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Goldbergs still comin for Lashley's soul

CM Punk announced for commentary, plus Bryan addressing Omega.

I would love to see Kenny/Bryan do a 60 min draw (though 30 is probably more realistic), but definite ROH Bryan vibes.

Awful. Tamina kicked out but the ref counted 3 so they called it. I believe Tamina was supposed to win, hence why her music hit and she was announced as the winner anyways, despite the ref pointing to Nikki.

Mania as in SaudiMania I would assume

Brian Cage's wife Melissa Santos took to Twitter, posting a short clip about her belief that Cage is being misused in AEW. Santos said "Brian Cage is a superstar. Those people who know him from the indies, Impact, Lucha Underground where I met him, know that he is a superstar. All you have to do is google him and watch all of his matches. He's a superstar and he's being misused right now."

I caught that as well and could see the seeds being planted for a split down the road. Especially when/if Kevin Steen comes in. They seemed to have a subtle reaction to Cole calling the Bucks the greatest team ever.

True that. On the subject of who else they could poach, John Morrison's been shit on since the day he went back, but he was a star everywhere else he went.

Ric said a few days ago on Renee's podcast that Charlotte would never leave and that she's the happiest she's ever been.

I just wish we could've got the Final Countdown, that would've been the final piece to making everything perfect. Amazing show

Loved both shows and hope NWA keeps it up. Agreed on not being huge on Murdoch, but thought in the end it worked out pretty well.

Impact goes through peaks and valleys a lot. They get hot and then their roster gets raided. 2016 was a huge peak and then WWE took all the hot acts (Broken Hardys, Lashley, Drew, EC3, Mike & Maria, etc.) a slight down turn in 2017 then back up to a peak in 2018 when they got hot with Callihan/Pentagon, LAX/OGz, Tessa, Brian Cage, etc. but then they lost half of those around the same time. Hopefully they'll be coming back up again. And yeah there was a video with D'Amore doing teases, saying Buddy Murphy was on his way and then teased by saying they were "on the road to Braun for Glory"

Matt Hardy has said he wants to finish his career in AEW, and that he wants a final run with Jeff to happen in AEW. Archer being 44 now, I don't see him having another WWE run. I think he likes the freedom he has and being able to work indys whenever he's home in Texas, plus still having the connection to NJPW. Definitely someone that WWE dropped the ball on though when they did have him, as far as barely attempting to do a thing with him.

Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe!

Right.. it was a Bloodbath and red in the Attitude Era. This was a "Broodbath" and was weird, like when Alexa was spewing black liquid a while back.

Bracket #1 1. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon 5. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 3. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart/Hart Foundation 7. Steve Austin vs. The Rock Bracket #2 1. WCW vs. nWo 5. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn 11. Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts 2. Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan Bracket #3 1. Jumbo Tsuruta, et.al. vs. Mitsuharu Misawa et.al. 5. Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer 3. Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero 15. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage Bracket #4 1. Mitsuharu Misawa, et.al. vs. Toshiaki Kawada, et.al. 5. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 6. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat 7. Rock & Roll Express vs. Heavenly Bodies

Bracket #1 1. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon 9. Raven vs. Sandman 5. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 4. Vader vs. Cactus Jack 6. The Undertaker vs. Mankind 3. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart & Hart Foundation 7. Steve Austin vs. The Rock 15. nWo Black & White vs. nWo Wolfpac Bracket #2 1. WCW vs. nWo 9. Sting vs. Vader 5. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn 4. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage 11. Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts 3. Los Gringos Locos vs. AAA 10. Burning (Kobashi & Akiyama) vs. Untouchables (Misawa & Ogawa) 2. Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan Bracket #3 1. Jumbo Tsuruta, et. al. vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, et. al. 8. Steiner Brothers vs. Nasty Boys 5. Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer 4. Rey Misterio, Jr. vs. Psicosis 11. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano 3. Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero 7. New Japan vs. nWo 15. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage Bracket #4 16. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader 9. Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert 5. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 13. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai 6. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat 14. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels 10. Atsushi Onita vs. Mr. Pogo 15. Rey Mysterio, Jr. vs. Dean Malenko Quote

NWA just announced an All Womens PPV for August 28, executive produced by Mickie James, along with the NWA 73rd Anniversary on August 29 in St. Louis

Fozzy is going on tour next month (July in to October), but there's only one Wednesday concert so he'll be available. Plus of course AEW will be on the Jericho Cruise again in late October.

For what it's worth, Braun said on Lilian Garcia's podcast late last year that the day he leaves WWE is the day he's done and that he would never wrestle anywhere else.

I don't know if it will be every year, but Tony K confirmed in the post-show media that the Stadium Stampede would be used again "at some point"

NWA has picked up Kylie Rae and JTG for the upcoming PPV.

Very cool for you, enjoy! Fightful has reported that Stadium Stampede will have a "significant live element" to it and are referring to it as a "unique live experience", so it sounds like it's more likely to be half big screen, half live in person.

Really good Thunder Rosa/Kamille match this week. Silly stipulations aside, one of the best Powerrr matches to date as it was actually given some time.

I don't think Callis had been involved much for awhile. D'Amore is the 'final say on everything' guy, Jimmy Jacobs is head of creative along with Robert "RD" Evans and some input from Tommy Dreamer