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Honestly, long term it's probably the best thing to do. NXT did give us some good matches as it basically just morphed into old Ring of Honor there for a few years. But the reality is, WWE got multiple big money main eventers out of OVW in the likes of John Cena, Batista, Brock Lesnar & Randy Orton. From Vince McMahon's perspective, I doubt NXT ever hit that same level of success. I can't imagine Vince McMahon thinking the likes of Adam Cole & Johnny Gargano are future Wrestlemania main event players. Not that all of a sudden Cornette & Davis will be running NXT or anything, nor do they still have the likes of Brisco scouting but still.

Why so many women in WWE think they gotta color their hair the colors of Skittles?

100% disagree. Could not disagree any more. Bray Wyatt as the backwoods swamp redneck cult leader, like a bad guy out of True Detective, was infinitely more entertaining - and had a helluva lot more potential - than his fucking Rob Zombie clown gimmick. If Windham comes in as the cult leader again & tries to corrupt some people in AEW, ala Raven or the like, I think that might have legs. An unbeatable movie monster doesn't really work in pro-wrestling because... well, you have to sell & lose... Plus Wyatt/Windham's strong suit seems to be his promos. They have to be careful though because they already have multiple occult type gimmicks going on. Not just Malachai Black or even the Dark Order but occasionally someone like Abadon too. Not to go too far down the fantasy booking pipe, but I'd give Luchasaurus to Windham & change his name/gimmick/mask & have him turn on Jungle Boy. Jungle Boy is going on to bigger things & it would get Luchasaurus out of the way, get rid of that awful gimmick, plus give Windham a monster. One that's better than Erik Rowan.

I mean they gotta save that for Wrestlemania, right? That's too big of a match for a random throwaway PPV. Even Survivor Series doesn't feel big enough.

Thankfully, it'll be on a show no one watches most likely - if they're doing it in Saudi.

Also the fact that it was all women & then immediately followed with a commercial for WWE returning to Saudi Arabia. Says it all, really.

I'll never attempt to defend WWE again for anything.

lol...

Becky Lynch is a nice surprise but of all weekends to false advertise, this wasn't the one to do it!

I thought the rumor was Sasha was pregnant, not CoVid positive? Definitely a peculiar situation.

To quote Brian Alvarez: "MINUS FIVE STARS!"

...that's a big ass crowd. Holy shit.

It'll be interesting to me to see if WWE hot shots anything tonight in response to how popular Punk returning last night was. Let's not act like they're not petty enough to do so either.

Man, when wrestling is good, it's really great, huh? It's nice to just watch wrestling with a smile on my face again. Just feeling like it's FUN again. Who knew that just giving the fans what they want & letting moments speak for themselves could feel so refreshing. AEW have Sting, Chris Jericho & Jon Moxley. Despite C.M. Punk's return to WWE via the Fox talk show or his stint in UFC, him coming out on AEW tonight, he immediately felt like the biggest star in the company.

I've not wanted to see a wrestling show this much in a long, long time. Unfortunately, I'll be stuck at work. So I'll probably be checking in sporadically on my phone at work or will come home & try to watch it in the morning.

I'm still sad Samoa Joe came back after WWE unceremoniously fired him. That being said, if it ever leads to Samoa Joe Vs. WALTER, I'm here for it. Regardless of the situation leading to the match - that would be can't miss.

If they're getting C.M. Punk, I feel like it would be a missed opportunity to not also bring in A.J. Lee, even if just for an appearance.

I have never heard anyone say that Jon Gresham is the best wrestler in the world. Gresham isn't bad but he's not even the best in Ring of Honor, let alone the world. No one is saying that, that's not a thing.

Man, I don't even know. I definitely think my tastes have changed over the years, for sure, but I never had a super high tolerance for death match wrestling & Terry Funk is probably my all-time favorite wrestler. That's more for his character work, promos & his older stuff though, not his ECW or FMW shit. I loved ECW & I've always been a big fan of table spots... but like barbed wire or fire? Not gonna be able to do it! The more "extreme" shit, like light tubes, panels of glass, barbed wire ropes & shit - total turn off. I thought Foley was insane for the Hell in a Cell bump. I think thumbtacks are the most extreme thing that should ever happen in a match. And even then it needs to be a super seldom & rare thing. I don't mind blood. I still love a good old school cage match. But I also think that you can't keep raising the bar & trying to top what others have already done. Like enough was enough years ago & it's a bad look when you had dudes damn near killing themselves for no money in front of no fans just for the shock factor or whatever the fuck. If you're in the main event of a huge show & have a big gate & are making big bucks... and you think you can do something safely & agree to it beforehand & get it cleared? That's a whole different beast. Foley's bump was dumb as hell but it was during the main event of King of the Ring on Pay-Per-View. The shit guys are doing on the Indies like in fucking CZW or GCW? Just fucking stupid. To me, I liken it to the horror genre in movies. I like some horror films. But shit like The Human Centipede didn't need to be made or exist. The fact it has sequels sums it up. Same with pro wrestling & why morons like Nick Gage get a spotlight.

That's gotta be one of the most odd & peculiar stories surrounding a wrestler leaving wrestling. That's... I mean, no one is guessing that!

Whatever happened to Takeshi Morishima? There were rumors about diabetes & then retracted. Then saying his mental state was messed up & he had surgery for arthritis in his foot or something. Was supposed to be on a comeback show a few years ago & it got cancelled. I know about the taxi driver incident but even still, he's only 42 now. Has his name popped up anywhere recently, or has he made any appearances for signings or anything?

I just assumed it was because they wanted a big main event for the debut episode of their new Friday show. And it ties-up the loose end of Christian getting a title shot before Punk or Bryan come in. Also, we know it'll be a good match, which isn't nothing. But I certainly wouldn't be AGAINST a big huge debut happening & getting the wrestling community frothy at the mouth & actually being excited for wrestling again. While WWE runs some more rematches & 50/50 booking with Goldberg in the SummerSlam main event...

Chris Jericho Vs. Wardlow in a straight-up One on One normal Singles match is infinitely better than Chris Jericho Vs. Nick Gage in a Deathmatch.

The "do your own research" is the one that constantly drives me nuts. Yes, ignore what all the doctors are saying & listen to fucking Jeff down the street that works part-time at the Piggly Wiggly. I'm sure him & his 200 YouTube Subscribers are more well informed.

On the other side of the pillow, how about the women? Because like, they all look good. Sans like maybe Doudrop & even she already got on the main roster & is getting used weekly. So this whole gotta be under 30 & gotta be the size of Zeus, what's the mean for the women?