C.S.

WWE DRAFT: FIRST RAW PICK Becky Lynch (Smackdown Women's Champion) --> Raw

If the idea is to attract outside female fans, the first half of the show - which was almost strictly rasslin' - may have been great for us, but anyone else would have tuned out by the time they made the baby shower, etc. the focus in the second half. Even then, I can't see the boring baby shower and Cody's heel sister attracting those female viewers either. As far as fake shit goes, the Jade-Velvet convo in particular seemed like really bad acting.

I finally watched the first episode... My thoughts: The first half is dominated by mostly rasslin', which is great for us but isn't going to attract non-fans. The second half is dominated by baby talk and a baby shower. However, by the time the show gets there, I strongly suspect the viewers who aren't familiar with AEW would have already tuned out by then. Cody and Brandi should never try to act "cutesy," "edgy," or "witty" because it doesn't work for them at all. They absolutely cannot pull it off. Cody's sister comes across terribly, which makes me wonder why people's family members willingly sign up to do these shows. The wrestling focus is on Cody's "patriotic" promo against Ogogo, which came across as clunky here, but Cody hyped it positively and Brandi shed tears during it. Tony K. looked like he was holding in a shit. There's also some stuff about Ricky Starks breaking his neck, the ensuing drama of Jade slapping Velvet too hard, and Brandi's executive role. Overall, if you are predisposed to disliking Cody and Brandi, this won't change your mind. I like them, but I do think there's less mainstream polish here than we see with Total Divas/Bellas and Miz and Mrs.

Worst McMahon = Linda As an on-air performer, completely useless As a human being, she was a cabinet member for the worst and most corrupt U.S. President in history and only stepped down to raise obscene amounts of money for him in a re-election campaign SuperPAC.

I just read that, and that's amazing, haha!

Becky is tougher than Edge. Okay, granted, Beth is way tougher than Seth. I still don't know why Edge didn't tell his wife to call Christian - or at least drop in a "Jay" reference as an Easter Egg. Okay, I do know why, obviously - but it's one of those things that makes wrestling so illogical. Any other show - let's use Fuller House as an example - would throw in the occasional "Michelle" or "Aunt Becky" reference even though they're no longer acting and/or in prison.

WWE DRAFT: ROUND 4 Naomi --> Smackdown Rey and Dominik Mysterio --> Raw Jeff Hardy --> Smackdown Austin Theory (NXT) --> Raw Brock Lesnar --> Free Agent ("because of Paul Heyman") Smackdown clearly won Night 1 of the Draft by picking Madcap Moss in the third round.

WWE DRAFT: ROUND 3 Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss --> Smackdown Rhea and Nikki (Women's Tag Team Champions) --> Raw Hit Row (NXT) --> Smackdown Keith "Bearcat" Lee --> Raw

WWE DRAFT: ROUND 2 Drew McIntyre --> Smackdown RKBro (Raw Tag Team Champions) --> Raw New Day (Kofi and Woods) --> Smackdown (BOOOOOOO!!!) Edge --> Raw

WWE DRAFT Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) --> Smackdown Big E (WWE Champion) --> Raw Charlotte Flair (Raw Women's Champion) --> Smackdown Bianca Belair --> Raw

Nia Jax???

Even though I hated the Arn Anderson promo (yeah, yeah, I'm the only one - no, I don't care), it was worth it for memes like these.

422,000 viewers Fans to Cody: "YOU'VE STILL GOT IT!"

@KawadaSmile Bubba, please show proper respect by including this fine-ass bitchin' logo in your original post.

Further proof that Rhodes to the Top is THE premier destination for reality television!!!

THE GOAT! It's going be a few days before I can watch it though.

I hope you're serious, Bubba!!!

You spoke too soon, Bubba.

Is it just me or has this show been flat tonight? (My friend said "just you" so let's see what the Bubbas here have to say.)

Well, he didn't admit to it - he just said he would do it if the situation were to arise - but yeah, total shit.

Me too. Not how I was expecting the strife between the Dark Order to resolve itself, but it's perfect.

Yeah, that part was fine. What lost me was the nonsensical bullshit about the car and gun. WTF was that? Cody should've slapped the taste out of Arn's mouth.

Well... Cody's face is one of his most flattering features. The man is...Dashing.

Arn is one of the all-time great promos, but that bullshit about blowing a car thief's brains out with a gun did not land for me at all. I know some of you are blinded with irrational hatred for Cody, but that was bad.