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I have a vague memory that they did a Daniel Bryan copycat story with EY when DB was getting big, and did it in a less asinine and convoluted way.

I don’t think you can separate some of the goofiness in KOR’s performance from the fact he’s been booked kind of like a stooge since he’s been in AEW. That affects perception a lot. I know people here weren’t looking forward to Undisputed Era being back together, but at this point, can it really even be argued that things would have been much better if they’d been presented more akin to how they were presented in NXT? Nothing can smoke and mirrors away how much Cole has let himself go (he looks like less of an ass kicking athlete than anybody on the program), but having to calibrate themselves to the Bucks’ bad comedy and Orange Cassidy’s bad comedy doesn’t exactly give them a lot to work with, either. On another note, if you told me in August of last year that by May, I’d be totally uninterested in Bryan Danielson and glued to the screen when Punk is on, I’d call you crazy. I do not see the logic or appeal of Blackpool Combat Club at all (and it’s amazing how Moxley somehow got even less appealing than his late-stage WWE run, but sometimes Vince accidentally saves people from themselves), whereas Punk somehow took his demonstrably lesser babyface persona and became the most compelling performer in the company doing scoop slams. I guess it helps when the top babyface whose reign you built up to for two years becomes a nonentity within a month of gaining the title, but still, wild stuff.

One of these outlets said that HHH is back to most of his non-performance duties, so it could be that they’ve decided it’s actually good to have one of them home with the kids while the other works. The cat’s in the cradle with the golden shovel and sledgehammer, that sort of thing.

MJF is much superior to Miz in the ring, whatever else one might feel about him. I can't remember an MJF vs. Darby or MJF vs. Punk caliber match in Miz's past.

The only sense in which I'll agree with this is that Bobby is way more jacked than Zayn or then-Roman were, so there's not as much of a contrast. But I can't remember Braun ever looking as awkward and lost as Omos looked that whole cage match.

Veer Mahaan is Malt-o-Meal Rusev.

Bobby Lashley is not an inherently worse opponent for a first major singles feud, imo. Veer Mahaan looks like a 30 Rock version of a pro wrestler.

Jesus, Omos is so awkward. Even Braun Strowman was never this limited looking in the ring. At least they didn't let it go too long, and the ending was smartly conceived in a world where Omos was skilled enough to make it look like he threw Lashley really hard into the side of the cage. Lashley wins, Omos has an out for a further confrontation. If only it was a feud worth watching! Edit: Theory's theme song says "A-Town" first thing, and he's not called Austin anymore. Theory is incredibly talented for his age, like Randy Orton when he was doing the RNN schtick in 2002, shame he's dealing with the modern booking style.

Tony Khan would be crazy to let MJF go, and MJF would be crazy to go to WWE and let his schtick be adulterated. He'd be feuding with Miz over who is the most Miz within 6 months.

Omos strikes me as not ready for primetime. Have giants ever meant less in wrestling than right now?