C.S.

I hope Cass gets the help he needs. Mental issues are never easy or pretty. It's easy to make jokes about cashmere sweaters and Joey Janela, but hopefully (most of) this board is above that sort of thing. The cynic in me first thought this was an angle between Janela and Enzo-Cass for AEW, but with cops involved, being knocked out by a promoter (Pat Buck), and that picture of Cass sitting down outside in front of the police, that sadly doesn't appear to be the case. What's the story here?

Let's pretend DiBiase Jr. is on the scene now with a guaranteed contract. WWE has plenty of options. Sending him to NXT UK is one. He balks? He's in breach of contract. Boom, problem solved! The fact that you don't realize WWE would find all sorts of ways to cover their ass and/or unload dead weight is surprising.

Mods, please change his username to KawadaSmilesAtCorbin.

Needless to say, this could obviously have a major effect on pro rasslin' and its fraudulent "independent contractor" bullshit - at least in the state of California. More at the link: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/amp/Senate-passes-AB5-gig-work-bill-turning-14430204.php

Damn, I'm shocked Black is that "short" and Rowan is that tall.

Looks gigantic to me. What am I missing? Is he deceptively short? Maybe I've been watching too many Gable matches lately?

This means Kofi is losing to Orton, right? Yeah, you've clearly slept through all of his boring, bizarre "come knock on my door" promos - not that I blame you, because they're sleep-inducing.

Rowan is surprisingly okay on the mic. He pulls off the calm giant demeanor far better than Aleister "come and knock on my door before you fall asleep during one of my promos" Black.

I wonder what 11:19 means on the Firefly Fun House clock. Is there a PPV scheduled on that date?

This is old but still makes me laugh. https://www.kayfabenews.com/wwe-controversy-rollins-middle-name-todd-freakin/

Sleeping pill of a match - meaningless rasslin' will never, ever work for me - and they jobbed Bayley a week after her hot heel turn. Way to go...

I'm glad the trashbag fans didn't boo those poor sweet kids.

Top guys don't take a retired old man's finisher, ever. AJ was booked to looked like shit. Taking the stunner well is something you praise Dolph Ziggler for, not someone who's supposed to matter.

Braun was the only one who came out of that looking good. Seth, AJ, and OC were all reduced to looking like inept geeks next to the real star in Stone Cold.

Seth sounds like such a geek, the way he's fawning over Stone Cold. "Gratitude" Era, indeed.

Deadpan humor only works if someone is actually, you know, funny.

Something is weird and "off" about the whole Kylie Rae situation IMO, but I really hope it isn't as dark as that one fan was suggesting in the Bix Twitter thread. (However, that fan listed off a bunch of unrelated, unconnected rumors and reasons, so I'm not putting much stock into any of that.)

So, uh, WTF is Bix talking about here? I don't expect him to answer, based on the nature of his question, but has anyone else heard anything? Some of the fan responses are pretty dark and disturbing, but they're also likely baseless, worthless speculation.

Any recommendations? So much of this looks embarrassing and sleazy.

I get that you're upset about people criticizing AEW over every little thing - it's beyond old and tired - but you're letting that cloud your usually sound judgment in this case. Simpler is always better, period. BTW, embedding Twitter posts on this board is easy. Just copy-paste the URL and board magic will do the rest.

This Reddit post actually makes a very valid point:

What did Goldenboy say? Geez, what a stupid name. J.R. must feel like he's in the circus next to clowns named Excalibur (who is very good, but looks goofy and has a goofy name) and now Goldenboy.

Is it just me or is Full Gear an awful name?

I think it's going to be Gable vs. Joe.

Gable isn't winning King of the Ring. (I hope I'm wrong.)