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Yeah she's pretty much cooked. Karma backlash for ya... Meanwhile, the talk about TNA becoming #2 as soon as they get the infamous "great TV deal" is hilarious. People are just not watching the product at all. The weekly TV tapings are not doing great *at all*, and apart from a few spots here and there (Leon Slater, Dani Luna, Mustafa Ali despite the idiotic gimmick), the product is really mid at best and dreadful at worst. The woman title match at BFG will end up being Ash vs Indi Hartwell and holy shit that looks horrendous on paper. And speaking of which, Hardys vs Team 3D in a tables match... that is Corgan's NWA level of fucked. And Joe Hendry is so far removed now that he did not even take part in the "invasion" angle of NXT (I won't miss him one bit though, and that ship has sailed even for the TNA audience it seems). That Santana coronation is happening months too late and in the wrong place, and who knows when he just ends up in NXT himself. Yeah, N#2 company soon...

Meanwhile, Mina Shirakawa, Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blu are booked for the CMLL Grand Prix de Amazonas. The CMLL partnership is the gift that keeps on giving.

If they didn't want her anymore, they would have cut her or not renew her, just like they did with a bunch of people already. Like they needed some elaborate "low-balling" to Jasmyn fucking Nyx so she would refuse. The reality is more that NXT contracts are nowhere near as good as people think. The actual low-balling happened BTW, and it was with Vaquer and Monroe, two people they really wanted and knew they could get for a cheap price because of how WWE-brain coded they were.

If those All Out buys are true, this counter-programming thingy has been a miserable failure, including ESPN giving a shit evaluation to their *own* show. Maybe this ridiculousness will cease now, because WWE have been embarrassing themselves twice in a row now (I mean, with the counter-programming, not that they aren't embarrassing on the wider scale of course).

Jasmine Nyx not resigning and basically revealing she wasn't making 80K a year is *interesting* to say the least, in the wakes of Mark Shapiro talking about squeazing the most profit, the obscene amount of money they got from their various rights deal and the Blood money Mana show, and next Mania's ticket prices. Sure, you're on TV every week on a show that gets really good ratings, but well, you ain't sniffing those giant profits at all.

WWE getting triggered by a poor ESPN review is funny as fuck. Also : Damn, that AJ Lee gif is brutal.

And Women tag titles it is. Long overdue, really, but all things considered, they come at a good time. Loved the closing angle. Stat flipping off Mox was one bad-ass move. Yuta's bump was beautiful. It's nice when things take their time to build to something that is not evident (I was 50/50, although I kinda saw it coming still). Mox vs Darby I Quit will be yet another fucked up match. Say what you want about Mox, he's having a career year in term of actually delivering blood matches and meaningful ones to boot. Basically only Cope dragged his ass down to mediocrity (until Mox choose to get all fakir and shit) Fun episode. Nothing fancy, just solid good wrestling all around. So cool to have Orange back. The tag team title match built nicely. GOA are improving, Leona has shitload of potentials still. FTR/Stokely heel pairing is really over-delivering. No idea where they go from there, although the quickest they move on from the Copeverse, the better. Hey, where is Ace Austin ? Hopefully he's getting in the mix soon. Fletcher vs Hologram ? I say yeah. I'm guessing Hologram is getting screwed by El Clon. (seems like Tweets on screen are thankfully gone already. Well THANKS!)

Also, the fact he choose to call himself Flesh Gordon has exactly zero to do with lucha libre and everything to do with the Flash Gordon movie from Mike Hodge (ya know, with Queen doing the OST) that was released in France in early 1981. Also, Hervé calling himself Flesh Gordon probably thinking it was a smart way to avoid getting sued or something, is incredibly dumb considering Flesh Gordon is the title of an erotic movie from the 70's. (or maybe he was in on the joke, considering he comes off like a horny sleazyball in the Strip-Tease TV show, and it's even worse since he tried to market himself to kids) And yeah, the guy is 100% full of shit anyway everytime he opens his mouth, from what I've seen.

