We have some things to look forward to.

I’m ready for Cody. I’ll take the Rock if we get it.

I think I’m ready for the Bloodline to turn on Sami.

Swerve is on his own and set to be a fun match machine again. Him vs Keef is gonna be a good time.

The Acclaimed is doing their thing. I was loving dude frying up Jeff Jarrett. The Gunns are doing a good job being the undercard jackass heel team now.

FTR is headed towards AEW gold and it’s gonna be fun. Or they’ll leave and have fun that way. Either way!

I’m tired of Bray but at least LA is getting some shine. I’m ready to see Bo back too. That ‘I’m gonna control these urges’ meme makes Bray’s whole run worth having so far.

WK..I’m going to watch it this weekend. Yes, I know results already. That card was bonkers. I’m very amped to see how Kenny and Will went down with both of them healthy.

This Trios finale is about to be silly.

Cena looked good in light duty on Smackdown.

Austin Theory looks great now.

Jericho is out here showing ass for people and I like it.

And you know I want all of a Ironman match between Bryan and MJF. MJF is gonna kill it I bet and that match alone might make him more money next year.

Women’s wrestling has some good stuff going on and I have some things to catch up on. Until then, I’m gonna keep looking (respectfully) at Toni Storm, Sky Blue, Gigi Dolin, and Bianca. And Jade and ALL of the Baddies. Kierra too damnit.

>Swerve is on his own and set to be a fun match machine again.
>Him vs Keef is gonna be a good time.

If Rick Ross was actually around, this would be interesting. But the tattooed guy is just there and the Brock lookalike is distractingly bad. He doesn’t know what to do with his hands ever.

>
>WK..I’m going to watch it this weekend. Yes, I know results
>already. That card was bonkers. I’m very amped to see how
>Kenny and Will went down with both of them healthy.

I was at the point where I was like “this can’t possibly live up to the hype,” but it did, and there will clearly be a sequel, if not two. Can’t wait.

Unfortunately for Okada and White, it was an impossible act to follow. I appreciate that they did a slower pace rather than trying to match the pace of the previous match, but still, I couldn’t help but be bored for a lot of it. It felt like their program had just been on cruise control since the G1 anyway, so this card REALLY needed Kenny-Will to drum up interest.

I liked most of the undercard though. Solid show. They even got me to root for Master Wato!

I've never seen their famous match in Lucha Underground, but you could tell they had a lot of chemistry. That DVD onto the apron was fucking sick.

The other two guys are mostly whatever. The Brock look-alike is apparently from NXT, and had been around in that Ari Davari faction that fights a lot on Dark/Dark Elevation. Face tattoos apparently use to be an MLB prospect. The only value they added so far was holding Keith Lee when Swerve broke the cinder block on him, and I don't imagine them adding much more.

Still, last night was a solid continuation of Swerve's heel push. Which I'm fine with.

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Or at least could use some better ones.

Definitely check out their LU match if you can find it. AR was called Dante Fox and Swerve was called Killshot FYI.

...two months in advance. And the clear path to get there. Danielson really is the perfect person to do this and help make MJF look like a completely legit champion.

I'm going to be at Revolution, so I'm definitely looking forward to the match. The only thing is, the AEW roster is so deep that a 1-hour main event either means: 1) there aren't going to a lot of other matches, so a lot people are going to be left off or 2) It's going to be a looooooong night.

Rest of the show was really good. Love Starks becoming an even bigger star and backing it up in the ring. And I'm happy Jericho is backing it up and doing the necessary jobs. I didn't **really** thin they were going to ave the Acclaimed lose to Lethal/Jarrett, but I got worried after the false finish. Jarrett can such a manipulative shit sometimes that I can see him trying to talk his way into a title win.

Hometown hero Allin beating Joe with the major feel-good moment of the evening. Match was dope too, especially with Allin bumping like a pinball for Joe. And the hug with Sting with the icing on top.

Kinda interested in where they want to go with the Women's title thing. They made it pretty clear that Sasha/Mercedes at least won't be wrestling that night, though I guess she could make an appearance. They do seem to be setting up a dynamic where it's the AEW "originals" (Britt, Hayter, and Shida) take on the "interlopers" (Saraya, Toni Storm, and either Sasha/Mercedes or like Thunder Rosa). Britt is going to have to drop the mean girls schtick if she wants to get herself over as a face.

