JerryvonKramer

Pregnant pause count. Number 1, just after first cover.

These boxing shorts that Kevin Owens and Brock Lesnar both wear makes their legs look really skinny. Wrestlers should wear knee pads for this reason. I think the same thing about Cena's ankles. He should wear proper boots. Skinny legs is one of the great unspoken about problems with the current product.

Quick question, what happened to the IC title?

And Dory doesn't ? Dory would be his old man coming to pick him up.

With Kevin Owens, I can't get beyond the thought that he's just a bloke from down the pub. But then I guess I've complained for long enough that everyone in WWE looks the same.

Yeah. Basically a more athletic version of the same divas stuff as before with some new faces. Remains a bathroom break. I will say they do work stiff. I think in genral they are all too skinny though, need more heft in my wrestling.

It would be awesome to me if Charlotte got a cheap count out win.

II really hate this "cute" structure of each of the women having stretches where they kick the crap out of the other two.

This divas stuff will never draw.

I don't understand this concept of pushed guys trading wins. So basically Roman is getting de pushed?

I don't pretend to understand the booking, but from the shows I've seen and the people I've seen Wyatt lose to, this seems like a burial.

Not a terrible match, despite some video game elements. About **1/2

It's not his finish and never has been, it's just a signature move. Well it's lame as fuck

The Superman punch has to be the lamest finisher ever.

Ref should be checking this to see if it is a choke. Choke ref!

I'm literally missing my own plan of alternating Destroyer and Billy Robinson match reviews for this.

Character work in modern WWE seems to consist mostly of hitting a move and then making a face at the camera. JBL references The Moondogs!

Judging from the prematch package, this Wyatt vs Reigns feud looks to be the least compelling thing in modern times.

Some of the worst acting ever seen on TV in that divas section.

This was probably the most black people in one match since the days of Mid South.

Abdominal stretch!

Funny enough Brody and Khan were the two vying for the fifth spot. One of the things brody does really well.

I'm in no way trying to discredit you. Now would also be a good time to note that Dory isn't a favourite of mine.

I am profoundly influenced by Daniel Kahneman to the extent that my latest book (out soon!) has "Thinking Fast and Slow" right there in the title. Confirmation bias is a thing and I believe it works insideiously in ways people don't like to admit. You can see it most blantantly in the world of wrestling reviews if you go back to Scott Keith. If he likes the two guys more than likely he's dropping snowflakes on the match, if he sees one of the guys is fat or doesn't like the worker, he's dropping DUD on it and using his review to crap on the guys in question. No one here is as bad as that, but I do think it works in mysterious ways. I was lambasted for comparing Baron Mikel Scicluna, the master of the "Shakespeare" foreign object play, to Jerry Lawler. Although if you break it down Scicluna and Lawler are doing the same stuff there. Only one narrative says Scicluna sucks and so everything he does sucks and another says Lawler rules and everything he does rules. I am very aware of these narratives. In my daily work I study macro trends in criticism. Wrestling criticism is not as developed as literary criticism, but I see those certain things play out sometimes in ways that are obscured or hidden. I believe that Dory could have worked the exact same headscissor sequence Murdoch did and Will would have said it was boring. I could be wrong, but it's what I believe. Will has also introduced me and many other people to some great wrestling, he's right about that. He's right about Brody too. I don't always agree with him on everything and I do believe that he plays favourites in his reviews at times.

Top five knee drops: 1. Harley Race 2. Ric Flair 3. Stan Hansen 4. Ole Anderson 5. Killer Khan