Animal of the Road Warriors passed away.
Animal of the Road Warriors passed away.
Damn 2020 claims another
I loved Animal. My favorite of the two, and just had that -it- factor. A true intimidating beast.
Damn. Crazy to think he was just on Dark Side of the Ring’s live After Dark show just a few months ago.
Fuck well at least he can tag team with Hawk up in heaven once again and giving them the Doomsday Device.
Lance Archer tested positive for COVID. Seems like he caught it from a family friend after he returned home from Dynamite. Seems okay, but quarantining for 2 weeks.
So that title match is postponed. Instead it is Mox vs Kingston tonight.
Holy fuck Miro’s massive
Man had been doing a lot of lifting between twitch streams my God
AEW has had a mini-COVID outbreak from wrestlers who appeared on early September tapings. Womp womp.
The next NXT Takeover looks pretty dope on paper with Balor vs O’Reilly and Io vs Candace again.
I like the idea of KOR getting a meaningful opportunity at anything, as random as some of the participants in the #1 contender's match was. He can offer much more than "tag team specialist" that he has been mostly stuck as. Kushida has been quietly picking up wins even if they were over people of no importance recently, so I thought they might actually take a shot at him. No, of course it's to kneecap him with what looks like a match with freaking Dream at Takeover. /sigh
I've never really been impressed by Candace though. Yeah, she'll do some sick bump every once in a while, and is fine as "standard face [in peril]" but I can't believe I'm saying this... when it got to the final 3, I was actually hoping for a Shotzi win.
The tag division is a mess. Barthel and/or Joaquin tested positive? Just merge this division with the Raw and SD divisions, for crying out loud.
Priest not squashing Austin Theory is baffling to me. Even if not running him over in <2 minutes, that match went like 12 minutes and should have been half that max. Gargano just gets another title shot there. Can they just send the Garganos to the main roster and take Ciampa with them?
Gargano and Ciampa both have said they don't want a main roster call up. They claim travel but more of a wink wink nudge nudge we don't trust Vince I think is more logical.
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Yeah, I understand that. I also think, "So?" They wouldn't even be used on the main roster so there's no point, but if they insist on staying at the PC, then maybe try being compelling tv. Ciampa just killing jobbers (has he even had promo time since his return?) isn't so bad as I guess they're probably intending to keep him dominant til he can challenge for the title at a big Takeover.
And now NXT has had a COVID outbreak. The PC has been temporarily closed for training after several talents and trainers have tested positive following a party thrown by some NXT talent where the virus spread. No NXT talent will be allowed at Raw or SD tapings at the Thunderdome for the time being to try to prevent cross infection.
Except Retribution was already there this week so hmmmmmm
Retribution infecting the main roster with COVID could really factor in to the story lol
Speaking of Retribution member names...
Mia Yim = Reckoning
Mercedes Martinez = Retaliation
WWE and their wacky alliteration! They just like to have fun!
Besides SLAPJACK, these folks only follow each other + Malcolm Bivens. Nothing against him at all but if it turns out that he's the leader, will most people even care?
As for NXT, I think I read that they taped next week's show the other day back-to-back. Just a disaster. A party? Does HHH have to sit them down and have a stern talking to?
There are far too many people who are far too lazy about COVID. Not a knock against any particular company since I see it all over near me and NJ was one of the hardest hit states in the country.
Reading Meltzer's piece of Road Warrior Animal. I thought this was interesting
Spoiler: show
That’s pretty nuts. Hard as hell to imagine Rood as a road warrior lol.
I like those old stories about who almost got whose spot, etc.
This SD tag team championship... is the entire purpose of putting that team against Cesaro/Nakamura to break up another tag team? They've lost on consecutive weeks and I'm not sure I'd buy them as a threat if it were a 2 on 3 no DQ tornado match.