And to think I was mildly interested in a Lashley match at summer slam. Yawn.

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:eek:

I love the promo even though no way it flies under the radar today

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The Rock selling that clothesline like he was shot out of a cannon

Coach was a great character

He really was. I loved his rivalry with the Rock. Coach was perfect as the constantly failing foil.

Loved him with Bischoff

Coach was the sports anchor on my local ABC station before WWE and I remember being really shocked when WWE hired him bc he was really bland...but then he had so much more personality in WWE than he ever did doing local sports.

Wrestling Twitter: talk themselves into the final MITB participant being Becky, Sasha, or Sonya

WWE:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The field for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MITB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MITB</a> Ladder Match is now set! WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion <a href="https://twitter.com/TaminaSnuka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaminaSnuka</a> will take part in the action this Sunday!<br><br>�� <a href="https://t.co/2c4ZQANWpm">https://t.co/2c4ZQANWpm</a> <a href="https://t.co/xsaV4BmUri">pic.twitter.com/xsaV4BmUri</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1415785198357254145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Admittedly I've only watched SD since Mania so I have no idea what's happening on RAW or NXT right now. But who besides Asuka could believably win that?

I guess it doesn't have to be believable. But a lot of times with these matches I think "there's no way this person is winning."

With that lineup I can say that about almost all of them lol

Carmella, Liv Morgan, Alexa, Nikki A.S.H. ("Almost a Super Hero"...yeah, I don't know why they're doing the gimmick either but she's been on a win streak for a while now, so...).

Given her gimmick, Alexa Bliss should be able to hypnotize everyone and win the match effortlessly but that won’t happen because reasons.

First look at new SD set, looks like it will be a big tron, ala WM35, but arena-sized


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Goldberg is now the age Terry Funk was when he was a crazy old man in 1998. Bobby Lashley is the same age Bob Backlund was when he was a crazy old man in 1995.

I wonder what happened here

No reschedule date and Georgia is (obviously) a very good market for wrestling


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SHOW UPDATE: <br><br>WWE Friday Night Smackdown on September 17th will no longer take place in Atlanta. Refunds are available at all points of purchase.<a href="https://t.co/MOXb9O2WeX">https://t.co/MOXb9O2WeX</a> <a href="https://t.co/kXqdKTfrnz">pic.twitter.com/kXqdKTfrnz</a></p>&mdash; State Farm Arena (@StateFarmArena) <a href="https://twitter.com/StateFarmArena/status/1416021257829617664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

USA Network...hmmm

Chucky going to do some promo work on RAW perhaps?


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Halloween Season is going to be very, very special this year. CHUCKY premieres on October 12! <a href="https://t.co/RSvPC4LLHv">pic.twitter.com/RSvPC4LLHv</a></p>&mdash; John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreddyInSpace/status/1416041439298035717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

RAW being down 35% overall and 44% in 18-49 *should* be alarming to WWE...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Covid isn't completely gone but the lack of wrestling events with live audiences seems to come to an end tonight with WWE Smackdown before ~14,000 tonight in Houston.<br><br>Thanks for supporting <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlenomics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wrestlenomics</a> these last 17 months. Here's how viewership trends have been: <a href="https://t.co/gGk6MaUIuw">pic.twitter.com/gGk6MaUIuw</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1416053902051618817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

can't even sell out smackdown in atlanta that is bad

I can get behind this idea

:rofl:

Looking really basic from this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Report: WWE 'Discussed An Idea' To Have The Rock Work A Tag Team Match At WrestleMania 38 <a href="https://t.co/foRYyL3b0D">https://t.co/foRYyL3b0D</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1416023069752139785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Only if it starts as a promo, or 1v1 match, and Teddy Long comes down to holla at the playas.

Yesterday marked exactly 20 years since this promo aired

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lmao wtf that was incredible

Playboy Buddy Rose all day

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.town...0d91.image.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hearing tonight’s SmackDown will be <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/2Sweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#2Sweet</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/4Everyone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#4Everyone</a> ��❌❌❌</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1416097178330742785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maybe if they started a new nWo it might matter but a one off appearance by the bad guys isn't gonna do much.

