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Let's be honest, the anti-Meltz obsessives are a special breed of creeps.

That's some deadpan humour.

I can't think of a more 2020 bit than the AEW people playing real life Among Us on BTE.

That was exactly the intent. https://www.lepoint.fr/sante/la-france-championne-des-anti-vaccins-19-06-2019-2319729_40.php Basically 1/3 French people don't believe vaccines are totally safe and 1/10 don't believe vaccine for children are useful. From the American study based on 144 countries that is quoted in the article, France is apparently where you find the most doubtful people. That being said, our vaccination rate is actually going up, so there, everything is not that dark...

Well this thread turned into an even more depressive one than the usual weekly WWE stuff... Plus guess what, France is the country with the most anti-vax in the world apparently. Yeah. Super. Let me fucking leave already !

I know it's stupid and petty, because the two have pretty much nothing to do with one another, but still, I kinda do get a kick out of learning that someone I consider a terrible all around performer is also part of the dumb-as-fuck clan. At this point, the idea that you are gonna work with these people if you sign with the company has to get in line in your thought process.

The many, many jokes writes themselves so quickly you don't even have the time to register them. I wouldn't even know where to begin here...

They also had the "Bring up some new cool midcard characters in the first movie, then by the third movie they end up being complete afterthought instead of stars" syndrome BTW. That and a bunch of nostalgia pops and humiliation of older stars (poor Harrison Ford, between this and Indy 4 which has never actually been made in this universe... at least I loved him in Blade Runner 2049), actually, yeah, Disney should buy WWE, wouldn't change jackshit most probably !

Sounds about as exciting as their matches were...

You mean like those last Star Wars movies ? "Fuck, we've wasted our crappy heel boss on the second movie in the worst major confrontation ever, what do we do now ? " "Bring back the big heel star from 40 years ago !"

I did not even realize that Drake Wuertz was that jacked up orange referee. I kinda looks like min-Taker facially to me. Coincidence ? I think not.

"Trump supporters, conservatives, and Saudi nationalists." Sounds like WWE's policy actually. Can't do much more current WWE than this. Zelina making *more money* outside WWE also is quite interesting, considering the company's stance of saying you basically can't survive without them.

Great shitposting !

Big Cass has the distinction of being the only person whose "feel good story" on the DDP Yoga App has been deleted not too shortly (don't remember but it didn't stay up for more than a few weeks at best) after it got published...

I would get a huge kick out of the *women* workers in WWE ending up being the ones who take a stand and say enough with this shit. Then, it would indeed be a Women's Revolution, but not the kind of which Stephy could hitchjack...

Holy shit. I hope she LexLugers her way into Dynamite, first-Nitro style, she could be such an asset as a manager/personality. That promotion is batshit insane. I wonder if someone just lost their nerves because of some guy named Joe...

Especially now when it's obvious a post-40 years old career can still be stellar and actually add to someone's body of work, which may not have been the case 20/30 years ago (for various reasons).

For being a complete failure as the top WWE guy ? I mean, his main event single push was the beginning of the audience turning on the company and the company trolling booking, which has slowly led to the pathetic state the company is in today (their financials have nothing to do with him and everything to do with the TV rights economic bubble and a criminal regime wanting some propaganda work). As a worker he's nothing special at all. Surefire Hall of Fame candidate.

No shit ! Piper comes off like a total nutjob though, to the point of it being really pathetic. Which, really, should not surprise anyone, but still, the story about Piper turning off the lights and putting a lighter to his face while he talked to Alvarez and threatened to burn Meltz's house is out of this world wacky !

Waiting for the incoming shitstorm about Kenny Omega in 5... 4... 3... (the guy was involved in the three greatest pro-wrestling matches I've ever seen in 30 years of watching pro-wrestling, he's half the match that made AEW possible, I have no qualms about this, that is if I cared one bit about such a thing as a HoF)

Sammy Guevarra babyface turn incoming. You heard it here first (well, maybe not). Which is why he isn't hurt at all by the Matt Hardy loss. Feud with MJF incoming. BTW, "You homies are gonna dig it" kinda killed me, the way he said it was soooo perfectly funny. Yeah, Scorpio Sky is also turning, this guy is going nowhere fast if he doesn't get some fresh stuff to do. Likewise Kazarian. Brandi murdered that girl on promo, but Brandi has always been one of the best promos anywhere anyways. Still, that girl looks pretty awesome, if she can work or learn to work they got something. The celebrity thing, well, don't really care about it ('member that totally misfired Tyson angle ?) The Bunkhouse match was terrific. Bunny was so good in it too, glad she gets featured more and more. Yes. And probably she shouldn't turn straight heel, because she has that kind of adorable thing about her, despite the bad-ass background. Cool to see these girls (including Red Velvet) develop before our eyes. They are all very green, but you gotta start somewhere. Loved the main event (although Fenix did looked banged up to me still) and Eddie is just the gift that keeps on giving, making fun of the chants, pushing Fenix outside the ring like a piece of garbage (oh yeah, let's have Fenix outshine everyone as a babyface soon and Penta be his vicious self). Pac coming back was the cherry on the cake, now they have yet another über-worker in the mix. Loved Kenny Omega serious promo, that's indeed the guy from Japan. Interesting that they are gonna run the Mox match on TV, then again the PPV is far away.

I can't tell because Youtube is down. So 2020...

Yeah, I remember the Vince Russo version actually made more sense in the beginning (until it made none because "there was no heels nor babyfaces") But yeah. Total Russo booking, complete with Schiavone having to say "What are they gonna do now, improvise ?".

It would mean Naito losing on day 1 ? Yikes. That Naito win at the Dome last year was great, but everything that followed has been terrible thanks to the godawful EVIL push. Naito cant get a break it seems. Also, Ibushi simply defending against Jay White on day 2 instead of winning the big thing on that day clearly makes it secondary.