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I understand it as if they took bumps into the barricades outside the ring.

Wow

I laughed. Sorry.

After a few weeks, I can safely say this is Conrad's best podcast. Arn is just a pleasure to listen to, it never goes too long, it doesn't sound like any of his other podcast. Also, when Arn is confronted with something from the Observer that is obviously wrong, his answer : "Whoever told this to Meltzer was setting him up." Wow. Imagine that. How refreshing. Yeah, I was wrong, this podcast is great, and I'm glad I can finally hear of one my top favourite wrestler ever go into shoot interview mode without restrain. Another cool thing is when they insert one of those classic promos. Arn was so ridiculously great on the mic.

You know if we follow the rule of the country, Lana gets stoned to death. This is HOPE, they tell you.

These guys are being thrown an insane amount of money to do jackshit in a Blood Money show, while NXT guys are still waiting for they pity-fuck raise. I'm sure morale is at an all time apex right now.

He should have straight called him gay. Now, that's some heat for good ol' AJ boy...

I maintain the best gimmick for Balor was Facefuckme Finn. Great name too. And make him a gay porn actor (Val Venis, only better), because he's all about the LGBTQ+ community, after all he took a picture in Saudi and posted it on his Instagram once in the plane back home, he's a rebel. I wonder if he'll do something crazy today too to fight homophobia and transphobia after entertaining the Prince of Dark Ages.

Yep. But damn some of this one was really fun, and it's so cool (and bizarre) to see Emi Sakura get over in a US promotion in 2019. Also, Allie is everythingAEW needs for their white meat babyface. She is no dentist, but she's a solid veteran worker with charisma, she just knows how to handle herself, how to move, how to get herself over. So the opener was the match Corny blew his gasket about, because of a 2 sc comedy spot by Sonny Kiss ? If Corny could get his head out of his ass, he would have seen that this was actually a really good match (way better than any match on NWA Powerr thus far too, just in passing) with a super solid performance by Dustin Rhodes. Sonny looked better than he had before in AEW, I hope they keep that team going, because they could be a cool unit and a great way to teach Sonny. Also, Peter Avalon is actually quite a solid worker and promo, he always gets heat, old-school style, bashing the cities every week. Yeah, I said it, I enjoy what they have did with the Librarian gimmick. Leva doing a few comedy spots and taking bumps is mighty fine with me. That MJF interview was quite interesting too, he managed to keep his heelish edge while acting babyface and taking about an actual real issue. i enjoy this little weekly bit. Also, that garbage car crash was fun.

Pretty brutal yet accurate way of describing things.

I agree the different format is interesting, but after four weeks it already kind of a drag to me because I don't see any really exciting on the horizon as far as actual matches go, apart from maybe Kingston & Homicide vs R'n'R, hopefully. I like Cabana, Drake and James Storm quite enough, but Aldis, as much as he's excellent on the mic, doesn't exactly set my world on fire once the bell rings. Guys like Jocephus, those tag team champs, Dawsons, Anderson are a waste of my time. Aaron Stevens is gonna do comedy, that's ok, he's very good at it, but he doesn't exactly spark my interest. Plus I have to say, the classic NWA setup feels old already to me, but I've stated my case about the cosplay element before. I will keep watching until the PPV, like I've done with MLW (and it paid off since I enjoyed the last three weeks quite a bit and the PPV line-up is actually interesting), but I need way more than what they did this week.

Yeah, but how much time do you think Jerry Lawler devoted to actually teach anything to anyone during his stint in WWE ?

The big ALERT! looks like a Facebook Safety Check.

You mean they are paid with some actual money now ? *tchiki-boom* It's too bad this did not happen before Kross & Scarlett asked their release. This. Not to mention you know you have 90% of chance of getting wasted on the main roster.

The novelty has worn off with me, I'm bored already with a presentation that has zero actual good wrestling matches. Promos only get you so far, especially with workers you don't especially want to actually work a match (Aldis is dull as fuck in the ring to me). Colt Cabana was the best worker in the show. Hey, that's Kobra Moon ! I'm always for watching some Lucha Underground castoff. The Third Serpent needs to show up somewhere now ! Trevor Murdoch should get a lot more time. Jocephus a lot less. Women match was bad but Marti Belle is just that. Eddie Kingston looks totally out of place taking crazy-ass chair bumps in this context (also, Corny = hypcrite), I wish he could get in some bigger promotion to do his magic. No Kamille nor Tim Storm = worst episode yet. Yeah, not a very good week. Looking forward to see the Rock'n Roll Express. Last time I watch a match of theirs, they were on a Bar Wrestling show (I guess they are more open minded than others). I really wonder what matches they are gonna build for their PPV. James Storm vs Cabana ? Drake vs Aldis ? Kingston & Homicide v Rock'n Roll (now this I would want to watch). Thunder Rosa vs Alyssin Kay ?

Wait for the endless barrage of PR bullshit about "This is hope" and stuff.

Edited post. Was just ranting about stuff. So the NXT guys aren't getting that pay raise after all ?

Come on now. Brazilian accent is awesome in any language. Well, it's great in French anyway. Especially for women (hetero male speaking, it's the same for men actually). Sexy as shit. Proof :

Well, the more it goes, the more it looks like a complete meltdown. He really has done himself no favors here... It's like this whole T-shirt (which really looked racist) was only used, one month after the fact, because he was frustrated with where his career was going (which could be perfectly understandable, plus the guy is really talented from what I've seen before in NJPW and MLW)...

I'm not sure I could do an Inspector Clouseau accent. Probably not. Someone once said on this board he was reading my posts like I was speaking like Inspector Clouseau. Lana did a perfectly good fake Russian accent for Rocky IV. Which was basically the gimmick at first.

What struck me is how small most of the luchadors are. Pillman is not a huge guy, and Dragon Lee looked tiny next to him. The match was quite fun yeah, a good learning experience for Pillman for sure. I have enjoyed those Crash episodes quite a bit. What MLW really needs is : luchadors, Salina, Dynasty, Hart Foundation and more Salina. LA Park should win the title, since it's almost never defended anyway. The guy is ridiculously good still. Fatu, as cool as some of his stuff looks, really has done jackshit with the title, even Tom Lawlor's reign was more memorable. Yeah, the PPV looks interesting despite the booking (which is, infact, the opposite of IMPACT, which has a really strong, logical, building up to big shows booking up and down the cards every time)

You realize every time you use that word, I picture what the Iron Sheik would sound like with a brazilian accent.

It has nothing to do with having "heat". Having "heat" means the audience wants to see you get beat up because you're an asshole, and has fun hating on you. No one wants to see Russo in any capacity, apart from his little clique of fanboys online. Turning people off and away doesn't mean you have heat with an audience. Booking Russo in 2019 reeks of desperation click baiting.

Wait, when does "heat" is a concept that has anything to do with the Internet ? Heat, by definition, exists with the audience. Callihan has tons of heat with IMPACT's audience, his angles and promos always get heat. Hell, PAC, whom you love so much, got lots of heat from the AEW audience the last two weeks. Russo has no heat, he's not a performer, he doesn't work anywhere. He's just an idiot doing a stupid podcast. There's no "heat" there.

Callihan in IMPACT, White in NJPW. Took me two seconds. Well, it sure did not work for me, because I was a fan of KC, and the very fact Oliver started with two Russo podcast week to week and the talked about how Russo is the only guy with real heat was enough for me to shut the whole thing down and not think about it anymore because of how stupid and a waste of time it is, so...