Matt D

I'm a step further, myself. I'd watch all the TV, complain about people who would just watch Takeovers and try to comment without seeing the build, and thus miss nuance, etc. Now I'm not even watching the takeovers, and I'm only haphazardly coming across the spoilers a couple of days after tapings.

Look, Vince paid a lot of money and made that US Airlines thing go away.

Can we roll back around and regroup on what shows we have good reason to think WWE has that we haven't seen yet. Boogie Jam was definitely one and now we have it. There are the other Crockett Cups, potentially KOTR 86 from the Harley tribute footage (but man I'd much rather they have 85). What else?

So, knowing WWE as I do, I could see them doing some big Undisputed Era vs NXT Champion Alumni (Seth/Finn/Some Other Babyface Like Big E) tag. And calling it a day.

Also, Regal becoming king totally heated him up. It was tied to the Raw where he shut the power off to end the show.

Anyone except for Corbin, Drew, or Elias would potentially be interesting as a winner. That means it's absolutely one of those three guys.

I can't find the thread on this but it looks like Lawler's taken his classic wrestling hosting to youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bxosJoZaVZCxJ3AQOhdrQ/videos No idea if anything new will pop up here or not.

Look, if people aren't checking out New Footage Fridays on Segunda Caida, I can't be held responsible.

It's new. You've missed the entire Japanese handheld boom.

I mainly meant as the main title holder.

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2019/08/new-footage-friday-boogie-jam.html?m=1

And it's really cool. Definitely the best look at Babyface Greg we'll ever get.

Look pal, Let's not go do crazy things like bump a three and a half year old Russo thread.

I always assume Jetlag can speak 7 languages myself.

In 2019, the line between creator and audience is definitely thinner than ever. I think we see all the time writers/artists/etc. interacting with fan questions and complaints. I'm not sure we see it with actors quite as much. Wrestling is a fairly unique art form where the performer is involved in the creative element of a match, the actual performance of the match, though not necessarily the result or some of the broad strokes. They have corporate oversight. I think about comic books where a writer might have a corporate mandate but craft a lot of the broad creative strokes, then execute those, but they're not actually portraying the characters in question. If you have a writer/director/actor all in one for a movie or TV show, you might get that, but I can think of few cases personally along those lines. The way Stephen Amell interacts with his fans sort of comes to mind? I don't think it's a black and white situation. I do feel that pro wrestling is fairly unique and presents unique challenges. I know what I'd prefer personally, but we are in a different world in this age of social media with different fans and potential fans who interface with the world in a different way.

I wouldn't call that lashing out.

What if the choices were Ziggler or Seth?

The answer is Shane.

Kevin Smith films.

Around here we call this "selling."

Back to parenting here. We've got more Chamber of Secrets to read.

That was the best possible version of that match. Which is saying a lot because they don't often manage the best possible version of anything these days.

Elias sliding Owens a steel chair is a cute little spot too.

I will say I sort of enjoyed that initial stall segment, especially the trip.

I love that the ten minutes I have to watch right now it's the end of that Bayley match and Shane.