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Terrific show. The undercard was stronger then usual thanks to cool junior matches involving the luchadors, then Naito & Taichii can have a very good match in their sleep, and the big matches all delivered. In a way, I thought the junior tag team league final was the lesser of the "main events", as it was indeed very good but nothing special. Hey, here's Jericho, this guy is on top everywhere. Also, Suzuki vs Takagi will be all kind of awesome. Ishii vs KENTA was just MOTYC material. Ishii is simply brillant and one of the greatest wrestler ever. KENTA has never looked better since he came back to Japan, it's kinda shocking to think he was that NXT guy. WWE is such a great company at killing talent. Bushi vs Ospreay wasn't great, but it was very *fun*, and I take that over some overlong, overthough, over toasted epic. The poison kiss was a stroke of genius. The post match with Hiromu was awesome in every way. Goti vs White was great. I'm all for a Goto vs KENTA match at WK now, as he really has delivered in big matches since the G1. It really looks like Shibata wants to do one more match, but after the G1, the talk was absolutely not, so who knows. Still pretty cool to see him interact. I'm intrigued about this two days WK. It has the potential to be crazy, because no one delivers great long cards without any dead times like NJ.

That's exactly where I'm at. I've listened to countless hours of Cornette during the shoot interview craze, all the stuff he did with Highspots, KC, his early podcast days. I was always a Cornette Head. And I've reached the point where he successfully has alienated me in the end. Agreed. It's too bad, he could actually have so much fun in the current landscape, where the new generation of workers seem to be bigger pro-wrestling geeks (and in effect, just like he is), than ever before. He would get crazy love at Starrcast if he only let his guard down and be more open minded. Great post BTW.

I also totally agree with this. Usually the guys crying about censorships are the guys whose opinions are actually making the most noise too. That's pretty sad, considering the two have been on a friendly rapport for decades. The guy is simply gonna end up isolated in his bubble of own little cult group of bitter, negative, hateful fanboys, instead of being a respected and loved (as he should) part of the pro-wrestling landscape. The fact he's boo booing an event like Starrcast for these reasons is pretty sad, as it seems like everybody have tons of fun there, and it's a gathering of real pro-wrestling lovers of all eras. Yeah, SAD is the only thing that comes to mind when I think of Corny in 2019.

I for one truly hope that all the dirt will eventually come out. The tone of Meltz makes it sound pretty bad to me. Considering it's pro-wrestling, it probably won't though...

Wow, that's spot on actually. This. This whole situation is ridiculous and unacceptable. The boss leaving his faithful troops behind and trying to twist the entire story is just disgusting. These people are awful human beings. You're the captain of the ship, you leave fucking last.

From beautiful, progressive Pyongyang, here's Democratic People's Mania !!! Soon. Get Inoki over there. Need a booker for that one.

Come on. "9/11 was like the attack on my family !". "Charity is the new PR". She's basically a sociopath.

What a mess. This is embarrassing on all accounts. The talent should get together and make a statement against the company which has put them at risk and is now asking them to lie to cover for it, while the boss flew the fuck away. Sleep with dogs, wake up with flies. Karma is a bitch.

MBS is AEW rumors incoming soon... All joking aside, yeah, I have no idea why anyone on the roster would agree to go back now. What is Vince gonna do ? Fire them ?

I totally agree with this. This is unbearable. And I totally agree with Obama too, a thousand percent, great clip. That being said, forget the bullshit controversy, Corny is just doing himself no favors by the way he's acting on social media in the way it reflects his employers. MLW looked bad. Then now NWA looks bad. As far as Corny not giving a fuck, I don't know. He also seems to me like this guy is just eaten up from the inside with anger and negativity and is doing himself no favor as far as quality of life goes. Then again, maybe it's all a gimmick. And the fact the whole Sami Callihan bashing *was* a work, well, maybe it all is after all. And this is where Corny lost me, after years and years of defending him when really it wasn't in fashion, which it seems to be now, maybe not on this board, but he has a whole lot more "followers" (gotta love that word BTW, think about it) than say ten years ago. Corny lost me because for the first time, he came off to me like an old carny making white noise to try and stay relevant in some fashion. Like say, Vince Russo at one point. And today, I find the whole Cornette thingy to be sad, because either he's got irrational anger, either he's just a con man. Meanwhile, Schiavone is a delight to listen to with his love of what is happening now in pro-wrestling, Ricky Morton has no issue whatsoever working for Joey Ryan or AEW, Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard are doing some of the coolest thing ever together. And Corny is making white noise as a hateful old man, only to make money from his podcast. In a better world, Corny would show up in AEW and exchange promos with Cody and Janella and it would be great for pro-wrestling. As it is, what became of Jim Cornette is just sad to witness for someone who's been a huge fan of him for ever.

So that was his plan when he closed down his school a few weeks ago. Interesting. Well, he was certainly a good trainer. As far as producing goes, who knows...

That I agree. Pretty seldom does that ever not look bad.

Yeah, like the last few big shows, there's nothing too exciting about this one. I can absolutely take another Naito vs Taiichi match, as I'm a fan of both, KENTA vs Ishii could and should be the best KENTA match in NJPW yet. Ospreay vs Bushi should be quite good thanks to Will, but it's not a super exciting match-up. Ditto White vs Goto, which will be as good as White will make it to be. It's odd, I love the G1 more than seemingly anything else each year, but apart from this and a few big shows, I really am not that interested in following week to week NJPW. There's definitely some staleness to it. Huge peaks, better peaks than anyone, but long valleys too. They really need to mix it up, and EVIL & SANADA aren't the answers as showed by the last big show.

