WingedEagle

Roderick/Danielson chopfest starts around 4 hours and 22 minutes into the show. 4:22:10 to be exact. Mahal being a fool happens around the 1 hour and 11 minutes into the show. 1:11:59 give or take. Thanks a lot!

Boss Rock touched upon all of my high level thoughts on from this match. Perhaps a bit more screaming from Ospreay than I'd like, but since the Scurll match at Sakura Genesis his selling has been terrific and that continued. Whether it was putting over Kushida's typically excellent arm work or the attacks to his neck, the selling was great. That big punch from Kushida was absolutely terrific and one of those exclamation point moments that brings a match to a new level. Bonus points for putting together a compelling and well executed finishing stretch without going overboard. ****1/4

Can anyone provide timestamps for Jinder's botch and Bryan getting his chest chopped up by Roddy?

I was wondering about this as well. His title defense against Ilja in December was outstanding, and had really grown on me as a top line heel presence and worker. Then out of nowhere stripped of the title and seemingly gone from the promotion.

Goddamn right it is. Especially when looking in the mirror.

Okada, Tanahashi, Shuji Ishikawa, Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles and Io Shirai are the names that immediately come to mind.

Definitely curious what other prominent work he's had that I'm missing. It may be pure envy, but Tanahashi certainly has some terrific hair. I'd put that on my head any day even if I could never pull it off I think Daniel Bryan was pretty good and normal looking pre-beard.

My wife isn't into any wrestlers. Either too much ink, too much hair or too roided up. Said John Cena would have potential if he got rid of the muscles, but apparently not much that I watch works for her.

I wouldn't complain if every TV show were in Montreal.

Confirming that Titus is a hero: https://twitter.com/TitusONeilWWE/status/989991446735441921

Is it just me or is Cole claiming everyone is in their 11th Rumble?

This match just needed three rings and Jim Powers to be totally complete. Don't forget about...THE YE-TAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! This comment is our MOTN.

So that was a finish.

I can see that, but would need vintage production and commentary to share the sentiment.

So I've been watching kind of halfheartedly while also taking care of some other things. It is a work day, or so I'm told. It feels like a different and at times fun crowd, aside from the VIP's sitting in front of the hard cam who seem unaware they're at a show and are just hanging. Thus far all of the matches seem around average for a mid-card TV match. Some a little longer, some a little shorter, but nothing particularly standout. Anybody loving things thus far or is that pretty on point?

Keep me out for now, please. Between playoffs, NFL Draft tomorrow, the all time bestest greatest royal rumble friday and a couple big NJPW shows this weekend, my backlog is about to get bigger.

Big Cass is not a good promo.

Meltzer reported tonight that Heyman is going to the show.

Dave's Bruno biography in this week's issue was absolutely incredible.

Meanwhile, Alexa is a terrific promo.

I'm referring to him refusing to wrestle, not the attack.

That is the best thing Baron Corbin's ever done.

Tremendous video package on Bruno. Really looking forward to checking out tonight's Network special when I get the chance.

Can anyone shed some light on the commonality of English in Japanese promotions? Whether its certain wrestlers' name (Kushida and KENTA come to mind). various sponsors that are displayed on the ring or around arenas or even certain words that are clearly identifiable by announcers, its in stark contrast to the presence of foreign terms one would find here. Just curious what's behind it and why these words aren't typically translated or presented in Japanese?

Yikes. Was Brody awful yet?