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I get a kick that this one is still used on the board. Well, I had all the time in the world to get to know him... not sure I really wanted though. Still less dreadful than Baron Corbin, how scary is that ?

Sami Callihan, same thing. Left NXT, reinvented himself on the indies and went everywhere from LU, MLW, IMPACT and to me is a MVP everywhere he goes. The other obvious one : KENTA.

Well, Tessa vs Taya at the Garden is enough for me to hope it will happen. (well, unless MSG is almost empty, which would be kinda sad).

He was a star in NOAH. Assuming he would not have got injured while unlearning to work in NXT, there's no way KENTA would not have got in the G1 earlier (and probably healthier) this decade like Marufuji did. To say that KENTA benefited from his WWE stint in any way shape of form is a huge stretch. KUSHIDA was a star in NJ already. Having done everything in the junior division, he could very well have been pushed to the heavies anyway like Ospreay & Shingo in the G1. Again, saying KUSHIDA doing jobs in 205 Live will increase is position in Japan seems like a huge, huge stretch to me (apart from resting his body, assuming he won't get hurt).

Speaking of which, I said it before but, ain't KUSHIDA glad he signed with WWE ? I mean, he's so hot right now. Whatever happened to that Ideo Hitami guy BTW ? Yeah, I thought about that too watching Triplemania. Tessa, Killer Kross & Scarlett are the three AEW wants to get eventually.

That would actually be a great name for some jobber now that I think of it. Yep. It's pretty much spot on when you think of it. Not that it should be used, because it still makes pro-wrestling sounds like... figure skating (Mike Oles, where art thou ?). "Sports entertainer" never made a lick of sense to me. What is your job ? You do sport that is entertaining ? What ?

Off topic but : That's fascinating, because in France we are actually feminizing a whole lot of profession names, so that women have the female form of the noun (which doesn't exist for plenty of jobs, especially those who are/were occupied by men mostly). Performance Fighter reminds me a Karate Fighter though... It's equally stupid as sports entertainer, but flows better at least.

Really, is that because or the FOX move ? They can't be entertainment there. Anyway, some are gonna have a field day with this...

Is Reckless Youth available ?

When is the MSG card scheduled anyway ? That's pretty bad for AAA, although predictable. That being said, NJPW got some of the same issues with their US cards earlier this year I believe.

The issue for AEW is, who is available and got hype on the indie circuit. With WWE signing everyone and the rest being under contracts to either ROH, IMPACT or MLW, it's not like there's a lot of "big" indy names from the last few years who are up to grab. I'm sure AEW would love to have PCO, Brody King, Marty Scurll, Willie Mack, Killer Kross, Shane Strickland, Brian Pillman Jr., DBS Jr., Tessa Blanchard and Matt Riddle in their roster. The reality is, they have to seek out where some lesser known talent is available and also who got some hype on the current indy scene. Orange Cassidy sure got some, for better of worse. He's a really tricky case but : Yeah, that could work. Hopefully though, LAX are coming to town.

Strawman alert. I of course never ever made that argument not even alluded to something like this The use of the term "brown people", which I of course have never used, god forbid, as a way to racialize the proposition, also infers that I may be racist. Don't feed the troll (note to myself too)

Wow, a billionaire NFL owner who donated to the Republican candidate. I'm shocked, I tell you, my brain can't process the information, I'm baffled, really. And then CODY goes on and says that pro-wrestlings couldn't work if it was unionized. Like, wow, totally baffled by the fact a big-ass sport & entertainment corporation would not be some kind of leftist hive. My day is soooo ruined, wow, that's soooo shocking. I won't be able to watch All Out after THAT ONE, for sure... Well, still. There's a world of difference between being funded by some billionaire (and how do you become one anyway ?) who did donate to Trump's campaign (doesn't seem so happy about Trump now though) and getting most of your profit money from doing PR shows for a criminal regime who treats women like second class human beings, kills homosexuals because like Warrior used to say, well you know, and all that good shit. A matter of, let's say, degrees. Keep on trolling though. You totally suck at it (although I did respond this time because I had a few seconds to kill, plus I procrastinate on actual interesting and important thing to do), but apparently that's the only reason you even post on this board. (not gonna respond to anything you'd reply though, just as to save you the trouble... I only feed trolls once every blue moon)