Oh, wow, I was not aware of that one. Crazy to think they would go back after that.

I am not sure about the first thing you are refering to (care to elaborate ?), but yeah, the Ashley Massaro rape thingy really should have been investigated a whole lot more seriously than it apparently was. I'm still baffled these kind of things are so easily swiped under the rug, especially when the girl ended up killing herself.

Even as a lover and daily purveyor of terrible jokes, may I show you the door, sir. With Meltz bitching about a whole lot about this week's show (the lights out stip, Halloween cosplay, women match going too long and whatnot), I wonder if idiots on Twitter are gonna keep on calling him an AEW shill... Also, people complaining about Adam Page doing too much moves in 2019 is comical to me. Look Marty, we're in 1986 ! "Hey, that big ole cowboy looking dude is working way too fast. Cowboys are supposed to be bruisers doing the Claw, not fancy stuff like that dangerous second rope suplex or flying lariats, it's movez for the sake of movez, it's not good workin' like back in the days of his father." Anyway, the Buckshot lariat is one of the best move today, it looks awesome when the timing is right, you can work teases around it, it's spectacular and stiff at the same time. Cowboy shit is my new favourite chant of the week.

Agreed. Tributes to the Troops shows, that appeared to be extremely safe for talent, especially women...

This. Schiavone is making the comebacks of all comebacks, really. I love it so much. And really, I love everything so much. Getting close to @Jimmy Redman mode, especially with this succession of events : _so wait, AEW has a French girl who's actually from Lisbon (which I love for different reasons) ? And she's GOOD too, showed a lot of character and charisma and seems quite solid in the ring and had one of the better the best women's match in AEW thus far with Shida, who's awesome. And she's full time ? Ok, I'm not a sport fan and I don't pull for the home team, but as far as pro-wrestling goes, different story. This is my girl ! NIQUE TOUT SHANNA !!! (got a kick at of Excalibur trying his best to pronounce her name the most French way possible as he does with Le champion. JR is not there at all BTW) _then, Brandi is apparently a bruja now and she's summoning Kong to murder some bitches ? This is straight out of Salina a few weeks ago on MLW which was straight out of LU. AEW just wants to please me now. _then, the fucking heat angle with the Rock'n'Roll Express, and Ricky Morton is still terrific at 65 years old. This guy, they should have a relationship with his school for sure. (also, that short-circuit their first appearance on NWA quite a bit, having an entire AEW arena chanting "Rock'n'roll" and making them more relevant than they've been in... dunno, 30 years ?... right before an actual cosplay match. Somewhere, I think I heard Corny's head implode) And then of course the great contract signing with Hager & Dustin working a Limo angle like it's WCW 1991 (speaking of selling, Dustin's was classic here), a great six men match with more awesome cosplay costume (bang again, somewhere), an intriguing video package in pixelarts and Jack Evans looking godlike, another heat angle (damn, Ortiz & Santana are doing great already), and a really cool main event with a result I did not see coming, including a pinfall by counter small package like Bret Hart is agenting and Scorpio Sky looking godlike. Yeah. Total and utter mark for all this shit.

As I've always been a huge Cornette fan (as a performer, historian, character in general), I'm sad to say I have to agree. His ridiculous stances against anything AEW related has been embarrassing enough (I mean, from a business standpoint, it makes the NWA look terrible and bush league), but that kind of stuff won't fly if he wants to be kept in a position of visibility. I remember him not understanding the topic of depression *at all* years ago on his podcast, making light of it I believe when some famous musician commited suicide (Cornell maybe ? Or it was even before that). Cornette is the perfect announcer for the NWA and he's better then 99% of announcers anyway, but the kind of stuff won't fly. And in a general fashion, watching Corny "booking" himself into a corner like this with his ridiculous statements is really sad, as I'm willing to bet most of the guy he spits on actually do respect him as a performer a whole lot (Janella, Ryan and the kind are huge pro-wrestling fans, how could they not love Jim Cornette ?). As far as replacement, no idea. Corny is just the perfect guy for the role. Mike Tenay would work, but he's out of the game I believe (Damn, I'd love Tenay to show up in AEW just once).

Survivor Series : Team Fox vs Team MBS. Winner takes Smackdown.

Dignity ? Self-respect maybe ?

I wonder what saudi women who came by themselves to the stadium thought about the women's match in term of how great progress it is for them. Wait, they could not come y themselves. Sorry. The american girls got paid to entertain and do PR for a guy who ordered the murder and beheading of a journalist and basically for a regime who legally kill homosexuals, among other things.They got to be so proud now, for sure, shedding tears and whatnot. Fuck all this tone death occidental sensitivity. Just wanted to throw that out there.

Indeed. There's also jokes to make about the idea WWE booked a show in Saudi Arabia and excepted their talent to be all fresh & ready to work live on FOX the next day.

Yeah, the Saudis should have known they were gonna get a bunch of shitty matches and terrible booking.

Well, apparently some people (Sapp, Satin) are reporting a fuel issue. I wonder who got to left first.