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Jimmy still feels stuck in neutral. And he was sacrificed to build up Jey in the WM build-up.

Still feels a bit much on successive weeks

I would imagine that Omos is not exactly on a high dollar contract. Almost like taking a flier with your seventh round draft pick

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

The Shadow knows.

MTR said:

You totally should. There are a couple of them I have not gone to yet that I need to hit up and obviously I am always up for a Glory Pro show. Dijack is on the next one in July and of course your all time favorite Danhausen.

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MMMMMTTTTTTTTTTTRRRRRRRRR!

I was thinking there will probably be sometime I head out that way in the next few months. I might head to St Louis, as I want to get my Class A coaching certification done, and they have a lot more weekends to choose from in St Louis than they do out here (as least for MO carded coaches).

MTR said:

I never really remember hearing him address Tyrus' views which kind of irks me. I mean I like Billy and again I have a soft spot for the NWA and I love that he has kept it going but just hard to support too much. I know when they were doing the Wrestling at the Chase which is cool that they did that for a few anniversary shows and the women's only show a lot of the local indie companies after Tyrus was champ wouldn't promote or have any of their guys/gals on the show.

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Sometime I want to hit an indy show with you. I feel like I would enjoy the hell out of that experience.

Tyrus did actually come up in a political conversation a few years ago. I have no issue when someone recommends someone for me to give a chance to as a commentator, as I've discovered some interesting perspectives that way (most of them come from Mrs. Mazer-she knows how my filtering works).

But I have a big pet peeve when someone gets aggressive about me listening to their favorite. A few years back, a genuine friend was trying to get me to give whatever Tyrus's group show is/was a chance. Part of their premise was largely about Tyrus and his professional wrestling background would make me enjoy it. After some lighthearted, "There was nothing about his work with the Funkadactyls that recommends him to me as an analyst", the argument persisted for an annoyingly long time.

Eventually I said "If I made a list of 50 commentators I was considering listening to, and ranked them by overall intelligence and expert level specific knowledge-what are the chances Tyrus makes the top 30? Because honestly, if he can't crack that I don't have the time. And I don't need to subcontract out my ability to ragescroll social media. I can do that independently".

So, I was a bit of an ass. Really never had another convo like that with them. I guess they just really enjoyed something on that show that week.

I can definitely understand and respect that. Hard to get excited about something that gives you that vibe. For me personally, Wrestling is complex like that in organizations as I weekly watch organizations that have terrible people they have and do support on an ongoing basis.

I really don't follow much of Tyrus outside the ring, as he falls under the Fox news "random celebrity people that can only make me dumber by listening to them" category. And I'm sure I've missed things with any reply Corgan has made. The couple interviews I've heard from him, I thought he had interesting takes and philosophies.

This one won't reference Paige though

One more epic rap battle

Strong Raw last night.

I did not see the GUNTHER move coming. They have my attention.

I just saw that too. Love to see them get that type of exposure.

I'm in line with your take. I think that's pretty much exactly how they should handle Hangman.

The "what does AEW need" thought train is just kind of interesting of me, so I kind of spun that off in a different direction.

There's one side of me that says "I don't know that AEW needs anything". They've successfully set-up an "Upper middle class" American wrestling company, and have made a lot of big moments and regularly put on a quality show. Their ups and downs aren't anything that I consider overly problematic. I'll definitely compliment or critique in the moment, but its all...realistic.

On the other hand, as really the only other alternative on a near mainstream level, I do root for them. And their owner has pretty regularly made WWE a point of comparison and held them up as something he shoots to surpass. To get anywhere close to that in the next 10 years, there is obviously "need".

You don't get there over night, or even in a year, so its interesting to ask what would get them to the next tier in a sustainable point. The obvious answer is that plus level superstar. However, I'm not sure that's realistic for AEW. One, I'm not sure that the fandom isn't a little more segmented and maybe a little more resistant to "mainstreaming" tendencies (Unless its the women's division-but that's a separate HOT TAKE). Also, with the more New Japan style combined, it almost takes a group to interact well with most of the roster.

Where AEW differentiates is in the style and match presentation. So....what could they do different to level up that is unique to them? I've been thinking they need to capitalize a little better on some of their big moments, and educate build more on their cross-promotion and "Forbidden Door" events.

Also, extend Eddie Kingston's rehab time period.