El-P

He's SO humble and harsh on himself. Gotta love how he praises Bret. Got a kick out of "the show sucked" about Mania 11 and "I thought I was at a Michinoku Pro show" for a terrible gate. WWE in the mid-90's did not sound much fun at all, and even worse for a foreigner barely speaking the language.

So basically, he's right.

Do some people in the US still think "Born in the USA" is a patriotic song ? People only listened to the chorus I guess...

Fascinating stuff. More gets uploaded on regular basis. Thanks to BAHU for sharing this. https://twitter.com/BAHUFMW/status/1579628681328459777

They probably don't get what the movie is about either. Like gangsta rappers apparently not having watched the entirety of Scarface and stopped midway through.

Gallows displays shitloads of personality on TV (well, in IMPACT he did at least). Kross, not so much. I don't know what her hair color has to do with it really, to me the issue is that Scarlett on her own is a fun character/worker, and she's being kinda wasted in this role. She's good at it, but she could be more on her own. Kross is a bizarre case of WWE seeing big things in him when IMPACT did not even bother to make him a main event player.

Give that shit to EVIL then. Forever. And keep him and especially Dick Togo on those smaller shows, whatever they are.

Dexter Lumis is basically the same thing as Samuel Shaw, which was basically Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. Angelina Love literally got her name from porn actress Angelina Love.

This is as Vince's WWE as anything I've ever seen. Awful bump in the cake too, Maryse being Maryse notwithstanding.

Guess what we get at the Tokyo Dome ? The final of a tournament for a new title. Because NJPW needs a new title. New titles are always a good thing. Everybody wants more tournaments for new titles, because that's the pure sports build everyone has been craving for since the days of Bill Watts. New titles is something AEW should do too, there's never enough new titles and the final of a tournament for a new title is the most exciting thing in pro-wrestling, especially when every match doesn't have a title in line yet. Every match should be for a title, therefore new titles are always welcomed.

He'll probably lose the title at the next big show in Osaka. Totally forgot they had one NJPW title still. Like I said, they are smooth fucking operators.

Damn, Gate of Agony are about as boring as Guerillas of Destiny (well, actually Tama & Tanga are much better at this point as babyfaces). The most "there" FTR match I've seen in a long time, maybe ever. I actually look forward to them vs the Ass Boys though. Gates of Agony belong in MLW or NWA or something. Willow needs to be signed if she's not already. She is only gonna get better, and she's already charismatic as hell. Future AEW champ, needs to be. Just build her character. This whole Jade Cargill streak has jumped the shark a while ago. I love the fact she's from the Randy Savage school of never wearing the same outfit twice, always loved that aspect of pro-wrestling presentation, but even though I'm a fan, I really want Jade to evolve past the Goldy formula. Also, Vickie Guerrero needs to get the fuck out of my TV already. Why is she still there, bringing nothing to the table and still doing that cringe mid-00's WWE shit ? I want to watch PAC wrestle every week until I die. This guy is just a wonder. His bump/sell of the DDT is one of the most beautiful thing ever. Battle of the Belt felt like a total B-show. NEED CHANGES.

The is amazingly ironic considering the godawfull bullshit Inoki booked during that time. The Good Brothers are smooth operators. They were in NJPW during a hot period, then they got in WWE and were part of Taker's last match ever. Even though they end up in IMPACT because they re-signed with WWE during a bad time (aka pandemic, meaning WWE had to fire a whole lot of people they just signed because they were in financial disarray, you see), they found their way into AEW during their hottest period ever thus far, they are in the picture during the infamous debut of both Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson. Now they're gonna be back in WWE during Triple H's honeymoon. These guys know their shit. Kevin Nash tier.

Mox working on a handshake before he re-signed says a lot about his character. Glad he's there for the long haul, he's been awesome this year. Having Renee is a really good thing for AEW if they use her to the most of her abilities. Both true professionals too, which is badly needed right now (plus I would guess Renee is pretty much universally loved, so that's a good vibe in the locker room).

You having a good week, bubba ? How's the Triple H honeymoon going ?

Isn't that Matt Riddle's audience ? Everything about Riddle triggers me, even before the rape accusations. I know he's a great worker, but damn, he's basically a synthesis of everything I loathe. The good thing about Wyatt's comeback is that at least people around here will finally leave Kross alone for a while.

Saw Bray Wyatt's return. Man, that shit was soooo fucking cursed. Good luck people.

Mia Yim vs Deonna Purrazzo from July 7. Yeah, I have missed IMPACT. Gotta kinda speedrun through three months and two specials to catch up to BfG while avoiding spoilers for a while.

I would guess the Bucks got a bunch of Elite trademarks (I mean, Being the Elite existed way before AEW), but everything All Elite is obviously the Khan's IP (yeah, I've been listening to Jarrett's podcast quite a bit lately).

So they release Nigel and put Booker T on the NXT announcing. *facepalm* SIGN HIM TONY ! (I mean, why the hell not, he's got a great ROH heritage)

Meltz mentioned he would advise them to not go longer than two years deal. And really, having guys under long-enough but not too long contracts would probably also tighten up the booking. When you have guys for two years, you better make the most out of it. When they are locked for 5 years, oh well...

Just saw this. I was *almost* ready to give NXT not3.0 a chance, but holy fuck I'm not waching anything with Booka on announcing. I'd rather have... Well you know who.

This. It's useless to keep people who don't want to be there, unless you basically job them to death on TV (which is not very classy). But delivering them on a plateau to WWE is not exactly smart either, considering WWE would never do it, and they are in a war. There should be a middle-ground that does not keep the workers locked where they don't want to be, without just handing out talent to the opposition. And yeah, the people starting trouble are the issues, the fact Sammy may be an abrasive douchebag is irrelevant. In the end, people like Mox or Starks are the one with the right attitude about it.

Sure, don't let reality in the way of a good anti-TK stance. In AEW, 3 years contracts actually are 3 years contracts, not 90 days contracts reconductible for 3 years that can be cut at any moments for no reasons. AEW guys work AAA, Impact, NJPW, various indies all over the world, and thats' including guys like Moxley doing shit in GCW that's barely conceivable for a top star of a mainstream company. But sure, it's *exactly* the same thing, ya see. The most hilarious thing is WWE stans actually talking about worker's rights and what the right thing to do is all of a sudden. Like, what ? If I'm Tony, I just let the guy work anywhere he wants to except WWE for the reminder of his contract. I mean, if punching a guy is your ticket to actually get what you want, that's a pretty shitty signal to send. But like I said, you're Triple H, do you really want a guy like Andrade, who's had issues in AEW and AAA ? Espeically when he has Santos Escobar under contract, who last time I checked was a better worker (arguable) and better promo (not even close), as a good character, and is also a super professional guy.