>This has been WWE's thing the last few years. Weekly TV is
>mostly meh to bad, but very few PPVs have disappointed. They
>threw together a lot of this card in the last couple weeks
>though, so I'm curious to see what the video packages are
>like.
>
>
>>and maybe this
>>cracks the door open for something even cooler down the
>road.
>
>I doubt it. I agree with Punk's take that this just means
>Vince doesn't really view AEW as a threat. I don't see them
>doing any real collaboration with an outside company as long
>as Vince is at the helm.
>

OF COURSE VINCE DOESN'T VIEW ANYONE AS A THREAT! Haha.

But I think that's the big thing that could lead to good stuff. WWE is obviously the top dog by an insurmountable amount no matter what any fanperson thinks. But they are also somewhat obviously running fat. They have good azz rasslers who are healthy and not old. And even with Raw, SD, and NXT, there's folks who go months without being involved in anything of even remote note. And we have real deal folks who are not on 4 friggin days of Mania Week rasslin this year.

So, it could be a win/win for a little swapping when either fed has some folks sitting around. They can't do it like AN INVASION. They COULD totally just do a 'hey AEW, take Ricochet for a year. Don't job him out! We'll give you a podcast or 24 documentary on some person. Leggo'.

And I also want to believe that WWE would be very fine with more people watching any kind of wrestling anyway, because they know they're the best and if 100 new folks start watching wrestling, they would 'take' a high percentage of those fans eventually.

>>Will Ospreay is the NJPW mega/ultra/whatever heavyweight
>champ
>>now.
>
>Man, do I hate that title, and on a personal level I hate
>Ospreay, but I still can't argue with him getting a run as
>champ. He's an incredible wrestler, a guy you want to boo, and
>his change in style has been amazing to watch. The DV angle
>they ran with Bea Priestly was so gross though. They've made a
>lot of puzzling decisions in the last year and that's the
>worst. There are so many ways to get heel heat w/o doing shit
>like that, least of all when both of them were probably guilty
>of blacklisting an assault victim.
>
>Thank god they cancelled Scurll's appearance at NJPW Strong
>though.
>

Yeah, NJPW struggles with consistency. WWE and AEW did a number on their roster so there's that too. And their Cena is now old and impressively hurt after a long crazy run as their Ace. And I'm not sure if they have a good next step for Okada either. But I'm glad they're on the scene.

>>I'm AM salty that Ricochet, Street Profits, Nakamura and
>>Bayley don't have real spots on Mania week.
>
>I'd rather see Bayley in Ripley's spot tbh. No disrespect to
>Ripley, but I'd rather they build her up rather than just have
>her issue a challenge and act heelish in her debut. Bayley is
>a heel, has history with Asuka, and carried the company for a
>long period. She deserves the spot.

Oh wow. I hadn't thought about that, but it makes a lot of sense. I'm guessing Bayley was going to get Charlotte.