Reigns has the rona but hopefully he’s fine.

Brock is enjoying himself and is now the Raw champ. Lashley vs Lesnar is gonna happen and it’s gonna be GREAT as long as Brock plays ball.

Toni Storm flew home and quit WWE and the internet doesn’t know why yet. We shall see/I hope she’s okay. She’s 26.

Charlotte and Becky are holding belts still. So is Britt Baker.

I apologize to Corny..I enjoy most of his stuff now. I accept that he can’t help himself with certain things and people. I know to take his anger over that stuff/those people with a grain of salt so I can enjoy the rest of his stuff.

We still have Edge, Christian, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, and others back from retirement mostly doing good stuff.

Random indy stuff is going down. ROH is gone-ish.

Wrestle Kingdom is coming too. Shibata and Will are back!? Nice.

NXT Black and Gold is dead. The next generation is working out their kinks while most of us roll our eyes. Hopefully the kids come out of it better off eventually. The tv exposure is a double-edged sword methinks in the complain festival environment.

Speaking of that, what is AEW gonna do with Cody? They’re too self-aware to not have a plan of some kind with this. We shall see. And what are they going to do with all of these doggone still free agents!?

Last thing for now before we head towards BD vs Hangman this week, good tag team rasslin is happening on both AEW and WWE.

the cliffs of it is she called out some of the diversity issues she saw in AEW. TK jumped off the porch w/ the "i have black friends" energy.

one thing i will say is they do need a top black mens personality. Hobbs can get there in 3 years or so but he needs some time in the oven. it should be their #1 priority for this year to either sign that person, or figure out a way to hotshot some up to that level.

on the women's side idk how much a bone she has to pick. its real diverse on that side and Jade is getting a super push.

i also read her comments to mean she doesnt think Brandi looks out for any of us at all.

random aside from that
- idk where the WWE found Nikkita Lyons at but my god. talk about thick. they need to get her in some better ring gear though it looks like she's in bubble wrap. she could be legit though. looks athletic af on her IG.
- Big E got hosed his entire run.
- i think its lame Brock has the belt again but he seems a little more into it than usual
- they missed a trick not getting Beth Phoenix into some hot brood vampire outfit.
- Sheamus beating Ricochet/Cesaro 1v2 after his partner got injured was actually dope, even though they should've adjusted the finish. I rarely enjoy Sheamus.

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I don’t know why he feels the need to tweet. He always ends up saying some ill-advised, petty shit. Also, merely naming all the black wrestlers on the roster is not going to address the concerns. She’s not the first person to say this stuff either. Tons of people have.

He needs media training as it is. There was this bit of weirdness a few months back…

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>it should be their #1 priority for this
>year to either sign that person, or figure out a way to
>hotshot some up to that level.

Keith Lee will solve a lot of their problems if they sign him and book him right.

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>the cliffs of it is she called out some of the diversity
>issues she saw in AEW. TK jumped off the porch w/ the "i have
>black friends" energy.
>
>one thing i will say is they do need a top black mens
>personality. Hobbs can get there in 3 years or so but he needs
>some time in the oven. it should be their #1 priority for this
>year to either sign that person, or figure out a way to
>hotshot some up to that level.
>
>on the women's side idk how much a bone she has to pick. its
>real diverse on that side and Jade is getting a super push.
>
>i also read her comments to mean she doesnt think Brandi looks
>out for any of us at all.
>
>random aside from that
>- idk where the WWE found Nikkita Lyons at but my god. talk
>about thick. they need to get her in some better ring gear
>though it looks like she's in bubble wrap. she could be legit
>though. looks athletic af on her IG.
>- Big E got hosed his entire run.
>- i think its lame Brock has the belt again but he seems a
>little more into it than usual
>- they missed a trick not getting Beth Phoenix into some hot
>brood vampire outfit.
>- Sheamus beating Ricochet/Cesaro 1v2 after his partner got
>injured was actually dope, even though they should've adjusted
>the finish. I rarely enjoy Sheamus.

I hope Swoll gets a shot to end up being great and she kills it somewhere. Impact keeps on showing reasonable wrestling. Maybe she can do that up.

Brandy? Man, I don’t know that lady but she’s never come off as amazingly likable. Still, it sucks that she’s going to get looks and/or comments whenever black folks have an issue in AEW. What is she actually for real in charge of?

