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I don't know man, I don't think Wardlow being TNT champ benefits the company nor the belt right now.

I mean, there's no compelling matchups cooked up for MJF either (Ricky being the exception too). If Hangman is the next n°1 contender it's gonna be a bleh feud with both Max and Danielson, even though he does have great in ring chemistry with Dragon. At this point any big name on the roster could get a 2-3 match winning steak and get a title shot so I don't see this problem being related to Bryan being champ. I don't see a title switch at all on Sunday but whatever happens, TK should try to run the Hangman match quickly on Dynamite and get someone else to carry the next PPV feud.

"Let your All Stars be All Stars" is something Tony has weirdly avoided as much as he can, and it's very weird.

Honest question, do we think Revolution is breaking 120k buys? I have a hard time picturing this doing better than Forbidden Door

Are there more matches expected to be announced for the PPV? Having 7 matches + the Iron Man match seems like the most generous offer TK could give us (4 hr PPV at most).

If him losing means he gets to work the G-1 I'm all for Max retaining, bubba.

What a shocking return he's gonna have tomorrow for the ROH premiere!

We should've gotten that Danielson promo in early February, lol.

The silence at times was uncomfortable. A lot of sloppy sequences too, that BCC elimination was hilarious.

It's insane that a big (ish) matchup like HOB vs The Elite only got 10 days of real build up. They could've done something worth a damn if they started this in late January or early February.

I hope MJF is taking some notes from this Christian promo.

Yup, and after the PPV there's still no compelling challenger waiting for a shot, even though there 3 whole months to give people some momentum. I guess Hangman vs Mox is supposed to be that program but I don't see Page vs MJF being a big attraction at this point. They had something with Starks but he'll need a palate cleanser after the Jericho feud. I guess Revolution could end with another Tony Khan voice mail, this timed aimed at Punk before so he can return the same way MJF did or some shit

It is kinda crazy how both Hangman and MJF have had very similar title reigns in terms of impact/perception.

The streak of Meltzer's takes influencing the votes is over

OC and Evil Uno weekly open contracts challenges on every Dynamite going forward.

Ratings sky rocketed this week (back to 1 million and .35 in dah demo). Meltzer attributes it to no NBA, no reality TV comp and no NHL. Brother, it was not a serious question. Just trying to follow that hilarious comp Dav made

Lmao. So, uh, when does AEW take a stand to stop the enemy advance? When is it not "too late" for them?

San Francisco continues to be a nightmare town for wrestling And this is much better than the last time WWE ran RAW and SD, btw.

AEW was running a plain bad product from August to December and it had nothing to do with Wrestlemania or even WWE. There's a reason why the run of shows from December to January felt so refreshing, it was because fans were asking for something like that for months. 2022 was a mess after the Punk presser, to the point AEW lost a lot of the good faith people had in them. So of course the build up to a PPV looking as dryas this one -when they had 3 fucking months to come up with stuff- is gonna make people question stuff. So the idea that Tony is "saving stuff" for after Wrestlemania is not that convincing when he was supposedly saving stuff for most of 2022 too (we were asking for a reset in June and got it in December).

If that's the strategy then don't book one of your four solo PPV of the year (Forbiden Door being the fifth) one month before Wrestlemania.

I didn't say the show was awful, I salud the card was awful. As in, I have zero interest in any of the matches, therefore I won't he watching (just like last week).

Yeah that Dynamite card looking awful again, not watching this week either. And Danielson better cut an amazing promo to convince people besides myself and his stans that the Iron Man match Is worth a damn because MJF has failed for a month straight.

Also, Draw winning never made any sense to me because he already had gotten a lengthy title reign and has been their top babyface before. Even though the atmosphere was crazy for Clash at the Castle, Drew didn't have a third of the momentum both Sami and Cody have right now.

That's why I'm interested in how he's booked after Roman loses the belts. Does he back to plucky/funny guy on the midcard like Kofi or does HHH makes an actual effort to make him a legit top babyface you can make some money off. Regarding last night, I guess the question ends up being if it's more important to "make" Sami Zayn on the February PLE in front of his home crowd or "make" Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemania. The argument of making either one of the lose so they can get over the hump later works both of them in this case, imo.

I'm fascinated by the how Hunter will book Sami after WM. Does he go ever get put in a position to draw as one of their top babyfaces? Does he have another title at some point in 2023? Is he the one to eventually dethrone Gunther? (though I guess that's Brock if he actually wrestles him at WM). Would be pretty incredible storytelling if the Bloodline angle goes full circle and the end game is actually Jey vs Roman at Summerslam or something (no belts involved).