Ricky Jackson

Cool, Dave Brown is in the booth

Pretty good card on paper, plus a Memphis tribute. If the tribute makes TV you have to assume some wild angle takes place to pay homage

I know they dont pay the NXT crew very well but it's crazy Adam Cole has to also work part time as a ref on Power shows

Bret Hart in the 80s, when he wasn't exactly a major part of the WWF cast of characters, was involved in quite a few tag and singles matches that started with the crowd not giving a shit and ended with them popping for everything and totally into match

Yeah, the main reason I canceled is because I'm going to be without wi fi/traveling for most of the next couple months and wont have a chance to watch anything. I'll resubscribe when things get settled, but mostly just to watch WCCW for World Cast. I stopped watching NXT a while back outside of pimped stuff and barely watched anything main roster related after Mania, but the old school content is worth it

Happy New Year! I canceled the WWE Network today

Yeah, the problem is bad main roster scripts, not the Profits. They were fine in NXT

I looked it up earlier. Baba vs Bruno in early 64 did a little less than 15k in old MSG, about 3-4k shy of a sellout. What is really impressive is Baba wrestled Bruno for the WWWF title, Thesz in (I think) Detroit for the NWA title and Blassie for the WWA title (arguably the 2nd most important belt in wrestling at the time) all in the same month

I thought the whole deal at the end made Aldis a total asshole heel, for denying everyone, and most importantly Tim Storm, a match they wanted, and then saying he basically just announced he would be in the TV tourney as a way to amuse himself. Of course he was just backing out because he wanted no piece of Storm. Have patience, they will pay off Aldis/Storm down the line. That's one of the best things with NWA, they dont rush things. The eventual Aldis vs Storm match will mean so much more if they are kept apart for a while longer. Then it will epic, not a 6:05 TV match

I really enjoyed this show, more than any AEW since Full Gear I think

Dustin vs Sammy with Hager at ringside was super fun. This show has been a blast

Yeah, that was great too

We all know it, but fuck is Dustin Rhodes amazing

The visual of Riho being squashed through the table by Rose was awesome

I thought Darby vs Cody was great. 2 for 2 with this matchup. Women's match is red hot too

Finally caught up with everything today. Into the Fire was good. The last two matches delivered, and the Scurll surprise was cool if not a little too WWE-esque with the "music hits and new guy confronts the champ" trope, but the rest of the show was pretty forgettable. I'm digging season 2 so far. The Kamille mystery was revealed to be Aldis playing mind games with everyone, which is fine. Tim Storm is amazing. What a great promo he cut on the last ep! The show has its own idiosyncratic way of doing things that I totally get being frustrating for some fans, such as most shows being a bunch of random segments that bleed into each other, and no great concern with delivering modern workrate "great matches", for example. It's far from perfect but it's good enough to entertain me for an hour a week

There wasn't a Hidden Gems to be canceled in 1995

2019 truly has been the worst year in WWE history

If Dark Order is going to work they need a big name recruit. God bless 'em for trying their damndest to get this over but the jury is still out imo

I know Jericho had a lot of great stuff in WWE over the years, especially that 2008 reinvention, but damn if his career best work isn't found in all the other places he's worked, like WCW, New Japan and AEW

Jericho vs Jungle Boy was old school wrestling 101 and I loved every second of it

Pretty good tag with Cody/Allin vs Butcher and Blade. Crowd has been hot AF so far

Excessive, but good stuff as far as building up the (eventual) Page vs Omega feud