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Meltzer reported Daga and Tessa were coming to AEW when that was completely false. And that Bray Wyatt has interest from AEW when no one else has reported that.

ROH is amid turning its public image around from a grimy place to work for. So I could just see them just letting PCO go with dignity. I haven't heard anything at all. But I could see PCO in the Chaos Project in AEW. Also, 2.0 and PCO are all part of Kevin Steen's friendship circle as he heads to go there. PCO is an affable guy who is easy to deal with I could see him fitting in with the locker room just fine. I could also see Tony Khan being one of "us" in terms of being a Quebecers/Pierre mark.

Someone DM'd me last night re: NXT just said the worst was yet to come. Well: Joe has to relinquishh the NXT title due to undisclosed health reasons.

I assume Adam Page will confront Dan Lambert and his crew to set them straight about Millenials! Page can have some nice matches Page and Scorpio to re-establish himself. Also will fix the Dark Order infighting potentially too.

Dusty's impact was monumental for sure. Dusty would break you do down to build you back up better again. Would get the "IT" out of you. Dusty via his bluster, charm and him being a Legend could say things that others could get written for up and reported to HR. WWE is a Corporate company after all. Other coaches are and were too scared to do the same thing or be the next Dusty. Dusty passed in 2015. Even in that time culture has changed so much. Managing and instructing Generation Z/zoomers seems to bring new challenges. I've heard from several Wrestling trainers a mixture of things. On one hand, new students are very interested and earnest in trying to learn but on the other hand, they can also take genuine criticism as an attack and just shut down.

Sasha Banks (and Roman Reigns and the Usos) are big absences on this month's WWE tour of the UK.

She dealt with a lot for a long time. She both was Bipolar and had extensive issues with CTE. In her video last night, she requested for her brain to be sent to the Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center. Will be remembered for her kindness. And her vast indirect and direct influence on Pro Wrestling and her peers.

For whatever it is worth. Wade Keller on his latest podcast said he talked to someone close to Triple H (historically that means Sean Waltman) and that person thought Triple H should cash out and leave.

I very much believe they are. Cash was very lucky that he was attended to as quickly and attentively though. And it really shook up his peers though as he's a really nice guy and has coached a lot of the roster. One of those people who will only get their due then they retire. But yeah it was something along the lines of a very bad dog bite. They are using verbiage lifted from Arn Anderson's in-ring retirement too. Obviously, they are big fans of Arn.

Most of these people/indie wrestlers only watched gifs/clips and not the full match. No mention of Nia Jax being booked in a 15 minute match when her conditioning isn't able for it and them being two heels being a recipe for disaster. Or Charlotte and Nia Jax having terrible chemistry in the past.

This dropped today

If you watch IMPACT there's a backburner storyline with Jay White and Kenny Omega that could be flipped into an All Out match too. A lot of moving parts.

Keith lost a lot of friends and family members in Texas last year due to COVID too.

NO! Signing a Tessa as the new regime scouts her and signs her not knowing her rep.

There's a lot of age-based fear mainly. Also talent relations letting him "models" with terrible attitudes and NXT finally signing Tessa Blanchard as they don't know about her locker room rep. A hard and fast no one under 30 rule would been a disaster for NXT viewers and the wrestlers themselves initially at least:

With Wrestling no longer in his life anymore. His personal life and all the mistakes he has made in it are all he has to occupy himself. I hope no harm comes to him and his son needs a father. But yeah he's bad news.

It is a bunch of things with Cole. A lot of the above. And he doesn't want to step on Britt's shine or be an add on member to the ELITE. Personally more interested in if gets to keep his beloved Twitch channel than his WWE pay and push!

If this was 2011 you'd think of the Wellness policy. This Monday will be 7 weeks off TV.

I was going to comment a few days ago about your tweet about Karrion Kross on Raw but the reply function wasn't working. I got a Direct Message minutes before it from someone in NXT saying it was a Kevin Dunne call. As Dunne hates everything about NXT and wants to "kill" it. A few days later the NXT TV rebranding news comes out. Regardless of the politics, NXT TV has some very ugly graphics and music choices. And the yelling by the announcers needs to end.

A true test of Tony's leadership and conflict resolution skills for sure.

For what it is worth rank and file WWE office workers I've spoken to think Bryan has already signed with AEW. While Punk is close. But there is a massive impasse when it comes to Colt and Punk though to my best understanding. Of course Punk is the bigger star no question, no debate. But Colt was there first, formed bonds, show his worth as a coach/agent and wrestler. Colt was an elder that helped the locker room cope with a tragedy of a colleague and someone gave his body/trust/close contacts when we didn't know what COVID was.

Did it? From compelling TV POV, it totally did. But fans are eating what Tony has fed them and his "bright young things".

TRUST me on this. And I am not a Kross fan at ALL here. Kross deliberately sandbagged the audition. Very few in NXT actually want to be called up currently.

I came here to talk about the recorded last week lame-duck final Raw in the Thunderdome show that not even the World Champion is excited about:

Middle-aged wrestlers/those from the Attitude Era are somewhat ashamed at what wrestling has become in-ring and physique-wise is my reading of it. A number of those figures are in WWE management. Kross is a "real wrestler" I guess.