C.S.

That is incredible. That is the kind of publicity that money can't buy and WWE's money will never be able to buy. BTW, I'm glad Loss posted it, because I thought I was following AOC and I'm not. (Maybe I am on Facebook and not Twitter? Regardless, fixed now.)

If they do, it's to their detriment. Renee has other options now. And she doesn't even have to wait for her contract to run out. If she experiences even a whiff of harassment, all she has to do is post a simple tweet to shut that down and make things very bad for WWE very quickly. This isn't the 1990s with googly-eyed Uncle Eric smoking a cigar and laughing off a Missy Hyatt nip slip pic pinned up at CNN Center. So, yeah, I would think and hope WWE is a hell of a lot smarter than that now.

According to the Survivor Reddit group, today would have been Ashley Massaro's 40th birthday.

Does anyone really believe WWE was caught by surprise on this though? Renee's hubby telegraphed a move of some kind when he posted that video on Twitter. Anyone who believed the rumors about him going to Impact, or anyone with any real star power ever going to Impact at this point, is pretty naive.

Cody-Dustin was MOTN for me. The battle royal was actually entertaining, and all of the undercard matches were at least fun. Jericho-Omega was good but probably needed to be 10 minutes shorter. I was too wiped out after Cody-Dustin to really appreciate Bucks-Lucha Bros., so that is probably worth a revisit. The surprises - Kong, Bret, Moxley, etc. - were all great. Really enjoyable show overall. The most notable thing, for me, was the pacing. Even though it was a long PPV, it didn't feel incessantly bogged down like WWE shows do. BTW, a good look at the AEW World Title belt.

Wow, I really thought they would save Moxley for TNT.

WTF is with that Cracker Barrel barrel? Is Lance Storm hiding inside?

Same.

Yeah, same, which is quite bizarre for a segment supposedly designed to unveil the belt.

So, no comments on the design of the AEW World Title belt?

Bret thinks this is WCW.

Cody channeling Dusty with this promo. God damn!

That was incredible! I assume we'll get a video package or something now, because they do need to clean the ring of all that blood.

To be fair, the blood does make a difference.

I missed the first five minutes of the match because of the B/R stream constantly crapping out. Hope yours recovers quickly. This has been amazing!

Cody rubbing Dustin's blood all over himself is some gruesome shit.

I'm having constant loading issues now.

I wonder if it's because I'm watching on my ancient living room Roku 3. The old girl has served me well and I believe still gets system updates, but she's a bit long in the tooth. (I have a much newer Roku Ultra inside.)

Roku B/R app feed quality has been up and down for me. I've gotten loading screens a couple of times. How are the rest of you doing?

So, Riho was apparently the 9-year-old girl Kenny Omega wrestled in the match that Jim Cornette always blows a gasket over.

Did Aja ever have a cup of coffee with the WWF Women's Title? I can't remember. I know she and Madusa/Alundra had matches there.

One thing the commentators need to improve is announcing the names of these surprises (I won't nitpick the lack of excitement/forced excitement after the first lights out). I have no idea who the hell any of these people are.

I usually hate handshake stuff, but I needed a lengthy pee break, so I'm grateful for the timing.

Guys, it's one thing to hear that they filled an arena of this size, and another thing to actually see it. Really impressive feat.

Meant to post this earlier, but when Brandi came out and started talking, did anyone else think she was going to add herself to the match? The crowd seemed kind of silent, not wanting to boo her if she did, but not quite wanting to cheer either.