Boss Rock

So the options were to either not charge hundreds of dollars for tickets and build a better card, or entirely screw up their plans for Wrestlemania. They chose poorly.

When even the Rock can't be bothered to show up.

An unremarkable main event to close out a largely unremarkable Wrestlemania.

I hated it because instead of trying to get revenge and attack the guy who brutalized him and his brother he just...cut a promo about how he was going to win for his family. And it didn't make sense to me for Gunther to sell it. He's gotten the better of Jey almost every single time.

That Jey-Gunther segment was atrocious.

The stubbornness to try and see this through is really frustrating. Considering AEW has managed to change course when things weren't working in the past, it boggles my mind that they didn't learn their lesson from Revolution.

Thanks!

Are any of these matches online?

So much for Finlay leaving NJPW. Wouldn't be surprised if he wins it at Sakura Genesis.

Apparently Scott was throwing legit punches at Cody.

This is all still pretty surreal. Honestly never thought I'd see the day Cena turned heel.

With the exception of maybe A.J. Styles, Gedo was easily Finn Balor/Prince Devitt's greatest opponent.

Pretty much where I'm at. Always a consistently "good" wrestler, but never thought he was ever a truly elite worker in the promotion, at least not over the last decade or so.

OK New Japan, now do Ishii.

I've only seen bits and pieces of Goto's pre-2016 career, but he's always been a consistently solid guy. That being said, he's always felt like the least interesting of the hard-hitters in NJPW compared to Ishii, Suzuki, Shibata, and Shingo.

Apparently she even had a brief stint in WEW, which had to suck tremendously.

Super J-Cast claiming that it was Tony who asked for Charlton to be disciplined.

I assumed Charlton was just leaning into kayfabe like Kidd, but yeah he was particularly sassy where I understand why that would displease some higher ups. Now do I think Tony called up the front office and said "Get this guy off commentary!"? I'm not sure. But it wouldn't surprise me if it pissed him off and NJPW reprimanded Charlton as a result. As for the shows this weekend, don't have much to say other than Kenny-Gabe was great and it's pretty miraculous how Kenny hasn't lost a single step despite such a serious illness and extended layoff. And NJPW pushing Shota over Tsuji and fans turning on him seems to sum up a lot of their problems. No doubt losing talent to AEW hurt them, but they still have the talent to build momentum but they're just not really doing it.

Is there something I'm missing with Shota?

Pretty much sums up where I'm at with him. I honestly think he's been one of the best in the world for at least the last 5 years if not longer. It's totally a style I get people hating, but I more often than not impressed by what he can do and the consistency to which he can pull it off.

So Yota Tsuji is challenging for the Global Heavyweight Championship. Honestly, what are they waiting for with this guy?

Tough one, ultimately went with Bret. Both guys have undeniable peaks, but personally I think they both have thin great match lists. There's a lot of Cena matches that I don't think have aged super well and Bret had a thinner roster than Cena to work with. But Bret definitely has him beat in terms of selling and execution.

I don't think Jericho is awful and Punk probably wouldn't make a top 100 list for me. But I think Punk's output is quite a bit better.

If the plan is indeed for Tsuji to ultimately win at WK then I'm fine with that. And maybe it is time to move on from the G1 automatically leading to a shot at WK. But if they have to delay Tsuji any longer than that, I honestly think it will be a huge mistake. They desperately need a new ace and he's looked like the biggest star for a year and-a-half now.

Shocked Sabre won, thought for sure Tsuji would. Although it sounds like he actually wants to challenge at KOPW.