NintendoLogic

Headbutts are legal in the Burmese martial art of Lethwei.

My initial thought was that Chico just meant a roll of quarters as a traditional pro wrestling international object and was tone-deaf to the implications. Then I listened to the clip. Doing it as an explicit callback to an anti-Semitic bullying incident from MJF's childhood is such an insanely bad idea I don't even know where to begin. That's the kind of thing that would have gotten a promotion thrown off TV in the territory days.

Agreed with brother TTK that the vignette with MJF and Cole at a trampoline park was cringe as hell. As he has with most things, Double J executed the concept of beating up children far better.

The Bloodline storyline is in the late-period nWo phase where they're well past the point where it should have ended organically but they feel the need to keep it going with new twists and turns because they're afraid to fuck with the formula.

Stu Saks explained at the time that the top candidates all had marks against them (Bret and Shawn were injured/inactive for much of the year, Undertaker had a slow start, Hogan rarely defended the WCW title, Austin lost most of his high-profile matches, Misawa was Japanese), so they decided to give the top slot to who they considered the best technical wrestler.

Well, yeah. I mean, he thought this was a good idea.

I'm fairly certain Johnny Saint bladed in the match against Jim Breaks that aired on FA Cup Final Day in 1973. Shortly before the finish, he took a bump to the floor and was bleeding from the forehead when he came back in the ring. The finish was a blood stoppage, so that looked like an obvious setup for a bladejob.

I remember thinking Jacques came across badly in the Dino Bravo DSOTR episode. Wasn't his kid training to become a wrestler? What ever happened to him? As for Ruby, I suspect her lack of sustained push is more a reflection of the fact that her overness is inversely proportional to her push. She comes across as a big deal due to her look and charisma (and entrance music in AEW). But if she does get pushed, she runs out of steam quickly because the steak doesn't match the sizzle. She's a bit like Sid in that regard.

Looks like Vince might soon have bigger problems than the Raw script.

How can it be the biggest party of the summer when the megastar LA Knight is stuck in a lame-ass Slim Jim battle royal? Kind of ironic that someone with Knight's physique has spent so much of his WWE career promoting junk food.

The BFT is a snapmare driver, not a stunner. To be honest, I'm not really a fan because it's entirely up to the opponent to make it look good. It looks devastating if they do a headstand bump, but it looks like a botched RKO if they take it on their knees.

How about Jericho vs. Jeff Jarrett for the title of greatest carny of this generation? Better yet, how about Ospreay vs. Jarrett?

Knight is the only person to ever come out of a feud with Bray stronger than he was going in (unless you count Daniel Bryan after WWE course corrected and pulled the plug on him joining the Wyatt Family), so it's pretty safe to say that he got over in spite of working with Bray rather than because of it.

It just isn't Christmas without a Von Erich getting a cage door slammed into his head.

*insert Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme*

She took her talents to OutKick (the OAN of sports websites) because she felt stifled from speaking the "truth" about trans athletes at ESPN, so it goes without saying that she's a gigantic asshole. However, my recollection is that she had heat at WWE over repeatedly missing call time for shows rather than assholery.

The team of Bobby Eaton and George Gulas is legendary in that regard, but we don't have the footage to say for certain. And Beefcake wasn't that bad before the parasailing accident. I think I'd go with Randy Savage and Zeus overall and Daniel Bryan and Kane among teams that worked more than a handful of matches together.

What an incredible turn of events it would be if the current WWE boom came to an end because they just couldn't help themselves from trying to make Bray Wyatt happen.

This right here might be the most oddball tag matchup in wrestling history.

JR and Bruce Prichard have both said the announcers just go in their pants if they have to. However, JR said it was rarely an issue for him because he controlled his fluid intake during the day and just took sips of hot water for his voice during the broadcast.

Bald's leg gave out. Hair was clutching his neck afterward, so I think the idea was that the earlier work done on it combined with fatigue caused it to flare up. I finally got around to watching the tag match. Like most non-Punk AEW matches, it placed too much emphasis on workrate and high-risk spots for my tastes. Not to mention spending the first ten minutes or so doing headlocks and armdrags after Ian Riccaboni tried to sell it as a match rooted in hatred. However, I did get a kick out of Bullet Club Gold doing old Revival spots like Juice pulling Hair off the apron to prevent the tag and Jay and Juice clasping hands to prevent each other from tapping out. I also popped for Jay tuning up the band in Calgary.

Two years ago, Ibushi was 39 and looked like he was 29. Now he's 41 and looks like he's 51. When he hit the wall, he hit it with a vengeance.

Hey, Edge made a career out of leeching off the heat of female associates.

The weekly WWE threads turned into LA Knight appreciation threads so gradually, I didn't even notice.

Did Ken Kennedy ever get a reaction like this? No, he did not.