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I feel like there's been something of a "soft brand split" for most of Rampage's run, in the same way that Smackdown had a group of guys that got a lot more time on SD than Raw in 1999/2000.

What if The Young Bucks vs CM Punk and....Colt Cabana

Also Punk is not the deciding factor of in the red or in the black. AEW is making a profit. WBD is pleased with their ratings. Punk is not a necessity at this stage. He would just be icing on top, but you know, perhaps AEW doesn't need the extra calories.

This is all so stupid. There's still so much drama around Punk and he's not even been in the locker room for 6 months. Why would things be any better with him actually there being his normal self? Guy is clearly not worth the hassle, nor can you trust his body not to immediately fall apart again. Really wish someone would ban Dax from the internet for a few months, too.

All the passive aggressive whiny ass subtweeting type shit should be grounds for instant termination.

Oh I was talking about last year's summerslam

How about Jericho vs Adam Cole

It's wild. Literally no one has benefited from a program with Jericho. Even the ones where he "made a guy a star", they immediately lose any momentum and do nothing for 6-9 months while Jericho goes on to be heavily featured in the next feud with whatever talent is getting hot. And the cycle repeats. It's so blatant.

I'm sure they will just not open one side, much like WWE did for Summerslam

The mustache thing is definitely weird as hell as Vince has been on TV for roughly 50 years and has never even had a hint of stubble.

While I don't think it was intentional subliminal messaging from WWE or even some rogue actor putting the pic in there for nefarious reasons or even to troll, "the Auschwitz Memorial is a business just trying to get attention" is perhaps the wildest take possible on this. Like....what the fuck, guy? Obviously, there is no circumstance where using pictures of Nazi concentration camps is appropriate for pro wrestling in any context, accident or not.

I 100% believe they would not check sources for something that flashes in for half a second in a video package. Especially as they almost always use royalty free and stock images/videos for b-roll stuff. Go look at video packages for HIAC/EC/No Way Out and I bet you'll find that image.

I would have to imagine it was a simple image search of something like "prison yard" and that's a pic that popped up and no one checked or realized because there are thousands of pictures that look just like that when you search. I would also imagine that if people go through old footage that it is part of b-roll that they've used for years and no one noticed. The idea that someone intentionally put a picture of Auschwitz for reasons (?) seems absurd to me.

Bro Taylor Swift has a ton of bangers

Broader audience might give a shit when the quality plummets and all the things they had been enjoying are summarily dropped.

Lol at Vince being back ONE DAY and everything immediately falling to shit and chaos

Endeavor is essentially 3 giant talent agencies combined into one conglomerate. The amount of shady shit they've been covering up for celebs for 100 years probably puts the wrestling world to shame. UFC and Dana White are as scummy as ever under them. Remember it was just a few months ago that Dana was caught on camera in public hitting his wife and suffered no consequences, even making jokes about it with TMZ and at pressers afterwards.

Graves has been garbage for so long, but even the heel announcer cheering Cody on to keep hitting as many Crossrhoads as it took to put Roman down at the end was really great.

I'm sure there are reasons behind the main finish (be it to hit a certain number of days in his reign, long term plans, the buyout, saving the monumental title change for WM 40, or the run of international and stadium shows over the next few months), but man I don't know if there is ever going to be a time where everything was so perfect, so hot, the stories all converged for such a moment.

The streak of shitty Ministry related WM HIACs continues

HIAC getting stopped for multiple minutes due to blood is hilarious. You can't even tell how bloody he is or isn't due to the paint anyway.

There's literally no reason why body paint makes Balor able to no sell everything and be spooky. Shit has always been so stupid.

This is already bad

Something heartwarming about a McMahon trying to shove his face in the last McMahon WM, on the day they announced they're all but sold, and immediately blowing his knee out being annoying.

LMAO