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So, Rusev is the father of Maria's baby ? Conspiracy theory : this is yet another attempt to fuck up Rusev's couple IRL !

So, War Chambers wasn't very good. Yes, there were a bunch a decent moments like Jacob Fatu doing his usual big spots at several points, Low Ki looking good whenever he was featured and Ross Von Erich entrance kinda got some fire, but seriously, they did not tell any story after the final guy entered and it was pretty much an aimless brawl inside a cage that went on *forever*. I find WWE stuff to be way overproduced, but man, putting some kind of thoughts into a gimmick match like this seems necessary. Most of the action was just stuff happening without any dynamic. Kevin von Erich got to do the claw on some masked goon. Samael bled, because that's all he can do well I guess. The ending was pretty good, but it should have happened two minutes after Ross got in, not twelve. Salina calling the audience putos was the highlight of the show (I wonder if they even know what it means). That and Teddy Hart taking about "beating on a pussy". I guess they don't have to apologize like Cody did. Still, I'm definitely gonna cherry pick from now on.

Blame the Libarians. Yeah, what Ricky said. All Out has less buys than All In. Still way impressive overall for a product with no TV in an era where pro-wrestling is cold. But you can't sustain the hype forever, at some point, reality kicks in. People are waiting for the TV now. And really, they don't need to sell out every show to do good. The insane results they got with the first few shows had to end at some point.

Poor Taya took a bump on the ladder and of course it wasn't showed, because AAA. That said, Taya vs Ayako in a ladder match, I'm so there. Cool to see Ayako make a comeback. Thanks for clarifying that up, because the whole thing is confusing as all hell. I kinda got that Mystiziz Jr. was doing the Mistico gimmick in AAA but I wasn't sure who copied who and who was the first one to do it... It's confusing enough that the current Mistico in CMLL is actually the former Dragon Lee (am I right ?) and the old Mistico is Caristico... The new theme is brutal where the old was merely annoying, which suited Psycho Clown...

Yeah, WTF is with Swinger being really funny all of a sudden ? One final babyface match for LAX is indeed really cool. Yeah ! A wedding party in two weeks ! You KNOW what is gonna happen there. I wonder where they are going with Tessa for Bound for Glory though. The card is shaping up to be quite cool, as usual, with the special attraction of Shamrock coming in (match is gonna suck probably, but hey), Marufuji vs Elgin (which should be excellent despite Elgin having less personality than a dead oyster), Wagner jr. & luchadors vs Rascalz, probably Ace Austin vs Eddie Edward in a blowoff match with Alesha being involved, either Dashwood or Rosemary vs Taya. Maybe Cage is not gonna be cleared after all and they are gonna switch to Tessa vs Callihan after the wedding destruction angle... In a less positive spin, IMPACT punishing Kross by preventing him from working the AAA show at MSG is not good business. The guy is a goner anyway at this point.

Well, so yeah, it wasn't a friendly split at all. I don't think it was ever near the vicinity of any window to begin with.

Not sure, but Richards was a trainer at the DDPY Center for a while, then he pretty much vanished and launched his own training program, while not being mentionned ever again by DDP or Christina… All his workouts are still on the App though, since they are the properties of DDPY. As I said, the Cass video being removed is the only one I can think about.

The article mentions that Cass went to DDP for help and there's something that may be anecdotal yet still struck me as odd. A months ago, Cass did appear in one of the Motivational Mondays videos on the DDPY app, which is exactly what you think it is (positive thinking stuff, which I'm not a fan of but still watch from time to time when someone intriguing like Awesome Kong pops up). Anyway, so Cass did that thing, talking about battling depression (and how God had a plan for him and shit...). Only the video was removed a few weeks later and doesn't appear in the archive of M.M anymore. It's the *only* video that has been removed since I have the app. All the Stevie Richards stuff are still there, despite I believe a less than amicable departure. So, no idea what happened here, but it struck me as bizarre. So, I dunno if the guy is battling depression, but the fact he's acting like a complete asshole at this point should be obvious by now. He certainly should seek help though.

