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[Mr. Nerfect]

I tried to get into New Japan. It wasn’t all bad, but overall the product lacks oomph. I had to switch Zack Sabre Jr vs. Hirooki Goto off. It was so boring. I generally like Goto and I’ve tried to give ZSJ another chance. It was just so boring. They were working like they would have a hot crowd too. Maybe things picked up towards the end? I won’t know.

TNA has been cooking though.

[drave]

Where the fuck is Paul Titan?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Paul Titan for WWE ID.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It looks like Jeff Cobb might have signed with WWE. Smart guy. He was one of the clear standouts trialling New Japan. He was probably the best gaijin next to David Finlay — who I imagine will be going in 2026.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Thought I’d give TNA Sacrifice a go. So far so good. The guy who plays the Personal Concierge of Ash & Heather cracked me up. Tom Hannifan is great on commentary.

Really solid pro-wrestling show to this point. I haven’t seen the main event yet. Mustafa Ali seems like a guy who is probably going to get picked up by WWE again soon.

[Mr. Nerfect]

TNA and NXT have done a good job of making me care about The Hardys again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

EVOLVE has been a really easy watch. I’m surprised how many stories it has developing. The show only being an hour helps tremendously.

Luca Crusafino is quite the talent.

[Bad News Gertner]

You know who ruled: Mike Enos.

I wish he had an ounce of personality.

He'd also be over way more nowadays.

WCW Vault has a Thunder marathon on right meow and Enos somehow wrestled a squash match and looked amazing.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The world has Enos Envy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Modern wrestling makes stuff that used to get scoffed at look amazing. Give me a squash with guys who know how to work over a 20 min hand-holding routine any day.

I was thinking the other day that Thunder might even age well because it had less storyline-specific context than shows with serialized relevance at the time. Hell, it’d be new to most fans.

It’s similar to how the WWF UK PPVs used to be glorified house shows in many ways. But Rebellion 2001 is a hidden gem based on that.

[Bad News Gertner]

Dude there's FAR too many Brian Adams and Bulldog/Neidhart matches for that to be true lol.

Especially when those two awful entities faced each other.

Bulldog fell off faster than any wrestler I've ever seen, and I've always maintained that Adams is the worst pushed wrestler in history.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bulldog is a sad story. I actually used to hate him, just because my first introduction to him was jean shorts, awful music Bulldog. That was a steep drop indeed.

Lol, I actually came in here to say how positive I’ve felt about wrestling lately. WWE has been the most consistently good it’s been in…a really long time. I’ve been enjoying TNA too. I’ve got too many things I’ve started watching and haven’t finished lol. I’m watching Unbreakable ‘05 from TNA bits at a time. I gave that promotion such a hard time, but man has this show had some good wrestling.

I’m at risk of falling down a Memphis rabbit hole too. I got the urge to watch Jerry Lawler and Ric Flair again, and that just whets the appetite too much.

The modern New Japan product didn’t do it for me. There’s some good guys out there, but it all feels pretty dry, but I’m going to try and watch some Shinsuke Nakamura stuff before I completely give up the whole thing, because the recent rumor he was getting shit-canned annoyed me because he’s such an awesome wrestler.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Kronik in the WWF in 2001. Memories.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Random thought: I’m a little surprised to find myself enjoying Penta in the WWE. I’ve noticed he’s cut down on his taunt and only does it when appropriate now. He reminds me a little of La Parka when he’s making his entrance. La Parka vibes are always welcome.

[Lock Jaw]

He doesn't do his taunt after every move anymore?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Nope. Hated that in AEW.

[Mr. Nerfect]

EVOLVE was really good this week. Show seems to be finding a groove.

[Lock Jaw]

Nope. Hated that in AEW.

It was indeed excessive

[Mr. Nerfect]

It was indeed excessive

I was calling him Pantogon for a while.

One thing WWE has going on that is just better than AEW, is that they have it set that their wrestlers are trying to win matches. So when you flash your taunt in someone’s face, you’re going to get swiped at. When Penta did it in the Rumble against Jacob Fatu, he got stopped part-way through because Jacob was have none of it.

It’s all about context. I’ve got no problem with Penta letting the world know his philosophy is to suppress fear or whatever. Just don’t have everyone he’s wrestling stand around like dorks.

[Lock Jaw]

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Referee Jessika Carr made her debut at WWE Evolve as "Kalyx"

[Lock Jaw]

She set up her own wrestling ring apart from the main one and would only wrestle people who entered that ring

[xrodmuc316]

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Referee Jessika Carr made her debut at WWE Evolve as "Kalyx"

I remember people being mad when WWE trademarked that name thinking they were going to rename Jordynne Grace :rofl:

[Mr. Nerfect]

EVOLVE has featured some really good storytelling. They’re building Luca Crusafino, Harlem Lewis and Keanu Carver as the top male stars there in short order. I guess you can add Sean Legacy to that list too.

