Alucard

I thought once Corgan got settled in, things got really good. 2016 being one of my favorite years of Impact when things were firing on all cylinders with the legendary Broken Hardys saga, Lashley having a career run as champ, Decay, and great work from Drew, EC3, Mike Bennett, Eddie Edwards, etc. I admit I did love the Dollhouse. Even though original super babyface Taryn was still my favorite version of her, she managed to pull off a great heel run too. Still an entertaining heel today in NWA but never matched that initial babyface run. Of course the music was one of my favorite things Corgan introduced (Hole for Dollhouse, Marilyn Manson for Decay, and briefly using his own music for Spud), which makes it all the more strange how completely opposite Billy is today with the NWA as far as not wanting to use theme music.

She's on Elevation and Dark this week for the first time in a couple months. I agree that Su Yung is #1 and the best in that regard, but still thought Abadon came off kind of awesome. I loved her Halloween deathmatch with Britt last year and hope they bring her back up to TV for this year's.

May or may not be related..

can't wait til this white rabbit shit turns out to be the trailer for wwe 2k23

Not familiar with this, what was the original finish?

Amen to this, glad to see others finally seeing it. Only ever got popular from trying so hard to be funny on twitter. the firm feels just like a knockoff Pinnacle.

I love it for the unique atmosphere. My favorite thing about the WCW Road Wild shows. Bash at the Beach 95 is another that comes to mind that brings amazing visuals.

Glad AEW heard the call!

Kyle confirmed in May that he is also signed for 5 years

I somehow missed this or never heard this? Always thought he left Impact to do more AEW w/ Kenny. Trying to look it up, all I'm seeing is vague references to Scarlett?

Agreed on all accounts! I'm sad that Tim doesn't have a match anywhere on the 2 nights of NWA 74. He's still the man. They should've gone with him when they had Billy go through the trouble of lifting the 'Storm can never challenge for the title again' stip in a great segment, instead of just jobbing him to Aldis once again which in turn went nowhere since Aldis isn't getting the shot anymore either. I like what they're using currently but nothing can ever touch Dokken, that was so integral to the initial atmosphere when Powerrr started. That debut episode with Storm/Aldis still rocks.

Last week on Dark Elevation, there was a Thunder/Toni/Shida vs. Emi/Nyla/Shafir match that went 2 minutes and Thunder never tagged in to the match. IF she is injured, I wonder if she was hurt before then.

Aldis is working Flip Gordon on night 2. I remember really enjoying NWA 73 last year. This feels a bit like a step back from that with Murdoch/Tyrus not being the most marquee main event (not that redoing Murdoch/Aldis from last year felt much bigger). Of the roster they do have, I love seeing Rodney Mack getting some work on a 'bigger' company again.

I think Madison Rayne's first two matches here had more to do with being in there with more inexperienced opponents than she's used to. Jade & Leila are both still in their first 2 years. While more often a heel, she's had great matches in the past as a babyface against Tessa and Taya. Her final Impact match aired last week against Mia Yim was also quite good. As for Zack Clayton, he's had over 10 matches on Dark over the past 2 years (and actually got a win over Serpentico), but the weird part to me was that he'd been a babyface most recently, so it was strange for him to show up on TV as a heel. He was just in the trios match last week teaming with Sonny Kiss on Dark. I do know his AEW work has gotten shown in clips on Jersey Shore on MTV a few times.

the Billy/Chuck vs. Edge/Hogan tag from 7/4/02 SD is an absolute blast. Fantastic work from everybody involved. I love that match/moment/show.

well they went 26 minutes but Ric didn't do a whole lot other than the chops, jabs, and figure four. Blood as promised, but no coming off the top rope. Almost went for a superplex but they decided against it and just had Lethal do a regular suplex instead. Glad for Ric to have his moment anyway, fun little show overall.

I'm watching, solid enough card so far. MCMG/Wolves was pretty good as the opener. Kross/Davey Boy Jr was a quick five minutes, Gresham/Angels/Konosuke/Nick Wayne was even shorter. the Mortons vs. the new Horsemen was fun. AAA 4 way on now... Bandido/Taurus/Laredo/Fenix, awesome spotfest so far.

the 7/6/15 Claudio/Cena match that went 30 in the main event is the first to come to mind for me

All part of the long term booking~! for the worked shoot that created this angle. Lethal helps train Flair, Lethal asks for a spot on the card but Flair tells him no and Lethal gets mad. Flair goes on podcast (advertised as with Lethal), Lethal "no shows" the podcast and Flair buries him on air as having attitude problems which later leads to the parking lot attack angle

2007 as champion: January (Umaga), May-June (Great Khali), July (Lashley) 2012 non title version: February (Kane), April (Lesnar), June-July-August (Big Show) 2013: May-June (Ryback), July (Mark Henry)

Aaaaaand done.

Thought Raven had lots of good-great stuff in TNA and proved to be a credible main eventer there, heel or face. Definitely would've loved to see him do more in WCW and especially WWE but I've always been a big fan.

Edge with shots of various remnants of his past rivals (Eddie, Angle, Hardy, Dudleyz, Christian, etc) Sad the whole turn and Judgment Day thing was a complete waste.

Hiromu is out with a fever and cannot travel, so that 8 man tag is now a trios tag with Sting/Darby/Shingo vs. Phantasmo & the Bucks

Jericho lost to Orange twice in back to back matches and remains a viable threat, so I think Ospreay will be okay. Basically everyone at least struggles with Orange from Omega to Pac to Adam Cole.