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The bzzz in WWE is all for the NXT Blood Money show next week. I did not even realize there was a Takeover. Yeah, not watching this, Double or Nothing has pretty much burned me for the time being as far as big show goes. Waiting for the next AEW show and Slammiversary (despite Elgin). Plus really, Gargano vs Cole again, yeah, they better use shotguns or something.

I found the above post to be really interesting and the reason why old boards > Twitter (150 words, you can't say shit). Can't agree with the last sentence more. (I find all this verbiage to be silly as fuck BTW. It's like people absolutely want put themselves in little boxes, like society didn't do that already. There's absolutely a form of narcissism going on today with the focus on "identity", whatever it may be (sexual preference, gender, religion, color of skin, etc.), which goes along the rise of social networks which make people desperate for validation. The "look at me and tell me I'm great" generation.)

Yeah, that part is odd. Wasn't he on an indy goodbye tour after he got his release from LU ? He's actually a really good worker, and although I for one am not bothered one bit by the dick spot, I agree at this point he could just be an effective worker without that prop spot.

Just looked over for a few seconds on Twitter. Joey Ryan talking about "hate speech" is ridiculous. It makes actual hate speech seem like a trivial issue. Even Sonny Kiss referring to this as an "attack" (to his credit, under quotation marks, so he's not going all the way) seems like going a bit overboard. Like a French comedian said in her show, a lot of people now have the emotional maturity of a 6 months old. Corny should know better. And as far as Ryan goes, honestly, from a guy who worked (or still does) with such a despicable company as Pornhub, he should maybe not play the moral soldier, really.Yeah, kinda disappointed by all people involved here (expect Sonny, who obviously didn't ask to be called a transvestite).

How the tool is conceived is driving how it is being used though.

Ok, I have to be honest here. I enjoy both guy, but Ryan talking about "homophobic rant" and inciting people to tag MLW and basically make a fuss and try have Cornette get fired or something (because that's what you do these day as a true SJW) is weak sauce. Poor choice of word notwithstanding, taking about "homophobic rant" in this case is stupid. Except these aren't place for actual discussions because of how they work. Social media have a distinct terrible impact on people (Hell, it's already a proven fact social media have had a terrible impact on political issues and democracy as a whole already). Everytime I check Wrestling Twitter, I'm appalled.

I've watched pro-wrestling for almost 30 years. I spend more time in my life than most men watching muscled up guys in underwears rubbing against each other pretending to fight. Homophobia in pro-wresting is a fucking hilarious thing when you think about it.

Considering my stance on the thing, you should no I have zero awareness of "Wrestling Twitter", nor do I care about it. If american pro-wrestling fans in 2019 can't get behind a guy like Sonny Kiss, fuck them seven ways to Sunday. It would mean they are the dumbest pro-wrestling fans in the world. Joey Ryan going after Corny is kinda funny, though, considering how much Corny has shit on Joey for years now.

To be fair, I remember political rants by Cornette years ago where he would go off on Republicans because they were (amongst other things) against same-sex mariage, so I do think there's a disconnect between what terminology Corny used and his actual feeling on the matter. Corny may be a lot of things, but a bigot I don't think so.

NXT was easy business. Sign hot indy talent. Push them against each others in dream matches context. Reeks in the glory of the otherwise despised "Smart fans". What has NXT *produced* out of the blue, say like the NJ dojo ? In the last few years, NXT has been a recycling bin for already experienced good to great workers. HHH as this great booker and savior of WWE once Vince dies is a completely flawed narrative. If you consider the insane potential of the amount of talent they have signed, and what they actually do with them, it's not pretty. Hey, remember when Ricochet looked special in Lucha Underground...

If some people are turned off by Sonny Kiss, then I'd think AEW don't want them as their fanbase. The true challenge is getting a younger, more diverse audience, not the old lapsed fans.

It was. She's been presenting sensory inclusive room on Road to Double or Nothing. Yeah, to me Sonny Kiss is exactly the guy you want to grab a younger (and non-bigotted) audience. He got over instantly in LU and was a lot of fun there. He can work the flashy underdog character and be a star at it.

I wonder if he ever got proposition from any company. He sure seems like a guy that could be an asset.

