NintendoLogic

Please, no. Three Rumbles in one weekend would be overkill in the extreme.

Black's selling of the leg was fine. He never completely blew off the leg work, and temporarily blocking out the pain to execute a move and then going back to selling the injury is a well-established wrestling trope.

The main event was a very pleasant surprise. There were some unfortunate PWG-esque tropes, but I liked how the main emphasis was on selling and psychology rather than MOVEZ. The crowd didn't seem to be much into it for that very reason, but fuck them.

I guess the endgame is Shirai beating Shayna for the belt. In the meantime, Belair got over huge in defeat, which is all you can ask for.

For fuck's sake, no-selling a reverse rana on the floor.

I really hate it when Mauro calls a 619 a Tiger Feint Kick. It's not a feint if you're actually hitting them.

The way this match is going, I'm certain that it's going to make me hate wrestling.

It's not about fat-shaming, it's about wrestlers wearing gear that fits their build. And the basketball jersey/trunks combo has never looked good on anyone.

Hero did the toe spot before when he wrestled Riddle in Evolve. It will never not gross me out.

I'm starting to think that NXT has jumped the shark. It seems like every Takeover match goes like ten minutes longer than it needs to so they can cram in as many nearfalls as possible.

Word on the street is that Bam Bam Bigelow is a lock to be inducted this year.

If it were up to me, I'd have Shayna drop the strap at Takeover and then work some kind of angle with Charlotte at the Rumble to start the build for a match between the two at Mania. There's nothing left for her to do in NXT, and it's the only Charlotte match I think I'd be interested in seeing.

@Tim Evans Bull Blitzer is Steve Wright, father of Alex.

LOL @ thinking Ronda will be putting over anyone but Charlotte on the way out. If the Fox deal really was predicated on Ronda being part of the package, then either WWE fraudulently misrepresented her contract status during negotiations or Fox gave away a billion dollars without conducting due diligence. I'm not sure which would be more insane.

I don't know if you guys noticed, but theditch dot com is no more. It seems that Ditch sold the domain and moved all the NOAH content to theditch dot biz. But hey, it's good to know that he's still alive.

This presumes that everyone actually is making more money because of Ronda. I don't see why they'd care about the TV deal she helped get them if it just means more money Vince can funnel into the XFL.

I can keep offering up matches no problem, but it might take me a while to catch up with the matches assigned to me. I say we give it one more week and then maybe go on hiatus for a bit.

I'm sure Rush will have a difficult time keeping up with the workrate of Dalton Castle and Cheeseburger.

I'm sure you all were dying to hear Jordan Peterson's thoughts on Bret Hart, so here you go.

@Jetlag

Cody's not entirely wrong. A union wouldn't make sense for the vast majority of promotions because it wouldn't be economically viable for them to hire wrestlers as employees. WWE is obviously a different story. Also, it should be pointed out that even if Cody wanted a union, he would be prohibited by law from helping to make it happen.

Temporary roadblocks can be incredibly expensive to litigate, especially when the other side has unlimited resources and is willing to drag things out as long as possible. I'm certain WWE will try to make examples out of any talent that tries to leave.

So Mike came in with a painkiller addiction and went to rehab on WWE's dime. Then Maria got pregnant and went on WWE-funded maternity leave. And now they want out. They've managed to out-carny WWE, which is quite a feat.

Aren't like 80% of WWE's Youtube views from India?

It has to be ROH. They just signed him to an exclusive deal.