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| A Brief Overview of the Past Week or So In Wrestling |
WWE:
- I'll be honest, I haven't been keeping up very well with WWE lately, but it cracks me up that someone hollered "YOWEE-WOWEE" to The Fiend during a match. I love it when fans try to pop wrestlers (making people laugh)
- I hope everyone's safe - I know there have been/are snow concerns, and since so many wrestlers are from warm states, it's a little scary to think that they maybe haven't got a lot of experience with winter driving. More reasons for company buses, even though the risk of massive talent injury if there is an accident increases the more you consolidate travel.
- If you were thinking about buying WWE stock, now's the time. Last I heard, it was in the fifty-buck-a-pop range.
- They fired their CEOs... which is triggering panic.
- The XFL is coming, and honestly, I can't wait to see it fail again. I don't like football, it's a bad idea, and honestly, the teams seem... silly.
NWA:
- These guys know how to party, yo. The latest Powerrr was fantastic. Ricky Starks is a true star, Nick Aldis is indeed a National Treasure, etc.
- For all that this is a relatively small-scale company, it rarely feels rinky-dink.
- I don't really know about Zicky Dice or whatever he's called, but he's getting there. Lots of upside to him.
- Can't wait to watch more New Japan! I've been loving how Kenta is living the dream, how Suzuki is going bananas, and how Okada is still a beast.
- I hope poor Ibushi recovers well from his illness and internal injury! Poor guy caught the flu, and the constant heaving from the flu gave him a small tear in the space between his stomach and his esophagus. He should recover well, but still, I think about him a lot, and I hope his recovery is smooth and gentle.
- Uh, speaking of Suzuki going bananas, he's going to be in a match with Orange Cassidy for some reason? The reason appears to be that Joey Janela is nuts and his Spring Break PPV is always bonkers.
- Last note: Post-wrestling Liger is precious and brings me joy
AEW:
- Speaking of Orange Cassidy and Joey Janela...
- Joey is great in his feud with Sabian/Penelope
- Orange Cassidy faced off against Tully Blanchard during Dark this week, and it was pure magic. I can't wait to see the blowoff to that feud lol
- Newsflash: Jurassic Express is flipping amazing.
- I'm not looking forward to Cody getting his lashes tonight. I get very uncomfortable during strap-beatings, because I've seen what a legit whipping can do to the human body, and the line between "too weak, looks fake" and "oh crap, you've permanently disfigured him" is extraordinarily thin.
- In better news, Taz is a glorious commentary guy for Dark, and hearing him get completely popped by Excalibur was hilarious and made me happy.
- I really hope they signed Colin Delaney, because he was great during the tag match.
- Finally: the intergender match between Team SuperBad (Sabian and Penelope) vs Kenny Omega and Riho was fantastic. It was beyond fantastic - it was brilliant storytelling, made both women look extraordinarily powerful, protected Riho without making her look unrealistically capable, and had a great sense of fun to it. If you watch Dark for any reason, do it for this match. I look forward to seeing more proper intergender matches in AEW!
That's all the wrestling news I have for companies this week, but I have a one more note:
- Congratulations to War Horse for winning the online tournament to be placed in the new RetroMania Game!
That'll about do it for me today!
Go Enjoy Something!
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