I don’t know what to think of the Tony part of this stuff. Tony is a rich kid more than he’s any race in my mind. I could see him having all sorts of blind spots even when he means well. If he keeps his ears open and tries to make things right, cool. Zoomed out, this mfer came out of nowhere, unassed mountains of money and created a whole ass wrestling company and now LOTS of people have somewhere big to work in the US other than WWE. And besides Jericho, the group they started with was a parade of dudes that most of the average US rasslin watchers had never seen. Okay, they got Moxley pretty early too but c’mon now..you get what I’m saying here. AEW is basically an expensive as hell indy. For that, I’m probably going to lean on ‘give this dude a chance’..at least for now. And the way my mind works, he’d have to completely step in it with a tweet for me to even consider turning on him cuz fuck Twitter in general. Too many people are on there parsing words and dying to make up something to ‘care about’ negatively.

I just hope race stuff doesn’t derail all of the good they’ve done so far. And really, we all know it’s kinda shitty if it turns into ‘grab a random black person and push them down people’s throat cuz…yeah, black peoples are kewl with us over here! Yessir they are!’. I would like to see some more Jay Lethal tho! He’s close to his last days in-ring and deserves his flowers for turning into a really good wrestler.

Man, the first reply you got from pretend is IT..KEEF LEE in AEW could and should be a damn party if dude is healthy and pretty much even kinda sorta in-shape. And maybe it would keep the pitchfork folks at bay at bit. Since we’re here, what about this? If people who are claiming to be ‘done’ with TK right now still watched WWE after the Booker T/HHH shit, they aren’t serious anyway. Booker T heavily experienced and obviously ready to roll and they hosed the shit out of him after HHH basically called him a jailbird jiggaboo for months going into that Mania. Lee could give them a shot to redo that angle and then have the semi-racist dude show up AND GET HIS ASS COMPLETELY KICKED. Ala what should’ve happened to Haitch.

Big E man? Yeah, he got jobbed. He might be screwed if they’re desperate to ‘create a spark’ or whatever. And all of the ‘everything sucks and I’m sad’ propaganda online plus Rona/live attendance stuff didn’t help. I don’t see how he gets the title back anytime soon. He’d be a damn good time in AEW too. Premature typing! I’ll stop here.

Holy moly! WWE is taking it all the way with all of these good looking human beings they keep finding. She’s another one. That’s for sure. Toni Storm is a party of positive bigness too. This lady is more of that if that’s even possible.

>the cliffs of it is she called out some of the diversity
>issues she saw in AEW. TK jumped off the porch w/ the "i have
>black friends" energy.
>
>one thing i will say is they do need a top black mens
>personality. Hobbs can get there in 3 years or so but he needs
>some time in the oven. it should be their #1 priority for this
>year to either sign that person, or figure out a way to
>hotshot some up to that level.
>
>on the women's side idk how much a bone she has to pick. its
>real diverse on that side and Jade is getting a super push.
>
>i also read her comments to mean she doesnt think Brandi looks
>out for any of us at all.
>
>random aside from that
>- idk where the WWE found Nikkita Lyons at but my god. talk
>about thick. they need to get her in some better ring gear
>though it looks like she's in bubble wrap. she could be legit
>though. looks athletic af on her IG.
>- Big E got hosed his entire run.
>- i think its lame Brock has the belt again but he seems a
>little more into it than usual
>- they missed a trick not getting Beth Phoenix into some hot
>brood vampire outfit.
>- Sheamus beating Ricochet/Cesaro 1v2 after his partner got
>injured was actually dope, even though they should've adjusted
>the finish. I rarely enjoy Sheamus.

Honestly, I understand it. At the beginning of the COVID Daly's Place shows, the women's division was essentially her, Britt Baker, Nyla Rose, and Shida. Now it's big enough to require two titles, and she can't even get into the tournament for the second. Jade Cargill's taken her spot, and there's likely to even more talent coming in once all the other NXT/WWE no compete clauses expire (Mercedes Martinez is just the first). However, as others have said, the Women's Division is actually pretty diverse, so it did come off sounding like sour grapes.

>the cliffs of it is she called out some of the diversity
>issues she saw in AEW. TK jumped off the porch w/ the "i have
>black friends" energy.

Yeah, TK completely bungled the response. You'd think being the scion of Shad would give some saviness, but apparently not.

