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Honestly, the only one that matters here is Rusev. Now that is a coup for them if it's confirmed Eric Young going back to IMPACT seemed like a given, for better or worse. But anyway, IMPACT has made me care about Johnny Swinger in 2020 and has reinvented RVD into a great middle-aged character, so whoever they get at this point, I'm interested in because they know how to get the most out of whatever they got.

Mental gymnastics indeed...

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Where do i "justify" it ? I point this out because Meltz is often accused by AEW haterz of this or that but him mentioning this fact was pretty interesting to me. Of course it's shitty that billionaires are founding other shithead billionaires political campaigns. Only, in this case, Vince works on a whole other level.

What people seem to forget is that when he was thrown on TV, he was basically a rookie. A 39 years old rookie banged-up from a pro-football career. Of course he wasn't gonna be good. Unless your name is Kurt Angle, Owen Hart, Jun Akiyama or Mika Akino (remember her people ?), which were pretty much great from day 1, chances are you're not gonna be good at all whe you debut. At his age, he had no shot. But all things considered, I think he fit the Horsemen very well with Debra at his side, he had a charisma and star power to him that made it work. Plus when he was hidden in tag match and only came for a spot or two, it was ok. Considering some awful workers who spent decades of sucking despite beginning young and healthy, having hundreds and hundreds of long boring matches on top of the cards, really the one year and a half/two years of rookie Mongo not being good doesn't seem that bad considering he was mostly a fun character during some of the hottest years of pro-wrestling of the last 30 years. What I'm saying basically, is that I'd rather watch a Horsemen tag match with Mongo from Nitro anyday over, I dunno, a Kane or a Baron Corbin match. That Twitter account is hilarious. That spot with Davey Boy had me rolling.

Yeah, and his boys the Harris Twins are big KiSS fans.

Yeah, pretty much, in the current context, what could be seen as purely an disappointing anecdote will flash on the screen as telling a whole other story. I wonder if there will be more reactions now like you say. She's big and tall. And samoan. That's it. She has exactly jackshit in term of aura and presence. She was never able to convey any sense of dangerosity, which is pretty ironic. And really, I don't remember people reacting to her very much when I was following the product. I remember I was coming off watching the Amazing Kong run in TNA, and even without talking about her actual work, which was subpar for a monster character anyway, she always came off completely pathetic and empty to me in term of aura and presence. Like, Crusher Maedomari suckitude level. And really, it's one thing to be green and sloppy when you're one or two years in the biz (although that tells a lot of how "good" the Performance Center is), but she's 6 years in and apparently unable to work properly still. If I'm Kairi, I get the fuck out of there when my contract runs up.

Depending for whom... What good would that do anyway ? He's wearing the shit and everyone watching the doc can see it now. People are bitching when someone doesn't make the right # on Twitter or doesn't say exactly "the right thing", but really now, isn't this a whole lot worse ?

I agree completely. Someone mentioned the mental gymnastics earlier, it's gonna get really crazy for some of those guys who work for a billionaire who was one of the biggest donator to Trump's campaign and who's wife is running the super Pac for his re-election too. I know that basically every big company donates to pretty much everyone because that's how it works (and why it actually *doesn't work*, but that's another issue), but there's a difference between Shad Khan who donated to Trump's campaign too (as Meltz mentioned on his last podcast BTW), as any super rich guy would, and working for one of his biggest active supporter. Unless you're David Starr (and from the little I know of him, more power to the guy), you're gonna work for some not-so-good people anyway if you're in the entertainment industry, but it reaches the point where maybe you should have to take a stance...

Nia is a liability. Always has been. She's totally careless, as showed by the clip. Gotta love that "no one is blaming Nia" in the company (which is why Meltz first said wait and watch). No shit. For whatever reason (wink wink) she gets a free pass despite her terrible track record.

In any other era, you KNOW Vince would have a heel-team named the Antifas. You know it would happen and most of the audience would have no issue about it. Interesting period from pro-wrestling as staying PWO seem to be quite complicated even in the locker-room these days. (I wonder what the reaction would have been if, say, Taker had twitted the same shit though)

Interesting booking twist with Trey vs Elgin, which was one hell of a match. They have slowly built Ace Austin to eventually be a top guy and have made a really good job of it too, and I like the fact they're pushing Trey as a single it seems, although still part of the Rascalz. Kimber Lee and Havoc beating the shit out of each other was pretty enjoyable. So many new enjoyable female workers during these tapings. The North at the Deaners Compound was pretty fun. After Stadium Stampede though, it came off tame as shit, but still pretty ok with a few legit fun stuff. They have made a really good job working around the fact they don't have most of their champs on these tapings. That "slut" line by Rosemary was the best of the show though. Yeah, selling your soul on the first date, come on...

