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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.

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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

Oh I know you were not saying it. I was just thinking out loud in terms of their prospective plans for NXT India, sorry for the confusion

Urgh Carmella. Sorry, Mella is money and everything yada yada yada, but Sasha deserves so much better, even for a B-level PPV

His matches have not been GOAT level, but in my opinion his promos and builds and selling of angles and storylines have been of that level and I don't think any babyface world champ has felt so cool and easy to cheer for since Austin/Rock. That's probably an indictment of modern wrestling and the terrible way they book babyfaces in general more than a compliment to Mox, perhaps

I will say this though: I dunno how well Vince and the WWE brass understand middle-east/south Asian dynamics, but if they think Mansoor would be a beloved local hometown face in India, then they are kind of deluded. Not saying he cannot get cheered or anything, but that would be a really stupid presumption.

The best wrestling thing this year has been Mox's run as the best babyface world champ since Austin in 1998, but Reigns has been so great too. Roman and Sasha are so far ahead of everyone in WWE, it's not even funny

He certainly didn't shit all over similar spots - and unrealistic angles - during the attitude era and during his WWF/WWE stint in general. He would at least try to put it over instead of acting as if he was above it and publicly burying it.

Thanks man. It's a weird time to look for employment in the US but paradoxically, for me, it was also the best time for me to do higher studies cuz I am a lawyer and my post-grad degree is one year, so if there was one year I could take off from work and study and generally enjoy, it was this academic year. Maybe if American employment doesn't work out, I rejoin my law firm as an associate in India and get some kind of season tickets for NXT India, with Khali as the general manager or something. But still, objectively, I think it's not a great idea. The depth of youngsters trying to become pro wrestlers in India is just not good enough for them to have an entire sub-promotion dedicated to it. People like watching wrestling here and buying tickets to watch an occasional WWE show, I am not sure if there are people - especially good athletic people - clamouring to be pro wrestlers. The last time they went to India, they had Jinder as the world champ and they were going to do back-to-back shows in Delhi. They must have thought the tickets would sell themselves for both shows but they didn't. Jinder was not a draw, and clearly the WWE brand was not a draw. Ultimately they cancelled one show and had just one show, and put Triple H in the main event against Jinder (of course Hunter went over.) They ultimately got a hot crowd but I don't even know if it was a sell-out.

I legit don't think we have enough people clamouring to be wrestlers right now for this to be viable, especially in 2020. But India is their 3rd biggest market (and adjusting for per capita disposable income, India is their biggest market) so it does make sense for them to try and capitalise on this. Khali has a local promotion here that runs shows, so I am guessing they will take wrestlers from there and teach them how to properly work by making them do exhausting, debilitating weight training and repetitive strength and conditioning training drills** **I might be biased and extremely salty because they start regular wrestling shooting in India the year I shifted to NYC for my studies (and employment if I get a good one) and during a pandemic when there will be no live wrestling shows in the NY area cuz of COVID?!?!?!?!!?! FUCK THIS

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From what I have seen, she has quite a few detractors in Cageside comments as well, so this is far from a PWO thing

haha I am glad to see I am not the only one who thought this episode was weak and that the Omega/Callis partnership under-delivered on this Dynamite episode. I like what I like and I won't make any apologies for it, but the Twitter consensus has been so overwhelming in the opposite direction, I was beginning to feel like I am a WWE fanboy who just hates AEW; and anyone who has seen my posts about WWE and AEW knows that is not the case haha

Charlotte as the modern Randy Orton is actually one of the best on-point analogies I have seen recently. I know good bubba KawadaSmile likes Orton a lot more than Charlotte, but it just fits

The main event was a really good match with a really lame finish. This was the weakest Dynamite episode in a long time. I liked the Inner Circle stuff and Kingston and Archer are always a great watch, but I didn't like so many of the segments and some potential directions of angles.