As much as I enjoy Corny as a historian, storyteller and announcer on MLW, I agree. It's sad he can't come to grips with reality. Yeah, he's still pissed at the Bucks because them superkicking that kid and at Omega for working that match with that girl. Speaking of which : Wow, that would be awesome. But anyway, I would not expect much better from Corny at this point, which is pretty disappointing.

It took some time, but I'm all in with Contra now, last week's episode worked really well with them going all nWo on the entire promotion. The Low-Ki angle reeked of old school (arguing with your manager, then a beatdown/faceturn happening after a squash match) and was really nicely done. The visual of Samael throwing that fireball in the eyes of Fenix was cool as hell (they showed it a million times too). Filthy Tom vs Avalanche was a good TV match, and the show ended up on a hot note (although the whole "cash-in" gimmick is one heritage from WWE I wish other promotion wouldn't use, especially since iMPACT does it too). The booking has been quite efficient these last few weeks in term of putting feuds together. I got a kick out of Fatu wearing those old SST/HeadShrinkers-like tights. I wonder if they are actual old Fatu tights... (yeah, I'm a geek). Bauer better sign the guy, he's too talented to not get grabbed by someone eventually.

Has Kayfabe Commentary stopped producing ? I don't think there has been any new release in eons now. The era of podcasts truly ended the Shoot Interview business (not to mention all these free interviews on Youtube now, some really good stuff on Hannibal TV).

Rusev and Lana probably are waiting for their contract to run out at this point.

You know what I enjoyed about Mox on this podcast ? His take on money. "What would I do with 10M $ ? My truck is paid, my house is paid, what am I gonna do with 10M $ ? Buy a Maserati ?" He's so right. No one needs this kind of money in their life.

The part of Mox's interview where he impersonates Vince throwing "That's really good shit ! It's really well written !" was both hilarious and really enlightening about how out of touch Vince really is. Honestly, I do think Vince has always been very overrated on the creative side. He's the guy who forced Shane Douglas in 1995 into the god awful Dean Douglas gimmick, while Shane in ECW was doing something truly fresh and hot for its time. He put Ted DiBiase with Steve Austin because "Steve could not talk" and settled him with the Ringmaster gimmick, until Austin by himself changed his character and took over the mic (they basically lucked into Austin, much like they lucked into Cena later) . Things like this are not new. They are way worse and all over the board now (now meaning = in the last 15 years at least), but Vince always had a thing for stupid ideas like Mox talks about.

Nah, that's his fault he moved slowly like Taker, it did NOT came from creative, it was ALL his doing and that's was why it didn't work, although, he was a great worker. Yeah, Brucie, sure... Wonder what he'd say about Mox opinion on WWE's creative process. Maybe Mox has no say because he never worked in creative either...

Yeah, that was really cool. The end of the NXT "indie raid" era ? It would be interesting to just make a list of all those people and what they actually accomplished in the company, compared to what they could have accomplished. It also would mean that NXT and the PC would have to serve as an actual development territory, which it really has not been in a long long time now. And who came from that system that ended up being successful ? NJ Young Lions with a few month of experience all look better than most of the guys and girls who have been there for years. Thus far, the NXT program has been way less effective than Corny's OVW in term of producing stars, despite an insane influx of already developed talent. Of course it mostly comes down to the fact they all got fucked once they moved to the main roster (apart from a few guys, like Nakamura who obviously didn't give a flying fuck anymore).

Damn, I suck at streams, I can never find what I'm looking for. Still do torrents though. I'm so from the early 2010's...

Just beginning and it's a great listen. The CM Punk analogy is spot on. CM punk is a guy who loved pro-wrestling and ended up hating it because of working in WWE. Mox was almost at the same point when he decided to quit. This company is run by idiots and is a totally toxic workplace. Yeah, apart from making big money (that is, if you can), no idea why anyone would want to go there at this point when there are some options at there.

Very surprising. He was always all over BTE, there's no way he will make it in WWE. Maybe he just wants to keep doing his thing.

"Mick Foley, who worked here as Cactus Jack, is gonna win their version of the world title. Now that's gonna put butts in seats."