MoS

It would be really funny if HHH, for so long the ultimate hardcore heel for marrying his way to power, ultimately is turned face by the same sect of fans cuz they can only imagine how gruelling and soul-sucking being Vince's son-in-law and heir apparent must be.

So total cringe then. Thanks, I will def not be checking it out.

Speaking of ratings, would like to ask Americans here: there's some show called MTV Challenge Total Madness that's doing massive numbers in the target demo. What is it, cuz going by the title, it has the potential to be both awful and awesome.

SD doing 2 million to Raw's 1.7 million actually reflects poorly on SD, since it's on broadcast network while Raw is on cable. The fact that SD's viewership has gone below 2 million a bunch of times despite being on network TV is even more damning.

The ratings have gone down in the last 2 weeks since the protests in America exploded. It's been observed that for whatever reason, the AEW audience/viewership is affected more by news/current events than WWE/NXT. I guess because for those who watch WWE live, it's a force of habit a lot more than watching AEW is for its fans.

As far as modern NJ, I love Okada, but Tanahashi leaves me cold and completely unimpressed. He has been over and a star for a really long time and I respect that, but his 2010s work is very underwhelming. I started really liking Okada when NJ moved on from Tana-Okada.

I haven't seen a lot of Tana's 2000s work. What are the matches that show where/how he was as a worker back then?

I remember Austin once surprising me by coming out in favour of marriage equality. I would be hopeful but for my own sake, not too much. Also, wasn't it established that the confederate flag thing was by a fake Austin account? Gargano is a good character as a dickhead heel, but man, I would not have Keith Lee eat any pinfall for any reason right now.

Hard to look past Daniel Bryan imo. He's been great since 2002 and retirement aside, has been churning out great stuff every year since then. Someone more knowledgeable about lucha than myself can list contender(s) from there.

Really liked the show overall. Not looking forward to Cody-Hager. And how can Cody accept a challenge for Fyter Fest when he is defending every week?

A match where a limb injury played into the finish! OTOH, I bet Cody is not able to make Hager look good.

Mox is excellent on promos, and I always mark out for a good park-lot brawl. Cage has such an impressive presence.

Sammy-Matt is the perfect oddball couple. First feud, then if Sammy turns face, they can team up as well. Matt Hardy being a crazy man with multiple personalities that get triggered at different times is pretty great imo. As long as he doesn't magically change clothes and/or seem immune to drowning.

Glad Sammy got a win. Dark Order still sucks, but at least it's in the midcard again.

Cassidy is a huge star, and Jericho made him look like one on commentary. And only Chris Jericho can pull off using a bunch of oranges as an evil dangerous object in a world where sledgehammers are used for 2-counts.

I know people are down on Statlander but I really like her. I think she has babyface ace potential.

God bless Dr. Baker, our leader and role model.

Jericho consistently trolling JR on commentary is solid gold.

LOL why on Earth is QT Marshall getting a title shot.

They are doing a good job building to the eventual FTR-YB match.

Love how even Jericho has no idea which FTR dude is whom

I see using vehicles to drive about 4 feet on camera is becoming a company trope

Jericho returns as commentator!

Does Michael Hayes work as a producer

I did a thread comparing 90s AJPW to modern NJPW and I said there that despite Baba being the promoter of a bigger, far more money-drawing promotion, I think Gedo is a better booker for his ability to make new stars and find quality headliners. But hey, they sold out 200 consecutive shows at Budokan, so Baba clearly did fine.