TheDuke

I like how Dexter Lumis saying "I do" makes for a bigger main event than Ciampa winning the belt.

I love the idea that Kawada's kicks caused Raven's tears. Like the real reason for Raven's character was because Kawada kicked him too hard. Also, this information about the magazines and the idol culture is amazing.

I think I remember from either Raw Magazine or WWF Magazine, the explanation for Mankind's knee was something like it was dislocated and he was setting it back in place. I dont have my magazines from this time period anymore or I would try to confirm.

I think Corbin would be great in the role that Cutler and Nakazawa are in right now. It would be fun seeing him interact with Omega and Callis as their lowly toad.

I am surprised Bruce Prichard is still there as I didn't think he would last this long. I can see after WWE's next big failure him being blamed and then fired. In fact maybe Triple H is biding his time, and setting up Bruce to be the scapegoat next time they need one, and taking back control.

I really enjoyed the Allysin Kay vs Trish Adora match from this weekend's TV. It had a lot of mat wrestling, and it looked different from the women's wrestling I see on WWE. I'm curious now to watch the semifinals of this women's tournament.

Jeff Hardy looks like he has become the Cotton Candy man with those colors.

I just watched Smackdown now and Seth Rollins ripped off MJF's catchphrase. MJF says "I'm better than you and you know it," and Rollins told Edge "I'm better than you in every single way and you know it."

Maybe one of Punk/Danielson would feud with Omega and the other would feud with Hangman.

I really like Eddie Kingston on commentary on Elevation this week. He has interesting things to say and he makes it sound more like the matches are really happening. I also liked how he reacts when the entrance pyro goes off, still selling the story from the exploding ring match about PTSD or whatever from fireworks.

Eventual Lee is not a very Hugh Morris name. I did actually like the Keith Lee match tonight though. I could feel the struggle to try to get the straight jacket on Lee. I would like it if there was a rematch.

They showed this on the Canadian version of the network a couple weeks ago, because I guess they are showing 1982 Mid-Atlantic week by week in real time, so it was on the 29th anniversary. Anyway, I recorded it on my DVR and sat on it thinking it was just a random episode, then was blown away. I was surprised they just had a good match like this on free TV in 1982. I guess because of the foreign object finish, but it was an exciting match up to that point. The sleeper hold exchange section ironically woke me up and got me behind Jack. The finish was well done and would have left fans wanting to see Piper get his comeuppance.

Danhausen on commentary for the PCO vs Sledge match on this weekend's TV was hilarious. I literally laughed out loud alone in my living room a couple times which I never do for wrestling comedy. I wonder if Danhausen might do better as a manager.

I was watching the july 12 1993 episode of Raw and there was a match between Mr Hughes and Tony Devito being used as a jobber. Anyway when Tony Devito was announced, Vince on commentary claimed Tony was first cousins with Basil Devito. I couldnt find anything about this online so I assume it was a rib, because what fans in 1993 would know who Basil Devito was? Still I found it amusing.

It's funny that they are dragging each other all over the ring when the chain looks so long. It looks like if they just knocked out the other guy in the middle area of the ring they could probably reach all 4 corners with a minimum of fuss. That is kind of what AEW did with their strap match. Although having to drag the guy around the ring is a nice visual. If they really wanted a chain match on this card, they could hame made this a regular match and let Sting win, and they could have made the Yellow Dog match a dog collar match.

I was watching the 91 Great American Bash and saw the lumberjack match between Big Josh and Blackblood. I have never seen the WCW tv leading to this, but was Big Josh supposed to be a kayfabe literal lumberjack? When I saw Blackblood carrying that big medieval looking executioner axe to the ring I had to wonder WCW's thought process at this time. Did he always carry that axe? If so, was the thought process "lumberjacks carry axes, and Blackblood carries an axe; therefore we should put him in a lumberjack match against a guy who is a kayfabe lumberjack!"

This match is great because it doesn't feel like a wrestling match. It doesn't even feel like a typical wrestling brawl. It feels like 2 men trying desperately to kill each other. I love how sparse the commentary is. I kind of think it would be better with no commentary at all, because the periods where all you hear is the crowd and the grunts and screams of the wrestlers is great. It gives a very unsettling feeling. This match is much more of a horror show then anything WWE is currently capable of doing. It just feels so real. I wonder if a lot of the early death match wrestlers were inspired by this as much as the Tupelo brawl because of the feeling of desperate violence. Like you can feel how exhausted and in pain the guys are by the end.

I liked the Survival of the Fitest match from a couple weeks ago that Bandido won to earn that title shot. This past week they had Briscoe vs Briscoe in the Fight on the Farm and I didnt really like that at all. It wasnt that fun and seemed too fake and had too many camera cuts that I couldn't get into it.

Impact needs to put one of their cruiserweights in a mask, change his name to "Squirrel " and put him in a tag team with Moose.

Did they ever explain why Rey Mysterio has an eye again after losing it at The Horror Show? They do so many ridiculous and unbelievable stories on their show, especially with the Fiend. They should say Mysterio surgically replaced his missing eye with the eye from Eddie Guerrero 's corpse.

I think what Aleister was trying to do is neat. I dont see why its cringey.

Are they going to rename the TNT Championship?

I would love it if the match between Cody and Ogogo was like a 15 second squash where Ogogo just punches Cody once and knocks him out cold and pins him.

It was cool seeing Omega come out wearing 3 belts at the same time going up his chest looking like a breast plate or something. It's strange he didnt have the AAA belt though, instead he had both an Impact and a TNA belt.

I really liked the short match that Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander had on Raw. It had a strong storyline to it which I appreciated. Cedric wanted to beat Shelton because he wanted to prove that Shelton was the weak link in the Hurt Business and had been holding Cedric back. Cedric also wanted to show that he had learned how to beat Benjamin from their time teaming together. So Cedric was wrestling this match like he had a plan to beat Benjamin which he was so confident about that he took the time to act cocky and trash talk Benjamin during the match. This resulted in a match that I personally found more interesting than the average Raw match, because it felt like it had a kind of focus to it. It felt like Alexander with every move was trying to show up Benjamin and was trying to beat him. Most Raw matches just feel like a bunch of moves to me, which is why I appreciate what these two did in this short time they had. Shelton Benjamin ended up showing his veteran experience gave him the edge over Cedric as he first shows he can out wrestle Cedric by reversing a submission hold into a submission hold of Shelton's own, and then by apparently playing possum at the end of the match and then surprising Cedric for the win. It was short but it captured my interest the whole match which is more than I can say for most Raw matches.