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Longest match ever on Twitch for cancer benefit, by Evil Uno's Mystery Wrestling : https://www.twitch.tv/eviluno (as I type this, Stu Grayson is in the ring and Orange is guest announcing !)

In other news, DDP is an idiot. https://www.facebook.com/officialddp/posts/my-new-favorite-song-this-guy-is-a-genius-reminding-us-all-to-be-better-to-one-a/1318255263001742/ After the backlash he received for posting a picture with Linda and him *thanking* her for her appreciation during Mania week, and using "gulf of America" (in jest ? or not) in one of his DDPYoga vid, it kinda confirms that good ole Positively Page is yet another one. Sucks because after a few years of layoff, I subscribed again to the app at the end of last year. I was never a fan of the "positive thinking" bullshit that you get way too often in those circles (and hell, Dustin Rhodes is guilty of the same things BTW, among other dumb shit), but it was okay. I cancelled my subscription renewal the day I learned about the Linda thing. Barely used the app since. Yeah...

Damn. Now I WANT To see this. Yeah, Ishii vs Kyle was a G1 match not happening at the G1. Would love him vs Takagi. Or Taichi. That main event surely gave me the urge to have a big Hangman vs Rush match. For a match against non-luchadors, Dralistico was certainly on. It's crazy to think 6 years ago he was under the Mistico mask at Arena Mexico. Max Caster babyface turn confirmed. Not sure how you go with this, although the big pop is probably him getting a win over, ya know who. But then what ? And what for Bowens ? Not always easy to go on after a successful tag team run. I was hoping for Ospreay vs ZSJ, but I would settle for ZSJ vs Nigel (or another Hechicero match, but it's less unique now and would get over better in either RevPro or CMLL, really).

It's crazy that it's 2025 and they are back to fetishizing Brian Pillman like they all learned booking from Vince Russo circa 98-00. The one side effect this will do (and already does) is diminishing empathy when people really get injured and/or cut, because there will always be the "crying wolf" effect. Also, it's shitty to do that when people actually lose their job, some of which go into a mental health downward spiral afterward (TAFKA Cora Jade). Now Kross and Scarlett have confirmed that they are accepting booking. So the idea is that they'll show up on WWE adjacent indie company or TNA (or GCW why not) for a while and make a great comeback because in the end "it's a swerve, bro". And of course, WWE coded fans already talk about how this actually is kayfabe when in fact, no it isn't how it worked. This is shooty-shooty Russo style angle playing with real-life issues of other people. And it never ever produced anything good apart from the initial buzz and shock effect (with diminishing returns galore). And if Kross and Scarlett *actually* did not get renewed, then it's hilarious that after all this years he finally got some buzz about him (although I heard nothing but bored feedback from his matches still) and they got cut because how dare they got over on their own (damn, Matt Cardona is never actually gonna see the Fed again, will he ?). In that case, I guess "Look who is showing up in the IMPACT zone !" is coming (which would be hilarious too on so many levels, even if it's actually part of the "work").

Vince McMahon was always, despite the self-loathing and denial about it, a pro-wrestling guy. That's basically all he ever knew (the infamous anecdote of him thinking the Razor Ramon vignettes were incredibly creative because he had no idea of Scarface) and all he was ever good at (WBF, XFL, WWE New York and on and on). Not to mention WWE was his family's business. The TKO people only know and care about one thing : money. They acquired WWE like they would have acquired Starbucks, a banana plantation or a hedge fund. At its core Endeavor are artist/sports agents, so you might as well call them parasites. They will make Wrestling Worst Again on their way of making obscene amounts of money. The day that cow is milked, they'll throw its corpse aside.

It absolutely is coming. Already there is talk of commercials *during* PLE's on ESPN. (which would be akin to commercials interrupting adds, dunno how this shit works). What's undersold is how Levesque was on ESPN talking about the deal joking around about Brock Lesnar and saying shit like "Whatever he wants". I swear, I know he just doesn't care anyway, but he's using the precise *worst* wording you could think of every time around, it's insane how bad he is.

