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Can we blame Corey being a total douche to his concussion issues ?

Keep Mauro, please. I would not want him to get signed by a company I actually enjoy.

Yeah. I just dated myself. Anyways, Mustafa was basically "the guy behind New Jack who was cutting awesome promos". Except Homicide, even at this point, is way better than Mustafa ever was. Not that hard either. That's the big issue with long-ass tapings, especially in a studio settings when I don't believe for one second all the reactions are genuine. I'd love to see Kingtson get a nod in AEW for a final run, the guy deserves to be seen on a major platform from what I've seen of him. From what I get, they really are focusing on building other talent, confident that they can get over at the superstars level when they want to. The thing is with some of the AEW roster, I'm familiar with them from other places. For instance, Hybrid 2 are basically AAA/LU guys, so I am already connected to Angelico & JAck Evans and know what they can do. Just like when Luchasaurus popped up the first time, I already like these guys because I've seen and enjoyed them before, so half of the work is done already, I'm just glad I get to see more of them in a context I like. Like when Emi Sakura shows up, I find it cool as hell to see her 20 years after she was on those FMW tapes I was buying at ridiculous prices on VHS.

Yeah, he HAS to make fun of DDPY too.

So DDP is gonna present the diamond ring to the winner. Like I said before. Schiavone even flubbed one time calling it the Diamond Dozen (which is a DDPY thing) Battle Royal.

BOOK FLIP !

Yes he has. I wonder how long MJF will be allowed to work both MLW and AEW.

Eddie Kingston is a great promo. LAX never got more over in IMPACT than when they feuding with the OG's managed by Kingston, and you had Konnan to carry to loads on promos for LAX. That bieng said, come on now. Homocide on his own at this point is Mustafa. P&P's beating up the Rock'n Roll Express and the backstage brawl was better and more serious than anything Kingston & Homicide are doing on NWA. I do think they would be better off with Konnan. Since they are working with AAA, can't they get him for a while ? What show are you watching ? PP are getting over in the buldings. That match clearly was the lesser PP match thus far, they did look green (and they are green, much like Baker). Maybe it played a part. Maybe match quality actually matters. Who knows ? Maybe what was on NXT at the same time is what hurt that match the most. Hard to really tell. Like Omega said in his interview with Meltz, they are 8 weeks in. They are building things, it takes times. They are gonna do missteps and mistakes. Some stuff are gonna work better than others. Thus far their tag team division has been a pleasure to watch.

Do you know Adam Cole's wife is a dentist ?

Pretty much agree. Considering Havoc vs Mancer was supposed to be a blood feud, that match was stupid as hell, but really, Havoc going all GTA Vice City jacking a car was glorious. The part in his appartement was also quite funny. You would not think Jimmy Havoc's place looked like that. Funny how they were very careful not actually damaging anything, not taking bump onto the wall. Made it fake as hell but hey, the absurdity of it worked. Other highlight, Havoc screaming "It's a kidnapping !" in the car. The end of the match was standart Havoc vs Mance, and by that I mean not very good. I really like Douglas James, he's kinda MLW's Little Guido. But that match was indeed too long and never in doubt. Is Aria Blake gone ? What about MJF ? The women's match was indeed terrible, but Pricilla Kelly seems to have some character, and using some Angel Dust era FNM endears her to me. She's Darby Allin's wife ? Wife ? Married at 22 ? You know you're gonna get divorced, people, right ? Even getting married at 40, you are gonna get divorced... So, Lawlor stays ? Ok. He's so the one who attacked Von Erich. Hey, a Dr. Tom Prichard cameo ! Yeah, nothing to write home about. I'm waiting for Salina to come back with more AAA talents. Also, did you notice the Thanksgiving special show had the old Survivor Series font ?

Yes. Don't be hateful. Plus, the guy has got mental issues. So there. Your criticisms of Mauro just got cancelled.

