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Bryan doing literally anything else would be more interesting than whatever WWE will give him but I have zero expectation of him doing anything but re-sign.

Meltzer I think was saying that WWE wanted him to cut weight and learn to work 'like a big man' and suggested that he wasn't confident and was second guessing himself in the ring.

The Young Bucks doing a crap 30 second backstage promo completely tainted a great six man tag match that they weren’t even present for until the last ten seconds of the post match segment? Seems harsh. The Bucks really cannot act though. Back to Christian, I think he fills a really nice spot on the roster where he can have a professional, no frills match that builds to a climax. Something very different than the spotfests and brawls that AEW usually excels at and a needed change of pace on the shows. There’s quite a few guys I can see him working really good matches with in this style as well. Even the blander dudes like Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky would be good opponents for him.

Home run show

Also Lee Johnson didn’t thank QT in his speech.

They had a feud in 2007 or so which consisted of a very good TV match and then a ladder match that Kaz won. But obviously it's TNA so that never translated to a serious elevation. I think they even wrestled before then on independents. They do genuinely go way back.

Kip is obviously a geek but he's pretty good looking tbf

Time is a flat circle. Kaz is a much different worker to those days tbf. He’s got a great working punch imo.

I feel like that’s what the Out Work Everyone shit is about, as corny as it is. Signifying that he’s a regular roster member and not a now and again type of guy. I totally get what you mean, it doesn’t seem that long ago. But I just think he’s not really a high spot guy compared to others on their roster but he can do all the basic stuff really well, work smooth, time stuff etc. Akin to Dustin but pushed a bit higher I guess.

It would be cool for us fans but none of the other companies are on New Japan’s level enough for it to be meaningful I don’t think

I watched back some old Christian singles stuff recently and I’m relatively excited for him doing some good old fashioned TV wrestling. I think they could build a very dramatic title match with Omega if they leaned into his history of concussions and built it around him needing to avoid V-Triggers. Then the whole thing can be structured around Omega finally hitting one.

It’s hilarious that they’re tampering with the booking of both world title matches. I bet Vince has grown very used to the comfort blanket of the fake crowd noises and is desperately overthinking what it’s going to be like with a stadium with actual fans.

They’re crying out for something to add some juice. If I were them I would be looking for Ibushi vs Omega and Okada vs Naito as the WK main events.

Christian will be fine. He’s not going to be a ratings difference maker I don’t think but it was a gamble they took and this idea that he’s going to absolutely tank ratings seems overly dramatic. He’ll do fine in line with what they usually do, have a great match with Omega for the title down the line and then settle back into a midcard slot. He’d be a valuable opponent for the likes of Ricky Starks down the line.

The concussion lawsuits were done. That’s the long and short of it.