That tweet isn't about the nWo

He looks so much like Louie Anderson with long hair :lol:

Are you sure? Because WWE just got done celebrating nWo week (25th anniversary of the factions founding) a couple days ago and it seems like having Hogan/Hall/Nash show up on the first live SD to coincide with that would be something they would do.

Lol he really does

https://64.media.tumblr.com/cbdcad93...65co1_500.gifv

https://theovertimer.com/wp-content/...April-2021.jpg

It wouldn't shock me if Cena showed up tbh

If he's not there tonight, he'll be at either MITB or next week's show to start his SummerFest program I'd imagine

plz donut encourage 'what' chants....


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We ��������?! Can't wait ��������?! to see you ��������?! TONIGHT! ��������?! WWE Universe!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tiktok_us?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tiktok_us</a> <a href="https://t.co/HfHgn7AhMm">pic.twitter.com/HfHgn7AhMm</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1416110444775870471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol maybe it's one of those parental ploys where they pretend to like it so that their kids will stop doing it because they assume if their parents like it it must be lame

What?

Hope it works then because the what chants have really overstayed their welcome. They should be used whenever some annoying heel is cutting a long winded promo or something, not for literally every single time someone speaks. Mad annoying.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, this Cameo from Virgil is…interesting. <a href="https://t.co/o7tP8GPZNo">pic.twitter.com/o7tP8GPZNo</a></p>&mdash; Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingGary/status/1416165992275791874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fucking amazing

This video plays even better when you play Virgil’s theme in the background

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE cancels August 8 Gainesville, Florida, house show <a href="https://t.co/Xh60umt4bl">https://t.co/Xh60umt4bl</a> <a href="https://t.co/KDzDkBHgAE">pic.twitter.com/KDzDkBHgAE</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) <a href="https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1416228926456623108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

i always play virgil's theme when fucking face, you kiddin' me, bro?

Davey Boy Jr. wrestled a dark match at Smackdown last night. That is… surprising.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's a dark match, at least post facts <a href="https://t.co/AUm2dHCIPs">pic.twitter.com/AUm2dHCIPs</a></p>&mdash; �������������� ��█☠️ (@SJOBrien8906) <a href="https://twitter.com/SJOBrien8906/status/1416223939680952320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LOL wrestling fans’ brains are so broken

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks pretty full when Balor came out? Explain? <a href="https://t.co/5Ywdx8Kzua">pic.twitter.com/5Ywdx8Kzua</a></p>&mdash; �������������� ��█☠️ (@SJOBrien8906) <a href="https://twitter.com/SJOBrien8906/status/1416224233588289541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This guy is so furious at a perceived slight of his preferred wrestling company that he missed the point entirely.

Maybe watching all those unprotected chair shots broke our brains too.

SD got a 300k increase for the return of live fans


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SmackDown Ratings: 0.6 (1st) in the demo, 2.18 Million viewers<a href="https://t.co/GBhlJw98YA">https://t.co/GBhlJw98YA</a></p>&mdash; SoDuTw (@SoDuTw) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1416428478304591882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That didn’t take long. Following the success of a sell out show last night for Smackdown, WWE is returning to the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas for Raw on October 25th. There is a presale going on right now. <a href="https://t.co/6bPk5j7e45">pic.twitter.com/6bPk5j7e45</a></p>&mdash; WrestleTix (@WrestleTix) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleTix/status/1416497421945917440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why hasn't Tony Khan ever got a pop like this???

If Tony Khan and Vince McMahon were cell mates Tony would absolutely get stretched.

wrestlinginc reports hulu contract is ending soon for WWE, I bet Peacock gives them more $ to start airing the RAW/SD replays

That would make the most sense.

That is interesting. Hulu became Disney majority owned when they acquired most of Fox, but Comcast/NBC still hold a 33% stake with a sale agreement in place for 2024 to Disney.

