MoS

This match just makes the fateful decision to go with heel Rollins instead of heel Reigns 5 years back so much more head-scratching. Has Rollins ever had a performance like this? This has to be one of the best "throwaway/B-PPV" feuds WWE has done in the past 10 years.

Amazing how simple booking done with talented workers can be so great. Almost as if we don't need stupid contrived shit like Retribution to arrest the business's downward slide.

Counterpoint: The names are cringy and trash and no one cares if they have a good Twitter game if their booking is cringy and trash

Per Meltzer, Brodie-Cassidy was a big ratings hit. Brodie-Dustin did really well in the quarters as well. This Brodie reign has clearly been a success. I know Cody just returned, but I would still keep the title on Brodie and ultimately have Hangman beat him for it.

Does anyone remember that crazy rumour from years ago when Roman was main eventing WM for the first time against Brock, about how Afa and Sika were furious that the finish got changed and wanted to beat up people backstage.

Is it even possible to be a top WWE guy without coming off as an overly defensive dork. At least Reigns isn't picking Twitter bitchfights like Rollins

It was always funny how wrestlers used to call him smart cuz he...*Gasp* read books. Talk about low standards

Extremely weird episode of Dynamite. I wouldn't call it bad, and I don't even blame them at all given Lance's test came out of nowhere, but it seemed extremely rushed, even the segments that had already been booked last week.

Kingston with the Kawada colours

I love Ryan Reynolds but that is just because I just shifted to Murrica (NYC - what a time to move from India to New York) and Reynolds' Mint Mobile has been a fucking lifesaver. Fuck T-Mobile and fuck AT&T, I have no idea how Murricans tolerate them

Matt is stumbling all over his words. He should not be on TV. He should be at home. He should be retired. Wtf Tony Khan. That said, Jericho saying "Happy birthday Matt! Who gives a shit" was amazing

Eww dark haired Cody. Oh fuck yeah a dog collar match! I was going to say shades of Piper-Valentine Starrcade 1983, but I think Dusty had not started booking JCP by then. That was still Dory's booking

Are the Roadies the bigest drawing tag team of the last 30 years? Who else is even in the conversation? RIP. A first ballot hall of famer.

The promos on the show have been excellent so far, but the matches have been meh. Hopefully this match changes that

Kingston is so fucking good on the mic, it is genuinely amazing

Fuck me, Miro is JACKED. Clearly not having to take wellness tests is working out for him.

Lance has COVID and hopefully recovers soon, but this match should be bonkers. Stunning how having a roster full of over characters not buried to death can help with booking your way out of unexpected potholes.

Anna Jay and Brandi had a match far better than it had any right to be. I would have put over Jay clean though, without needing any Dark Order interference or eating a visual pinfall

Both funny and sad that they are finally booking Roman in all the right ways right when the promotion is at its nadir in popularity and basically irredeemable

I am not making two threads for the week. The one hour show tonight is so random. I guess because they did not know whether it would air this week or last week so they could not plan accordingly

I thought Suzuki-Ishii was comfortably better than Tana-Naito. Tana's style has never really worked for me and while I think people are too harsh on Naito in respect of his decline, there's no doubt he is not as good as he used to be. Someone who has really grown on me is Jay White. I was not a fan at all when he won the world title last year, but he has steadily improved and has become a great wrestler. He also is one of the few heels in pro wrestling who incorporates heel mannerisms throughout his matches. It does mean a lot of Gedo shenanigans which quickly become tiring, but his matches still remain enjoyable. Him snatching the ice pack from the ref after the match and applying it on his own neck was hilarious

Covid breaks out in NXT but the nonces don't get affected by it. There truly is no God

They should just make Sue women's champ once Shida has had her run

Yeah I actually thought the match was really good and one of the better AEW women's matches we have seen altho that's not much of a compliment. There were times when the match felt it would spiral out of control but Ivelisse ultimately put in a good performance in a good match I thought. It helps that both Rosa and Ivelisse are very charismatic, particularly Rosa whose physical charisma is ridiculous, so maybe I missed things I would have ordinarily noticed.

https://babyfacevheel.substack.com/p/matt-riddle-cancelled-restraining Bix with some excellent work in re the Matt Riddle allegations and it does not look good for him.