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I was closest to screaming at the speakers when the position of "The Bushwhackers were just below Hogan" was taken.

I laughed hysterically as soon as I saw him. I'm sure I will again.

Came here to say the same. If I could get both Evolves and both KOI shows with VOD for, like, $40 I would be all over it. However, I am not staying up til 1 AM on a weeknight for a Drew Galloway/PJ Black match.

Just finished this one. Loved it. Actually agreed with the heel character when he was talking Reigns.

When I saw a person called "Aubrey Sitterson," I just knew it was not going to go well with Will. Looking forward to listening after work.

I can't reconcile the ideas that a.) Vince loves and seeks and values mainstream attention above all else and b.) the same Vince deliberately didn't want the star of his biggest show of the calendar year getting that attention. It's just a matter of geography and opportunity, in conjunction with whatever this ESPN relationship is.

He's pretty great. That's why I have actually started pulling for him to click, and I feel so much of the vitriol is just misdirected at him (not necessarily here, but on the whole). He doesn't write the stuff and it's not like he politicked to win the Rumble, or something.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one, too. They are also still scrolling it on their bottom line this morning, including mentioning Wrestlemania.

They are clearly in a working relationship with ESPN at the moment, with Simmons being on Raw, ESPN doing a behind the scenes special, and Reigns and Lesnar being on Sportscenter and SportsNation yesterday. Heyman was on, also. So, I think what Dave thinks is total bullshit. I wouldn't be surprised if they make more appearances this week.

Well, that sounds awesome.

This was fantastic mainstream exposure for Mania. They spent 10 minutes on SportsCenter covering pro wrestling.Yeah, no idea how that was a negative. It was fucking great for them. This ESPN partnership they have apparently forged could help them out. It wasn't "broken" by ESPN, it was Brock Lesnar on ESPN breaking a WWE story. That's what they wanted.

I'm still in the somewhat camp, as well. I expect I will enjoy the show, for the most part. I've always expected Brock to re-sign and Reigns to win. I still expect and am fine with that.

If they had just gone their separate ways, it would be perfect, but after the way the turn was executed and later involved Rollins stomping Ambrose's head through a cinder block, I would hate it. They are my favorite faction ever, but it doesn't work for me to reunite them so soon.

I fucking loved it, as someone who enjoys the absurdity of wrestling. Snoop looked legit thrilled when Hogan's music hit.

Hyped.

There's going to be a Will show every day of the week?

I can't believe he is in ROH now. Saw him a couple years ago on a charity show for a fire department in a town of a couple hundred people in WI. He normally was in a tag team called the Beer City Bruisers, and went by Matt Winchester. Fun act. Good for him.

It would just be another half-ass push if Brock retains. I'm not a huge Reigns fan, but at some point they actually have to PUSH someone. If nothing else, I'd enjoy reading the complaining if they really were pushing him down peoples' throats. I think the outcome with the highest (by a wide margin) probability is Reigns winning clean and them taking their lumps on the reaction and the next night. Unfortunately, he's fucked because they don't have anyone ready for him for April.

Tommy fuckin' DeSalvio always makes the salient points.

At least.

That is the thought I had, as well. However, I would rather not judge someone's actions in a moment like that because I have no idea what I would do, either. It's a traumatic event.

Highly detailed!

If Bryan wins (are all indications that he will? He has to, right?) a unification program with whomever the US Champ is could be great. Reigns is likely going to be struggling on top, and saddling him with Big Show does him no favors, but at least a potential Cena or Rusev vs Bryan program underneath would make for a match to get excited for. I doubt that the belt would stay "elevated" for long, but it's something. I have heard others say this, as well, but if it's me and I am dead-set on pushing Reigns as hard as I can, Rusev beats Cena and turns Bryan into a puddle of goo before the beast killer Roman Reigns dispatches of another monster. We'd all hate it, of course, and I don't envision it happening. More likely, Reigns wins at Mania with a poor reaction, the Show feud dies a death, they half-ass his push and he winds up just another guy before 2016.

I actually thought Sabin was pretty good when I watched BOLA a couple weeks ago, too.

So sad. RIP.