For now though, they would be bidding against themselves and Disney. It certainly would make sense to keep it with Hulu for another 3 years and have Disney pay for 2/3rds of the cost without driving the cost up.

Wonder if Fox would be cool with their show being available on a competitors platform 24 hours later. At least with Hulu there is the perception that it is Fox's streaming platform since that is where Fox/FX shows stream.

Sounds like no matter what Vince is going to make even more money.

the 90 minute action-packed Hulu edition of RAW was great when I watched weekly. Cut out a lot of the BS.


I cannot recall the last time I actually watched any WWE programming on Hulu.

His arsehole sure would.

TIL Kevin Dunn was actually the director of the Catwoman movie

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Would Peacock also do 90-minute cuts of RAW or just full replays? Watching RAW in 90 minutes instead of 3 hours without having to skip commercials is the best way to do it.

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Holy fuck :eek::eek:

There needs to be a comp done of Vince calling black baby face squash matches lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon always was living his best life when he would announce JYD squashes....especially the postmatch <a href="https://t.co/bkZS12BKTM">pic.twitter.com/bkZS12BKTM</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1417141573515685893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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If it makes sense, then peacock won't do it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s no secret that Rick Rubin is a huge pro-wrestling fan, but I loved how passionate he sounded when talking about it on today’s episode of the Marc Maron podcast… <a href="https://t.co/OzNfeApHHc">pic.twitter.com/OzNfeApHHc</a></p>&mdash; dopper (@dopper6) <a href="https://twitter.com/dopper6/status/1417158448316403712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“In fact, *35% of all young people in America*, 18-34, are proud to call themselves pro wrestling fans. And they’re a dual audience—60% men, 40% women—more like the Olympics than any other sport.”<br><br>WWF going hard for sponsors in the Dec. 24, 1984 issue of Television/Radio Age. <a href="https://t.co/YQQp1gthPr">pic.twitter.com/YQQp1gthPr</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1417331586668933127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is interesting: In this ad in the November 9, 1987 issue of Television/Radio Age, the WWF, in laying out their cumulative ratings (especially in P12-34 and M18-49), stresses their lower price point compared to other TV shows with comparable viewership.<br><br>That said: 70m?!?!? <a href="https://t.co/c6WtavDFzT">pic.twitter.com/c6WtavDFzT</a></p>&mdash; David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1417327732694953985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

A certain Tuesday night wrestling program is not in the top 30 trends on Twitter while it is airing, possibly a big after effect of that 2 minute Karrion Kross job on Monday

edit: 90 minutes into the show it made it into the top 30 trends

I can’t see how anyone could stay invested in nxt when they’ve botched nearly every call up they’ve had.

If you go back to maybe 2017 or 2018 I made a post during Black's NXT title reign, and I remember posting something about how he should feel special, but knowing once he is called up they will waste him, that it was hard to get super invested in him.

It made it easier to enjoy NXT for what it is, but not having the expectations that anything in NXT will matter outside of NXT, is still a downer hanging over anything really fun NXT is doing.

The Way is currently great, the whole gimmick that Austin and Indi are their kids, and always doing stuff that makes the parents mad is funny as hell.

If they got moved to Smackdown, that would all gone, and they would be boring tag teams on Main Event. Its no wonder guys like.Gargano and Ciampa would rather stay in NXT.

Was watching an old episode of the X Files and who did I see: Rob Van Dam lol

Had no idea he was on an episode. He played a wrestler (not as himself)

https://cheappopculture.files.wordpr...2/img_4982.jpg

LMAO what did the internet do to these people?

Lol This is such an awkward, insecure company.

.......................I....................I don't...............

Uhhhhh what?

Tbh a Right to Censor type parody gimmick of internet fans would be pretty good right now

I’m surprised we haven’t gotten a Jim Cornett parody gimmick yet. Especially in AEW.

Probably don't want to get sued

They kinda did that in the early 90s.