Only thing that didn't work last night was Cargill. No one cared about Bow Wow. No one cared about her fighting her own baddies. It might have helped to have her actually lose in the tag team match and end "the streak," but they still had her go over.

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There'd been a fair share of speculation that a lot of the past years developments were prelude to selling the company to Disney or NetFlix or whoever. I guess has decided that if he can't run things, no one in his family should either.

Thing is, I'd imagine the company would be worth more if he was no where around, rather than forcing his way back and potentially driving the price tag down.

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Surprise low blow followed by sledgehammer shot.

>https://twitter.com/WrestleOps/status/1611109288692568068
>
>There'd been a fair share of speculation that a lot of the
>past years developments were prelude to selling the company to
>Disney or NetFlix or whoever. I guess has decided that if he
>can't run things, no one in his family should either.
>
>Thing is, I'd imagine the company would be worth more if he
>was no where around, rather than forcing his way back and
>potentially driving the price tag down.

There's no telling how this will go and/or if this is in some ways some manufactured tomfoolery to jack up the selling price.

Regardless, WWE is going to continue to change up as time goes on. Somewhere along the way, I don't see how they don't end up having to drop some portions of this whole 'independent contractor but you can't rassle anywhere else unless we let you, keep them tiddies put up, AND we can relegate you to catering whenever we want to and that's just your azz' setup. Maybe they don't end up with a total AEW thing where people can just smooth be working for other companies on a regular basis. But I could see more of these Nakamura type of deals..especially on smaller shows.

I could also see them eventually getting something resembling a Forbidden Door type of thing with AEW with a lot of tag matches and 70s and 80s style no contesty finishes. And maybe they could figure out one big match with a stip that forces there to be something resembling a 'real finish'. Maybe people who have already worked together at some point. Bryan and someone for instance.

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but NOPE

that ego is too big to go quietly and let them take it from here

Fuck him

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This kinda reads like the “It’s Fine” dog meme. If you’ve never worked for a large company, “Nothing is gonna change” typically means there will be a LOT of changes lol.

> “Nothing is gonna
>change” typically means there will be a LOT of changes lol.

>We have some things to look forward to.
>
>I’m ready for Cody. I’ll take the Rock if we get it.

I'm actually good with either one. Good stories with both


>
>I think I’m ready for the Bloodline to turn on Sami.


Not in a bad way, but with it getting close to Mania, I'm ready for the implosion now. It hasn't gotten stale yet cause Sami/Roman finds a way to make it still work, but its time for the pieces to start crumbling



>

>The Acclaimed is doing their thing. I was loving dude frying
>up Jeff Jarrett. The Gunns are doing a good job being the
>undercard jackass heel team now.

Two months ago I couldn't stand The Acclaimed, I love them dudes now lol



>
>FTR is headed towards AEW gold and it’s gonna be fun. Or
>they’ll leave and have fun that way. Either way!
>

I want a FTR/Usos match, stat!!!


>I’m tired of Bray but at least LA is getting some shine.
>I’m ready to see Bo back too. That ‘I’m gonna control
>these urges’ meme makes Bray’s whole run worth having so
>far.
>

LA Knight's "Walking In Memphis" promo had me and my brother rollin' lmao


>Austin Theory looks great now.

Hell of a repackaging by Aitch. Broke him down, built him back up and made him better than before.

>
>Jericho is out here showing ass for people and I like it.

If someone said this dude is the GOAT of wrestling, I wouldn't agree, but I'd understand the argument.


>
>And you know I want all of a Ironman match between Bryan and
>MJF. MJF is gonna kill it I bet and that match alone might
>make him more money next year.
>

MJF has cooled off a bit to me. Maybe could be cause I catch 85% of AEW on YouTube the next day and just watch the clips. Gotta change that soon.


>Women’s wrestling has some good stuff going on and I have
>some things to catch up on. Until then, I’m gonna keep
>looking (respectfully) at Toni Storm, Sky Blue, Gigi Dolin,
>and Bianca. And Jade and ALL of the Baddies. Kierra too
>damnit.

Bayley should start to sour on Sky and Kai and start to align herself with Rhonda and Shayna. All three of them with belts *might* work. Especially since Rhonda won't be the main focus, which she can't handle it seems.

