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They just announced:

You can just write this as him really hating Roman. I mean, so far it was his only big feud and both tried to kill each other in it. Sounds logical enough that he wasn't just going to be buddies with him in this circumstance.

Told you all. I trust WWE when it comes to Braun/Roman. Braun is honorable enough to annouce the moment of his cash-in, but not honorable enough to fuck his opponent over before it. Get those 6-Man tags coming boys. Also, maybe he turned his briefcase in precisely because he wanted to fuck Roman over.

KO's best match, at least ever since the Cena feud. Not too keen on the Stunner being used as a nearfall, but hey, that's bound to happen. Also, if their big plan is to have KO "quit", it better end up with him getting a good babyface run. Dude's been heel for his entire run, get some change please.

Dana Brooke actually wrestled and it was a fun, good little match. Best handspring elbow in the business!

Roman is indeed one of the best talkers in the company right now. Gr8.

We just KNOW that main event is going to rock. @Seabs the issue with Alexa's push is not that she's talented - she clearly is one of the best talkers, and people usually care about her matches (whether due to investment in the story or just physical attraction), but the problem is that, at least on the RAW side of things, she's the only heel they actually built - The Riott Squad seems to be getting more reactions, but it doesn't seem they will commit to pushing Ruby to the same heights as Alexa's. Other than those four, the only other option is Foxy, and as much as I like her, she's a stooge heel. It's a bummer.

Sometimes, wrestling just needs to be fun, even more than it needs to be good - and the Triplemania matches more often than not were really fun stuff. The technical aspect of prowrestling should never be the end-all, be-all of this artform, and sometimes it is more than fair to judge a match by the wacky car crash it is. Rating a match highly based on its entertainment aspect shouldn't be an issue when prowrestling is a form of entertainment. I think that you can make a more nuanced critique of certain aspects while still praising the sheer value the match has, if you must.

I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS HERE, FELLAS

Fuck it. If anyone were to say L.A. Park is the greatest wrestler ever, I wouldn't argue at all. Will be insane to see his jump in the next PWOGWE.

Is L.A. Park the Greatest Wrestler Who Ever Lived?

Vampiro comparing Teddy Hart to Kawada and Misawa is the type of shit designed to make you fume. Excellent worker, that asshole.

Big Mami and Niño Hamburguesa are awesome. I'm in awe.

When I saw this match, I wasn't expecting Regal to brutalize Hashimoto the way he did. But he did... and it was amazing. Such a joy to watch two of the best ever to just kick each other's asses for nearly 20 minutes. Regal is such a dick, going after Hash's nose at every single opportunity, even in lock-ups. He unleashes hell onto Hash like no other, such a joy. However, I thought that while Regal excelled in assholishness, Hash's strikes were noticeably stronger, which compensated for the lack of a proper beatdown, for me. Crowd was very much into the nearfalls. Hash has so many moves that can believably finish a match, that everytime the match reaches even the 10 minute mark, the suspense kicks in. Great stuff. Five italian chef kisses.

This new trend of early 90s Hashimoto matches involving smaller WCW/WWF names is some incredible trend. The folks at Segunda Caida did a very nice review of it and you should check it out, too! Anyways, this thing is great. The first round is mostly about the feeling out process, and while Swoll tries to get the upper hand with his longer reach, Hash the king tries some nifty takedowns - and everytime he gets a hold of Swoll, he goes for the ropes, much for the crowd's annoyance. A late round rush gives the former No Limit Soldier the edge. From there on, Hash gets fed up with him being dicked around by this fool, and starts to beat him senseless. Crazy forearm smashes, spinning kicks, roundhouse kicks, suplexes... a massacre. Crazy how fun those little gems are. It's super short and super sweet. Barely 7 minutes long, worth every second. Hashimoto is the Greatest.

One of the Top 5 NXT wrestlers and also one of the most important guys there. Good to know he is now free, and he has now quite the ammount of indie talent to go up against. Him vs Rey Fenix would be nice.

I guess when he flat out said "that don't work for me anymore, brother" after dropping the stap to Enzo and then Enzo getting released over being a dumbass, WWE acknowledged him as a true worker. "Shit, you're right. You worked us fair and square, you earned this brother". Real knows real. Top dog mentality, baby.

Neville's contract ran out. Looking forward to see him in LU season 5 and Impact.

It is often said how crazy and sometimes random 2018 pro wrestling cards are, but I don't think anything can top the batshit insanity of HBK being the guest referee for Mr. Gannosuke vs Hayabusa, or Hashimoto beating No Limit Soldier's Swoll in early 90s NJPW.

The same applies to the New Day, too. I wonder how high they are on the totem pole of merch sellers, because they seem to sell a metric ton to kids. Also that demographic seems to be what kept Cena at the top until now - he still is a massive star, and stars in movies aimed at kids, does ads with kids, and is overall a very kid friendly character that lasts even when he's outside the ring. That, coupled with him being one of the biggest names in pro wrestling history with all demographics, makes his until-now lead position make sense. It was crazy when Jeff Hardy surpassed him for #1, tho. Dude was at his apex and still got outsold, even if for just a little while.

I'd rather have him team up with Mark Henry and Big Show.

At least, knowing how Braun and Roman gave us a batshit insane feud, this is bound to be more than just twitter based stuff. I mean, we had Reigns driving an ambulance into a wall with Braun inside, Strowman throwing Reigns from a considerable height while he was on a stretcher and then toppling the ambulance he was on (which was the moment that launched him to superstardom), and they activelly tried to kill each other many times. It was great. While it can come across as deflating, I'm positive they'll keep the tradition of hate and great matches alive.

If the idea was to have the turf war go "too far, someone's gonna get seriously hurt", it would be in better tast to simple replace the dead kid with an injured adult - Konnan, like Edger said. You don't need to be graphic, show guts and blood, nothing. Just say "hey, the OGz are going to far and tried to ran over LAX, hurting one of their friends". No one need to die - specially not a kid who I'm pretty sure wasn't even a paid actor. Lucha Underground does kill characters because IIRC the announcers aren't aware of stuff that goes on outside the ring. Having to follow up a child being murdered with generic commentary running down the card is even worse. I hope they can fix this and don't kill any goodwill the fans might've had, because it would be tragic.

Given that John Cena gets the worst looking t-shirts ever, I'm not sure the design itself is a factor. It could be, tho. Seems like a nice study subject.

The Big Dog shirt and those three new Shield shirts are actually wearable. Might be the first ones that I would actively seek out and buy (if not for our fucked up currency, I ain't paying nearly 200 reais for a shirt)