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Peyton Royce is fucking awful at her job. She's a godawful worker. 'member the idiotic meltdown last year about the "offensive" comments by Meltz ? Yeah, I know, not really because it was stupid and irrelevant. Still, that will end up the peak of this girl's mark on the business, because really, I have no idea how she even got that far on the main roster. She can't work a lick. At least her partner, who also sucks, got some kind of goofy "charisma" to her. Alexa Bliss should be working against Becky, she's still an efficient little heel. Ok, that will be all for me. Enjoy the show (just kidding). Hopefully that thread will get some laughs out of me tomorrow.

I'm gonna try to catch the pre-show on Youtube if I'm not off to bed already. Just because I want to watch the hilarity that is gonna be the IIconics vs Cross & Bliss.

I'm gonna borrow that term sometime if you gently allow me so, because it's hilarious.

I'm baffled that they don't have Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan on the second biggest show of the year. This company makes no sense whatsoever.

This. Favourite Meltz match of the G1 thus far is Tanahashi vs EVIL, which is about as understated as you can be as far as big moves go and is all about psychology and storytelling from Tana. The obsession about Meltz star ratings is annoying anyway, but "lol movez" coupled with "Meltz gives this a billion star" is even more annoying. And boring, quite frankly. But yeah, that match sounds unbearable. Isn't the whole overdramatic stuff that has marred Gargano's last two programs, from what I understand, coming straight from Micheals vision ? I mean, "Sorry, I love you" may be the starting point of this style of ridiculous, very badly acted kind of epic.

That thread was classic PWO. Hope you guys do the same thing tonight.

Wait, we're Sunday night already ?

Also, I feel your pain with Mauro, people. He's one reason I won't watch these Takeovers anymore.

Who came out to it ? "We're not the Mounties" played in 2019 is high on the WTF range.

As someone who doesn't follow NXT at all pretty much (last show I watch was before Mania with Gargano/Cole and Walter/Dunn), when has the tide turned on Gargano ? I mean, last year (what it last year ?) when the first Gargano vs Ciampa match happened, the hype about this guy was crazy, he was the best worker in the world, the best babyface since Ricky Steamboat, his match with Ciampa was the best WWE match ever and whatnot. Now it seems his stuff (matches and angles) turn people (on this board I mean) away.

Rarely a match wore a more adequate name. The Triple H wankery epic in all its splendor. Austin didn't manage to not make this boring and overblown.

Gargano vs Cole has excess for the sake of it written all over it. The last match of theirs I saw the the epitome of WWE self-conscious epic. I used to love the Takeover shows, but now I can't find myself the motivation to watch them. Especially being one day late on the G1 already. Candice Lerae vs Io Shirai is he one match I would be interested in though, I like both of them. The few I've seen from Mia Yim (granted, it's been a while) I wasn't impressed with.

I went through all the weekly TNA PPV a few years ago. It was 75% hot trash, if I'm being generous. Thus far, I don't see anything that even remotely ressembles what TNA did wrong in AEW. The only thing AEW got from TNA thus far are the cool tunnel entrances.

Because that's the only thing they can criticize yet, unless they go straight into über-biased opinions about "modern wrestling sux movez croosfit lolz. #Cornettehead". I mean, there's nothing there apart from these little things that they can rip apart for now. So we get pages of bitching about the Librarians and the Dark Order over and over and over again because you can't really say nothing much more negative about what AEW is presenting thus far. 9/10 of early TNA was complete shit (I should know), so obviously, no, it's not the same thing at all.

If there was only one reason not to support WWE, that's the fact they want to destroy every pro-wrestling that isn't them (wait, they aren't pro-wrestling, they are sports-entertainment, but not sports for tax reasons, but yes they are sports to get in FOX). And make pro-wrestling fans basically miserable. Fuck this company so much.

Well, more love for her from me then.

If we're being honest, well yes.

Last year's War Chamber match was mostly considered a failure though (if I remember right, and I don't remember much about it apart from this feeling of it not working). And considering how bad this whole Contra vs Lawlor & Von Erichs has been thus far, I don't have any hopes of it being any better.

Word. He was fun as Tom Lawlor seconds acting like a tough guy. He has totally sucked in the latest Contra matches (and looking worse than Josef Samael takes some will to suck, really), not to mention his now flabby looking body. Poor work, dull look, boring promos. He has become a total waste of time.

You know what would be hilarious in a very self-aware über geeky reference ? Savio Vega. Because HE COULD BE the mystery partner !

Ok, enough innuendo, what has she done wrong ? I sure hope she ends up somewhere where she can showcase her talent.

Ok, thanks ! Still not over that incredible bloodbath and great post match. Would have been awesome. Park is one guy who will probably never lose his mask though.

Sign her ! I want my Lucha Underground people to be taken care of !!! Plus she's good !

In term of pure fun, this show is easy top 5 of the year for me. Because even the bad stuff is at least entertaining usually on a AAA big card. So, finally, Lady Maravilla fucks Nino, although not in the way he probably wanted. Bitch is great. The 6-men title car crash was exactly what it should have been. Poder Del Norte keeps on being the most reliable 6-men rudos team in AAA. Konnan looks fragile. Aerostar doesn't give a fuck ! LA Park and sons showing up to screw Pagano's victory was awesome. What a great look too. Hopefully this leads to a crazy-ass garbage brawl somewhere. The women ladder match was not exactly good, but it was a crazy car crash. Damn, I was scared for Chicka Tormenta, she literaly jumped over the ladder straight to the floor. Tessa winning was cool, and a title match against Fabi should be really really good. With AAA working with both IMPACT and AEW, I wonder if we could get some cool talent exchange at one point, like say, Tessa in AEW... Also : Yeah ! I guess working as a translator did not cut it, fuck Japan and its apologizing culture and let's work Mexico where it's ok to do drugs ! Hopefully she works as a regular. I feel way old though, watching both Ayako & Fabi work as veterans, when I basically saw both of them debut on ARSION VCR tapes 20 years ago... The three last matches were just perfect for what it was. I don't watch MMA, so the fuck if I know who Cain Velasquez is, but understandably he's a big deal and he seems to have quite a bit of potential too. Killer Kross & Scarlett are the perfect match, really hoping AEW grabs them. Fun and successful celebrity match. Cody having his picture taken alongside Velasquez can't hurt AEW in term of PR I guess if he's such a big name. Young Bucks & Omega working straight lucha rudos was terrific. What more to say, just a great match, and the perspective of Omega vs Fenix in a big title match is awesome. That main event... Well, Blue Demon should not do any pro-wrestling spot nor try to kick : only slap, hit his opponent with props and bleed like a freak. Wagner sporting the all white outfit knew. That's Jerry Lawler-like foreshadowing here. Blood & guts pro-wresting you ask ? That visual of Blue Demon, arm and chest all red from his own blood, holding down Wagner in a submission hold, was classic. Hammer shots on the fingers ? Cement block on the head ? Yeah, that shit was great in term of pure organic brutality. Hijo del Tirantes still sucks at his job though, so there was kind of a botch at one point. Great post-match too. I don't speak Spanish but I understand a bit since French is a close language, did I miss something or Wagner said he retired or wanted to retire ? Gotta love Blue Demon pissing on his heart-felt promo afterward. Yeah, one hell of a fun show.

Fuck that. The SummerSlam Gauntlet. For a title match the following week on RAW. Unless we change our minds #RAWvolution