>one thing i will say is they do need a top black mens
>personality. Hobbs can get there in 3 years or so but he needs
>some time in the oven. it should be their #1 priority for this
>year to either sign that person, or figure out a way to
>hotshot some up to that level.
>
There are clearly issues. Like you said, Hobbs isn't quite there yet, and needs more time to be on the World title level. They obviously see ton of potential in Dante Martin, but the kid is only 20 and still looks like he's 12, and needs more to time to develop. The Acclaimed could be something fairly soon. Lee Moriarty clearly has a shit ton of potential as well. I like Lio Rush, but it's not clear how committed he was to AEW even before this (and he was the one who immediately called on TK to apologizie) or to pro wrestling in general, given his many retirements. And, you, he's **is** really tiny. Smaller than Darby, even.

I think the best short-term solution is Jay Lethal. He's obviously super-talented and can be super over. But I think he's only been on TV twice since they announced his signing.

I do find it weird that she tried to say that WWE has been demonstrably better at inclusivity . Especially since literally the day after she made the comments, they killed the completely bungled Big E run. WWE, like every other major federation, doesn't have a very good history when it comes to Black champions.

The comment that got lost in this is her saying that the company doesn't have enough structure. Which is usually the Jim Cornette POV. While I think the lack of structure does occasionally have drawbacks (see: Cody and the Young Bucks in the last year), it's also the reason that generally most of the people on the roster seem pretty happy while they're there. You might not get the pay-offs of WWE, but you get forced into doing REALLY dumb shit either.

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>I apologize to Corny..I enjoy most of his stuff now. I accept that he
>can’t help himself with certain things and people. I know to take his
>anger over that stuff/those people with a grain of salt so I can enjoy
>the rest of his stuff.

I'll say it again: he sticks to older stuff and he's an amazing fount of knowledge. He's just insufferable when it comes to commenting on most modern product. As with most cases, his nick-names aren't nearly as clever as he thinks they are, and hearing him whine that FTR don't win enough matches gets really old.

>NXT Black and Gold is dead. The next generation is working out their
>kinks while most of us roll our eyes. Hopefully the kids come out of it
>better off eventually. The tv exposure is a double-edged sword methinks
>in the complain festival environment.

They really should put NXT back onto the Network/Peacock only. Trotting out most of these not-ready-for prime time players is embarrassing. The WWE can probably make better use of the two-hour slot on a cable network. Right now, it's losing rating battle to L&O reruns.

>Speaking of that, what is AEW gonna do with Cody? They’re too self-aware
>to not have a plan of some kind with this. We shall see. And what are
>they going to do with all of these doggone still free agents!?

They've certainly been spending the last few weeks establishing Wardlow laying waste to everyone. So they could do the Brodie Lee thing and have Wardlow completely annihilate Cody and to turn him the biggest face in the company. They finally split up him and MJF, making MJF an even bigger mega-heel in the process.

Or they could go the other direction, and finally have Cody use the Pedigree against someone super-popular on the rise (like Hook), and cause the whole arena to riot.

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>
>Or they could go the other direction, and finally have Cody
>use the Pedigree against someone super-popular on the rise
>(like Hook), and cause the whole arena to riot.

>
>>
>>Or they could go the other direction, and finally have Cody
>>use the Pedigree against someone super-popular on the rise
>>(like Hook), and cause the whole arena to riot.
>

Wow. That would be good. The ‘I don’t get that I’m a heel (wink)’ heel CAN be big fun. And if done right, you take advantage of how marks get mad about things now. I think about 97/98 self-righteous Bret Hart as a prime example.

It’s dangerous tho. And when a show like AEW gets to this point, it could work so far counter to how they started out: a company that was made to have good matches and ‘serve the fans’. Now they have to trust the ‘fans’ to get that having a BIG ASS HEEL is one of the best ways to serve the fans. Because then, some babyface somewhere gets the rub of taking out that heel at some point.

But do the Twittery folks who think AEW is the white knight saving American wrestling from the ultra evil big money corporation that is WWE get this? Or no? Maybe we will see!

>It’s dangerous tho. And when a show like AEW gets to this
>point, it could work so far counter to how they started out: a
>company that was made to have good matches and ‘serve the
>fans’. Now they have to trust the ‘fans’ to get that
>having a BIG ASS HEEL is one of the best ways to serve the
>fans. Because then, some babyface somewhere gets the rub of
>taking out that heel at some point.

Because Hangman being the guy to come back and take him out seems like that.