His name was Jameson.

You can’t get sued for parody. Didn’t WCW try to sue over the BWO and it got dropped for that reason?

WWE are allowing Steve Corino to come out of retirement to face his son Colby at an indy show in August. Pretty cool.

They’d be fine unless they fucked up and used his name or his image. I think Gertner was just subtly referencing the fear of the ruthless nature of Stephen P. New. You gotta be careful when you fuck with Stephen P. New.

Exactly. Cornette is very quick to file a lawsuit. He lost the G Raver one due to parody. It's not worth the headache to AEW for a couple laughs

Likeness as well, which can include similar depictions or parodies of one's voice, speech pattern, clothing or attire, looks, or combos of them, that a person is known for or recognized by.

If they were to slip up, Cornette would be all over them

I would personally love for them to being in a manager that is Cornett like, shitting on the company and backing a WWE style guy.

Imagine bringing in Braun and having Dan Lambert manage him and cut more awesome promos.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just saw the best picture ever. <a href="https://t.co/69xne0Csyz">pic.twitter.com/69xne0Csyz</a></p>&mdash; Sterling Richards (@RRSterling) <a href="https://twitter.com/RRSterling/status/1417934045233782788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Love that so much

Lol, just listened to the Drive-Thru? Is Meltzer really comparing Cornette’s criticism of AEW “hate speech?” Holy shit.

I didn't notice anything on Dave's twitter?

I think Cornette was reading from the actual Observer newsletter. Absolutely amazing story.

Lol fuck, now I'll have to listen to the Drive Thru. I usually don't listen to the shows where he's reviewing a WWE/AEW event. Can only take so much "old man yells at cloud"

making a lot of solid points about illogical shit in a funny way is not akin to verbally abusing a cumulus

I don't watch current wrestling so I'm not defending it, but Cornette has gotten beyond ridiculous. If you don't like it, don't fucking watch. It's like the people who complain about Raw for years and years yet they still watch.

are you being serious? sorry i don't follow your gimmick


he's providing content for people that want to hear him talk about it, it's often painful for him but i assure you, it is nothing like the people who complain about raw for years and years yet they still watch. jim doesn't even watch raw, but that's beside the point. listening to jim tear shit apart and give things their fare due when it's apparent something is done in a way he thinks it should be is pure entertainment, and beats the hell out of reading some vanilla review on wrestlinginc or some shit. i often wouldn't know what the dynamite results were if not for the drive thru, i like to stay abreast

Velveteen Dream was announced for his first indy booking with New Jersey-based promotion SWF on September 11. The announcement faced so much backlash that his appearance was cancelled in under two hours.

He's definitely giving his audience what they want by hate watching current wrestling. It's just become tiresome. The show is much better when he's talking old wrestling instead of bitching about Kenny Omega for the 1000th time, or being delusional about how much of a success AEW has become. Wrestling evolves and Jim has been a miserable failure every time he's involved in a creative job. People bitched when Stevens and Patterson came around and when the Rock & Roll came around and when the Hardy Boyz came around that they were all too "spotty". So ridiculous. Brian is WAY more level headed than Jim

Smart of WWE to have the "bad ass" NXT Champion lose in less than 2 mins to Jeff Hardy while he's doing a program with Samoa Joe

Why are all these folks being salty about a guy who is just about as his ceiling as a talent? He looks like a shitty CAW. He doesn't have much in the way of personality other than Angry Face. All of his charisma is stored in his wife. By himself, there isn't much there.

That said, this program just started. At least give it another week. For all we know, he's gonna come in and destroy Jeff Hardy. To set up the match. He's not going to get buried on the Main Roster until his wife debuts.

Yeah I'm betting he ends up murdering Hardy. It was a quick roll up with Jeffs legs on the topes. Not like it was a clean or a squash lol. Considering that Jeff used the ole dirty tricks to win the match I would bet he ends up costing Kross the title in his next defense and then Kross goes up to RAW to feud with him.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION!!!