NXT is available on Hulu. But not the Takeovers, and they are always awesome. Watching next day to avoid commercials and explanatory promos is probably for the best.
Has it been confirmed that the Mysterio/Joe match was ended early due to Joe’s bleeding? If so, too bad for both of them.
…and Ricochet’s is now being jobbed out instead of protected. :mad: 
No talk of Ashley Massaro’s recent death? Honestly, I didn’t really watch wrestling when she was apparently active (mid 2000’s) so I’d never heard of her. But I recently read some of her allegations against the WWE and the US military overseas and it’s despicable if true. Without getting into the graphic details, she says Vince knew she was drugged and raped by military personnel on a base visit and he ordered her to keep it quiet. This was part of a lawsuit that I guess was dismissed, so I don’t know if something is missing. Did she recant? Was her story false?
I don’t remember her to be honest. I wasn’t interested in Tough Enough or Diva Searches or whatever side project they were pushing to attract Reality TV audiences. Miz is the only one who’s had a lasting career from those excursions. Otherwise, they were for the most part duds and worthless.
Reportedly there’s different people working there now.
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The drawback to Kofi being champ is that Xavier Woods and Big E have to act like wimps and get taken out “to a local medical facility” constantly.
The 24/7 belt needs Yakety Sax as a soundtrack. Toss in the occasional chick who gets her dress torn away as the mad chase goes by and you’ll have Benny Hill redux.
Which is stupid, since I’d prefer them acting like Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli at Edoras. 
gods there bringing that back? I remember when that was the hardcore belt and theyed use the gimmick prop up slow raw episodes with it changing hands 5 or 6 times among the mid-carders then back to the original holder … it got old really fast …
I liked Crash Holly (RIP) during the Hardcore Belt angle, because he played the squeaky-clean babyface role to the point of absurdity while getting pummeled with plundah.
At least the midcarders have something better to do than get beat up by Lars Sullivan.
So did things like showing the title holder in a hospital bed, only for someone to rush in with a referee, pin him, and take the belt.
A 24/7-style belt would be a good idea if (a) it was limited to scheduled matches, and (b) could not “officially” change hands in the middle of a match - you can have a “hot potato” match, but only the “champion” at the end of the time limit is considered to have won/retained the belt.
Apparently, there’s a new twist; title changes can also appear on “social media,” so apparently we have to watch WWE’s Twitter feed. Somebody joked that a wrestler could reply to the champion’s tweet with “#Pin” and then a WWE referee could add “#OneTwoThree #New247Champion #StopCallingMeLilNaitch” to have the belt change hands.
Prediction: there will be a 24/7 title change at some point during Fox’s NFL coverage the night before the network’s first Smackdown show.
According to this, it was actually USA network that came up with the 24/7 title.
They had a list of ideas on how WWE could increase its ratings, and it was supposedly the least terrible one.
Smapti, isn’t there a Japanese fed that does something similar, and goes as far as following their tour groups overseas?
That would be the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. It’s strictly a comedy title, and at various times has been held by a ladder, audience members, schoolgirls, animals, Vince McMahon’s star on the Walk of Fame, and the belt itself.
The Ladder is actually a three-time champion.
It’s also been held by notable wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio, Scott Hall, Matt Striker, Colt Cabana, Hornswoggle, and Tommy Dreamer.
Hangman Page has won the (very entertaining) Casino Battle Royale, and receives a match against the winner of Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega for the inaugural AEW world championship.
Broke down and got 2x or 0. Can’t watch it on Chrome, so I’m actually using Microsoft Edge for the first time.
Jesus god, what’s with this atonal Partridge family knockoff opening the show?
They are definitely showing some growing pains here…
That was an awesome 6-man refereed by the Ancient One Tilda Swenson. Christopher Danielson is a fucking genius, and glad to see he can still perform. The Oriental guys knew their shit.
Weird to hear Jim Ross get outmatched in wrestling history by the other announcers. They are true wrestling nerds.
I do remember reading about her being involved a week ago.
Awesome Kong makes a surprise entrance, then works about 10% of the match. Wasn’t the yellow-clad chick in the Mae Young classic and NXT for a cup of coffee?
Nice to hear commentary that doesn’t have Vince rewriting their words.