Ah ah, that's a good point. Yeah, it is a great match, but it also demonstrates how much context matters to me at this point. I can see it's a great match, those women are just terrific talents, but since I'm not connected to the context and it is a context I actually actively don't care about (for different reasons), I never really got into it. I honestly have more fun watching a random Madison Rayne match on IMPACT, simply because I enjoy and am familiar with the context. And my main criticisms would be all about the context : _Mauro Ranallo is annoying as fuck, so it detracts from the match as he's hammering on my head all the time. _The Dakota Kai stuff was great at first, then went for too long and meanwhile what is happening in the ring ? This is typical WWE production. _WWE style match : cage match, hate feud (from what I gather) : no blood and tons of garbage can shots, table and chairs. And more of no blood. So whatever criticism I would have only refers to the context : context of announcing, context of production. The workers I have nothing but love for them although I'm not familiar with a few of them. Bianca BelAir is still awesome. Basically, I hope I'll get to see them in another context, I just don't care about that one. Which is not to say I don't think this was a great match.

Ok, I'm gonna give it a chance. Cage barely begins to lower. "Like Chuck T. said, Welcome to the Terrord..." AAAAAAAAA SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY !!!! THE MATCH HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN !!! SHUT HIM UP FOR FUCK'S SAKE !!!!!

This. I actually typed something about how I was sick of the "mental health" card being played when people like Cass for instance act like complete assholes, then I felt it was opening a can of worms. For the record, I have delt with depression, I have had (severe) mental breakdowns and I have been close with people with issues, so I know what the fuck I'm talking about in terms of let's not put everything on the back of our own mental issues to always find ourselves excuses or play victims. Not saying Mauro is doing that, but I see a lot of "mental health" card being thrown often, much more often that it should. And that's all I'm going to say about that particular point, because PWO.

I don't give a flying fuck about Mauro's Twitter drama. To me Mauro is a god fucking awful announcer and he's actively preventing me from enjoying anything he's calling. That's about it.

Yeah, so can we get rid of that old guy spewing "aww the physicality" every three minutes now ?

Hey, glad I'm not the only one who is thinking about Raven when Darby Allin is around. I totally got that Raven vibe from the Mox match, in that Allin just takes a beating like no one else, much like Raven used to do. That and the creepiness aspect of the character. I would absolutely have those two plus : Sami Callihan : MVP of wherever he goes. His stuff in IMPACT building the feud with Brian Cage has been awesome, the match totally delivered, his work with Tessa has been terrific too. Taya Valkyrie : she has blossomed as a character since Mr. Impact left, she's been mean, funny, carried herself as a total star and she's probably at her best in-ring too at this point. John Moxley : Half Austin half Brody. Was awesome in the G1. Is awesome in every AEW match he's been. Feels special.

T-shirt Mania. They won't unionize after being left in Saudi Arabia but they are fighting for Brand Supremacy and you are all invited !

Word. I would watch the women's Wargame, but Mauro is just *that* annoying to me.

I think it's safe to say they can do vignettes...

The Omega interview was great. Sorry, but this guy is the best. Comes off smart, humble to a degree (not without a sense of confidence about being great), most of all very level headed, talking about how he's still learning how to be a star in a US wrestling TV format, his love for joshi puroresu and how he would spent lots of money in 1999 buying tapes (yeah ! I've been there !), the fact he and the Bucks are more interested at this point with creating new stars, how they are in long-term and therefore not worry about a ratings war, the whole Jim Cornette thing. Just terrific stuff.

The thing is, as LAX they always had Konnan to carry the out of the ring segments and promo time, and the three of them had an excellent dynamic. They do miss that aspect of their game as characters to me. LAX was definitely more interesting than P&P from that perspective. Still a terrific team though.

And then AEW is gonna do a Match Beyond in a few months with buckets of blood to settle an actual blood feud between two factions. The whole "yearly gimmick matches" was bad already, but now that you *have to* do both a men and a women version because well because, it's even worse.

I sure know what Youtube search to do now whenever I'm bored. No. Never.

T-shirt Mania is so lame.