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I could completely believe that Dusty would have had a fully kayfabed reality show in the 80s if they were a thing then. And he'd absolutely have used it to shoot angles for the wrestling shows.

Cody should basically be in MJF's role, imo.

Jade has the look and charisma but man she is so green I'm not even sure she should be on TV at all yet. She'll do a real impressive power spot, but then you see her doing something as basic as a stomp and it looks so atrocious you'd think she wasn't trained at all. She's only been working what like...6 months? And her first match was a celebrity stunt match. I think she's been working frequently on Dark and whatnot, but she's still a 100% rookie in every sense and it very much shows. It's truly wild they debuted her the way they did with basically no training or experience in a match with Shaq. Lmao.

Really hope tk gets an ad free block for the show because commercial breaks have ruined every major match they've put on TV and it would fucking suck to have Bryan vs Omega be 40% pip for Domino's ads

Oh shit I forgot FTR vs Sting/Darby and I'm 1000% down for that match. I wonder if Sting will ever do a singles match again.

The more I think about it, the more I realize this Lambert shit really ticks off most of my boxes on shit I really dislike 1. Explicitly pointing out things are fake, but THIS and THESE people are real 2. Angles about guys complaining about booking 3. Using real sport athletes not to add legitimacy to pro wrestling, but to point out how lame and fake pro wrestling is 4. Getting heel heat by telling fans they're stupid and wasting their time watching the shows 5. People like this repeatedly being clearly invited guests and given TV and ring time for no apparent reason 6. Chris Jericho 7. Jack Swagger Just really veered into full Russoism bullshit last night and my fear is it won't end next week, but Hager will turn on Jericho and join his MMA buddies and that will be Jericho's next 9 months. Also was not a fan of Christian's dig on NXT/Cole, as that A. Felt way out of character for a vet face B. Shits on a lot more talent than just Adam Cole in AEW.

Lmao Christian shits on NXT, Dan Lambert shits on AEW indie style to pop the marks as a set up for Jericho to make gay jokes, CM Punk getting punked out by Taz's son, Tommy End cutting promos on Rosario Dawson. Tony's yayo stash strong tonight.

Lmao the only way that could make this Dan Lambert stuff worse is add Jericho

Tommy End cutting a promo on Rosario Dawson on TNT in 2021 what the fuck is wrestling

Yes, I understand that's the gimmick. But it's not the 80s, that shit is is just try hard nonsense that isn't entertaining in a heel heat way or even go away heat kind of way. It just makes me roll my eyes and not want to watch anything he's involved with because it's just lame. Of course anyone can get heat saying the most offensive things they can possibly think of and still say on TV. That's not hard, man.

This is already corny as hell. It's getting the reaction they want but it is so lame and try hard shtick like everything related to MJF.

Cage doesn't carry himself as anything other than a random meat heat. Dude has no personality in or out of the ring at all, Brian Cage is a fucking machine was more accurate than Excalibur intended.

The Wild Samoans were big draws and headlined a lot of shows both as a team and solo, and Cowboy Bob himself was involved in the main event of the first WM, though.

The WM headlined by Wayne Bloom's, Rick Steiner's, and Bull Buchanan's sons is gonna be lit

I don't think Pillman ever really pulled it together. Dude was just sloppy all around, imo. He did a lot of stuff but none of it was ever clean, transitions to and from high spots were never fluid, always looked like he was thinking about his spots, selling is always wonky, promos were never good even as Loose Cannon Pillman. I've always found him to be very overrated as an in ring guy and as a character. The Loose Cannon period in particular might be the single most overrated thing in wrestling lore. That shit was Pillman acting like a complete cartoon for a couple of weeks while Bischoff would say things like "He's really pushing it" and then he was gone.

I only saw literally a few seconds, which was the very end of the Imperium tag. When did they, especially MB, get so fucking lean? Anyway, definitely a massive upgrade in visuals. It definitely feels like a developmental show, but the brighter atmosphere, more domed look with stadium seating, and the colors definitely at least gave things a fresher aesthetic. I saw clips of Rick Steiner's son and lol'd for real when he gave his name. The fuck lmao. The clip I saw of him in the ring, he looked a bit shaky but I guess he's very young and has very little training. I wonder if they changed to avoid people talking about Scott or something.

Lol that if you go to WWE.com, they have a little hype video about NXT 2.0 tonight and the new logo and shit, but all the branding for all the matches on the main page is still the black and gold skullz bro bullshit and all the same people that have been on TV nonstop for the past 2 years.

Austin was also better before they got paired up. And during. And after.

There was never a point in the HB pairing where Austin wasn't better than Pillman.

Is the new NXT a taped or live show

Truly my favorite thing about AEW is Tony getting to enjoy calling wrestling again and people realizing actually Tony Schiavone is a great at PBP AND color and always was. I really have no idea why he got so much shit in the 90s for being a terrible commentator. He might truly be the GOAT, imo.

Tony, Brain, Dusty at PPVs is the GOAT three man booth and I'll hear nothing to the contrary. Perfect blend of personalities, perfect chemistry, always having fun with each other, can make bad matches entertaining, can elevate good matches when things really need to be serious.

Agreed, Generico is well past Sami, but I do want Sami to get past this super annoying scum bag heel guy shtick he's been running with for what feels like 4-5 years now. He was the best babyface in the business for a couple of years and WWE being WWE completely squandered it by making him look like a goober as a face until they had to turn him heel .

They didn't get a non PC trainees/other NXT workers audience until around the WM Takeover so it's hard to say. They moved out of Full Sail and into the PC all together for filming.

Not really in US wrestling, just WWE specifically because it's a Vince hang up when someone has been billed as a cruiserweight or light heavyweight. WCW had cruiserweights mixing it up with heavyweights all the time, taking heavyweight champions in US/TV divisions to the limit and winning those titles as well. They never got top spots in WCW not because they were cruisers or juniors but because of all the old guys that wouldn't put over younger talent at all regardless of size. The creation of 205 Live gave a lot of guys paychecks they probably otherwise wouldn't have had, but also immediately a very specific perception on them that they would never be able to truly break free of from the guy in charge. This goes for all the guys in NXT that were pushed at the top of the cards but billed at 205 or under. Guys like Bryan and Balor actually got their weights bumped up to 206 once 205 Live started lol.