MoS

Huh. You learn something new everyday. 2003-05 was the peak of WWE pushing big tall roided guys, so I am not surprised he was not considered a must-get.

I love Shida but Britt is basically the only real star in the women's division. That belt needs her and I hope she gets it soon

I am no one to tell someone they are wrong for their opinion about a wrestler, but Kazarian has been a high midcarder for basically all his life, and was the inaugural AEW tag champ. Comparing him to someone like Gillberg is quite insulting and unfair imo. Unless you think anyone who never worked in WWE is an opening card guy. Match was so-so but I lOVED the throwback to MJF throwing the towel for Cody. I am intrigued at how they develop this slow-burning angle

Completely agreed. Tbh I think they have overpushed Matt Hardy; he should not have beat Sammy twice in a row either. Unless this leads to Page quickly and definitively beating him in the coming few weeks, it's another Matt Hardy booking I think is wrong. I really love how they have followed up on Cassidy becoming a legit draw by putting him over strong and giving him important wins. If this was WWE of the last 10 years he would have been putting over someone on Main Event.

I like how they are continuing multiple feuds in this battle royal. A true tribute to Pat Patterson

Yeah, you are right about HHH and Steph trying to do that. The Observer reported that and Dave also said that Pat recognised what was happening and decided to resign. But he used to be backstage frequently until very recently, so I am sure Vince made sure he was always welcome and the young wrestlers must have loved picking his brain on everything related to wrestling.

And then doubling down and insulting the people who ask them to do research. He was Terry Garvin's boss so you can attribute some kind of vicarious liability to him, since he either didn't realize what Garvin was doing or didn't try to stop him. But this was a particularly shitty time in a shitty business and I don't blame the only openly gay person for not wanting to step on any toes. His booking of the Royal Rumbles used to be excellent. None of the modern Rumbles have been half as good, despite having much more talented wrestlers.

Team Mox here. Hope he retains. That promo he cut last week was brilliant and made me feel it's too early for him to lose. So hyped for this show.

Dunno if it was a Triple H call or a Vince McMahon call, but Rhea absolutely should have beaten Charlotte, and what they did to Rhea this year should be a crime against humanity.

Dave's been using a pizza place analogy to argue that wrestling is in better shape than it has been in 20 years, and I get what he means but now I have seen about 50 tweets comparing wrestling to some pizza place and it has made me almost hate pizza, something I genuinely considered an impossible task

Bad punches off Lou Thesz press aside, I think Austin's offence was good and clearly a couple of levels above the others you mentioned. But yeah your point overall is absolutely valid and I totally get what you're saying.

That's fair. I don't think Sasha's offence looks fake in general though. Maybe the Bank Statement isn't good enough for some fans but as far as her overall offence is concerned, I think it's fine. For example, her strikes are better than Cena's often-comical punches.

When has Sasha acted like a big athlete? Her thing is being wrestling-savvy, 'the blueprint' and taking crazy bumps. Most wrestling submissions are hokey, especially if you follow MMA. It wasn't really a big issue with Cena and it isn't an issue here. I mean Undertaker started using a triangle as a finisher and used it in the main event of a WrestleMania and it was so fake, his legs literally would never come near the neck. Jumbo and Stan did not use submissions.

I am not sure if this is on Sasha or if her instincts are bad. I think it has to do with all promos being heavily scripted, and WWE sucking ass at scripting babyface promos (and babyfaces in general.)

I don't watch so I have no opinion one way or another, but I am curious to hear what you guys think about this -

Oh, my man, I wish I had as sunny an outlook on life as you do. Not saying Corny is one of them, but there are absolutely people who revel in their racism and no amount of "educating them" could change that.

Omega-PAC ironman had a dq as a fall, but yeah, as you said, there have been no dq finishes in AEW history.

I really think it's too early to take the title off Mox right now. His world title promos are the best in the business. They have done a good job building intrigue for next week's main event though

People keep referring to AEW as this workrate promotion when honestly, it's biggest appeal is that top to bottom, it has the best promos of any pro wrestling promotion since JCP in the mid-80s.

Taz is the fucking King. What the fuck is Miro doing backstage though? Miro's debut has been handled so awfully and terribly for this world championship match.

I said it cuz the ones talking about him being heel were English people I follow like Allan, who also posts here. Not saying that the British did not like him; as you said, he was so good and so charismatic, it was almost impossible to not like him.

He was a heel to the English, and that's about it. Everyone else loved him. Like a 10,000 bigger version of 1997 Bret Hart

Rest in peace Diego Maradona you absolute king

Nope, they were sell-outs. Fewer tickets were put on sale, as I mentioned, but they were sold out. We had a discussion about this a few months back - https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/35718-comments-that-dont-warrant-a-thread-part-4/?do=findComment&comment=5918782