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I'm watching the first MNW episode and is there a less sincere guy than The Miz on these things? He comes off as a parody of a talking head.

I feel like Reigns should start using the Stinger Splash or something close to it. The guy has a great leap on him.

JBL is particularly unlistenable tonight.

I, kind of don't know what to think about that. I mean, it was entertaining as hell but completely surreal to see Cena mauled like that again. Also, how the hell do they build someone to beat Lesnar for the belt? It seems like absolutely nobody will be ready for Mania. I guess the only way out is Plan Cena...

Putting 4 German announcers at ringside to call a match built around German Suplexes is amazing.

Cena turning heel and holding up that little slogan would be hilarious.

The mathc had no heat early on because he killed the crowd with his lame offense. There was no shine!!! No reason for the crowd to care about Reigns early on. He looked like a bitch. I thought they did the table spot way too late

Reigns vs. Orton Probably the weakest match of the night with a dead crowd. Orton got them into it with his flash powerslam and RKO but man, Reigns' performances in long singles matches just aren't strong yet.

HHH being Steph's stooge is great.

I'm glad you said it, dude.

she's a McMahon so that's that.

Wyatt has lots of nice little touches like that. I love him using the ring against Jericho. Both guys are trying here but the crowd just isn't feeling it.

Ambrose vs. Rollins That rocked. Ambrose is going to get over by laying out these chaotic matches that are barely held together before completely spilling out into bedlam. I kind of hope that they have a rematch on Raw that ends with Ambrose throwing Rollins into a river somewhere.

The lumberjacks all being guys that The Shield fucked up is a neat little bit of continuity.

Rusev vs. Swagger Fuck, I absolutely loved this. I don't think Swagger was particularly great but I thought Rusev was tremendous. The ankle selling was slightly spotty at times but I thought it played into the major spots in the match really well. Rusev's face during that last Cobra Clutch was awesome! A perfect "Jesus Christ, just fucking tap" face. All of Rusev's facial expressions are great, actually. He's becoming one of my favourite guys on the roster. Next, he's got to take the US belt

AJ vs. Paige I actually really enjoyed this and thought it was the best Paige has looked since debuting. Loved the finish but liked the knees on the apron, the hair pulling and the slam on the barricade. At this point though, they need to dispose of this "Frenemies" nonsense and just lean into "These two women fucking hate each other" territory. I wish Paige would also lean fully into her shit-eating persona because she's way better at it.

Oh man, that German announce team looks incredibly uncomfortable on camera. For my 9.99 a month, I should be able to view a special camera just on them.

Ha, the "9.99" chants. People will chant along with anything if you phrase it right.

I was reading something about Swagger possibly going over Rusev and that just seems crazy to me. Rusev is a guy that I would build and build; I wouldn't have his first loss be to Swagger, of all people.

As Clay Davis says, "I'll take any motherfucker's money if he's giving it away" You can't blame a guy for taking a paycheck

Gene calling that dude "Sean Mooney" got a legit laugh out of me. Chalk this up as another WWE online bit that should be on their TV shows.

Arn Anderson vs. Johnny B Badd I was watching Clash 30 this morning on a whim and this match opens that show for the TV Title. Arn is Arn so he's always great but I was definitely struck with how good Badd looked. The story at the start is Arn not being able to get any offense in but all of Badd's stuff looks great; there's a good plancha, an axe handle off the top that really looks good and it's just a real good babyface performance once Arn gets on offense. Especially as he contends with Meng and Col. Parker at ringside who eventually help Arn win the match and keep his title. As said throughout the thread, there's no way you can watch matches like this and not come away thinking that Mero has been underrated throughout the years.

I tend to check in on the Raw threads to see how some people bend over backwards to defend WWE booking this week. The Wrestler of the Day posts are always good fun too.

Totally. I want to relive everything in chronological order

For all I, and everyone else, has complained about the lack of weekly TV content, I know for a fact that if they do a big bulk upload of Nitro, Raw and Hardcore TV to the end of 95, I'll probably put down another 6 month commitment. If they're focusing on that period for uploading old stuff, I hope that when the time comes around, they get Thunder and Smackdown up as they come along in the timeline.