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I love midget wrestling! I am disappointed that they didn't do the "bite the referee's butt" spot though. How can you have a midget match and not have anyone biting the ref's butt? In fact this match had almost no comedy in it. There was one funny spot though where the masked midget jumped from the ring apron, did a backflip, and fell face first on the outside floor! And then the unmasked midget was so surprised at what happened, that he fell over too! Hilarious! 4 stars. (Would have been 6 stars if somebody's butt had been bit).

I really enjoyed Sami Zayn's work in this match as the cowardly heel. Trying to avoid getting tagged by hopping from one side of the post to the other was pretty fun. I liked seeing him leave the ring when he first tagged in to try to get away from Braun. It was a really interesting dynamic where Sami was the heel when the men were in the ring, but Alexa was the heel when the women were in the ring. It's also a bit weird seeing Braun be a scream monster who just wants to hurt people on Raw, and then seeming him act kind of goofy here on Mixed Match Challenge. I am starting to wonder now though if Braun and Alexa will win the whole tournament since their act so far seems to be the best one.

The problem with watching a good match like this, is when I go back to watch the regular WWE programming, I keep thinking "but this could be so much better!"

Looking at the brackets for this thing, I am wondering if they are aiming for a final of Miz/Asuka vs Roode/Flair. It would be a good setup for Asuka vs Flair if thats what they are doing at Mania. Also, I think it would be an interesting idea if during one of Charlotte's Mixed Match Challenge matches that Carmella came out to cash in the briefcase. We saw a briefcase cash in during Wrestlemania when Rollins turned Reigns/Lesnar into a three way, so we know it can be done during a match. It would be interesting to see how it would effect a mixed tag match.

So is Rockstar Spud retired or injured or something? I assume he is not going to be wrestling as GM. I was excited to see Tyler Bates in the tournament, but was worried to see he was against TJP in his first match as TJP seems like one of the bigger stars of 205 and I was right to be worried. I am glad to hear Bates will be wrestling on NXT tomorrow though. I would like to see a bracket for the tournament

This. This to me felt like the biggest thing that sets it aside from the majority of the WWE matches I watch. Even some of the best guys and matches in WWE I've seen the last few years, I still end up thinking of their matches in terms of a list of moves or spots, while this felt like they were each actually trying to beat each other.

I only watched the main event tonight, but im glad I did. A lot of modern matches just feel like 2 guys doing a bunch of moves or spots until the finish, especially in WWE. But in this main event, it really felt to me like each was trying to win. It helped I think that the crowd seemed really behind Gargano. It felt like we weren't just hoping the bookers had picked Gargano, but like the outcome was actually being fought over in the middle of the ring. I like the bit with the women as well. And then the post match angle really made me excited to see what happens next, so good job NXT.

Shoutfactory TV right now has a bunch of the Mean Gene Classic Wrestling specials, including one on Southwest. http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/lone-star-shootout/5a3c07970977561554000112

I liked the Cedric Alexander vs Mustafa Ali match. The Hideo Itami vs Jack Gallagher match was disappointing though. I did like the AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn match from Smackdown as well. I thought it funny that Corey Graves called a Michinoku Driver earlier in the match, and then the finish was the Blue Thunder Bomb, when they both looked like the same move to me. However I'm not really a moves expert. I rescind my earlier hope that Rusev would win the Rumble. Tonight they treated him like a JTTS in what was basically a short squash match before the main event, so obviously they don't really have plans for him.

I would be happy seeing an Elias vs Cena match at Wrestlemania and leaving the Undertaker home. I agree on the Miz/Reigns finish. That seemed inventive, but such an obvious idea, making Miz look like a smart heel who outsmarts his opponents in the ring. Have they done that before, the spear into the exposed turnbuckle? I'm going to miss the fun matches we got out of the Reigns IC championship. I like having the longer singles matches on tv every week instead of the typical angles and overbooked and multi-man/tag matches he is probably going to be in each week again now.

Off topic, but please do another episode of Imaginary Stories. Maybe have Pete join in if he is not busy.

Would the 80's Worldwide episodes be a good addition to the network? Or does the network already having the 80's World Championship Wrestling show from that period make Worldwide redundant?

I agree a Smackdown guy would be a better choice than a Raw guy to win the Rumble at this point so we don't end up with Reigns winning the Rumble, but personally I would rather see Rusev win the Rumble right now rather than Nakamura.

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Was Enzo a blade job? I know that there is some kind of rule against blood in this era of WWE, but the blood seemed to fit into the story of that match so well, how Enzo was basically beaten by Alexander to the point he couldn't make it back to the ring. It is Memphis after all. Also, I generally enjoyed tonight, but was bummed that I watched Raw for over 3 hours hoping to see Lawler and they didn't bring him on.

I had cancelled the WWE network earlier this fall, but I am really wishing I had it back just to watch World Class with you guys.

I feel like a big problem is that they want to show only the wrestlers who are going to be on the next pay per view on Smackdown. Which I understand, but what I dont understand necessarily is having the same wrestlers on every pay per view. What I think might help is if the people who weren't on one pay per view got to be on the next one and cycled out some of the people, then they could also be on smackdown that month leading up to the ppv as well. So it wouldn't be just the same top guys every month, it could be a mix of top guys and lower guys. Then not every match would have to be part of long running feuds, so the few long running feuds you do have would be more special. So maybe one month you have the usos and benjamin/gable wrestling and maybe a dolph ziggler and bobby roode match, then the next month maybe you have the colons and the bludgeon brothers and maybe mojo rawler and tye dillinger.

I give this board 6 stars.

What happened to Roman Reigns open challenge? I thought that meant he was going to defend the title every week on Raw?

Yes this is a really great show so far. Thanks guys.

I really liked the Jordan Reigns match. The main event I think I fell asleep during though. The Matt Hardy promo was good, I can't wait to see what he does next.

I really liked the Aces & Eights storyline, but I don't know if it is considered one of the best weekly TV runs. I just found it entertaining every week.

What was up with that spot on the skin of Misawa's back in this match? Near his right armpit. Is that some kind of skin infection or something? It kind of distracted me the whole match LOL.

That handheld cam on the floor really makes it seem different. It makes the crowd seem more excited or alive in this episode. The rope running part in the Zapatta match looked really sloppy to me. I loved Johnny's reaction to the referee interview. It's like in WCCW the Von Erich's and their cronies are secretly the heels! I wish I was able to see wrestling more the way Johnny sees it, as it seems more fun to me. I did like seeing the classic footage, and I liked that sunset flip move Kevin Von Erich did. I am wondering though if after what happened to Pete in this episode if for my own health's sake I should start watching WCCW wearing my sleep apnea machine.. just in case.

Wikipedia says there was supposed to have been a WCCW Star Wars show in March 1982, but they don't seem to have mentioned it on the show which seems weird. Do you guys know if this Star Wars card would have been taped?