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He basically never wrestles! It kinda works for him because it leads to the illusion that he 'can't wrestle' when he totally can. And he's WWE-ready almost with the idea that he 'gets a lot out of what he actually does'.

In this era of 'king shit athletic super duper rassling azz rasslers', he ends up as wild case. And it kind of sets him up to 'cool off' at times IMO.

He's in great shape but he's just notably not big..even in an era where most people usually aren't exactly huge. So he can't just show up and 'big dog' anybody unless he has a heavy (or even several heavies like they tried to do with Stokley and them).

All that said, I am AMPED to see how he weasels his way into beating Bryan/validating himself as a wrestler in that ironman match. It might be borderline brilliant work to have him do that match this early in his reign. In a way, his title run is HIS trials. AKA he's always making people jump through hoops just to get a match with him. Now, he basically needs to prove that he's as good as he's claiming to be on a macro level.

Of course, him 'beating everybody' by hook AND crook only to get Cult of Personality thrown at his ass around the end of the summer is my dream for him (and AEW), but we'll see how it goes. Punk's last real bit of business in AEW is for him to put over MJF. Hell, if he can't main event mania, that might be the last thing he should do. And really, I don't care if he ever 'settles things' with the Elite in a wrestling ring. And, as much as I love him, I don't know if he's built at this point to make magic with Kenny. They'd figure it out cuz they're both excellent, but that's not THE match I want from Phil at this point.

>>We have some things to look forward to.
>>
>>I’m ready for Cody. I’ll take the Rock if we get it.
>
>I'm actually good with either one. Good stories with both
>
>
>>
>>I think I’m ready for the Bloodline to turn on Sami.
>
>
>Not in a bad way, but with it getting close to Mania, I'm
>ready for the implosion now. It hasn't gotten stale yet cause
>Sami/Roman finds a way to make it still work, but its time for
>the pieces to start crumbling
>
>
>
>>
>
>>The Acclaimed is doing their thing. I was loving dude frying
>>up Jeff Jarrett. The Gunns are doing a good job being the
>>undercard jackass heel team now.
>
>Two months ago I couldn't stand The Acclaimed, I love them
>dudes now lol
>
>
>
>>
>>FTR is headed towards AEW gold and it’s gonna be fun. Or
>>they’ll leave and have fun that way. Either way!
>>
>
>I want a FTR/Usos match, stat!!!
>
>
>>I’m tired of Bray but at least LA is getting some shine.
>>I’m ready to see Bo back too. That ‘I’m gonna control
>>these urges’ meme makes Bray’s whole run worth having so
>>far.
>>
>
>LA Knight's "Walking In Memphis" promo had me and my brother
>rollin' lmao
>
>
>>Austin Theory looks great now.
>
>Hell of a repackaging by Aitch. Broke him down, built him back
>up and made him better than before.
>
>>
>>Jericho is out here showing ass for people and I like it.
>
>If someone said this dude is the GOAT of wrestling, I wouldn't
>agree, but I'd understand the argument.
>
>
>>
>>And you know I want all of a Ironman match between Bryan and
>>MJF. MJF is gonna kill it I bet and that match alone might
>>make him more money next year.
>>
>
>MJF has cooled off a bit to me. Maybe could be cause I catch
>85% of AEW on YouTube the next day and just watch the clips.
>Gotta change that soon.
>
>
>>Women’s wrestling has some good stuff going on and I have
>>some things to catch up on. Until then, I’m gonna keep
>>looking (respectfully) at Toni Storm, Sky Blue, Gigi Dolin,
>>and Bianca. And Jade and ALL of the Baddies. Kierra too
>>damnit.
>
>Bayley should start to sour on Sky and Kai and start to align
>herself with Rhonda and Shayna. All three of them with belts
>*might* work. Especially since Rhonda won't be the main focus,
>which she can't handle it seems.
>
>
>

>In this era of 'king shit athletic super duper rassling azz
>rasslers', he ends up as wild case. And it kind of sets him up
>to 'cool off' at times IMO.
>
Excellent point. That may be why.





