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An embarrassing MAGA rapper, basically. A few months ago there was this hilariously horrible track called "Can't Cancel all of Us" (because of course) and the video had cameos from Enzo Amore (because of course), Lacey Evans (I'm so shocked, really) and Scotty 2 Hotty (who yes, still works as an agent in AEW sadly).

After winning that longest match ever (21 hours plus) on Mystery Wrestling, AEW needs to get Stu Grayson back (and use him WELL). He's just that great. (no I haven't watched the entire thing, but I saw parts with OC, Speedball & Veda Scott, Dalton Castle, Johnny TV showing up to guest announce and it was super cool)

The Karrion Kross news spamming is now reaching a comedic level.

The fact he passed on the infamous letter at Christmas is legit sociopathic behaviour. Who would do such a thing ? Now Bubba (the Love Sponge, not the other grifter) apparently said it was to put money on Paul Wight as a boxer project or something (a Bischoff idea no doubt), but the chronology don't add up. So much crazy shit already uncovered and probably more to come (the Scientology stuff ?).

The Corny idiotic "arguments" about AEW were shit that were all over the place 6 years ago. They were stupid then, they are absurdly idiotic now considering the history of AEW thus far, both in term of impact on the business for the workers, ridiculous quality of shows and just plain business standpoint. As far as the rest goes, yeah, SMW was marketed as "pro-wrestling as it used to be" back in fucking 1992, so that's how stuck in the past Corny was already then. And the irony is that as much as he paints himself as progressive, he's basically acting in the pro-wrestling landscape like the guys he despises politically. There you go. Anywoo. Hogan, dead, ya know. Wrong thread.

Bolded = most delightfully random namderopping on this forum ever ! I love me some Big Black. And yeah, poptimism has overstayed its welcome a while ago. And the myth of meritocracy is also dying, as it should in pro-wrestling too. The reason why Gunther has been pushed so much is just because Triple H is a sucker for iron crosses and shit. Let's be real, he probably thinks there's a chance the gimmick is legit...

And so it's Tsuji vs Umino and the winner gets EVIL for the semi. And it's a major *yawn* on paper, although the one occasion the HoT shit works is on those kinda matches (if EVIL loses, of course). And Takeshita vs Finlay and the winner gets ZSJ. Which is much better, although Finlay getting that high again is repetitive by now. Final better be Takeshita vs Tsuji. Either one winning would be fine, but obviously Takeshita should be the guy (the double contract probably hampers this from ever happening, and he's not gonna go full time to NJPW). Honestly at this point Uemura is more interesting than any other new generation guys (save for Fujita in the junior division).

Imagine paying any attention to whatever Jim Cornette has to say about current pro-wrestling in 2025 (or at any point in the last 15 years, to be *extremely* generous). So in the Netflix doc, Vince said that "Hogan was not a racist. He said some racist things, but he was not a racist". Which to Vince is probably akin to "I am not a rapist. I did some rapist things, but I am not a rapist". He also looks like some cursed IA version of his animated drowned corpse.

Nostalgia is the worst drug.

Yeah. In Saint-Rémy de Provence. 😆 The fact they just included the Eiffel tower in it makes it even stupider, really. Imagine the dumb-ass prompt.

"We accept bookings" 😅 You mean the GCW which has ran WWE ID Tournament during both Mania and SummerSlam week-end ? And Bloodsports show now are basically a bunch of WWE people beating indy guys too. I honestly wouldn't be surprised at all to see them pop up at Emergence on Friday. Meanwhile : Yeah. Inspired by the absolutely not French painter Van Gogh and a painting that has nothing to do with Paris (and is not at the Louvres either I believe). Not only this is IA slop, but yeah, thematically, you're all wrong. I mean, idiots gonna be idiots. The news is they are gonna run a PLE opposing All Out with Cena vs Lesnar. SexTrafficMania indeed.

I feel that eventually that will happen. Let have them work this new heel/babyface dynamic and at one point, the people will want that Acclaimed reunion. It's basically what happened with the New Age Outlaws, and the Acclaimed is the closest thing to the NAO that ever happened (except they are a much better in-ring working team). Unless one of them just decides to leave (Anthony Bowens could do well in TNA if they aren't complete idiots about it, which, well, TNA, ya know, but he has no shot in WWE after that point (for many obvious reasons)). I do love that Jane's Addiction track though.

Honestly the end game will be : nothing. Anyone gives a flying fuck about R-Truth these days ?

Longest match ever on Twitch for cancer benefit, by Evil Uno's Mystery Wrestling : https://www.twitch.tv/eviluno (as I type this, Stu Grayson is in the ring and Orange is guest announcing !)

In other news, DDP is an idiot. https://www.facebook.com/officialddp/posts/my-new-favorite-song-this-guy-is-a-genius-reminding-us-all-to-be-better-to-one-a/1318255263001742/ After the backlash he received for posting a picture with Linda and him *thanking* her for her appreciation during Mania week, and using "gulf of America" (in jest ? or not) in one of his DDPYoga vid, it kinda confirms that good ole Positively Page is yet another one. Sucks because after a few years of layoff, I subscribed again to the app at the end of last year. I was never a fan of the "positive thinking" bullshit that you get way too often in those circles (and hell, Dustin Rhodes is guilty of the same things BTW, among other dumb shit), but it was okay. I cancelled my subscription renewal the day I learned about the Linda thing. Barely used the app since. Yeah...

