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Huge move. I guess initially the plan will be for Smackdown to sell tickets for U.S shows and Netflix subscriptions. While Netflix just gives them a shitload of money and helps them become a juggernaut internationally. I guess they are gonna start getting even more offers from overseas to do big stadium shows and possibly long tours without much expenses for WWE?

They really are having money problems. Gotta start actually pushing the younger generation. It's been 12 year since they last did it and they have a good crop of guys that can revitalize a division that's been stale for half a decade. I wonder if Okada comes back for a mega push in 5 more years or so or if he goes the Nakamura route and decides to stay in the U.S with his family.

I hope this excursion helps Perry become a better wrestler so at least someone gains something out of all of this.

The Middle Age Bucks. I expect some crazy ass shit for that match closing out Revolution. I just hope Sting takes cares of himself, I know he'll wanna do some crazy ass shit so the Bucks better take care of him.

1 week in and the Undisputed Kingdom feel as forgettable and unmemorable as expected. Wardlow looks like a just wants to go home and play video games.

"Just play my music the entire time I'm out there Tony, that way you wont hear the boos on TV" - Chris Jericho, probably.

May should drop a "I did an armdrap" t-shirt. That was so damn disrespectful by Toni

Oh, and Naito's first defense is a rematch with SANADA. Tsuji is also having a rematch with Uemura. New Japan "WK Backlash" in Sapporo

Unless he was just lying in the press conference, yes, he's leaving. And he's putting the belt on EVIL as his last singles match, lol.

TK the eternal dumb, wrestling message board poster. He ain't ever changing

ZSJ vs Danielson in Osaka for Feb 11th has been officially announced

~!! Read Daniel Makabe's tweet about being involved in this too, really interested on what card y'all come up with.

That'd be too perfect to get my hopes up for, lol.

Both ZSJ and Danielson cut promos for a rematch of their WD match. Kinda sounds like it's will be a submissions only match. After the classic they had in Seattle and the minute or so they had at the start of the New Year Dash main event, count me in for it. Hopefully they do it soon before Dragon gets hurt again. Would love to see how an Osaka or Sumo Hall crowd reacts to it.

As expected, Danielson vs Okada was much better with an actual story for them to sink their teeth in. Loved how the crowd reacting at every move Dragon pulled when hurting Okada's arm. I'm still not convinced they have good chemistry but this was much much better than the Forbidden Door matchup. Watched the final minutes of the main event and gawd damn is Naito still over as fuck. Fucking EVIL of all people showing up and Umino and Tsuji getting pinned. I fuking hate Gedo with a passion.

Hate that they are going back to Hangman vs Swerve so soon. Neither guys can lose at this point and after the spectacle at Full Gear, there's no a lot more to do to make both guys look amazing regardless of the result. They have such a big roster with a lot of fucking talent, use it!!!

True. I feel like KENTA peaked in 2008-09 -in terms of praise by online fans at least- and then was never again mentioned as a great wrestler by those who actually kept watching him. By 2012 he was definitely seen as "washed" and once WWE got him, no one that followed his latest years had a lot of faith in what he could do there. The hype was mostly from fans that had hear of him from his mid to late 00's work.

Never really thought about it that way, very interesting. And yeah, Speedball is great but Kota has been facing top competition every time he's stepped foot in a ring since Bloodsport.

I truly wonder what happened because his first match back was for Bloodsport against Mike Bailey and he looked more than fine in that one. It all went to shit after it.

I wonder if Rock lowered his requirements about a potential match with Reigns or if WWE came to an agreement with him for the long term angle Rocky implied he wanted a few months back.

Because Toni Storm put it on him. TK's dumb ass probqbly wasn't expecting the Jericho question to be asked before he has solo time. He actually took it off after he answered the question and then had to address the issue in two separate occassions.

HHH won. Every wrestling fan wins. Thank you Endeavor (for now?). PS: Can we edit the thread title? WWE been on the upswing for 2 years now and been getting nothing but awesome news for what feels the last 4 months, lol.

Lol, what? Lee was out 4 months after Full Gear 2022, and since he returned in March he's had like one or two matches each month. This year he's only had 17 matches total in AEW, and only 3 of them were singles matches that went past 8 minutes. I guess the Swerve match was initially booked to make another big injury angle to let him go rest again, but let's no act like Keith hasn't been given time to heal. If dude needed surgery and didn't get, not sure what you want AEW to do? We don't even know if they knew the extent of his injury.

If anything, I was gladly surprised that Joe won clean as whistle. In kayfabe, it makes the most sense that he did, but I was certain that if they pulled the trigger on him, it was going to be via Devil fuckery. Sooooo happy Cole and MJF wont have the AEW Title involved for their feud. Nah man, let Danielson get a month to heal after Okada beats him on Thursday and just go straight to Joe vs Swerve for the belt. I'd even do it on a special Dynamite in February so they can have a big title change on TV again, don't wait till Revolution and risk Swerve losing his momentum due to TK's booking.

The whole tournament, plus the post match promos have been uploaded to Youtube by AEW. Absolutely wonderful.