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Unreal promo from Drew tonight. Easily one of the best wrestlers on the planet just now.

That was incredible acting.

I don't get the criticism of ICW references - there weren't any really other than when Noam Dar came out which is perfectly normal. It's similar to when an ECW star used to turn up and fans would chant "EC Dub". No big deal that there were ICW chants when he first came out. Other than that, I didn't hear anything else about ICW all night.

As for the pyro, I was at the bar when the opening pyro went off and it sounded like a fucking shooter had got in - how loud was that!?

Hijacked during the women's segment is a terrible description. The heel getting annoyed so the fans winding her up a bit more and giving the face a top reaction is hardly hijacked.

I was there live and really enjoyed it, I'm used to the shite WWE live events so it felt different, I've not watched it back on TV to see how it came across. Crowd were quiet for certain parts but never silent. When the big guns were out, the crowd were into it.

Sheamus was the most entertaining I've seen him since I can remember.

I love that they've released a statement blaming spoilers because fans don't want to wait 3-5 days. It used to be like a month behind with higher ratings, did it not?

The Charlotte win was all about keeping her PPV singles record going - I imagine that will play into storylines some time in the future. She is yet to lose a singles PPV match since she was called up.

Why do people keep loaning them money? It's genuinely comparable to Rangers in Scotland. They couldn't afford to pay a face painter but people kept loaning them... and sometimes still do.

No idea why but sitting think this morning that I loved Curtis Axel when he was doing his "Axel-Mania" stuff and felt like he was really getting over. No idea why they didn't run with that.

The silliest thing to me is when somebody rocks up to spoil a match 20 minutes in, having apparently had psychic confidence in their chosen man to kick out of all sixteen near-falls he's been subjected to so far.

 

"Thank fuck he reached the ropes in that STF. Both times. Now I'd better make sure he doesn't lose!"

See that makes sense to me, "20 minutes in and he's still not won, I'll go help him".

What doesn't make sense is waiting 20 minutes to cost someone a match rather than costing them it right away.

Bill Goldberg's WWE return, drew 3.130 million viewers.

 

That is awesome!

Around 400,000 increase I think that is? Wow.

Also maintained an audience in that region throughout for the 3rd hour too so it is clear it was his return those extra viewers tuned in for. A proper star.

Being booed out of the building the year after is absolutely not proof that fans didn't want Roman to win it. He had been booked horribly leading up to that Rumble which totally changed fans views on him. Reigns was mad over at one point, you only need to look at the fans getting behind him at Survivor Series to see that.

Problem is he was protected in The Shield not having to do much talking etc. and when he stepped out he was given John Cena material with a character that didn't match it.

Posted in minor news but may be more adequate here - Del Rio no showed an AAA event last night. They've released a statement slagging him off for it.

Del Rio was a no show for an AAA event he was booked for last night despite confirming he would be there early morning.

Read an interview with him the other day and he said he couldn't go back to WWE if the schedule is still similar.

Is Hogan back in their good graces?

 

Using his voice in showing what's happening on the network next month as well as him and Rock facing off in one of the clips.

I think since he actually won the case his publicity has been positive rather than focussed on the racist thing so it wouldn't surprise me.

I totally agree about the Seth Rollins return being the time to turn him face. Triple H interferes in a match to try and help his new golden boy only for Seth to return and thwart the plan would've been how I went with it.

Offered a job last week back doing Audit, Risk and Quality for the first time in 6 months since being made redundant from my QA Manager role. Absolutely delighted. 

Can chuck this shite telesales role that I took to get me by. Thank fuck.

Aye Roman's only weakness is his mic skills, simple booking of not putting him on the mic would resolve that. Even then, his poor mic skills are probably down to strict scripting. He has everything else and is my wrestler of the year by a good bit - can't remember his last bad match.

Daniel Bryan really won't accept WWE doctors opinion will he?

Noticed he's gave an interview to Daily Progress saying he reckons he will wrestle again and that all "the real concussion specialists" think he is fine.

Ratings annoy me because they don't include people who recorded or watched something On Demand which I'd say about half a viewing audience could now come from these days.

Especially if someone is watching their favourite NFL team, they're more likely to record RAW and watch it later.

Bit fucking stupid from a guy whose channel is promoting WWE.

The Rock was far more mainstream than Stone Cold then and now. He had the perfect look for it as the women loved him and guys thought he was cool and funny as fuck.

Austin just looked like a wrestler making an angry face.

Was just browsing through iPlayer and randomly thought - does anyone think there's a good chance the BBC are looking at getting some wrestling on the channel or on iPlayer?

They've done the ICW docs, a Finn Balor doc and that Superstar Wrestlers doc with WWE lately - someone there is clearly a fan.

 

Apparently its been 10 years since Rosa Mendes first signed with WWE.

Has there ever been a performer signed to a company for as long as she has that has been as utterly useless and uneventful as Rosa?

Mark Henry? One or two good matches and one good promo in over twenty years?

Fuck sake, do you even like wrestling?

His original "pipebomb" no longer stands up for me but his contract signing with Vince McMahon is still absolutely brilliant to watch and I watch it every so often. It's perfect, right until the end. Vince was brilliant, Punk was brilliant and Cena was brilliant. It genuinely felt like he riled Cena.