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Meng gets planted head first, then Jimmy Hart follows suit.

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Elias looks a lot like Roman Reigns from behind. Now I realize it is because of his resemblance to his half-brother, Drew McIntyre. Who also apparently fucked his mom and made Neville.

Holy shit at Sammy's back.

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This is kinda hilarious

ouch @ back

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Pulling off a Battle Royal in that ring would probably be an entertaining train wreck of a spectacle.

It looks like a normal sized square ring cut in half and made into a rectangle

What is this for

Team Kickboxing according to the person who posted the photo.

That's a dangerous shape, nowhere near enough foot space.
Someone's going to get hurt.

I'll bet someone goes through the ropes every twenty seconds

Interesting...

https://i.postimg.cc/g2fVwRkv/Screen...8-10-56-PM.png

I love Sammy Guevara. I feel like if they really slow burn it and milk it for a couple of years, him turning face and fighting Jericho would be $$$ and he’d be a huge draw for AEW.

Apparently its a new sport that was created in Russia and looks like this during matches.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/...0560027259.jpg

Despite the team aspect, its just one-on-one fights done in a fencing-like format.

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/354874...kboxing-duels/

Supposedly this has already been happening on the streaming aspect of deals. Meltzer reported a few weeks ago that sports streaming provider DAZN started withholding their payouts to sports leagues and MMA due to their declining finances and games/events being cancelled.

"He just has that intangible physical charisma. When you see him, you want to see more of him; you just don't want to look away." -JR

WWE stripped Sami Zayn of the IC title. A tournament has been announced to crown a new champion and will begin on Smackdown this Friday. No word on who is in it or how big the field will be yet.

I like a tournament. Put it on Nakamura or Cesaro, instant storyline when Sami returns. Sami should be protesting though; Devlin didn’t get stripped of his belt.

NXT is on an island of its own. Like Smeat said, Tozawa is a jobber on RAW and undefeated in NXT's tournament to crown an interim Cruiserweight Champion.

An island on its own...until Survivor Series when they’re battling for “Brand Supremacy”.

Also..just watch for the first minute...Cesaro lost last week and well..this was the result...

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NX and AEW's ratings for this week's shows might struggle a bit more than usual due to the return of UFC Fight Night on ESPN's streaming service starting at 9PM tonight.

Might affect AEW more since UFC's average viewership age leans more towards their age range than WWE and NXT.

From a recent episode of PWI's podcast show with the author of the new Andre the Giant biography that had a few tidbits I found interesting.

Seems Rachael Ellering was among those in NXT and the PC that were quietly released by WWE based on a recent tweet teasing her return to the indies.

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Have the finals of the IC Title tournament come down to Cesaro and Chad Gable.

50k piles of steaming hot garbage.

Why fucking bother? None of it, or any of the stupid bullshit, will remotely fucking matter.

Might as well call Cesaro "Claudio Castagnoli" if you're going to call Shorty G "Chad Gable".

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Who the fuck cares about Chad Gable? Why would he be pushed at this point?

Are you talking about WWE or AEW here? Unclear. At least Cesaro and Chad Gable would have a properly good match and not just get snowflakes from Dave. You get the victories where you can get them in Zombie Wrestling.

Summerslam in the fall..lol

They finally brought back In Your House lol

Are you implying or assuming that a "properly good match" is one that is on TV but is also entirely scripted (almost the same as others) move for move and/or segment for segment?

If so, I can almost guarantee you that WWE contractually makes their talent agree that "99% or more" of the time (IF the talent can even remotely dispute and/or keep track), of what happens to their "character" and worse when factoring in live events and "PPV"s, i.e., not just what happens on TV. AEW has no such contractual arrangements despite actually paying closer and/or equal salaries and better benefits.

Most talent has been previously so desperate to take what "big" guaranteed amount they can get from WWE, and outside of the sheer total guaranteed money WWE has been previously offering, plenty of folks would have otherwise left for other places for the creative freedoms and/or other benefits/guarantees.

What the fuck are you even talking about? Are you drunk?

Do you think WWE plots out their matches move-by-move? Nobody's got time for that. Routine matches are the norm in wrestling these days, because talent all works the same. That's on the talent. It's why AEW hasn't exactly had stellar ring work either.

I mean, I haven't been there myself, but I'm sure it's pretty well accepted that WWE actually don't do what you're saying they do. Are you actually suggesting they plan out the matches really thoroughly? Lol, what do you think the talent does in AEW? Call shit in the ring? Who is even good enough to do that?

The ship sailed on AEW being a better place to work. Most good talent/stars signed back up with WWE when they saw that AEW opened with a Casino Battle Royal for a World Title shot in the main event of their next real PPV, which featured Glacier freezing someone with ice powers. Creative freedom =/= good. Matt Hardy proves that. Almost all of AEW proves that. There are maybe two or three guys that understand why they are doing what they are doing there. They've capped themselves in terms of viewership, so even the stars they do have/could have coming up their ranks are probably going to jump to the WWE when their deals are up or sooner. It's the difference between being watched by <1 million people and >2 million people. And because they sharted on the rights fees, it's not like Shad Khan is guaranteed to pony up.

All the potential of AEW was huff and puff. They've delivered on basically none of their promises. It's not sports-based. It's not the Ellis Island of professional wrestling. It doesn't get away from WWE tropes. Did they even end up giving their talent benefits? It's just riding a "Not WWE" wave.

I can't believe people in one breath say "nothing WWE does matters," then on the other hand have AEW which chop and change their storylines just as much, and are even less consequential or influential than the WWE, but they're cool. It's just fucking bonkers.