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They were doing some crazy shit in the Taurus/Vikingo match. A bunch of big bombs back and forth. It was pretty good.

I'm actually having a lot of fun watching this. I popped for Big Mama.

Damn, this All Glory "show" is a disaster. Technical difficulties so they were trying to live stream it via a cell phone. Then Josh Matthews said he needed his phone back, so the stream went offline. Then they're back up on a new phone. Just horrible. I feel awful for all the people involved. Talk about looking bush league & unprofessional.

Thanks for saying this, I was just going to ask. I think me & the gf will check this out tonight.

I saw it in a Reddit thread. That thread credits KIIS FM radio show from yesterday morning.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin during his praise of AEW mentioned that if he were doing a draft in all of wrestling that Jon Moxley would be his #1 overall pick. I thought that was interesting. I don't think I would take Moxley over Roman Reigns & I'm pretty sure I wouldn't take Roman Reigns first, so it's definitely an interesting talking point, if nothing else.

The last thing they should want is Kofi back in the world title picture...

Me too. I switched to preseason NBA basketball & the ALCS MLB game.

Another fuck finish to an advertised match on Smackdown is not what they should be doing. Not after the last two weeks of letdowns.

BAYLEY JOINS MIZ TV TO TALK! SIX WOMAN CLUSTERFUCK FOR A TITLE SHOT THAT DOESN'T MATTER 8 MAN TAG OF JOBBERS As the late great Dusty Rhodes told a young Paul E. "Where's the money, baby?"

Tonight is the 3rd week that Smackdown will have been on FOX & I already feel complete apathy toward the show. Week one, they had The Rock (and promised other big names even if they didn't deliver). Week 2 the draw was the Draft & that it was supposed to matter this time(if you ignore that the draft order was spoiled). So, what's the draw for this week? Because the announced matches... I don't think anyone gives a fuck. Maybe Roman/Nakamura? But Shinsuke's entire WWE run has been as entertaining as watching paint dry.

Did you listen to his new Podcast with Conrad about Taboo Tuesday? Like, the first half hour is him just being pissy & going off on a fan that said he was phoning it in & the mentioned Jungle Jack stuff. It's really funny hearing how pissed off about it all he is.

They also weren't going up against playoff baseball last night either as the game was rained out.

I don't know if I would say she's Eva Marie levels of bad, as Eva couldn't run the ropes or bump, but I'm also firmly in the Riho isn't good camp. I think the women's division is easily the worst part of the show & I think it's actively going to hurt AEW. What on the first few AEW shows have the rabid fans not accepted though? They're accepting everything right now, even the stuff that isn't good, like The Librarians. This goes back to my "why did AEW need a women's division from the jump?" point when they very obviously don't have the roster for it. I think Riho was the wrong person but I also think Nyla would have been wrong which is why I was against the title match being Nyla Vs. Riho. Even a part-time Awesome Kong would have been better... Or, best case scenario, as I've said before, wait a few months, build the division up & then introduce the title.

Jesus Christ, is that Maria Manic "Man Eater" tattoo real?

The best thing about SCU Vs. Best Friends is that one of the teams has to lose to get knocked out of the tournament. Because they're both boring as hell. Orange Cassidy is pretty damn over though, should probably get him away from the Best Friends. I would also get Marko Stunt away from Jurassic Express... I don't care about Riho/Baker. Jericho/Allin will be interesting though. I assume the Moxley tag ends in a no contest.

It would be pretty wild to be able to watch Misawa matches on WWE Network. Maybe WWE getting into Japan could lead to them acknowledging the Japanese Legends too. I wouldn't be against seeing guys like Jushin Liger & The Great Muta go into the WWE Hall of Fame. They did work the States & WWE owns WCW...

If WWE were to purchase a Japanese promotion, like NOAH, would that mean that they acquire their tape library to put on WWE Network too?

Well, I definitely liked the first week more than the second week but there was some good stuff this week too. I'm never going to give a flying fuck about Colt Cabana or Ken Anderson but at least it was short. That's probably one of the positives about the show, actually. Since it's only an hour long, nothing really starts to drag. I hope NWA doesn't start trying to do freakin' comedy... It feels like the wrestling takes a backseat to the non-wrestling on NWA Power which I don't hate because they have some good talkers. I'm really digging Nick Aldis, James Storm & Eddie Kingston so far. Look forward to next week.

This is how we know we're old, dude. This is the shit our grandfather used to say.

"The Architect™," "The Kingslayer™" Seth Rollins... and he's going to BURN IT DOWN~! Just makes them sound fucking stupid to be honest. Which is probably why they can't connect with younger viewers. It's like your dad trying to talk to you about music & still name-dropping AC/DC & Metallica. Of course, the new Smackdown theme song is an AC/DC song, so... yeah. For the sake of full transparency however, NWA Power last week opened with Dokken & I marked out, so I'm obviously just a hypocrite. (I'm also 38 years old).

An hour until showtime.

The reasons are because it’s P.C. to do so right now. There’s honestly not a lot of other options on the roster. Especially after Kylie Rae left. But they HAVE to make the women IMMEDIATELY. At least that seems to be their thinking. That & I think Kenny’s love of Joshi. Why does AEW even have a women’s division at all? They have like six total women on the roster. I’m not against women's wrestling or AEW pushing women or anything like that... but create the division when your roster calls for it, not before. It’s part of the reason why I disliked the initial women’s title match: your inaugural champion is either Riho or Nyla Rose? Just felt off. It’s the same shit with WWE having the women main event Wrestlemania or more recently, Becky Lynch being the first pick in the brand draft. It’s just artificial, force fed lip service. That’s why it comes off as disingenuous instead of feeling like cool, special moments. It’s not organic. I feel like if AEW acquired more women first & then debuted the belt after a few months it would have played out better. I mean, look at the PPVs so far. A lot of the women they have used so far like Awesome & Aja Kong aren’t even around. Gotta say though, what has hurt the women the most up to this point, in my opinion, has been that it feels like Jim Ross is burying them verbally every time they’re on screen. Here's the Women's Roster according to AllEliteWrestling.com: Allie Awesome Kong Bea Priestley Brandi Rhodes Britt Baker Emi Sakura Hikaru Shida Leva Bates Nyla Rose Penelope Ford Riho Sadie Gibbs Yuka Sakazaki

Good. Hopefully Paul Heyman can get some cool stuff out of him. He's not the Joe of the past of course, but I still think he's got some left in the tank. He's also still a great promo.