C.S.

I wonder if it's the crowd that's quieter than expected because of the smaller number of people there or the stadium setting itself obscuring the noise.

Titus looked like he had no idea WTF Hulk Hogan was talking about half the time.

Michael Cole and Samoa Joe in raincoats will be a meme for years to come.

Maskless fans in the front row. Jesus...

Not to mention, no social distancing whatsoever.

So much for Drew and Lashley getting that opening pop.

Sonny is money - I definitely wouldn't cut him. Mostly grossly underutilized talent in AEW. I'd also keep Daniels in an on-air, in-ring role. Ivelise seems good, but I guess the dreaded "backstage heat" has derailed her here too like it has everywhere else.

Is there any reason this match couldn't have taken half the time?

Why are they wearing wrestling gear for an "unsanctioned" match? At least it started off intensely with brawling like a true blood feud.

Hercules had a character, personality, charisma and magnetism - all attributes missing in Kross.

No title changes yet tonight, so I assume Finn Balor drops it to Karrion Kross. Please explain to me what everyone else sees in Kross that I'm missing.

Yaaaaaaaaaaawn! at Johnny Developmental winning. Should've gone to Bronson Reed.

I cannot abide by these inaccurate lies. NXT would've won the ratings war and AEW would've been put out of business if Mauro had stayed. MAMMA MIA!

The only thing he *can't miss* will be the catering spread. Yeah, he's great, but don't fool yourself - he won't be used any better than any other luchador or Mexican wrestler has been in a decade.

The right guy won.

Where they've been running shows this whole time, so he could've easily dropped it at any point. Thanks. Corrected! So hard to keep track of all these abusive assholes and their abuse. Fuck them all. They can bag groceries at Winn-Dixie instead of being a famous pro wrestler or famous anything.

For everyone who wanted the Warrior Award to end, you may get your wish after this airs.

I expect a slight uptick for both, but probably not as much as either company anticipates.

Only WWE would give a known sex pest physical abuser a record title reign (Jordan Devlin).

Cameron Grimes would have a job for life with his current gimmick. Vince loves that stuff. It's one of the few examples of an NXT guy actually getting a character that will translate to the main roster - i.e. what Vince likes.

Pretty sure WALTER himself has debunked this several times already and said he was open to travel. Well, Imperium has an oddly Nazi vibe as it is, so he's already halfway there.

This made me laugh for some reason. Would have a very different meaning outside of wrestling. For all of the "WWE-speak" everyone makes fun of, some of the fan-speak is pretty hilarious too if you ever stop to think about it. I hope WALTER gets the rocket, but I could just as easily see Vince thinking "His midsection is too pudgy, damn it!" and/or "He's an extraordinary athlete, but he doesn't have the 'it-factor'. Maybe it's because he's Austrian?"

In some cases, doesn't WWE write the speeches? That would explain it.

Except, I wasn't referring to other wrestling message boards, which you'd know if you actually read my post instead of skimming it. That would be a pretty silly argument from me, since I'm not on most of them, wouldn't it? (I do casually browse DVDVR and Wrestling Classics though, and I like both from what I've seen. The old Kayfabe Memories board was great too.) BTW, no, my post wasn't some weird attempt to uplift me, us, and PWO (even though, yeah, PWO is great) while tearing others down. Like it or not, intelligent wrestling discourse is the minority. That's a simple statement of fact. Like I said, go to any popular wrestling website, click a few articles, and read the comments section. Again, I rest my case. (That's not even mentioning social media like Twitter, if you really want to dig down in the deepest dumps.) I mean, what I'm saying is probably true of any fandom, but this is Pro Wrestling Only, so I'm not exactly going to start posting about Mandalorian fans or whatever, am I?

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about the commercials. Sucks for USA Network-only viewers, but I guess they're probably not watching anyway since there's no Night 2 for them.