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Seems like she has some issues controlling her narrative. (the biggest waste of talent of the last 10 years)

Anna Jay & John Silver aren't going anywhere. Preston Vance honestly, he's just a JTTS and don't see him going much higher.

Yeah, this show sounds to be as filled with bullshit as a regular Hogan interview. That being said : Cursed Taurus is awesome.

Yeah, it's kinda sad as he's such great worker but he's been hurt by the first version of the gimmick, then when they finally got over as a unite John Silver is the one who got the most out of it. Uno & Grayson are a terrific tag-team and it's too bad they won't get to be thrown into the current scene as serious contenders. With ROH maybe becoming a thing, they could have been sent over there. Hopefully he rebounds, I'd love to see him in IMPACT (I guess I say that with every other guy I'd want to watch more).

This was really good indeed and although Madison Eagles was the star of the match by a wide margin, it seems like McKay did fell off a cliff. Maybe she took the PC training of unlearning everything she knew from the indies because it's the wrong way to work a bit to much at heart. I enjoyed their IMPACT run, but mostly for her characters and interactions, the matches weren't anything to write home about.

Rollin' rollin' rollin' Making sure everybody there is uncomfortable and anxious all the time. Toxic management indeed. Roderick Strong would be so at home where you know, plus his wife already works there.

That's understood, but don't you think sex69 would have reported it as it happened ? Plus honestly, AAA doesn't work with NJPW anyway, so none of it makes sense anyway.

Interesting. We have the same thing with the meaning changing depending of adjectives being placed before or after too. All these Latin languages share a lot of stuff.

This did not happen. Why post bullshit from random idiots from Twitter on the board ? Young Bucks vs Vikingo & Fénix was everything expected. Great match, some insane spot by the technicos, Vikingo is from another planet it seems (and that's next to Fénix). The final was botched by the inept as usual Hijo de Tirantes, who interrupted his count then counted again, and Matt Jackson displayed his genius mind by making him count again and again so as to drawn the botch, as if it was just part of him being a dick and making the ref count several times to humiliate Vikingo. Matt Jackson is that smart, amazing. LA Park vs Villano IV was ugly as hell but kinda great if you don't mind two barely mobile old fucks bleeding on each others but making the most out of their legendary status. Blue Demon vs Rayo de Jalisco was just ugly as hell. Probably for the first time ever Blue Demon Jr. was the best worker in a match by a large margin. Canek did show way more than I expected, although that doesn't mean much. Clown did a really hood job bumping for him. Like in the Demon match, the whole thing was having an old rival to fuck the match up so Canek could win. Pentagon vs Ultimo Dragon was a fine opener, it was cool to see Ultimo back in a AAA ring. Still the best outfits this guy ! Jeff Jarrett & Karen were pretty awesome as they usually are in this setting. Vampiro ! This is WCW 2000 !!! Well no, it was actually fun. The announcers kinda sucked though, they did not recognize Vampiro's theme, they did not recognize Dr. Wagner Jr's theme (and not even the guy until he took his mask off apparently)... I mean, they were a hundred times better than Vamp & Striker being drunk as fuck of course, but still... (well, drunk as fuck Vamp was kinda funny honestly) Multi-team mixed title match was fun, as these match usually are, and Tay & Sammy were a terrific rudo act at the end. The high-flying clusterfuck was just that, some really good shit in this. Johnny Caballero was a hoot. I wonder how long until we get to see Johnny Elite... The mixed-tag clusterfuck was great when Andrade was facing Bandido, very good when Taya was against Deonna (who did not really shine in that setting, too clusterfucky for her style), sucked whenever CIbernetico was in, as expected. Fuck finish sucked though, they did not want to beat anyone. The vignettes from the rouletta de la muerte were pretty cool and well done I thought. Usual production fuck ups during the shows though, what would a AAA show be without it ?

Kinda outdated method if you ask me. The little girl even made one little mistake. I'll post this last bit because it's actually hilarious (because it's soooo true). (hey, PWO whatever, WWE was in Paris today apparently)

Actually, none sounds any good in French ! Really the literal translation make it sounds in French like his nickname is "The bastard" or something ("gros chien" comes off as an insult). There's really no good way to make it sound any good in French without sounding either really awkward or plain bad. Literal translation often don't work. "Chef tribal" works though, but anything dog related is a no-no. Apparently they brought Amale Dib to the ring to say hello to the crowd, she's the French worker on NXT UK.

Taya and Johnny moved from California to Floria and they got fired one after the other in a span of one month of so. Taya almost got emotional during her first promo back on IMPACT talking about reclaiming her worth after having hit rock bottom.

