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Good to hear that Bennett did well. Huge fan of his 2016 Impact run and am hoping he and Maria come back.

Thanks for the clarification, didn't understand at first why the others guys got a pass just because they weren't fired over it.

Michael Elgin wasn't ranked in the PWI 500? the fuck

Amen to that. Just reading that is a very clear reminder of why I stopped watching nxt.

I think you're just about the tide turning with Austin Aries showing up the following month. BFG in October kicks off one of my favorite year runs from 2011-2012, until the greatness of 2016.

I believe Mickie was legit injured, recovering but not fully recovered at that point. I absolutely hated that as the blowoff to what had been a great feud. Madison was killing it at her peak best at that point. Her promos leading up to the Against All Odds match before this were on fire.

Yeah I thought the Penelope match at Fyter Fest was excellent. the Nyla title change at Double or Nothing was awesome and my favorite match of that show aside from the Stampede. the Britt Baker nose break match was amazing, Britt's best ever IMO, and made me pumped to see a rematch/eventual feud between the two. I think Britt is who eventually dethrones Shida. but yeah I absolutely love Shida and think she is one of the best in the world currently. She always looks great even in her squashes.

I don't watch NXT at all but I am baffled if Cole is a face now? That said, I will absolutely watch anything with McAfee vs HHH on it. I did think the best use of Cole that I've seen was when he had a few main roster matches last year with HHH managing him. They very much had a father/son manager dynamic. Sort of similar to the recent Orton/Flair pairing that I wish they stuck with.

Agreed I hope Savoy can break away from this and be herself. "Big Swole" being Aerial Monroe's actual wrestling name is bad enough, we don't need Nicole being saddled with being a lesser version of that when she is a much better overall wrestler. Haven't seen a ton of Rachael Ellering, but her Mae Young Classic match with Hiroyo Matsumoto was really great.

Agreed with the majority that Gargano/Ciampa shit killed NXT. That's when I stopped watching. I tried again when they first went to USA but as soon as Ciampa was back I was out for good. Can't stand those guys. Though I do think the Nakamura/Roode title series were some of the best matches in NXT and easily Nakamura's best in the company. Excellent work from both guys and Roode came off like a sure fire mega star, especially when he did the 89 Flair entrance with the women on his arms.

Guessing Cage interrupts Moxley/Darby. I hope Cardona isn't the one to beat Cody for the title.

I agree with the Robert Roode mention. Beer Money was excellent for years having great matches with every team around that time, then he had the Aries team which produced lots of good stuff in a shorter timeframe. Then in WWE, his team with Chad Gable was fantastic. They had my favorite Revival matches there, great series.

They made it sound more like Heyman convinced Vince to add them to the list, by pointing out their big money contracts and they alluded to Heyman and other agents not thinking they were worth that for what they were doing on the card.

Impact just confirmed the signing of Gallows & Anderson and that they will be on Slammiversary tomorrow night. Should be another good-great PPV from Impact, looking forward to what surprises deliver.

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