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No idea if he was injured, but having Junkyard Dog and Mr. Hughes on opposite sides probably led to the angle where JYD accidentally blinded Hughes by punching his sunglasses into his eyes, showed compassion, and Hughes turned babyface and became tag team partners with Junkyard Dog as "Big Cat" Curtis Hughes.

He sold for Chyna, so why wouldn't he sell for Regal? In a way, we should thank our lucky stars Austin vs. Williams never happened - because Vince Russo would've made it all about Austin's real name being Steve Williams and come up with a bunch of convoluted crap around that.

That is a pretty awesome idea, even if it would've only led to Austin destroying them both on a random December PPV or something.

Cornette is wildly overrated as as a booker and always has been. He gets way too much goodwill because he managed the Midnight Express. Agreed about Bart Gunn. As stupid and misguided as the Brawl for All was, knocking out Doc and winning the dumb thing really felt like a star-making moment and gave him an aura he never had before. So, of course, WWE had to fuck that up and put him on ice for months. Let's not even get started on WrestleMania, where they proceeded to embarrass Bart against Butterbean, who never stepped foot in the company again after that. Then again, I think that was Bart's swan song too. What a waste of time and talent.

Speaking of Dave Marquez and being blocked on Twitter...oof! Wonder what the hell really happened here... I suspect we'll never find out, and it's probably not all that interesting anyway, but still.

I don't know... WWE's jobbers had actual characters and personality - Brooklyn Brawler, Barry Horowitz, Jim Powers, Duane Gill and Barry Hardy, Jim Brunzell (who was a bottom of the barrel job guy by the early '90s), etc. As for the WCW job guys, I always thought Mike Thor would get more of a push. He seemed to have "the look." I never understood why Rip Rogers was a WCW jobber either. With all of that said, the one awesome thing WCW did was that Battle of the Underdogs series on WCW Saturday Night. Bob Cook was pretty great. Mustafa Saed was also in it.

If this isn't proof that Mauro is the true star, draw, and selling point of this PPV, I don't know what is.

An old man shouldn't "get" entertainment presumably geared toward attracting a younger demographic. Explains why WWE hasn't been able to do that successfully in a long time.

Now former co-worker. I wonder if she knew it was coming and had no fucks left to give. BTW, yeah, that NXT logo is a hot mess. Really hope it's a prototype for the next TakeOver. It's still shitty, but as a once-off for a themed PPV, I can tolerate it.

One of the biggest appearances in the history of Impact Wrestling! Mauro Ranallo To Call Kenny Omega vs. Rich Swann Match At IMPACT Rebellion (WrestleZone) Rebellion is now an instant must-watch. MAMMA MIA!

No more GronkMania, I guess.

NXT releases were announced on a different day last year, so here's hoping Velveteen Dream, Jordan Devlin, Drew Wuertz, etc. aren't far behind. Feels callous to actively wish for people to lose their jobs, but it's also impossible at this point to see Dream, etc. without feeling utter disdain and nausea.

Last year's releases fell on exactly the same day too - April 15th. Wonder if it's a tax thing?

Wonder how many of these ladies were released so they could pay Johnny Ace's daughters-in-law enough to come back.

I updated my original post. Samoa Joe is a huge WTF. Bo Dallas was expected but still sad.

THIS FUCKING COMPANY! https://www.wwe.com/article/billie-kay-mickie-james-samoa-joe-mojo-rawley-peyton-royce-chelsea-green-kalisto-tucker-bo-dallas-wesley-blake-released (UPDATED LINK)

I was about to post this, but wasn't sure where. Here are the tweets:

The only way Roddy gets a lifeline is if Daniel Bryan specifically requested a program with him. Even then, he'd be back to catering/Main Event as soon as it's over (see: Gulak, Drew).

First champion: David Starr

Was confused and wondering when Jimmy Jacobs ever worked there. Then I realized you meant Jimmy Havoc. Shame about Ivelisse, but being the female Low-Ki/Austin Aries is not a sustainable career path.

I agree with you, but how is it an upgrade from the Diamond Cutter? Okay, I'll grant you, it's been a while since I've seen DDP pull off one of those in his heyday, but they seem like the same move to me. Do you mean just in terms of the whole "outta nowhere" aspect of the move? DDP did some of that, but Randy definitely took it to the next level.

Doubtful. Miz is a super babyface on Miz and Mrs., no matter what his alignment on WWE TV is.

I like it for things like presenting a graphic of the wrestler's name at cool angles. Birds shooting out of Riddle's ass - not so much. But I think they have the right idea with this. It makes for an impressive, dynamic presentation. Just needs a few tweaks.

Awesome, awesome interview with Jericho. Would I listen to his advice or take him seriously about politics or basically any aspect of the real world? Not a chance! But he has an elite mind for wrestling. The youngsters in AEW are lucky to be under his learning tree. Question: There was news or a clip that Jericho mentioned Sammy Guevara on the show, but I don't remember seeing that on the actual episode. Was it cut or did I just miss it?