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This match has me wishing the women's tag gauntlet went broadway.

This company doesn't do much right but they can protect and elevate someone like Omos whenever they want to.

Swing time. I can't wait to check out the lucha 6 man from last night but that'll have to wait until tomorrow morning.

That Old Spice commercial was great.

Nice to see some of these teams with matching gear. I expect nothing from this match but am glad we're not getting full blown entrances for all. Inoffensive filler thus far.

WOW. There is no scenario where I envisioned that finish.

It is great to see wrestling with a live, hot crowd again. And not a polite, respectful, Japanese clap crowd. Even if this match isn't quite living up to expectations.

Got my 2nd Pfizer yesterday and felt like someone slipped me half a dozen sleeping pills today. No complaints but man was I beat. Up and ready FOR GO TIME. Rain delay a big help in getting the little man to bed in time for the show as well.

I didn't have any issues watching either night of Takeover live nor have I encountered any problems watching anything on demand on Peacock thus far. On the Network, any time I ran into a problem it generally arose from my internet at home crapping out momentarily and came back right away.

Only when it seems like they cut to commercial on USA. Comes right back in a second or 2.

Thanks for the background. Reading that with an one eye also on what may not be stated, it sounds like Sakaguchi compelled Muto to stay via some promises/threats rather than persuading SWS to stay away from him.

Why would he listen to Sakaguchi if he was going forward with his plans anyways?

I'd imagine at a certain point most top domestic talent priced themselves out of the Japanese market with the way things were going here in the late 90s/early aughts.

Thanks as always! Love these histories and details. Can you shed any more light on the Sakaguchi call highlighted above? Who'd he call? Why did he have that kind of influence at that stage but not subsequently? This seems like a very curious and important point.

Andrade doesn't have the marquee value of Moxley or top stars from AEW, but he can certainly go and would add a fresh face to the mix, if he's an option.

Thanks, that doesn't sound too terrible. Tonight I got the email that my network subscription is done as of tomorrow, so I'll probably try the deal they're offering for the ad-supported Peacock and see how that goes.

For those that have signed up for the ad-supported Peacock, how prevalent are the ads?

This thread is a treasure. Fascinating to hear about Fujinami AJPW shows at the time.

Late to the party here but I thought Roman/Bryan was the best main roster bout since Bryan/Kofi. Just tremendous pacing, selling and storytelling with an awesome babyface/heel dynamic. I can get why some folks found it overbooked but I thought it was very well laid out with Edge essentially an afterthought until the very end rather than casting a shadow over the entire match.

If you take a paycheck from Fox to produce, deliver or facilitate the content they put out it should disqualify you from complaining about a damn thing that happens to you there. But this is PWO so we'll leave it there.

Its not a defense of Tyrus, but I'm not sure anyone who cashes checks from that company has much standing to make claims against anyone for any kind of inappropriate behavior. Glass houses and whatnot.

Why would WWE release him?

Thirded. Months and months of incredible discussions and podcasts here that are still great references.

Dream Cinderella was indeed a great show. I've seen folks call it a potential show of the year, and while I can't support that kind of talk, it was a really fun show with only the tag title match dragging at all. AZM/Natsupoi was a hot, brisk opener and if AZM ends up anything less than one of the best in the world in a few year I'll be disappointed. Momo/Nanae was great while it lasted but as noted above an unfortunate result, although a necessary one given the finish to Mayu/Yoshiko. That was my second favorite match of the night behind the main event, and that's coming from someone who thinks both Giulia and Tam were overrated last year. The title match between Hayashishita and Kamitani was also great and just shy of the **** level. Would love another outing from them. Well worth checking out.

Today's Ibushi-Naito was a simpler and much better version of their WK match. Perhaps being reigned in due to the stage benefited them but I enjoyed this immensely more than the big show.