C.S.

And you can't teach that!

Big Cass vs. Joey Janela: a dream match nowhere in the world.

This would be a disaster. They are easily the best and most compelling team in the NWA, and Kingston has singles star written all over him.

Is something like this possible and easy to add to the board? I’d love it! Thanks.

Yeah, I hope not... ...assuming this is about ROH, and Scurll himself isn't jumping to greener pastures.

I fucking love them. I've been on the Burch bandwagon for ages. (It's a very lonely bandwagon with only a few passengers.)

I guess I was tracking this in ereaderiq.com, because I got a notification today that it's free. Do Not Try This At Home: A Cautionary Tale About Wrestling by Christopher Holley (Author), Kabita Studios (Illustrator) It's a children's book about wrestling. Looks like fun! You need a tablet to read it though - a regular B&W e-ink Kindle won't work. Note: Scroll down past the Kindle Unlimited "read for free" button and click on the button under $0.00. Not sure how long the freebie will last. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KOPXRZK/

Unfortunately, I didn't get my first password reset e-mail until 11:40 p.m. - just enough time to still order the show and get the preorder price - but, alas, after I went to bed and too late for me to actually see the e-mail. So, I lose out. It's just as well, because I've cooled off on the NWA considerably (I skipped last week's show and I've yet to watch this week's) and the PPV looks like trash. I'm sure it will still be fun, and I'm sure I would've enjoyed it, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. For all of the problems WWE Network has, they are miles ahead of every other wrestling streaming service. My own fault for "waiting until the last minute" but also Fite's fault for having such a bad website and NWA's fault for ending a price promotion on a Saturday night (WTF?).

I wasn't excusing ACH's behavior, just saying that Shad's description of it was outdated.

Here's Shad's tweet: The "bipolar crying shit" line exposes how behind the times wrestling is about mental illness, but I don't expect Shad to get any heat over it because the rest of what he says is sound. Like @Mad Dog said, everyone really is sick of ACH's shit now.

Reminder: Today is the last day to order NWA Into the Fire at the $19.99 preorder price. Of course, Fite is fucking useless, logged me out, and won't send me a password reset e-mail. Their loss, and the NWA's, I guess.

So much for that...

PCO vs. Dustin is the dream match you never knew you wanted.

ACH is back. (AKA Jordan Myles) https://mlw.com/2019/12/06/ach-is-back-in-mlw/

While you do have a point, everyone regarded it as a massive joke and called Corgan a dumb "money mark" when he bought the rights to the NWA. The fact that it now has actual viewers and buzz is nothing short of a miracle. You have to give credit where credit is due: they're doing something right to get to this point, and it's down to more than just three letters.

On the contrary, this dead in the water, dead on arrival act needs all the help they can get.

Shocker of the year? "Major League Wrestling has come to terms on the release of Teddy Hart." https://mlw.com/2019/12/06/teddy-hart-released/

Pat Laprade's book Sisterhood of the Squared Circle is $2.99 on Kindle. The last time it was this price, the deal was already dead by the time ereaderiq.com notified me, so it might not last long. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01M5IK3DQ Note: I haven't read it, but at this price, it was an easy buy for me.

Don't be so dismissive. You're a quality poster, and this is beneath you. You know full well what I mean. It's the NWA's entire approach to wrestling that's "cool." No one else is doing anything like it, which makes it "fresh" and "new" - even though it's a throwback. "What's old is new again" and all of that. That doesn't mean there aren't problems: Their roster of WWE has-beens and TNA never-weres isn't very exciting, the matches generally haven't been awesome, and some of the "local" talent (and I include Bram in that even though he's an ex-TNA guy) feel very bush league. That's not even getting into the Corny stuff or the Austin Idol rape pill commercial and gas chamber reference that everyone ignored because it happened on the same episode as the horrible Ethiopia joke. So, yeah, the NWA is very rough around the edges - obviously - but the things they are doing right feel very special (the aesthetic, set, graphics, music, Aldis as champion, Tim Storm, Momma Storm, Thunder Rosa, etc.).

I'm behind on the N-Dubya-A. Should I even bother watching last week's clip show/empty arena debacle or can I safely skip it and watch this week's show without missing anything crucial? Dave Marquez is wonderful at his job, but yeah, those tweets were extremely shortsighted and paint him as a brainwashed Marco Rubio type IMO. Very disappointing. But that's the thing: Almost none of the people you mentioned are suddenly considered "cool" in and of themselves. Well, maybe Aldis, who I think has done a great job of rising to the occasion of being the prototypical old school NWA Champion. James Storm, Ken Anderson, BOOM BOOM, etc. couldn't be cool even if they were trapped in 30 below freezing snowstorm. What is considered "cool" is the old school aesthetic of the promotion.

I'm afraid I've got some bad news... Jim Cornette's replacement at Into the Fire is Stu Bennett (Wade Barrett).

This I gotta hear... Eddie Gilbert is one of the most underrated and influential wrestlers ever. Joey Janela is Joey Janela.

I mean, I get why they did it, but does anyone really give a fuck about Joey Janela's love life???

It was a holiday weekend here (American Thanksgiving), so I wouldn't put that much stock into these ratings. The only thing I watched last week was Dominick Dickhead (Kenny Omega™) and Keith Lee vs. Undisputed Era. The build with Jericho and Scorpio Sky from the week before had me interested in the match, but I ultimately never tuned in because Jericho keeping the title was such a foregone conclusion and I got busy and sidetracked with the holidays. This week will be a better indication IMO.

That is actually a great idea!