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That's what I was thinking too. Roman will not get cheered at Mania (come on people, you know this ain't happening). Lesnar is leaving for UFC. That makes for an "interesting" dynamic for sure...

Well, he first brought Bull Nakano and her and Madusa had quite the killer match at SummerSlam 94, it was totaly serious and bad-ass. Except for Bull coming out to the Orient Express music of course. The issue is that the belt still ended up an afterthought. Then they signed Monster Ripper and we know what they made of her… Then hey had the Zenjo girls at SS 95 and were all about pushing Aja Kong I believe, until she broke ASARI's nose on RAW and then Madusa left. Not sure of the chain of consequences here. Remember when WCW had GAEA girls on their B-shows ? And Madusa was working with Bull again (although that was not nearly as good as the 94 Bull), Hokuto, Luna. That was 20 years ago now. Gail Kim & Amazing Kong has great matches in TNA 10 years ago. So yeah, hurra was Stephy & TriPaul (that's it, that's the way I'm calling him now, he's so confusing with his Paul-guru-of-NXT-fan-service-guy and The Game switch-on switch-off tactics) and the Women's Evolution, but modern history tells us otherwise. Well, I understand ROH is only crowing their women's champ this week-end ? Well, that's a Sinclair owned company for ya… (just trying to get back on track here)

So maybe the XFL Redux is a good idea after all. (I had no idea about the NFL, I don't watch sports in general, so, american-only sports, you can only guess how much I care about that. The only knowledge I have of american football is LT, Steve McMicheal and the guys who showed up in WCW from time to time. And Ron Simmons, because JR would never shut the fuck up about college sports.)

I don't know how much of this is actually Stephy & Paul (because that's how you gotta call his corporate self) though. Vince is still at the helm. Yeah, it's a bit better, but tbh they were so far behind that's it's more them somewhat catching up to society than actually being "progressive". But hey, we're taking about pro-wrestling...

There. Corrected. With Stephy "Charity is good PR" McMahon at the helm ? Hum…

WWE are own by scumbags who financed Donald Trump's campaign and actually take an active part in his governement (yeah, I know, Linda isn't involved with WWE anymore, but that's beside the point). That's a lot worse, really. (maybe this should be moved in the Industrial Suplex)

I really haven't followed the TV closely (enough to get eye burns from Rousey's make-up and watch Roman get beaten down by Lesnar to cheering fans) and Mania has been awful the last few years, but really, this one is indeed the most stacked in forever. I actually… look forward to it… and think… it might end up being… fun. Yeah, I'm setting myself up for a very long night, but really, this is quite the card for modern WWE.

The WWE UK title is still a thing ? Really ?

Agreed with FMKK. ROH is barely a blip on Sinclair's radar. That being said, that video is some Orwellian shit. Meanwhile, you probably all contributed financing Trump's campaign if you subscribed to the WWE Network.

Someone has to make a gif out of Lance Archer terrorizing that little baby. Making a baby cry = OLD SCHOOL !!!! (the dad was an asshole though, as he was enjoying it.)

Damn, you kinda sold me on watching that show after all.

I dunno, I really loved the last two Okada vs Omega matches and the Naito one at the Dome, but you don't need Okada going more than 20 minutes against EVIL, Ospreay, etc... And you especially don't need *everyone* going more than 20 minutes. I mean, I'm not watching fucking Jay White go ten minutes.

I mean, they could touch on that but Ospreay and Scurll went 30 minutes and the Bucks vs Lovers tag went 40 so I think it's just the house style now Agreed. It's all about excess now. Too many dangerous spot, too many moves, too many finisher kick-outs, too many minutes. It's the Pornhub generation of pro-wrestling, they can't just have fun sex for 15 minutes, they need a giant gang-bang that lasts an hour with a hundred money shots and double anals and whatnot to be able to come, or so they seem to think.

Remember Choshu and Hashimoto having great matches that lasted 15 minutes ? I wanted to watch Genesis, but the idea of yet another 40 minutes main event doesn't appeal to me, especially one week before Mania.

I agree Conrad gets really annoying when he takes upon himself to derail the show and not even try to get anything from Tony, who's been really insightful at points (the WrestleWar episode was really good).

Oh, so you can actually write with the right capitalization and comas now ? I don't have nearly the experience that Gordi has, obviously, but I have teached French to Japanese people too (and Chinese, and Korean) and I have never seen that kind of spelling and capitalization/spacing mistake either. The only time I've seen this kind of stuff is in classes with illiterate people, and they actually don't do the same kind of totally random cap/spacing mistake either.

The Spring Break edition is everything I hoped for. Most amazing story to me : Miss Monday Nitro that day ended up in prison for fucking a 13 years old boy. Holy shit.

I laughed.

TNA in 2008 is the closest thing to a completely schyzophrenic promotion, with a mix of awful comedy (with sexist overtones galore) and serious pro-wrestling angles worked in the same feud, sometime the very same segment. On the other hand, Awesome Kong 25.000 $ challenge is the most compelling (and yet simple) stuff on the TV at the beginning of the Summer. Just terrific, brutal squashes with a simple story finally unfolding (a girl named Taylor finally gets to Awesome Kong and gets a legit match for the title in the end). The Rough Cuts portraits were simple and effective. Meanwhile, you got some awful vignettes like Kurt Angle "dating". (how and why Kip James was still employed, I have no idea, but it gave us yet another useless name in the "Megastar", while Billy Gunn still had no idea what to do with himself, doing the same old "semi-point at my ass" deal)

Word association from the Battle Royale at Mania 4 : Raymond Rougeau : bad ass So he's another one confirming that you don't fuck with Ray.

Well, maybe the Japanese commentary is actually atrocious and we don't know.

BTW, who delivers the fake number at Mania this year ?

The Draft episode is really quite funny in that it really shows the internal "logic" of Vince McMahon. Or complete lack thereof.

I enjoyed JR calling the Long Beach show a lot more than I did Kelly over the years, especially since he's been on "5 stars matches" bullshit mode. JR's laid back, it's quite refreshing compared to the overexcited bots we hear everywhere.

Yes. From a pure business and talent standpoint, honoring Moolah is akin to have a Vince Russo Booker Award.