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Funny how perception works. I never got the feeling he was hyped as a great worker, and I never ever got the impression he was hyped as being as great as his contemporaries, some of which who were overrated during their time (Malenko). Even back when it happened, the talk was all about Jericho being super entertaining but not as good in-ring as the Rey, Benoit, Eddie, Malenko's of the world. Maybe that changed in the early 00's when he got to WWE (and got better also), but I never got this impression of Jericho being pimped a great worker, surely not on a constant basis. (I probably made that same post a while ago too !) I have no idea if he would make my list. Not quite sure actually.

When Meltz said it last year, some people made fun of him. One year later, with tons of gory self mutilation, the female audience has shrinked. As he predicted. So yeah, Uncle Dave was right on the money on this. Also, this really puts in perspective all the talk about "representing", because it's a proven fact that women pro-wrestling doesn't attract a female audience. It has not done it for WWE, it doesn't do it in AEW. It is not doing this in Japan either, hasn't since the late 80's. The Crush Gals were an anomaly.

As far as pro-wrestling goes, the show peaked with the opening match, which was great. As far as pro-wrestling trainwreck and emotion, the show peaked with Britt bumping like she's Shoji Nakamaki at Kawasaki Stadium in 95 and Thunder Rosa (gotta love the female mariachi band and the Kobra Moon hommage reptile tights) winning the title in her adopted hometown (what a concept). The Wardlow vs MJF angle is the first big angle AEW does I absolutely don't care about, because I can't care about Wardlow. He's ok. He's Adam Bomb with less cool moves and too much of a Batista redux. But the angle is very well done and I get why they are running it. I just don't care about it nor the upcoming match. On a side note and although I kinda hate being that guy, the "THIS IS WAR !" intro with the nuke graphics kinda come in poor taste considering the international context... Wouldn't be against changing that up. Hardys 2000 just need some hot chick with them to really drive the point home. I mean Broken Matt looks like he's just that working that style (and yet, that counter before the hot tag was just great shit, and was the reason why the hot tag got hot, because the move got such a huge reaction just before it happened) and Jeff Hardy is kinda Animal in 1998, doing the same spots that he always did, but with less flash and velocity. I have no idea how much legs this stint has, because honestly there's so much *other* tag matches I'd rather see in AEW than Hardys 2000 against everyone. But with the cost of Jeff, gotta make the most out of it I guess. Great job of getting Wheeler Yuta over. I was expecting him joining Regal's team as the match went on, so that's job well done. Statlander is making her coming out as a human ? Daniel Garcia "the sport entertainer" is a masterful troll job. I did see it coming, but still, it was great stuff. Some echoes of Cactus Jack anti-hardcore gimmick in ECW I guess. Jericho has reached the status where no one really wants to boo him anymore (like Flair in the past), but the SE-word will do just that. Not the greatest show in term of matches (I mean, Mox & Danielson beating the piss out of anyone is great, but it's still a competitive squash), but the beginning and the end were great for different reasons, the new Jericho faction is all designed to get Garcia over which is awesome, just as maybe Yuta going with Regal's killers. Gotta give Scorp some meat for his TNT title reign now though.

I dunno. Their last PPV truly was something for everyone. Also, they just signed Danhausen and he's been on TV every week, and he's pretty much in the same vein as Marko or Orange in term of being a cult indy name with meme value (see what I did here ?). Of course as more big time talent get signed, you'll probably get less "oddities" or less time for them though.

#4 but #5 What ? Seriously, everything in this is fucking gold !!!

#3 is kinda redondant. If you tap out, you quit, if you can't stand up, you are probably knocked out. Who wrote this shit ? Hey, if that ensures we never see Adam Scherr anywhere near a company I care about, GOOD.

#1 and #2 but #5 What ?

#6 is totally a motivational post on Facebook from some random Karen.

#5 : Make Pro-wrestling Great Again This is getting more and more idiotic with every news. Can't wait for the next one.

For the longest time when I saw the name I wasn't sure if it was two I or a capital I and a simple l. Pretty sure me brain read "ilconics" for quite a while too !

The forms of his "reinventions" matters less than the fact he has managed to keep himself relevant into his late 40's (and early 50's) after leaving WWE, including drawing big in NJPW during its hottest period (post 90's) and being a key player in the formation and early success (in term of "mainstream" validation) of AEW.

The name "Dominik Mysterio" triggers me so bad. It's so dumb. Mysterio isn't Rey's last name, because Rey ISN'T A FIRST NAME TO BEGIN WITH !!!! Means KING in Spanish !!! He's not Raymond Mysterio !!! Hijo de Rey Mysterio Jr. would sound so cool and lucha. (which of course, wouldn't fit him one bit, but hey).

