NintendoLogic

You can't just quit WWE. If you walk out, they'll freeze your contract until you come back. You have a good chance of prevailing in court, but then you run the risk of being bled dry by a lengthy legal battle. For most people, the quickest way out is to do your time until your contract expires or they release you.

I won't believe he's really done until he turns down a Saudi payday.

Of course, seemingly every retired wrestler talks about how great a union would be, particularly ones with backgrounds in other sports. At the end of his life, Wahoo McDaniel was living off his NFL pension. As for Ventura, the story goes that he promised Vince that he would no longer try to organize the boys after he got his SAG card. He figured it wasn't worth sticking his neck out if the wrestlers were too stupid to fight for their rights.

It was Callis and Omega's uncle the Golden Sheik. Something to consider: Cody is prohibited from challenging for the AEW title. However, Cody Rhodes might not be.

Also: "Im nOt A PoLitiCAL persON"

WTF I love Tucker now

It's kind of hilarious that at one point, the WWF had no fewer than three gimmicks dedicated to making fun of Dusty Rhodes. There was Akeem the African Dream, Ted DiBiase's manservant Virgil, and Dusty himself in the polka dots.

SMW was already dead and buried by the time Smothers went to the WWF. SMW's last show was on 11/25/95 and Freddie Joe Floyd debuted at the 6/25/96 TV tapings. There was nothing more to it than bringing in guys who could work to serve as enhancement talent. The Observer mentioned at the time that there was a chance they would get regular work if their gimmicks got over, but there was never a plan to give them any kind of push. Chris Jericho was one of the guys they offered to bring in, but he turned it down because he thought working as a TV jobber would hurt his career. Smothers was never taken seriously as a top guy after his WWF run, so Jericho obviously made the right call. And yeah, the name Freddie Joe Floyd was a rib on the Briscos. Jack's real name was Freddie Joe Brisco and Jerry's was Floyd Gerald Brisco.

If the English language was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for this board.

The act of jumping on another player's back to make a catch (mark) is known as a spectacular mark (speckie for short). In fact, the AFL has its own MOTY: Mark of the Year. Note that I didn't know any of this until a week ago. As for the counterfeit Modra, he looks like his head was photoshopped onto someone else's body in his Twitter profile pic.

New #1 for 2020.

Well, the original plan for the 2010 Rey/Punk feud was to redo Raven/Sandman with Dominik and Aalyah in the Tyler Fullington role, but WWE nixed it as not being kid-friendly. Rey must really like the idea of his children turning on him.

As it turns out, that's exactly it. According to the latest Observer, "The story was that they wanted to not have people google 'Matt Riddle' and come up with the details of the lawsuit against him and WWE." Trying to sweep news of a lawsuit under the rug by changing the name of the accused is quite the galaxy brain move.

This would bother me a lot more if they were doing it to someone who wasn't a likely sexual predator.

She resumed working for them last month.

AEW still won 18-49. Looks like WCW nostalgia is the key to killing it with the boomers.

I hope Sapp means the director of the Fyre Fest documentary and not the event.

Great-O-Khan looks like a guy worth keeping an eye on. I love all of his 80s heel offense, and he's a pretty big bump taker as well. Also, I dig the spot where he sits on his opponent in the corner while Ospreay and Priestley drive their boots into his temples. It looks like something you'd see in a Jumbo/Misawa six-man.

Anyway... I checked out Page/Wardlow. There were a couple of times when Wardlow looked awkward getting into position for the planned spot, but it was a good piece of business overall. I also got a kick out of when Wardlow threw Page into the corner and Aubrey Edwards had to scramble to get out of the way. I don't think I've ever seen a shoot ref bump before.

Honestly, it's bullshit that either WWE or Cody can claim ownership of Dusty's ideas. There's no good reason for them not to have entered the public domain after his death. Speaking of trademark shenanigans, Brendan Vink got his NXT name this week. Tony Modra was a star player for the Adelaide Crows Australian rules football club during the 90s. Vink is from Adelaide, so it's like if a wrestler from Dallas were given the name Troy Aikman. More importantly, you can't trademark someone's name without their written consent. Needless to say, the real Modra was none too pleased when he found out about it. https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-icon-tony-modra-lashes-out-over-aussie-wwe-wrestlers-disrespectful-act-c-1472889 I hope he knows some good lawyers.

Watching from afar, Deonna seemed to have plenty of steam left as champion, so I doubt her losing at BFG was the plan all along. It seems more likely that they were following the longstanding tradition of putting the babyface over in the event of an unplanned last-minute replacement. TNA did the same thing at BFG 2005 when Rhino beat Jeff Jarrett for the NWA title after Kevin Nash wasn't medically cleared to compete. He then dropped the belt back to Jarrett at the next Impact taping. We'll know that's what happened if Su Yung does something similar.

Since they're so keen on appropriating WCW IP, they should call the next Takeover SuperspreaderBrawl.

So this happened on Raw: Some people took issue with what they thought to be WWE making light of epilepsy, so Mia Yim Reckoning clarified on Twitter that it was supposed to be a possession and not a seizure: Just what Retribution needs. Some Fiend bullshit.

Ricochet may not be much of a talker, but he had enough charisma to become a featured star in PWG, Lucha Underground, Dragon Gate, and everywhere else he worked prior to WWE. Cool moves alone won't cut it because guys who can do cool moves are a dime a dozen in those companies. And to go back to my earlier comparison, OC has shown that it's possible to get over huge without cutting a single promo. If WWE can't do anything with you unless you can deliver 20-minute soliloquies every week, that's a company failing.

If nothing else, this will hopefully put an end to the "Kylie must have been bullied/assaulted/something scandalous in AEW" whisper campaign.