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The womens B&G is so weak they shouldn't even bother. Either book something properly for it or don't do it. It shouldn't be just an annual thing for the sake of it. And I'd much prefer if they just did the one rather than two.

Just generally weird to book a feud around CM Punk being a not nice person when the other guy is Kevin Owens who has spent years on TV being a dastardly backstabbing heel. It's why the blurring of kayfabe is so illogical. OK, so Punk was a bit of a dick to Kevin 20 years ago in an indie lockerroom but I saw Kevin betray his best friend and smash his head through a TV screen which is way worse.

That's ok. Not everyone needs to be a main eventer.

I still don't understand why games like GTA haven't copied it's excellent fight system. Instead they've stuck with ridiculous button mashing. The hand to hand fighting in Sleeping Dogs was so much fun.

Gotcha. Sounds fun, AEW should copy that. Do it on some random Collision for fun.

How does a 24 person tag match work?

The Punk/Owens thing came up on my timeline so I gave it a watch. Fucking weird segment. Ignoring the strangeness of them sitting on backwards chairs in The Infinite Black Void it was quite confusing. Punk sees the segment and his match with Owens as a waste of time. Owens says Punk makes him miserable but Punk says they've never even had a coffee together but Owens says he doesn't need to because other people he knows don't like him. Then they talk over eachother and you can't hear what either is saying then it just ends. Did this get anyone excited for a match taking place in two weeks time?

Just been reminiscing about how fucking brilliant this was. Garcia, despondent and lost after the dissolution of the Jericho Appreciation Society, goes in to the tournament on a low. He's stuck doing The Dance he picked up in the JAS and it's costing him matches. Daddy Magic is constantly berating him for it. Garcia goes in with low confidence but seemingly feels compelled to still do The Dance as the only way he can feel appreciation from the crowd. He puts in good showings but keeps getting in his own way and getting lower and lower. He's cutting some of the best and most real and emotional promos I've seen. Then he goes up against Bryan Danielson who is in full confidence murder mode. Garcia actually starts to win but then at the moment he should be going for the kill does The Dance and Danielson brutally punishes him for it and stomps him almost to death. In the final match Garcia is against Big Bad Brody King but something happens. King has Garcia beaten and our boy Danny does The Dance. This time it's not a stupid gimmick. He's reclaimed it and turned it into an act of defiance. Garcia finally starts to believe in himself. And the pop when he finally wins blows the fucking roof of the place. Unbelievable story.

1) typically 3 singles matches per episode. Still space for other stuff. Pretty sure the TNT Champion has been in it previously. 2) they've all been so well booked that it's never cooled anyone down no matter how much they lose. Daniel Garcia lost all but one match the first year and came out of it even more over. Everyone comes out either in a better or the same position as when they went in. It's never hurt anyone.

The C2 is the best thing in wrestling, no doubt about it. Especially the Christmas shows they do at the Hammerstein to finish the league matches which I would confidently argue are some of the absolute best episodes of wrestling telly ever. My fantasy booking would be: Gold League 1. Konosuke Takeshita 2. Kyle Fletcher 3. Kevin Knight 4. Ilja Dragunov 5. Tommaso Ciampa 6. Bandido This league would have the ongoing story of the DCF drama/tension between Takeshita, Fletcher and Knight but would mainly be focused on sick as hell matches by the future main eventers. Ciampa is in it because he can have great matches but also eat pins relatively comfortably without losing face. Fletcher and Dragunov to top the league. Blue League 1. Jon Moxley 2. Hangman Page 3. Darby Allin 4. Orange Cassidy 5. Swerve Strickland 6. Eddie Kingston This league would be more story based wwith alot of history between so many of them to draw on. Moxley would be crumbling from both physical and emotional pressure throughout and having to face multiple former enemies who have previously defeated him. Darby wants redemption after having to drop out early last year due to injury. Cassidy is in it to re-establish himself as a singles wrestler. Swerve and Hangman are top stars who want to add winning the C2 to their accomplishments but also to stop the other from winning. And finally Eddie Kingston - the former winner who has fallen so far since. Maybe this is his last chance to prove himself. Moxley and Hangman to get through. Then in the semis I'd run Mox vs Dragunov, Hangman vs Kyle. Then Moxley vs Fletcher as the finals with the Protostar finally getting his big victory. Whatever they end up doing though the roster is so strong I have complete faith. There's a thousand permutations they can do that'll be excellent. Just no Roderick Strong this year, please!

Bandido being in the match stands out a bit too, he's not a great fit for it.

I can see Austin Creed going nuts in this.

You could even say he was...bizarre.

My youngest is taking his first steps and the proud smile on his face as he waddles six or seven steps before collapsing on his arse is definitely my favourite thing at the moment.

I'm imagining their faces when they pull out the kendo sticks and trash cans but Swerve is pulling out cinderblocks, broken glass and staple guns.

Very good show. I really liked the Swerve/Hangman stuff. New Level miss a week and Swerve's trying to sign them up to a Texas Death match. The tension with Hangman has brought out the psycho in Swerve and now they might end up in the most violent match of their lives. New Level are used to WWE style hardcore, this is a whole new kettle of fish for them and I'm very intrigued by how they will react to it. Joe needs to drop The Opps. Shittest stable ever. He doesn't need them. They do nothing. And surely there's a better use for Shibata?!

Woah, that's not what I said at all. I don't appreciate being misquoted.

Do some people deserve to die for the crimes they have committed? Yeah, almost definitely. But I think the state having the power to put people to death is one of the most fascist things a state can do. Therefore I could never support it.

I thought Andromeda was boring as sin. Just a very tedious and uninteresting game on every level. Following up the trilogy was always going to be an impossible task though.

Every CC so far has been an absolute banger. It's been my favourite thing in wrestling every year it's ran. With this roster I see no reason this year will be any different. Can't wait!

I think the Bucks are absolute masters at that type of high octane party match. The best to ever do it. They never disappoint when it comes to big matches. However I find their weekly TV matches pretty awful for the most part. I don't think they've ever worked out how to do their schtick in a normal TV match. I think it’s the one thing that holds them back. It's either all the fireworks or none at all with them.

Turns out Rush's visa expired and his new one won't be ready till January hence why he's not been around.

I also liked how Copeland was mostly outperformed by his younger more athletic and powerful opponents throughout but managed to get two quick sneaky pins near the end - played into his "ultimate opportunist" thing he used to do. Very well done

I think as a proof of concept Clockwork Carnage worked and a B-level PPV main event with only 1-2 weeks build was the perfect place to debut it. Going forwards though I definitely think it's better suited as a Blood and Guts style Dynamite Special Episode though. At the same time they shot themselves in the foot a bit because Okada/Ospreay is an easy PPV main event that they kind of threw away on free TV. Though again I can understand why they did it - a big title match in a new foreign market makes total sense.

Yeah it's a shame how Rush's run has gone. I think he's fantastic. Whenever they've actually got behind him it's been great but a combination of injuries, visa issues and presumably personality issues means it never lasted long. I think if they stuck with the tag team with Beast Mortos it could have been a good run. Being associated with Dralistico always seemed to drag him down too.