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38k paid is an awesome number. Very interested in seeing if White was able to pull it off performance wise.

I don't think it's a big deal at all. I'm just pointing out Omega is not full time with New Japan, which I've read a lot these last couple of weeks. He's far from that, New Japan has no issue giving him a light schedule so he has a lot of margin to work somewhere else, like AEW, if needed be. PS: I'm more offended by people not watching Big Japan's Strong Division than not checking Being the Elite. At least Big Japan has the best dojo going

I mean, Kenny is not even full time now. He wrestled less than half of what Okada did for New Japan last year, for example. ps: holy shit at this thread

I think that was reported by rajah so who knows how much weight thar rumor has.

"Favored gaijins to a lot of fans" is an exaggeration, imo. There's a number of New Japan fans that either don't care or are beginning to resent The Elite guys a little bit. But regardless of that, my point was how important they really are for New Japan besides Omega. Cody has been used mainly for the US shows, which have been horribly promoted with lazy, "house show" cards that have had problems selling tickets (mostly due to bad promotion, imo). He isn't really a player at all in their local product, which people tend to forget but still is their bread and butter and their main focus. The Bucks fill a spot in the tag division, sure. But they are very part time in Japan and the tag division is just "there" for the company anyway. Same could be said about guys like Scurll and Page. They are very replaceable if needed be. I wouldn't call losing them "gutting" NJ. But the most likely scenario is that AEW and New Japan will work together though so this whole discussion is moot

How woulc this move "gut" New Japan? Omega is the only guy that really matters for them, and he already works part time. And they've been working on a replacement for him this past year with White (whether it actually works, it's another subject). Where is Charles anyway? I haven't read a post from him in months.

GOAT interviewer and one of the best TV personalities period. He was still awesome at 75. RIP Mean WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bag gawd Gene

I don't think this will happen - and I hope it doesn't because I believe indy wrestling really needs him now more than ever - but I think AEW's biggest get right now would be Joey Janela (in a creative/talent role).

Cena is back on SD and had an interesting segment with Also, D-Bry's challenger for the Rumble is

Miz should never be a babyface. I loved their interaction after Bryan's turn though, Miz constantly wanting to hear D-Bry admit he was right all along and DB trying to move along the conversation was awesome. Those two are gold no matter what, but a face Miz after a Bryan feud would probably die a death fast.

They should just re air this on Tuesday. Fantastic 10 minutes and character building.

Eh, I think is the perfect match to begin Ospray's "graduation" to heavyweight. He's pretty much facing the last Jr. prodigy who made the jump successfully to the big boys division for a belt that will require him being more of a tough guy instead of a flippy guy. Granted, the match is gonna have a bunch of insane flippy stuff - that I'm looking forward to watch, first Ospray match I'm excited to watch in a long ass time - but I think it's a compelling first step if the plan is to make Will a player with the heavys. If it eventually fails, oh well, I'm glad they are giving it a shot with such an unique match up.

After TLC it seemed they were going for a Ronda vs Charlotte vs Becky main event for Mania. I understood the "concern" about Asuka/Becky pointing into another direction (that's just how WWE has trained fans to think), but considering they have 2 more PPVs before WM, they have more than enough time to book around Lynch doing other things in January.

I hope he gets a singles match with Truth, I'm really intrigued on what they could do on a two segment match.

"This is finally what the people wanted!"

This is fucking ridiculous, I hope the ratings are even lower than last week.

Dear lord A 20 minute Mcmahon family opening segment. I can feel the change already!!

So Paige is out of a job too?

I died at the crowd cheering when Hunter said the four of them would be on TV weekly

I've loved all the matches they've had against each other this year and this was their best one yet, as expected. And what's more amazing is that they still left a couple of more high end stuff for their next match (probably at the Rumble but I'd love for them to save it for Mania). They are so fucking good at wrestling that they had a back and forth match in 2018 WWE that didn't rely in a single high spot or flippy move to get the crowd invested, and they made a fucking half crab a believable finish. Mr. Small Package strikes again, I just adore that D-Bry is having his 05-06 ROH Title run in WWE, I can't fucking wait for every match he's about to have. PS: Two favorite parts of the match were the knee strikes-to-cravate suplex that DB pulled off (so brutal, so simple, so effective, that's my kind of wrestling) and AJ selling the 450 splash perfectly. It hurt like a motherfucker to pull the move off, but he still went for the pin as quick as possible because he had a sense of urgency. It's the kind of detail no one in the US pulls off anymore.

All in one link That might be promo of the year, dear lord.

I hope the gimmick match they are gonna have at the Rumble is a 2/3 Falls match. I'd love for them to save they next match for Mania though. Make D-Bry avoid AJ like the plague and Styles having to scratch and claw to get a rematch.

This is amazing.

I marked out.