Okay okay, it’s not a war. But AEW and NXT are loaded up for tonight and it should be fun.

Besides that:

- Triple Haitch looks to be running creative again.
- NXT is worth peeking in on at minimum. You can see overtly good stuff again on there too! Aka HBK is cookin.
- Collision has been good even if Punk’s on-screen show-based heat IS missed.
- Edge and Christian is a good azz time.
- Broken Toni Storm is too. I hope she goes far with it.
- Give me all of the Jay White they have. MJF/White is gonna be a party.
- Vince is somehow maybe out again? Maybe health. Maybe banished. Who knows!
- Jey Uso is on Raw and is over like rover.
- Reigns is on vacay but back soon.
- Cody is weaseling his way back to Roman. I’m interested even if my adrenaline is not in my soul currently.
- Swerve looks like a no jokes star and Nana actin a fool has made his song over too!

Zoomed out, both companies appear to be doing a lot of things that make sense. Taking that for granted is to ignore how shaky main roster WWE has been several times over the last decade. Aka it’s a good time to be watching this stuff.

And eyes are on Chicago for Survivor Series to see if WWE and Phil Can finally reunite!

cohesive stories, fun characters, and the finest women in the biz

i just wish they'd get rid of some of these NXT UK goofs I dont really like any of them.

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>cohesive stories, fun characters, and the finest women in the
>biz
>
>i just wish they'd get rid of some of these NXT UK goofs I
>dont really like any of them.

Rasslin in general is fine woman central nowadays. I come away from basically every show blessed in various ways. You ain't lying tho..NXT is basically all fine all the time now. And whoever is training them isn't playing around either. AKA someone somewhere is trying to make them good at it for real and not 'good for a girl'. I appreciate that quite a bit.

Looking back, that pivot to trying to find young hoss athletes to teach the biz is working out really well so far. And on the dude size, Rex/Bron and Melo are coming along really well.

I know there was a gap for a couple of years in NXT, but tbf that’ll happen when Asuka, Bayley, Sasha, Becky, Baszler, IYO and Kairi all peace out.

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>I know there was a gap for a couple of years in NXT, but tbf
>that’ll happen when Asuka, Bayley, Sasha, Becky, Baszler,
>IYO and Kairi all peace out.

I think so. I think she's not around as much as she was but she's still the main thing in the background making sure these (fine ass) women know how to rassle.

I'm excited to see what they do with Jade. I have to believe she's easily athletic enough to do whatever, so if she can keep her learning rolling and lose some of that green she has, its gonna be a party.

Felt like the Monday Night Wars again. Wish this was every week.

>Felt like the Monday Night Wars again. Wish this was every
>week.

My 2-screen setup served me well. I was pausing and fast forwarding my azz off last night. It took me about 2.5 hours to 'watch' both shows with that setup and I still felt like I saw most everything that needed to be seen. I had a blast. I was also flat out tired afterwards! Rasslin overload!

They NEED to do something like this about quarterly. AKA they need to jackass their way into an 'accidental' war night and then do good stuff with whatever eyeballs they get on the product(s).

WWE took advantage of their killer rolodex and us it to try to make a lot of their upcoming people look as UPCOMING as possible. AEW tried to make a show that they could follow-up with a 'hey, we didn't need to cheat cuz this every week. If you're not watching us on Wednesdays and Saturdays, you're missing out'. Both achieved a lot of good last night no matter what the numbas will say. I'm guessing WWE 'beat' AEW AND what they normally get for NXT on Tuesdays.

So it’s possible we can have this going forward.

Both achieved a lot of good last night no matter
>what the numbas will say. I'm guessing WWE 'beat' AEW AND what
>they normally get for NXT on Tuesdays.

I was a little worried that the main roster people/Taker would overshadow the NXT roster, but they did a great job using them to give the new guys and gals some shine.

>So it’s possible we can have this going forward.
>
> Both achieved a lot of good last night no matter
>>what the numbas will say. I'm guessing WWE 'beat' AEW AND
>what
>>they normally get for NXT on Tuesdays.
>
>I was a little worried that the main roster people/Taker would
>overshadow the NXT roster, but they did a great job using them
>to give the new guys and gals some shine.

From what we've seen, the negativity farmers would eat crazy good from that. And TK would just go crazy and potentially blow up the whole thing.

