The Wrestling Thread

[Reprise]

I have spent the last year wondering if CM Punk has mental health issues, but I am now getting increasingly concerned about Tony Khan's erratic behaviour online. Is he ok? Is this a recent change in him? Because I never noticed anything worrying before. I am not mocking him, I genuinely fear that his recent social media postings and interactions with others online are concerning. He needs to take a step back and take a break from social media. Stop worrying about what wrestling fans say online, stop worrying about WWE and concentrate on making AEW the best it can be. Maybe the stress is getting to him? I don't know. I hope those who work with him talk to him and he listens.

I honestly think he should address it to and apologise to the fans, to WWE and to Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Then take a break. People will have more respect for him if he admits his postings were childish and that he has taken the time to reflect on them.

[Limewater]

Dominick Mysterio continues to be the most booed wrestler in the industry today and Triple H was having a lot of fun messing with him tonight, even breaking kayfabe a bit in the process. "I thought they were piping that in, but you really do get booed that loudly" I don't know if I have ever seen someone booed so heavily on a week to week basis that he has to practically scream into the microphone to be heard, and even when he does that we often can't hear what he is saying. Did anyone get that much heat even back in the Attitude Era? I think the problem with Dom is that he doesn't have a naturally deep voice, so it's hard for him to speak over the audience. He looks legit frustrated some times, which is fucking hilarious.

I don't watch wrestling, but someone (probably you) posted a picture that included him, but no name.
I was captivated by that mullet. I had to know who the owner was.
It did not take long to identify Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio.

I still haven't started watching wrestling, but just reading about Dominik Mysterio is pretty darn funny. It sounds like he has a really great gimmick going on right now.

[Reprise]

Struggling to see what the big deal is about Jade Cargill.

WWE can basically just make people stars by deciding they are stars and then kids and mindless E drones eat it up.

Typical E drone: "Ewww AEW sucks, it's just a bunch of indie amateur flippy shit with a bunch of no names and WWE rejects"

Also typical E drones the second an AEW talent is signed: "OMG I love Cody and Jade! They're the best!"

Don't get me wrong, I could roast the AEW drones too, they are also be insufferable and hypocritical. But my point really was, who cares about Jade Cargill? At least Cody can actually wrestle, even if his character is so one dimensional and bleh.

Now if (or when) Ricky Starks signs with WWE. That would be interesting.

[Raging Justice]

Jade Cargill was never good, but people have this weird obsession with her look. That's all anybody ever talks about with her. I'm not really into the tall Amazon, Chyna/Beth Phoenix look myself, but I guess it's marketable? I don't know. I like the cute and pretty, Alexa Bliss/Natsupoi types personally.

Of course there is more to a wrestler than looks, but that's the thing about Cargill, she never really wowed anyone with her in ring ability. Then there is her promos, which is subjective I guess. I always felt like her promos never amounted to more than stupid catch phrases like, "I'm THAT bitch" or "Tony, cut the shit".

Jade Cargill is just an anomaly to me, but I'm convinced the only reason she's getting a massive push in WWE (she barely done anything and the company is already talking about her like she's this huge star) is simply to give the finger to AEW. It's the same reason Star Dust is getting such a massive push with the only one competing with him for that top spot right now being LA Knight, who got himself over instead of having the WWE machine get behind him like they did for Stardu...I mean Cody Rhodes.

[Reprise]

Yeah, it is much about her look and the same is true for Cody. It still makes me laugh that WWE can just treat someone as if they are a big deal and suddenly people care though.

I saw some clips of Collision last night and it looked entertaining. The Statlander and Skye Blue match looked surprisingly good (at least from the clips AEW shared). I assume Skye Blue is turning heel or something.

The Danielson and Christian looked fantastic.

I see they are still doing these big brawls though, just after I complained about it on Dynamite. I saw a clip of Ricky Starks, Big Bill, Luchasaurus, FTR and Adam Copeland all in the ring together fighting. Obviously out of context it doesn't make sense to me, maybe it would if I had watched it, but what do all these guys have to do with one another? I get Starks, Big Bill and FTR, but not sure why Adam or Luchasaurus were there (and were there other guys there?) Maybe it was a trios match actually... I should check the match card.

[RCBH928]

did my post about Tony Khan get moderated?

[Reprise]

did my post about Tony Khan get moderated?

What? Never saw it, so maybe? Don't you usually get a notification or something when that happens? Not sure about on Racketboy though. Just thinking of other forums.

[Limewater]

did my post about Tony Khan get moderated?

Maybe.
I believe that I saw it, and it does appear to be gone now. I remember a little bit about what was in it, but it didn't mean much to me because I don't following anything Tony Khan does.

[Raging Justice]

Yeah, it is much about her look and the same is true for Cody. It still makes me laugh that WWE can just treat someone as if they are a big deal and suddenly people care though.

I saw some clips of Collision last night and it looked entertaining. The Statlander and Skye Blue match looked surprisingly good (at least from the clips AEW shared). I assume Skye Blue is turning heel or something.

The Danielson and Christian looked fantastic.

I see they are still doing these big brawls though, just after I complained about it on Dynamite. I saw a clip of Ricky Starks, Big Bill, Luchasaurus, FTR and Adam Copeland all in the ring together fighting. Obviously out of context it doesn't make sense to me, maybe it would if I had watched it, but what do all these guys have to do with one another? I get Starks, Big Bill and FTR, but not sure why Adam or Luchasaurus were there (and were there other guys there?) Maybe it was a trios match actually... I should check the match card.

Yeah, Sky/Statlander was good and Danielson/Christian felt like a really good pay per view match (they kicked out of each other's finishers). It's amazing the way these guys can still go at their age. I appreciate how humble Bryan is, but it's still crazy to imagine his entire AEW career having no title wins.

Some parts of the show were hilarious to me. Miro is essentially feuding with his wife I think he just can't stand the idea of her working with other men.

Oh, and Nick Wayne is gonna get chewed out next week by Jim Ross...AND HIS MOM

[Reprise]

Yeah, I heard Christian and Danielson got 25 minutes and put on an absolute banger. I saw some clips of the near falls online.

Damn, I need to watch this week's Collision.