C.S.

Also released: Aria Bennett from EVOLVE And yeah, Dick Khan reading tweets from the dumbest fans - admittedly not difficult to find plenty of examples - just to prove his anti-consumer points certainly is a take.

Add Carlee Bright to the list of releases, two days before appearing on LFG.

Captain Shawn Dean, Max Caster (although this is his usual shtick) and MJF (retweeting Caster) have all said they don't want Black back in AEW. Oof! Lesson to be learned: Don't big league your colleagues, don't think you're a "star" when you've never done anything anywhere or gotten any fans to buy a ticket to see you, and DON'T BURN BRIDGES. Rusev will learn this the hard way too - probably in a year or less. Yes, he was the victim of Vince booking malpractice, but that excuse only goes so far when it happened years ago at this point.

If I'm TK, I bring Black back for a Collision one-shot to do a submission squash job to Brody King and then never use him again. Is he from a famous wrestling family? A family of politicians? I just realized I've never been given any reason outside of NXT to care about this guy or commit his origin story to my memory.

Black didn't do business in AEW, so I doubt he gets another shot there. He completely overrated himself. He's not, has never been, and never will be a top guy. Something has always been missing with him. I actually see far more upside in Zelina Vega. I still feel bad for both of them though. MCMG are future ROH Tag Team Champions, I guess, or lifers on Collision. Kairi Sane seems like a weird release. I wonder if she requested it? I could see her having bangers in AEW and NJPW.

Looks like Rowan is official now. I'd be surprised if Lumis isn't announced soon. Update: Add Dante Chen to the list. Lumis is gone.

That's my assumption as well. I wonder if any of the mostly useless MFTs will be released too (I'd keep Solo and never would've hired any of the others in the first place).

WWE releases today: Uncle Howdy Nikki Cross Joe Gacy Zoey Stark Alba Fyre Andre Chase And probably more to come...

Sad news. I liked him. His career highlight is probably a super fun match with Cactus Jack at Clash of the Champions.

I don't see that happening, for a couple of reasons: 1. Vince McMahon was clearly never really a Steamboat fan - at least not to the same degree. 2. Vince Russo definitely wouldn't have been. "Learn how to cut a promo, bro." "Turn heel, bro, because swerve, bro." "Join The Oddities, bro."

I could see Ricky Steamboat, at best, in the Rick Martel spot with the TV Title against guys like Booker T. Which, honestly, not the worst use of Steamboat in the world. But that's as optimistic as I get when it comes to how I think WCW would've used Steamboat.

Always and forever. 🙏

I'm four months late in responding to this, but I'd argue that Steamboat got out at the right time. I have zero faith that he would've been used properly in the Nitro era. Bobby Eaton was reduced to literal jobber status. Maybe Steamboat wouldn't have fallen that far, but I don't see him being used well either.

This is awesome. This is not. From arguably the breakout star of the documentary to this garbage, it's been a sad slide from Hollywood Haley J. If you said when this first aired that Cash Flo would be the biggest star to come out of it, no one would have believed you. At best, I figured he'd get semi-regular role on AEW Dark or TNA and Haley J would end up in WWE or AEW. Instead, he's on a show with Sly and she's fulfilling Dana White's wife beater fantasies.

In all seriousness, I wonder if that's because of his bipolar disorder.

Just repeating my post from 2024 because it's once again relevant.

I don't see Brock losing at WrestleMania, sadly, especially with Oba getting the upper hand now. They'll think that's enough. It isn't.

CallIing it now - IF Ronda vs. Toni happens, Gina Carano interferes.

I remember liking the Missy Hyatt book. I wouldn't call it a cash grab. It's exactly what you'd expect a Missy Hyatt book to be. You can't compare it to Mick Foley's first book or whatever.

I like Jade and think the majority of the criticism against her (NOT HERE) is rooted in racism and misogyny, but man, she is fucking terrible at Twitter.

This got announced today. Just Ax and Smash, no Crush.

This list comes from r/squaredcircle. Wrestler of the Year (Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award): Mistico Most Outstanding Wrestler: Konosuke Takeshita Match of the Year: Kenny Omega vs Gabe Kidd Best Box Office Draw: John Cena Promotion of the Year: CMLL Promoter of the Year: Salvador Lutteroth Best Booker: Tony Khan Tag Team of the Year: Young Bucks Best Weekly TV Show: Dynamite Best on Interviews: Hangman Most Improved: Harley Cameron Most Charismatic: John Cena Japan MVP: Saya Kamitani Mexico MVP: Mistico US/Canada MVP: Mox Europe MVP: Michael Oku Women’s Wrestling MVP: Saya Kamitani Feud of the year: Mox/Hangman Most Underrated: The Beast Mortos Most Overrated: Jey Uso Best Brawler (Bruiser Brody award): Mox Best Technical Wrestler (Bryan Danielson award): ZSJ Best Flying Wrestler: Máscara Dorada Danny Hodge Memorial Award (Non-Heavyweight MVP) : Mistico Best Television Announcer: Bryan Danielson Worst Television Announcer: Booker T Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW All In 2025 Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Wrestlepalooza Best Wrestling Maneuver: Hangman's Buckshot Lariat Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic of the Year: WWE bringing back Brock Lesnar Rookie of the Year: Seri Yamaoka Best Non-Wrestler: Don Callis Worst Match of the Year: John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes Worst Feud of the Year: Anthony Bowens vs. Max Caster Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Gimmick: "Timeless" Toni Storm Worst Gimmick: Heel John Cena Worst Television Show: NXT

The Becky Lynch book is currently $1.99 on Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/Becky-Lynch-Your-Average-Girl-ebook/dp/B0C7RNBXXC I finally finished the Gorilla Monsoon book. It's LONG but very in-depth and worth reading. There's no "dirt," so to speak, because Gorilla was pretty squeaky clean. The "worst" thing you can say about him is that he was loyal to the WWE until the end. And why not? He was treated like royalty there and was able to provide a good living for his family, which was his main priority. Meltzer and his brainwashed acolytes are pretty embarrassing in retrospect, "awarding" Gorilla "worst announcer" for years when he was anything but. Did Monsoon ever end up in the meaningless WON HOF? My friend read it and showed me a few transcripts. It looks like tons of fun.

Surprised it took this long for someone to post about the AMC premiere, which I would charitably refer to as a complete fucking disaster and one of the worst shows I've ever seen. It was the first time I've watched TNA in years, and it will probably be the last. Supposedly, Genesis was much better, but who in their right mind would actually pay money to watch that after this show? Certainly not me! Tommy Dreamer and Delirious need to be fired, and Carlos Silva should step down.

Trey has already been released from AEW - apparently at his own request - and is taking a break from wrestling.