Damn. Now I WANT To see this. Yeah, Ishii vs Kyle was a G1 match not happening at the G1. Would love him vs Takagi. Or Taichi. That main event surely gave me the urge to have a big Hangman vs Rush match. For a match against non-luchadors, Dralistico was certainly on. It's crazy to think 6 years ago he was under the Mistico mask at Arena Mexico. Max Caster babyface turn confirmed. Not sure how you go with this, although the big pop is probably him getting a win over, ya know who. But then what ? And what for Bowens ? Not always easy to go on after a successful tag team run. I was hoping for Ospreay vs ZSJ, but I would settle for ZSJ vs Nigel (or another Hechicero match, but it's less unique now and would get over better in either RevPro or CMLL, really).

It's crazy that it's 2025 and they are back to fetishizing Brian Pillman like they all learned booking from Vince Russo circa 98-00. The one side effect this will do (and already does) is diminishing empathy when people really get injured and/or cut, because there will always be the "crying wolf" effect. Also, it's shitty to do that when people actually lose their job, some of which go into a mental health downward spiral afterward (TAFKA Cora Jade). Now Kross and Scarlett have confirmed that they are accepting booking. So the idea is that they'll show up on WWE adjacent indie company or TNA (or GCW why not) for a while and make a great comeback because in the end "it's a swerve, bro". And of course, WWE coded fans already talk about how this actually is kayfabe when in fact, no it isn't how it worked. This is shooty-shooty Russo style angle playing with real-life issues of other people. And it never ever produced anything good apart from the initial buzz and shock effect (with diminishing returns galore). And if Kross and Scarlett *actually* did not get renewed, then it's hilarious that after all this years he finally got some buzz about him (although I heard nothing but bored feedback from his matches still) and they got cut because how dare they got over on their own (damn, Matt Cardona is never actually gonna see the Fed again, will he ?). In that case, I guess "Look who is showing up in the IMPACT zone !" is coming (which would be hilarious too on so many levels, even if it's actually part of the "work").

Vince McMahon was always, despite the self-loathing and denial about it, a pro-wrestling guy. That's basically all he ever knew (the infamous anecdote of him thinking the Razor Ramon vignettes were incredibly creative because he had no idea of Scarface) and all he was ever good at (WBF, XFL, WWE New York and on and on). Not to mention WWE was his family's business. The TKO people only know and care about one thing : money. They acquired WWE like they would have acquired Starbucks, a banana plantation or a hedge fund. At its core Endeavor are artist/sports agents, so you might as well call them parasites. They will make Wrestling Worst Again on their way of making obscene amounts of money. The day that cow is milked, they'll throw its corpse aside.

It absolutely is coming. Already there is talk of commercials *during* PLE's on ESPN. (which would be akin to commercials interrupting adds, dunno how this shit works). What's undersold is how Levesque was on ESPN talking about the deal joking around about Brock Lesnar and saying shit like "Whatever he wants". I swear, I know he just doesn't care anyway, but he's using the precise *worst* wording you could think of every time around, it's insane how bad he is.

The ending of MJF vs Briscoe was maybe a little bit too "cute" (as was the "Briscoe can't hit his elbow", which really never built to a huge pop nor a great near fall when he actually did it) and it made the ref look like an idiot (probably one if not the worst habit of even the best pro-wrestling currently), but I'm guessing it's still a program in process between the two of them. As I see it, Briscoe helps Hangman win at Forbidden Door (which kinda protects MJF), leading to a bloodbath at All Out with Briscoe winning this time. I would love Briscoe to go all the way in the CC this year. Apart from that, great episode, pretty much. Mox vs Speedball, Max & Jeremy (because of course) vs Brodido. The heating up of both women's title matches at Forbidden Door. Mercedes look ridiculous with all these belts, as she SHOULD. Tell me it's Athena beating Toni and then Mercedes vs Athena for ALL THE GOLD EVER at All Out. It needs to be ! Swerve cut one hell of a promo, and I loved Renee being Renee all night long.

And now the rumor is that Peacock is gonna get NXT PLE's, AAA (aka NXT Mexico) and.... TNA (which absolutely are their own alternative company and are just partnering with WWE and not at all a weaponized little cuck). Gotta remember than next year, there will be three Saudi PPV's PLEs, including the Royal Rumble. Numbers from Netflix seems to indicate that while the Rumble has been majorly the highest viewed event of the year even above Mania, the Saudi PLE was watched considerably less than all of the others. Interesting dynamic for sure.

Okada on TV is no different than Okada in "Roads to" houseshow matches, especially his later days after his back was injured. What matters is Okada in big matches. And as demonstrated, he's still the GOATed Okada when he needs to be. Ibushi certainly was a stretch. But right now he looks the best he had since the G1 injury. He'll never be the old Ibushi again but he doesn't need to be if he adapts his game. The Ibushi before All In, I'm more than fine. Naito on the other hand looked completely thrashed during his last NJ year. Maybe resting his injuries will do him good, but I dunno how he would work in a AEW setting. I'm not sure how his act translates to a non-Japanese audience either. From all the name who did the firsts Forbidden Door PPV, he always seemed the one who was less over/less interested. I have no idea why WWE would want him now, unless to work on their WWE Japan predatory act which may or may not happen. I would totally thought he'd go to NOAH, but maybe he still has that loyalty toward NJ (although NJ and NOAH work together regularly still).

Come on now. For 5 matches cards with 1 hour of adds scattered in between, that's a bargain...

They are SO fucking pathetic 😂 https://www.disruptionist.com/p/wwe-hooked-up-rfk-jrs-niece-with-summerslam-tryout

Maybe cerebral assassin meant he actually murdered his own brain.