MoS

That is all fine, but how does that translate to pro wrestling? Or make him appealing on a wrestling show? How does this inform how he wrestles in the ring? I am just trying to understand why he would be someone a major promotion would be interested in bringing. Not everyone can be Orange Cassidy, who was always great at basic pro wrestling like sympathetic selling and fiery comebacks, and he could incorporate his character into his in-ring work. Plus, OC is really an exception and they are exceptions for a reason.

Can someone explain what Danhausen's appeal is? He is some skinny dude who...jokes that he is actually an evil monster?? I don't get it? Can he be anything more than a prelim jobber?

He actually called it a "mutual respect decision" which somehow makes it even funnier. Just something about that phrase

I pretty much learned American geography due to pro wrestling. Some of you have no idea how convenient and helpful that old picture of the US divided into all the territories with names on the map, as well as discussions about the "North-East" and the "Deep South" in a wrestling context, are to understanding American geography.

Dark Order v. Elite means some COWBOY SHIT

This reminds me that Mox and Cassidy have had an interaction and it was actually pretty funny I would probably not want to go back and watch those 2019 Dynamites though. It feels like a different show compared to now. One or two great matches or promos every episode, but mostly, a promotion trying to find its voice run by rookies literally learning on the job for the first time

A 5-min absolute brutal squash cuz he pissed off Mox by trying to waste his time?

You have been saying this exact same thing since literally the first Smackdown after Summerslam. It's been two months now.

Great thread here

Yeah I am not sure if he was publishing monthly or fortnightly back then. Can't imagine he was doing weekly issues. Also, yeah, while he is an obstinate dude and will publicly defend constantly calling JYD Junkfood Dog on Twitter, he is also smart. He knows that while a lot of his snark and jokes in the 80s were funny, he probably thinks a lot of them also don't age well, and they were certainly not becoming of the professional publication the WON would eventually become. He is more chilled about his 90s snark, he often comments on his 90s quotes on Twitter.

Sasha does have a good reason to be aggrieved here as well. She was made to look like a complete afterthought in the segment, and she is probably going to lose to Charlotte cuz she loses all important matches to Charlotte. That story of Charlotte being booted and getting physically escorted out of the building seems like a massive exaggeration to me, if not an outright work. Is that me being too cynical?

I am listening to people defend him by saying "Stop hating fans having fun!!" and like, if he had one funny/corny sign, that would be one thing, but when you are directly in front of the hard cam, and you have ten deliberately distracting signs designed just to put yourself over, then you are basically being an attention-seeking twat, and don't blame the company for not wanting you to be the star of the show. Remember those assholes who would turn up with Benoit signs for a few years after the tragedy and then would whine about not being allowed in?

On a happier note, look at these three legends -

It's clear from my posts that I don't like Charlotte and I am a massive fan of Becky - so much so that I named a street dog my family rescued last month Becky cuz of course I did - and Charlotte absolutely was unprofessional if she sandbagged Becky in the segment, but this Keller report seems like a source who has a particular axe to grind with Charlotte. As susceptible as Dave is to being worked by his sources, Wade has historically been worse. I am not denying that a lot of the talent hate working with Charlotte, but there was also a report that she fought hard to lose clean to Bianca, thinking it would really elevate Bianca, and if correct, she was right to think and do so, and should be applauded for it. That's certainly doing more for Bianca than Becky has in the last two months. That part of the story has not caught any traction. IIRC, she has also advocated for Naomi in the past. I can't imagine that she has no friends or support backstage. Obviously Becky is the bigger star and also the locker-room leader, so Charlotte won't get any supporters if Becky confronts her, but that report made her sound like Scott Hall in 2002.

Having slept over it and subsequently thinking over it with a cooler head: fuck Cody, and fuck him for beating Black. Is there any good kayfabe explanation why, in a promotion where rematches are so hard to get, you don't get one even when you are screwed out of winning a title, he is constantly able to get rematches, and all he has to do to get a second rematch is have his dumbass students throw garbage at him? Fuck this shit.

Well Cody beat Black

Bryan, since his sleepless phase is over. He just has to watch shitty cartoons with his kid instead of feeding them at 3 AM

God I love Jon Moxley promos

Really not a fan of using shoot insults like "Haha you suck at promos" in promos

AEW's breakneck formatting style with a million things happening is really incongruous when a man, you know, nearly died in the ring.

Fuck

Why the fuck is Bobby Fish getting a CM Punk match. I am joining you all who are questioning his booking now.

Wardlow is going to turn face by murdering good bubba @KawadaSmile's all-time favourite Shawn Spears and it's going to be awesome

That was the best MJF segment in god knows vow long. Sting made him look like a million bucks. He clearly hasn't watched much WCW though if he thinks Sting's pals always stuck by him. Except my man Luger did always stick by him, even though Sting did the Total Package dirty