The ending of MJF vs Briscoe was maybe a little bit too "cute" (as was the "Briscoe can't hit his elbow", which really never built to a huge pop nor a great near fall when he actually did it) and it made the ref look like an idiot (probably one if not the worst habit of even the best pro-wrestling currently), but I'm guessing it's still a program in process between the two of them. As I see it, Briscoe helps Hangman win at Forbidden Door (which kinda protects MJF), leading to a bloodbath at All Out with Briscoe winning this time. I would love Briscoe to go all the way in the CC this year. Apart from that, great episode, pretty much. Mox vs Speedball, Max & Jeremy (because of course) vs Brodido. The heating up of both women's title matches at Forbidden Door. Mercedes look ridiculous with all these belts, as she SHOULD. Tell me it's Athena beating Toni and then Mercedes vs Athena for ALL THE GOLD EVER at All Out. It needs to be ! Swerve cut one hell of a promo, and I loved Renee being Renee all night long.

And now the rumor is that Peacock is gonna get NXT PLE's, AAA (aka NXT Mexico) and.... TNA (which absolutely are their own alternative company and are just partnering with WWE and not at all a weaponized little cuck). Gotta remember than next year, there will be three Saudi PPV's PLEs, including the Royal Rumble. Numbers from Netflix seems to indicate that while the Rumble has been majorly the highest viewed event of the year even above Mania, the Saudi PLE was watched considerably less than all of the others. Interesting dynamic for sure.

Okada on TV is no different than Okada in "Roads to" houseshow matches, especially his later days after his back was injured. What matters is Okada in big matches. And as demonstrated, he's still the GOATed Okada when he needs to be. Ibushi certainly was a stretch. But right now he looks the best he had since the G1 injury. He'll never be the old Ibushi again but he doesn't need to be if he adapts his game. The Ibushi before All In, I'm more than fine. Naito on the other hand looked completely thrashed during his last NJ year. Maybe resting his injuries will do him good, but I dunno how he would work in a AEW setting. I'm not sure how his act translates to a non-Japanese audience either. From all the name who did the firsts Forbidden Door PPV, he always seemed the one who was less over/less interested. I have no idea why WWE would want him now, unless to work on their WWE Japan predatory act which may or may not happen. I would totally thought he'd go to NOAH, but maybe he still has that loyalty toward NJ (although NJ and NOAH work together regularly still).

Come on now. For 5 matches cards with 1 hour of adds scattered in between, that's a bargain...

They are SO fucking pathetic ? https://www.disruptionist.com/p/wwe-hooked-up-rfk-jrs-niece-with-summerslam-tryout

Maybe cerebral assassin meant he actually murdered his own brain.

Gimme Naito vs Mistico on a Friday at Arena Mexico instead !

Even if you ignore (and you should absolutely not) everything about that company and those people and pretend there's nothing there, and look at it from a Pro-Wrestling ONLY point of view, Triple H had been exposed as a booker before going back to the Black and Gold days. Again and again it has to be said : The Bloodline and Cody winning the World Title jumpstarted the hot period under Vince. Levesque just inherited the whole thing, like he inherited his spot on the company's hierarchy by marrying the boss daughter. He was never that good of a worker, he was never that big of a star, he's not that good of a booker either (the whole goal of Unreal being to make it seems like he is, which is completely hilarious). He's also a failure as a human being, but that's another story. But Triple H is, and has always been, a fraud that got where he got by being a political animal. He's nowhere near as smart as people give him credit to be, as demonstrated time after time after time. That entire John Cena heel turn thingy has been fucking laughable.

Yeah, maybe I'll catch up a bit the last week by watching some Taichi, ZSJ, Takagi & Takeshita matches, for sure. Maybe some Tanahashi too, although I'm afraid this would be a bit sad. Naito leaving certainly left them in the dust. The fact he and Bushi had their first match post NJ at RevPro the other week is both puzzling and so Naito, in essence. (I mean, how much was he paid to work a RevPro match ?)

