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There's no way Big Swole is showing up... oh, wait. Considering Master P was in the same group as Konnan, odds on him getting fucking killed ?

They're targeting anyone with talent in TNA. But a 37 years old ex NXT guy Maclin doesn't have the same luster as viral sensation Joe Hendry or top talent Jordynne Grace. I'm not watching TNA anymore but I'm interested in how they'll evolve (see what I did there) in the next year or so. Them being bought out eventually would be the least surprising thing ever. WWE is already controlling their world champion.

Superstar Graham was also a great episode. Learned nothing new really since it's well known. For all the fame he had at one point, that guy really just struggled his entire life. Eddie Gilbert next week is the one I awaits the most (apart from Daffney). One of the original Dark Side story I learned about (is he the original "shoot interview" too ?).

Master P at Dynamite. Will someone reference Rap is Crap ? Also, the next thing we need is DJ Ran all up in yo area.

The thing about that whole Joe Henry "controversy" (like there was one, he was made to look like a geek, end of story) that people seem to overlook, is that he's pretty much already a WWE guy. He was on NXT this week again, he has WWE merchandise. In a matter of a few months, he's gone from TNA, just like Jordynne Grace was. Whatever views that gets TNA (and thats very debatable, the entire TNA thing is muddled at best since apparently no PPV has done a better number than Hard to Kill 2024) the end game is to introduce Joe Hendry as part of the WWE in a not so long ago future. The irony is that if he already was contracted with WWE, he would never have gotten that treatment at Mania. It's like a double edge sword : they want to push TNA as a way to weaponize it against AEW, they want to push Hendry already as he's getting there in no time, but at the same time they can't help it but make their partners look like third rate geeks (which they are, they essentially are a feeder system for NXT now in the grand scheme of things). (whatever happens with TNA the days they don't have Hendry nor the Hardies anymore, hard to tell. I don't see WWE creaming over Mike Santana nor Steve Maclin, and the women division is all about Tessa Blanchard, which is a whole other discussion and she definitely is aiming at WWE too)

Ok. So AEW is co-producing two DEAN~! tribute shows this year. How the hell isn't that the coolest thing ever ? I wonder if someone is gonna drop the sleaze thread sometime in the commentary.

Bayley is apparently not very happy about her treatment relating to Mania this year either. SRS mentioned recently how WWE basically resigned Nattie last year to prevent her to go to AEW as she wanted to be part of the Owen tournament. Whether that's true or not, no idea.

The story with Grace is that she had to relinquish her OnlyFans. And she made ridiculous money with it. So her contract his probably better than her TNA one, but she makes a lot less money than she did overall. So, no Jeff Cobb, uh. So it appears it was really important he would not job the tag titles nor pu over Goto, because they had plans for like, *right now*... Yeah. The Cena vs Orton nostalgia is hilarious considering this program was a neverending rehash of rehash of dullfests as it happened. People will be nostalgic about just anything *cough TNA cough*.

In term of impact and success, for sure. The reactions to both Mania main events is very telling. I know from reading about it that I would have enjoyed none of them, but one got over huge and the other was seen as a complete failure.

Or course. Yet he's still viewed as this creative genius that was gonna save WWE several times (or TNA, whenever that stuff used to came up in the 00's) and how he's the one responsible for WWE's most successful angle of the last decade (Cody "finishing the story" aside, that was Vince's). And he's one of the most powerful guy in the company. And I say that as a former ECW fan. Heyman has been wildly overrated over the years.

The Speedball vlogs really kind bring back that early AEW vibe. Damn, Speedball vs Michael Oku would be so great. Forbidden Door in London...

Well, it's supposed to be his character. When it's really Heyman IRL. Much like Kevin Dunn before him, he probably knows were the bodies are buried too.

Not specifically talking about the storyline itself (which, yes, only got hot once Sami Zayn got involved) which obviously is the most successful (at the very least) thing they did in years, but the style of main event match heavy on high-school drama level acting. As far as Jey Uso getting over, it's funny because when Sami Zayn got over *organically* thanks to his character work and the fact he was also killing it in the ring, they would not pull the trigger on him. When DUI Nepoboy got massively over thanks to the groundwork laid by years of Bloodline storyline and his act basically was reduced to an entrance and mediocre singles matches, he got the title.