>But do the Twittery folks who think AEW is the white knight
>saving American wrestling from the ultra evil big money
>corporation that is WWE get this? Or no? Maybe we will see!

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>>It’s dangerous tho. And when a show like AEW gets to this
>>point, it could work so far counter to how they started out:
>a
>>company that was made to have good matches and ‘serve the
>>fans’. Now they have to trust the ‘fans’ to get that
>>having a BIG ASS HEEL is one of the best ways to serve the
>>fans. Because then, some babyface somewhere gets the rub of
>>taking out that heel at some point.
>
>Because Hangman being the guy to come back and take him out
>seems like that.
>

Yep. But look at how that went. Corny (who has hated Omega for a good while) and lots of the internet couldn’t take it. All of a sudden there was lots of Omega hate flying around when, at least to me, it was obvious that he was going out of his way to be an unlikable, terrible, and/or cowardly heel. He gave Hangman a big heel target to take out. And even the Bucks had to ‘stand by’ and let it happen when the time came. But entirely too many people acted like that story was somehow ridiculous for a wrestling show. I didn’t get the confusion at all.

To make it even more clean, he got beat then went the fuck away!

We hear a lot about how wrestlers now focus too much on ‘having good matches’ as opposed to telling stories and playing their roles. But, based on what I saw, Kenny played the shit out of his role. He earned the ass-kicking he got and now he’s somewhere licking his wounds.

So now we come back to Cody. And it’s not obvious what he’s doing right now? But he has to get that people fucking hate him (and his fine ass wife). He’s winning matches that people don’t want him to win. He’s acting like a conquering hero while people boo and the announcers acknowledge the boos. Sounds like HHH reign of terror heel stuff to me!? So now we just need a little bit of cheating and we’re there, but will people get it and appreciate it? And of course, he’s going to be built up so that some babyface person gets to take him out. But can people wait for it? It doesn’t seem like they can.

>>But do the Twittery folks who think AEW is the white knight
>>saving American wrestling from the ultra evil big money
>>corporation that is WWE get this? Or no? Maybe we will see!
>

Whoever fucked up the fireworks, they had an opportunity to go with it and have Omega come out on the stage right after laughing. But just like Cody getting busted open by Spears, they tried to have it both ways and let most of the week go talking about "how disappointed they were" until Callis "could neither confirm or deny" in a promo. If they just had Kenny playing Mox and Eddie for marks from the beginning, he comes off like a better, more complete heel. And the promo they followed up with would have still worked.

I think honestly a lot of people lost trust in him after that, and he barely got it back from the epic with Danielson.

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And it’s happening like right now. I pretty much checked out after G1 and I think a lot of other folks did too. I heard the Super Junior tourney was pretty good, but just couldn’t make the time for it.

WK is actually a good card, especially this first night, but the product is ice cold rn. The main event scene has been cursed during the COVID era, they introduced a new World Title belt that everyone hates, some of the gaijin either can’t or won’t travel to Japan, and even the clap crowds groan at the House of Torture booking.

Still, there are reasons for optimism. The 50th anniversary is this year, so they definitely want it to be memorable. It seems like everyone is getting relatively healthy at the same time. And the Shibata return could be huge.

I think/hope they make a big splash over the next few days and carry that momentum. They really need it. I’m guessing Okada makes it out of tonight/tomorrow with the championship and gets rid of the Divas title, but more than individual results, they just need these matches to create some buzz. I want to come back here and say “you guys HAVE to drop everything to watch _______ vs. _______.”

I don't know who to cheer for in this main event. Shingo retaining would be huge for his title defenses. To say you beat Okada at the Tokyo Dome would be huge. I really want that old belt back though, and Okada winning would accomplish that. I'm conflicted.

I could see Okada winning night one and Will beating him on night 2. I don't know what to think, I just want some banger matches for both nights.

HoT has GOT to go. That is for sure.

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I really want
>that old belt back though, and Okada winning would accomplish
>that. I'm conflicted.

Fuck. Okada is keeping the new title. He looks so weird with it lol. Ah well… guess we gotta get used to it now.

>
>I could see Okada winning night one and Will beating him on
>night 2. I don't know what to think, I just want some banger
>matches for both nights.

I figured Okada was gonna win cause they want that popular babyface for the 50th anniversary/return of real crowds that can hopefully cheer and boo. Ospreay will get his big WO moment with the title soon enough (probably next year). Shingo is great, but there was no way his reign was gonna last past WK. Glad he got his run with the title. He is easily the MVP of the past year and carried them through an extraordinarily difficult time.