>He's in great shape but he's just notably not big..even in an
>era where most people usually aren't exactly huge. So he can't
>just show up and 'big dog' anybody unless he has a heavy (or
>even several heavies like they tried to do with Stokley and
>them).
>
>All that said, I am AMPED to see how he weasels his way into
>beating Bryan/validating himself as a wrestler in that ironman
>match. It might be borderline brilliant work to have him do
>that match this early in his reign. In a way, his title run is
>HIS trials. AKA he's always making people jump through hoops
>just to get a match with him. Now, he basically needs to prove
>that he's as good as he's claiming to be on a macro level.
>
>Of course, him 'beating everybody' by hook AND crook only to
>get Cult of Personality thrown at his ass around the end of
>the summer is my dream for him (and AEW), but we'll see how it
>goes. Punk's last real bit of business in AEW is for him to
>put over MJF. Hell, if he can't main event mania, that might
>be the last thing he should do. And really, I don't care if he
>ever 'settles things' with the Elite in a wrestling ring. And,
>as much as I love him, I don't know if he's built at this
>point to make magic with Kenny. They'd figure it out cuz
>they're both excellent, but that's not THE match I want from
>Phil at this point.

The money match in AEW is still Punk/MJF. I think with a great build up Punk/FTR vs The Elite can sell, but the Punk/MJF match is still hot right now after all this time.

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I laughed so hard at him coming out with the bandito bandana and flannel buttoned at the neck. He’s doing such a good job with this.

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She just tweeted it.

So much for “Nothing is changing.”

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>She just tweeted it.
>
>So much for “Nothing is changing.”

Yeah. This is wild stuff.

https://twitter.com/stephmcmahon/status/1612956533695938560?s=46&t=eco-cRff-S03RXSV3jmxbg

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No share holders to answer to means only the Saudis would have to care about his past "indiscretions." Which they clearly don't.

Apparently it's a sweetheart deal for anyone who owns stock. But the talent is likely screwed.

This really is some Logan Roy shit.

On a related note, everyone ready for another Hulk Hogan comeback?! And more Saudi PPVs?!?!?!?

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this is crazy

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>this is crazy

Puhleeeeeeeeeeze!

>

I'm waiting for the confirm before I go too too too far with any kind of thoughts beyond what my mind does on its own: does some other company show up? Do a lot of rasslers walk out? Imagine how wild this makes things for AEW and New Japan! If Sasha IS debuting on AEW tonight, she's gotten her shines stolen even more than the botching finisher debut did. Shtuff like that.

And cuz my main shit is trying to watch and enjoy shit, I'm hoping they don't do anything that would rob us of getting whatever the planned ending of the Honorary Uce story was cuz you know...Sami/Saudi. My mind also drifts in horror to 'Brock shows up at 30, kills everyone (Cody included), and heads into another Mania main event with Roman' Rumble finish that most of us would loathe.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

*other than the minor Jericho intrusion into quality programming
nearly a perfect show

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theres nothing left for me to care about with Moxley or Page. same matches, same hacky Page melodrama, same Moxley everything.

then it got great until Jericho's broadway goofy shit. Starks is so ready for something bigger and now Jake Hager is involved. jesus christ. Daniel Garcia is somehow actually getting worse on the mic, which is impressive in a strange way

then it got great again, peaking with GREAT stuff with Takeshita getting a little physicality with MJF before an excellent match. Takeshita has something without even talking that makes him sooooooo much more interesting to me than most of the people they parade out every single week. i hope he keeps up with the English bc he is a Tier 1 guy as a wrestler and I wouldnt think twice about him winning matches in the upper third of the card.

then it got stupid again. i have to assume the Elite's foreign opponents have no knowledge of what blowing a 3-0 series means in American sports, because now they're historic losers and I dont want to see them on TV anymore.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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1. The Saudi Arabia PIF. Even though those initial reports that McMahon already negotiated a sale are being shot down, the general consensus is that they're the front-runners.

2. Disney. Nick Khan apparently met with them on Wednesday.

3. Shad and Tony Khan. There have been a few reports that the Khan family is interested and are in a "pool of potential buyers." Obviously it would be more like a merger, but with the two having like 12 hours combined weekly national TV time, almost all of it "prime time," makes it a lot different than the WWE/WCW disaster of almost 25 years ago.

4. Some other large media corporation, a la Amazon, NBC/Universal, or Netflix.

5. Shane, backed by some other wealthy conglomerate. Obviously I doubt this one is going to happen. To my knowledge, it hasn't even been mentioned as a remote possibility. But I'd find it funny that decades after Vince Sr. gave Vince Jr. a sweetheart deal to buy him out, Vince would "return the favor" to his own son.

