No More Wrestling For Me… For Now, At Least

Yeah, so the header pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?

Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat; I enjoyed Wrestlemania for the most part. I thought that Saturday had the far stronger showing and the right main event with the right ending to provide a satisfying pay off to something that has been built up for a long while. However, while Night 1 showed that WWE was more than capable of paying off their storylines in satisfying fashion, Night 2 seemed to confirm that no matter how much of a good thing they got going, they are invariably going to find a way to fuck it up. I’m reserving any further thoughts for this Friday’s Ramblemania 39 musings and you’d better believe that I have quite a bit to say, especially in regards to the main events of both nights.

Beyond that, however, I’m taking a break from watching wrestling.

Listen, I’ll be honest. I haven’t been feeling it as of yet. The AEW side of things has been somewhat stagnant, no mater how many “important announcements” Tony Khan pulls out of his ass to announce the latest WWE job guy that he signed to a new deal, will push for a couple weeks on Dynamite before being relegated to Dark or Elevation at best and sitting at home at most. Dude, unless your important announcement is the return of MIRO and having him kill MJF for the World title, anything you say is blowing smoke out of your ass. At this point, you’re starting to sound like Dixie Carter, who had the habit of hyping every announcement as something that could change the face of wrestling forever, only to learn that they painted the walls of the washrooms in the Impact Zone.

And then there’s this Endeavor deal to acquire WWE and merge it with UFC to become this super duper combat sports entertainment super giant. When the best thing you can say about the deal is that “it’s better than the Saudis buying it…” I don’t know; maybe this’ll be a good thing, maybe it won’t. All I know is that regardless of who’s owning it or who’s running the creative, the same old creaky habits are still prevalent in the creative process and I’m just about done give them umpteenth chances. It’s been a fun ride, but I’m getting off and I don’t know when I’ll be back.

So here’s the deal; I’ve got one PPV musings this coming Wednesday, then the Ramblemania. And then we forgo any and all wrestling talk for the next couple months unless something significant happens. I have no problem filling the void with something else in the interim.

Later.

OG Pinky To Write New Power Rangers Comic

Source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/amy-jo-johnson-power-rangers-comic-series-1235569122/

For the TLDR crowd, Amy Jo Johnson is writing a Power Rangers comic book due next year. And also, her not doing the reunion has nothing to do with money. Strangely, she didn’t mention anything about beeswax.

Well, she might not be doing the special, but she’s there in spirit.

Fantasy Booking An Entirely Different Wrestlemania Scenario

I have a braindead idea for a Wrestlemania booking scenario that will blow nobody’s socks off. It’s absurd, but I don’t see why it can’t happen.

Cody comes out and decides he wants to challenge for the one title that his father has never held. That, of course, would be the 24/7 championship. So Cody decides to forgo his World title shot at Mania to challenge for the 24/7 title. Unfortunately, there is no 24/7 Championship as the previous champion, Nikki Cross, tossed it in the trash (or at least tried to). Fortunately, WWE official Adam Pearce got one from the souvenir shop, gave it to Cody and declared him the new 24/7 championship.

Roman Reigns, the reigning WWE champion, is left without a challenger at Mania. And so he challenges Bad Bunny to a title match. Bad Bunny main events Wrestlemania and gets brutalized by Roman, setting up the rematch at Puerto Rico, which sees Roman victorious once more. Roman Reigns then celebrates his 1000th day as undisputed universal champion by defeating Man Soir in Saudi Arabia… and then the reign continues until Roman is challenged by the newly signed MJF at Wrestlemania 40. MJF would end Roman’s reign as champion and then proceed to tank the ratings.

Gunther continues his reign as Intercontinental champion for the next ten years. Even when he is released from his WWE contract, he continues to make IC title defenses at local indy shows. WWE, meanwhile, would introduce another crappy IC title belt design.

Oh, and KO and Sami would win the tag titles at Mania and enjoy a couple months with the belts before they drop it to New Day and proceed to feud with each other again.

Yeah, that’s all I’ve got. Bye.

AEW Revolution 2023

Well, now that we’ve finally caught up, it’s time to watch the Revolution PPV from earlier this month. I’ve heard good things about it, which compelled me to order the replay and give it a watch. Also, we now have a date for the Double Or Nothing PPV, which I will make a point to watch this year in a timely manner.

Anyway, a couple big matches. Hangman vs. Mox in TEXAS DEATH! Danielson vs. MJF in a 60-minute IRON MAN MATCH! The Elite defends the Trios titles against THE HOUSE OF BLACK! It’s the battle of the WOMEN WITH THE FUNNY ACCENTS FOR THE WOMEN’S TITLE… which is a weirdly inappropriate name for a three-way between three fine talents, but is certainly more appropriate than saying that your reigning World Tag-Team champions… are THE GUNNS.

That last statement earned a wet fart from the dog… I betcha that makes headlines in the next Observor.

Anyway, enough talk. Have at this PPV then.

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