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Can imagine he's (been) having regrets about the egregious stuff they did in that period after Eddie's death and now feels bad at any mention of his uncle's name on television.

I can fix her

Too many rats on board will sink a ship as much as anything. Boat can only handle so much weight. Gonna start a new thread, "is the empire TOO successful before our eyes?"

Think that's the new AEW Saturday show

Along with that I'd reiterate something I said a page or two back, which is that anybody left watching WWE at this point is likely in too deep to get shaken off by something as trivial as booking. These rats are going down with the ship.

Real recognize real. You guys got any relatives with favorite wrestlers? None of mine ever liked the stuff unfortunately.

There are simply too many limes

Years ago I was holding out hope that Taker might finally leave the company and do a grumpy old man tell-all shoot interview that got to the heart of some of this stuff. Unfortunately he's gone the opposite direction. Thanks for the heads up about Josie btw, had no idea.

Need this mathematical chart of potential mustache ratings for Vince

Word was he grew it to please a new girlfriend who liked Tom Selleck

Ah ok, I only saw Sean Ross Sapp posting the two side by side, figured it was meant to be an official company photo.

If people perceive or feel things I don't in a match they must not exist

This works both ways and is way messier than people would care to admit but yeah, on some level the thing I least care about is whether a wrestler is "good" He's definitely joking with that tweet though. Would love to know what that's all about, was it just sheer laziness out of WWE's part or is Triple H not allowed in Titan Towers anymore?

Personally I welcome messageboard drama like this. Healthier (in a sense) and more fun than the open cesspool that is the public forum of social media. Yeah I can't imagine this bubble existing too much longer without it popping. Either the TV revenue craters in another contract cycle or two or WWE burns their remaining fans bad enough (something that I think is fairly unlikely due to how diehard the people left these days are, but who knows what new/returning management does) that this whole thing just falls apart. The foundation has been crumbling for years, as detailed repeatedly throughout this thread. WWE's in a weird spot where they're not large and diverse enough a company to weather the storm of fundamental changes in how people consume media nor are they small enough to get by with a dedicated core fanbase like I imagine AEW will. I doubt the company will truly die off in our lifetime but I can't see it existing at this size for much longer. But enough boring wrestling speculation, let's talk about whether tipsy hookups will get your house raided by the ATF by the end of the decade.

What if I don't want to sound intelligent

Yeah as much as I believe WWE is a racist and possibly antisemitic company, I honestly think this is answer: one person or a group of people, whether it's just somebody in the media department or an actual executive, playing a joke at the company's expense. How many times over the decades have we heard stories about someone being ribbed incessantly, often in televised segments and with long-running gimmicks, simply because it made one of these cretins laugh? With the Gunther stuff especially I think it's probably just some producer or writer or whatever making a comment to some friends and that snowballing into this ongoing farce of name changes and video game ratings. The simplest, stupidest answer. Obviously there's something to be said about how these "innocent jokes" function as dogwhistles but that's not a discussion I think we ought to be having here, really. Also for what it's worth there were absolutely tweets pointing out the use of the Auschwitz footage the day it aired, four days before the memorial ever made mention of it. This was not a case of a business trumping up some unknown controversy to drive ticket sales.

Meant to ask this months ago and totally forgot: was there a consensus take on Matysik's Bruiser Brody book? Really enjoy Matysik on old mid-2000s WOR and am always a little surprised by how close he apparently was to Brody. Normally I wouldn't be interested in a hagiography but coming from a polar opposite who was nonetheless one of the guy's best friends maybe I'd find the time. Looking forward to reading that Abe Riesman book. Some of the screenshots I've seen have me worried but excited either way.

I put my full faith in the virtuous and commendable American judicial system. They'll sort this all out, yessir.

I think Sunday proved wrestling only has one royal family

Actually prefer Chono after the injuries, when he taps into that charisma and learns to get the most out of big boots and so on. Even beyond the cool persona he's more expressive in general, with the emotion of his G1 finals against Takayama and Fujita blowing the flat workrate "classic" of '91 out of the water. That said he's not making my list either way. Like him plenty but not more than 100 other people.

He should really do one

Very much of two minds about Roman. Absolutely would not have voted for him last time around but he won me over in a big way in 2017, slowly improving his case for me. Warts and all I believe he's been doing his best work during this endless title reign since the pandemic started, being that I'm relatively down on the Shield run. I think he's been one of the better wrestlers in the world these last few years but 1. it comes at a time when there's very little serious competition in my eyes and 2. has also produced some of the most discursive, disappointing wrestling we've ever seen. In terms of skill and quality matches, I think I'd easily find a place for him in the 90-100 range if not for the absolute muck so much of his career is mired in. We'll see how the next few years go I guess.

Came here to laugh about Cody so I'm seconding his nomination, let me shitpost plz

Has any more pre-84 stuff popped up in the last few years? Love Fujiwara to death and will have him fairly high on my list but I hesitate to put someone in the top 20 or so without having a better grasp of what the first 10+ years of their career was like.

Was always curious how the Detroit territory came to encompass Buffalo and Cleveland, love that this piece managed to clear that up. Keep up the good work Cameren!