C.S.

I've had the Network free for months now - I won some Twitter thing - but it expired recently. This PPV looks strong enough that it got me to re-up, and I'm pretty cold on the product in general. I was actually debating it earlier, and then I realized I used to pay $30-$50 for PPVs with crappy cable box video quality issues, so $10 is a steal for this show and everything else I get along with it.

Anxiety is rough, man. If it turns out that her title match on this PPV is indeed what triggered her anxiety, that's a complicated issue, as you said, because it puts both her and any company she works with in a difficult and delicate situation. I'm not sure what the solution is. I hope Kylie gets through it and can move forward.

So, everyone's forgiven the wife-abusing Rich Swann because he's good at the rasslin'? This is where being a wrestling fan is an embarrassment. TNA putting on its title on a guy like this, after the high-profile departures of Joey Ryan and Michael Elgin, is a head-scratcher to me. Su Yung staying in the relationship means diddly shit to me, as abused wives stay for years or even decades. Swann was "cleared of all charges" (Pro Wrestling Sheet), but only because of "insufficient evidence" - which seems all too common in cases like this and doesn't exactly prove his innocence. One of the firings WWE absolutely got right. They used to be smart enough not to stay in bed with people like this. Used to be. On a different note entirely, I hope Kylie's okay... Was it ever reported exactly what happened with her and AEW?

Rock is above "da bidness." Vince, Trips, and WWE need The Rock more than he needs them. Hell, his bailout of Vince purchase of the XFL entitles him to a lifetime "do whatever the fuck he wants" card when it comes to relations with WWE.

Keep it classy, Jelly Janela... I see the pros and cons to this: AEW treating its wrestlers like actual "independent contractors" and allowing them to do other things is good under normal circumstances, but moonlighting on indie rasslin' shows - especially when you don't have to - is an absolute hazard during these Covid times.

This moment-by-moment pictorial account of the situation makes AEW look so astonishingly bad and unprofessional, mere weeks after the Matt Hardy debacle. https://www.cagesideseats.com/2020/10/22/21529009/alex-reynolds-knocked-out-aew-dynamite-scary-dark-order AEW really needs to get their shit together when it comes to worker safety and concussion protocols.

Random post-midnight thought: Anyone surprised that Vince hasn't renamed him Dick Moss yet? Surely the thought has crossed Vince's mind once or twice during those drunken late nights at the office, followed by fits of immature giggling.

NXT really is a dead brand. There is zero discussion about the Wednesday show on PWO - ZERO - every single week. I didn't watch it either, but I'm deliriously thrilled that Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan (with Pat McAfee) are the new NXT Tag Teams Champions. I've always been a fan of those guys - especially Burch - so it's nice to see them getting a real push with a big time manager/wrestler. McAfee exceeded expectations and looked like a major star against "good rassler" Adam Cole a month or two ago.

I haven't seen the segment yet, but an actual Tony Award winner just praised it.

Doubt he needs that when the evidence is overwhelming and there are enough former talents (Hager, etc.) ready to bust this wide open. But WWE pissing off people within the company - like a Paige type - probably won't help.

Not that this means anything because of how fake the show is, but he seemed like a total dick on Total Divas, which only stood out because he was such a bland babyface wrestler. Guys like Gabriel, with their flippity-floppity bippity-boppity style and not an ounce of charisma or screen presence, are absolutely useless to me as it is. Add tweets like this and it's just icing on the shit cake.

Nothing will happen. Nothing ever happens. Maybe if Biden wins and Yang actually gets to do half of what he's talking about.

Jake Hager and Andrew Yang absolutely destroyed Stephanie here.

Extraordinarily dumb people usually are. Forrest Gump never had a bad day in his life.

This should help...

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.