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Wait did even the PiP give up on the match?

My thoughts exactly. Kiera Hogan jesus christ

Twinky Starks is the man. I just LOVE this dude's mannerisms.

Maybe a bit too overboard for a throwaway match on a random Rampage, but as close as you can get for a perfect crowd pleaser.

Young Bucks fit check: actually decent! The match has been taylor made to the AEW crowd, but at this point they can sleepwalk through it.

Nakamura is gone! Is Riddle doing the unthinkable??? I mean he did do the unthinkable with Priest and hookers, no protection. Menace.

Ricochet is gonna fucking DIE

Madcap and Shanky are over. What the fuck, brothers.

MADCAP LOOKING YOLKED

Nattie vs Ronda just fucking SHOOT ME already

Chicago Made Punk may have hurt his foot on Wednesday. Let's see how this one turns out.

HAHAHAHAH WATCH OUT RICOCHET HE HAS MORE MOVES THAN YOU

GET DOWN, SHANKY!

New gear for SKYSCRAPING SEXY SHANKY

I dunno but that dude is 100% getting that over.

Ridge Holland may overrate how strong he truly is. Dude is trying to ragdoll people but is fucking up time and time again.

That Big D nickname is gonna stick, bubbas. Sticking all over the place!

Oh we'll get XIA LI action tonight? Let's fucking go

Janelly's brain is mashed potatoes and gravy, bubbas.

...the locker room vs MJF? On the other hand they DO have my curiosity. Check mate, worked me like a MARRRRRRRRRRRRK.

People being fed up with Baker due to her being overexposed is not just a PWO take, nor it is odd. She beat Soho multiple times, beat Storm in the tournament, the tag match did absolutely nothing to advance a single storyline and not even heated up Soho or Storm because both were laid out right after the pin. What purpose did the tag match serve, then, if not for a token win? It's literally what that whole segment was! It not even had seeds of dissension between Hayter and Baker, which I think will eventually be the program. And like, I see the value in Britt. She has charisma, she can talk, she will be perpetually over, and was for a long part a very good champ who had maybe one or two months more than necessary in her reign. She didn't (nor Cole, for that matter) need a tournament victory. Use her already established popularity to propel other acts up, not the other way around! She can afford to lose to Tony Storm or Kris Statlander, much like Cole can afford to lose to Samoa Joe (who I don't even think should have been in the finals either - it was a perfect opportunity to give Allin something). Nothing I am saying here is a wild take, really. I don't even dislike her like I do BPJ or MJF. Or Danhausen (who is fucking crazy over but won't see that translated into championship success). Or Luchasaurus.

The issue with Soho and Storm winning is that you just know it was a token win to say "see? Britt lost to them, it's okay!" She IMMEDIATLY laid them out and stood tall. Felt like the laziest Fed booking possible - not giving your babyfaces SHIT, because it's just that heat bro.

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

Plus she's been looking shoddy in the ring since the title change. Thunder Rosa's title win felt really weird due to time constraints and Britt looking lost. Then she beats Tony in the semifinals while looking like she's underwater. To me it ends up looking like she is over because she wins because she is over because she wins. And like I get that not everything is her fault. She ain't the big bad wolf. Shida not even being in the tournament or Thunder Rosa barely being mentioned in the Dynamite episode after DoN is not Baker politicking (well I hope so). Tay Conti going from ultra sweetheart babyface to just not entertaining as a heel due to her real life relationship with Sammy, also putting her actually nice partnership with Anna Jay on ice so they could have shitty crass storylines is not her fault. Ruby Soho apparently being better off in WWE and having her skills and confidence hijacked by wrestling's version of the Monstars, while also being put over by someone who is having a tear (Statlander) is on the booking. The issue is that they only know or care how to book Jade and Britt in any meaningful way - which often translates to THEY MUST POSE. Let's see how Athena fares - her promo looked pretty bad, but that was always the case even when she was the ace in NXT.

Thunder Rosa didn't appear last night because she wasn't feeling well. Maybe commentary should have cleared that up. Folks at What Culture are reporting things that she's unhappy with her TV time and all sorts of stuff (which mind you, I would blame on them pushing Britt Baker because I'm a hater, but I gotta stick to the truth - or to what's been confirmed).