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I don't follow this stuff at all. How are the two linked? Can someone please explain it to me.

Riddick Moss, welcome to The Microscope!

- Great worker. One of the best in history. - Can ground and pound with the best of them on RAW Underground (R.I.P.), baby! - Former WWE 24-7 Champion. - Ranked 412 out of 500 in the 2017 PWI 500. - Somehow outlasted his former tag team partner Tino Sabbatelli, who has a better look and more charisma in his pinkie finger. That just goes to show you what an exemplary worker Riddick Moss was, is, and always will be. - Their team name was the God Gifted Athletes, which is exactly what Riddick Moss is. - Google lists him as "Trained by: WWE Performance Center." Can't beat that, even if you tried!

Nicest use of this Vince meme ever.

No worries, man. What's with the HHH Nazi references? Did I miss something? What did he say about the homophobic gay porn star?

Completely disgraceful that Grizzly Smith still held a backstage position with WCW into the mid-'90s and even appeared on-camera at times.

I agree with you, but what I don't understand is how those twits at IWL could be confused about whether they were contacted by the venue or by Will. That would be pretty clear cut, no?

I clarified that comment in a follow-up post, but you're too busy trying to get "cool points" with - well, I don't know who - to actually read the thread. Anyway, Raw Underground lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. It was an interesting idea, but the execution was so sloppy. The rules were never clear to me, they didn't bother with the little things like graphics for each person's name (I realize they probably justified that laziness by thinking it felt more "underground" without those basics), etc. Poor Shane. I feel like he has great ideas, but he's hamstrung by family and office politics.

I was blown away too. Best ladder match in years. So much fun and so smart and creative.

Ironic coming from this particular username.

Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't drink alcohol and I've never taken a drug in my life. However, I don't follow the company week-to-week. That would be unbearable torture. I watch the PPVs and otherwise tune in whenever I feel like it (which is rarely).

Serial sexual predator Joseph Meehan - better known as Joey Ryan, but we should use his real name exclusively from now on IMO so this follows him around - is suing Impact Wrestling. This isn't as low as what he did to those women, obviously, but it's still pretty shitty to potentially bankrupt a small indie organization with a frivolous false lawsuit.

Serial sexual predator Joseph Meehan - better known as Joey Ryan, but we should use his real name exclusively from now on IMO so this follows him around - is suing Impact Wrestling. This isn't as low as what he did to those women, obviously, but it's still pretty shitty to potentially bankrupt a small indie organization with a frivolous false lawsuit.

Simple solution to that: Tell Charlotte to "suck it up, buttercup." Why should she get special treatment? I agree it was gross when WWE purposely split up couples in the draft to be spiteful, but doing so for business reasons is different. (Granted, the draft and brand split are both pointless, but that's another story.)

I don't know, man. As stale as Charlotte is, she's still one of the best wrestlers in the company, male or female. Wasting her prime years as a manager would be insanity IMO. Splitting up Zelina and Andrade makes no sense to me, but it didn't make any sense when Rusev and Lana were split up either, so WWE's gonna WWE, I guess.

LOL, that's on me for not being clear... I meant him as an example of a bland robot with no character or charisma. I obviously don't think he's an amazing "workrate" machine, lol.

All of this Eva debate turned out to be for naught. She never showed up on Raw. She could still appear on Smackdown, the next PPV, or a future Raw, but I'm beginning to wonder how credible this rumor was.

Lana vs. a returning Eva Marie would be an amazing feud for the Raw Women's Title. Actually, I'd have Eva debut on Smackdown and beat an exhausted Bayley or Sasha for the title after Hell in a Cell. Lana dominates Raw, Eva dominates SD, and the two meet in a titanic title vs. title confrontation at WrestleMania. Special guest commentator: Mauro Ranallo, of course. Who needs Ronda Rousey or Becky Lynch?

1. Take your pick from NXT, for one. On the main roster, you have your Riddick Moss types. 2. Not a false statement. There are many things wrong with WWE, and this is one of them. 3. When has she not?

We both know that's not what I said. Fire all the people who are "good rasslers" but can't do anything else - such as generate interest, captivate an audience, make me care. I will never, ever care about useless "workrate" robots who bring nothing else to the table. I'll take a million Evas over people like that, because I actually give a fuck about Eva and want to see her. Even Seth Rollins is good at character work.

Agreed 100%. Eva means more than half of the women's division, and that's not even an exaggeration. Her time on Total Divas gave her exposure outside of the usual WWE bubble fans, and her character work gets an instant reaction, unlike half of the women (and men) floundering around with no personality, star power, or charisma. Knowing how to apply a waistlock means nothing by itself - NOTHING - and never, ever will. If I ran WWE, I would instantly fire anyone who is a "good rassler" but has no character, charisma, personality, or charm, because those types will never, ever generate interest and attention. They are beyond useless. I wouldn't even want them training my future talent, because why would you want them exposed to some lower card, lacking charisma, bore who never main evented outside of Main Event and therefore has no wisdom to impart about how to become a star and make money? Maybe they can join the ring crew or become a ref. Not even a commentator, because you need personality and charisma for that.

Great signing. Half the women in the division could learn a thing or two about showmanship from her. "Good rasslin'" alone means nothing, and that's why their careers are on the skids and we're all talking about Eva.

I think Sean Waltman would be interesting, for a variety of reasons: - He is an underrated pioneer of Light Heavyweight/Cruiserweight-style wrestling in the U.S. but never gets the credit he deserves for it. - He was the first truly "undersized" wrestler in the WWF to break the glass ceiling and get a push. (Don't mention Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, who may not have been Hogan, but they were still large men.) - He was in both the nWo and DX. One of them is genuinely one of the most groundbreaking and revolutionary stables of all time. The other is what WWE revisionist history would like you to believe was groundbreaking and revolutionary, and while it was neither, it was still fun and impactful for the time. In any case, being in both stables meant he was around, bar none, the biggest stars of his era in both the WWF and WCW. - He stuck around for the early part of the Ruthless Aggression era, so he has insight to add there about Cena, Angle, Eddie, etc. - He was (still is?) a WWE agent or some kind of backstage worker, so there's rare insight to be mined from that as well.

Lars Sullivan and Austin Theory are dreadful and have zero upside, so why keep them? Velveteen Dream and Matt Diddle obviously had dollar signs printed all over them at one point, but they ruined that and probably won't ever recover. WWE is living in a delusional bubble by thinking otherwise.

The cynic in me wonders if he wanted that to leak so people stop thinking he's gay.