When you put all the things together, with how unhinged they are becoming, this AAA stuff is gonna be morbidly fascinating.

Paul Heyman on the Pat McAfee (vomit) show, making comparison between CM Punk and Shannon Sharpe (some ESPN guy accused of sexual assault and such apparently), making jokes about deportation of Latinos... Oh, but "he's working in character". (which considering everything we know about the WWE office, is pretty irrelevant) Sure. Doesn't make it less incredibly shitty in both the current political context and the fact WWE has two lawsuits on their ass for sexual abuse. All that on a show hosted by a MAGA dipshit. Heyman needs to get fucked. He's trash and his vision of pro-wrestling is godawful anyway.

It's funny how Paul Heyman's reputation is totally oblivious to the fact he was always a carny and a crook, a pathological liar, a shitty businessman, an overrated booker and a corporate suck-up disguised as a pseudo-rebel. His vision of WWE main event pro-wrestling, from the Brock Lesnar "suplex city" borefests to the heavy-handed drama with crappy acting of the Bloodline, as successful as it is, is the worst shit that happened to pro-wrestling in the last 20 years stylistically. As far as Paul Heyman in 2025, more in the "WWE sucks" thread I guess.

She did not even find the hard cam. Not properly trained.

I'm not familiar with the entire Tam career (very far from it). Was there a relationship of any sorts with Onita (like training or something) ? Non stuntmen-women doing stunts always freaks me out. Tam's bump looked pretty safe thankfully.

Tam driving away the safest way imaginable killed me. 😂

Holy hell, I had it right about the Orton match. Only it was not Rusev but.... Joe fucking Hendry. Which makes it even funnier. The irony is that 3 minutes is actually the best you'll get out of him in term of what he can deliver in the ring. I lived through it for years in TNA, ok, so I know. Still, it's at the same time incredible this guy memed himself into appearing at the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania and hilarious he was made to look like a complete geek both times. As TNA's world champ no less. Never change WWE. The reactions of the main event seem to be kinda brutal all around. Rock not even showing up after they jumpstarted this with so called "one of the greatest heel turn ever" (which it wasn't) is the funniest part of the entire thing (that and drunk Austin riding into the barricade).

😄 Same absolutely legal russian stream. Yeah this was a terrific match. So much better than anything I saw yesterday to the point it looked like they worked in another company... Nothing has even a shot after this. Might as well end this on a blaze of glory. Done. (I would love to wake up and read the news of Rusev showing up against Orton and taking a RKO in two minutes)

Between this and the Sabu retirement match the previous day, Joey Janela sure knows how to book a feel-good main event that actually *means* something IRL. I mean, as much as you can call that Sabu match "feel-good", but you get the sentiment.

Great write-up by cusbfan : https://thecubsfan.com/cmll/2025/04/20/wwe-buys-lucha-libre-aaa/

No shit. Hell, they already do that. Even CM Punk talked about it this week (which was an amazing moment of lucidity on his part, and he doesn't have many). Plus, they already lowballed Stephanie Vaquer (she got a bigger offer from AEW, bigger to the point WWE told her to take the offer) and she still went with them because it was her "dream" (call that brainwashing rather). I dunno how her dream looks like now that WWE has bought out people who support the man who tried to murder her (even Konnan has talked shit about her I think, and hell, Alberto and all as the champ so...). Another fascinating tidbit, remember how Hijo de Dr. Wagner was supposed to sign with WWE, then signed with AAA. Well, the end result is the same.

They would sure love to kill off RevPro since they are affiliated with NJPW/CMLL and friends with AEW. wXw I'm guessing would work for them. And really, having a fulltime touring company is not even the goal. The goal is to own everything and kill off the rest. They have already infiltrated the US indies with the ID stuff. They are like a cancer, really. It's a global plan. TKO is taking over boxing too and making their best effort to hurt boxers rights. They want it all.