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Is the name Mike Bennett any worse than being called Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens or Seth Rollins? I may be oblivious to something, but they all sound equally poor wrestler names to me.

I don't know if he's been screwed over, but definitely deserves a good spot in my opinion and if he was released I'm sure that AEW, ROH and Impact would be keen to bring him in. He worked his way up the card in ROH for years, is a former IWGP tag team champ and I liked his Miracle gimmick in Impact. He does need his wife to help him get over though.

All these WWE release request rumours are getting interesting.....but nobody should be gullible enough to think any would be granted - certainly without non-competes attached. If Mike Bennet and Maria Kannellis asked for theirs, that's cheeky - didn't they come in, do fuck all, have maternity leave, go into rehab and only just return? I'm sure Vince loved that one!

Good morning everyone. It got a bit nasty on here last night. Was everyone on the sauce? Let's keep things civil.

Hahaha what??? You want to make profound statement out of the fact I think fondly of the ECW product??!!!?? Christ!

Hang on. I'm approaching 40 and I get it....hold your horses!

@Devon MalcolmI don't want AEW to be the new ECW, that was a different time (sadly). We are all too politically correct these days....

I think that was the very point I was making @Devon Malcolm

Amen brother!

I hadn't...but through the power of Wikipedia I now know it was a morals code affecting US media from the 1930s to 1968.

I want TV-14, but you don't necessarily need to have that rating to achieve the product I want...at least not on TV (PPV, yes), but I do want to see a product aimed at the 18-35 audience, not 10+. You don't need to lower the bar to Val Venus Chopee Chopee to attract an adult audience, you do need edgy, but without the smut. Is that fair @Devon Malcolm

Please elaborate

I wouldn't worry, live and let live. I want this to take off....I hope it does. Even the most sceptical UKFF member wouldn't hope it to fail. Everybody recognises the WWE has been dross for years and something needs to change. If in a year's time AEW is shaking things up...that alone will win praise.

I dont think the criticism is because it's "not WWE", at least I don't want to think so, it stems from people (like me) arguably getting a little over excited before they even have a show in the books (unless you count All In). I get it, in the cold hard light of day I'd probably be a little more cautious too.....but I want to believe there is a market for good pro wrestling on a major scale that doesn't treat the audience with contempt, takes the shackles off talent and isn't targeted at children. So I'm routing for this to succeed, because I want it to change the industry and light a fire that will lead to the next boom period......but I can understand those who think we are getting ahead of ourselves.....

Did you watch the rally?