C.S.

I missed the first 15 minutes of Collision - yes, the Punk promo - but I caught it on Twitter and YouTube. Not an amazing promo IMO, but definitely some nice lines. The best one was name-checking "the counterfeit Bucks." I'm already sick of Punk's "Tell me when I'm telling lies!" catchphrase though. He must've repeated it 4-5 times. You can create a drinking game out of how often he said it. Wardlow and Luchasaurus are ice cold. I'm past the point of caring about Andrade, and I've never cared about the goofy-as-shit, intelligence-insulting, overrated House of Black. I wish it had been retooled a year ago with Brody King as the leader and ace.

Did anyone preorder Fight Forever? I bit the bullet and took a risk by preordering the digital Elite Edition. I don't usually go for digital, but I decided to in this case because the game is going to get incremental updates that wouldn't be on disc anyway. Really hoping for the best here, as the WWE games have been unplayable dreck for a decade now.

Adam Cole >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kassius Ohno, and I'm not exactly a huge Cole fan. PWO too often fetishizes what guys like Hero did 20 years ago in ROH instead of facing reality that they're past their prime on top of already not being used well in NXT/WWE.

https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/37860179/aew-star-cm-punk-new-show-injury-elephants-room

I think Cole looks fine. But I'm shocked the PWO police hasn't pounced all over Cole being "body shamed." A few years ago, if you dared to mention that Kassius Ohno looked like a slob in his basketball gear, the pitchforks were out in full force.

Priest should win. If LA Knight wins, that's the shits, YEAH!!!

Only message board/wrestling Twitter/Reddit types knew about that in the first place, and almost everyone has already forgotten about it. 90% of WWE's audience has no clue it ever happened. Either way, Rick Steiner being a transphobic jackass should in no way affect his son, who hasn't shown similar traits and is probably smart enough not to publicly. Bron Breakker is an awful name, so I'd welcome a return to Steiner. Like you said, everyone already knows anyway and there's no getting around it. Don't mistake @KawadaSmile's obsession for anything close to resembling universal appeal. LA Knight is shit, YEAH!!!

Proof that fans don't pop for MOVEZ as much as storytelling and character work. There's a lesson to be learned in that, but will most of the wrestlers who need to learn it actually do so? Probably not. This is nothing against Darby, BTW, who I like.

I thought I was the only one who noticed this guy. He's pretty much always there too.

I just bought the Madusa book. I'll post my thoughts after I'm finished.

We knew it was coming, but still sad news. Superstar Billy Graham influenced so many who came after him, from Hulk Hogan to Scott Steiner and more.

Supposedly they're far apart again because Punk wants Ace Steel back. I assume all of this is misdirection to keep his return more of a "surprise." But yeah, Meltzer and Alvarez have completely shit the bed on every aspect of this story. They should - as Punk once told Seth Rollins - stop tweeting. Update:

I'm shocked there isn't a ton of noise in this thread about Sami being officially booked for a Saudi show.

The Guy Evans Nitro book is $2 on Kindle - an absolute steal at that price! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FJWS2XF

This is pretty much every AEW debut ever - aside from Punk, Moxley, Danielson (and even he was cooled off to a ridiculous degree for a while), and maybe Adam Cole and a couple of others. It's the single biggest problem with AEW. Great first appearance, and then a downward slide from there.

These are the twelve wrestlers announced for the tournament: Seth Rollins Finn Balor Damian Priest The Miz Shinsuke Nakamura Cody Rhodes United States Champion Austin Theory AJ Styles Bobby Lashley Rey Mysterio Edge Sheamus

Riddle never used to wear skimpy underwear tights, did he?

This crowd is molten for Bunny and Priest.

Omos has really improved his showmanship. I wonder who's mentoring him.

That's awesome!!! Must an electric atmosphere.

Double Main Event: Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar Double Main Event - San Juan Street Fight: Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest SmackDown Women's Championshp Match: Rhea Ripley © vs. Zelina Vega Six-Man Tag Team Match: Matt Riddle and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. The Bloodline Raw Women's Championship Match: Bianca Belair © vs. IYO SKY United States Championship Match: Austin Theory © vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Bronson Reed Special Freakin' Attraction: Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Omos

They're okay to me! I was going to tell you that "The Legend of Baron To'a" is on Prime and Hulu (subscription services) and The Roku Channel (free with ads), but you're not from the U.S., so that won't help you much.

I assumed Foxy quietly departed years ago.