MoS

As terrible as the booking of her character has been in the last 10 years, Steph genuinely seems to be the nicest, kindest McMahon, but that's neither here nor there

Done. Thanks. None of what he wrote makes sense from a timeline perspective. It's just the worst time to write shit like this. Between him and the indy dude who decided to respond to days' old tweet about him getting stiffed TODAY, tagging Cornette and Last in his tweet for some reason, it's really sad how the tragic passing of one of wrestling's nicest personalities have brought forth some of wrestling's shittiest.

I didn't want to link to it and give it more clicks, that piece of trash doesn't deserve it

Bruce Mitchell used this tragedy to write some awful, wile stuff insinuating how AEW and his wife are colluding to cover up.... something something covid. What an absolute shithead

Agreed. No disrespect intended, but let people grieve in whatever way they want.

Apparently he had a lung issue? Legit had no idea he had any lung issues. I thought someone said a couple weeks back that he had a knee injury and I thought yeah that sucked, but he would be back and better. He was on TV just a month back and looked so good. I am in complete shock. This is terrible. I hate this so much.

Literally completely shaken and speechless. This is awful. Rest in peace.

Is his problem really that he doesn't sell properly. How is a literal unkillable monster supposed to sell.

If I had the book, I would continue putting over Roman and Big E really strong and then have a champ v. Champ match at WM where Big E becomes champ champ

jdw did pop in very briefly a couple of weeks ago. It was nice to see an old face. Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! It's my first Christmas ever in the US, and what timing haha. No one is social distancing here in NYC really, but I have to say, New York with Christmas decorations looks so pretty

I mean, isn't being a problem drinker an on-point trait for an ageing rock star gimmick. He's truly living the gimmick lol

NBA Twitter sounds just as shitty as Wrestling Twitter, and I am sure a bunch of dorks tweeting about Jericho is not representative of the larger NBA fanbase

Agreed. I remember the first time someone said shit on AEW Dynamite: it was Jericho, on the 2nd Dynamite ever, when he told Cody he was "going to beat the shit out of you." It felt visceral and impactful. Now it's like a Russo-esque crutch, with zero meaning or emotion. Like, fine. You say shit. Get over yourself. Even Jade said it in her promo (and btw, why would you make someone with her presence and look ever cut a promo? If anyone ever needed a manager, it is Jade, and most definitely not Nia, who is a perfectly fine promo by herself.) I am really not a fan of the YB switching from face to heel with zero explanation or proper context every fucking week. It is too fucking schizophrenic. And the rap gimmick Acclaim is doing can go die in the water. It's terrible. Also insulting to the genre of rap, which has often been used to point out systematic, structural inequities, and not stupid insults, although yeah there has been plenty of the latter too. That said though, the main event was really good. When the Bucks are not booking their programs and are left to simply structure their matches, they are excellent. Therefore, like most top acts in wrestling history, they should not be allowed to have "creative control" over their storylines and should only be asked to wrestle. They are brilliant at wrestling and structuring, and terrible at booking and long-term storytelling. This Dynamite episode was better than the last couple, but I personally am still cold and underwhelmed by what I have seen the last few weeks. I am EAGERLY waiting for Mox's return next week. Mox is a fucking stud, an absolute superstar, and I had not realized how much this show needs him until the last couple weeks when he was not there to cut his usual excellent promo or have his usual great match.

Riki Choshu being namedropped on national American cable!

They have booked Shida so badly. She deserved so much more. Also, where is Britt? Literally the only star in the women's division, why is she not on TV every week? Please don't say she is on Dark every week; it's like putting Austin only on Shotgun and not Raw every week, except worse.

Fair. I also liked Tony explaining the disastrous Seven gimmick from early 90s WCW

Anything involving Superdork Kib Sabian is instant channel-changing material

I say this without the slightest bit of exaggeration, I would pay money just to hear Kingston talk for 2 hours every week

Every time Kurt Angle has been in the ring in the last 4 years, he has looked like a weak Thanos. This is not a compliment. I remember being literally terrified every time he would step in, that we would watch a guy die on live TV. As far as most impactful debut years go, how about Goldberg. His Nitro debut was in September 1997. In one year, he was the 2nd biggest draw in wrestling, and the first was Steve Austin who at that time was the God of pro wrestling

OTOH, Taz is excellent and Darby is the fucking man. I hope he is featured more - he doesn't need to be hidden away in the rafters to actually be a draw, unlike certain current AEW-contracted talent

Fun tag opener. Hager is terrible at promos and so is Sting

Dynamite is live now, thanks to Giannis's epic choke!! @KawadaSmile the Bucks can never catch a break huh

I'm not watching NXT, but whatever is happening has got Bryan Alvarez more drunk than Devdas, and it's led to him FINALLY being entertaining for the first time in his long life. As I said, first time he's ever been entertaining. Also more entertaining than whatever is happening on the pedo show. Happy holidays everyone! I hope you enjoy as much as Bryan is clearly enjoying

Thanks for this, TTK. You da real MVP The MX v. Garwin feud was one of JCP's best. I have a feeling if Corny was to review every single Wyatt/Fiend segments this year his head would explode mid-recording

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