MoS

I hope he doesn't wrestle. His last run involved him putting over everyone, and if he gets a push as an unstoppable monster, it just makes AEW looks like the B-league promotion

Fenix v. Archer has the potential to be MOTY

So Tony Khan appeared on WOL and basically confirmed that he was the one who started the infamous DVDVR sleaze thread

Also, I know they did crossover angles and shit, but a combined SMW/ECW would have been an excellent third promotion in the 90s. Paul E and Corny booking the same show together would have led to something interesting, because I feel they would have complemented each other really well if they could have stopped themselves from killing each other. Speaking of, what do you guys think of Corny-booked OVW and Heyman-booked OVW? I think the Corny version is considered more critically acclaimed, but I might be wrong

To be fair, Harley had started the big bumping and high workrate main event style before Flair did; Flair was just much better at it. Plus, it also varied by territory; NorCal had Stevens and Patterson and while I haven't seen a lot of their 70s work, I am sure they worked like Flair/Steamboat/MX Express

Hunter being a non-drinker who bails out drinking and pill-popping buddies is pretty much his greatest talent and the reason he is where he is today

Apparently, Batista and Taker were a bit pissed that they were allotted relatively little time for their match, and that it was buried midway on the card, so they both decided to go out and steal the show. You can really see the motivation and the energy stemming from both of them. They definitely accomplished their goal; it has been a while since I have watched Cena-Shawn from that night, but last time I did, I remember picking Taker-Batista as the match of the night

This is very logical and makes sense..except I don't think Bruno was really trying to make sense when he ranted about Hogan. He absolutely despised Hogan, so he really meant to say that Hogan didn't have staying power at all over a period of time and that his drawing ability would diminish with time. I think he genuinely believed that, which is why an analysis of the numbers and figures, especially in 1984-1985, when Hogan was hitting cities and territories frequently, and with far more regularity than he would subsequently when he would become a true, proper national touring champion, would be really useful in deciphering whether Bruno's claims were accurate

Think it's the latter. At this point Rock by himself is probably worth more than the entire WWE

Anna Jay has shoulder injury and is out for 6-12 months

I had found Austin's interviews with Bret and Flair to be boring and generic - mainly because they did not tread any new ground there; do we really need Bret talking about Montreal for the 862nd time? - but his interviews with Bayley and now Sasha have been fantastic? Really really excellent, and I cannot recommend them enough. It helps that Austin is very obviously a massive fan of both Bayley and Sasha. There's a lot of respect and admiration that's plainly evident. Also, on that note: Even the biggest box office draw in wrestling history and the world's toughest son of a bitch knows not to get in the middle of two women having a fight

Okay, so if your issue with Orton is that he executed these face moves boringly and they didn't enhance the match, I can see that. I like the match more than you, but yeah, Orton is really bland in general, and he seems to be unable to show any kind of urgency in his matches. Like the exact opposite of people like Steve Austin and Riki Choshu, where anything they did seemed like the eye of the storm. Also, if you have these reviews written out, why are we not getting them more quickly?

Question for historians here - (Really wish @mookeighana still posted here): how much trusth is there to the claim, made especially by Bruno, that Hogan did not draw well when he would headline in the same city month after month for subsequent shows, and therefore he had to be booked as a special attraction appearing only 2-3 times a year? One of Bruno's biggest criticisms of Hogan was that attendance for shows that Bruno would headline would go up in the 2nd match, and even more in the 3rd match in the 3rd month, while with Hogan the trend was the exact opposite. I was wondering if there was any truth to this claim

Re-posting this

We really need a "Austin Aries is a dumbfuck" thread

Miz was decent....in 2016. He has been nothing but brutally bad the last year or so. I was going to make a joke about how my date went so much better than the end result of the PPV, but that's an absurdly low bar to clear

I don't get it, you would have rather Roman squash Cesaro instead? How would that have legitimised him as a top-level challenger? I had forgotten how terrible Edge's spear was

Was it? We know the winner is jobbing to Roman. I would rather he gets his moment when he actually wins the big one

Love how Bryan sells his knee. Roman v. Bryan will be a banger, they have always had great chemistry

God I had forgotten how much Corbin sucks

This is the first time I am watching anything WWE in months - only for a while, your boi has a date lined up tonight - is it me or have they somehow introduced MORE annoying and groan-inducing camera angle?

Daniel Bryan has been having consistently good to great matches for 20 years now. How many non-Luchadores can claim that, forget about US workers?

I like Roman's character but have come to despise all the talking that happens in his matches. I get it: you're the head of the table

Wait, weren't you just arguing that it is unfair to shoehorn faces and heels into acting in a particular way, and that they should have the freedom to work in whatever way they wish? FWIW, many heels do the corner punching spot; fans chant along cuz fans like chanting