At least we can see he's be banned from Twitter ! Too "disruptive" I guess. Well, we got Parv to promote his alt-right Youtube channel on the board at least. Now he can go back to do only that and let emotional and unsane people babble about pro-wrestling without being polluted with dumb shit straight out FOX or BFM TV.

If you read my post from last week or something before I saw the vignette, I was like yawning so badly. But the vignette actually had me chuckle with the total meta 80's cheesiness. I have never ever cared about Swinger one way or another and it's probably the very first time I actually got a positive reaction from anything Swinger, which is shocking in itself. Hell, I already care more about him now than I do about Elgin (that IS a backhanded compliment).

I agree LAX went on kind of a wimper, with a crowd being not that hot in the post-match. Maybe they should not have done this one in Mexico. But it was already a done deal anyway, so... I will miss the LAX theme though, too bad they won't use that and their team name in AEW. The North vs pretty much anyone is fun, so that's the good part. I did not expect Cage to ask Melissa to marry him, so that was fun since you know Callihan is gonna ruin this, and nothing is more fun than a wedding ceremony being ruined. Cage is a happy man btw, Melissa's reaction was so genuine too, again she showcased the natural personality she had in LU. I hope good stuff is coming for this angle. And damn, can't they actually *sign* Marty anyway ? From all the really good LU guys, he's the one who really hasn't showed up anywhere. I'm still enjoying the Austin & Eddie angle, because it's so cheesy. Speaking of cheesy, the Swinger vignette actually gave me hope this could be fun. Now I just hope he'll work like Brutus Beefcake in 86.

Your use of the cancer analogy is repulsive. And no one needs economic lessons, thank you very much. Don't you have some podcast to do already ?

Worker's rights, that cancer. What's fun with alt-right rhetoric is that not only the ideas are putrid, but the way they express them is often also repulsive and offensive. That thread has just turned into a really, really ugly thing quick.

LLos or IIos ?

They're on jury duty.

Slavery should be an option. I mean, worked for Uber, Amazon and the likes. WWE should look into this... They already book every babyface like complete bitches who bow down to their boss anyway.

(deleting my own troll post, not worth my time)

No. You're just babbling alt-right nonsense that we have heard for years and years already and it's about as factual as the Loch Ness Monster and Vince Russo being a great booker. I'm far from being emotional. If I got "emotional" on you, I would get banned, probably. I have no more time to waste with this, in my life in general too. Consider me a hardcore leftist on those matters and let's agree to disagree. Anyway. It will sure be interesting to see how WWE and AEW react to this one.

Of for fuck's sake. First, this is PWO, if you did not know, so this is irrelevant. Second, this board doesn't need your alt-right bullshit rethorics. I would not even even address stupid shits like this on a Facebook thread, much less here when I come to actually talk about a hobby that makes me think about other things that the shit this world is turning into because of "ideas" like these. So yeah, PWO. Do talk about old pro-wrestling building as much as you like though.

I hope they got the LIconics right. Or is it the ILconics, the Iiconics, maybe the Licornics ?

And yeah, everyone should have benefits and pensions anyway.

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You mean there has been point in the last 20 years where the context was better for workers and fans in term of career and choice of what to watch ? You mean Kenny Omega hasn't been a huge star in Japan and did not sell out big arenas working as a main event act with Okada, in matches that have gotten both incredible reviews and emotional response (and by that I mean, from the actual japanese audience who actually paid to see those guys) ? You mean the Young Bucks are still actually indie geeks and have not actually made a name for themselves to the point of them getting their own company which has sold out a bunch of shows without any TV ? What have I referred to as facts that aren't facts ? My opinions are what they are, but the fact is, Corny has a huge confirmation bias issue whenever he talks about AEW (for instance it's laughable he bashes Excalibur while praising JR, who could not even get Jungle Boy's name right to begin with). And for the record, I still enjoy Corny a lot (great color guy still, much better than 99% of the guys today). That doesn't mean I have to agree about everything with him. And if I'm not mistaken, that's also true with you...

Well, that sure is interesting. I've been missing Sean Oliver stuff. Hopefully he comes up with good stuff that will make up for Conrad's stuff jumping the shark.