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Question for anyone who has seen a lot more of him: Has Colt Cabana ever not been completely awful?

If anyone at WWE had any brains, they'd make much better use of The Singh Brothers' awesome Bollywood gimmick. I realize tag teams can never be top stars in WWE Land, but they could still help attract the Indian market WWE is so desperate to chase after. As for Jinder, if not him, then who? Certainly not Khali. I'd much rather Jinder as Drew's first opponent than Seth, who doesn't even make any sense in the spot because he lost to Kevin Owens at WM.

That Indian Guy returns and beats That Japanese Guy.

Most useless signing ever. Is the equally useless Tyson Fury still on the books?

Agreed, but PCO reinforcing that rubbish doesn't help matters any.

It reminds me more of WWE All-Stars, which I also really liked. BTW, someone needs to remind Big Swole that she's not a nobody indy rassler anymore. If I'm Tony Khan and I see her simultaneously promoting and trashing the competition's game, I'm chewing her out for being a fucking idiot.

You're right, so hopefully two needles. But still, what a fucking idiot. Even the most marginal wrestler (and he is a much bigger deal than that) has a gullible fan following who will be influenced by what he does.

Well, of course I don't think he believes injecting Clorox is a real medical solution - well, at least I hope he doesn't - but I wonder if he actually did it for the video or if it's some kind of camera trick.

This has to be a work, right? Right?

Thinking Satin is an unprofessional fool is an odd take? (Okay, I know you mean Omega...) Oh, I agree... I think Kenny will be fine in the long run. But you have to understand the initial disappointment of him coming in from NJPW with all this buzz and "legendary status" - people who hadn't seen him at least knew of him because of that - but then he joins in AEW and it's almost like "That's it?!" Kind of like what someone - Cena? - said about Punk on the WWE DVD. Even though it came across as an assholish remark, there was actually a lot of merit to it. Of course, half the time, WWE was probably actively sabotaging what it had with Punk. At least we can be confident that's not the case with AEW and Omega.

Except, I actually really like Omega... But even you have to concede that he is not as over in AEW and doesn't have the same main event star aura that he had in NJPW. For whatever reason, his goofy charm doesn't translate as well here. This thread really blew up, so if there's anything specific you want me to respond to that I didn't, LMK. Well, I did put the word in quotes. Are you referring to me or @El-P? Because I'm the one who criticized "OK, Boomer."

What the hell did I do? I'm almost afraid to go back and read the thread now.

Maybe I'm giving wrestling "journalism" too much credit, haha, but responding with "OK, Boomer" has to be a new nadir in immaturity and unprofessionalism. You'll have to fill me on the rajah.com reference though - that's not a site I ever frequented.

Makes me wonder if it's deliberate on WWE's part because he's the "heir apparent."

Sure, but that doesn't preclude something like Hogan vs. Flair at WM6, with Hogan winning it back at SummerSlam or WrestleMania 7. That alone would prevent the rise of the Warrior and shift so many other future developments. I'm not saying it's preferable to losing Flair's epic 1989 in WCW - of course not - but it's still fun to think about.

I don't necessarily disagree with Satin's general point: Omega is not a star in the United States, has no aura anymore, and shouldn't be giving so much to an unsigned jobber. But Satin immediately lost the argument when he responded to Meltzer with an infantile "OK Boomer" gif. Remember when wrestling "journalists" were grown-ups?

But then WrestleMania 6 likely ends up being Hogan vs. Flair, and maybe Warrior is relegated to a higher-profile version of Tom McGee instead of ever winning the WWF Title. It's a fun "what if?" because that shift alone affects so many other future developments.

Yeah, it's very possible my frame of reference is outdated. I don't generally discuss wrestling all that much outside of the internet and forums, and the last time I told someone I was a wrestling fan, it was a person older than me who thought it was rednecky and possibly doesn't know what an incel is. This just turned into a very interesting discussion... @KawadaSmile @El-P, I know you are two of our international members. How is wrestling perceived in your countries?

Not using it as a derogatory term, just identifying - correctly - that an uneducated Southern redneck what most people stereotype wrestling fans as. Right or wrong (obviously wrong, in PWO's case), that is how non-fans tend to view us.

Imagine how Jim must've come across to those suits: like a raving mad, uneducated, unhinged, Southern lunatic - basically the worst stereotype of every wrestling fan imaginable. Obviously, he is educated (at least in the wrestling business) on his podcast, interviews, etc. - but I doubt he appears that way when he's throwing one of his famous massive shit fits.

Kind of a frustrating episode because Dino Bravo's murder still an open cold case. Of course, that's not the show's fault. Rick Martel and the police opting not to participate was a bit strange, but I didn't get the sense that they declined for malicious reasons. At least they had that archival interview with Rick, but I'll be damned if I understood half of what he said. Dino seemed like a cool guy. In every pic, he had a sly smile and a twinkle in his eye. It's a shame what happened. Not from the episode, but my own side observation: chronic sourpuss Bret Hart didn't seem to respect Dino much. In his book, he got injured and took a countout loss instead of jobbing to Dino - or something along those lines. I wonder what the issue was between those two. Maybe some weird ego thing where Bret wanted to be the top Canadian? Who knows. BTW, were my eyes deceiving me or was the bullet hole in the window still there when they showed modern footage of the house? I think this is just because he's loud and blustery, exactly like The Mountie and his other heel characters. He was basically playing himself with a costume. Which is ironic and unnecessary because Jacques is easily, by far, it's not even close, more famous than his dad Jacques Sr., his brother Ray, and his uncle Johnny on a worldwide level. They may cast a shadow in Montreal, but in the rest of the world, Jacques is far more high-profile.

Agreed. No one here had any issues with Jim Cornette commenting for the NWA despite being out of touch and/or having differing opinions. It was only when he told a racist joke on the air that we raised some objections. Even then, Dave Lagana and others were blamed equally for allowing that to remain on a taped show.

How sleazy and corrupt is this company? From CagesideSeats (via Meltzer): "WWE is paying wrestlers released last week throughout their 90 day non-compete period, and therefore feels justified to continue using them (a la Drake Maverick competing in NXT’s Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament)."

Where is this movie available to watch legally? (I'm not interested in torrent piracy stuff.)

Batista wrote in his book about how Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker's bullshit in the WCW Power Plant turned him off from pursuing a career at first. Say what you want about Batista, but he eventually became a massive star. Buddy Lee Parker never was. Wrestling was far better off for having Batista than Buddy Lee Parker by a mile.