MoS

I think he is better as a heel because his natural smarminess and unearned too-cool-for-school demeanor can be used in service of both his character and for the feuds in which he is booked. Also allows him to make grand flashy entrances which, combined with focused booking, makes him look like a superstar and a can't-miss event, something he struggles to look and be when left to his own devices.

They were kind of quiet the whole day, only making a lot of noise for the announcement of next week's cage match, even though that one must have disappointed a bunch of fans in the arena.

I don't like Jarrett but that Briscoe farm vignette was great

Omega can't cut a good promo to save his life. I mean, I am not asking him to cut a promo as good as the one Dragon and Mox cut earlier in the episode, but at least like, be good. Ricky Starks is the man.

Good call on Athena, she has been killing it. The post-match brawl with Jericho and Cole was cool, and hopefully both of them can feud for months so Jericho doesn't leech off the heat of someone I like. Shida!! Always love to see her. This Outcasts angle started disastrously, but if it leads to some good tags and trios with more original stars like Shida, Riho, etc, then it can be salvaged. Julia Hart is awesome and I am liking the trios title matches getting different stipulations than other tag matches. Makes them stand out more.

Orange Cassidy has been the AEW TV worker of the year, maybe the TV worker of the year across promotions

There are certainly reports of him having drawn 50k+ crowds IIRC. Even Dara Singh is supposed to have drawn 50k+ crowds here in India, but given Londos was Greek and Singh obviously Indian, not sure whether they would come under the "American promotions" criterion.

WCW's highest was around 41k for the Hogan-Goldberg match (that btw got sold beforehead, before the pronouncements cluld take shsape, the careers of Ken Shamrock, alongside both Vince AND Hogan suffered in terms of and most tickets were sold), right?

Roman is better than Sika. Rock?

Most long-time posters here would know who DEAN is. Hope he makes a full recovery. Thinking of him and his family and wishing them all the best with everything I have.

That's really impressive, and makes me think they might sell 50k or even 60k by the day of the event

No way Punk allows Jericho to make the feud all about Jericho though. He has been around too long, is way too savvy, and for better or for worse, knows how to make things about himself.

He had a non-match with Juice Robinson that was a setup for Jay White's debut. He has a tag match on tonight's Rampage. Seems like he is being set up for White's first victory, which sucks

El Generico deserves a shout-out for excellent body language and great communication while wearing a mask

Much stronger Dynamite than last week's, even though it will get killed in the ratings, what with going against both the Knicks and the Lakers. (Some chokejob by the Bucks eh)

This BCC-Elite feud has felt hot from the beginning. It took Tony Khan two years to realise "give the mic to Danielson and let him cook" is a surefire way to get hot angles and storylines, but better late than never. Not a fan of the 4-way for the world title. Should have been MJF-Darby.

I forget, did Bruce Pritchard try to justify this when he was lobbying real hard to get re-hired by the fed? Also: Holy shit. How was this Callahan dude allowed to keep his job? Does he still work there?

Oh yeah, fuck Triple H too

It's very difficult for any WWE news to truly disgust me, has been the case since at least 2016, but all of this shit has managed to do exactly that. Especially the Mansoor shit. As a brown man who was once asked to change seats while on a flight in the USA because my presence was making the old white lady sitting next to me "uncomfortable", all I can say is fuck you Callahan, whoever you are, if there is a hell, you will rot and burn forever in it. A bunch of "media personalities" who act like passionate advocates of racial equity when it comes to non-WWE pro wrestling sure are silent right now. The grift cannot be more obvious.

I will add Austin's name to adding intensity to feuds and for babyface comebacks, shitty punches and stomps aside. Also I feel he was a very underrated babyface seller, which is why he was able to get the audience to root for him despite being booked fairly dominantly.

TIL that being a rapist or a pedophile is the same as being a dickhead who gets into backstage fights. The fact that this comes from a former Chikara wrestler makes this doubly hilarious

Cannot. Fucking. Wait. AEW has missed CM Punk and his angles, his promos, his builds, and his marquee matches so so so much

I thought Sammy didn't drink or do drugs, I remember him saying something to that effect when Meltz was interviewing him on the Jericho cruise in 2020.

This is funny because in the 60s and 70s, people (wrestlers of other territories at least, maybe fans of those territories too) considered the WWWF style itself to be 'phony'. Some things never change, I guess

Jersey huh. Of course he did