It’s been topped.

I can’t embed off my phone, but look up “AEW Nick Wayne’s mom” on YouTube and watch the sit down with JR. Fucking. Amazing.

Nmmmmmm found it.

Do people here like LA Knight?

He seems mediocre to me.

He seems to have had one of the more organic rises recently. Started off as what felt like a throw-away feud and the crowd just got behind him.

I've not watched it. 3 other people in my home watch it weekly, so I hear the show, and check "dirtsheet" info for them from time to time.

She dated Test, as well. Then ended up dating George Clooney.

YEAH!

I said something about THE RYBACK that also applies to L.A. Knight (YEAH!)

If you are gonna rip someone off, it is best to rip off someone who is a draw.

The actual wrestling part of wrestling is the least important part of wrestling. A charismatic guy who isn't a complete klutz in the ring will make a promoter more money than a guy who can "wrestle good."

Source: last 40 years of wrestling.

LA Knight isn’t even bad in the ring. It’s more important to understand why you’re doing things than doing a lot of things.

I was wrong about him when he was basically my least favorite wrestler ever during his TNA days. I thought I was judging what I saw from him fairly, but his NWA and WWE work have changed my mind.

I don't watch anymore so the wrestling doesn't matter to me I just saw a few clips with Miz and haven't really understood the draw.

It's a lil bit of "the chase" and "good on the mic" that has people won-over.

The first bit is why he won't win.

Shane Helms even tapped it

All the men’s matches at Crown Jewel are singles. That’s 2 shows in a row they’ve done a really “imbalanced” card. I guess they have Survivor Series round the corner which could be mostly team matches but I prefer a decent variety of match types on any given card.

It's not about what you want duh.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy shit Evan Karagias fell on hard times....he looks like a dude in an 80's mob movie<a href="https://t.co/Q4HMdEpLDU">https://t.co/Q4HMdEpLDU</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1720264052654448848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is so fucking cool

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HD scan of historic WWWF action from Nov. 1974<br><br>Bruno Sammartino vs Killer Kowalski (masked)<br><br>Lou Albano &amp; The Valiants vs. Chief Jay Strongbow, Dean Ho &amp; Tony Garea<br><br>Filmed at the Providence Civic Center for the film “Below The Belt”. More coming<a href="https://t.co/cfpLXJ3c7v">pic.twitter.com/cfpLXJ3c7v</a></p>&mdash; Rasslin' Rabbithole (@rasslinrabbit) <a href="https://twitter.com/rasslinrabbit/status/1720216349077618853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Did anybody watch Crown Jewel?

Fuck no

Look how quick Buddy is here.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Curt vs Buddy. Always GREAT stuff. <a href="https://t.co/ZgrOFvmqGC">pic.twitter.com/ZgrOFvmqGC</a></p>&mdash; Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NINaylor/status/1720909047359062518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I might be slightly curious as to what happens at Survivor Series. If CM Punk returns I’ll probably watch that segment.

Will Ospreay playing the game and promoting WWE via his Twitter.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tiger Mask x Dynamite Kid. The final singles match in the rivalry that revolutionized the sport over 40 years ago. ���� <a href="https://t.co/bZWusy7iQp">pic.twitter.com/bZWusy7iQp</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1721181434180735014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Former TPWW troll the CyNick still out here getting roasted :lol:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy shit lol <a href="https://t.co/wjtJKIOFWz">https://t.co/wjtJKIOFWz</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1721243242513981674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lol oh dear

The answer, of course, is "rubbing your inner thigh, as you do. moving closer to your panties."

Did Vince say that to Triple H or vice versa?

That was an SRS quote.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That time that the Faces of Fear produced a moment for Faces of Death. <a href="https://t.co/zLjdFnD3J8">pic.twitter.com/zLjdFnD3J8</a></p>&mdash; WCW Deep Cuts - Unofficial Tribute Account (@WCWCuts) <a href="https://twitter.com/WCWCuts/status/1721514429093757055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Go CyNick, go! He’s probably not wrong if it’s about what I think it’s about.

Giulia apparently expected at the PC this month though there's been no official signings.

I don’t follow joshi, but from what I know Giulia leaving Stardom will be a big deal for them.

The NWA may have already blown their CW Network TV deal. Something to do with Jim Mitchell snorting coke on NWA programming (I don’t fucking know).

What’s to know?

They cut to James Mitchell in a sort of bar environment snorting coke on their programming and for some reason the CW are having second thoughts.

Lol, what’s to know? Why the fucking promotion would do something that stupid.

It’s ridiculous.

Random thought: more jocks need to become professional rasslers and less nerds

The biggest problem here is that people treat this as an either/or thing: be it the promotions or the talents themselves. And, of course, one of the biggest persuaders of the trend is WWE. Not even a "fedbad" argument, but just how they hard-headely spearheaded style over substance. It made more sense when Vince took over from his dad and took the biggest metaphorical "sizzles" from just about every promotion he could to put together a locker room full of almost nothing but guys with tremendous personality all their own. The problems came from when they started either:

a) trying to prepackage or repackage people into cartoons. Everyone remembers the hits like Undertaker, but forgets Duke "The Dumpster" or Issac Yankem DDS in general (unless they're doing some sort of retrospective about Kane specifically and not the gimmick and timeframe)

b) hire people who merely "look the shit" and hoping that stuff like the wrestling, gimmicks, and promos just happen along the way. Especially since, over the same amount of time, the people who are tall bodybuilders ain't really built for or into this shit, and the people into this shit aren't tall bodybuilders.

So, you get to a guy like Eli Drake/LA Knight (or like the 3 other names he had in either developmental or on the main roster over time), and, for the most part, he had "star" written all over him, but he wasn't as tall as guys like Baron Corbin. So, he was minimized, embarassed, run off, let go in housecleaning sessions because there was "nothing for him" or any of a myriad of excuses. I will point out again that this is the same company that was going to release CM Punk from his developmental contract because they weren't signing him as much as the indy buzz, and didn't want anyone else getting that buzz at the time even though they themselves had zero plans for him. The same company that was going to release John Cena because Vince "didn't see it" in him. Was ready to relegate Steve Austin to "a good hand" and have him job every week (pre KotR)... but was ready to give guys like Sid or Luger or Ahmed Johnson "the boots" - as in make them the newer version of Hogan - to be positioned as the company figurehead.


I feel you about his TNA stuff. It felt like he was leaning way too hard into aping The Rock in a company that already tried to do exactly that years earlier with Sonny Siaki. So, he felt like a ripoff of a ripoff. Took awhile to find his own voice, as it were. But when he did, he became a lot more tolerable.

Yeah, way more of him seems authentic now.

“Authentic” is probably the wrong word. But the Eli Drake/LA Knight character is its own living, breathing thing now.

It looks like NXT will be going to the CW Network.

Yep, it’s official. 5 yr deal, 70% increase in rights fees starting Oct 24.