C.S.

Which Steph later praised as Dusty "keeping her on her toes" or some such spin.

Your son Buff in WWE.

Cody could have been World Champion when the big gold belt was still around. It was a glorified secondary championship that went to the Dolph Zigglers of the world. Without that (and I'm not advocating bringing it back), I-C was probably Cody's ceiling. Still, you can't help but think they really squandered his major babyface momentum after he was "fired" by the Authority.

Most wrestling fans aren't smart.

Styles lost three of the last four WWE PPV matches he's been in (not counting the Royal Rumble) and three in a row. For all of the "well, it's an honor he's main eventing at all so soon" sentiment I'm sure is going around, it's the typical Rob Van Dam/Booker T/Chris Benoit push that led to them being cast as glorified midcarders who got an occasional taste at the top to keep the belt warm for the "real" stars and never became effective draws themselves because they were so constantly neutered. Don't get me wrong: his matches were Reigns were still damn fun (the less said about the Jericho snoozefest or hokey Y2AJ team the better), but it doesn't change the reality of where AJ really stands. For all of the hype about Anderson, Gallows, and the Bullet Club, nothing actually happened. No Finn Balor, no stable formation, no real developments of any kind. Sure, the build was entertaining enough, but the payoff - as always - ended with a whimper. And the worst part is, I called it from the very beginning. I knew everyone else's wild expectations were unrealistic. Just to be clear, I knew AJ wasn't winning last night. I knew he wasn't winning at the PPV before that. So I'm not surprised or upset or offended or anything like that. They're all in on the Reigns push, for better or worse, and that's fine. I'm just resigned to it. I feel for Reigns, who usually has good matches, but nothing he does with his character is working or has ever worked. I hope AJ wins Money in the Bank. That would at least let his fans know that he's still in the mix and there's something to look forward to in the future.

Didn't see the Dana Brooke finish coming, but now all of a sudden she's a simpering sycophant for Charlotte...WTF? Really out of character for Dana Brooke IMO.

The match sucked, but Jericho is selling the hell out of it.

Jericho's reaction to the tacks and this sequence of actual wrestling has been good. The rest of the match not so much.

I-C match fucking ruled. My eyes are glazing over at this TNA shitfest though. Can't think of a match or feud I've cared about less than Ambrose vs. Jericho and the Asylum Match.

So much for that.

My prediction: Kalisto retains. Rusev clearly didn't give a fuck during the pre-show interview (he barely bothered putting on an accent) and answered that he was in it for the money. Am I reading too much into nothing? Probably. We'll see soon enough.

I liked Ziggler for a long time but they ruined him with that Rusev feud and I started to actively hate him when he was cosplaying as 80s hair bands. Same here. That's exactly when he went down in my eyes too.

I don't care about either Dolph Ziggler or Baron Corbin anymore. That's WWE 50/50 booking for you.

Who is the other writer? MPS Hayes? Ryan Ward?

WWE just made it official: http://www.wwe.com/article/cody-rhodes-released?sf26732881=1

Cody tweeted this: https://twitter.com/PrinceCGR/status/734453843589660672 So, what is being reported? All of the reports, I imagine, were generated from his tweets.

The Stardust gimmick sucked, but "bland" and "boring" aren't words I'd use to describe it.

Who are you talking about? When I saw that, I was blown away by how racist it came across. "No D-Von? No problem, here's the next black guy in line. No one will know the difference!"

I've seen that too. So my question is, why use it at all? Surely he can find other moves that look better and would be safer for kids to practice on each other.

You're a fruit booty, sucka!

She's the funniest and most relatable woman on Total Divas.

The simple and obvious answer, to me, is that Yokozuna was pushed as a serious threat and got wins when wins still meant something. Bastion Booger, on the other hand, was portrayed as a fat comedy jobber who mostly lost when losses still meant something.

Haven't read these, but they sound interesting: Shrapnel of the Soul and Redemption Kindle Edition by Pepper Martin (Author), Penny Lane (Author) Slam Wrestling write-up: http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/04/20/22625791.html Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Shrapnel-Soul-Redemption-Pepper-Martin-ebook/dp/B01DOQRPJ0/ Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Shrapnel-Soul-Redemption-Pepper-Martin/dp/1682894509 Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling by C. Nathan Hatton (Author) Slam Wrestling write-up: http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Reviews/2016/05/10/22631717.html Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Thrashing-Seasons-Sporting-Manitoba-Wrestling-ebook/dp/B01EZG8S08/ Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Thrashing-Seasons-Sporting-Manitoba-Wrestling/dp/0887558003/ Through The Shattered Glass by Jeanie Clarke (Author), Bradley Craig (Author, Cover Design) Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Through-Shattered-Glass-Jeanie-Clarke/dp/1530387019/ (no Kindle edition) - Pepper's book is reasonably priced on Kindle and sounds interesting from the Slam piece. - The Prairie book is $25 on Kindle. Good luck selling any at that price! - Jeanie Clarke is better known as Lady Blossom, AKA Stone Cold Steve Austin's ex-wife ("your tea's about to get stone cold!"). No Kindle version for her book, but I hope it eventually happens.

The Primo/Epico Puerto Rico tourism gimmick is a real head-scratcher to be sure, but I liked what I saw of them in the ring against the two local jamokes. Naming their finisher "The Shining Star" is silly as hell though. It should have been called "Welcome to Paradise" or something like that if their gimmick is going to be that they consider the ring to be Puerto Rico too and their opponents are unwelcome invaders (WTF?).

The perfect example for this thread would be the Stone Cold Stunner (Austin) vs. the Springboard Stunner (Cena). Hell, STF (Chono) vs. STF (Cena) also applies. Signature moves for Cena, but they look like shit in his hands and don't fit his character at all (IMO).