C.S.

On the one hand, it feels like a sloppy WCW move. On the other hand, who gives a fuck about Alberto Del Rapist? His loss is a foregone conclusion anyway. I just hope he doesn't no-show the match. Not like he'd have anything to lose. Other rape apologist carny promoters will book him in a second, and there are tons of those in wrestling.

LOLTNA

Fun match between Oba Femi and Myles Borne. The TNA World Title surprisingly main events the show.

NXT Championship: Oba Femi © vs. Myles Borne NXT Women’s Championship: Stephanie Vaquer © vs. Jordynne Grace TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry © vs. Trick Williams NXT Women’s North American Championship: Sol Ruca © vs. Kelani Jordan "Family" Grudge Match: Tony D’Angelo vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo Six-Man Tag Team Action: Hank Walker, Tank Ledger, and Josh Briggs vs. The Culling

Thank God! Bloodline 3.0 is the drizzling shits. And having Bronson Reed there would only make JC Mateo look even more mid than he already does. Speaking of big guys, Big Bronson is a fluffy gentleman, but he carries it well and comes across as a total badass.

I'm the last person who has an issue with anyone in wrestling being chubby - I love Keith Lee, Kamala, WALTER (and his slimmer alter ego GUNTHER), Mick Foley (obviously), etc. - but I ate a lot of shit on PWO for saying Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) looked like a slob in basketball shorts, even though he absolutely did. With that said, nothing about JC Mateo's presentation stands out. He looks like a jobber on WCW Worldwide next to Jacob Fatu. And I'm not even talking about his weight. It's everything. He just doesn't come across as impressive in comparison to Fatu or even Solo.

I'll believe that when WWE actually announces it. I'm not too inclined to take badly-written, half-AI generated, word salad slop from NOLA.com all that seriously. I'm calling London for WrestleMania 42.

Okay, I'll tell you... I haven't. NJPW World is an atrocious service that had no Roku support for the first several years, no English support outside of a browser plugin, and a confusing subscription system where you could get it on the 30th and then get charged again for another month on the 1st (or something like that). They've since added Roku - not sure if they ever fixed the other issues - but I had moved on by then. Like shit. Reeked of '95 The Goon or some random WCW or ECW guy coming in and being used as a geek. Congrats. Was it a carry-job on your part, or did he pull his weight? Seriously, I'm sure Cobb is great, but I have my doubts that "JC Mateo" will be. A name like that tells me WWE sees nothing in him and has already given up. Then again, he could have the greatest name in the world and still be DOA, because he was positioned right off the bat as Solo's bitch, when Solo has been positioned as everyone else's bitch. Seems like too little too late and the ship has sailed. If he's getting a massive payday (which is doubtful with TKO), God bless him.

I'm not so sure about that. His win-loss record in AEW was abysmal. They clearly saw next to nothing in the guy except as a washed old jobber to put over their rising young talent. Why? Is Cobb is a blithering imbecile?

FWIW, the trademark for JC Mateo was filed on May 10th. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=99179026&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

I'm interested if I can ban all anti-Mauro and anti-Christian posts. Seriously though, I have no real interest myself, but a new admin or two would probably be great to have. With that said, PWO is surprisingly cordial without any real admin presence. People here generally disagree without it turning into a toxic wasteland. That's really rare, especially for a wrestling forum.

TK tried to babyface himself on Twitter by claiming he changed a song mid-show because of fan backlash. Well, well, well... And he has the nerve to call the other Khan in wrestling a "Khan (con) man"? Lole.

IT'S FAKE. God damn it! I got got. Comes from a satire account. Sorry, everyone. https://x.com/PWCentel/status/1922032557199159607?t=4rTwf_2YoknWyYVFvfme2Q&s=19

UPDATE: THIS IS FAKE. Comes from a satire account. See reply below. Not even close to the scummiest thing WWE has ever done, but this is still pretty bad. "Catering is a privilege, not a right." Fuck off! Charging their employees for snack cakes, and charging men and women different rates for snack cakes - $1 and $1.50, which are already absurd prices - despite record profits, well... I don't even need to say anything.

Nothing will happen because no one takes wrestling seriously. It's a miracle the Vince stuff has gone as far as it has, and I still think he'll skate in the end.

Joey Janela has to be the single dumbest wrestler alive, and that encompasses a very long list. Tony Khan is too nice to ever say it, but I bet he had major instant buyer's remorse after signing Janela to AEW. That was probably the one contract he was relieved not to renew.

Not how I expected this to go. Imagine if they did this match and build with a babyface who could make them money for years to come, instead of a pale announcer.

For the first time ever, I'm relieved Mauro is no longer in the company.

That means Sami Uso probably has a job for life. Thank God!

I could see these two end up as future releases. Without The Bloodline, what do they really bring to the table? Pretty much every other Samoan ever is more interesting in-ring and as characters.

JEFF COBB is here... ...as Solo's new enforcer?

A major pet peeve of mine is titles being left off shows - especially "World" Titles. But yes, they have way too many titles now to put them all on a show - even WrestleMania - which is another huge problem from where I sit. That's the industry now, though, I guess. AEW also has a million titles.

Undisputed WWE Championship Match: John Cena © vs. Randy Orton United States Championship Fatal Four-Way Match: Jacob Fatu © vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest vs. LA Knight Intercontinental Championship Match: Dominik Mysterio © vs. Penta Women's Intercontinental Championship Match: Lyra Valkyria © vs. Becky Lynch Michael Cole on a Pole Match (not really): Pat McAfee vs. GUNTHER

Hopefully with Mauro as the lead commentator. Mama Mia!!!