I liked Night 2 better than Night 1. I was a tad let down overall, but the last 3 matches all delivered and I really enjoyed the Stardom showcase. My favorite match was Kenta vs. Tanahashi. That was brutal.

I was surprised by some results. United Empire lost big here, which makes me think the story of the next WK will be them taking a bunch of gold.

I really gotta start watching Stardom. Been hearing great stuff, and I was impressed by the match, even if they didn’t get the chance to get their characters across. Saya Kamitani’s finisher was bananas.

Danielson by good screw job

I don’t know who the other two judges will be, but I’m guessing #3 will be Omega. Who won’t call it for either. Setting up a third match.

I will say that Page will eventually win, because they can’t really do anything with him if he loses to his first challenger.

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>Danielson by good screw job

I got the same happening. Some sort of wacky split decision that goes Bryan’s favor even though Hangman was about to pin him again.

Idk, maybe that’s too WCW, but I think they want to shock/anger people on their first TBS show to get them to keep tuning in.

I think a lot of people are nervous about taking the title off of Hangman so soon, which I get, but they are clearly invested in the guy and in long-term storytelling. He’ll be fine if he loses. I think they’ve struck something special with this “I’m gonna kick your head in” Danielson and they should probably ride it.

Bryan's too hot rn he needs his bubble popped a bit to really go off the deep end w/ it. I think his own conceit failing him would do it.

But there's a lot of ways you can go w/ either person winning and w/ a variety of finishes (clean, dirty, judges decision, even an injury work) and press on w/ an interesting story.

Regardless I do think Hangman needs to win. He'd be fine w/ an L but I'm looking at really solidifying a star. Beating Omega is one thing but he aint Bryan. I'm also just really put off by how Big E's whole run was. They did him absolutely dirty.

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Hangman got some amazing bloody face images tonight

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…by pintall. Three popular guys, no controversial picks. Then I noticed with all the matches/segments planned, it wasn’t going to an hour. Then considering that Cargill is almost certainly going to win the tittle in the main event, I knew that they weren’t going to have the heels win all the big matches. And certainly not after the heels basically all won last week.

Still good and completely different match than last time. More evenly matched. And Bryan had a serious crimson mask as well.

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I think they’re gonna come back to that sooner than later.

Bad dye job, worse promo, awful segment

>Bad dye job, worse promo, awful segment

really bringing back the feeling.

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This time it looks like the focus was backstage folks and trainers. Alrighty.

https://tjrwrestling.net/news/wwe-release-janaury-5-2022/

Man, they really are serious about transitioning from whatever they were doing before. Haitch is gonna show back up and it’s only gonna be HBK from his crew.

>Reigns has the rona but hopefully he’s fine.
>
>Brock is enjoying himself and is now the Raw champ. Lashley vs
>Lesnar is gonna happen and it’s gonna be GREAT as long as
>Brock plays ball.
>
>Toni Storm flew home and quit WWE and the internet doesn’t
>know why yet. We shall see/I hope she’s okay. She’s 26.
>
>Charlotte and Becky are holding belts still. So is Britt
>Baker.
>
>I apologize to Corny..I enjoy most of his stuff now. I accept
>that he can’t help himself with certain things and people. I
>know to take his anger over that stuff/those people with a
>grain of salt so I can enjoy the rest of his stuff.
>
>We still have Edge, Christian, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, and
>others back from retirement mostly doing good stuff.
>
>Random indy stuff is going down. ROH is gone-ish.
>
>Wrestle Kingdom is coming too. Shibata and Will are back!?
>Nice.
>
>NXT Black and Gold is dead. The next generation is working out
>their kinks while most of us roll our eyes. Hopefully the kids
>come out of it better off eventually. The tv exposure is a
>double-edged sword methinks in the complain festival
>environment.
>
>Speaking of that, what is AEW gonna do with Cody? They’re
>too self-aware to not have a plan of some kind with this. We
>shall see. And what are they going to do with all of these
>doggone still free agents!?
>
>Last thing for now before we head towards BD vs Hangman this
>week, good tag team rasslin is happening on both AEW and WWE.
>

He was the perfect authority figure. I'm all the way checked out of NXT 2.0 and I think this guarantees I won't be returning. There's enough great wrestling out there to fill the time with.

