MoS

On the other hand, Ric Flair scares me. I legit think if he starts screaming in his trademark way he might drop dead

That Drew promo was magnificent. It's a real shame his coronation reign is happening in the era of no crowds. That promo would have been over like gangbusters in front of a live audience

Clearly he is not concerned about burning bridges

Shodate for comeback of the year

Wtf is this timeline

Shane's idea, apparently

Adam Cole wrestled Keith Lee the same way he wrestled Johny Gargano. I wouldn't be surprised if he is soon exchanging parity headlock sequences with Big E.

It's too early to tell, but given the last few games, it might be Houston's year this time. He Warriors are a shadow of what they used to be and the Rockets have done well in clutch situations in back to back games, and clutch play was one of their biggest perceived drawbacks the last couple of years.

Remember when Vince McMahon let Rock's contract expire in late 2004 due to a "clerical oversight"? Who would have thought he would one day be buying business ventures from Vince.

Westbrook tho. Dude was straight fire yesterday.

That was actually a really well done angle. I was not a fan of the Fiend Bliss shit but then I am so over The Fiend

Also, KENTA is back!!

Sister Alexa is certainly a gimmick

What kind of a dumbass wrestler does this. It's such an insult to the hundreds of black wrestlers who have legit faced racism and slurs in locker rooms their entire lives. Who told this idiot that this was a good way to get cheered?

If he is comparing a one-second spot in a 30-min match that was not even pushed or hyped to about a month's worth of build-up about how one competitor in a match was literally going to have their eye detached, then it's a laughable argument not really worthy of a rebuttal.

AEW has never done the Lake of Reincarnation thing......

Thanks, yeah, now that I think about it, 40B does sound Disney-like haha

I mean, they brought in Brian Cage and put Taz with him and within weeks of build-up, he has now popped big numbers two weeks in a row, all the while looking like an absolute badass in the ring. Hate on Taz all you want, but saying that all the buzz is about Taz and it has not transferred to Cage is just being delusional.

So, WWE made record profit of USD 40 billion this quarter. The fact that there were any layoffs and furloughs because of the pandemic when the company is making money hands over fist is not surprising, but it should really show once and for all what kind of promotion WWE is. Vince also said that the reason AEW and NXT's ratings are back to pre-pandemic levels while Raw and SD ratings continue to drop is cuz the former are "newer", which is laughable.

Oh yeah, wasn't that a dig at what JR had written in his blog?

Fair point, although I will say that a shift to two hours on prime time would have made it a corporate tool regardless. Hey maybe Shawn just needs his Brando to come to NXT

I think the former Cameron might be friends with Brandi - they were in developmental together. I am glad someone apart from me was underwhelmed by Warhorse. For some reason he has an indy following that was gushing all over this match, while for me the only good thing about the match was, as I said, the underlying story of Cody's title reign and defences, which is good booking more than anything.

Honestly, as annoying as I found it, Shawn was still good and charismatic enough to get away with it. It could be corny but it was not nearly as nauseating as it is when his ripoffs do it. Plus, a while back they were restricted to legends matches and basically existed in a self-contained world of their own. However, it is a terrible terrible template to build your world title main event scene on, and Shawn becoming a trainer has definitely played a role in it. This reminds me of the GOAT discussions where @Matt D used to talk about Arn's agenting and whether that should factor in while analysing his case. I have definitely seen Shawn going down people's lists recently because of the NXT main event style, and it's actually an interesting point to discuss.

This is only tangentially related, but I think putting it directly head to head with AEW did not help its vibe. It went from being a cool alternative to main roster WWE to being a billion dollar corporation tool being used to put down another cool alternative to main roster WWE. If Vince wanted to nip AEW in the bud he should have probably put Smackdown against it or something.

I have been a Thatcher fan for years and I never thought he would become the tremendous personality that he has on WWE TV. Kudos to him.