General Wrestling VI: Did You Come Here To Fight or Did You Come Here To Drink?

[Melena]

Oh I know it won't happen, but it SHOULD happen. I don't even have cable tv, so I only watch clips of episodes that get tossed on /r/squaredcircle as well as reading recaps, but it just absolutely boggles my mind, the company with 4 wrestlers as EVP's and a billionaire owner's son that used to play online GM mode in wrestling E-Fed's is handling the pandemic better than a company that's been national now for close to 40 fucking years.

[Zealot]

Tony Khan did E-fedding? I wonder if we ever crossed paths.

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[Melena]

Yeah, supposedly in interviews he said he did E-feds when he was younger. It's obvious from interviews he's essentially a fan first, owner second. And his dad seems to be on board with everything. Hell, the Mustang GT that Jericho "gave" Mox is Tony's dad's car.

Also slightly off topic, but I guess the Inner Circle was on Talk Is Jericho. Supposedly filming for the Stadium Stampede match ran way late and they barely finished before dawn, which is why there wasn't any cheerleaders or anything at the end. Supposedly the fire marshall wasn't too pleased with how late it ran.

[Vil]

Today's tapings were cancelled. They'd already taped SD for this week, but tomorrow seems like a long day. Raw, SD, Main Event, and 205 tapings for next week.

Clarifying something from last page. That person was last there on the 9th, didn't test positive then. Either way, the timeline seems a bit murky on this, undoubtedly there's some shady business, and while I heard about this stuff last night I don't remember if it was before/during/after Raw.

They've been claiming they don't need to wear masks because they're social distancing... except when they're not (could have sworn they were a lot closer during some points on Backlash, or maybe last week's SD). Street Profits going into the holding cell last night, I didn't pay attention if they really kept their distance anyway.

[Delirium]

Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata was awesome

[Vil]

The ~2 hour NJC shows are nice. Yes, they've had Gedo/Jado matches run too long, but the shows have been a breeze. That semi-main this morning and the last two matches on the first show were really good. Honma's best match since injury. Even the other ones are fine because they've either got juniors/young lions with an opportunity, or veterans who would phone it in feel the need to step up because of the hiatus and because of many stars missing.

[Xno Kappa]

Unpopular opinion but I’m just not a fan of the young bucks matches. It’s like watching two super saiyan RVDs. A ton of flippy shit with a 100 close call kick outs.

Shit is exhausting and I end up just not giving a shit because they’ll probably win anyways.

[Melena]

Bucks are at least doing jobs, but yeah their matches just go 100mph. I enjoy them for what they are, but not in my top ten tag teams.

Next week on NXT is a triple threat between Keith Lee, Johnny Gargano, and Finn Balor for the title. Winner will face Adam Cole the following week in a winner take all match.

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[Vil]

Cole match is two weeks after, on July 8. I guess that's one way to not rush Kross to it, though sidetracking him with being called out by "Thicc boi" is certainly an interesting option.

That being on NXT and a month off a Takeover, I'll just count on Kross interfering for a no contest, then being thrown in a triple threat with them at Takeover, maybe 2 falls or something.

Ordinarily I'd roll my eyes at UE having that therapy session for Roddy, but KOR in costume for that made it perfectly fine for me.

[Anoat]

Big Swoll reenacting an Undertaker meme to kidnap Britt Baker is the biggest unexpected laugh I’ve had this week.

[Delirium]

I just caught up on all the David Starr stuff. Wow...

[Cantih]

WotC doing celebrity D&D sessions, has one with wrestlers slated for Saturday 2PM PDT

https://dnd.wizards.com/dndlive2020
D&D WWE Game
DM: Jeremy Crawford
Players Include: Alexa Bliss, Tyler Breeze, Dio Maddin, Ember Moon, and Xavier Woods

[Vil]

That being on NXT and a month off a Takeover, I'll just count on Kross interfering for a no contest, then being thrown in a triple threat with them at Takeover, maybe 2 falls or something.

Oh, I didn't realize that was night 2 of AEW's Fighter Fest or whatever. Maybe they'll actually go through with it, but this could be a bad idea if AEW puts on a great show and they do this as counter-programming only to go to the usual BS finish.

With the latest with COVID at the PC, KO's reported to be staying home. Unclear on how long.

[Melena]

Star power is starting to drop like flies. Supposedly DBry is also staying away since Brie is due in a month, and he's already been cleared to stay off for like 2 months after she gives birth. So that puts the following off the top of my head who are either off with injury or staying home due to Covid

Uso's (one is injured)
Daniel Bryan
Kevin Owens
Sami Zayn
Roman Reigns
All of NXT UK that isn't in the US already
AoP (Injury)
Xavier Woods (Injury)
Edge (Injury)
Elias (Injury)
Ember Moon (Injury)
Becky Lynch (Immaculate Conception of The Man)
Jinder Mahal (Injury)
Bray Wyatt
Lars Sulivan (though probably will never be back)
Naomi
Samoa Joe (Injury, on commentary)

So yeah, that's a shit load of people either out injured, on approved leave, or staying home due to COVID and they still have people that I've never heard of on the roster.

[Xno Kappa]

Meanwhile they got poor Charlotte all over the place working all the shows lol.

[Vil]

What will panicked Vince do next? More Ric Flair appearances?

So what's NXT UK even doing? Are they showing reruns during the normal slot or something?

[Delirium]

What will panicked Vince do next? More Ric Flair appearances?

So what's NXT UK even doing? Are they showing reruns during the normal slot or something?

BritWres is about to explode with all these sexual assault allegations. Expect a lot to come out regarding Americans soon. A couple names included NXT UK talent. NXT UK might end up with a much smaller roster or not run new shows any time soon.

Related
You can view the #SpeakingOut on Twitter, but some names accused of sexual assault in some form include:
Joe Coffey
Travis Banks
Jordan Devlin
El Ligero

There are a lot more, but honestly it is very difficult to read.

[Melena]

A lot of people are also now digging up how Osprey got someone blackballed from the Brittish indy scene when she outed his friend as a rapist and he covered for him and kept getting him booked while she was blackballed.

[Delirium]

A lot of people are also now digging up how Osprey got someone blackballed from the Brittish indy scene when she outed his friend as a rapist and he covered for him and kept getting him booked while she was blackballed.

I can't speak to him covering for his friend, but the wrestler in question was Pollyanna. She "retired" a full year before the accusations doing only spot appearances since then. If someone can prove he got promotions to blackball her, then I will accept that, but it seems like something people use to hate on Will and Bea.

There was also the thing with Sadie Gibbs and Bea/Will, but Sadie was in the wrong there from my understanding. When Mayu Iwatani, who never says anything bad about anyone, called out Sadie for her behavior, then Sadie's behavior was wrong.

[Vil]

Oh yeah, Ospreay's got plenty of stuff, but they're not really secrets. At least not the stuff that's getting the "add Ospreay to the list" treatment. He's well known to have a lot of stuff that range from "he's a dumbass" to "this kid is an immature prick" and beyond.