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Wow. That's a yikes from me, dawg.

Clash of Champions is in Charlotte, so she'll have the crowd behind her on that night at least.

She needs to keep her inflatable tube men, just make them evil versions with angry frowning faces.

It wasn't long ago that the most unconditionally beloved babyfaces in the company were Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn, and Bayley. They've now had to turn all three heel because the booking killed them dead as babyfaces. But let's not undersell how much damage has been done to Becky. Earlier this year, the crowd reactions she got essentially forced WWE to turn Ronda Rousey heel. Now, when someone turns on her and leaves her laying, the crowd responds with cheers and yes chants. I honestly don't know if it's incompetence or deliberate character assassination.

What kind of rock star eats at Longhorn Steakhouse? Talk about killing the gimmick.

Dave on Twitter is doubling down on the argument that the Young Bucks/Lucha Brothers ladder match should have gone last based on the crowd reaction. I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. You simply can't allow the crowning of your inaugural world champion to play second fiddle to another company's tag titles if you want the belt to mean anything. If the world title match was overshadowed that badly by a ladder spotfest, then the wrong people were in it.

They've only had three women's singles matches so far, two of which (Allie/Leva and Allie/Brandi) were glorified angles. They seem to be going out of their way to hide the women, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the strength of the division.

The same thing happened with Stacey Ervin a few months ago. Maybe tiny-ass gymnasts aren't the kind of athletes wrestling companies should be going after.

Interesting how the game contains "ONE FALL!" chants when Vince hates the chant and goes out of his way to suppress it.

She went on the shelf after Double or Nothing with an unspecified medical issue, deleted her Twitter account a few weeks ago, and now this. I saw some vague thirdhand gossip on the F4W board that something unfortunate happened that derailed her career but it wasn't a mental breakdown or anything scandalous. Still, it is a concerning chain of events. Does rovert have the scoops?

The crowd seems burned out.

Jesus, I just realized we still have the world title match.

I think it's safe to say that Shawn Spears is not, in fact, a diamond in the rough. It took all the smoke and mirrors in the world to drag that match into three-star territory.

Botching a spot with thumbtacks and duct tape. Joey Janela in a nutshell. On a positive note, Darby Allin might have the best tope in wrestling right now.

Janela's the shits, but he has a pretty kickass theme.

Maybe there's a Kevin Dunn type in AEW who think PAC's accent would drive casual fans away.

That was one hell of a hot tag.

Whoa, the Hogan/Sid finish.

Between Spears christening himself The Chairman and Baker going right after Priestley, you have to give AEW credit for making lemons out of lemonade.

Doesn't making a guy who tried and failed to win the IWGP title the champion make the promotion look kind of second-rate? At least if Page wins, he can claim kayfabe parity with Okada. 7 PM on Youtube and BR Live. I'll be honest, my interest in this show declined precipitously after Moxley pulled out. The only match I have any interest in now is Cody/Spears. I expect Cody's streak of having the best match on the card to continue.

This is like if Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund were prominently featured in advertising for Smackdown when it debuted in 1999. The only real star in this commercial who wasn't a star in the 90s is Gordon Ramsay.

The Bully Ray clown show rolls on. When you make a dork like Taven your world champion because you figure he's so mediocre no one will try to poach him, you deserve to have it bite you in the ass. And hey, maybe it'll lead to Taven going to WWE and being revealed as the guy who knocked up Maria.

I guess WWE really is the best pro wrestling on the planet.

One thing that really bothers me about NXT is that nobody ever simply walks to the ring, even if they're cutting a promo in street clothes. Everybody has an elaborate pose on the ramp-pose on the apron-pose on the ring routine in perfect synchronization with their entrance music. They come across more as video game characters than human beings.

It was a separated shoulder, not a broken hand. Still hilarious.