MoS

Did Bayley repeat the role model line for no reason? Asuka is the best promo in the company by simple virtue of the fact that there are clearly no Japanese scriptwriters

Rey Rey has a great case too imo

Fuck it, if they are going to make movies I will judge this as one. Way too much talking and unnecessary dialogues. And the action dragged in the end and became boring frankly until the finish. I was rooting for them to do the Friday the 13th finish as Braun leaned in and I was pretty disappointed when they started showing the credits at the bottom, and then they went ahead and did it, and I absolutely loved it. I dunno if Fiend literally eating Braun is the lasting imagery it needed, but it makes me excited for the sequel, and well, isn't that mainstream moviemaking these days

Maybe it would have more impact if WWE did not have people talk in other people's faces for 20 mins multiple times a week even if they are not tied up

Until Bray walked into the shack. Now it is a shitty Bray Wyatt monologue.

Vince and Bruce still do a lot of coke don't they

Finally a great match not ruined by the finish!

Which almost makes it a worse watching experience, at least in real time

Another excellent match with a terrible finish imo

That was the worst possible finish?!?!?! Like, come on. What the fuck.

Rey Rey is still one of the best. I lost it at Mysterio using the parts of the kendo stick as chop sticks to pick out Seth's eye like you eat a momo piece, and everyone involved played it absolutely straight.

Wait this is not a cinematic match?

This reminds me of the time Hunter hit JR with some stiff shoot punches in MSG cuz he was pissed about a payoff from years before and Vince had thrown JR under the bus for it.

The gall. The sheer audacity. And OF COURSE he used Hana Kimura's name and tragic death to get sympathy for himself. What a complete dickbag

The Gallows-Anderson pod is a riot to listen to. Apparently, Triple H looked at both of them in the eye during negotiations and said "You have kids. Who knows if AEW will be here in 6 months. We will always be here." Of course both got fired months later even as WWE is on course to make record profits.

Well, clearly they are going to continue pushing Riddle for now. Of course, one can justifiably argue that being booked in a neverending feud with Baron Corbin is severe punishment in itself.

When he tried to laugh maniacally, I was transfixed

In respect of the Osperey allegation at least, he has seemed dismissive every time he's referenced it. If he is waiting until making a thorough investigation to speak, fair enough, but then don't comment on the thing at all, instead of coy remarks.

Tbf Lucas's vision would probably suck more than Vince's version As far as the swamp match, I really hope they don't use the Cena match as precedent for Wyatt's cinematic matches. Bray Wyatt becoming a meta YouTube channel dissecting pro wrestling history is really not what I want out of my main events.

We have talked a lot about eye for eye, but not a lot about how the SWAMP MATCH might be one of the most disastrous things ever

Oh come on. Calling out Will Osperey and demanding answers for accusations of him blacklisting an alleged sexual assault victim is several universes removed from telling Hana Kimura to kill herself cuz of, amongst other reasons, her being mixed-race. Flattening any and all severe online interaction into "online bullying" does nothing but give potential abusers the chance to deflect any scrutiny or demands of accountability. What Meltzer said was honestly overblown on Twitter, with some people calling him an enabler of abuse and a toxic personality who needs to be cancelled or whatever, but him trying to compare the Osperey and Kimura situations the way he did was really stupid, and is a clear instance of him getting worked by the people he likes. Not to mention, casually dismissing the allegations themselves.

Looking at the quarters, Mox-Cage did really really well. Apart from Mox, I think some credit has to go to Taz as well for his brilliant promos leading to the match. The Cody-Kiss match opened the show at much higher numbers than usual despite more competition, which I attribute to Kiss, who is clearly charismatic and def has more interest than many of Cody's recent opponents. AEW was definitely hurt by the Lee-Cole title v. title storyline, which was a tremendous success, but that was also literally the biggest possible match they had on that brand. Io-Sasha also did excellent numbers. With the Cage defence out of the way, who will challenge Mox for the title at All Out? Signs are pointing to MJF. I don't think they pull the trigger on making MJF the champ yet, but he and Page are the biggest homegrown stars they have, so they will definitely be pushed prominently.

Did JCP/pre-Nitro WCW ever draw in California on a consistent basis?

Actually surprised they got 2000 paid tbh