"Philantropy is the future of marketing" "Boo 9/11 is like when the federal governement attacked my family !" "Thank you Vince ! Thank you Vince !" Leading Ahsley Massaro into a false sense of safesity right into a trap where she was told to shut the fuck up about being raped on a military basis during a propaganda show because that would hurt WWE's relationship with the army. Failure as a human being and looking like it too. Stephy sure belongs in the HOF of useless nepo-baby fascist-loving bitches.

Having lived through an abusive relationship for ten years (I made some references to it on this board before, including as I was still knee deep in it), the few I've watched of the text messages (not going through the whole thing, thank you very much, I get enough triggers) indeed checks many boxes : the emotional abuse, the physical abuse, the demeaning, the double constraints, the gaslighting... All my sympathies goes to Akira, hopefully he has a good support system, because this shit sucks and can and will fuck you up. As far as Masha goes, well, hopefully she can get some help too and fix her issues and whatnot, because that is *very wrong*. In the meantime, fuck her though. (really enjoyed her work and wanted her in AEW before. Well, thank you but no thank you)

Mistico vs MJF at Anniversario 92 was a completely iconic match. Easy MOTYC, and really an all time classic. Mistico's destroyed mask soaked in blood is gonna be an iconic picture of modern, hell, all time lucha libre. Amazing for (the great) Jon Cruz to be part of this too. Although the sound mix was all screwed up, hearing Arena Mexico chant "Me Muero" got actual goosebumps from me. Watching Mistico turning into a legit living legend of lucha libre has been quite something (yeah, he already was to a point in the 00's, but this stint has took him to another level). And MJF had a match he can only have over there, and what a fucking match it was. Incredible stuff all around. This has totally been the year of CMLL. Luchablog's great review of the event : https://thecubsfan.com/cmll/cat/news/

Exhibits #42526 of why AEW needs to be done with old ex-WWE guys : Copeland was fun doing new things in random TV matches a while ago, but every one of his big feuds have had the WWE stench all over it. I already did not care about the nostalgia of him & Christian tagging back, but that match was the most "whatever" FTR match I've seen in a long time. Christian looks legit checked out, he probably had way more fun doing the Patriarchy bits. The Cena tribute was dumb as fuck. Yeah, sure, get a Cena chant at an AEW show, *this one* in particular. And then have the exact same angle as WWE did with the wife showing up. Jeeez. Not to mention him taking two finishers, kicking out of it and beating FTR with one shitty spear. Copeland back into my shitlist. When is this guy retiring ? (also, hopefully Beth is NOT GONNA GET INVOLVED in other stuff. Don't damage a hot women division with an old overrated WWE Diva era name) And also, Hurt Syndicate still sucks. Benjamin was actually fun. MVP looks like a grandpa. Lashley is whatever. Match was sloppy as all hell (never was a fan of the GOA, although they surely have improved). MVP did the job so I guess it's fine ? Nah. Still a waste of time and money. Keep Shelton around, get rid of the other two. The Demand is a very dumb name too Eddie Kingston coming back is great. That's all you can say about this ill-fated match. Not a big fan of pairing him with Hook though, as Hook as entered the "I don't give a fuck" phase to me a while ago. But love having Eddie back. Rest of the show was terrific. Of course Mark Briscoe won, people actually expected him to lose ? I actually thought the match got a bit repetitive after a while in term of thumbtacking, but ya know, still great. (plus MJF had that iconic all-time great match the previous day, it just could not measure up) I enjoyed Mercedes vs Riho a whole lot. Tons to love about it, and it deserved WAY better than the kinda crappy Toronto crowd gave them. Mercedes is just a pure joy to watch and Riho looked like her old self this time. Okada vs Takeshita vs Dorada made Dorada a star to the AEW crowd. Okada is so fucking brillant, people talking about him being washed don't know jack from shit. Really smartly laid out to feature Dorada while building up Okada vs Takeshita while making you want a lot more of this. Great, great match. Mox vs Darby actually managed to be totally different from MJS vs Briscoe. I missed Darby trying to kill himself. Yeah, Mox is awesome, sorry haters, the Deathriders are just the most kick-ass faction in forever (yeah, I know, booking did not do them any favors for a while last year). I totally pre-shot Pac's return soon, but I did not expected it during that match. Which means : more insanity coming up. Fire table match ? (BTW, what is Andra... nevermind) The women four way was not up to that level, but still really good and fun and an excellent display of the four. Actually got shocked/not shocked by the ending. Which sounds about right to me. Love me some Stat, that's the right choice. Toni is above the title at this point really, she doesn't even need the belt anymore. Ladder match was the expected insanity. Some spots were incredibly cringeworthy (damn, Speedball, your feet on these ladders), Young Bucks are still the master of the game, still finding ways to fuck around with the formula in creative ways. I did love Jungle Boy coming back and reuniting with Luchasaurus (which had been teased on BTE but again, did not expect him right there at this moment). That main event, damn. Fletcher is like Shawn Micheals in 1994/95. You know he's the next guy. He's SO ready. Some spots were incredibly scary (you know the ones). Awesome, classic, main event men's world title match (yeah, I do LOVE the fact Page started this, a thing I had been thinking about for a while before but never thought they would actually do). So, the first third was very hit and miss (Briscoe vs MJF hit hard, the rest was kinda yuck), the last two third was classic AEW event. (oh yeah, the Tweets on screen have to GO. First, X is a nazi app, stop using it. Second, no one wants to have random uninteresting Tweets pop up on screen and be a distraction in 2025)

