Wednesdaymania 311

In Which I Blather On Wrestling

I have a confession to make:

I'm behind on wrestling.

Yes, I'm caught up on Dynamite, but... I haven't seen a bunch of other stuff and I'm behind on NJPW, NWA, and MLW. I apologize for this.

Some weeks feel less like Wrestling weeks than others.

So here's what I do know for this week:

• AEW is apparently hinting at an appearance of Brodie Lee (Luke Harper)
• Lance Archer has joined AEW
• Colt Cabana has joined AEW
• Ian Riccaboni has half-joked about how, while he's very happy with ROH, he could be bought if someone offered him everything he already has plus some Disney loving...
• New Japan is still bananas, though they've cancelled half of this month's shows (not a full month like I stated last week)
• Kenny is injured
• Asuka is injured
• Trent Beretta is a fantastic wrestler
• Orange Cassidy is nuts and amazing
• Beyond The Mat, a great documentary, is currently on Netflix, so go check it out!
• Dynamite continues to spank NXT in the ratings, which is awesome

As for that last one, a lot of WWE "fans" are being total dingbats and claiming that a company which has only existed for less than 2 years should somehow be able to directly compete with a A-list show owned by a Carny billionaire who has worked in wrestling for longer than literally anyone involved in the new company has been alive. That's not how competition works. That's not how business works.

A small online retailer is not going to take on Amazon within one or two years. It would take decades, if not a full century, of courting the public away from a behemoth like that.

The same is true of a wrestling company.

They are in the wooing stage. That is how it works.

Chill out.

It's like pizza - there's a million different ways to make it, some people like one more than the other. Chicago Deep Dish is not magically superior to New York Style, and calzones are not magically inferior. You're allowed to like different kinds of pizza. Just because standard Hand-Tossed Pan Pizzas are the most popular doesn't mean they're the best - it means they've been the best marketed for the longest time.

Chill.

Go Enjoy Something,

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