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Isn’t it just RAW that’s in Glasgow on the Monday and Smackdown is in Manchester the Friday before?

The UK was TNAs biggest market at one point and the shows were getting more viewers than RAW and Smackdown over here, it definitely did something for them, it’s their fault they ended up as they did and didn’t capitalise on it but if AEW learns from them mistakes and becomes a genuine alternative then being on ITV is a massive deal

Great news, have ordered the PPV already, shame about not being able to record with it being my first time but it’s bank holiday weekend so a late night on the Saturday will be alright.

Really hope this does mean ITV will carry the weekly shows once they get up and running, a proper broadcaster showing it over here on a channel like that gives it a huge chance. TNA pulled in phenomenal viewing figures when it was on Challenge initially and at the height of its popularity so if this ends up airing on free view they’ve got a hell of a start

Can’t stand Judd Trump and not a big fan of Higgins either so it’s the worse possible final for me. Enjoyed the tournament overall just such a shame Wilson and Gilbert fell at the final hurdle, even one of them would’ve given me someone to route for in the final whereas now it’s just a case of not watching it.

Big tournament for up and coming players mind, future of the sport is in good hands.

What was going on with the backstage interviews this week - the interviewers we’re coming across really sassy and rude every time they asked a question 

So Rollins has spent the last few months having digs at Lesnar and saying how he will bring the belt back to RAW etc, he wins the Rumble to finally get that chance yet rather than state he’s coming for Lesnar they play him up as conflicted about who to face!

So odd, the story is ready made, this indecision is stupid and goes against the story they’ve been telling/hinting at the last few months 

Something that really annoys me to a stupid extent and maybe says more about me than this actual thing but when you’re driving and come to a junction where there’s two lanes, one to go left, one to go right, and people are in these lane and indicate to show they’re going that way...but they’re in the right turning lane so obviously that’s the way they’re going, the car is pointing that way, there’s no need to bloody indicate.

i think just driving in general annoys me but that’s another story.

What’s the best pack to get to start with? There’s a fair bit on the website but it doesn’t really say which ones to get as a beginner

I don’t think the majority of people did always know/think Michaels would be back - maybe for the first couple of years but it’s been 8 now, I genuinely thought he was going to be the one to stick to the retirement stipulation and I think he always wanted to be that guy as well.

Saudi money talks I guess but it’s still an odd one, I mean he’s hardly short of a few bob you’d imagine even without the Saudi money, still I’m looking forward to him returning, he looks to have kept in decent shape for a few more matches.

Kurt Angle meanwhile absolutely shouldn’t be wrestling anymore, he looked knackered last night and he hardly did anything!

Sky would have you believe the big teams are but yeah, not really, it’s just glorified friendlies. The big teams will all qualify via the normal qualifying process anyway, as they always do, so this Nations League is really just a way for the smaller teams to have a bit more of a chance to qualify, and the probably not in the end anyway.

Dont think Man Utd or Liverpool will get out of their groups - Spurs could struggle as well, could be quite the English contingent in the Europa League come March

58 minutes ago, Supremo said:

I can’t think of anything I’d hate more than Gargano turning heel and joining forces with Ciampa. Fuck that. That’s such a Russo thing to do. No-one would expect it, bro. No-one would expect it because it’d be fucking stupid. They’ve got something super special with Gargano and Ciampa. The year’s best feud between the year’s best babyface and the year’s best heel, having a match of the year candidate each and every time out. The last thing you need to do with this is try anything cute. This should only end one way and that’s Gargano winning the belt from Ciampa in a huge, cathartic crescendo. 

Oh aye I agree, it’s not something I’d like to see happen at all, it’s just the way the segment played out made the thought pop into my mind. You would also assume Gargano would’ve heard Black being attacked and maybe nipped back to see what was happening. I dunno, it’s most likely nothing and I’ve seen a swerve that definitely isn’t there, but just crossed my mind.

The Ciampa beatdown Of Black was interesting. If only for the fact Gargano was right there outside, telling Black he knows what he’s going to do, Ciampa then I waits behind the door and batters him then leaves through the door Gargano was as just outside of.

First thought made me think are they putting them back together and having Gargano help Ciampa win the belt, would be mental after everything but stranger things have happened and NxT could explain the story well I guess.

Blacks done for me. He’s too exposed doing promos and the aura he had has evaporated and he’s just a bland guy cutting bad promos trying to get his catchphrase in. I’d have Ciampa take the belt from him somehow and then go Ciampa/Garganos final battle for the belt.

We’ll see where it all goes, Black could do with a bit of time off once he hopefully drops the belt mind.

Hopefully more Dream next week

Enzo and Cass hate each other now by all accounts so I don’t see anything like that happening 

The fact they built the match around Dream and Richochet battling to show who is 'the future of NXT' makes me think and hope that it means they'll be sticking around in NXT for a while yet, Dream should definitely have a run with the belt first before he moves up

Does anyone watch Friday Night Dinner? I’m very late to it so have literally just started watching it all the last few weeks and am up to date with the current season now so have no idea what the general reception of it all was/is so may be of no interest to anyone!

Anyway I love it, however Friday Nights episode had one of the most sad scenes I’ve seen in a comedy show, bloody heartbreaking!

1 hour ago, WyattSheepMask said:

Just a stop over en route to somewhere else at a guess. They did something similar last year after their Asian tour when they were coming back to the states and they did a show in London. People got it in their head that it was going to be some sort of network special, but they never implied that it was anything other than a house show, same with the Starrcade themed house show they held

Thats not to say that they might not change their mind and televise it, but it would be a surprise if they did

That was WWE - they’re talking about TNA here - I imagine it’ll be filmed to some extent and footage will be shown of it as they’re talking about it quite a lot on social media, challenging the UK promotions and all that

18 minutes ago, Pinc said:

Innit, let people speculate. Its not implausible that this could lead to a come back of some kind.

That’s what I was thinking too, people are obviously going to get excited, he hasn’t done anything wrestling related since leaving in 2014, so with him doing this it’s hard for his fans not to get excited that he’s got a bit of the bug or through doing this could catch the bug to want to wrestle again. Early days of course but anything’s possible

Also watched that this afternoon - incredible how over Enzo and Cass were when they came out at the start, the goodwill stayed with Cass whilst he was in the match as well, how things have changed in 1 year.

So is the Women’s match going on last? The way they were talking a little on the pre show and stuff it sounded like that might be the main event? You’d imagine something like Rousey would have to happen if it closed the show 

Sounds like Joe is injured again so that’ll probably scupper any chance of a big Mania match for him if that was in their plans

Not sure the experiment is over like, even though he lost Triple H put him over quite big at the end on the mic. Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets the belt back next Sunday

See Del Rio has said Paige’s WWE return could be days away.

not sure how she would fit in but with RAW and SmackDown in Manchester next week it could be she’s back there. We’ll see

The press release refers to it as Impact Wrestling as wel and has no mention of GFW at all so it looks like that little rebrand is over