I randomly think sometimes: what if WWE had the whole thing locked down again ala 2001 when WCW laid it down? How long would WWE be fun until it started to be unfun again? 3 or 4 years? Longer? Not even that long because so many of the AEW people would scatter to not WWE places? IDK.

Debating to about going now. Is it still as good now with Punk not "running" it?

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>Debating to about going now. Is it still as good now with
>Punk not "running" it?

It is NOT the same but its good. The way Phil gives basically everything STAKES is at least kinda sorta missing. Almost no one does that better in AEW or damn near anywhere outside of Tribal Chief and/or 'I appreciate every moment here because I know I'm getting too old for this shit' John Cena.

They've tried to 'replace' him with Danielson and Christian tho, and both of those guys are a damn good time. So its almost certainly worth going. And it probably won't exactly be a zoo up in the there if I'm to believe all of the crowing about low attendance at AEW shows.

And boaf MJF and Omega are gonna be there tmrw. The thought is that they'll have an altercation of some kind related to MJF being very close to outlasting Omega's 'number of days as champ' thing. That little deal has been fun and it might lead to a match and soon. Either way, its gonna be MJF doing something so it'll be good.

>>Debating to about going now. Is it still as good now with
>>Punk not "running" it?
>
>It is NOT the same but its good. The way Phil gives basically
>everything STAKES is at least kinda sorta missing. Almost no
>one does that better in AEW or damn near anywhere outside of
>Tribal Chief and/or 'I appreciate every moment here because I
>know I'm getting too old for this shit' John Cena.
>
>They've tried to 'replace' him with Danielson and Christian
>tho, and both of those guys are a damn good time. So its
>almost certainly worth going. And it probably won't exactly be
>a zoo up in the there if I'm to believe all of the crowing
>about low attendance at AEW shows.
>
>And boaf MJF and Omega are gonna be there tmrw. The thought is
>that they'll have an altercation of some kind related to MJF
>being very close to outlasting Omega's 'number of days as
>champ' thing. That little deal has been fun and it might lead
>to a match and soon. Either way, its gonna be MJF doing
>something so it'll be good.


Unless I missed it when I went to the concession stand I didn't see MJF and Omega, but yeah I'm glad I went. I don't know how the crowd reaction looked on tv, but Jarrett/Kingston gave us a vintage 1982 Monday night at the Mid-South Coliseum Memphis rasslin' match in the and all the old heads there ate it up lol. Especially when Dave Brown made his way down to be the guest commentator for the match. Battle of the Belts was a standout too. I hate I missed Dynamite when they came to MS a few years ago, but if they make their way back to there Memphis or Southaven, I'm definitely going to be there.

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Had seats even with the front edge of the big curved screen so we didn’t see everyone come through the curtain.

Some observations:

-while the entrance-break-segment-opponent entrance structure is weird, it IS good for bathroom breaks when you have kids with you.

- the people love them some LA Knight (or at least they love shouting YEAHHH even if he’s not on the show.

- but the people LOVE them some Jey. If people weren’t shouting YEAHHH or WOOOO when it was quiet they were shouting YEET

- the Miz’s face turn worked. There were people legit chanting for Miz in his match against Ivar.

- speaking of, him and Otis can MOOOOOVE. You don’t quite get on TV how agile those two big boys are.

-the Drew thing played pretty well live

- of everyone, Cody walks the character EVERY time he’s through the curtain. Dude jumped into the crowd to help get the cameras on a fan’s sign for the fan contest. He was CONSTANTLY working the crowd when he wasn’t involved in the action. That dude works hard even when he’s not working a hold.

- Dom’s heat is DEAFENING. Kudos to that kid for leaning into the skid there.

- Rhea’s promo went over REAL well with the crowd.

- but not quite as well as Becky’s

- they have to figure out how to make Xia’s kick look better (maybe the answer is putting her in with more accomplished workers because Indi … is a little ponderous out there still).

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Nice!

Something about seeing rasslin only on TV/Youtube/Soashul Meediuh for too long dulls the enjoyment for me. But in-person, seeing just how big the big people are, are good-looking the hot ladies are, how athletic people are in general, and just how PHYSICAL rasslin can be is worth something for me.