6. Someone/some other corporation entirely.

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1. NBC/Universal - just because there are NBC ties the product already. I doubt they'd make and major changes to the on screen product.

2. Shad and Tony - As you mentioned, it'd be just more of a merger and I'd really doubt that Tony would meddle in their business as far as the product is concerned.

3. Shane. His Rumble direction was a disaster and I think that soured a lot of people on him. But it would stay a family business. Plus I think he could coerce Steph to come back and run the business side of things along with Nick.

4. Disney - The Mouse wants too much damn power and media control

5. Someone/some other corporation entirely - Is good ol' Easy E Bischoff available?

6. The Saudi Arabia PIF - I could see the product going to shit in this instance.







>1. The Saudi Arabia PIF. Even though those initial reports
>that McMahon already negotiated a sale are being shot down,
>the general consensus is that they're the front-runners.
>
>2. Disney. Nick Khan apparently met with them on Wednesday.
>
>3. Shad and Tony Khan. There have been a few reports that the
>Khan family is interested and are in a "pool of potential
>buyers." Obviously it would be more like a merger, but with
>the two having like 12 hours combined weekly national TV time,
>almost all of it "prime time," makes it a lot different than
>the WWE/WCW disaster of almost 25 years ago.
>
>4. Some other large media corporation, a la Amazon,
>NBC/Universal, or Netflix.
>
>5. Shane, backed by some other wealthy conglomerate. Obviously
>I doubt this one is going to happen. To my knowledge, it
>hasn't even been mentioned as a remote possibility. But I'd
>find it funny that decades after Vince Sr. gave Vince Jr. a
>sweetheart deal to buy him out, Vince would "return the favor"
>to his own son.
>
>6. Someone/some other corporation entirely.

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Tony is a cornball, too much of a fan with no balls after letting Punk emasculate him at that scrum, but he’s still far and away the best choice.

He’d likely welcome Haitch’s perspective, and that’s a good thing.

NBC/Comcast next, and most likely IMO. But Amazon and the Saudis can back up as many Brinks trucks as necessary.


There may be too much blowback for a Saudi deal to work.
Vince has to consider that TV rights may be hard to find if he does that.

Don’t like the rest at all.

i dont believe the NFL allows owners to leverage their franchise for cash, and the current value of the WWE isnt far off from Shad's remaining net worth

also...they would fuck it up. they run one weekly TV taping on the road, and one in Universal Studios. Tony aint built for what he already has, much less something that size

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>i dont believe the NFL allows owners to leverage their
>franchise for cash, and the current value of the WWE isnt far
>off from Shad's remaining net worth
>
>also...they would fuck it up. they run one weekly TV taping
>on the road, and one in Universal Studios. Tony aint built
>for what he already has, much less something that size

Damn near nobody is built for it other than the ones doing it now. Hopefully anyone buying it gets that.

And I’m with you: I don’t think Shad has the money unless he goes in with someone. And again, hell naw Tony can’t run WWE! He’d almost certainly break down ridiculously.

im sure hes telling everyone the story of WCW and how important it is to have someone of authority in place when a corporation tries to manage multimedia entertainment vehicles optimized across a range of digital platforms

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Damn man. He was only 38.

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talk about a group who should've BEEN on.

One of the very best matches I ever saw was ROH in 03 at Michael's 8th Avenue in Baltimore, main event was Jay Briscoe vs Samoa Joe and they went to a 60 minute time limit. The show went so long that by that point in the night there couldn't have been 200 people there. My brother and I got on the rail by the end of the night, and ROH had these really loud thin sheet metal barricades that just CLANGED.

What a talent that guy was. If Jeff Hardy was a WWE main eventer so could also Jay Briscoe have been. What a sad sad sad loss.

Car was on fire. Four victims. Two fatalities. Two children taken to the hospital with burns. Sounds like his wife and kids were in the car.

