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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.

All of that would be well and good, except that all three members of New Day have expressed a strong desire not to split up. The company basically said "fuck you" to them. I'm sure E appreciates the push, but he'd probably appreciate it a whole lot more if he could share it with his best friends.

So, Otis/Mandy remain split, and now New Day has been split? Seriously, WTF is this company's problem?!

Any clips of the WWE/FOX/USA boardroom cheering wildly and losing their shit for Cattie?

I agree with you for the most part, but SVU was genuinely good for several seasons. It's dire now though.

Thanks. I completely agree with your reasons for not going into detail. Now, whether I can tolerate a half-hour of Jim Cornette is another story (or Brian Last, who I'm unfamiliar with - but if he's anything like his co-host...), so I may have to just suppress my natural curiosity and forget about the whole thing.

What did Bix do?

It was light, sweet, and fun. Exactly what the doctor ordered in the neverending nightmare that is 2020.

That's where we differ. I can get into ringwork alone for maybe the first 3-4-5 weeks when I first start following a fed (NXT when the WWE Network was launched, NWA Powerrr, etc.). After that, you better have compelling characters and storylines for me to sink my teeth into. Good rasslin' alone in a vacuum isn't entertaining or meaningful to me, and I suspect I'm far from alone in feeling that way. I could see a so-called "five star match," but if I don't care about the wrestlers or story, I won't care about the match. All of that being said, I find it much easier to watch old stuff in a vacuum (a random NJPW or AJPW match I've never seen, revisiting an old WCW match I probably saw but have no recollection of, etc.). I don't know if that's because of nostalgia (even if it's a promotion I never watched regularly) or if things were just better 20 years ago. I try not to be the bah-humbug, back-in-my-day old man, but even though the athleticism is far superior now, I'm not sure the actual work is.

So, Mustafa Ali was revealed as the leader of Antifa Retribution... So many ways this can go wrong. *Bites nails* Hope it doesn't.

Imagine if Paige ends up being the one to make a union happen. It would cement her legacy as the perpetual outsider in the best way possible.