C.S.

Sarah Logan/Valhalla not being renewed either, but that's less surprising, since I think most of us assumed she was let go several release cycles ago.

Carlito is gone too.

FUCK THIS COMPANY

I mean, Apollo Crews is crazy talented, Ricochet is crazy talented, etc. The kid's 120 pounds, so no matter how good he is, there's probably a ceiling there - even under Triple H. Exactly. Maybe he'll main event WrestleMania - I doubt it - but burning a bridge regardless, especially for no reason, just isn't smart. The reality is that Evans is probably not someone who is going to ever become enough of an attraction to overcome that no matter what.

I bet Je'Brone Evans is regretting that dumbass "crackhead" tweet. He's not exactly off to a great start and feels like an upcoming future-endeavor already. But you're right, if this isn't actually a call-up, it probably doesn't matter as much.

Someone found a clip from the first SNME with Jesse saying Boss Man should've walked through the cage door. Update: It's this awful troll account, but you can see the clip. https://x.com/MeltzerSaidWhat/status/1926461201984135290

On the one hand, it feels like a sloppy WCW move. On the other hand, who gives a fuck about Alberto Del Rapist? His loss is a foregone conclusion anyway. I just hope he doesn't no-show the match. Not like he'd have anything to lose. Other rape apologist carny promoters will book him in a second, and there are tons of those in wrestling.

LOLTNA

Fun match between Oba Femi and Myles Borne. The TNA World Title surprisingly main events the show.

NXT Championship: Oba Femi © vs. Myles Borne NXT Women’s Championship: Stephanie Vaquer © vs. Jordynne Grace TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry © vs. Trick Williams NXT Women’s North American Championship: Sol Ruca © vs. Kelani Jordan "Family" Grudge Match: Tony D’Angelo vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo Six-Man Tag Team Action: Hank Walker, Tank Ledger, and Josh Briggs vs. The Culling

Thank God! Bloodline 3.0 is the drizzling shits. And having Bronson Reed there would only make JC Mateo look even more mid than he already does. Speaking of big guys, Big Bronson is a fluffy gentleman, but he carries it well and comes across as a total badass.

I'm the last person who has an issue with anyone in wrestling being chubby - I love Keith Lee, Kamala, WALTER (and his slimmer alter ego GUNTHER), Mick Foley (obviously), etc. - but I ate a lot of shit on PWO for saying Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) looked like a slob in basketball shorts, even though he absolutely did. With that said, nothing about JC Mateo's presentation stands out. He looks like a jobber on WCW Worldwide next to Jacob Fatu. And I'm not even talking about his weight. It's everything. He just doesn't come across as impressive in comparison to Fatu or even Solo.

I'll believe that when WWE actually announces it. I'm not too inclined to take badly-written, half-AI generated, word salad slop from NOLA.com all that seriously. I'm calling London for WrestleMania 42.

Okay, I'll tell you... I haven't. NJPW World is an atrocious service that had no Roku support for the first several years, no English support outside of a browser plugin, and a confusing subscription system where you could get it on the 30th and then get charged again for another month on the 1st (or something like that). They've since added Roku - not sure if they ever fixed the other issues - but I had moved on by then. Like shit. Reeked of '95 The Goon or some random WCW or ECW guy coming in and being used as a geek. Congrats. Was it a carry-job on your part, or did he pull his weight? Seriously, I'm sure Cobb is great, but I have my doubts that "JC Mateo" will be. A name like that tells me WWE sees nothing in him and has already given up. Then again, he could have the greatest name in the world and still be DOA, because he was positioned right off the bat as Solo's bitch, when Solo has been positioned as everyone else's bitch. Seems like too little too late and the ship has sailed. If he's getting a massive payday (which is doubtful with TKO), God bless him.

I'm not so sure about that. His win-loss record in AEW was abysmal. They clearly saw next to nothing in the guy except as a washed old jobber to put over their rising young talent. Why? Is Cobb is a blithering imbecile?

FWIW, the trademark for JC Mateo was filed on May 10th. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=99179026&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

I'm interested if I can ban all anti-Mauro and anti-Christian posts. Seriously though, I have no real interest myself, but a new admin or two would probably be great to have. With that said, PWO is surprisingly cordial without any real admin presence. People here generally disagree without it turning into a toxic wasteland. That's really rare, especially for a wrestling forum.

TK tried to babyface himself on Twitter by claiming he changed a song mid-show because of fan backlash. Well, well, well... And he has the nerve to call the other Khan in wrestling a "Khan (con) man"? Lole.

IT'S FAKE. God damn it! I got got. Comes from a satire account. Sorry, everyone. https://x.com/PWCentel/status/1922032557199159607?t=4rTwf_2YoknWyYVFvfme2Q&s=19

UPDATE: THIS IS FAKE. Comes from a satire account. See reply below. Not even close to the scummiest thing WWE has ever done, but this is still pretty bad. "Catering is a privilege, not a right." Fuck off! Charging their employees for snack cakes, and charging men and women different rates for snack cakes - $1 and $1.50, which are already absurd prices - despite record profits, well... I don't even need to say anything.

Nothing will happen because no one takes wrestling seriously. It's a miracle the Vince stuff has gone as far as it has, and I still think he'll skate in the end.

Joey Janela has to be the single dumbest wrestler alive, and that encompasses a very long list. Tony Khan is too nice to ever say it, but I bet he had major instant buyer's remorse after signing Janela to AEW. That was probably the one contract he was relieved not to renew.

Not how I expected this to go. Imagine if they did this match and build with a babyface who could make them money for years to come, instead of a pale announcer.

For the first time ever, I'm relieved Mauro is no longer in the company.