And the announcers made sure that point was made clear, that he believed he had run off Neese through his curse while obviously Neese was escaping Hook's hooks. Danhausen's curse is basically homeopathy.

In other news, Chris Dickinson domestic abuse (mental and physical) accusations by Christina von Eerie. Withdrawing from the next GCW show.

Yes. And yes. Darby totally gives me Cactus Jack's vibes. Match was terrific too. The idea that WWE let Strickland go is just one of these mind-puzzling making no sense decision. Like, WHY ? Main event was terrific too. For all the talk about Joe being done in NXT, he has looked nothing short of excellent thus far in AEW. That Trent match was a war. It's also nice that the ROH stuff actually revolves around historical ROH characters thus far, it's a nice way to connect what happens now to the history of the promotion. So much cool matches with Joe in... Da Baddies are gonna be awesome if they develop a cool chemistry. I for one to have Kiera Hogan back on my weekly TV after years of following her in IMPACT. She looked kinda nervous I thought, whereas Velvet comes off confident AF. A trio will bring a new dynamic to the division too, which is needed, and Jade getting her own reDragons is not the worst idea in terms of mixing things up for her in term of matches. Yeah, loving the Baddies already. Danhausen is the kind of stuff that will have some head explode, but that pop is undeniable. Hookhausen ? Yeah, need some shit to go viral on TikTok or something. Orange Cassidy has now some competition in meme pro-wrestling. Him doing the hand-in-pocket spot with Satnam Singh certainly got over too.

Two interesting bits of under-the-radar TNA greatness from the One Night Only Knockouts PPV in September of 2013 (WWE Evolution my ass, here's one women only PPV already, years before) : Mickie James having a very good match with Serena Deeb of all people (who basically was already a version of her current self); Gail Kim doing one of the greatest bits of selling I've ever seen at the end of the gauntlet match, when after one bump on her leg (she's legit a GOAT contender in term of the art of bumping) she does such a great job of selling it like she legit injured her ankle and is pissed at Mickie (with the help of Mickie who sells it right and the actual medic checking her out) that despite being the oldest heel trick in the book, people actually began to clap for her when she hobbled seemingly out of the ring, before of course jumping on Mickie's back (and winning the match in a super smooth way to boot). The more Gail Kim I watch, the more I'm convinced that you throw her in her prime today and she's legit a very top female worker in the world still (not sure who would be much better actually, Sasha Banks and the very top Stardom workers I guess), she was just great as so many things.

Talk about so much hype for zilch in the end. I wonder if he'll end up Controlling His Narrative (ok, that's only because of how he looks, I know, not nice)...

Was about to say, now we maybe knowing who did not attend that "gotta put those butt in the cheeks" lil' meeting.

Josh Alexander vs Tomohiro Ishii set for the next IMPACT+ special next week. We're really living in a time where there's so much great stuff that it's hard to not take it for granted.

Two hours meeting to tell the girls that they have to dress sexy. Yeah, sure. What did Becky Lynch said the other day about WWE representing women so well and shit ? And that clip of Kacy Catanzaro.... Everytime I see anything from NXT 2.0 popping up (the super soaker bit, the Joe Gacy angle with the Steiner family, this bit of promo gold), it's cringe as fuck. It's like the worst of TNA through a WWE lens or something.

Main event should be insane, the three-way could be really good, the mixed match clusterfucks could be really fun (that is if Pagano gets Cibernetico stuck in some corner of the arena while the other four have an actual good match), but the mask matches look pretty awful. And yes, I'm kinda confused too, they are actually gonna get the mask off so many big time luchadors in one swoop ? Sounds not only bizarre but quite dumb too. Or is it only the final match that will be an actual mask vs mask match ?

Chris Sabin An overlooked figure from the 00's indies to today's landscape. He's been half of the Motor-City Machinegun, which has to be considered one of the best and most influential tag team of the last 20 years (without MCMG, there's probably no Young Bucks as they are). Shelley is often thought about as the better worker (which is probably true), but Sabin has been a terrific worker for probably 15 years, still kicking strong to this day at age 40. A fixture in the early X-division, he really figured it out when he started the tag team with Shelley and they have many, many great matches against a variety of teams. In single he became a much more complete worker in the mid 00's, great flying and acrobatic X-div style guy of course, with great clean execution of complex moves and sequences, but also a great sympathetic babyface able to garner sympathy and work terrific and flashy comebacks thanks to his technical expertise. Way underrated compared to some of his peers. 2005.01.16 Chris Sabin vs AJ Styles vs Petey Williams (Ultimate X -TNA) 2005.07.17 Chris Sabin vs Samoa Joe (TNA) 2007.04.28 MCMG vs the Briscoes (ROH) 2009.01.11 Chris Sabin vs Alex Shelley (TNA) 2010.10.10 MCMG vs Young Bucks (Gen Me) (TNA) 2013.08.15 Chris Sabin vs Bully Ray (cage match) (TNA) 2021.08.17 Chris Sabin vs Josh Alexander (IMPACT) 2022.03.20 Chris Sabin vs Jay White (IMPACT)