Talking about global warming (as a heel, mind you) is too political. Doing PR shows for the Saudis isn't. #WWEUniverse

G1 truly is the absolute masterpiece of pro-wrestling. Just an awesome month. Minor quibles aside (Jeff Cobb not being up to expectations to me, and mostly the baffling booking of Bad Luck Fale), it's just on another level. Awesome last three days at Budokan, awesome final, what else can you say. That sustained heat in the big main events were something. The KENTA angle was great and the crowd was losing it for Shibata (damn, if he can work even one more match, that would be something special). Great tag match too with Suzuki, rested from not doing the G1, finally making a move and beating Okada, setting up some great title match on the way to the Dome. And something has to be said about the terrific work of Kevin Kelly (yeah, he got mixed up at some point, but I can get the exhaustion), Rocky Romero & Chris Charlton. For the first two, calling 19 shows of almost 3 hours over a months and telling the story of the G1 comes off as really special (and it must suck your energy away too). I love the fact there's a beginning and an end. Bow down to Master Gedo. Despite his flaws (nobody's perfect), he's just the best, because after losing Omega at the beginning of the year, things didn't look that hot for NJ. Now, however... Probably gonna take a break until All Out, because I've had my share of awesome pro-wrestling.

Ok, so now I understand the reference earlier to her being a good valet for Shawn Spears. Had no idea. How many couples are split between WWE and AEW ? Spears & Royce Mox & Young Who else if any ?

I'm gonna play Devil's advocate here because it's a bit rich. We, and by we I mean WE, spend our time criticizing matches and workers, bitching about selling, execution, making fun of movez, making lists, making threads about a guy sucking, complaining about not hoping on the leg enough, wanting people to go the fuck away, shouting about shitty offense and not understanding psychology and whatnot and these guys don't even have the right to respond to some of those criticism because #kayfabein2019 and please keep yourself in character for OUR OWN entertainment ? Come on people.

Can we roll back the tape to when Sasha left because she was a "whiny unprofessional bitch" and all and how the "IIconics are a great team that make the tag title more important than workraty non-over Sasha & Bailey", now ? What does Sasha gets for "taking her ball and go home" ? A big-ass return, while no one even knows what Bailey is doing at the moment (I don't think anyone talked about her match at SS). As far as that IIconic title reign went, well...

Corny shitstorm incoming. Orange Cassidy can be hilarious in small doses. The challenge is how to use him right. The Nyla Rose piece on Road to was terrific in that they did not hammer down the fact she's transgender. And Jake Roberts dealing the cards was a cool touch.

Come on, it's a great way to have epic matches to end a great feud between two rivals who had some personal emotional issue and.... ok, no rasslin during commercials.

First show : nostalgia act. All you need to know is there.

This podcast was dead the day Bruce got back on WWE's paycheck. Well, it had mostly jumped the shark before that point, but it was done then. Bischoff I have no idea, I just quit after a streak of awful shows where the rants had come back in strides. The JR one started off well, but I feel like there are already kinda cruising. Conrad has been wearing himself too thin with doing too much podcasts, talking about the same subjects multiple times. (and I forgot the Schiavone one was still going on, and I actually started by this one which was really cool before it turned into a complete unfunny joke) From now on I think I'm gonna give any of those a chance only if I hear some really good feedback here.

They are saving their booking genius and star making power for the Fox debut. Get with the program a bit. Well, this thread was not nearly as fun as the Takeover one. You can feel the complete disinterest... BTW, Maria Kanellis wasn't on the show either ? I ask because from what I got from the weekly thread, she was the only thing really talked about week to week after the infamous Heyman reboot...

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