C.S.

I've heard two possible names: Sinister (I love this) Nox Raijin (translates to Thunder God) - no, this is NXT CAW name generator crap

EVIL debuted in...NXT. Lole. The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship has never meant less.

Also released: Aria Bennett from EVOLVE And yeah, Dick Khan reading tweets from the dumbest fans - admittedly not difficult to find plenty of examples - just to prove his anti-consumer points certainly is a take.

Add Carlee Bright to the list of releases, two days before appearing on LFG.

Captain Shawn Dean, Max Caster (although this is his usual shtick) and MJF (retweeting Caster) have all said they don't want Black back in AEW. Oof! Lesson to be learned: Don't big league your colleagues, don't think you're a "star" when you've never done anything anywhere or gotten any fans to buy a ticket to see you, and DON'T BURN BRIDGES. Rusev will learn this the hard way too - probably in a year or less. Yes, he was the victim of Vince booking malpractice, but that excuse only goes so far when it happened years ago at this point.

If I'm TK, I bring Black back for a Collision one-shot to do a submission squash job to Brody King and then never use him again. Is he from a famous wrestling family? A family of politicians? I just realized I've never been given any reason outside of NXT to care about this guy or commit his origin story to my memory.

Black didn't do business in AEW, so I doubt he gets another shot there. He completely overrated himself. He's not, has never been, and never will be a top guy. Something has always been missing with him. I actually see far more upside in Zelina Vega. I still feel bad for both of them though. MCMG are future ROH Tag Team Champions, I guess, or lifers on Collision. Kairi Sane seems like a weird release. I wonder if she requested it? I could see her having bangers in AEW and NJPW.

Looks like Rowan is official now. I'd be surprised if Lumis isn't announced soon. Update: Add Dante Chen to the list. Lumis is gone.

That's my assumption as well. I wonder if any of the mostly useless MFTs will be released too (I'd keep Solo and never would've hired any of the others in the first place).

WWE releases today: Uncle Howdy Nikki Cross Joe Gacy Zoey Stark Alba Fyre Andre Chase And probably more to come...

Sad news. I liked him. His career highlight is probably a super fun match with Cactus Jack at Clash of the Champions.

I don't see that happening, for a couple of reasons: 1. Vince McMahon was clearly never really a Steamboat fan - at least not to the same degree. 2. Vince Russo definitely wouldn't have been. "Learn how to cut a promo, bro." "Turn heel, bro, because swerve, bro." "Join The Oddities, bro."

I could see Ricky Steamboat, at best, in the Rick Martel spot with the TV Title against guys like Booker T. Which, honestly, not the worst use of Steamboat in the world. But that's as optimistic as I get when it comes to how I think WCW would've used Steamboat.

Always and forever. 🙏

I'm four months late in responding to this, but I'd argue that Steamboat got out at the right time. I have zero faith that he would've been used properly in the Nitro era. Bobby Eaton was reduced to literal jobber status. Maybe Steamboat wouldn't have fallen that far, but I don't see him being used well either.