Something about comparing network to cable is icky to me. Like comparing cable to premium

Or satellite even

Cw is in 98% of all tv owning households where as tnt is in 81% (and shrinking.) NXT could beat them head to on any network dont misunderstand but theyre not apples to apples any more. USA was a solid comparative landscape. I dont think CW is. Would be like comparing RAW on USA to SD! On Fox. If SD! doesnt outperform RAW there's a serious problem.

IDUNNO. I find the comparison tacky now

Network is in more homes than cable, but there are other factors too. It’s probably improper to compare across nights due to different levels of competition.

I didn’t really like Halloween Havoc. It wasn’t horrendous or anything, just not for me. Raw was pretty good in parts. Sign me up for Rey Mysterio vs. Chad Gable. I’m actually getting into Karrion Kross. Dom is fantastic. JD McDonagh is underrated.

Better than Halloween havoc 98 at least.

Goldberg v DDP is one of the best matches of that era though

The three things I remember about that show are the ending of Goldberg/DDP getting cut from the PPV feed because of overrun, Hogan not being able to get the flash paper lit properly, and for some reason I remember the opening bout was heel Jericho vs heel Raven where Jericho was the champ but Raven came out and said he didn’t want to wrestle that night so I guess he was just going to give up his title shot but then Jericho called him a chicken and then Raven got mad and they ended up having the match which Jericho won.


An odd show for certain.

Ahh forgot that happened on the same card.

Its understandable. Like Supreme mentioned the ppv cut off and they had to give away for free on nitro the next night as an apology

Goldbergs best match though.

It’s a sad day. Baron Corbin will not be getting his WWE contract renewed. It’s a shame. I really turned a corner on him. I hope he sticks with wrestling and goes to TNA or something. I’ll probably check out what does next.

Indi Hartwell and Tegan Nox are also on the chopping board. I’ve never been a fan of either of them, but if they stay in wrestling I hope they find a good place for themselves.

Decent SmackDown this week. I’m not that excited about anything, but everything is “solid enough.” Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson stand out. Chelsea Green is funny.

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The piledriver is appropro.

Jacob Fatu cut a good promo this week. Nothing excites me on SmackDown, but it’s just a well done show. It’s still PrettyCool to see the MCMG in WWE. I wonder if Skippord still watches?

Is there a good reason Sami is friends with Jimmy and Jey again or no?

I missed Raw this week. Not sure I’m going to go back and check it out. WWE has been solid and all, but it doesn’t feel urgent enough to me.

There really is room for a true wrestling alternative. Especially since an initial lack of sponsors could lead to a snappier show with more kinetic energy. AEW ain’t it. I checked out TNA once or twice, but I dunno. Maybe an alternative only works in theory?

If there’s a mass exodus from AEW for whatever reason at some point, Tony has paid the wrestlers enough money for them to start their own things. That COULD be interesting, although a promotion by The Young Bucks or Chris Jericho will almost definitely be ass.

There’s enough benched talent in AEW to make something interesting enough to compete with AEW itself.

Solo Sikoa is a meany-head

People on the other boards very critical of the Bloodline story...

But in my opinion it is still one of the only things holding any semblance of passing interest. I'm interested in checking out Survivor Series now where otherwise I wouldn't really be.

I take it he musta been mean to Sami too then? .. I guess I remember a promo package where they were fighting Sami, KO, Orton, and Cody.

I haven't watched regularly in a while. I'm still interested in the Bloodline stuff, though.

But I kinda can't believe they've kept it going so long.

My (non-watchin ass) guess is Romans team wins but Rock comes out after and hit's Roman with a rock bottom.

I’m excited to see where wrestling heads into 2025. Some big moves announced for TNA. With AEW being in shambles, who knows what will fall out there. Tony’s paid guys enough money that they don’t really need that nest. New Japan will have a bunch of contracts coming up and they are in…interesting shape. 2025 could be a very exciting year.

Not to break up the squaredcirclejerking


https://wrestleplay.com/

Neat site someone made with wrasslin-based wordle. In it's infancy, but a time killer, no less.

Got it in 4....

Took me every row

Got it on the 3rd.

I watched a Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles match from NWA-TNA last night. There was always something off about the TNA presentation that chased people off, but in isolation they did so many things that I didn’t appreciate at the time.

They did a tale of the tape, with talking points. I didn’t get how lucky we were to have Don West. Jerry Lynn was a master. Even at that stage, AJ was a phenomenal worker. So much of what they did was built off how they should try to actually beat the other guy. There was selling. Mortimer Plumtree did a good job managing too.

Got it in 2 today in the wrassle wordle

Took me 4 today.

Jim Cornette is running out of things to get pissed off about.

I just heard a clip where he was mad at the chair phone commercial, both because grrr technology AND because the commercial is Gable and Otis, since they broke up as a team months ago!

Been watching mainly 2005-2006 episodes of Velocity. What a wild fucking roster they had back then.

The Dicks
The Gymini
The Model Sylvan
Heidenreich and Animal as a team
Tatanka


Just complete randomness

"The Bash Man" Doug Basham

Doug Basham was so good. Love how he slapped a jobber with his left hand so they wouldn’t see it coming. He’s back in OVW training. The show’s pretty horrible, but Leather Daddy Doug leading the Revolution is a fine concept.

Tessa Blanchard is getting another shot in TNA. Good for her.

Knew that Noid would appear at the mention of a Basham

Underrated workers. There’s a whole class of OVW guys that got lost in that mad period where Vince didn’t need to use anyone properly. There’s a 2/3 Falls Match between Doug Basham and Nick Dinsmore that I strongly recommend.

Remember when Tatanka was randomly in one of the Andre the Giant Battle Royals at WrestleMania?

Yes, him and animal had random returns around the same time.