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Punk and McInture is so, so good. Punk is at his absolute best when he's got a proper wrestling story to sink his teeth into, and Drew is killing it as a lunatic descending ever further into madness. Twenty stars. Logan Paul is great. Nineteen stars. Whoever is directing the shows at the minute is doing a sterling job, there are always some brilliantly framed shots. Twenty five stars.

That video is great. You get to see both sides of the new Phil. Complete gentleman with kids, doing the autographs and taking the photographs, then the minute he hears the deep voices of male, middle aged wrestling fans who might want to talk for hours about kayfabe, Khan and star ratings? Absolutely pegs it. My guy.

Either LA Knight is turning heel, or they've properly decided they can't be arsed. There's barely anything for him to do, unless the US title is the pinnacle of his ambition. In fact, to Rooster's point, there's barely anything for Cody to do. A heel turn for someone surely, be it KO, Orton or Knight. The draft was almost unbelievably shite, though. Completely pointless. The best pick was Jade as it was completely consistent with how she's been portrayed, and how Nick Aldis pursued her signing. But, besides that, it's hard to justify much of what they did. Even drafting Gunther and Carmelo Hayes is dumb if you look at it for more than a second; if this was an NFL draft maybe you pick the young next guy first, as they're reasonably likely to stay with your team as long as you want them, but the WWE do drafts or shake-ups every year. It makes absolutely no sense to not just pick the biggest names first. Punk getting drafted above Iyo Sky will make me sad until at least tomorrow. Rubbish. You can tell Punker is back on his way to rude health, on the weights and feeling sexy again. He absolutely loves cutting the sleeves off his shirts when he feels like his arms deserve to be seen.

Breathe easy, everyone. Odyssey Jones has been drafted to Raw.

I can't even begin to fathom the kayfabe reasoning behind some of those draft picks. Iyo Sky getting drafted above Punk and Hunk has to signal the end of the new boom era. It's over. Done. Someone tell The Rock he can stay in Hollywood.

I think the final test of Punk's damascene like conversion to a life of good humour and good grace would be him being a fourth round draft pick on Monday, after schlubs like Nakamura. As it is, I suspect he'll be picked ahead of Drew and it'll make DM Hunk sad.

Multiple times, to be fair. There was a draft pool of eligible picks for Friday's draft, and Heyman did a whole segment withdrawing Roman from the draft.

Darby Allin should have climbed Everest where he'd be safe, instead he's been managing the danger of downtown New York where he, first, broke his foot and now? He's got himself hit by a bus. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6SnFF6OAnu/?igsh=bDU0eHZicXdidTlz He'll even unintentionally take the big bumps..

Just seen it. Brilliant. Really enjoyed it. I loved how they kept it ambiguous in terms of kayfabe, it sort of allowed you to think that the reason the dad was such an exacting prick was because he himself couldn't see through the blurred lines. Zac Efron, who I've not seen in much bar bro comedies, was absolutely exceptional. The slow steady descent into misery was so beautifully done. That final scene with his sons is one of the best scenes I've seen in recent memory. Heart breaking, beautiful, tragic yet uplifting. Good film.

Starting a thread about a WWE PPV, for one. Freedoommmmmm.

My thoughts are you definitely don't help yourself, and this thread is in very real danger of being derailed from the outset. That saiddd... AJ/Cody should be good, but they could do with getting through it and finding Cody a proper adversary to see him through to Summerslam season. I don't really know who that could be... Orton, maybe, but sod knows how you unpick Orton from the Bloodline stuff without him first needing to feud with Owens. Smackdown actually doesn't have much in the way for stuff for Cody to do, really. Turn LA Knight heel? Fuck knows. Jey Uso is losing. Probably thanks to Judgment Day, but not ruling out some more Bloodline fuckery. I'm guessing Jade or Bel Air are turning on the other. Would rather Ivar had Bronson Reed's spot. I'm banging my head against the same wall on this, but still... absolutely mental that Montez Ford is cocking about in the Street Profits still. Sod it, turn him heel (again) and get him in with Cody. Montez and Bianca vs Cody and Jade through Summer. Let's go.

Which sort of comes to one of my stranger issues with the draft, why on earth are they sending out legends as proxies to make the picks? They pretty much all just did the bare minimum, and never gave any impression they knew or cared why picks were being made. Have Aldis out there waxing lyrical about how Carmelo Hayes has a blend of athleticism and charisma that will make him a hit in the ring and on the balance sheet for Smackdown; Have Adam Pearce talking up how he was gutted to miss out on Bron Breakker originally, but he never looks a gift horse in the mouth and is delighted to get a second chance at signing someone he considers to be a future Wrestlemania main eventer. If Champion's are protected, but No 1 contenders aren't, tell us why Raw are desperate to lock down Jey Uso but Smackdown are more sanguine about AJ Styles. Just give it a bit of purpose. Instead it was handled like a straight-to-youtube edition of the Slammy's with no one really caring or selling it at all.

Trying to limit the old fizzy drinks as my health hits the panic button, but the new Pepsi Max Mango might threaten that. Absolutely tremendous stuff.

Possibly, but given the increasing us vs them divide on this forum, I'm willing to join your team. What a spot.

Oh shit, I hadn't even considered he was supposed to hit it. They covered it well.