2021 Pro Wrestling Thread

What the fuck is the E doing?

I thought Joe was quite good as a broadcaster, and even if he can't get medically cleared, he filled quite a role there.

The Iconics? They were entertaining as hell together, and Billie was fun on her own. Guess she'll really need to update her resume now.

As much as I hate to see Mickie go, she's really at a spot in her career where her main role is to put others over.

The others were pretty much in catering, but it still sucks to see anyone lose their job.

 

I'm kind of surprised WWE didn't pony up to keep Joe, just because he's the type of guy who could go to AEW and immediately make a splash. He's "only" 42, so even if he has some injury problems, given his size and his look, you can just book him as a Mark Henry type that doesn't need to wrestle much. Maybe he (smartly) didn't want to sign an extension if WWE wasn't going to use him much. Interesting exchange on Joe and Punk's Twitter accounts:

 

Meanwhile aew doubled last weeks audience with 1.29 million in its first week unopposed.

i did not expect that kind of increase....wow

 

Gotta love those poorly timed pre-programmed tweets.

 

AEW would be wise to give a blank check to Joe, and I think either/both of the Iiconics would do a killing there. I could see Mickie go to either Impact or NWA because she has ties with both, as does Chelsea Green at Impact. Can't say much about the rest.

 

If Joe can get cleared, the matches they could do in AEW would be epic (Omega, Eddie Kingston, Pentagon Jr., Brian Cage, to name just a few).

 

He's a no brainer to book well, but WWE never seemed to want to push him all the way. Like, you book him how they now book Reigns, and how you used to book Mark Henry during his successful heel runs. Joe is a mean bastard who's going to kill you, as the saying goes.

 

Like how could they screw this up after this. Arguably the best promo in the last ten years.

 

I have no faith aew would use Joe correctly seeing what Miro’s been up to

 

Can't remember which one of the hosts on The Masked Man Show brought it up, but they pointed out that you have more freedom in AEW - for better (Cody Rhodes) or worse (Miro).

 

Considering they set it up last night that Miro will be splitting off on his own, I'll give the benefit of the doubt that there can still be good things ahead.