Yeah, that's what fully expect. The multi-woman tags with identifiable tag teams lately (Penelope & Megan, Sky & Julia, TayJay) made it clear they were finally go into that direction. More matches and experience is better for everyone. OC coming back is awesome. I sure have missed him. I remember Meltzer mentioning a few weeks back that if Britt Baker wasn't at that show in her hometown, it pretty much would mean she's not coming back.

So much joy in that picture. Stephanie Vaquer is leaving the dream, after standing next to the AAA officials who supported the person who tried to murder her and the people who harassed her, now she realizes that her "English class" was actually learning to speak propaganda. Meanwhile, Brandon Thurston in all his sarcastic glory : https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/09/12/opinion-i-hate-politics-thats-why-im-going-to-love-wrestlemania-in-saudi-arabia/

Athletes in general are really dumb as fuck, you know. Anyway, it's official. Mania 43 in beautiful, progressive Riyadh. No Effy's Big Gay Brunch during that Mania week, I reckon.

Yeah, they looked like shit during the last "TLC" match they had in TNA. Setting tables and ladder at a snail pace, taking awkward bumps. They look quite ok playing the hits at half-speed when they are in with younger and better tag teams but... In other news, apparently TNA has banned its wrestlers from taking booking with D'Amore's MLP Wrestling, because he's also getting AEW people. (EDIT : well, apparently D'Amore said it wasn't the case. So there. Moose is just an idiot. What else is new)

They ran an Eddie Gilbert tribute at the 2300 and guess who was there ? Old Stinger indeed. Hopefully some of that ends up on their Youtube channel. That's pretty cool because it feels like Eddie Gilbert in Philly, which basically set the basis for what ECW was gonna become, is often overlooked/forgotten about.

This is already way overstated because AEW has to be dying soon, right ? I mean, it has been dying soon since day 1. The reality is that AEW today is a valuable asset to WBD, merger or not (and no, WCW does not consist of a precedent because they were losing ridiculous amount of money and was owned by the station). And plus : Tony Khan is a billionaire. AEW is gonna be around in whatever form as long as he wants it to be, really. (however, more media conglomerate controlled by the extreme-right, yeah, that's really bad)

Said it already but I will miss the 2300 residency. It's been a streak of great episode after great episode. Josh Alexander basically signed with AEW for this. I hope for his sake (and my egoistical self) that he'll get that Omega match he craves. Toni Storm paying hommage to Sandman (she'll be on his podcast, talk about some wild combination) and New Jack while Sky Blue did to Dreamer was pretty much the perfect match, pun intended. Young Bucks keep on being hilarious (that ridiculous head bump Nick took on the apron). Great heel turn. Expected, but great execution (I actually thought it was Gable as usual at first). I think it will benefit Danny greatly, he was kinda lost in the shuffle after his TNT title reign, which itself was not the greatest (good, but nothing special).

In other news, Mark Shapiro wants to raise WWE tickets because they are not maximizing profits enough (😂) and of course : Mania in Saudi Arabia in 2027.

