WWE Musings

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   Did you enjoy Le BackLash? I have to give it to the French Crowd. They were amazing! They definitely added something to the show. I don’t think it would have been half as interesting without them. I think that gives WWE incentive to come back more often. They certainly earned it. Apologies for not pre-posting. I’m in the midst of relocating, so posts will be more to the point and I may have to omit them sometimes depending on what’s going on. This will be the case for the next few months but I should be more or less settled by Summer Slam. Please bear with me.   Let’s start on the periphery of the WWE Universe tonight as Ric Flair has gotten himself some press recently. Apparently, he wasn’t too thrilled with a dining establishment in Florida. It’s unclear why Flair was ultimately asked to leave the restaurant but Flair took to Twitter/X to share his chagrin. It appears he was just trying to spend some time with extended family. Oh, well....

Happy Friday, Enthusiasts!   I hope it is a good one for you. So, a lot went down since we last spoke. I’m not going to comment on everything but I think I’ll hit upon the major talking points. Let’s get to it, shall we?     So, the big news is that the infamous Velveteen Dream finally got canned from NXT/WWE. I didn’t see much of this guy in the ring but I did hear about him slipping into minors’ DMs. That just doesn’t fly right now. Not that it ever really did it’s just now that we are generally more aware as a civilization, we can’t lie and say pedophilic tendencies are okay. Everyone’s got to wait until they’re 18 at the very least. On top of that, figures like R. Kelly getting exposed don’t help. There’s a strong general sense of nipping that sort of thing in the bud. WWE actually dragged their feet on it but what are you gonna do? These are delicate matters and we have to admit we’ll never have all the facts. All that’s really clear is that whatever went dow...

How’s Monday Treating You, Enthusiasts?   Did you like Backlash? You know what, I didn’t mind it. Could have done without the zombies but I see what they were doing a lot of cross promoting last night. If I were them, I’d be cheekier with that sort of thing because done too gratuitously and it just comes off tacky. I get it, though. You got sponsors and a limited amount of time. Just trying to pay everyone the proper lip-service and be creative about it. I’d say keep trying.     As for the action, tonight was fun. I liked how the Ladies didn’t disappoint per usual. Rhea Ripley is proving me right by showing she’s quite the obstacle. Will she just have a dominating rule that we eventually grow tired of? I would hope they come up with something more nuanced than that but yeesh, you never know with these guys. Last night was definitely proof they can be hit or miss. Yet, there were more hits than misses. I’m actually not sure which match was match of the night. ...

Hello Enthusiasts! So, BackLash came and went and by most accounts, it could have ended with the opening match of Seth Rollins and The Miz.   It was a great match but the lack of depth to this PPV is the WWE’s fault.   It appears that the days of phoning it in are fading fast.   We the Audience are simply too aware to overlook what we once did before.   When the WWE presents a match like Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss, a lady who is literally half  maybe even a third  of Jax’s size , it’s on them to make a believable display because We generally look at that and know that all Jax really has to do is sit on Bliss if she really wants to get this over with.   This is supposed to be the “Reality Era” and the WWE has never been faker.    I hope this is a cue to get back to basics and really set up some solid Kayfabe for us to wonder about because more often than not, we’re rolling our eyes. In any case, our attention should start to get directed...