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Since my work week is Tuesday-Saturday, I'll either watch both on DVR when I get home or watch one on my iPad at work and the other when I get home. Speaking of, when the next day ratings come out and the fanboys start claiming victory, remember most networks go by the live+7 where its the live viewings plus any DVR viewings within a week.

So apparently the Brock/Rey stuff was a backdoor angle if they are able to sign Cain. Beating up the Mexican legend so he can be the hero defending his honor, and also the promo Paul did later where he said there were a lot of fake tough guys in MMA was another part of that.

It's really hilarious that no one seems to have the nerve to tell Vince that DVRs exist in 2019 so all this mid 90s level maneuvering won't mean dick today if people want to watch both shows. This isn't 1996 where you have to deal with pain-in-the-ass VCRs to tape one show while you watch another, or flip channels constantly.

That's usually how it's presented: In theory the mask/hair is so valuable it's important to escape ASAP.

That would be Survivor Series unless you count Blood Money in the Bank.

That'll show him for thinking he could marry above his WWE sanctioned level. Also Seth at least got attacked by the Fiend instead of crying in the corner, so that's.....an improvement?

The older Ric gets, the more he looks like Freddie Blassie.

Watching on a bit of a delay, just noticing that switching from a singlet to trunks makes Otis look like a deranged Dusty Rhodes.

Apparently the ambulance company stated someone called them that morning and told them the show was cancelled so their services would no longer be needed. If NJPW wasn't aware of the regulations there wouldn't have been anything to cancel.

Women's matches in WWE did make a pretty dramatic leap in quality going from the Attitude era and the "models with no ability" era to now where there's an actual attempt to have good matches (for the most part). Charlotte/Sasha comes off like Misawa/Kawada compared to the lingerie pillow fight type of stuff.

Recency bias is a hell of a drug, I've lost count of how many times after a good match/show people rave how it's the BEST EVAR.

Ultimo Guerrero won so it wasn't anyone who needed a rub anyway.

That's some old school skullduggery right there. I'm not going to point any fingers but taking advantage of local regulations to get a rival show canceled is certainly a time honored carny move.

This seems to indicate that Fox should be available in some parts.

Seems like you guys up north kind of get boned on both sides. According to Dave the tie up in AEW getting international TV deals is that they have to run through TNT for approval and they seem to be taking their time. They are talking with TSN to be their partner in Canada but they sure are cutting it close. For Smackdown, I'm not sure. Fox is an over the air network in the US, are there any options for that in Canada?

I can't help that those of us who were around for the Monday Night Wars era are looking at this coming week like this:

CMLL will be fine because their training school can churn out enough bodies to fill a card. You'd have a tough time convincing anyone CMLL is interested in producing stars regardless of where they come from at this point.

CMLL is successful because they own the arenas they run in, so they make profit no matter what. Most of the Lutteroth family doesn't care about wrestling (the family apparently has big real estate intrests). Paco actually had an interest in wrestling, so for as secretive and weird he was he was the reason there were any good matches in CMLL during the time he was there. Could it have been better? Absolutely. His conservative mindset (and pettiness) cost them more than a few big money matches, but it's clear he was the best person in the family to be running things.

Steve Austin. Blessing: Duh. Was the biggest money draw of all time, was the Ace of their biggest boom period. Curse: What chants that haunt wrestling to this day, and considering how painfully scripted WWE is, it's been a hurdle for new talent to get over when the crowd makes them look like geeks.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. There's been issues for a while, cubsfan described it as the volcano bubbling under CMLL for a while. Basically Chavo Lutteroth took over the checkbook and cut everyone's money except the guys who were stars the last time he paid attention to wrestling (Atlantis, Negro Casas, Blue Panther types). Combine that with CMLL trying to dictate what US bookings they can take, and they told CMLL to go kick rocks. In Mexico they do, but they will likely use those names still in other promotions.

AAA probably would (they paid Dr. Wagner Jr for his), but they can't go more than a few months without forgetting about storylines and/or remembering why LA Park rarely stays around very long. Also it sounds like Chavo Lutteroth is in charge of the money in CMLL now and has long been not interested in wrestling. They've slashed the budget and it's caused a lot of low to mid card guys to leave since it made no financial sense to stick around. Sofia's disappeared as well since it was clear they don't feel comfortable having someone with her level of experience in charge, and she doesn't want to be thrown under the bus when the wheels come off because her uncle's a cheap bastard.

Well at least we don't have to do another year of Rush and LA Park teasing a mask vs hair match that ends up not happening. Poor Mistico (II), it's got to be awkward to continue to work for a company that just fired your brothers after cutting everyone's pay. The interesting thing is how this affects the ROH/CMLL/NJPW partnership. Dragon Lee wants to keep working in Japan, and obviously ROH just put their belt on Rush. CMLL is notoriously petty when it comes to people who leave on less than good terms. Will that cause some friction with the other companies? Another point to consider is this kills the Ingobernales in Mexico stable since CMLL owns the copyright on that as well.

Yeah I mentioned that in the "Rush wins ROH title" thread. Such a stupid move on CMLL's part. Rush was probably going to end up signing full time with a US company soon enough, but firing Dragon Lee was cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Rush just announced he and his dad have left CMLL and are independent wrestlers in Mexico (Rush still is under contract with ROH). CMLL has been tightening their budgets lately and that just cost them their biggest star. *edit* CMLL just did an announcement saying they fired Rush and Dragon Lee. Holy shit.

Rush beat Matt Taven at Death Before Dishonor tonight, which is interesting for several reasons: Matt Taven's deal is up in less than a week and he was making cryptic comments about his next big move. Dragon Lee was there to celebrate (along with their dad Bestia del Ring) which is notable because CMLL's Anniversary Show is tonight and he's basically on punishment with them for doing BOLA without their approval.