Like, okay, you don’t want him on TV anymore as an authority figure. Fine. But why fire him as a trainer? You’ve completely reshaped the product as a breeding ground for young talent, and you fire a trainer with 30+ years of ring experience. Morons.

It looks like it’s down to HBK and Samoa Joe in the training roles. I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t fire Joe a second time.

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>Like, okay, you don’t want him on TV anymore as an
>authority figure. Fine. But why fire him as a trainer?
>You’ve completely reshaped the product as a breeding ground
>for young talent, and you fire a trainer with 30+ years of
>ring experience. Morons.
>
>It looks like it’s down to HBK and Samoa Joe in the training
>roles. I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t fire Joe a
>second time.

It all seems like a strong reaction to the nxt/AEW ratings stuff and shit..it seems like a heavy-handed punishment toward HHH himself. Like there’s some kind of power struggle and Haitch is losing right now.

seems like a heavy-handed punishment toward
>HHH himself. Like there’s some kind of power struggle and
>Haitch is losing right now.

for as much as people hated his wrestling run after a while, im starting to really admire the guy for laying it on the line for a vision of wrestling that was his own.

makes me wonder what he could do as just a traditional booker for AEW were not part of the McMahon family

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

>It looks like it’s down to HBK and Samoa Joe in the training
>roles. I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t fire Joe a
>second time.

Would LOVE to see her make a return to performance in AEW and run a few against Rosa and Britt.

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Maybe he can finally come and be a commentator on Rampage. I always figured they probably wanted Joe for the job that they gave Mark Henry. I like Henry, but he seemed lost in the limited time he was in the booth.

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dogg, gimme Punk/Joe on a PPV with a crowd of 16,000 people

Punk, Danielson, MJF, Cole, Page, etc. Shoot, a Joe vs. Team Taz feud would be epic.

He's gonna need some time shake off the ring rust (he didn't look so good in that one match with Kross), but once he's ready, he's money.

I was operating under the assumption that he isn't wrestling anymore.

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and Joe was so easily the best part of the whole show that he actually seemed out of place

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

The build-up was white-hot, then they let Joe get in half a match of offense, and poof- one F5 and that was it and he didn’t get another shot.

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i can close my eyes and picture Gary Hart talking about how Joe was gonna be the guy to shut Dusty Rhodes up FOR GOOD, and myself being worried that he might be right.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Dude is monster in the ring who's phenomenal on the stick.

I find it absolutely bizarre that Vince/Nick Khan would fire this guy twice in a year. They might not even have 30 guys to put in the Royal Rumble this year, and he gets fired. Shoot, with Brock now on RAW, they could have slotted him in to feud with Roman until it's time for Wrestlemania.

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>Dude is monster in the ring who's phenomenal on the stick.
>
>I find it absolutely bizarre that Vince/Nick Khan would fire
>this guy twice in a year. They might not even have 30 guys to
>put in the Royal Rumble this year, and he gets fired. Shoot,
>with Brock now on RAW, they could have slotted him in to feud
>with Roman until it's time for Wrestlemania.

I get that WWE isn’t going to make every indie darling the top champ, but there are so many cases where you just scratch your head and go “how did they mess this up?” Especially when it’s clear that WWE is struggling to come up with credible challengers.

My biggest example of this is Shinsuke back in 2018. He was SO over and they made him look like a huge deal for months. So why have him turn on AJ Styles AFTER losing his title shot, then have him lose 1,000 rematches in a row? If Shinsuke turned heel during the match to win, held the title for a few months, and then AJ won it back… who would that hurt? No one would think lesser of AJ, and then you have Shinsuke on a level where he can easily challenge for a title once every year or so and look like a credible threat. If you do that with guys like Shinsuke, Joe, or Keith Lee, then you don’t have to throw millions at Goldberg every few months when you’re in a tough spot. Instead, one of them is in the mid-card forever and Vince cut the other two cause they’re not as chiseled as Randy Orton.

That’s why I can’t fully complain about Kofi or Big E’s title runs. Obviously the way their title reigns ended was bullshit, especially Kofi’s, but at least they’ll be one of those guys for the rest of their career. They’ll likely never win the title again, but you can easily plug them into a fun title feud as a credible challenger at any point. WWE has like 12-14 ppvs a year, they NEED credible threats like that desperately, but they throw away most of their chances to make guys like that.