The weather cooperated. And the roster all got their feet on the ground for Night 2.

When you have a well-booked night planned that leads to a conclusion that got set up well as hell AND people seem to be on-board with what is planned, you get gorgeously good shit like last night. Everything worked for the most part. It felt like 4 hours of supreme pros pro'ing.

MFers showed up to that main event like they were trying to do right by Roman, Heyman, Cody, Dusty, Afa, Haitch, fine ass Brandi, Mama Rhodes, and errbody else you can think of.

Thanks to Roman for not pulling any bullshit. He came out and did a killer job of working his ass off, making Cody look good af, and going out flat and dead with no concept of trying to sneak in some shenanigans to 'protect himself'. Big respect. I lived through Starrcade 97, mfers! Also, there's TNA in general and several other 'main dudes not doing the job straight up when it was their time to do it' situations that I can remember vividly til this day!

Night one was the setup for Night two so parts of that show got 'sacrificed' in a way. But shiiiiid, starting from Gunther and Sami and going through to Cody in the ring celebrating with an insane group of humans, Mania 40 was a Mania for yo azz.

Haitch generally understands how rasslin works when it works so I'm USUALLY gonna trust him to get the base right. And WWE's staff is filled with people who also somewhat clearly 'get it'. Last night felt like a good azz NXT show with more resources. And I mean that in the most positive of ways cuz the best NXT stuff is ~ my favorite rasslin over the last 15 years.

And yeah, it seems somewhat clear that people were tired of having to try to make it through Vince and Dunn to get to a good show/match/whatever. They're openly talking like they're 'free' from something. Sure, they get that Vince was necessary at some point but him being gone now seems like a no-brainer when shows like these go down.

And I have the nerve to assume tonight will be fun too. We'll see! My main guess is that Cody gets chopped into bits by Gunther sometime soon here. But Jacob Fatu could also come in and get an immediate blessed spot. Of course, whoever Cody fights first ain't winning!

>They're saying the number again! Take that, Vince..you ole
>nasty mfer!
>
>Let's see:
>
>- Vince is bigtime gone. Who knows how wild the deets go and
>what % of it we will ever 'know'. What we 'know' is plenty
>wild enough! You have to figure at least a few more people
>might end up gone too. We'll see.
>- Brock is at least temporarily gone too.
>- Kevin Dunn is gone and now the camera work can finally
>attempt to evolve at least a little. Ain't that nice!? Its
>nice!
>- Cody inches closer to finishing his story. And they're going
>to make him earn the shit out it.
>- THE ROCK AND ROMAN REIGNS are together now? NICE.
>- Rollins is hurt but will make Mania allegedly. He's gonna be
>fine and I'm not worried. He's dope, they love him, and he's
>EXCELLENT when he has anything coherent to do.
>- Big E is still out.
>- Punk is out. BOO. But he can still instigate!
>- Charlotte out but she's a damn hoss so she'll be back.
>- Randy and AJ are back! Whooo! Now, what in the eff are they
>gonna do!?
>- Stone Cold is being coy about doing another match. I WANT
>IT. His match with KO was gorgeously simple and fun but it
>still felt 'complete'. Pros wer Pro'ing.
>- Whoop That Trick (YEAH!) = one of my favorite things in
>rasslin right now. And Williams himself is good too. He's
>gonna kick all up in Carmelo's ass and its gonna be GREAT for
>both of them. Yes, he's my replacement Velveteen Dream. No, I
>don't feel guilty about it.
>- The good-looking woman extravaganza on NXT is out of this
>world. HBK's search history has to be top-shelf!
>- WALTER Gunther is still out here beating people tf up and I
>love it.
>
>- TNA is 'back' but they already have shenanigans with the
>Scott D'Amore. Seems rotten but who knows..its TNA.
>
>AEW is sneaking around trying to be good at certain things but
>they're cold, so many people are 'done' with giving them a
>chance. Still:
>
>- Swerve and Hangman are doing good work.
>- Smo'a Joe...same thing. He's a fun champ even if he's almost
>certainly not gonna be a long-term champ.
>- Prince Nana's multi-purpose dance antics might be my
>favorite non-'jimaveli is in love with like 20 women
>wrestlers' thing going.
>- On that woman thing, Broken Toni Storm works on me ~ every
>single time. She's ridiculous, funny, and a good rassler.
>She's dropping some A+ promo work vs opponents and the random
>obscure sexual stuff she's 'sneaking in' is a hilarious touch.
>She's blowing up announcers almost weekly! History will be
>kind to this run for sure.
>- The Bucks are fun but late af with this jerk heel run.
>They're gonna cheat their azzes off to beat/retire Sting fo
>sho. But Darby will be there to dive at them really hard and
>I'll like that.
>- Dalton Castle trying to get to Johnny is also great times.
>- Sasha is gonna be fun but I wish she was headed back to WWE
>to print money with Bayley for the summer.
>- Okada might be better off in AEW FIRST but I still want him
>in WWE at some point. Rainmaker pose tshirts would be easy
>munny for WWE.
>- Ospreay is a wonderful rassler. I hope he stays healthy.
>He's done a great job of 'getting big enough' for the spots
>he's gonna be in. Add him to the 'he'd be big fun in WWE at
>some point' list too.
>
>I hope like hell that AEW forces a title onto Danielson at
>some point before he's done as a 'full-time act'.
>
>Besides that, MJF has been shutting all the way the fuck up in
>a corner somewhere, Adam Cole is still not right and it is
>killing his new group, and Kenny Omega did good to go the
>doctor when he did or he might've died. Whew! And
>Ibushi...gees dude...sit your goofy azz down somewhere! And
>take Jeff Hardy with you!