Honestly, hashtags are stupid, whatever they are. It only produces sheep mentality and polarization. Don't think about the complexity of the issues of the world, just post a hashtag with the "right" opinion, whatever you think it is, and there you go, you've done the right thing and you can feel good about yourself for the day. Anyway. Let's not make this thread about something other than its topic though. PWO.

No shit.

And how would anyone dare to make fun of guys in their underwears ans shiny costumes pretending to have an actual fight in a ring doing totally illogical movements ? Like, you can make fun of everything, horror movies, folk music, contemporary art, russian litterature, pop culture as a whole really, but not pro-fucking-wrestling, this is serious business.

Agree about the timing. But that's the trick about being in a double-bind situation though, you're fucked either way. But in trying to explain why she hasn't spoke up earlier, she comes off pretty cringy just because of the timing, indeed. Can't wait to have someone twist that into "Another proof AEW is awful"...

Yeah, it may come off really tone death in this context (making the thing about her and all), but the point she makes about being put in a double-bind situation by her "own community" all the time I totally get. This is totally real, especially for women who date/marry "out of their community", sadly...

Thunder Rosa talking about Hana Kimura at the beginning of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i24MUpbXvd4

From what you say, it's almost to the point of Last exploiting Corny for monetary issue. Because Brian "whoever the fuck he is" Last would not draw jack shit by himself. Life is too short to spend your time hate-watching stuff and get angry because of it. Corny could be happy talking about stuff he still loves, but nooooo. At this point, Corny is basically like this guy stalking his ex on social media and hatin' on it, while kinda wishing she would get back with him. And his crowd of sycophants are basically incels.

Because it is. NJPW has been running it since 89, tons of iconic moments and cards have happened in this building.

Highlight to me was the opener (although Private Party absolutely aren't ready on the big stage at this point, Isaac in particular as a tendency to do some real sloppy stuff) and Cody's promo. Shida's competitive squash against That Brazilian Girl was pretty fun too. Wasn't crazy about Britt's segment this week, really lacked the dynamic of her and Tony, who was out there to do nothing. Wasn't crazy about the Tyson angle either. I see what they try to do, but it kinda get a feel of WCW-Hoganesque stuff where they refer a WWF angle of the past (actually, two of them, one of which I don't even know about). Jericho has made everything work thus far, so maybe it'll catch on, but tonight it didn't feel like anything interesting to me. The Battle Royal on the other hand had plenty good little things, like Cutler & Avalon eliminating themselves, their feud has to peak with a match ending in a double-KO or something. That's pretty fun. I'm all for a Wardlow face turn, as really I have no interest in this guy as he is now. Like, zero interest. They already have too many big monsters (think about that, they had none when Wardlow was signed) on the heel side anyway. Cody vs Jungle Boy should be terrific. Omega & Hangman working their magic with Havoc & Sabian (fun team, but that match today wasn't that great, I feel like SCU is at the end of the road and they should try and push Scorpio Sky as a single) should be really good too. Jericho vs Orange should be gold. Interesting stuff with Allie (who was referred as such on Dark, as opposed to The Bunny) getting all the attention from QT and Cabana getting a Dark Order flyer. Of course, FTR showing up would have been much more awesome in front of the crowd. So many big debuts for AEW during the worst time possible. So much for them working The North and those NJ teams, but oh well, they will rule against the Bucks and it was all expected anyway.

Yes. Heels are called "méchant", which means "mean". Same as in movies, like I said.

The issue with Cornette is that he's got the emotional balance of a 3 years old.

Holy shit. BTW, can we talk about that Blue Lives Matter T-shirt thingy again ? yeah... maybe not the best timing... ok another time then... Anyway. Looking closely on his arm to see if there's no svastika or SS symbol hidden somewhere...

IMPACT is confident enough to put a vignette on their TV. And considering they are gonna tape weeks of TV again I would guess, if she's part of these sessions she'll be on IMPACT TV for several weeks anyway.