Not really. Because I only ever take bets I'm sure I'm gonna win (yeah, not a betting man at all). The eventuality it would *not* happen would indeed be, at this point, a hot take. This is the level of idiocracy and repugnancy WWE has reached (well, one could argue it actually *always was* the case, since day one Junior took over). Basically a sewer. It kinda is fascinating though, for all the wrong reasons. (I mean, you meant getting back on TV, not killing some innocent victim with his car., right ? Hopefully the latest doesn't happen at all. Well, he could still do *both* ya know, Nick Hogan did got cheered too (because it really is the gift that keeps on giving, therefore one shall deliver))

Great essay by Allan-@cheapshot https://substack.com/inbox/post/170071008?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3wjd8g&triedRedirect=true

As soon as they "legally can", they'll bring back Vince's carcass in front of a camera (if he doesn't kill himself and some poor schmuck with his car before that). And he'll be cheered. You can quote me.

In a few years when people will look back at the infamous Cody win at Mania and the discourse about "the bad guy is out, this is a completely new era now !", it' gonna be so hilarious/embarrassing in retrospect. (I mean, it was already embarrassing when it happened to anyone actually paying attention to that post-match display, but with the benefit of hindsight, holy hell ?)

That's not what people very knowledgeable about lucha libre are telling. He's the biggest star in AAA. There are apparently people (including talents) in WWE pushing to use him (in the main roster I mean, because that's how it goes, AAA is just NXT Mexico already). At this point, why would they even bother not to ? The AAA fans love him, at the very least. Yep, there's no such things as "casual fans" anymore. Especially not as *those* ticket prices especially. Because they are complete hypocrites. The (alive) Hogan and Trump boos are performative bullshit so they can feel better about themselves while financially supporting a company that enables fascism and rape culture. And the parasocial relationship WWE fans have with Triple H is something out of a cult. Not paying attention is on them. "Oh, I wasn't aware they were actively supporting fascism, I didn't pay attention, I just focused on the awesome pSYChoLoGY". Fuck this shit and fuck these people, seriously. That joke isn't funny anymore (hasn't been in a long ass time, but since Trump got in office again, they totally dropped the mask, so it's on the audience which is still choosing to support it). (the fact they brought Brock back just a few weeks after Evolution is fucking amazing too)

For the record :

But... but they booed Trump on day 1, so it's okay, right ?..... With Linda backstage, SummerSlam was sex trafficking Mania "Uh.... uh.... just enjoy the show and uh... look at the attendance." Oh, wait, can't do that one anymore because they don't do "presser" anymore. I wonder why... could it be because... Honestly, when I looked out for the news this morning, the *last* thing on my mind was Brock Lesnar coming back. The fact he got a huge pop says everything you need to know about people who attend WWE events today. I have zero doubt if Vince would show up, he would get an ovation. The smell of this audience, I swear... With the serious talk that Alberto del Rio is absolutely not gonna be gone from AAA, there you go. Fascists, rapists and sex traffickers. That's your company. That's your "New era". The rest is completely irrelevant. "The Harvey Weinstein of Professional Wrestling" punchline almost looks tame today.

WWE audience sure showed 'em that doesn't work for them brutha ! After paying 200$ at least to attend the MAGA show because after all, Papa Trip is cooking or something. This is way past being delusional into being full fledge performative. They totally deserve CM Punk as their world champ... oh, wait, shit.

Let's be real though. Hangman vs Briscoe is not a PPV world title match. Because there's zero chance Briscoe is winning. He does not have the credibility, even if he beats MJF next week. That would be a great TV world title match for sure. Also, with Dustin being written off for the time being (and really, at 56, can he get back from *this* match ?), hopefully we can end the ridiculousness of he Von Erich holding those ROH trios titles (and really, those titles themselves) after being gone for ever and only showing back up for the Texas shows ? Also, poor Sammy though. I'm guessing they do another tag tournament culminating at Death Before Dishonor in late August. Gotta say something about the women lately. They really have been kicking up a notch on all these TV matches. Not sure where this is leading to, but it has to lead somewhere. Some already are asking for a Blood and Guts match.

? (just there to support her son-in-law)