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Sonya hurts. She and Athena could have bangers in ROH though. Whether TK thinks so, or whether there's any interest from Sonya in that direction, is another story. Blair Davenport was Bea Priestley in AEW. Put her together with Jack Perry! I liked AoP, Paul Ellering, and Cedric Alexander, but they weren't exactly being used. Cedric is in a relationship with Big Swole, so does that mean AEW is out of the question? (Edit: @The Thread Killer wondered the same thing above.) Kross has grown on me a bit, so I think he stays - for now. This was known years ago though.

I had the same reaction. All he's done for the past year in WWE is take up space. Major star in Mexico, but started off ice cold in NXT, only warmed up thanks to great matches and the combined efforts of Zelina Vega and Johnny Gargano, never really found his footing on the main roster, became less relevant in AEW, and is now once again just another wrestler in WWE. I predict the same trajectory for Aleister/Malakai Black, to be honest.

I'll give you Fella - that was a surprise for sure - but I don't remember Nakamura winning being any kind of real shocker.

I'm not a Yeet Fan, but I love that we finally got an unpredictable finish for maybe the first time in Rumble history outside of the Russo "it's a swerve, bro" years.

Did Penta's feet touch the floor?

As great as that would've been, you know people would bitch that it wasn't Vaquer, Giulia, Jordynne Grace, etc. etc.

I would've preferred a Nia win, and I'm not exactly a fan of hers either.

I spoke too soon. Good match. Bad winner. No one gives a shit about Charlotte.

Best Women's Rumble ever?

Cena/Gunther would make more sense to me, but I'm guessing Cena doesn't win the Rumble, doesn't win Elimination Chamber, faces someone else at WrestleMania, and wins one of the World Titles later in the year.

I have a bad feeling the Yeet Geek is winning here.

Strowman never recovered from being cucked out to Roman/Brock, his toxic social media presence cooled him off further, and his eventual World Title reign was too little too late and laid an egg. He's the drizzling shits. Jacob Fatu is just plain awesome.

I think it was your drink. I thought the match was a boring slog. Of course, it doesn't help that Nia isn't compelling to me and the outcome was never in doubt.

I agree that "YEET" is definitely something for younger fans, but if that were the only thing I didn't "get" about Jey's act, I'd understand. The guy just doesn't do it for me at all on any level. Punk trolling Hogan was fantastic.

It's possible Alvarez said it, and my mind filled in the blank with Meltzer because they're both from the same site.

I thought everyone on PWO was nuts praising The Usos as an all-timer of a tag team years ago. They were fine in the ring but had nothing else going for them. When they finally did get to show off their "personalities," they were annoying as hell to me, and Vince-led segments like "Ucey Hot" definitely didn't help. Now we're getting the YEET crap, which the crowd loves - so Jey and WWE are rightfully rolling with it - but it does nothing for me.

It shouldn't. Britt is more over than 99% of the AEW women and many of the men. Might be a BS rumor anyway. DM and probably others are already refuting it.

Is this board wigging out or was there a second reply from you that I can't find? Anyway... AEW is so inconsistent. Sometimes it feels like they can only present ready-made acts as stars. Keith Lee looked like a killer in his first AEW match, Swerve has obviously been a huge success, Moxley, etc. But they've also struck gold with undeniably homegrown wrestlers like MJF, Britt Baker, Darby, Orange, Sammy off and on, etc. I wonder if that's down to the talent of those individuals being undeniable. Both Ethan Page and Pillman Jr. Lex King having varying degrees of success in NXT is proof that AEW has no real system for pushing people who may need a little extra guidance, boost, whatever it is. Either you're a red hot ready-made act or you're someone who can immediately slide into that space. Everyone in-between struggles in AEW. The Lucha Bros. were presented well and had some good moments in AEW, for sure, but they also felt like "just another team" a lot of the time too. That's true of the Bucks and FTR as well, so tag team booking is obviously not AEW's strong suit, besides putting the right duos together to have bangers. Ricky Starks will be a bigger star in WWE by default because AEW ain't using him at all. Starks being shelved is baffling to me. One day we'll get the story there. I wonder what the hell happened. Going to the Rumble to support Cody can't be the reason, or maybe it can? Who knows if Tony Khan is that petty? I would hope not. But something happened. Ditto for Miro. If Malakai/Aleister Black returns to WWE, it will be another waste of time - just like Andrade. Just another overrated guy who adds another body to the midcard that fans don't care about. Black seemingly has everything going for him, but like Bam Bam Bigelow, some intangible is missing. Miro was also badly exposed in AEW, but I wouldn't mind him coming back, because he's certainly the best and most interesting of those three. I hope this response isn't as rambling and incoherent as I fear it is, but I wrote too much already and don't have the energy to edit it, so...my apologies. It's definitely a demotion in terms of optics, but if he's making the same money for less travel, it's a sweet gig IMO. No one is clamoring for his in-ring return, but I remember thinking there was definitely something there the one time I saw him wrestle in NXT, so if he wants to go back to his original dream, I can't say I blame him. With that said, there's all sorts of shit flying around about how he won't be on NXT tonight (we'll find out shortly) and was seen leaving the Orlando airport (I guess you can't fake going through TSA), so who knows what the hell is happening.

WWE made Penta seem like more of a big deal in one night than AEW was able to do in five years. Fenix must be chomping at the bit to join him. I hope neither of them are sucked into the LWO vortex though. Graves sounds like a whiny bitch in that tweet - and it's not the first time he's boarded the WAHbulance ("the first rule of punk rock") - but I'm hoping it's a work. He was cleared to resume in-ring action a while ago. A Corey vs. Pat match at WrestleMania wouldn't be the worst attraction in the world. Vastly preferable to doing anything with Vince McMahon like they did a couple of years back. I think his first match back, though - if it happens - should be in NXT. That's where his career ended, and it would make sense why he's there now. Otherwise, as long as he's getting the same pay, being able to work Florida shows almost exclusively seems like a win-win to me. Travel sucks.

If that's the case, he's working everyone in his book too - where he admitted to being a Rand Paul acolyte and praised the Republican Party for giving them a space to fit in.

Jimmy Hart cucking himself out for Hogan at their advanced age is also sad to see.

They call him High Chief and he called himself that. I think we're getting High Chief vs. Tribal Chief. Michael Cole practically gave it away: "Only the High Chief is allowed to wear the ula fala."

THE HIGH CHIEF is here!

Jake Atlas was allegedly told his sexuality doesn't matter by Triple H (Atlas is gay). While I'm not inclined to necessarily take the word of Atlas, who is a domestic abuser now playing the victim, Triple H does have a history of saying monumentally stupid shit - (paraphrasing) "I didn't read the lawsuit," "We don't see race," etc.

Zero way to know any of this is on MAX unless you already know. MAX isn't pushing it at all on the app. And then there's this joke of a Facebook sponsored ad: