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CI Wrestling Thread #56

Just FYI, but scripted television and movies are fake … The fight scenes aren’t really fights and the actors aren’t really the ones doing the stunts. And all the scripts for each scene are pre-determined, i.e. the protagonist doesn’t actually save the day, but the bad guy just pretends to be dead but he’s really OK. Why still watch?

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Guess the Saudi show is still happening on Saturday despite current world events.

Raw for tonight..

WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch vs. Bayley.
Queen of the Ring Semi-Final: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez.
King of the Ring Semi-Final: Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso.
Bron Breakker vs. Penta.
Bill Goldberg to appear.
Seth Rollins to appear.
 
Guess the Saudi show is still happening on Saturday despite current world events.

Raw for tonight..

WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch vs. Bayley.
Queen of the Ring Semi-Final: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez.
King of the Ring Semi-Final: Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso.
Bron Breakker vs. Penta.
Bill Goldberg to appear.
Seth Rollins to appear.
Ya there’s been a lot of online discourse/opinions in regards to that - this is the only possibly factual info which may sway one way or another that I’ve seen.

 
I'm guessing that'll only last 24 hrs. or so. Israel did their thing, Iran responded very weakly, including against the US, there's going to be an apparent ceasefire, and that's probably that. Even if Iran wanted to escalate things, they're unable to and Israel is likely about finished anyway.

Still, this is another reason why you don't just sign up for years of appearances in the Middle East. Imagine this happening next year with what, three appearances or if TKO gave Saudi Arabia a Mania. No one is firing missiles around North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.
 
I'm guessing that'll only last 24 hrs. or so. Israel did their thing, Iran responded very weakly, including against the US, there's going to be an apparent ceasefire, and that's probably that. Even if Iran wanted to escalate things, they're unable to and Israel is likely about finished anyway.

Still, this is another reason why you don't just sign up for years of appearances in the Middle East. Imagine this happening next year with what, three appearances or if TKO gave Saudi Arabia a Mania. No one is firing missiles around North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.
Read somewhere saudis are paying tko 50 mil for sd/noc this weekend - I imagine the price is way more for the events next year considering one is royal rumble.
 
Early Dynamite preview for this evening.

Kota Ibushi vs. Trent Beretta.
ROH Champion Bandido vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong vs. Konosuka Takeshita - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Thunder Rosa vs. Kris Statlander - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
The Hurt Syndicate to appear.
 
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Early Dynamite preview for this evening.

Kota Ibushi vs. Trent Beretta.
ROH Champion Bandido vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong vs. Konosuka Takeshita - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Thunder Rosa vs. Kris Statlander - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
The Hurt Syndicate to appear.
What does #1 mean?
I’d prob rather be #4
 
The Casino Gauntlet match has been done three times in the past. Random participants come out in regular intervals until a winner is decided. The match can end before all of the participants enter the match.
 
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I like the concept. Its like a royal rumble but not a battle royale and it can end at anytime with a pin or submission. And it can end before all people enter the match. So it is a benefit to be first or second.

I wish they had a final boss regular gauntlet match at Wrestlemania. Maybe for the US or Intercontinental belt where the the contenders go as the first 5 entrants and then the final entrant is the champ.
 
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The Casino Gauntlet match has been done three times in the past. Random participants come out in regular intervals until a winner is decided. The match can end before all of the participants enter the match.
Ya I’ve seen it I just wouldn’t want to be first bc you get everyone’s best shot out of the gate - if I’m 4th no one probably pinned yet but the other 3 aren’t fresh so I might get to find the one to get pinned and put the finisher on.

I like the concept of it but I guess #1 assures you’re in it is the prize to get that number.
 
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Early Dynamite preview for this evening.

Kota Ibushi vs. Trent Beretta.
ROH Champion Bandido vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong vs. Konosuka Takeshita - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Thunder Rosa vs. Kris Statlander - Winner enters #1 at All In: Texas Casino Gauntlet.
The Hurt Syndicate to appear.
Hangman vs Beast Mortis just added!
 
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So here’s one of the problems with aew’s ever dissolving tag division…the top 3 “tag teams” are heels (hurt syndicate/bucks/ftr) so they’ll never fight.
Then you give jetspeed a title shot and they get destroyed tonight. The only other makeshift team that are baby faces that could beat the hurt syndicate are swerve/ospreay but they are intertwined with the bucks who don’t have the belts.
I’d be more interested if the bucks didn’t job to the departing private party and if it was bucks vs swerve/ospreay for the belts.
 
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