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He says he doesn't want a long career anyway, so who are we to judge? I'm no fanboy of the guy, but I'd argue he's doing far less damage to himself with his high-risk style that Flair did to himself with his drug and booze-fueled lifestyle. Either way, "slow down" by itself without anything specific is such generic, unhelpful advice that I get why Darby would roll his eyes and ignore it. Outside of a solid five-year main event run, you mean? That's more than most people get. Has he improved since then? I hear about his "violent stunts" and such, but that kind of stupid shit doesn't impress me.

She's almost as bad and almost as gross, so fuck her too. I say "almost" just because Vince is in a (low) class by himself.

Darby Allin Says He Refused AEW Veteran’s Advice https://thespotlightnews.com/darby-allin-says-he-refused-aew-veterans-advice/ No idea how legit this site is, but I see it used as a source on Reddit all the time. I went into the article expecting to disagree with Darby, but I don't. This is typical Ric being Ric - nonsensical, cliched, unhelpful, "old man yelling at cloud" bullshit boomer advice. This is why Shane Douglas hates Ric Flair - because of Ric's complete lack of sincerity when asked Shane asked him for advice. Shane is right too. I always sided with "The Franchise" on this one. Thank God. Sami Callahan bitches about NXT and the Solomon Crowe gimmick, but: 1. He was the drizzling shits there. Completely unimpressive. 2. He clearly had things he needed to work on and improve, but he obviously thought he was too good for that. 3. As much as everyone makes fun of the NXT Random Name Generator, I thought the hacking gimmick Crowe got was cool and had potential.

I hope Sable takes him to the cleaners.

A dream come true. Or Mauro and his celebrity doppelganger Dan Aykroyd. This is the way.

Lost in all the Vince news today is that Kevin Patrick has reportedly been fired.

Truer words have never been spoken. Mauro "The Improvement" Ranallo would turn AEW right around!

I doubt it. Teddy Sarandos - Netflix co-CEO - is the cheapest penny-pinching bastard around.

Updated list: Chris Adams Sensational Sherri Terry Gordy Black Saturday Chris Colt The Sandman Earthquake Harley Race Buff Bagwell Brutus Beefcake No Angle after all.

Curious what you mean by this: I'm no Netflix apologist, for many reasons, just to be clear.

Are they though? Cody has never expressly said that, has he? He's said he thinks highly of the Bucks (and Omega) and hopes they feel the same way about him. That's not quite the same thing. For all we know, he agrees with Punk that they're not management material.

Your first statement is erroneous, but your second statement is worthy of celebration. Yes, please, indeed. MAMMA MIA!!!

"Hardcore" fans and a "subset" of fans are the two groups I would worry the least about pleasing if I'm Tony Khan. For every Thread Killer who will kill the thread and stop watching, there are a dozen more who aren't going anywhere. Ever. No matter what. Mauro is the best pro wrestler commentator of his generation, has legitimate sports credentials (something that's supposedly important to AEW, depending on the hour of the day), his passionate delivery would instantly make everything in AEW feel like a much bigger deal, and his outside gigs would give AEW much-needed exposure if he promotes them (but even if he doesn't, boxing or MMA fans following him on social media for those sports would also see his AEW posts and might be curious enough to check it out). It's not happening though. TK has hired a million and one commentators since the first Dynamite, and none of them have been the pride and joy of British Columbia. That's probably for the best, honestly. With Mauro's mental health issues, the unchecked immaturity that exists in AEW probably wouldn't be good for him. Even without mental health issues, AEW's utterly infantile environment has been disastrous for several wrestlers already.

Not sure where this Minoru Suzuki hate comes from. He's a fun attraction to trot out every few months. I loved the whole Murder Grandpa shtick when I saw first it, and he's far more over than most of the generic international and/or indie talent they feature without any backstory or explanation. As for Mike Santana, 99% of wrestling audiences would be dead if a gun was held to our heads and we had to correctly guess his first name. Granted, the same is probably true of Oritz. I literally have no idea what that dude's first name is either. I guess not Tito?