So they had Faby Apache, legit legend in term of luchadoras and long time AAA star, who's challenging for a Reina de Reinas contendership spot against Natalya at the next Worlds Collide, everybody's new favorite exciting authentic lucha libre spectacle, lose to a NXT rookie in some Speed tournament match in two minutes and a half (yeah, three minutes matches). Fascinating.

I honestly never got what anyone saw in Wardlow in a promotion like AEW. Archer was there from day one, and he was always way better in every aspect (hell, even in looks). Most overpushed guy in the promotion considering what he brought to the table (not that much) until Hurt Syndicate showed up. People will point out how "over" he was, failing to mention that once he got away from MJF, he sure wasn't that over and his matches weren't very good either. Three powerbombs in a row may be good for WWE, but in AEW, that shit got old fast. BTW, talking about impressive looking people, a woman called Stori Denali debuted on the special ROH youtube show with the Premier Athletes, and she's TALL. Like, legit 6,3 or something. So, that's a project I guess. If she's trained right and get some experience in the right places (*wink wink* Japan), who the hell knows.

I love me some Statlander too, and I would love me some Deathriders Statlander alongside Marina even more. I would not love Toni losing her title without getting pinned in a 4-way, then again, that's booking for heat I guess, but it would come off cheap especially after the Hurt Syndicate debacle (oh, they have a match too, the only "appeal" is them finally putting someone, anyone, over). Not sure that's the way to go, really. I'd rather see her lose the title in a dramatic one to one match against whomever after a good build. Or maybe she can have her chase moment again after being cheated. She's one of the biggest star in the company, so there's no way she is not in the main title picture one way or another. (BTW, Wardlow getting injured already gets the exact same reaction from me as his comeback in term of this affecting the product : "Oh, anyway". Sucks for him though)

Yeah, I have warmed up to the Outrunners as regulars, and Dalton is the perfect absurd addition. Gotta say the same thing about MXM Connection hooking up with Johnny TV and Taya (and re-doing Rick Martel's Arrogance gimmick to boot, in a much dirtier way) I have no idea why Big Bill would call up Eddie from nowhere. The perfect way to me seemed for Kingston to do a run in on Mox and the Deathriders. That's kinda odd. Moné teaming with Emi Sakura, because of course she wants that. Footage of Chocopro was something. The 4-way for Tony's title also comes off kinda from nowhere, especially with the addition of Hayter, but I sure am gladly having that one. Awesome TV episode again, with two legit great matches. MJF vs Briscoe will be a bloodbath for sure, and Mark needs to wins that one. Fletcher vs Hangman is quite the intriguing main event because it requires the TNT champ to lose (which isn't a problem when it's to the world champ, but still). The Takeshita babyface turn seems to be coming sooner than later, so maybe him vs Okada already ? (the tweets on the screen really are unnecessary. This isn't 2013 anymore, and it takes up space on the screen for nothing. Small detail, but hey, this has zero purpose)

Sadly yes, but she LOVES doing crazy shit on the indies and she's totally not fitting WWE at all. TNA totally screwed her title reign, not only by making her a generic babyface, but look also line-up the worst opponents possible : Cora Jade, Victoria Crawford, Tessa Blanchard (not bad on the in-ring sense, but it garanteed the audience would not care about bit about the match and would just chant performative "protest"), Léi Ying Lee. Fuck, Jacy Jane actually was her legit best opponent this whole time all things considered. BTW, the women division is incredibly *wrecked*. Putting aside Ash,who is not very good at all in the ring but entertaining as a character because she goes 300% with it, they basically got the worse WWE rejects imaginable in term of in-ring talent : Léi Ying Lee, Indi Hartwell, Victoria Crawford, the IInspiration. It's crazy how *bad* this roster got with these signings (jury's out on Mara Shadé for now). When TAFKA Xia Li is the best of the bunch, holy hell. Also, the idea of them going live every week should be killed, because the live TV shows are looking clunky as hell. They are running Eric Young vs Joe Hendry (it's crazy how LESS over he is now, the reaction he got this week is nothing like he did 6 months much less one year ago, seems like the TNA fans have disengaged) next week. I would not be surprised if Young basically killed Hendry and ran him off the promotion, same way he did Josh Alexander. They may do it ad BFG I guess, it's not that far away.