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They are teasing a Stephanie-Becky segment for Raw. Hopefully it's to complete the Stone Cold transformation so Becky can lay her out instead of a heat-killing browbeating.

I wonder what would happen if she messed up with someone like Ronda or Shayna and got whooped over it. It certainly would be something to watch everyone twist themselves to find the politically proper take.

Can't wait for the roster to flood social media with cries of "mean people on the internet are bullying Nia"....after all, that's the standard now after the Brie Bella thing right?

Konnan worked a pace in that match that would cause Kevin Nash to call him lazy. He took a whip to the corner the same speed you'd expect someone 70 years old and broken down to do.

Also watching the Konnan match now and he so clearly hates the getup he's wearing. The ref has to help him with the helmet and his face is just screaming "get this bullshit off me" the whole time.

I was expecting the long tights to be the most jarring part, but not having the classic theme music threw me for a loop.

Lucha handles chops the correct way IMO. It's used there more as a measure of machismo than a move that could win a match, which is perfect since like SomethingSavage said they hurt like hell but aren't impressive strikes.

I've always been of the belief that Vince was mad because it was one of the few times a wrestler got one over on him, and a non main eventer to boot!

I know no one likes seeing Shane do matches, but I really liked the whole storyline with him and Miz. It was really undersold how Shane wanted nothing to do with Miz, until he poured his heart out about only wanting his dad to be proud of him. Then Miz showed he was for real by throwing himself on Shane's carcass after the Bar destroyed them on Smackdown, and of course anything that gives us more MIZ DAD on TV is tops in my book. WWE rightly gets a lot of shit for their angles, it's only fair they should get props for a good one. Kinda...once he went to WWE sponsored rehab, I figured that this would be the next step if he stayed clean. His only crimes were demanding to get paid to drop a title after his deal expired. WWE canon makes it sound like he was holding Vince at gunpoint before the show. I'm glad to see it for somewhat selfish reasons, as he was appearing in AAA as a main eventer which was....not good...even by their extremely loose standards of good. Plus Mexico is probably not the best place for someone to be when they are newly out of rehab.

The thing about Walter is that it started to become a gimmick where guys would get killed by chops and wear the marks as a badge of pride. It''s one thing if it's someone fair skinned who gets red marks easily, he's clearly hitting these guys with chops as hard as he can. Which, if you've got the testicular fortitiude to take one, great I suppose. It does seem to miss the point of it all supposed to only *look* like things hurt though.

Plus since they have six man titles, at least there's a reason for so many trios. Maybe the next time the New Japan guys come in they'll team up LIJ with Rush since he's the OG of the group.

I wonder if WWE will have the self awareness to ponder why so many people are getting sick of their creative direction and asking for their release.

I'm surprised Lana didn't tear an ACL walking around taking bumps with a boot on one leg and her ridiculous six inch heel on the other. Also Bryan is the greatest pro ever not corpsing when the crowd was chanting for Daisy the cow.

I saw someone on Twitter mention that Charlotte with that dark lipstick looks like Tim Curry, and now I can't unsee it.

If you told me Bryan legit made that himself I'd believe it.

It was designed as a pass the torch moment with Benoit/Eddy hugging in the confetti capping off the 20th anniversary of Mania, and was pushed as such until....well.

Wow, WWE just released a statement confirming his departure. For a company usually hesitant to talk about people's contract status (especially in the face of a potential competitor looming) to drop a statement like this is pretty interesting.

One could argue that it would be better for Renee if he went off in a wooded cabin Unabomber style than going to AEW.

Well so did Punk's when he left.

True, but the wording of the Torch story seemed to imply he was sick of WWE and what they were doing with his character, and not done with wrestling in general. He does seem to be the kind of guy to pull a CM Punk and just ghost the whole industry though.

Signing a guy who was a part of WWE's biggest act of the last few years would be exactly the kind of move AEW should make. It would signal they are for real and making moves to get the biggest name talent they can. As far as Ronda/Becky/Charlotte, Dave's been clear that the idead for Mania was always a three way but that was before everything took off the way it did. He said that the logical move is a one on one match with Ronda/Becky since it's clearly what the crowd wants, but he hasn't heard anything to indicate the plans changed yet. Given the company's MO of forcing what they want over what the fans are begging for, the three way seems like the probable way things will go. Another thing he mentioned is how both Ronda and Shanya grew to hate MMA fans due to all the shit they got on social media, and while Shanya's ok with it now in wrestling since she's playing a heel, Ronda is still easily shook when a crowd turns on her like they did last night.

Well that explains things. News just broke that Dean told the company he isn't interested in re signing when his deal is up in April. He's in Dave Batista "give no fucks because I'm leaving" mode, no wonder why he was on fire tonight.

"Heel does move multiple times in a row" is a WWE trope at this point and it almost always leads to the fans chanting "one more time" instead of booing the heel. That's not good babyface booking IHMO.

Not a "Vince type" blonde, if you get my gist. Also he sucks in the ring, but I dig how Corbin gets real "I hate you" heat instead of the normal ironic booing most heels get. I just wish he was half as good at wrestling as he is oozing douchebag charisma.

I'd wager Vince doesn't see it as marketable unless there's a blonde in the match.