Unless/until this happens, the other thread remains fine IMO.

Sad news. Only 56. I always liked his team, Fire and Ice, with Scott Norton. DDP broke the news on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialddp/posts/926184742208798

I had no idea Mahabali Shera was in TNA. I read spoilers for the tapings, and...

Damn, now you figured out that I made a typo when I signed up - I meant to make my PWO username J.S. Seriously though, Mauro calling Smackdown in general, and Okada in particular, is the stuff wrestling dreams are made of. I still don't understand how Tony never offered Mauro the bag to call Collision in the brief time that show actually mattered. Update: Just saw this on Facebook.

Well, he's not the one who left money on the table by refusing to work with other people to capitalize on the situation (which, yes, was partly of his own making). That'd be The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega.

I'm glad Ivy won. Sarah Logan has had more chances than Dana Brooke and has done less with all of them.

Fair point, but the Cuban gimmick was actually Scott Hall's idea because he rightly assumed Vince had never seen the movie "Scarface" and rightly assumed again that the kids watching the WWF at the time hadn't seen it either. In any case, The Rock and Haku were presented as family members while their different backgrounds were still acknowledged, so this wouldn't be a stretch at all. Fun aside: Tama Tonga blocked me on Twitter because he blasted J.R.'s NJPW commentary on social media instead of being a MAN and talking to him personally, and I was critical of that. So fuck him. You know he's adopted, because there's no way such a soft crybaby bitch could ever come from Haku's loins.

Season 5 will include: Chris Adams Kurt Angle Buff Bagwell Brutus Beefcake Harley Race The Sandman Black Saturday

I'm quoting AJ himself. That's how he described it in a WWE Network interview with Stone Cold. Then again, he also thinks the earth is flat and gets taken aback whenever someone mentions his fans in "the gay community?!" so maybe you have a point.

All I actually said was: 1. TNA is not a major league promotion. Sorry, but it's not. It never has been, and it likely never will be. Does that mean it's bad, not entertaining, etc.? No. But it's not WWE, AEW, or even NJPW in terms of reach, credibility, etc. Those are basic facts. Again, there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. I'll expand on this point later on in my post. 2. I was responding to the silly outrage that Moose would be putting over Nic Nemeth. I probably was too dismissive of Moose, so I'll own that, but should TNA not sign and push Nemeth? That's crazy to me. This is hardly Val Venis or The Nasty Boys showing up. No, I don't watch TNA anymore. Every time I have, it has been a profoundly disappointing experience - including when my boy Christian was there on loan from AEW and became once again the greatest TNA World Champion of this or any other era. TNA, to me, has always felt like a company with an identity crisis throwing shit to the wall to see what would stick. Even when there's a solid run of shows, it always felt like one downturn away from another disastrously disorganized "new era" or whatever. At some point, I just threw in the towel. Watching old matches in a vacuum is fun though. (The Pluto app used to have a specific channel that ran old TNA matches 24-7 - I'm not sure if that's still there.) But I still like to keep track of what's going on with TNA. It sounds solid now, but I had a friend (another lapsed viewer) who ordered the PPV tell me it was perfectly fine but nothing about it motivated him to keep watching. That's kind of how I felt when I dipped back in during the Christian-Omega stint. You'll probably think I'm being dismissive by saying this, but I'm not. If they're happy being "a big fish in a small pond" (and yes, that's exactly what they are), more power to them. They still get to practice their craft, express their art, and presumably make decent money doing it while having time for their family and other interests. In terms of quality of life, it's not a bad tradeoff. But if it were me, I'd want to eventually go to the "big leagues" - NJPW, WWE, etc. - like AJ Styles did. AJ's reputation rose when he moved on from TNA, bet on himself, and ended up on top in bigger promotions.

IIRC, Bobby Heenan infamously called him the best Mexican wrestler of all time on that show. I love me some Tito, but come on, with the wealth of amazing luchadors WCW had at its disposal, that felt like a real "Ok, Boomer" moment decades before the phrase was coined.