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Always love to see Serena and even Ivelisse, who, whatever you might say about her, is a precocious wrestling talent. Big Swole looks so out of place here. I would get it if it was just a lack of wrestling ability. But she is neither big nor particularly swole so I really don't know what her appeal is supposed to be lol

These two rookies are terrible. Forget about being John Cena circa 2002, they are worse than Bull Buchanan 2002. That rap would have been out of place and cringey in 2002; it was embarrassing in 2020

That was a great promo by Rosa. However - and genuinely no disrespect to Rosa - Britt remains the only legit star in the AEW's women's division. I hope we have Dr. Baker, our heel world champion soon. That belt needs her. She's genuinely the best thing in the women's division rn

Lol Kingston cut such a great promo, he got PAC to be cheered like crazy as if he is a returning hero. If no one else, at least @C.S. will agree with me about how that shows just what an absolute epic promo Kingston is. An absolute King. So glad to see him in action

Yeah congrats to Cody and Brandi I am sure Sting fans are loving his return, but his segments have left me stone cold...cold for me. He's an almost-been who nearly was a star for a year, and who has basically done nothing since then

Okay, I know Matt Hardy is a legend, but I hate how prominently he has been pushed, and I don't care how many people he puts over *Eventually*, I still think featuring him this prominently is a mistake. On the other hand, their slow build of MJF v. Jericho has been perfect so far. That's an absolute goldmine of an angle. I hope they keep on this path.

I echo the ones remembering him as Deebo. My lifelong passions have been pro wrestling and horror movies, and that overlapped it perfectly. Rest in peace. He was terrible as a wrestler and as a main event worker, but for me, his wrestling run will always have a soft spot for me

I hope so damn much that the next WM has Roman v. Big E as the main event, but I have learnt my lesson and will never allow anything in WWE to actually excite me ever again

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/serena-deeb-nwa-probably-starting-tapings-again-january-or-early-2021 I hope they keep continuing. We need as many wrestling promotions as we can get

Have to say, the weekly promos from the two Tonys shitting all over Impact are hilarious. "When I told my smart TV to turn to AXS, it asked, "dude, why?" killed me

Haha tbh while I get why it's grammatically wrong, I don't blame him at all for saying "the WCW." He had heard people say "the WWF" all his life, why wouldn't he call it "the WCW."

FWIW, I think the then-Dean Ambrose refused to crack some tasteless cancer joke at Roman's expense, cuz he felt it was very insulting to Roman who is obviously one of his best friends. But your larger point is absolutely correct. I had also forgotten about the end of MNF, so thanks for reminding me of that. Is this year any different due to covid screwing around the normal schedule?

If anyone deserves to throw their weight around, it's Roman. Which top guy in history got shafted on their big coronation moment even half as many times as he did. More top guys should do this tbh. Reminds me of when Jake Hager shared a story on Jericho's podcast about how Cena refused to put him over in 2010, and literally everyone's reaction was "Thank God, thank you Cena"

I would have to think that turning heel and being paired with Heyman was a significant incentive for him

Will Dynamite continue its momentum, or will people get tired of Sting and Omega-Callis fucking around

She'd be better off returning at the Rumble than TLC then, since WWE's ratings historically go up during the road to WM

Excalibur and Tony are perfectly fine for commentary by themselves imo. Especially because, as mentioned, AEW often has guest commentators fill the 3rd spot like Taz, Kingston, Jericho, etc and those three in particular are fantastic

On a different note, anyone who cares about ratings, drawing power, and business decisions should check out the interview Brandon Thurston did with Chris Harrington aka our own @mookeighana. One of the absolute best, most educating interviews you could hope for if you want to learn about the business/drawing part of pro wrestling

lol that's an amazing story. I don't think Bret was particularly good in 94-96. Serviceable, sure, but not good. Roddy Piper had the best promos during the build to WM 12.

He certainly did his best to put over shit like Taker crucifying Austin and all the dumb shit Russo came up with. Plus, "subtly buried" is the operative term here. There is nothing subtle about his burying on AEW, and it's annoying.

100% this And this

He literally shits all over matches/spots/angles/characters/storylines. That is, when he is not busy botching the names of wrestlers. Or their moves. Or even which title is on the line. Literally has more botches per show than Sabu at his peak, and that's saying something

Guys, in my defence, I agree he was a great promo in 1997. It's why I said "most of his career" and not "all of his career" lol

What's with Bret becoming a better promo in his retirement and old age than he was for most of his career lol

You know who else isn't wrong? All of us who criticise AEW booking every single week. Doesn't mean that commentators start shitting on the AEW product during the actual show. JR is not being paid to be very sensible and logical. He is paid for the exact shit he did during the Austin era, during the Ruthless Agrression, hell, during the JCP era when literally no booking decision made sense. Saying he "isn't wrong" is really missing the point in my opinion