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It's still better than BIGLAV? BIGLAV is much better.

Shocked they let Braun kick out of the Spear with little fanfare after protecting that move so strongly for months.

It was a rumored possibility. I got the sense Rollins was heated up for that purpose in the gauntlet on Raw, but we probably won't find out until tomorrow or next week. Angle's role could very well be limited to facilitating the match rather than participating.

She's a rookie. For all we know this is the experience that many may have on day one in promo class at the PC. But that's there, rather than as part of a Mania main event push.

Maybe they could use Asuka to cut promos for Ronda?

This match is a wellness violation.

After the guy named “Cruz” murdered a bunch of kids. The one thing an elderly Republican thought needed changing after the shootings, apparently Bring back the like button!

Women's Chamber: Ton of fun with great action from Sonya early on, terrific booking with the Absolution 2 on 1, Sasha save and eventual turn on Bayley. Add on a hot finishing stretch and a KILLER promo from Alexa working the entire crowd? Great fun for 35 minutes. Probably not the kind of match that holds up particularly well on rewatch because so much was driven by current storylines, but that was a blast. ***1/2

Is there anything close to a list of match recs for older WWF footage on the Network? Between all the house shows, Tuesday Night Titans and Prime Time episodes I'm sure there's a wealth of matches ranging from fun to good or great, but it'd be helpful to have some kind of reference rather than looking up reviews for every individual show.

Seems like a show that should have good matches but fairly predictable outcomes. The Road to Romanmania seems to be on a clear path (unless that guy in jail comes up with proof he sold stuff to him), and I suppose the only real suspense would be "they aren't stupid enough to have Nia end Asuka's streak, right?" You spelled Rondamania incorrectly.

I know modern New Japan isn't fine dining for everyone. The Honor Rising shows were generally weak by New Japan standards. But the main events with the Golden Lovers reuniting were absolutely tremendous and well worth checking out if you're able to do so. Babyface, smiling, hand slapping Kenny Omega is a sight to behold and I'd like to think any fan of pro wrestling would enjoy these last 2 main events, regardless of how you'd rate the matches. No 15 minute promos or authority figures required (although the extended video with Kenny & Kota in the gym on NJ World was a great bit of television) in order to get into this story or the current / future matches. Tremendous storytelling and television programming. Check it out.

Great call on the Kobashi moments. Will never, ever forget those.

Johnny Gargano is the freaking best. I have no idea what his ceiling is but I'm looking forward to watching. How have I not done a deep dive on his pre-NXT work yet?

Thanks, haven't seen this in years and never a bad reason to watch some Austin from that era. Not sure what I'll take from a Benoit match at this point but don't mind sitting through it. It looks like you've seen a bit of one of my favorite wrestlers over the last few years in Shuji Ishikawa, so I've linked below the latest AJPW Tag Title match. The RWTL version of this from December seemed to get a bit more praise but I was much higher on this and it may very well be my favorite tag match of the last few years. Don't be intimidated by the video length as its in the 20-25 minute range. https://rutube.ru/video/3e21b1dacffa703db91ac9d4e622611e/

The thought crossed my mind as well.

One hell of an hour for Rollins. The Cena match started out very cold but kudos to them for putting together a PPV quality match and completely turning the crowd back.

Waiting for the inevitable double countout or DQ to move things along.

Hey JVK, how have you been? Watch anything good lately?

Time will tell, but it doesn't seem prudent for a service that caters to such a niche audience to go out of its way to offend said audience.

I will remain a broken record on this -- Charlotte needs to be a heel. Absolute aces in that role, while as a babyface she's not even insincere enough to get any heat for performances. Just nothing to care about.

I was reading the Voices of Wrestling Best Matches of 2017 list and was just shocked to see the Kushida/Ospreay BOSJ match wind up at like #8. Obviously it’s just my bias but there’s no way I could make a serious MOTY list and include an Ospreay match on it. I even liked that match (preferred the 1/4/17 one, actually) but it definitely made me realize that I am out of touch, as well (though I know VoW mainly is a NJPW-centric site). I'm generally with you on that point and haven't been a big fan of Ospreay since he began packing in the flips, screaming and cursing with little regard for anything else in his matches. But that Kushida match was legitimately excellent.

Steph hasn't exactly shown herself willing or able to bump for stunners, take a bedpan over the head or otherwise take her comeuppance along the way. That's without delving into whether she and Rousey can generate chemistry similar to two all time great personalities and promo men.

What'd I miss?

Double the Roman? I'm in.

She was working a sexist angle, which works better against a man than against the female Glorious Benevolent Feminist Mother of the Women's Revolution. If Sasha and Bayley have a match on the fucking pre show I'm gonna go postal. They were supposed to main event this fucking thing. Fuck WWE.