Episode 61 - Eight Away from 69! WWE and AEW News

The Brothers of Discussion go over the big press conference for AEW. Sure, it was exciting, but did it really need to happen?

They also go over whether RAW is really making changes, with the return of Hulk Hogan and John Cena, the fact that SmackDown was the best show for the WWE this week, and your official NXT UK TakeOver Blackpool Preview!

AEW

• Very silly presentation by AEW

  • Felt like someone who wants attention so they post on social media that they’re going to start a new diet

  • Unless I’m mistaken, they weren’t in need of any more investors

• Very excited that Mr. Garrison from South Park was the master of ceremonies

• Pac and Chris Jericho were fun, and Billy Gunn is a producer

• They need about 6 more Chris Jerichos (not Tye Dillinger, not the Revival, Y2J’s)

NXT

• Johnny Gargano gets his match with Ricochet

  • As if we didn’t know it was coming

  • DIY keeps getting the hints and the nods

  • Aleister gets the Undertaker treatment, with lights going out, all non-Aleisters poo their pants over his music, actually, being projected on the jumbotron, he looked like the garage scene from “IT”, playing the role of Pennywise

• Bianca Belair sends Nikki Cross to the main roster on her back

• Tag Team division appears to be growing again

  • Street Profits are back, and they got to open doors for 10 minutes

  • Aichner and Barthel get a victory, yay! Or should i say, NEIN!

  • War Raiders between poop out of Undisputed Era

• EC3 says goodbye with Adam Cole’s kneeprint on his skull

NXT UK

• Gallus vs Mustache Mountain and Pete Dunne

  • 30-minute epic

  • Camera work screwed up some false finishes

• Ligero vs Joseph Conners

  • Looks like El Generico vs the Wolfman from Harry Potter

  • Ligero wins with a spinning DDT

  • Tyler Bate corkscrew 1080 off the top rope

  • Joe Coffey gets the pin...will Blackpool follow main roster 50/50 booking

NXT UK TAKEOVER BLACKPOOL

• Rhea Ripley (c) v Toni Storm for the NXT UK WOmen’s CHampionship

• Pete Dunne (c) v Joe Coffey of Gallus for the NXT UK Championship

• Moustache Mountain v Zack Gibson and James Drake 1st NXT UK Champions ((Grizzled Young Veterans, wtf?)

• Dave Mastiff v Eddie Dennis

• Travis Banks (Kiwi Buzzsaw) v Jordan Devlin (the Finn Balor trainee)

RAW

• Fuckin Hulk Hogan has an emotional promo

  • Still  bad idea

  • Great way to send Hogan off into the sunset

• Revival vs Gable and Roode is a good wrestling

  • Do we care?

  • Can it get to Uso/New Day/Bar level?

• Everything else really sucked

  • Elias and Corbin

  • Brock and Strowman

  • Mixed Tag with Apollo and Moon vs Mahal and Alicia Fox

  • Moment of Bliss

  • Rollins and Ambrose

  • Cena + Rollins + Finn was kind of kewl, but a reminder we’re back to people declaring themselves into the Rumble instead of earning it :(

SmackDown Live

• Daniel Bryan makes us all feel bad, not me though, I had vegan chicken nuggets for dinner

• Rey and Mustafa Ali vs Samoa Joe and Almas

  • Pretty god damn good/Almas can even make Mysterio look good

• The Bar and Usos deliver AGAIN

• Nakamura and Rusev is really good

  • I think Nakamura looks more like the rockstar again

  • Great storyline showing the heel being correct about the accusations being thrown

• When are Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair going to get arrested for stealing another show?

• Are all of the new characters debuting at Royal Rumble? The “New Watch” continues…

Matt, ongoing segments:
Evolution of Royal Rumble Picks
Tally of “New” things on Raw and Smackdown after plummeting ratings