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Booked Monday off work. Absolutely guaranteed that Danielson/Ospreay and Pac/Okada are shit now.

I'm sure it was just a throwaway comment, just something Jey Uso says, but I thought 'Go get it Uso' before Sami's entrance was weirdly moving. He wasn't the needy little gimp seeking validation but getting mocked anymore. He wasn't even Jey's mate he picked up after leaving for Raw. He was finally, after years of trying, an equal. An Uso. One of the guys. It just felt like a lovely little touch. Go get it Uso, indeed.

I was momentarily cheered by Cody saying he wanted to work both shows as Champion, which felt like a step in the right direction, but they seem to have shut him down on that.

Whilst I don't disagree with this necessarily, it's a language issue more than anything. The 'Universe' thing is something they themselves have set up, it's the construct they hold above all else; the 'WWE Universe'. I don't really care what they call it, but their should 100% be a clear dividing line between the major title and everything else. That's the main point. Having two equally weighted titles is stupid.

Can you Tweet-reply to this person that the endless whataboutery is utterly fucking tedious, and not every discussion about wrestling needs to descend into factional 'us vs them' shite. IF Matt Hardy does turn up, that should be wrestling's version of the game of football on the battlefield, where we all down our weapons and agree that Matt Hardy is completely shit and something we're all collectively guilty in enabling.

On the latter point, I actually think that the way they make sense of it is to lean into it more than they have done previously. Make the Universal Championship exactly that. The top belt. The Champion of everything. The Champion of the Universe. Then the World Title is a slight rung below it. and then the US/IC title below that. But yeah, two world titles of 'equal' value is a no from me.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5y7jgcsblp/?igsh=ZDBrcmszajFuOXpz Apologies for the double post, but not sure about this new belt they've made for Undisputed title winners. Horrendous. Duran looks like a plum, too.

That Nick Ball fight is the decider, for me. I've got Zhang and Hamzah as wins for Frank, and Hrgovic and Richards as wins for Queensberry. That said, if anyone's going to get the sweep I'd say Matchroom would be favourites.

Really fun series of fights. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5yv8yGtixj/?igsh=MTQ4bzY0bGRyczM1ZA== Ball v Ford is a wild fight.

They should use it to turn her unemployed.

I fucking LOVE the idea of a Game of Thrones style run for Paul, where he is the terrified aide of a King he can't abide but equally can't escape. Fucking hell. Incredible idea.

Iran don't really have the military or political capability to bring the world kicking and screaming into World War 3, for those scared by such things. I'm a very skittish reader of international relations, but even I struggle to get there with Iran. It could easily descend into a regional cluster fuck, but neither Russia or China are desperate to jump in and Russia are actually using the crisis to try and look like the international grown ups. In the game of 'are we fucked?' Top Trump's, the winning card is still very much 'Russia in Eastern Europe'.

Typically I'd be wary of any match booked because the promoter has already decided is going to be match of the year. They're usually matches that flatter to deceive, or as its colloquially called; 'The AJ Styles Paradox' That said, it's Bryan Danielson and I'm not sure he's capable of disappointing me.

The Iranian's just wanted to show strength, and then twist it to sell their people a massive victory. In reality they couldn't have given Israel more notice, allowing them to get their defences together and avoid massive casualties. Iran really don't want this to escalate, so providing Israel aren't ham fisted in their response this is likely just an irresponsible flash point, rather than a precursor towards a major war. So, we just have to rely on Israeli calm headedness and instinct for proportional responses. That's good, then.

@garynysmon I don't watch TNA, but based on your video above I went down a rabbit hole and now I think I believe in Joe Hendry. Who is this man? Is he any good?