At worst, it makes the notably not good rasslers look even more not good! IE: the ones who ridiculously miss on their strikes fall into this range for me. I remember a women's match in AEW when I went to a Dynamite back when they still had the other other shows (Dark?) that was notably not serious.



>Had seats even with the front edge of the big curved screen
>so we didn’t see everyone come through the curtain.
>
>Some observations:
>
>-while the entrance-break-segment-opponent entrance structure
>is weird, it IS good for bathroom breaks when you have kids
>with you.
>
>- the people love them some LA Knight (or at least they love
>shouting YEAHHH even if he’s not on the show.
>
>- but the people LOVE them some Jey. If people weren’t
>shouting YEAHHH or WOOOO when it was quiet they were shouting
>YEET
>
>- the Miz’s face turn worked. There were people legit
>chanting for Miz in his match against Ivar.
>
>- speaking of, him and Otis can MOOOOOVE. You don’t quite
>get on TV how agile those two big boys are.
>
>-the Drew thing played pretty well live
>
>- of everyone, Cody walks the character EVERY time he’s
>through the curtain. Dude jumped into the crowd to help get
>the cameras on a fan’s sign for the fan contest. He was
>CONSTANTLY working the crowd when he wasn’t involved in the
>action. That dude works hard even when he’s not working a
>hold.
>
>- Dom’s heat is DEAFENING. Kudos to that kid for leaning
>into the skid there.
>
>- Rhea’s promo went over REAL well with the crowd.
>
>- but not quite as well as Becky’s
>
>- they have to figure out how to make Xia’s kick look better
>(maybe the answer is putting her in with more accomplished
>workers because Indi … is a little ponderous out there
>still).
>
>

Those two had a four year run that was untouchable in Florida, but on the main they haven't really done a thing. That said, once the Ciampa/Kaiser match was underway, Johnny did really well on the outside firing the crowd up.

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>Those two had a four year run that was untouchable in
>Florida, but on the main they haven't really done a thing.
>That said, once the Ciampa/Kaiser match was underway, Johnny
>did really well on the outside firing the crowd up.

Yeah. I was always worried that Johnny was toast beyond NXT. At least I got to see them during the time when Ciampa was coming out with no music. The boos were completely out of this world. And he was soaking that shit all the way up. Pure goodness.

and she one of the coldest white women walking this earth.
i want her lol

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>His music hit lol

Same. I was just about to get up from the couch. I was thinking ‘oh well, they couldn’t figure it ouu’…then the music hit. It took me at least 5 seconds to believe it. I almost thought some heel was trolling. And then that SOB came through and the crowd let him have the love. He felt it and it was ON.

They’re going to print hella money if they can keep everyone healthy.

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

if he pulled that off lol

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For everything Punk ever said , his biggest ax to grind was he felt he deserved a Mania main event. And now he probably gets it.

God…

They’re gonna do Rollins/Punk and Cody/Reigns

How do you top that?

And god help me, if he comes out with a 90210 shirt on, I’m might collapse

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

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

Women’s War Games was blah until the last 5-10 minutes.

Gunther vs. Miz and Rhea vs Zoey were serviceable, but were shades of the same match.

Santos basically squashed Lee.

Men’s War Games was the match of the night. Not sure what the point of the “Randy Orton isn’t here” here was beyond giving him a full entrance right before the match.

And the Punk entrance was what they were looking for. Of course, it only would have worked like THAT in Chicago. I hope it works out for everyone involved. Im sure McIntyre and Rollins being pissed were works. Sets up his RR opponent and probs lay his WM opponent. We’ll see how long this lasts.

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that no one wants to see good guys vs bad guys

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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and have Punk address everything on Smackdown at the end of the show right as Rampage is coming on lol

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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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2 years ago might as well be 2,000,000 years ago

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

he didnt have to say shit about anyone but himself

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

He’s SO GOOD at playing to both the cheap seats and the cameras. It’s like having a great stage actor that kills it on TV too.

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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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when he would come on the show. If he would've had the mic during the commercial free hour I think he would've dropped a better more "informative" promo than what he did. Plus I think Trips probably told him to hold off/save some stuff for when his programs with other wrestlers start. Honestly I can't wait for the promos between him and Seth.

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That was definitely a "catch on YouTube the next day" promo lol.

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I woulda been better off watching that nonsense.

