C.S.

What choice? AEW wasn't using him. Staying there and continuing to ride the bench wasn't a viable option, other than monetarily, and that was only a short-term gain.

Billy Bitchcakes has only himself to blame for burning the AEW bridge by calling it "too cheesy."

Bitchcakes Bill bitched up a storm to toady Ariel Helwani about how WWE handled his retirement. He also buried GUNTHER'S chops. Just total entitled asshole behavior. The only thing I agree with Goldberg on is what a joke it was that his speech was cut for a million ads. Either don't air it or make it a Peacock/Netflix/YouTube special after the show like the dumb "press" conferences are.

This show is probably fine, but four wrestling PPVs/PLEs in two days (with three of the shows being WWE) isn't it. Neither company understands the meaning of pacing anymore.

This is Goldberg's best match in years. Certainly his best WWE match ever.

The match stopped for a good minute and then Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii won out of the blue when I don't think he would have otherwise. I fear it's a legit injury. Poor Seth. Rotten luck, right in the middle of his biggest push in ages.

A triple-header by the generous and benevolent WWE as they provide exciting wrestling action for all the poors who can't afford to drop $50 on AEW's offering. I figure one thread for all three shows is fine. I'm honestly not watching NXT - I couldn't even tell you what's on the card - but I'm curious about GUNTHER vs. Goldberg, and I'll check out Evolution in the hopes that it overachieves. I remember the first one being one of the best PPVs in years at the time, but that was during the dark senile Vince days.

Davey Boy Smith is the obvious answer since the Warrior trapdoor debacle ultimately got him hooked on the painkillers that cost him his life. The reverse of this question: Terry Taylor never should have left the NWA/WCW, and Owen Hart jumping to WCW when Bret, Bulldog, and Anvil did would have saved his life.

Ladies and gentlemen... TALLA TONGA (As generic as it is, I honestly like it more than the unpronounceable hard to spell Hikuleo.)

You're French, bro. You can't get over, bro. Neither can your temperature scale, bro. - Vince Russo, probably

I really want Miz to interfere and cost Punk the match, but that will never happen. Triple Big Nose clearly doesn't see the value in Miz that Vince did. Oh well...

I'm not exactly excited for the match, but my standards are much lower for something main eventing a regular TV show. Not like this is a major PPV PLE. I mean this is the same show where we got Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius.

I can handle GUNTHER vs. Goldberg as a throwaway main event for Saturday Night's Main Event as long as GUNTHER wins and Goldberg retires on a good note. I see no harm in it. Anything more than that, though...

I hope it's on purpose so Asuka can claim she pinned Jade (with the way Jade positioned the pin, Asuka's feet were on Jade's chest) and the match at SummerSlam becomes a three-way, which would only help its quality.

Yeah, so much for that...

Awesome Glacier-like entrance for Jade though. But I hope Asuka wins. Asuka vs. Iyo is a much more interesting match.

Dental pain is no joke! I hope you can get to Britt Baker or one of her assistants soon, @Dav'oh.

I thought Zayn vs. Kross was fun. Kross is more interesting with his character work and facial expressions now than he ever was in NXT as a Temu Goldberg-Orton hybrid - AND he took flat back bumps (so much for that dumb rumor).

I thought it was just me, maybe I'm tired, but I guess not. Very, shall we say, "methodical" match.

Yes, I started this thread just to have an excuse to use that as the topic header. WWE Championship: John Cena © vs. CM Punk King of the Ring Final: Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes Queen of the Ring Final: Asuka vs. Jade Cargill United States Championship: Jacob Fatu © vs. Solo Sikoa Street Fight: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez Singles Match: Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

The new tyrant is the same as the old tyrant. Triple H is just as petty as Vince. WWE won't ever truly change until everyone from the old regime is removed like an exorcism, and even that might not be enough with TKO still in the picture.

I thought I heard Seth was getting a new theme?

Yep. This is direct to the Walmart DVD bin levels of dogshit. A few years ago, it would have been - no pun intended - major. Not anymore, for obvious reasons.