GoodandPlenty

US and Universal Title matches are pretty easy to call, but both Rumble’s are intriguing. Becky/Bayley and Cody/Punk are the prohibitive favourites, but I smell the potential for a swerve. Very much looking forward to both matches.

I agree with your earlier points but wanted to address this one specifically…

Tribalism is strong on the internet, especially for some reason with wrestling companies, I guess because it's the closest thing we have to teams. When it came out that WWE met with Warner about RAW people were coming out of the woodwork on the internet hoping it would drive AEW off TV, which would effectively kill them, it's bonkers crazy how some wrestling fans want only their brand to be around.

Tribalism amongst wrestling fans has been going on as far back as the Usenet days, as I can definitely recall a WCW vs. WWF/E vibe back in the day. I was always happy to avoid it, and had the luxury of being able to watch both Raw and then Nitro every Monday here in Canada. I’ve always thought the idea of wanting one company or the other to fail is just ridiculous, as you’re then actively hoping for people to lose their livelihood’s.

Is wrestling tribalism the worst? I could only imagine how bad Star Wars “fans” would be if they had different brands to root for or against, though I suppose the prequel vs. OG vs. sequel crowds must exist somewhere on the web.

Really? That’s awesome news. Very happy for her and very happy to see WWE and TNA working together.

I really want someone to take a shit on his head as well. Or preferably several.

If you weren’t up on current events, you may be led to believe that a giant Slim Jim was entering the Rumble tonight.

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey….

These are the same people that bowed down to Vince AFTER he’d been officially outed as a sex pest last year. Don’t underestimate their ability to look past this stuff so that they can be part of the “universe”.

1. HHH and Kahn voted McMahon out, which would seem to indicate they were trying to deal with this well before now.

2. They aren’t named in the suit, so maybe we shouldn’t be crucifying them until an independent investigation occurs?

3. Why does it seem like some people are focusing more on hoping WWE shuts down over this than on the actual victim, and potential others. This entire situation is gross.

Everyone’s a game changer in AEW…until they’re not. Neither of these two are going to bring new eyes to the shows. At least they’ll have some good matches, though, in Okada’s case, we’ve seen some of them before.

Yeah, I don’t think they’re on good terms at all, mainly due to their previous “partnership” not benefiting TNA in the slightest. Plus, at the moment, TNA actually has a little bit of upward trajectory, and I think they’re mainly focused on just doing their own thing for the time being.

Particularly when you consider that they probably originally found 50 tons!

I didn’t even have to check to see if he’s Bill Pullman’s son. It would be pretty funny to see Bill Pullman Jr and Kurt Russell Jr sharing the screen together.