C.S.

Kenny said he only met the guy once, and he apologized for the whole thing after it came to light. Whether new information came out after this was posted, I don't know... http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/omega-chasyn-rance-njpw/ Not trying to be a Kenny apologist, but it does seem like he was blindsided by this. I don't know enough about the situation to say otherwise.

Now saw this... Wasn't this an instance of Kenny not doing his homework and getting caught off-guard?

Guys, Lacey Evans was obviously supposed to help McIntyre and Lashley with the Braun beatdown, but she missed her cue.

So, who did Braun piss off, and why are McIntyre and Lashley suddenly Corbin's henchmen?

And it wouldn't shock me if Corbin wins.

Semantics though. And Jey got a DUI last year. These guys act like infantile frat boys. If I were Tony Khan's financial adviser, well, he'd be in trouble, but ignoring that fact, I'd tell him not to waste a dime on these two drunkards. Naomi, I don't know if the idiot was drunk, or just lost and confused. I lean toward the latter because she wasn't arrested. One is a crime, the other is just excusable stupidity.

Anyway, that Becky segment was amazing. I can't remember the last time WWE was truly all-in on someone's push the way they are with her.

The Usos are unreliable DUIdiots. AEW would absolutely be better off without them. Make new stars from within, which in all fairness is what they seem to be doing. If Jericho and Tony Khan are to be believed, AEW won't be rushing to get every midcard castoff that becomes available. Usos aren't worth the headache.

They're WWE midcarders for life because tag teams are midcard in WWE. AEW is better off avoiding most of those types and building from within IMO. There are always exceptions, of course. I think we all want to see The Revival vs. The Bucks, but Dash and Dawson (or whatever they would be called in AEW) could be positioned as an underrated team who was "hard done" in WWE (even though they're the WWE Tag Champs now and have generally been pushed well when not injured, but the perception is otherwise for whatever reason).

Usos should have been squashed, sent home, and paid the bare minimum. I have no sympathy for idiots who get DUIs and endanger the lives of innocent people. Ditto for Jeff Hardy. This fear about any of them going to AEW is overstated IMO. Jeff Hardy barely drew a dime for TNA, certainly wouldn't for AEW ten years and ten injuries later, and the Usos definitely wouldn't move the needle for AEW. Young Bucks vs. Usos isn't a legitimate main event, no matter how much more important tag team wrestling will be in AEW (and it should be).

I was expecting this to be MOTY, and it has been merely okay (the second half has been fun though). Edit: I meant MOTN, MOTN, MOTN. Jesus. Definitely not MOTY. :O

I was bored to tears with the first half, but the second half has been decent enough. Classic? No. Great? No. But it has served its purpose. Let's see if WWE is gutsy enough to throw us a curveball and go with Mandy and Sonya.

Say what you want about Tamina, but that Superfly Splash was impressive.

Because they don't want to get concussed.

There go my precious Iiconics.

Maybe, but the Riott Squad will never, ever draw a dime - whereas you can actually get some mileage out of these two as a fun heel act.

This match exposes just how ice cold and badly booked everyone has been in general, including Sasha and Bayley. Maybe I'm just over Chamber matches, but I can barely concentrate on this. Iiconics should win and face Sasha/Bayley at WM, which means Nia Jax and Tamina will win.

I missed the pre-show. I assume Murphy retained? Pineapple on pizza is amazing. Fight me!

Could be it THIS? Ouch! Nasty situation. While I don't condone cheating, I really hope Graves isn't in a suicidal state of mind. He has clearly been behaving erratically lately. Is this what Bix reported that set him off? (I don't think so.)

This proves, though, that it has to be handled delicately. (Lawler was the babyface here. Wow!)

Which was ridiculous of him even then. He was a comedy wimp and she was a tough fighter with a history of inter-gender matches and beating up male wrestlers. He's at it again with more anti-women's wrestling nonsense, but I won't derail this thread with that stuff.

Didn't Undertaker get the rights to his name and gimmick over a decade or more ago? I could've sworn I read that in the WON. He took a picture with some wrestlers from Impact recently. IMO, all that did was make them look like fans and small-time. Obviously, it would be a different story with Cody and Jericho - but I don't think even that would "harm" WWE in any way. Edit: Here's the Impact pic.

Since we're talking about the NWA, I thought the Aldis-Scurll segment was very effective. Caprice Coleman, whoever the fuck that is, seemed like he was trying too hard to cosplay as Mean Gene and he wasn't convincing at all. I'm also not sure who the woman with Aldis is and don't think she fits his act at all. Other than that, I thought it was great work and it makes me want to see the match. I'm not down on Aldis nearly as much as everyone else is. I think he looks the part and represents his organization well. I'm baffled he never got a real look from WWE.

I can't remember if I learned anything new from it - I read it a couple of years ago, at least - but it definitely left a positive impression on me. I really like interview books in general though, which is a rare format for wrestling. Here are two more like it on Kindle: The Power Slam Interviews - Volume 1 and 2 https://www.amazon.com/Power-Slam-Interviews-1-ebook/dp/B01ILZX304/ https://www.amazon.com/Power-Slam-Interviews-2-ebook/dp/B06XQQ8KJW/ I believe most of these are reprints from the magazine though. I've never read a single issue of it, so it was all new to me. But if you were a diehard Power Slam reader, your mileage may vary.