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The Elite are not innocent, but there seems to be the idea that both sides are equally in the wrong. Just from what we saw on TV and not what may have happened behind the scenes, Punk shot on Hangman and then went on his infamous unprofessional rant after the PPV. Should have the Elite handled it better? Absolutely, but you can't keep egging people on and then say it's their fault when they snap out on you. IMO if I was TK, I would have given the Elite the suspension they got and fired Punk (after making sure he was covered for any medical bills he had from his injury). That way the message is sent that neither behavior was acceptable but one was on a different level from the other.

You know, I really don't blame the Bucks for telling him to GFY after he shit all over them publicly. Yes you can argue that it would be good business and make money, but at the same time the Bucks aren't obligated to work with someone who clearly had so little respect for them not only as co-workers but as office in the company he works for.

He does amazing high spots and there's that vibe of "yeah some of his stuff is wonky but he looks like someone who's going to be a star" about him, he's basically Vikingo in the first few years of his career.

They are signed to AEW, but they are exclusive to AAA in Mexico which makes them off limits for any show with New Japan folks. You're correct about Vikingo, but selfishly I'd love to see Komander in a balls-out sprint match doing impossible shit in front of a stadium full of people.

Stars make the world go round for sure, but all championship teams need the meat-and-potatoes guys that put in the dirty work for little or no fanfare.

One problem they'll have to consider is if they are going to have New Japan guys on the show (which they most assuredly will), that means they won't be able to have any AAA affiliated people on the show due to politics. That would mean no Fenix and Penta either, like how it was on Forbidden Door.

To be fair, they've been gone for a bit due to injuries and other assorted hijinx. Kenny proved when he had the match with Vikingo that he's still the Big Dog of AEW.

I kind of get where Dave is coming from, where FTR acting as proxies for Punk talking about how he really wants to come back does come across as Punk trying to establish himself as the professional in the room when all this shit got started by him going off script on Hangman. Where Dave loses me is when he goes on to say he thinks its part of some attempt on Punk's part to run off the Elite, which doesn't make any sense at all. I'm of the belief that while it's good business for them to listen to other offers, I don't see any of them wanting to deal with WWE bullshit at this stage of their careers. Also any links to the current Deadspin should be marked with an asterisk stating the staff that made that site worth a damn left en masse and created a new website NOAH style. The current Deadspin is a shell of its former self.

There's also the possibility Jericho sees the writing on the wall that Punk's probably coming back after all the shit he talked about him, and wants to get ahead of things so he doesn't become the next one to get pipebombed. This is the guy who told Hunter to fuck off when he tried to pitch losing to him at Mania as a big deal, Y2J isn't going to snow him.

As someone who grew up on Looney Tunes, this was the first thing I thought of when I saw Vince's new look:

Mentioning Nikita reminded me, she's on ACL tear #2 and Zoey Stark already is rocking a Steve Austin brace on one leg, wtf are they doing to folks at the PC?

Good to see Adam Cole forgave Keith for launching him into orbit in NXT.

The grey hair makes Keith Lee look like Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

LOL at Kenny still having the muscle pic of him and Don hanging on his wall in the background

I sincerely hope Jeff (finally) has his shit together, but there's zero historical reason to believe anything has changed.

The crowd is aggressively not giving a shit about any of this Firm vs Matt Hardy business until HOOK gets involved.

Christian and Luchasaurus giving Father Jim Michell and Abyss vibes.

Darby/Swerve was as good as expected, and I'm sure everyone is happy to hear Brian Cage signed a new deal.

So if Punk and the Elite have squashed the beef, when do you bring back Punk? If I'm TK I'm at least having someone like FTR drop hints about it just to start up the whole "we're not going to TELL you something is happening, but we're totally telling you something is happening" thing they like to do.

Yeah NXT has some pretty impressive women that are just about to break through in the next year or so. There's a few that seem like they aren't ever going to pan out no matter what, but there's a bunch of unpolished gems as well.

So Konnan said on his podcast that they couldn't get Kenny for this show because he was in the middle of negotiating a new deal with AEW. It's Konnan so it should be taken with a grain of salt, but he would be in a position to know as someone booking one of AEW's partners.

Wrestling fans are used to Vince just Vincing all over the place, other major corporations don't care because working with WWE makes them money (and their CEOs are probably doing the same shit Vince is), an mainstream media people don't care because it's the fake rasslin guy. It all came together for the perfect storm for him to get away with being one of the worst people in the world.

Noam Dar is mid, but if that's what it takes to get Britstyle matches in NXT, so be it.

Melo and Dragon Lee having a swag-off is an excellent way to start any show

Now that Braun turned heel and his boo Cora Jade is back, they need to do the Big Poppa Pump and Midajah thing.