RedRooster

Well, that was totally pointless. Why hold a draft, if your ultimate objective is to keep the rosters largely the same? Even if Raw provides more surprises, why make it a two night draft, and why do it in this format? Have each show make trades or something instead, so that every roster switch is fresh. Booking Hayes to immediately lose to Cody in under 10-minutes after being a first round pick was also an odd decision.

I’m not familiar with how defamation laws work in the States compared to here (outside of there being a greater allowance for freedom of speech), but is his idiotic comment potentially defamatory? Either way, he’s once again proven himself to be the personification of an internet troll, without being smart enough to moderate himself when the anonymity of the internet is gone.

I’m not sure they would be. It’s in Scotland, very few people here have reason to have any sort of opinion on him.

I’ll echo most of what @FLips says, but I’d add that - when it comes to a starting point - definitely don’t discount VI or IX. VI has aged incredibly well, and IX is just good fun. VII is my favourite game of all time, though I almost hesitate to say that because I don’t want to build unreasonable expectations. I, II and III have all aged poorly. They’re Nes games and feel very much like that. IV is decent, and I have a soft spot for V - but VI is when it really becomes something special. Brilliant story, an incredible soundtrack and loads of secrets to discover.

I’m absolutely amazed he hasn’t been picked up elsewhere. Brilliant news for TNA, but I’d have put money on him getting poached. I hope he managed to nab a substantial pay increase.

It may just be bluster, but Sadiq Khan has tweeted the following: To which Triple H replied... I mean...could it actually be happening? I couldn't justify paying the prices being charged to attend Clash at the Castle in Glasgow, but I'd willingly break the bank to attend Wrestlemania in London...

I hope they don't use this as an opportunity to give Ric Flair a new on-screen role.

I've not seen it, unfortunately. The thing with AEW is that the wrestling is so good that having a good match doesn't in itself make you stand out; there has to be that extra something. Ospreay has it. Moxley has it. Swerve has it. MJF has it. There are countless others too - I'm yet to see it in Okada, but that's not to say that I won't. Given the number of Championship celebrations WWE held after Wrestlemania, I can understand why Tony Khan might have wanted to avoid something along those lines; but I'd hope on reflection, he'd accept that what he chose to do instead was a mistake.

I have to admit, I'm just not feeling it with Okada yet. He's not bad, don't get me wrong, but he's not living up to the mystique built around him. I've not seen any of his work in Japan, so I can only go by what I've seen in AEW (and, erm, TNA I suppose) It's still early days, but he's failed to stand out so far.

Even when he's not on screen, AEW is very Tony Khan heavy; I imagine he's referred to on screen more than any of the wrestlers. There's something very Michael Scott or David Brent-like about his awkwardness when he does appear on screen; not that I think they should tap into that. Rather, it might be worth using this as a way of introducing a new 'President' type figure to make big announcements - Sting, perhaps? To be clear, I don't mean a GM-type figure - just someone who appears when you know things are getting serious. We'll see where this goes, I guess. There's a best case scenario of this leading to months of interesting television, and there's a worst case scenario of this becoming a storyline entirely based around him getting his revenge; or living out a childhood fantasy of actually booking himself in a match. Having Will Ospreay chase the International Title seems - at face value - like a bit of a waste, although I'm totally in favour of this if Ospreay starts winning and consolidating men's singles titles, before eventually going after the big one. I also still hate the formula of long singles matches with obvious outcomes. I imagine that's plays more than a minor part in AEW struggling to attract an audience - even when they run interesting angles, there's a heavy portion of each show dedicated to the wrestling equivalent of a friendly match. I accept that some people enjoy it, and while it's probably fine in moderation, I think enough people find the predictability of this approach dull for it to be wise for Khan to reassess this approach.

This is utterly mad. I was in the queue with about 6,000 people ahead of me - but after seeing this, I've left. Thanks for sharing, and saving my time. There's not a chance I'm paying £610 for these. Hopefully I (and others on here) have more luck if/when individual tickets go on sale.

I've never really bought the idea of Priest as a World Champion, even before he won the belt. That said, I think the only way his run has a chance of working would be to have a strong first challenger, as opposed to someone no one buys as a realistic threat. Jey can work as a challenger, I think, but only if the champion is strong. If Drew hadn't lost the belt, I don't see any harm in Drew/Jey as a title feud. Honestly, I think they missed a trick by not somehow transitioning the Money in the Bank briefcase to Dominic Mysterio, and having him become World Champion. Dominic vs. LA Knight in a feud for the fake world title could be a lot of fun, as far as crowd reactions are concerned. Dominic vs. Orton too, I'd like to see that. There's something very bland about Priest.

I completely understand why they’d release Grimes given his status on the card, but the fact he amounted to so little on the main roster baffles me. He was great fun in NXT, and his character should have been very easy to understand when he was called up; yet they never really established who he was. He’s surely a lock to return to TNA, where he was a really valuable part of their roster.

That's not going to happen - he's said recently (article from Wrestlezone) that unless something happens, he's never going to hang up his boots.

There's a period where I wasn't watching WWE so I may be wrong, but I think they're including tag title reigns in this stat.