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That and Salina managing cool luchadors against each other. Aries is coming, which is cool, but he'll probably be gone in a few months too. Yeah, I mean, 90's flashback stuff like Alex Hammerstone and his I'm-doing-jobs-on-Thunder look and lifeless indy geeks like Gringo Loco ain't gonna cut it. MLW needs to inject some life into their product. Salina vs Konnan was the driving force on top of the card, they really haven't found anything that enjoyable since. The Contra stuff has been mostly a miss, although the week they beat up everyone was cool but it was ruined by the silly-ass (and offensive, honestly) angle the following week. And we still don't know who the fuck Contra are. I mean, pro-wrestling terrorist don't really work...

Ibushi vs Okada, Ibushi vs Ospreay, Ospreay vs ZSJ, KENTA vs Ospreay, KENTA vs ibushi, KENTA vs ZSJ, KENTA vs Okada, Ishii vs Moxley, Cobb vs Ishii, Naito vs Ishii, Naito vs Moxley, Naito vs Cobb, Naito vs Taichi, Takagi vs Cobb, Takagi vs Naito, Takagi vs Ishii, Juice vs Ishii ok stop there already. This is ridiculous on paper. Ok, I'm going for Naito vs Ospreay in the finals, Naito wins.

He's a jacked up smaller guy who doesn't even look that jacked up, especially next to Cage, who can also do much more impressive flying spot. No charisma, no character, not a good promo either. No idea why they brought that guy in, especially with the rep he had. Meanwhile, Killer Kross gets told to "get another job" to make more money ? Da fuck.

So were Sami vs Edwards and Grace vs Taya. Yep, cool little event. Too bad they had to deal with the really rude fan during the main event. Elgin displays zilch character or charisma even with a special main event with the Great Muta, but the rest of the match was indeed fun, as Muta still knows how to pick his spots despite barely being able to walk. Oh, if only Joey Styles would have called Tommy spraying Taya with White Mist...

And Maria Kanellis and her husband have just signed a 5 year new contract apparently. Because they are sooooo valuable to the company.

I'm way behind on my AAA watch, and today is Lucha Brothers vs Young Bucks return match apparently, but the "big" news coming off yesterday's show was Scarlett being groped by a fan at ringside. Saw the GIF, WTF was that guy thinking ? If there was ever a time to get some douchebag fan backstage... Does he know who is Scarlett's boyfriend ? Probably not...

Yes, probably, and who could fault him for that. Speaking of G1 being a grind, Tanahashi being in is kinda worrying honestly, he looked in really poor shape at Dominion. Archer I guess is the surprise low-tier entrant. Anything better than Henare though, I couldn't put myself through a bunch of single Henare matches. He's decent and all, but he annoys the fuck out of me. Taichi finally getting in is cool. The guys is really underrated.

Yeah, no Suzuki is disappointing. Apart from that, it looks like an awesome tournament again, and quite fresh compared to the last two or three years which had more or less the same cast.

It was an awesome match. It was also ridiculous they let it go on after that godawful botch and neck twist on the apron, and the head-drops after this point were as morbid as anything Mick Foley ever did, and from that perspective, it was pretty awful. That being said, they know what they are doing. Misawa died, so they know. There's something self-destructive about Ibushi anyway, that should not be commended as far as worker's safety goes. It made, however, the whole thing quite compelling to watch. Doesn't mean it was smart, not even "enjoyable", but compelling ? Sure. Now, would I want to see more of this ? No way.

And guess who's gonna be the first guest ? Tony Khan...

Any words anywhere on that We The Independent thingy that is seemingly happening, involving people like David Starr ? Things are really getting interesting all around the industry...

Georgia Dome. Do it. (fuck, it doesn't exist anymore ?)

BTW, it appears ROH is fucking dying everywhere. Crazy how they went from #2 by default to a non-entity after that MSG show, which basically was a NJPW feat. ROH event by that point. (and this despite booking modern-day-proven-draw Enzo into a super hot angle....).

How do people not laugh at her face when she says shit like this ? I mean, of all things...

Hey, that make WWE the #3 promotion in the US these days ! Still #1 in Saudi Arabia for Pride Month though...

The bit about getting tickets by Cody on BTE was pretty funny. Damn, that's impressive. I guess Meltz will have to deal with more salty WWE fanboys on Twitter...

I was about to post that one. Well, Dustin Rhodes, Natural cow-boy to "androgynous" movie buff freak dressed as an Academy Award statue.

MJF vs Davey Boy Smith JR. was the most mid-90's match I've seen in a long long time. It was good, but also felt dated a bit, kinda like a very minor Razor Ramon vs Jeff Jarrett match. Also, Aria Blake is back and she's basically doing Tammy Fytch from SMW. Yeah, Corny sure is working behind the scenes...

So why the hell stuff like this happen ? http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/killer-kross-release-request-impact/#.XQK7zi3pNE5 Apparently, Kross also said Scarlett is living with her mum and works another job (I have not listened to the podcast but it was reported). For fuck's sake iMPACT. Hope they find a way out straight into AEW, as I really enjoy both.

These people are absolutely shameless.

I thought about that too actually. Then again, it's not like MOX has not become hotter than Dean Ambrose ever was in a matter of a few weeks.

Because Isaiah Scott sounds SOOOOO much better than Swerve Shane Strickland, as a pro-wrestling name. For a while they kept everyone's name, and all of a sudden they're back to change everybody's with the worst, blandest, most awkward name possible.

No idea why I never thought of this. The great lucha-libre scene in OSS 117 Rio ne répond plus. (fantastic movie)

It's not. But it's clearly not as easy as "Oh, I was a different person back then, I was just dumb, my apologies, I'm cool now." I've seen a fascinating documentary not too long ago about this subject, and those people have a hard time dealing with their hateful past. Sometimes they are being harrassed by their former fascist friends and have to actually go into hiding because they are considered as traitors and are actually threatened. A lot are living in absolute shame and pain of what they have done during their hate years (that former neo-nazi guy telling with real pain in his voice he once kicked a pregnant woman because she simply was arabic, and how he sees her face everyday in his mind and has to live with the shame of it). It's like, a deep, long process, a lifetime thing of trying to get away from that thing. Which is why :