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Did Dave really said that? Bah gawd. Excited and dreading that match all at the same time.

Goes down in flames? Come the fuck on

So Punk comes back to challenge Jericho? lol. I'm still hoping it's Low Ki just for the laughs.

NOAH being the chosen promotion for this is so weird to me. I guess their offices are nice and they can build a PC on them?

Taker talking about "dress code" will always be hilarious to me. And even if it's not related, him standing outside the Cavs locker room with his deadman gear like he was a child asking for candy for Halloween makes it even more funny. And boy, some of you guys really were putting a lot of faith in Punk's Bret-tribute style as some time of game changer. Where were y'all 5 years ago when strong Big Japan was trying to do that for puroresu?

Nice callback to their 2008 feud. Nice of WWE to let him work that show just like they did KENTA for the Marufuji Anniversary. Will Shinsuke open his eyes like KENTA did after that show and ask for his release? Pretty telling that WWE is willing to do this but not let Anderson work a New Japan show because they wanted him in Saudi Mania.

Starks and Hobbs had an incredible angle and then fizzled out with 2 matches. A very weird one of PPV that could've been much better on TV and another one on Rampage that should've been on PPV (Full Gear). It's pretty evident how badly booked they have been since that hot angle. You knowing (or not) future plans does not make up for the fact that in the last 2 months they could've done something special with them and instead it ended up like any other random AEW feud and with both of them off TV for literally no good reason. And the waste of Miro is worse than what WWE did with him, which is saying something.

Mike Johnson is reporting both Bandido and Juice Robinson have signed with AEW.

Punk not coming back it's a shame because I think we all agree very good/compelling stuff could've been made if both him and the Elite were willing to do business. It would really suck if neither side could do what so many before them were willing to do the profit of our pockets and the selfishness of our fandom (we would like to see it). For every "the locker room doesn't want him" narrative, I could totally see a "the locker room has warmed up to him" if dude behaved like he didn't have enemies all around him on a potential return. I think all of this is fixable but it seems no one in AEW wants to actually fix it. They are also not injured and out for 6 more months with an arm injury that negates any physicality.

I don't think Punk is the one talking to people but the Wrestlinginc stuff that came out yesterday literally said "we reached out to CM Punk's camp for a response, and received one". For all we know it could've been Ace Steel's dumb ass talking bullshit and Nick Hausman thinking he had the scoop of the month. Still funny no matter how you slice it I mean look at this, THIS is what's been discussed right now The Dog thing

Low Ki gonna show up unannounced and knock Jericho out to get the belt. Punk's fuckery is gonna be left in the dust!

It's gonna be so fucking funny to read endless arguments over Larry's teeth getting hit by a knocked down door or not I don't know what's going on with Punk's side but I honestly can't believe they leaked *this* I mean, come on! Whoever is doing the talking on his side is doing a terrible fucking job at it.

I think Tony's biggest issue is listening too much to his biggest stars. Every time I listen to Jericho it seems that doesn't matter what he proposes to Tony, he gets the OK and can run with his idea for waay too long. Wouldn't shock that's what happens with every big star they have -hell, Mox was the one behind beating Punk two weeks before the PPV just so they could get pop a rating and a big reaction for a nearfall at All Out- so that kinda explains why he's ok with having the highest paid JTTS in the business in Danielson. I also think it's pretty evident Punk is a bigger draw. But the thing is, he's never been that much bigger of a draw so I've always been puzzled about arguing about it when it comes to those two. If we scale it from 1 to 10, Dragon might be a 6 and Punk a 7. Neither is worth much of a discussion.

Punk can tell his side and explain why he felt the way he did once he came back from the foot injury. But nothing justifies what he did, come on now. I don't justify The Elite being morons, specially because they have a management role (even if it's a paper title) but whatever they did will never be enough for me to understand Punk: 1) Burying the top homegrown babyface in the promotion on national TV over a line only Punk and like 30 people understood in a promo that happened months before and everyone watching had forgotten about. 2) Burying his own promotion after knowing he was injured and would be out for a while. He torched everyone but Adam Cole, lol AND made sure he was the story out of a PPV that ended with the return of MJF. 3) Getting a damn fistfight with a group of morons that went to confront them. For every slight he perceived/believed, he escalated the situation 10 times worse. He basically gave in to the provocations by The Elite and solve a damn thing, he just made things worse. And I agree something should be done regarding the Elite and the way they politic but going public and torching the whole place ain't ever the answer to solving that problem.

Of course he did, he's a wrestling promoter. Him feeding the fanbase with rah rah stuff after WWE tried to damage them with NXT is something any promoter worth a damn would do. That doesn't mean they are gonna legit challenge WWE. Being a successful n°2 promotion is pretty damn impressive and from what I've gathered that's always been AEW's goal.

To be fair, thinking AEW was going to legit challenge WWE would always end up in disappointment. I don't think that was ever the goal of the promotion anyway so not sure were that narrative is coming from.

Man, if Taue can't even make it in as part of Holy Demon Army...

Punk still has like 7 more months of recovery so there's no rush to solve that situation yet. If Ace got (rightfully) fired that should mean they have avoided litigation regarding that matter. Now, last time Punk spent time at home recovering he came back and torched the whole place in 3 weeks time so who knows if spending even more time at home will be better or worse

There's tons of ways to work around Christian's time off. Making JB move on to other stuff and make Christian cost him a big match at Double Or Nothing 2023 to reignite the feud was right there too.

This feud will go on forever and I will stop watching because of it.

I think that's the whole point. He losses next week and either goes back to insecure Cowboy or gets some new development in his character.

Would've been great to hear from THIS Hangman in the past 5 months instead of being on the sidelines doing filler shit and just showing up to job to Danielson and now Mox...

I hope we get Swerve vs Darby soon somehow, that match could be incredible.

I wonder what MJF is gonna say now, use the local team for cheap heat is his go to move (and I love it, btw). Also, good to hear such a fired up crowd again.

I found something that interests me in Jericho vs Danielson: will Khan be enough of a mark to spend the stupid amount of money Europe asks to use Final Countdown this one time? It bothers me he booked himself in a stupid corner with this match. Jericho shouldn't lose the title this soon -and it seems the build up is for him to drop it to García eventually- but jobbing Danielson again to put a guy like Jericho over is so damn dumb. I'm interested in seeing PAC do his damnest to steal the show with OC. Also expect a ridiculous big reaction for Billy Gunn vs heel Swerve.