Kali Armstrong, Dani Palmer and Brinley Reece are like that with the women too, and then you’ve got Kylie Rae, Wendy Choo and Zara Zakher doing their thing under that.

You’ve also got teams building with lots of the wrestlers having their established allies/partners and then they either get along or don’t. Kalyx has got ample reason to be annoyed with Haze Jameson after this week, for example.

It’s simple storytelling and it works.

[Mr. Nerfect]

SmackDown was alright this week. It’s a long show. The tag division took a step backwards after this week and some of their women are just not over. They had some funny digs at AEW this week.

[Mr. Nerfect]

SmackDown inspired me to go back and watch WrestleMania 13 properly. I think I’ve always seen clips or fallen asleep when watching it through on the Network.

For one of the most poorly received Manias ever, this show isn’t as bad as I was expecting. So far.

Lol at Vince suggesting the hypothetical that Jerry Lawler snaps and goes into the ring and beats up everyone in the four-way tag opener.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The shoutout to Jim Cornette on SmackDown was sweet too. I get the impression Punk really appreciated there being a respected voice out there trying to cut through the bullshit as some tried to ruin his career.

[Big Vic]

Reddit mad Jey Uso is not in the main event at WM. But the Punk/Rollins storyline I feel has been the best build of the year.

[Lock Jaw]

Mid Card Gunther really dragging Main Event Jey Uso down

[Mr. Nerfect]

Gunther’s a fucking beast. I think Jey not closing the show will become part of his eventual story. Punk, Rollins & Reigns has had all its beats hit in main event segments. It was pretty clearly going to go this way.

I’m again intrigued by Jimmy Uso. I thought they missed a trick by not having return with a new gimmick around Bad Blood. Here he is out again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I’m very disappointed Chad Gable won’t be wrestling in Minneapolis.

[drave]

She set up her own wrestling ring apart from the main one and would only wrestle people who entered that ring

This is a great TPWW reference :lol:

[Big Vic]

Caught clips of the Char/Tiffy feud. Damn Char promos looking rough.

[Big Vic]

What is this about Pat McAfee/Mary Kate Cornett?

all the articles I'm reading won't say what he said.

[xrodmuc316]

What is this about Pat McAfee/Mary Kate Cornett?

all the articles I'm reading won't say what he said.

That she banged her boyfriends dad on Parent weekend lol

[Mr. Nerfect]

That could very easily be a misunderstanding of the rules.

[Lock Jaw]

Very underwhelmed by this year's Wrestlemania card. Feels like there is nothing really "big" or "cool" happening.

Jey/Gunther - In theory Main Event Jey Uso finally getting the shine and spotlight is great... but in practice, he's been bumped from the Main Event, and him winning just doesn't feel like a "big moment" because it very much feels like a midcard title held by a midcard guy.

Roman/Seth/CM Punk - I dunno. I feel like a one on one combination of any of the three could have been "good", but the three feels like it is just "here you go guys, you're important"

Charlotte/Tiffy - Yeah, I don't think I need to even explain why my hype is low for this one.

Rhea/Bianca/Iyo - Probably one of the biggest letdowns. Shot their load prematurely on "the big moment" of Rhea winning the belt back from Liv on the first Netflix show. Only to have Rhea randomly lose it to Iyo Sky who hasn't even been in the conversation. Feel really bad for Liv Morgan... sure she a tag champ and is making the card in a tag team title match... but being woman's tag champ is quite a lowly insignificant thing after she put in all that great work year round.

Cody/Cena - Still a bit put off by Cena's heel turn, and still very much not in agreement with it. Just think this whole thing would have been much better face vs face and could have actually felt like a "moment". Now it is just like "meh". In any case, a big step down from the excitement of seeing if Roman Reigns would finally lose.

[xrodmuc316]

McIntyre should have been included in the Roman/Seth/Punk match. Instead they made the central storyline about Paul Heyman. I get they wanted to pay off Damien vs Drew, but that just doesn't seem like a spot worthy for McIntyre at Wrestlemania.

Kevin Owens getting hurt has Orton in limbo, but it seems he will have a match against somebody, maybe a returning superstar. Also not sure if K.O.'s injury is keeping Zayn off the show, but it certainly felt like Sami would have been involved as well.

It seems weird that Strowman and Sikoa are not in the U.S. Title match.

Not sure what they are doing with Kross. They spent months having him vaguely stir shit up, then finally seemed to start paying it off with him wanting to make sure AJ Styles doesn't lose to an outsider like Logan Paul, but then they had Kross help Paul try to beat up AJ, so I don't know.

Austin Theory not being on the card considering his last 3 Manias seems like a lack of focus.

Alexa Bliss had probably the biggest reaction at the Royal Rumble, and they have done nothing with her since.

Chelsea Green has been a top highlight for months, it is criminal she isn't on Mania.

