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CI Wrestling Thread #56

Smackdown for tonight- no matches announced that I have seen anyway

Jey Uso has invited Sami Zayn to work out his issues with the OG Bloodline.
New WWE Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns will be guests on "The Grayson Waller Effect."
I feel kinda bad for Sami and Jey, being dragged back into the storyline after having pretty successful runs on their own recently.
 
I decided to unsubscribe a few months ago when I noticed the only thing I enjoyed listening to was Bryan and Vinny and Granny talk on Tuesdays. They’d review retro stuff and it was funny.

But I feel much more at peace now
 
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Only reason I'm slightly okay with it is like I said recently, over the next couple years there's going to be more women with legit talent on the main roster. My fear though is with a new US title added to SD, we may get a women's IC title on Raw. If two new singles titles are added, then they should scrap the women's tag titles. That division is dead and will be buried once Bianca and Jade start a feud. I mean, the women of NXT are the highlight of that show and ten of them owned Dynamite head-to-head. They'll all probably be on Raw and SD by 2026.
 
Only reason I'm slightly okay with it is like I said recently, over the next couple years there's going to be more women with legit talent on the main roster. My fear though is with a new US title added to SD, we may get a women's IC title on Raw. If two new singles titles are added, then they should scrap the women's tag titles. That division is dead and will be buried once Bianca and Jade start a feud. I mean, the women of NXT are the highlight of that show and ten of them owned Dynamite head-to-head. They'll all probably be on Raw and SD by 2026.
The fact that they have two men’s tag titles is uterrly ridiculous - judgment day has maybe defended them twice - at least Mcmg are gonna be defending against street profits/diy/etc
 
So what we learned last night is Orange Cassidy is 1000 times stronger than Randy Orton. (Sarcasm) I really enjoyed how they did the piledriver angle and sold it like Lance Russell would do in the Memphis days when Lawler did the move. You haven't seen one in WWE in forever and it worked.

Unlike AEW where the moves don't mean anything and just transition to the next thing. Remember when OC got a piledriver on the steps, popped up 10 seconds later and won a match.

See I can say negative things about AEW.

On another note Harley Cameron's weekly promo has rapidly become one of my favorite things.

 
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There's been Canadian Destroyers on WWE tv in the past and the other night on NXT a woman had a brick smashed against her face and it immediately turned to powder (the brick, not her face), so that somewhat hurts the illusion. Still, I liked the angle and loved Graves saying "why are we showing a replay of this?" under his breath as if it's so disturbing and the actions of Owens so gross that it shouldn't be seen again. That was a Mick Foley piledriver fwiw.

If I had to guess, I'd say Roman's group wins at War Games and like last year's surprise with Punk, I think we get Rock back afterward. At that point, it's like five weeks until Raw goes to Netflix and everyone will be gearing up for WM in Vegas.
 
If you told me at the start of the year that The Outrunners would be appearing on a PPV this month, I’d have said you were an insane person.
One of the few storylines that TK let grow organically and not rush into or have go from start to finish in 2 months.
 
That's probably the best video package for a return they've ever done...and she's coming back on Collision for less than 400K viewers. She should be making her return on Dynamite imo.
 
The fact that they have two men’s tag titles is uterrly ridiculous - judgment day has maybe defended them twice - at least Mcmg are gonna be defending against street profits/diy/etc
How is 2 men's tag titles any more ridiculous than 4 (FOUR) men's singles titles. It's not, actually less.
 
How is 2 men's tag titles any more ridiculous than 4 (FOUR) men's singles titles. It's not, actually less.
Well the one tag title is never even defended on raw - at least the singles titles get defended on raw or ple. The mid title on raw has elevated Gunther and Steiner to main event material.
 
That's probably the best video package for a return they've ever done...and she's coming back on Collision for less than 400K viewers. She should be making her return on Dynamite imo.
It was good but that’s actually the package they should have done when she BECAME the hob version of Julia hart - that’s how you build up a character change.
 
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Need help. Anyone ever been to Royal Rumble? Tickets go on sale Wednesday and I'm trying to figure out the best location for my son and I to get tickets. Is it better to have a better view of the entrances or of the ring?
 
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I’d think for the rumble you’d want to see the entrance. I’ve been to a couple of shows where I couldn’t see the screen at all and it kind of took some of the fun out of it (all were 15+ years ago)
 
Raw for tonight, they appear to be taping next week's episode as well. Wonder if that's going to become normal going forward.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER and Damian Priest face off.
WWE Women's World Champion Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez vs. WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair.
Bronson Reed to appear.
 
A combination of overseas PLE's/Euro tours and management giving talent more time off around the holidays will result in a few more taped shows per year. Taped shows usually kinda suck but I get it.

I have reasons but will just say the Moxley thing will continue to be a dud. You gotta grab the attention of fans with something big and unique if you're AEW and the world champion screwing around with C-level guys ain't it. Austin, Rock, and Taker never had a feud with Val Venis as main event talents.
 
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“For example, earlier in the year, I was having a conversation, or was around the conversation, earlier in the year I heard a backstage type person talking about interviews or pre-tapes or something.”

I read that in Moxley’s voice and got a chuckle.
 
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Well the one tag title is never even defended on raw - at least the singles titles get defended on raw or ple. The mid title on raw has elevated Gunther and Steiner to main event material.
Then the problem is not having 1 too many tag titles, it is booking (not scheduling tag title defenses). That seems like an easy fix.
 
So who yall think will be the 2 5th members of the bloodline vs bloodline war games match?

I’m thinking maybe Shemas (old) and Bron (new).
 
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