2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

AEW. Not interested in whatever nonwrestling stunt the E is going to try.

 

Is that a teaser that we're going to get the long-awaited Bash at the Beach 2000 grudge match between Vince Russo and Hulk Hogan?

 

Well, Jeff Jarrett is on the payroll.

 

I’ll start NXT around 9 and probably get to AEW tomorrow.

I find both shows much easier to watch with a nice buffer of “fast forward when needed” built in

 

I’ll do what I’ve done before. Flip between the two and watch whichever one has the more interesting thing going on at that moment. And if they both sick, I’ll flip to baseball.

And my wife has already kicked me out of the living room to upstairs. It’s the Tuesday Night Wars.

 

Love seeing the NXT UK guys work.

Great vignette for Becky and Lyra.

 

And once again (I’m on DVR) the AEW International Championship is freshly squeezed.

Also, that was one helluva zit on Orange’s face.

 

Not that she's ready for prime time, but this could lead to some intrigue for the future.

 

Interesting promo by Brian Pillman Jr., basically disavowing his dad. He wants to succeed in spite of him, not in memory of him.

 

AEW is getting blasted on social media about the poor timing of Juice's promo on MJF with the roll of quarters, in light of current events.

 

Spent more time watching NXT instead of AEW. Caught the end of Danielson/Swerve, Hobbs/Jericho and both title wins. The Timeless Toni Storm stuff in the PIP cracked me up.

NXT just seemed like they were having a lot of fun. Every so often when the E does that, they put on an enjoyable show.

 

AEW put a little more emphasis on the wrestling, while NXT had the sports entertainment. But NXT had some good stuff with the pub brawl, Dragunov/Dom and the main event. And it shows that Carmelo and Bron are made men, getting to rub elbows with Cena and Taker.

I saw some highlights of AEW here and there, Toni's glorious craziness and the MJF/Bang Bang and Christian promos. Nothing criminally wrong with their presentation tonight (other than the possibly poorly timed bit from Juice), but NXT definitely won the day.