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They are overconfident because they have idiot proof money. Thekla to AEW ! I'll gladly have more of the cool Austrian spider-lady. Good signing.

A week behind on things. Damnit Kyle Fletcher vs Hangman Page was ridiculous. It took a while, but I thoroughly enjoy the MJF/Hurt Syndicate segments now. No idea where this goes in term of matches though. And the tag titles are still dead in the water. Toni Storm has reached one hell of a status. I saw the "I'm here and I'm queer" promo from Collision. Quite the statement too.

People previously cut by WWE being back heating up WWE TV while under TNA contracts is hilariously pathetic. 😂

And now Meltzer says it's actually a new WWE contract. Yeah, after cutting a bunch of people (lots of women) and one (bullshit) defense being "they made place for new talent", getting this rapist and woman abuser under contract is amazingly shitty. WWE be like. (wonder if Saraya regrets asking for, and getting, her AEW release)

Would be hilarious though if the "defense" of the company would be "Well, AAA signed Alberto to a contract, and since we bought the company we are supposed to honor these contracts"... Oh, the irony.

Apparently it's more vague than this. WWE doesn't really own AAA yet, so all of this is kinda blurry. Luchablog also reported that he had divergent infos about these (and other people not mentioned supposedly under contract). Well, AAA business be like AAA business still. I would expect no less from WWE, AAA and Konnan. But they announced the acquisition already. Don't tell me they are not controlling the promotion. If they don't have him drop the belt tomorrow and get the fuck away, it's as good as WWE keeping a rapist at the top of their Mexican brand to me. Psycho Clown is typically not under contract. Yes, he was the most popular AAA wrestler. Had not work a decent match in years from what I'd seen when I still checked AAA's big shows, but kids loved him. The Joe Hendry of AAA, or something...

Immediately thought about that. Yeah, that's never a good feeling to give. Also, are you telling me Nanae Takahashi is actually still an egotistical old fucker ? I will pretend to be shocked. When I saw Mayu's fist match was Nanae, I went like "Yeah, hard pass". Glad to you she's still have passion for putting over no one for real, even months shy of retiring. They could not even sell out Korakuen Hall for this. Marigold ain't taking over Stardom. Not happening. How long before Levesque reveals they bought Marigold and that he loves the tradition of women's japanese pro-wrestling ?

So, between Riley Osbourne alluding to the fact he was not medically cleared, Cora Jade alluding to the fact she was body shamed by "bosses, co-workers and fans", yeah, business as usual. But the really batshit news of the day, if confirmed true, is the list of AAA people under WWE contract, per Superluchas. Which contains : Alberto del Rio. Holy fuck. Really ? Also, La Hiedra is in the list. I believe she's a sister in Law of Cuatrero, and Stephanie Vaquer has a restraining order against her. After cutting a bunch of women, nothing better than to put a rapist/woman abuser under contract, alongside someone who harassed a victime of feminicide attempt. WWE, Now, Then. Forever.

I kinda like the trios title. But yeah, hopefully they do unite the Continental and International title. I don't even remember which one is which. It's honestly not even needed anyway, but the TBS title has been a secondary title for ever now, so I guess it's like the old NJPW hierarchy of IWGP and Intercontinental titles as major ones and the rest is midcard stuff. The ROH titles are absurd. They just added a Women pure title. They are like 6 regular women in ROH (that aren't JTTS) for 3 titles. But yeah, a women tag title that is meaningful, big time emphasis on the term, would be a welcome addition while you trim down some other belts. On the front of more good news, a residency at the ECW Arena is cool as hell.

It's Eric Young and Steve Maclin, on the last set of tapings. Every TNA news is just demonstrating that they are a bunch of bozos. They are being cucked so hard by WWE it's not even funny, and whatever I read from the news is just dreadful in term of content/talent (apart from Santana and Mustafa Ali, which I don't doubt is excellent in term of matches). But yeah, Mance Warner just signed with them a few months back. Since the *only* thing he has going for him is bleeding a lot, though shit, guy. And I guess Sami is getting ready to concentrate fully on Revolver, which is always a cool little indie show with a chaotic vibe. Also, apparently the Tessa Blanchard experiment is a catastrophy, with fans chanting random shit during her matches to express their disdain. Well, that and "She's a racist". Honestly we should be back posting in that *other* thread. 😂 All of this honestly kinda makes me want to go back and watch the trainwreck in motion... Kinda.

Well, since Rey was injured, Dragon Lee almost had his WrestleMania Moment tm. Losing to a racist anti-Mexican culture (that was cheered by the audience) gimmick in 5 minutes. But hey, it's all about creating Moments tm... But yeah, the privilege went to Fénix. All of this time waiting for *this*. And yeah, cutting people right after getting their hands on the second biggest promotion in Mexico, meanwhile they have been stuffing their bottom-of-the-card NXT people into TNA's programming. What a joke.

This. 200%.

