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I just watched the Casino Battle Royale and caught Goldenboy misgendering Nylya so it isn't just in the chatrooms. I don't think it was intentional and it was very quick but still not a good look.

Onto Smackdown. Owens just falling to his knees when Shane's music hits is the perfect external display of my internal reaction. Excited for this Roman/Buddy match later in the show.

Catching up on RAW. Don't have a ton to say that wasn't already said but I did enjoy Miz's counter to Ziggler's superkick.

And Terry Funk at 'Mania 14.

This seems to be the story of Summerslam this year. Matches without personal issues are made and then the issue is shoehorned in. I think the PPV will be technically good but without the hot angles to organically kickstart the matchmaking, who cares?

The Laredo Kid match with El Hijo del Vikingo was a fun spot after spot match. I'm guessing this match will be more of the same.

To me it looks like Kenny is bulking up.

Lucha Bros. masks are so awesome.

Ugh. This chairshot is gross. Why do we need something like that in 2019?

This is a great way to not be seen as a landing pad for WWE cast-offs. /s

Lapsed Attitude-era fans.

So one of the biggest matches on this show (honestly, maybe the biggest from a mainstream interest standpoint because of Moxley/Ambrose's departure from WWE and the publicity he got after) is "non-sanctioned" and will be a wild brawl all over the building. Why are we getting another wild brawl on the pre-show? I know one will be much more violent than the other but it still doesn't seem like the smartest choice, to me.

Count me in as someone who absolutely hates the Librarian gimmick. I hope it gets dropped before their TV debuts. If I wasn't already a fan and saw that, I'd probably tune out after. It's dreadful. Match was okay but nothing life changing. Allie's "serious" faces make me laugh.

Not surprised to see this. Also not surprised to see a ton of tickets on Stubhub right after the sellout. I didn't have it in my budget just now (car troubles blew that up) but closer to show time I may check Stubhub and see what I can get. Tickets got pretty close to face value last time by the day off so I'll probably request the day off work and try to go.

Three hours? Phew. I'm kind of burned out on Attitude Era stuff but have been loving JR's podcast. I work in a kitchen doing prep work so I have 8-10 hours a day where I'm almost entirely by myself and typically listen to podcasts that whole time. Long shows are my preference (Between the Sheets on Mondays is one of my favorite days, for example) so I'm sure Saturday I will be digging into this. I love how open JR is and I am very much in favor of his stance on Meltzer and Wade. The constant "FDM" stuff on Bruce and Eric's shows really is a major turn off.

I believe he was saying the Sting "Scorpion" shirt was the big seller, right? I can believe it. I saw A TON of those in my part of Ohio. nWo, Austin 3:16, DX and that shirt were the 4 biggest wrestling shirts that I can remember.

Did they ever release the documentary dvd with all of the matches in their series? I remember when all of that was happening and I really wanted to watch it. EDIT: Nevermind. Literally two or three posts after this you mention it. Reading the whole thread is your friend.

You've summed up my thoughts about the show and the NWA concept pretty much to a "T." PCO is a nut and every time I watch him wrestle, I fear for his health. I posted elsewhere on the board that I felt a little uncomfortable with the level of violence we've been seeing in some matches recently. The match that made me think about this was the Villain Enterprises vs Briscoes ,match from the PPV. I mean, I'm just as guilty as anyone for enjoying this stuff but sometimes I wonder where it will all end up in the near future. Of course, as I type this, I'm wearing a W*ING shirt so what can I really say? Totally agree with you about the NWA concept. After the show I sat back and it was kind of a "So what?" moment. Yeah, the show was fun and a solid way to kill 3.5 hours (also could have shaved a half hour off somewhere and may have been better off) but at the end of the day what did it accomplish? I can't see a non-fan ordering it. I don't really think it was promoted in such a way to draw in lapsed NWA/Crockett fans (and really how many of those would have been enticed by what was presented?) and if it did, what are they going to do with those fans? There's no tv show to watch, except maybe ROH and that isn't really an "old school" product as much as it's a promotion that is starting to seem like it wants to be WWE. You can't even say "Well, we have long matches with great wrestlers" and have that be a point of differentiation anymore because WWE has a lot of long matches with solid wrestling (depending on your view of solid wrestling, that is). So yeah, what's the point? Maybe they should officially partner with ROH and run co-branded shows? That's essentially all they are doing at this point anyway. I will disagree about the ring canvas/apron and logo though. I really did like the look a lot.

Nice write up. I've been debating watching this as I already have so much wrestling sitting around that I haven't watched. Plus, I really don't want to add more Orange Cassidy to my life. Mania weekend was my first time seeing him and I ended up skipping ahead every time I saw him on screen after the Alvarez match. However, your review is enough that I will be checking this out. I haven't watched a lot of Starr but what I've watched, I've enjoyed. I'll check back in next week with my thoughts on this.

Especially with the report that Turner wanted to show it at their upfronts. I mean, anything is possible until we have some concrete details but this doesn't seem likely, in my opinion.

So the same role he's been playing on his podcast lately. I was pretty underwhelmed by this. I bought the season on Amazon (I think that was highlighted on the Amazon game for BTS a week or two ago) and I'm glad I only paid $0.99 for it.

Well, damn. As long as I can still get a ticket when I get paid next week, this is a no-brainer.

I watched the main event of Spring Break 3 Part 1 and the insanity of taking a scissor board to the chest/neck....wow. I don't even know what to say. I'm considering going to the Tournament of Survival but that has me questioning if I really want to contribute to that type of insanity. I had the same thought when I watched the main event of the ROH 17th Anniversary PPV as well. Watching Spring Break 3 Part 2 right now. I'm in the middle of the Clusterfuck. This is just pure insanity. I never thought of Cryme Tyme as "big guys" but they make all of these indie guys look TINY. Love Teddy Hart breaking into the commentary and walking out with "Poor Slim J. Nobody caught his ass." The match is too long, I'll agree with that, but the fun sequences do help me forget how long it's been going. I love that after all these years Facade is still dedicated to looking like the epitome of 2000s indie guys.