WWE Musings

Bonsoir, Mes Amis! Comment allez-vous? Moi? Je vais très bien. Mais bientôt, meilleure! I’ve been learning. Took it in high school, figured I ought to finish the job 😉 In any case, we have a special French SmackDown tonight. It’s already recorded and ready to go, so let’s have a little chat and prepare for the replay. First order of business, we’ll start in the Realm of AEW. According to Matt Hardy, his brother Jeff is ready for action. Having been on the Injured List due to a broken nose, he was recently cleared. It’s hard to say when to expect him. Given there’s a lot of miles on him, many feel it may be time to hang it up. Not sure what that would do to him, really. He seems like a type that may have to do it until he dies. I don’t want to see that happen, naturally but I get the feeling it’s sort of his joie de vivre , so to speak. It gets him out of bed in the morning, I would think. It’s an uncertain time for the Hardys for sure. Let’s hope some agreeable medium is found. Back i

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Happy Friday! Are you enjoying it so far? As with most, I’m just glad the workday is over. Now, I can relax a bit. So, the Wrestling World has a few things going on tonight. Again, nothing too shocking but I think we can have a little fun with this chat. Let’s get into it, shall we? Let’s start in the Realm of AEW, as Tony Khan finally got into the action. He did as all CEOs of wrestling promotions do at some point and took and sold a bump. He welcomed back the infamous Jack Perry and in a moment of “clueless vulnerability”, Perry and his cronies took Khan out.  I didn’t really know how small Khan was until this display. He’s like what? 140-145 lbs on a good day? So, Khan took a piledriver and attended his other duties in the NFL alongside his father in a neck brace. He’s a good sport, I’ll give him that but I would have played it up way more. Guess he couldn’t due to previous engagements but I would be doing the next thing to traction that they do these d

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Enjoying the day? Well, some of you may have deducted that I had a birthday recently so, since it’s so close to the weekend, I’m using it to celebrate. Festivities begin this evening. My mom is even baking me a cake 😁 So, this is looking like it’ll be a good weekend already. As for the Wrestling World, there’s some stuff going on. Nothing jaw dropping but we can have a brief chat. You up for it? Let’s do it. So, it sounds like Matt Hardy may be returning to WWE. Since there’s some possibility of following the Bray Wyatt vein with Uncle Howdy, Hardy may step in and fill the void, so to speak, alongside Bo Dallas. This may make the medicine go down a little better because we all know that there’s no one who can replace Bray Wyatt but I think Hardy can respectfully honor the concept. Yet, he's thinking about incorporating AI to develop a VR version of Wyatt and I'm not sure about that. But if they keep things in "real time" for the most part

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   Hanging in there? Yeah, me too. So, there’s a few things to chat about this evening. Nothing too shocking but something to talk about. Are you up for it? Let’s get to it.   We’ll start on the outskirts of the Realm of AEW as Kenny Omega continues to recuperate. Omega had some praise for Roman Reigns as he feels he became a great Heel Champion. There are guys you love seeing with the title and there are guys you can’t wait to see lose the title and Reigns fell into the latter category. As far as Omega is concerned, he made watching him lose the hot ticket and he did the job well.   I will give that to Omega as with Cody Rhodes now Champion, it does feel like a new era   indeed but where does it go and does it captivate us? So far so good, but we will be watching and seeing for ourselves. This kind of crowd loses interest quickly and what the future holds is cloudy at best. We’ll see how it all develops.   In other news, I’m not quite sure h

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts! So, the wake of WrestleMania has left a few things to talk about. Again, it’s nothing too shocking but it does give us something to chat about for a few minutes. Are you up for it? Let’s break it all down. For the most part, AEW has been making the headlines with the posting of the backstage fight between Jack Perry and CM Punk. I didn’t bother to see it for myself because I’m not sure what it proves at this point. AEW does get the ratings bump but that’s about it. Most commentators feel this was a odd move but given the ratings increase, most can also see that Tony Khan probably got what he wanted, some eyes on the product.  Personally, this whole ordeal didn’t really grab me. I’m not sure what’s going on over at AEW but its “green” status seems to be what’s at cause most here. It’s a young company with a young CEO. There are going to be bouts of immaturity and insecurity by default. To me, that’s all this is. Khan will learn the hard way. In this particul

