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For some reason Liv was rocking the George Steele green tongue.

It's SUPERSTAR SHAKEUP week, who's moving where? We'll find out tonight (and tomorrow)!

I've wondered about this too. Either she's actually good at her job OR her job is of such low importance and influence that it doesn't matter either way. As low level as it is, I kinda think it is her being good at her job. I have no idea if that is the case, but it isnt out of the realm of possibility. And I want it to be true because it is hilarious, and at this rate she might end up the last one standing. She has had decades practice at playing the straight person for megalomaniac. She's most likely the only person in DC not bothered by all the shenanigans going on. I can just imagine her shrugging and going "eh, I've dealt with worse". Money's going to rule all of course, but it's funny how most companies now pay attention to things like optics if for no other reason just for PR puroposes. The whole idea of running this show in this location after all the years of riding the Steph Express Female Empowerment Train makes them look so clueless. Also, it's not a good look for Prince MBS either. He's making it rain like Floyd Maywether at the club trying to change the perception of his country to the world, yet running a giant stadium show with no women allowed in the crowd or on the show is just going to cement everyone's ideas further. I guess the idea of just having a WWE show there is supposed to be the first baby steps to opening things up, but it's not coming off that way to most.

WWE is no longer the end-all be-all place it used to. You have to hustle, but you can make a living equal to all but the tippy top guys in WWE outside the company.

With the story they were going with, any wrestler would have been made to look like the biggest geek ever.

That song always gets edited out of Network shows/DVDs so I don't think anyone was expecting it. Would have been nice, but music rights for stuff pre-digital era can get messy.

I was actually shocked he didn't come back on any of the after Mania shows.

Vince is known to famously hate smoking of any kind, which considering that makes his views on pot make sense in a weird way.

Considering the substances wrestlers have relied on in the past to deal with the daily bumping and the grind of travel, it's ridiculous that WWE would have it on their list. They don't even count it as a Wellness failure, they just fine you for it. So they just create an environment where people either accept it as a "pot tax", or rely on potentially more dangerous substances.

Guys with legit cred like Angle and Brock will always be loved, but like the whole NJPW roster seems to mark out for Cheeseburger so who knows?

The idea that WWE will do something progressive with all this Saudi money seems hopelessly naive. I hope to be proven wrong, but history doesn't seem to suggest that is likely.

This is one of those moments where WWE should be happy they fly under the radar most of the time, any other sports league or entertainment company would have got crushed by the media for this kind of thing.

I think the Golden Lovers/Young Bucks match rating really got under people's skin since there's a pocket of folks who don't want to give the Bucks even the slightest of credit for being good enough to be part of of a five star match.

The whole point of the angle was that Braun didn't need or want a partner, Kurt was forcing him to have a partner, and in response he chose the most ridiculous person possible as a way of saying "fuck you". It's not WWE's fault that everyone was fantasy booking it to be Joe or Big Cass or whoever.

I think it's part they wanted to have him in the fold because he was starting to get buzz on the indies and part have him be an experienced guy for the newbies to get ring time with.

Well the Nicholas thing was clearly a one shot deal (I guess techincally two since he showed up on Raw to give up the belt), and Judy Bagwell was a thing that went on for weeks. People need to pump the brakes on the "This is WCW level" nonsense.

The Crown Prince is giving out stupidly large sums to anyone taking part in his Vision 2030 plan, which is more or less a PR campaign to get Saudi Arabia seen as more than a super conservative theocracy run by oil money.

Jesus, dude. But to be honest, Charlotte being bigger actually added to the visuals of the Iconic Duo dragging her dead weight to the ring. Kind of like slaying a giant. On that matter, I'd say the beatdown started on the mic. They KILLED Charlotte's face promos to the point where if she does that again, she'll be proving the heels right. I mean, it was more about the ridiculous robe they had her wearing just to cut a promo when she's already nearly a foot taller than the rest of the women.

That's how I took it. Hogan was basically thinking "I'm pretty sure he's going to play ball but if he decides not to I'm kind of fucked, so I better make sure of it without pissing him off". Dave mentioned how the Maeda deal happened not long before this and how it ruined Andre's rep as someone to fear if he decides to shoot, but it's not like Hulk was a trained shooter. Plus it seemed silly to think a guy like Andre would decided to fuck up the largest show in wrestling history.

He tweeted "bury me softly, brother" when the match was first announced. The rumor mill keeps stating he asked for his release at some point, but it's clear he's in don't-give-any-fucks mode right now. What's really puzzling to me is with the Daniel Bryan thing you understood he wasn't the kind of guy Vince normally would get behind. With Rusev, he basically is a walking Vince wet dream with his look and size. Plus he actually got himself (and Aiden English) over, it boggles the mind that he still gets jobbed out.

WIth her being so much taller than everyone, it looked like the Iconic Duo was beating up Big Bird.

Yeah, Renee's pretty much the best person they've had in the backstage interviewer role in a long time. She was great on Talking Smack, so it's an odd take to have to think she's terrible.

Man, I want Bryan/Miz so bad now that it can actually happen.

He's from Baltimore, we gave the world Corey Graves and Elias. Really? Could have sworn that was a Yinzer accent. Yup. It's close though. Scott Van Pelt used to do a Baltimore accent to crack up Tim Kirkjan on his radio show and it was almost exactly like a Yinzer.

He's from Baltimore, we gave the world Corey Graves and Elias.