C.S.

What did he say? It really is a shame when someone becomes a Born Again Christian and uses his newfound religion as an excuse to spout discriminatory bigotry. Note: Just to be clear, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with becoming a Christian or following any set of religious beliefs. There absolutely is not. What is wrong is when that is used as an excuse to disseminate hatred based on gender, skin color, sexual orientation, etc.

I'm not so sure about that, because known Russo acolyte/sycophant and the world's dumbest wrestler, Disco Inferno, is actually defending Cornette.

Keith Lee is my absolute favorite guy in NXT right now, and watching him and Ivar dive to the outside and pile on a bunch of dudes was incredible. Shame they had to ruin such a joyous moment by bringing out the Ratings Slayer.

Not exactly professional of Kenny, but knowing what we know now about what an unprofessional shitshow ROH is behind the scenes and what an unprofessional shitshow Jim Cornette is in general, I'm more sympathetic toward Kenny for sure.

It's amazing how many people I didn't even realize had issues with Cornette. Exhibit A: Kenny King Exhibit B: Dixie Carter BTW, King just put easily the dumbest and most obnoxious Twitter wrestler on blast.

PP's finisher is insane.

Thought it was cute the way Babysaurus jumped up to high-five him and whispered "good job."

A spoiler about something that happens in the first minute of the show...okay. But I'll keep NXT talk out of this thread...fair enough. I'm disappointed that you've decided for no reason to dislike me, because I'm genuinely marking out at your use of insults like "plonker." Oh well...

And I assume that will build to an SCU vs. Santana-Ortiz feud. Love a good story with multiple layers and follow-up.

Agreed. Page winning - hope that's not a spoiler - is the most boring outcome imaginable. Everything with his push feels so forced.

WTF are you talking about??? Not sure how it's a spoiler when Becky was literally the first thing on a show openly advertised to feature top stars from other brands. You obviously don't like me, for reasons unknown to me (I barely know who you are, in all honesty), so do us both a favor and add me to your ignore list.

Yeah, trotting out a nostalgia act who exposes the deficits of the talent they're trying to build a fed around is definitely a great strategy.

This battle royale exposes how many acts AEW has that haven't been given time and/or aren't even remotely over. Mr. Ass is a fun surprise, I guess, but I kinda wish that spot had gone to someone young and relevant. Ass being booked like Diesel and eliminating young talent is awful.

WTF IS THIS??? Edit: That was great, until I realized it was for Dark Order. Nothing is EEEVVVEERRR getting those limp geeks over.

NXT has kept my interest more tonight.

I openly admit that I don't get the appeal of the Lucha Bros., and this match barely kept my attention. "Movez" matches rarely do. I actually don't mind the Bucks though, even with their gimmicky excesses.

Honestly wouldn't surprise me if NXT win this quarter hour (with Becky vs. Rhea), ironically because WWE has conditioned fans to believe tag wrestler vs. tag wrestler in a singles match = unimportant. Even I'm trying to fight that perception.

WTF... Are you trying to ruin my reputation on PWO, man? It was during the Dark Side of Wrestling series, when the Bret vs. Shawn Montreal episode devolved into a Cornette-Russo pissing contest for the last 20 minutes of the show instead of focusing on Bret and Shawn as advertised. I guess Corny took exception to that because I wanted less of him and Russo and more of Bret and Shawn.

Probably, but being a loudmouth hypocrite is kind of Corny's thing, so no shock there.

Cornette blocked me for the stupidest reason a while ago, which is a relief in retrospect. Let's face facts: He is not a very intelligent man. Yes, he's very knowledgeable when it comes to the "rasslin' bidness" and he's a great character and personality, but so what? There are a lot of people well-versed in the facts, figures, and minutiae of wrestling. There are a lot of people who are entertaining on a wrestling show. Hell, I'm sure Trump was very entertaining on The Apprentice. That doesn't make them smart people in general. @Coffey makes a great point though: I should really clean up my follow list - I don't really need to be following Vince Russo's son or Disco Inferno.

Ryan Nemeth (AKA Dolph Ziggler's little brother) added absolutely nothing of worth to the conversation with this observation:

Would've been cool to see this, but Corny had to Corny (not that he's the only one to blame - plenty of that to go around not catching this on a show taped weeks ago, but really the blame should be for hiring him in the first place when everyone knew exactly what would happen eventually).

This is from the Powerrr thread, but I'm responding here. It's already happening. Renee Young and Paige are openly rejecting him now. Renee Young and Paige! Combined, they don't have a fraction of Cornette's experience and accomplishments, but Corny did this to myself.

A couple of things, @War is Raw: - No one in their right mind is actually mistaking WWE Backstage for SportsCenter or even an "independent" show. - Going to AEW would have been the more interesting, ballsy move for Punk to make, but he's 41 years old, beaten to shit, and has a wife at home, so I don't necessarily blame him for going where the money is. As a fan, it's a boring and disappointing choice, but I can understand why he made it.

@WWERollins: We invaded NXT with one goal in mind. To BURN! IT! DOWN! And we did that by being #1 in the ratings for Wednesday night and making more money than everyone else! @CMPunk was too afraid to show up. #Coward