and paying off the story with Don recruiting Takeshita was a good touch.

GOATs doing GOAT shit, AEW edition:

Mercedes seems to be enjoying being in Japan, so I can see her signing with AEW with one of those "can work for New Japan as long as there's no conflict" deals. I suppose WWE could have been an option while Vince was in exile, but unless some major bridge-building I don't see her going back. A straight New Japan deal seems unlikely since by all accounts she was making big money for the matches she did, and while her matches have been good she hasn't brought the same level of eyeballs someone like Jericho did when they showed up.

Did VKM ever really adhere to kayfabe tho? I mean he didn't say the word fake, but the outlandish gimmicks in the 80s and 90s kind of screamed it. I always got the impression Vince never cared about kayfabe but never said it in public until it benefited him financially because he didn't want to hear the older folks in the company complain.

Jordynne Grace's deal is apparently coming up soon, and while normally you'd think she would be someone who'd jump to the big leagues she might not have many options. There might be a bad taste in her mouth over how things didn't work out for Gresham in AEW, and I don't think WWE would be interested in her unless it was a "sign her so AEW doesn't" situation since she doesn't really fit what they tend to look for in women. I could see her having a run in Stardom as an Aja Kong type since while she's short she's still twice the size of most of the roster there, but who's to say she'd want to spend extended time in Japan. I suppose her Onlyfans probably makes so much money that wrestling is more or less a side gig at this point, so maybe she's content with staying around Impact.

People have been saying flippy MOVEZ guys are killing the business for over 60 years now, which I believe was his point. It's been said the wrestling fanbase turns over every decade or so, and you can really tell based on people's complaints. Anything that was different from what they grew up with is not "real" pro wrestling, despite the flippy MOVEZ guys being the ones who tend to draw the most attention. There's a reason why you can show any non fan a lucha match and it usually will grab their attention. I don't say that to invalidate your feelings either, everyone has their own tastes. I think Dory Funk was boring as shit but also I acknowledge there was enough of a market for his work for him to be world champion for years in an era where that was based on drawing power. It's just the nature of the beast that when someone/something new comes along that gets popular, there's going to be existing fans who don't get the appeal or don't care for it.

Heel Trish, respectfully

Just when I thought he couldn't get any better, Desperado Brock appears.

Its wild to think Heyman gave Rey his first US big break and now they're still at it nearly 30 years later.

Rhea and Solo having a badass contest is amazing

It can be done right in some instances, but every time WWE tries it is like someone's dad trying to be hip.

Also Trish tweeted a clip of Seth's "bye bye bitch" in response to Becky's tweet which made me lol

She also apparently has a foot injury that got aggravated which seems to be the impetus for the worky-shooty thing she's doing.