Nia Jax being out of the mix is also weird, not that I am complaining about it, but just weird.

Smackdown's tag division is much deeper than Raw's, so it is also strange they have nothing for the Street Profits, DIY, Motor City Machine Guns, Melo/Miz, Pretty Deadly, or Legado Del Fantasma, but managed to throw a Raw tag title match on the card.

Bayley and Lyra were thrown together last week just to get Bayley on the show. It's fine, but a very pointless match that already seems like a downgrade for Liv, and there is virtually no way Bayley/Lyra are going to win.

Cody vs Cena was probably the biggest match they could make on paper, but it just doesn't feel as big as it would have if they just kept Cena a babyface going for 17. The heel turn was great, but it has fizzled out with Cena not being there enough.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I was hyped about this year’s Mania, but then I found out Chad Gable wasn’t wrestling.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The card’s had a great “soft” build. No one is hitting anyone with cars or anything ridiculous. But everything has got a story to it. I like that not everything has months and months of “I’m going to kill you at Mania!”

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Cody Rhodes booing has begun lol.

[M-A-G]

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[Destor]

6 diff people...same surgeon

[Mr. Nerfect]

Looking forward to Worlds Collide in June.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Raw was good, but they need to stop their faces acting like they’ve never watched wrestling before and turning into blubbering messes when things don’t go their way. People want to live vicariously through the heroes. Just kick some ass.

[Big Vic]

Is Gunther really going to be fighting Pat McAfee?

[Big Vic]

Well if Cena wants to ruin wrestling a boring match with Orton should help.

[Lock Jaw]

Cena/Orton was pretty good actually.... like 1000x better than Cena/Cody at Mania was

[Big Vic]

Didn't you say it was overbooked? Or was that Smeat?

[Lock Jaw]

Smeat did.

[Big Vic]

Tired of wrestling youtube count down shows telling me that:

Kofi missed his punt spot with Orton
Brock calling Hogan grandpa was unscripted
Mickie James got yelled at for groping Trish stratus

[DAMN iNATOR]

R.I.P. Sabu.

Dude actually had a residence in my hometown, and anecdotally, my late mother was friends with a woman who is part of the Farhat family, albeit someone who never had anything to do with pro wrestling.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Smeat did.

Lol, Smeat. Is that dude still a Dave Meltzer acolyte?

[Big Vic]

Tired of wrestling youtube count down shows telling me that:

Kofi missed his punt spot with Orton
Brock calling Hogan grandpa was unscripted
Mickie James got yelled at for groping Trish stratus

Add Ken Kennedy/Orton to this list.

[Fignuts]

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Referee Jessika Carr made her debut at WWE Evolve as "Kalyx"

Another TPWW alumni making their televised wrestling debut.

[Big Vic]

Not wrestling but I really wish Jon Jones would stop pissing away his legacy and drop the belt.

[Lock Jaw]

Jon Jones is a duckling

[Mr. Nerfect]

EVOLVE is starting to cook. I liked it better than SmackDown this week.

[Mr. Nerfect]

14th & 1 is the name of Vince McMahon’s new company. It takes its name from the address of the old Capitol Wrestling Federation headquarters. They are aiming to specialize in majority buyouts, making exceptions for strategic minority investments.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Good Raw. CM Punk and AJ Styles wrestling each other was pretty surreal. The only thing that would have made it better is if Chad Gable was there too.

I’m excited for Worlds Collide.

[Jordan]

I am also excited for Worlds Collide. But I am also worried for AAA. They called in Savior Vega, and the have another Puerto Rican producer if I'm not mistaken. I'm worried that WWE will attempt to change the culture, I don't understand Lucha, I don't think that Triple H does either. I am excited for the ride though.

[Jordan]

Have you guys been watching Maven on YouTube? He's exposing the business! Good stuff, check out his video where he sneaks backstage to AEW.

[Bad News Gertner]

His videos went from being charming to super weird. The Saturn video, the Justin Credible video. He seems to have run out of things to talk about.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I liked the Against All Odds show. It’s so weird to say that TNA might be my favorite show right now. I do like NXT. Smackers has been a major chore lately. I don’t think it’s just the 3hrs. The direction is grating on me. Lots of “losers” on the show. Starting off with Seth Rollins talking should probably be outlawed for shows with that long to go.

[Big Vic]

I saw Mavens video with Mick Foley, first one I have ever watched. It was ok.

[Evil Vito]

The most hilarious thing about Maven's video's are the way he transitions into the ad reads.

Like in a video about backstage heat he just randomly started telling an unrelated story about how someone walked up to his house with a gun one day and now he's happy he doesn't have to worry about it because of SimpliSafe.

[Evil Vito]

If Goldberg lives to be 90, that means Bret Hart will live until at least 100. I think Bret is going to will himself to outlive Goldberg so he can go to his funeral and trash him one last time.