Watched the first night of Mayhem since why not. All jokes aside, Mauro is fucking unbearable. Making a useless, totally unrelated reference every two minutes (he's what we call in French a prouveur, yeah, we get the fucking point, you have a whole lot of REFERENCES) and worst of all, *interrupting his co-host all the time* I swear Veda Scott has not been able to finish two sentences in a row. Add to that the constant screaming. Jeez. Apart from this, some good stuff (mostly thanks to the external talent from AEW, NJPW and NOAH), but holy shit, a TAFKA Baron Corbin (as Mauro actually called him several times) match against Bram from the NWA was one hell of a lame-ass main event (not *bad* per say, but boring and basic, with a really lame finish). Don't see the point of working with the cursed Corgan's NWA (for fuck's sake, Bram). And Bishop Dyer may be a bit better than Baron Corbin as I remembered him for years ago, but I don't need to see another match of him, ever. Basically I wish AEW would sign Gisele Shaw, really (but I thought the same thing already when she was in IMPACT).

Sure. Like Hikuleo... We're getting near the one year point of him being signed. Not even *one* match. 😂

Agreed. AEW has too many belts already, but a meaningful (and that's the main point : meaningful) women tag team title would be very valuable and different. A CC Women Tag League could indeed be a really cool idea to make it work from the beginning. The Forbidden Door show in London appear to be a big-ass gate too already (since people love to talk about gates and shit these days, although honestly the fact it comes from being ridiculously overpriced doesn't suit me well). WWE tried to hurt it by running in Great Britain around the same date but it obviously has already failed as a strategy.

Damn, the title of this thread is so cursed... But yeah, the MLP project still looks interesting. If anyone Canadian was released by WWE, you can sure D'Amore will have a try at them.

Skipped the last previous two shows (although they're on Youtube now), but the next one doesn't look half bad on paper. Serena Deeb vs Miyu Yamashita, Kylie Rae vs Gisele Shaw (although Rae is a WWEID, there's no way Gisele doesn't win there), Micheal Oku vs Speedball vs Gabe Kidd. Well, of course Mauro is still announcing, so there's that, but hey, Callis is there too.

This is a bullshit excuse. They are making an *obscene* amount of money. You could argue even the top stars are underpaid considering what WWE is making (hell, even CM Punk basically admitted this during Mania week). They don't release people because they "don't have anything for them" or because "the roster is cluttered". They fire people, including in the creative and production departments, which is always undersold for obvious reasons, to cut cost and make a little bit more money, to look good in front of the shareholders. End of story. They could just not renew them at the end of their contract if they don't have anything for them (which is the case for Shotzi). Oh, I forgot, WWE doesn't park people. 😎 And let's not even talk about people getting fired by WWE and getting hired by TNA aka WWE feeder system to the feeder system, just not on the WWE's paycheck. From the names that have been released, it's also obvious that there are not anyone AEW would be super interested in, which of course is on purpose, and TK is probably (hopefully) way past the point of jumping on anyone coming from the WWE system. Some of them might be hired, but it's not like AEW doesn't have a strong women roster either at this point. Also, interestingly enough, another LGBT+ person in the "gone" department.

If Karl Fredericks had not left NJPW, he would have been part of that main event at Dontaku day 1. Instead his status is now "former NXT guy who hasn't done jackshit for three years". He probably was paid better (although lower NXT contract aren't exactly big money either it seems) but not sure it was the best career move in retrospect. (BTW, Jeff Cobb still has not debuted, so WWE basically fucked NJPW over with his quick-ass departure. How surprising ?)

Seems about as well put as anything else, really. Point has been made. Fun fact, quite a bit of people getting released now were sent to TNA beforehand. It's gonna be funny now to have TNA idiotic fanboys act like WWE is not sending mostly people seen as "scraps", while talent sent to TNA will take it as a sign of impending WWE career death.

"Record gates, record profits" I wonder how Shayna Baszler feels about that one after being the butt of a lesbophobic (with transphobic subtext) joke at that roast, just a few days after she played good soldier and defended WWE presence at Bloodsport. Maybe TNA can pick Cora Jade, so she can be used in NXT while not being paid by WWE anymore. I guess Braun is gonna Control his Narrative again. A bunch of people in creative is hysterical too. I guess they were the one responsible for that shit-ass Cena heel turn booking and Mania match. I coudn't be Triple H, don't you know he works 8 HOURS A DAY doing creative ? This guy is such a genius and hard worker. Anywoo. Check out Backlash to see great WWE action involving MAGAhead influencers in big matches. (can't WAIT to see how AAA is gonna be a shit show)

OMG Mayu has signed with Marigold ? Who would have thought ! Such an unexpected turn of events, wow... Yeah, I dunno if that will be enough for me to bother. I already only check out the biggest Stardom shows. What I've seen of Marigold hasn't been very impressive and the company was totally carried by Sareee. They also have the most annoying ring announcer ever.

Oh fuck yes. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJEQn6VOPBx/ Things are getting real embarrassing again real fast. (and yes, this is the Hogan/Bischoff new project)

Watching this weeks episode, it's kinda crazy how Eddie Gilbert's shadow looms over the pro-wrestling of the last 35 years. In a different context, he would have been such a major part of the business if things went right. Also, for once, it was really about a guy who never hurt anyone nor did any bad things. The worst he did was falling asleep in his food and get sad. The footage of Madusa at the Xmas party is pretty sweet, as is the letter at the end. Yeah, Eddie seemed to be a very nice person. Which probably won't be the case next week...

It was dogshit in their prime too. The epitome of corporate WWE dull-as-dirt, light-as-fuck style. In 2025 with old & roided up Orton and completely washed Cena, it sounds like complete junk. Saw that Rusev promo too. Hilarious. Basically the Reedemer without any intensity. Effort on all front : zero.