I still don’t like the idea of a two hour NXT every week, but I’ve been thinking about it and I have an idea that maybe could make it a little less bad. Stop running 205 Live as its own show and integrate all of the cruiserweights and their belt into NXT. Right away you …
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Must We Screw Up NXT?
It’s no secret that NXT is far and away my favourite thing that WWE does. It’s logical, it’s fun, it’s as close as you’re going to get to a perfect mix of action and story progression in the modern era, and the shorter length of the TV shows and the Takeover specials means that things …
Late Summer Wrestling Notepad
Sitting here wondering how much more I might have enjoyed Okada vs. Sanada in the New Japan Cup final had I not known who won ahead of time. What a great match. It’s nice to follow things through to their end and be rewarded for doing so. Finally got around to the ROH MSG show. …
Extreme Notepad
New Japan is so great. Everyone in the world knows that Shota Umino has virtually no chance of beating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the New Japan Cup, and New Japan knows that we know that. But even so, they’re taking the time to build up the match and show us that he’s not intimidated or afraid …
New Authority Figures! Yay?
This is kind of interesting, I suppose. PAUL HEYMAN, ERIC BISCHOFF NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF WWE TV It’s interesting since it appears to be something happening in real life rather than yet another storyline reset, but I think people are going to make way too much out of it way too quickly. My initial reaction …
Stomping Grounds Was Surprisingly Good, Super ShowDown Was Not, And A Bunch of Other Stuff Happened. It’s The Wrestling Notepad
I’ve watched Kushida wrestle twice already in NXT, but I’m so behind on New Japan that I just finished watching his sendoff match against Hiroshi Tanahashi from the Road to the New Beginning. I loved it, and it’s a fine example of why I don’t plan on skipping any shows to catch up if I …
WWE Books Travel About As Well As It Books Television
So it’s not just onscreen where WWE is making stupid, entirely preventable mistakes. But at least the ones that wind up on TV make a bit more sense now. Take it away, Observer. While last week was supposed to be the Superstar Shakeup, lots of things happened this past week that caused plans to change. …
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The Wrestling Notepad Experience
Is Mania over yet? Seriously, it took me almost a full week to want to watch any wrestling again after that fucking show, even stuff I knew would be good. And when I do, I’m immediately slapped in the face by how awful WWE is at writing babyfaces. First Seth explains that hitting Brock in …
All Elite Wrestling Might Actually Be Real
I haven’t said basically anything about All Elite Wrestling here, because I’ve learned not to get my hopes up about there ever being real competition for WWE again. Everything that’s tried to fill the void left by WCW and ECW has either died before it ever got going, been mismanaged into oblivion or not had …
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I Really Don’t Get Intergender Wrestling
I admit I don’t watch a lot of intergender wrestling because what I have seen I mostly haven’t cared for, but I’m going to ask this question anyway and then let everyone yell at me to go watch more and figure it out. How do you present the women in these matches as anything but …