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they send him put there to let it rip, people hear everything they want to hear on day 1...then what?

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

He said absolutely nothing.

While simultaneously being you must jump through hoops to get a rumble spot season.

Both are great

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Two Rumbles in a row where Cody s the only conceivable winner would be dumb.

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He wasn't going to shit on Tony Khan, the Elite, or anyone else in AEW. I'm pretty sure both sides signed some of NDA. And besides, neither HHH or Nick Khan would want to give another fed any oxygen on their own show.

He wasn't going to work shit on the McMahon family or Hunter. Especially after all the lovey dovey stuff from Sunday night.

I guess how could have further pushed towards the Rollins feud and what's clearly going to be a WM co-headline match. But even that would look sort of goofy a little over an hour after Rollins did his whole "He's not worth my time!" promo.

It was his version of Cody's "Finish the Story" promo. That went over kind of blah too, until Cody backed it up in the ring.

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If he's involved in it, the fun shall begin for real there.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea that Punk is headed into a(nother) self-righteous/Bret Hart Tribute heel run. If so, that promo last night was exactly what it needed to be: say all the right stuff but do it with just enough stank in his voice to make it clear that 'something else' is really going on.

I mean really: 'I'm back to take everything I ever wanted from this place' is some wild shit for a babyface to say.

And even the 'I get that some of these bitches are scared of me being better than them' could've been thought of as a shot to ALL OF WRESTLING. I loved that part and I heard him. And he's said it before and recently. That's as close to 'fuck the Bucks, Hangman, Kenny, Rollins, and all of you other alleged great mfers too!' as we were going to get the first night back.

I didn't need him to say 'Tony Khan is too big of a bitch to run his own company'. I know that already!

>He wasn't going to shit on Tony Khan, the Elite, or anyone
>else in AEW. I'm pretty sure both sides signed some of NDA.
>And besides, neither HHH or Nick Khan would want to give
>another fed any oxygen on their own show.
>
>He wasn't going to work shit on the McMahon family or Hunter.
>Especially after all the lovey dovey stuff from Sunday night.
>
>I guess how could have further pushed towards the Rollins feud
>and what's clearly going to be a WM co-headline match. But
>even that would look sort of goofy a little over an hour after
>Rollins did his whole "He's not worth my time!" promo.
>
>It was his version of Cody's "Finish the Story" promo. That
>went over kind of blah too, until Cody backed it up in the
>ring.

a short version of:

"I'm trying to run a business and when somebody who hasn’t done a damn thing in this business jeopardizes the first million dollar house that this company has ever drawn, off of my back, and goes on national television and does that, it’s a disgrace to this industry, it’s a disgrace to this company."

>If he's involved in it, the fun shall begin for real there.
>
>I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea that Punk is headed into a(nother)
>self-righteous/Bret Hart Tribute heel run. If so, that promo
>last night was exactly what it needed to be: say all the right
>stuff but do it with just enough stank in his voice to make it
>clear that 'something else' is really going on.
>
>I mean really: 'I'm back to take everything I ever wanted from
>this place' is some wild shit for a babyface to say.
>
>And even the 'I get that some of these bitches are scared of
>me being better than them' could've been thought of as a shot
>to ALL OF WRESTLING. I loved that part and I heard him. And
>he's said it before and recently. That's as close to 'fuck the
>Bucks, Hangman, Kenny, Rollins, and all of you other alleged
>great mfers too!' as we were going to get the first night
>back.
>
>I didn't need him to say 'Tony Khan is too big of a bitch to
>run his own company'. I know that already!
>
>>He wasn't going to shit on Tony Khan, the Elite, or anyone
>>else in AEW. I'm pretty sure both sides signed some of NDA.
>>And besides, neither HHH or Nick Khan would want to give
>>another fed any oxygen on their own show.
>>
>>He wasn't going to work shit on the McMahon family or
>Hunter.
>>Especially after all the lovey dovey stuff from Sunday
>night.
>>
>>I guess how could have further pushed towards the Rollins
>feud
>>and what's clearly going to be a WM co-headline match. But
>>even that would look sort of goofy a little over an hour
>after
>>Rollins did his whole "He's not worth my time!" promo.
>>
>>It was his version of Cody's "Finish the Story" promo. That
>>went over kind of blah too, until Cody backed it up in the
>>ring.
>