Happy WrestleMania Eve, Enthusiasts! There’s a lot of buzz and speculation circulating. It’s hard to say what to believe per usual but some things can be deduced. Let’s break it down shall we.  So, the word is that Roman Reigns is slated to main event SummerSlam. If that is so, then we can anticipate another bullshit win for Reigns at WrestleMania. Yet, if WWE can make that win intriguing and maybe set up the Reigns vs. The Rock match for SummerSlam I don’t oppose it. However, those “Cody Crybabies” are definitely not going to like seeing Cody Rhodes lose. I don’t think it will be on par with when Drew McIntyre had to take out Brock Lesnar a few years ago but if they don’t execute it correctly, they’ll deflate what would otherwise be considered a fun night.  Conversely, that rumor could be disinformation. Get us all half-mad about something that doesn’t  happen so when what does go down happens, we have an even bigger pop! We can dream, I suppose but as They say, go ahead and prepare f

What’s Going On, Enthusiasts? Happy Friday! So, there are a few things to chat about across the Wrestling World today. Again, nothing devastating or surprising but something to explore. Are you ready? Let’s do it. We’ll start in the Kingdom of TNA today, as Ash by Elegance f.k.a. Dana Brooke seems a little bitter about the popularity of the up and coming Tiffany Stratton. Claims she’s stealing moves and getting all the credit. Well, I won’t really comment on that because this is the first I’m seeing of Stratton and so far, I see the appeal. To me, she’s a knock-off or impersonation of the video game character Tiffany Lords from Rival Schools: United by Fate. She doesn’t seem as ditzy and doesn’t wear the oversized boxing gloves but that’s what comes to mind when I see her. The character is probably older than her but all I’m saying is that her copying Brooke never came to mind.  Like I keep saying, this industry is a popularity contest, especially in the WWE Universe. People gravitate

Happy Friday, Enthusiasts! How’s everyone doing? Can’t say I have too many troubles. No more than most. So, there are a few things we can discuss today. Nothing earth shattering but enough to fill up a few minutes of reading time. Let’s get in to it, shall we? Let’s start out in the Indy Wildlands as House Rhodes introduces some new faces. The nephews to Cody and Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes, Wayne and Wyatt had their first professional match representing Dustin’s wrestling school the Rhodes Wrestling Academy. They’re not the biggest kids so, I’m not sure what the future holds but if they’re fine performers and have that Rhodes Heart they should do all right. Welcome to the show, kids. Now, the wrestling world just wouldn’t be what it is without shit talk so let’s review what got spilled this week. First off, Ronda Rousey was doing the best version of herself as she gave her take of the “shit show” that is WWE. Needless to say, it wasn’t a glowing report but what was even clearer is that th

Happy Friday, Enthusiasts!   This week seemed a little long to me so, I’m glad it’s over. We got a few things to chat about before we get into tonight’s offerings so, let’s get started.   First up, we’ll begin in the Realm of AEW. The bad news first as it appears Lana/CJ Perry and Rusev/Miro have decided to uncouple. It seems like their relationship was fairly open-ended though they are married. It doesn’t sound like any poor conduct is really to blame. They aim to remain friends and work together but they seem to want to explore other people. I guess they know enough about each other and are just ready to move on. It happens and I’m glad they’re mature enough to acknowledge that. Let’s wish them well in their new personal endeavors.   Another bit of AEW news is that Mercedes Moné aka Sasha Banks debuted over there this week on Dynamite. So far, the reception isn’t the best according to reports. Ratings didn’t really tick up and commenters weren’t impressed with her Babyfa

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Everything okay on this Daylight Savings Weekend? Hope it’s all right. As we may all have our plights and tribulations, always remember that it could be worse rather than it could be better. In any case, there’s not much grabbing my attention at the end of this week. There’s some goings-on, as always, but nothing I care to unpack. However, I feel we should congratulate the WWE Universe’s quintessential little brother in Dominik Mysterio on his recent nuptials. The young lad got married this week and it’s just nice to see him growing up. Gets me a little verklempt. May their lives be blessed and fruitful! Besides that, it’s on to tonight’s SmackDown. We can expect The Rock and Roman Reigns to return so that Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins can tell them to their faces how they really feel. Bobby Lashley will find himself enthralled with Karrion Kross. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens don’t like these new kids in Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. They’re going to t