Considering the guy hasn't been on AEW TV for an eternity, only extremely petty and miserable people could be happy about Janela not re-signing (yeah, I'm thinking Corny here), he's been a total non-factor after the first year or so. Well, he had that great match with Omega (as everybody does) and a cool tag-team stint with Sonny Kiss on Dark, so that's something. It got obvious pretty early that the guy was like Mickey Whipreck in WCW, his appeal was really being an indy cult figure.

I mean, I kinda followed the same suit in that I actually do enjoy them now, but there's still a huge gap between Bowens, who has improved to the point he's actually really, really good, and Caster who once the intro is done, well, his best work is done too. I enjoy Bowens single matches with Caster as a manager much more than the tags.

Considering Razor was a take on Scarface, authenticity was never a question ! But as much as WWE would led you to believe Razor Ramon was his most important stint (this is under that name that he was inducted in the HoF as a single), he obviously was most famous under his real name as a member of the nWo, and he quickly dropped the entire latino gimmick-speech (he kept the Hey Yo, but that really was a catchphrase).

Yeah, it sucks than Christian Cage basically stole Marko's spot. But yeah, I miss Marko Stunt, he brought something fun and unique. Sonny Kiss definitely deserves a chance to shine on the main roster. I mean, Max Caster gets featured every week and all he has is some (admittedly) funny punchlines. Kiss & Janela was a cool and bizarre tag team, I would have had them featured rather than The Acclaimed or the Varsity Blondes (who looked like stars for one night thanks to the Young Bucks magic, but never looked even half as good since). Veterans like Sydal are useful to teach the younger guys and have very good matches with them. Tony Neese, I don't get the upside, he's a great mechanic, but as far as character goes, he'll never develop any (if he's able to) in a company like AEW where he'll have a match every other week on TV.

Ahhh.... BTW, what the hell happened with Lexy Nair (one of DDP's daughters) ? She was doing those kinda fun interviews on Youtube during the pandemic era, then she basically vanished.

I realize that. I'm not saying there was an *actual* choice being made between the two. More power to her if she doesn't give a fuck. Still, it's an odd look not to have her (a legit huge draw during the Attitude Era, which is the be all end all in WWE canon) while trying to sell Sharmell as some kind of legend, which looks completely ridiculous lined-up next to Taker & Vader. It actually makes the women look quite bad in a way, because if that's the best they can come up with in term of star power/respected worker, that says a whole lot... But they got to have a woman every year just because, so until the current generation is about to retire, you'll get more and more of this, as it's not like the well is super deep on these matters. (I just realized then never called Terri Runnels either, which is odd too, especially since she was there for quite a while during their hottest period, was a very notable figure at one point and doesn't exactly has any problematic stuff on her resume)

There's also the reverse way of looking at it : "Hey look, we put a black woman in our HoF, we so inclusive and shit !" You mean the HoF with the white supremacist homophobic chauvinist pig former president supported by actual neo-nazis and fascists in it ? Well, that's pretty inclusive indeed. Apart from that, in the grand scheme of things of course Sharmell doesn't belong in any kind of wrestling HOF, she was a fun valet for a cup of coffee and surely made her goofy and awkward husband a better act for a while (probably the best he's been), but that's way beside the point. It's only extremely striking the amazing difference of profile between the first nominees, two legit legends of the business, and the token random female nominee of the year ("She lives in Texas ? Booker is still employed ? Ok, she's in !"). Meanwhile, Sable is still not in it. Or you know what, since they had her in the Royal Rumble despite working for Impact, Mickie James sure would have been quite a decent name. It's not like it matters, it's only pretty telling of how things work.

Keep on pimping the good matches, I'll probably do my cherry picking after the fact (if I'm not burned out). CIMA advancing is pretty cool.

At this point, they should just debut him directly at Mania, that's the only way to make it really big. Showing up two weeks before with no build for the amazingly stupid "Big star X doesn't have a match at Mania" (which they had done before with Cena) angle is kinda lame. Him getting the Mania pop using his AEW theme (wait, are people gonna bitch about that one too ) is the best way to debut him. He should beat Seth clean too and show up at the end of the show to challenge Roman. That way you show the guys in AEW that if you are a big star there and they really want you, it's gonna be worth it. If he shows up, loses and get into the mix with the likes of the Miz, then it's a waste of time.

The Olympics do that as well I believe. You work = you get paid. Especially when there's shitload of money made around you. That's it. The hat is the killer here though. Makes it SO fucking stupid.

Ok, is this a fucking joke ? https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-seeking-volunteers-for-wrestlemania-superstore-axxess/

They missed the peak already.