MoS

I thought they stopped advertising Kairi for tonight after doing so initially?

I think there was a story going on a few years back that Roman was still wearing the vest because Vince/HHH/some higher-up thought he did not have a very impressive body.

Jericho has too many stretches of mediocrity to go along with his lengthy hiatuses for me to consider him the best wrestler of the last 20 years. As an overall package though, he definitely, in some ways, is the most enduring wrestler of the last 20 years.

I would actually like someone who prefers Rollins to Reigns to talk about why they do so. I am not the biggest fan of Roman on this board, but to me, his offense is more snug and realistic than Rollins, he does not constantly take you out of matches with terrible expressions and spotty selling the way Rollins does, and while Seth has a bigger moveset, I don't get the sense that he knows how to time and structure it cogently into the match. He can literally do 3 top rope dives 10 seconds after selling his leg like it is broken. And while Roman has often been given terrible material on the mic to work with, as a promo he still blows away Seth.

Yeah, I wouldn't say it underwhelmed as much as it was almost a cruel tease of how hot it could have been. It's why as the match was happening, I kept hoping that Okada went over. Okada definitely is someone whose work "needs" the crowd than some other wrestlers. His offence is not brutal as much as it is almost graceful, and it's something that really needs a crowd going apeshit for it.

I have enjoyed the cup so far, but Okada has been underwhelming throughout to me. I saw some complaints about Okada beating Takahashi on Twitter, with people feeling he could have taken a loss here, but I am glad they didn't pull the trigger on that moment with no crowds.

This is the best thing ever

Bayley is still not close to what she could have been as a top face, but since they started teasing the Sasha feud, she has been great. It still feels like she is playing WWE Heel more than herself, but she has improved in that role as well. She should also wear that hat she was wearing on NXT all the time

I agree about women's wrestling being awesome right now, but I think as far as what drew the ratings, I would argue it's Sasha and Bayley. They have now moved ratings big-time for a number of weeks, as opposed to Charlotte, who one way or another did not make a difference. Rhea losing to Charlotte seems a more terrible decision with each passing week, cuz Rhea definitely could have been a breakout difference-maker. I am hoping they execute the next part of their story well, because they have done an excellent job this year so far of building up their split.

A depressing but brilliant article on this issue in general - https://www.fanbyte.com/wrestling/a-brief-history-of-creeps-in-professional-wrestling/ I cannot recommend it enough.

I have been a fan of both Thatcher and Lorcan for years, since they gained attention for having excellent matches with each other in EVOLVE. This did not touch their best matches, but it was still great. I loved Sasha-Shirai. Asuka popping out of nowhere and holding on to the belt was awesome. Looking forward to the tag match - have they announced it officially?

On the other hand, him constantly grouching about the ref's count during tag team matches is tiresome. Good match. Don't waste beer Omega you dork just give it to someone wtf

Page is a star.

Had they even mentioned Fight for the Fallen before?

Good match. Private Party are very green but they definitely have a lot of potential.

My disillusionment with NXT has nothing to do with NXT and everything to do with how they butchered so many hot acts on the main roster. I will always have 2015 Sasha-Bayley though. This match definitely overdelivered. They sold the post-match quite well too.

This match has actually been quite decent so far.

Seth has been a loser since the time he became a main eventer in WWE. Just a complete dork. Speaking of losers, Hager is here!

Kip is to Penelope what Seth was to Becky. Thankfully WWE actually rectified that fairly soon.

I feel I will end up liking this match more than most. It felt more like an actual knockdown dragout fight than most AEW matches feel, even though they inserted a couple of cute spots in it. Shida retained as she should.

I'm a massive Shida fan.

Kip Sabian is so fucking bland

Heel MJF v. Face Wardlow could be intriguing

The set is pretty cool. Jericho has already made this match feel better than it actually is.

Jericho on commentary and MJF on the mic are gold.