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shit like this is why there is no convincing me these people arent insecure manipulators taking advantage of an idiot booker with no more understanding of whats happening in his ring than your avg Reddit mark

first off, Jericho is strangling all of Starks' buzz away. he beats Jericho, then needs to be saved by a jabroni, then the heels decimate them and celebrate off to Judas. then he beats Jericho's butt buddy and Starks flees! now Starks and Jericho are involved in a mixed tag match with 2 losers. this is ass backwards, and is perfectly following the Kingston program. Jericho loses, THEN the feud starts, and there is no blow off and it fizzles out.

the Bucks tho...wow. what a disgusting charade. this is the prototype example of a fake job. that springboard neckbreaker was fucking cool. and a real job would have involved a 1-2-3 at the emotional high point of what had been my least hated Bucks match in a long time. alas, no. it completely fell apart after, and it ends out of nowhere with a fluke roll up that left the crowd with a ruined orgasm. to top it off, Matt Jackson is saying "my bad my bad" since Top Flight didnt actually beat them, they beat themselves.

as long as these people have this mind-boggling level of influence, this shit is gonna be minor league. this show was not bad, but this garbage is all i can remember. not great Bob.

oh one other thing sticks out. Adam Page being a bitch, yet again. who does this appeal to?

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

And Kushida/Darby was a fun match.

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Darby-Kushida WAS really good, and was majorly enhanced by the video package telling me who he was.

that intro package was actually one of the best things theyve EVER done on TV in 3+ years. how many other things would have been massively improved with that sort of intro package for a new wrestler? if they had done that for Bandido i might have stuck with it longer.

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not the most impactful

but easily the best executed, given it's longevity and consistency.

I don't know that there's anything that even comes close.

buckets of drama and emotion.

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This thing has been batting triples and homers since the moment we saw Reigns sitting with Heyman, 3-4 years ago.

I read it as referring to this particular story with Sami which has been great - hopefully they finish it strong.

But the whole several years of the Bloodline? Yeah, it’s been compelling and well done for sure.

That stayed so consistent for so long.

It really is a feat, particularly in the ADD Vince era

There are STILL a bunch of ways they could go with this story, and I have no doubt whatever they choose will be entertaining.

against the Bloodline? Backed by the ancestors?

I wanna see it.

Roman, Solo and Heyman breaking off and straight murdering Sami and the Usos for the next three months? Yes please.

Shit, a Bloodline: Civil WarGames? ABSO-fuckin-LUTELY

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>against the Bloodline? Backed by the ancestors?
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>I wanna see it.
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>Roman, Solo and Heyman breaking off and straight murdering
>Sami and the Usos for the next three months? Yes please.
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>Shit, a Bloodline: Civil WarGames? ABSO-fuckin-LUTELY

I'm so interested in seeing how they do this whole 'Sami is not making it through this Bloodline thing clean' story. Its almost like we all know he's gonna 'die' at the end of the movie but we don't know how just yet.

Its been the easiest to book thing for WWE on a weekly basis for the longest time. They can just give 20-30 minutes to it on every show and know that they'll mostly figure out a way to make it worthwhile..even if its just people making faces at the right time, making up words, and slowly moving the story along with basically everyone playing their parts perfectly (even when they couldn't stop laughing). In some ways, it is the best e-fed/2008 indy thing WWE has ever done with a main event program. And they've figured out how to do it without Roman having to eat through his bump card. It is borderline brilliant for that alone.

Add in that it has made random matches with the Usos, Solo, and Sami all 'feel more important', and it is even better. Even if Sami doesn't get to 'win' by taking out Roman or whatever, this run has validated pretty much any good thing anyone has said about Generico, NXT Sami, or whatever iteration of Zayn people like. And it can't be taken away because he's done it in WWE AND with ROMAN FUCKING REIGNS. And Kevin Owens being in on it now makes it even better if that's even possible.

he drained Starks too fast to even last 1 PPV cycle

bringing in a random jabroni just to show who Starks is equal to...impressive in its ferocity, but short-sighted as resource management.

Adam Cole got back just in time

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Hogan’s was bad, but he was still usually in the top segment

Taker’s descent was really bad, in that he clearly knew he couldn’t go but kept on going.

But Jericho’s wind down is a special type of cringe. He’s been alright-to-awful for five years but he thinks he’s in a new prime. If I never hear or see him again I’d be totally content.

man this show can really be worse than raw at times

<--- Big Baller World Order

Makes me think they have a lot planned for the Bloodline stuff. Either way, for all that build I’d have expected more fight. Idk.

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best Rumble ive seen in a long time

and LA Knight worked so hard trying to get this guy's shit over, before and during the match. there isnt another talker in WWE other than Heyman who could inspire even morbid curiosity in me, and they just won't let him get into the top mix.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE