C.S.

Rooting for OMOS to win this. He's a GIANT and a STAR. YEAH!!!

Thank God Brock wasn't going commando.

Thought it was just me! What a clunker so far.

Prediction: Bray Wyatt comes back and attacks Cody after the match.

Roman Reigns and The Bloodline say hold my coconut water.

Calling your legdrop a "Hogan Paul" and hitting it against a POC is certainly a choice.

Hot take prediction: LA Knight will lose the battle royal.

Everyone in AEW is now tweeting against LuFisto - including MJF and Renee.

I don't love Finn, but the smart play is to give him the title. With Priest having the briefcase, it's the better story. Plus, Seth has nagging injuries. He has established this title - well, as much as such a random and unnecessary piece of tin can be established anyway - so let him take time off to heal up.

I assume what LuFisto is referring to when she compares AEW to the WWE Divas era is the lack of time, importance, and emphasis placed on the women's division, and she's not entirely wrong. Sucks to hear that Ruby is a bit of an asshole though - if LuFisto is to be believed, anyway. But it would go a long way in explaining why Ruby has never had a sustained major push in either of the big two promotions. As for Jacques Rougeau, well, that's no surprise. His assholishness radiates from every pore . He would've made the perfect 1980s movie villain.

AEW just got LuFisted!

Any reason why? That seems really odd for a volunteer website. Actually, for a website in general. Such a policy makes sense for print media, obviously, but online? I realize 99% of the internet has no concept of brevity and just vomits out an overabundance of words, but it still seems like a strange restriction to me. If it were me, I would've written 1050 words - I highly doubt anyone would check - but I'm a bit of a rebel that way.

Very nice and fair review, @The Man in Blak. I was wondering why it took so long to publish. If you wrote it a month ago and the site held onto it all this time, that's...odd. (BTW, is the byline still scrambled, or are you Steve Gillham?) Anyway, the only thing I would've added is a paragraph on how limited the CAW mode is. You mentioned some things I didn't even know about - like being able to trigger chain wrestling. I just wish we knew how. I think you liked the minigames more than me. I love the idea of them, but the execution is lacking IMO. (The baseball one is genuinely fun though.) Once again, I love the transparency (how long you played, which system, how you acquired it, etc.) and accessibility information.

In the American Nightmare documentary, Cody mentioned leaving AEW because of a "personal issue." The Young Bucks are included in the doc. Kenny Omega isn't. Omega also reportedly has to be separated from CM Punk whenever they're in the same building, but we've heard no such news about Punk and the Bucks. In addition to that, Punk mentioned the Bucks in his return promo but not Omega. Is Omega the socially maladjusted egocentric weirdo he comes across as, or am I reading too much into nothing? Seems like there's smoke here though.

Dragunov looks like a Russian mobster. He should shave.

I hope Mami eventually beats Melo for the NXT Championship.

It wouldn't happen in AEW either though. (If Dark and Elevation were still around, that's where he'd be after a couple of months. But I guess Rampage and ROH are the new versions of that.) So, where would he be a star?

Time for the TRUE main event, featuring YOUR NXT North America Champion and the man who drew this house all by himself (okay, well, with Mami) - DOMINIK MYSTERIO! I hope he retains. Wes Lee isn't a star. I like Ali, but Dom is a STAR. You're not wrong. How is Damon Kemp so much better at this than his rapist brother?

I dunno... He exceeded my (granted, rock bottom) expectations. A star wasn't born tonight - and I'm not convinced he ever will be one - but if he gets a Wardlow push tossing lightweights around like he did after the match, it could work.

The Rapist looks like Jonathan Gresham next to Baron Corbin. He didn't embarrass himself, but he doesn't excite me either. Still, it's a win for him, because he was smooth and solid. Lame finish though. Nothing about this was ever a blood feud that would necessitate a double-DQ. He looked better after the match tossing Cruiserweight-sized dudes around. That's always a winning formula.

Main Event - WWE NXT Championship: Carmelo Hayes © vs. Ilja Dragunov TRUE Main Event - NXT North American Championship: Dominik Mysterio © vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Wes Lee NXT Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton © vs. Thea Hail NXT Tag Team Championship: Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) © vs. Tony D’Angelo and Stacks NXT Debut: Gable Steveson vs. Baron Corbin Weapons Wild Match: Roxanne Perez vs. Blair Davenport Pre-Show Match: Nathan Frazer, Dragon Lee, Yulisa Leon, and Valentina Feroz vs. Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson

Rhythm and Blues too. Even if Greg did change his gimmick to match Honky's, it was still odd. I assume Ax is the talented one in your mind? While I don't think Crush was that bad - maybe limited, but he handled himself well enough - Bill Eadie has a major career as The Masked Superstar long before ever becoming Ax. Rock 'n Sock was rightly one of the first mentioned, but Stone Cold and Mankind is a great forgotten example of this.

Regal and "The Earl of Eaton" Robert (Bobby) Eaton is a classic example.

Even though this adversely affects the quality, Tony is wise enough to realize than ROH-only shows would not draw an audience and would only be a money pit.

Part of me wonders if MJF and Starks both bounce after their contracts are up.