When I was a young pro-wresting fan, the Bret vs Owen match at Mania X was the match I loved the most and probably have watched and re-watched the most on my precious VHS. I loved Bret, and I loved the newly heel-turned Owen. So needless to say, that match between Dax & Cash was pure joy to me. That was a great pro-wrestling match. And don't think I did not notice the Mania X ending spot worked in the middle of this. I am also an old ECW fan. So that final ladder clusterfuck of a match was also awesome to me, complete with Sammy trying to kill himself (legit, no idea what he thought but that shit was eerie, Tay's face could become a meme), Tighs Conti kicking some old douchebag in the balls like she was Beulah (it looked AWESOME too, great execution by both), foxy girls fighting around, bump on barb-wire ladder that you barely sell because no time for that shit and a finish no one saw coming. In the middle of this, two big dudes bumping into each others, Serena & Shida bashing themselves with inanimate objects, some cool competitive squashes, the return of Fénix, "AEW Galaxy". Yeah, AEW is absolutely a buffet with something for everyone to love. The Scorpio win was interesting. I guess they figure Tay & Sammy are such heat magnets that they don't need the belt (which is not wrong) and that the whole angle could actually benefit Scorpio if given the belt back, with the added heat of PVZ. He sure got the biggest reaction in a long time too, although that has to be attributed to Sammy & Tay (who btw still at times comes off as really likable when she looks worried for instance, she has that naturally likable thing about her) because ridiculously over as heels already. I don't mind the switching around for the TNT belt from time to time. It was part of the appeal of the TV or cruiserweight titles in the (good) Nitro era. Plus, you don't wan't it to be always the same kind of dynamics with "one guy gets the belts, keeps it for a while, then passes it to the next guy who deserves it, rince, repeat". Mixing it up a big and changing the formula isn't a bad thing (you don't want it to become a belt that changes every two weeks either obviously). Next week is gonna be crazy for me because DEONNA MOTHERFUCKING PURRAZZO in AEW already. Long time overdue. She has to keep the ROH belt too. I'm pretty sure she would have on Mania week-end anyway but Tony did not want to force her into back to back matches (the IMPACT and ROH shows were pretty close), so Mercedes was probably thrown in like Suzuki. Deonna already beat her a few weeks back in IMPACT and it's not like Mercedes has been pushed thus far in AEW. Plus, W. Morrissey is showing up to put Wardlow over, so there's no way IMPACT just send two people on the same show to do two jobs back to back. The Morrissey ref was kinda funny since it came on a segment involving Lexy Nair (Morrissey is Lexy's boyfriend). He's basically doing Sid in ECW lately, fist-bumping people and powebombing geeks (and Chelsea Green) through tables. And he's also a babyface there. Deonna has been one of my favorite wrestler anywhere since day one she showed up in IMPACT, hopefully what they do is have her keep the title and be like Omega in reverse (or Thunder Rosa when she was the NWA champ), establish a trust and relationship and sign her immediately when her deal in IMPACT ends (she has done pretty much everything over there). She's awesome and again, it's long overdue that she gets a spot on AEW TV, and hopefully ends up in the company.

Jessie McKay debuted in 2007. That's kinda scary to have 15 years of in-ring work and be *this* crappy still. She works like a rookie in her first six months, and not a good one either. They have a few cool double-team move and Cassie actually can be decent in spots (that's at best and working against really super solid girls like Madison or Tenille), but fuuuuuck, they indeed were so much better suited for the Diva era. Also, it was striking how tall they were standing next to most IMPACT women (of course Madison is tiny, but still). As far as "McKay was really good in SHIMMER", I would take this stuff with a grain of salt, honestly. The SHIMMER hype has seemed to be kinda deceptive to me over the years.

So Jeff Hardy is trending on the French Twitter because, well... this Should have been Darby though, as the guy absolutely tried to Coffin Drop the newly elected president Macron. Speaking of which, I DIED : (kinda fitting to, as Brigitte Macron is hated about as much as Brandi)