C.S.

TIL: Vince Russo writes a weekly column for WrestleCrap. There are no dates, so there's no way to tell if this is current or years old. But his writing style, bro, it's headache-inducing. https://www.wrestlecrap.com/vince-russo/

Taya ending Jade's streak would be a disaster. She instantly washed out of NXT/WWE - not her fault - but that shitty Franky Monet gimmick didn't scream big league either. This would be like WCW bringing in Beaver Cleavage to end Goldberg's streak. Bringing in Taya, in general, to look good in defeat is a perfectly fine idea.

Rey is the first inductee and I assume the headliner. I guess no Rock or Bluetista this year?

If it's a work, Scorpio Sky is an odd choice to get involved. I can't see him starting a program with MJF. Either way, he's right about the fans and media - 100 fucking percent.

If that kid really wasn't a plant, TK should've called an audible, crowned Dragon, and suspended MJF without pay and sent him to anger management and therapy. But it's probably MJF working us. Isn't the source for the plant story Swerve's cousin?

I remember HHH bigfooting Rock on the WWE.com Byte This internet show and saying he had to show Rock what to do in spots. I couldn't have rolled my eyes any harder. Rock is ten times the worker H is and always has been.

Sami is dumber than Sting. IMO, The Tribal Chief was by far a better friend than KO - though also a shitty and toxic one.

Where was Cody?

That would be atrocious. Give Usos a record reign only for one of them to be replaced at the end? Nah.

FUCK YOU! GO TO HELL!!!

I HATE LOGAN PAUL!

Hope this is not a legit injury for Ford.

I'm calling it now: Rollins wins the U.S. Title, Logan Paul beats him for it at WrestleMania, Logan carries the U.S. belt with him everywhere to give WWE "publicity." Blah!

BOOOOOOOOO!!!

What is JAG an acronym for?

The old stage was so much better. I can't stand the new one.

If it's a joke, neither of them are funny. Ariel is being rightly called out for his lack of journalistic ethics, but TK's response is so clumsy and hamfisted that he has once again made himself the story in the worst and most counterproductive way. For all their faults, Vince and Trips would never fall into this trap.

Maybe, maybe not. Ariel was massively critical of Tony after the interview they did a while back. “He didn’t want to answer anything. You’re going to come on and promote X, Y, and Z, great. And I’ll play that dance with you. I did, at the beginning. But you got to give us something, to not even tell me how you were feeling. I’m not asking for specifics, alright fine I am, but is Punk going to wrestle for you, is he coming back, you don’t want to get into it, fine. But tell me how you were feeling. Give me something.”

Nose Khandy strikes again. In response to Ariel Helwani appearing on Smackdown, which - yeah, I agree - as a "legitimate journalist" he should not be doing. But I can't begrudge him for being a fan and wanting to be there to support his fellow Montreal guy Sami.

Don't know. Ask Trips (or the Crown Prince when WWE is sold). I wouldn't mind it being GUNTHER (imagine if he breaks HTM's IC record, Roman reigns for another year, and they meet in a Champion vs. Champion match at the next Mania) or Bron Breakker. Truthfully, it should've been Sami. They have the hot hand in him. Fans like Cody too, but they have a special affinity for the Honorary Uce.

IMO, Cody isn't beating Roman at WM either.

Sad news. One of the best and most influential bookers/promoters ever. And I loved Jerry Jarrett's podcast with Sean Reedy (who I believe still has an account here).

WWE has always been incompetent, so let's continue to give their incompetence a free pass is not exactly a compelling argument. GUNTHER'S reign being a big deal, which it definitely is, has nothing to do with why Rey losing this match (or being stuck in a go-nowhere program with a go-nowhere geek like Kross) is a bad idea. If Rey had won the match and then lost to GUNTHER, I'd be a little more okay with that, because 1. it's a compelling as fuck combination, 2. GUNTHER is a big deal, as you said. Ultimately though, it would've been better for Rey not to be in this match at all. Yes, Rey is old, but he's still a big star and major attraction. He should be treated as such, so that when he does lose, it actually means something. Having him drop throwaway matches to disposable talent like Kross and Moss is a terrible way to use him. Hey, that rhymes! Make Kross and Moss a team. Why not? Can't be any worse than anything they're doing now.