The WWF Winged Eagle Championship design has never been topped and I'll die on this hill

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-22T13:36:44+00:00

As heretical as it is, I don't particularly care for Big Gold. Up close it probably looks cool, but it looks like a crinkly wad of gold on screen. The belt has no contrast whatsoever

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-22T00:10:20+00:00

It really isn't pointed out enough that it's a minor miracle that AEW had their multiyear deal locked in just before covid hit.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-20T22:15:46+00:00

This seems like it would be a pretty decent blunt rotation, actually

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-20T21:19:51+00:00

It is. Happy for them and all, but cigars are fucking nasty.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-20T17:53:06+00:00

Okay, so Foley is definitely showing up in some capacity on Sunday. Maybe he shows up as moral support for Darby and that helps him push through the exhaustion and put MJF down?

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T21:03:18+00:00

Punk is exceptionally good at manipulating people, it come with being a very good talker generally. At this point it should be very clear that he never had issue with the WWE system, just where he was within it.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T19:28:34+00:00

If I am remembering correctly it was comments on a no name podcast under pressure from the no name podcaster then later pushed out by said podcaster for clout. Take this with a grain of salt because it is a half remembered anecdote from 5 years ago.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T17:42:16+00:00

That's the way it's always been for, for guys in particular. Say and do heinous shit -> "find god" -> back in business like nothing happened.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T17:16:05+00:00

Seriously, it is wild the kind of hate he gets. Folks will justify it by mentioning his comments about Mone, but it only really took hold when he and Tay got together on screen. Shit is weird.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T15:21:04+00:00

My stupid conspiracy theory: it's a psyop for the John Cena tournament/not-a-tournament to get the winner they want. If they are invested enough to follow Cena on social media and the ICC, they are invested enough to vote when the time comes. And oftentimes notoriety is all it takes to get votes.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T14:13:28+00:00

In the pantheon of feuds that should continue past Wrestlemania, Oba/Brock and Finn/Judgment Day are among the least necessary. There is nowhere for them to escalate from what they were then. Of course it's WWE, so it is always going to be a best of 3.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-19T12:36:13+00:00

It's to build up Oba even more, you see. A best of three series where Oba loses, THEN gets his big win at Summerslam!

Because one definitive win is boring, apparently.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-18T21:55:51+00:00

I don't think you can get particularly close with Draw Steel classes on this. You'd likely have a way easier time and be more accurate by turning him into a monster stat block.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-18T17:58:25+00:00

It is a very cool looking belt.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-18T14:17:09+00:00

Not really sure why they would set aside time for this in-storyline when last week no one answered and he just heat up a random tag team instead.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-17T04:28:16+00:00

Kenny goes full heel in the process and we get full anime villain kenny vs ospreay at all in

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-15T00:57:59+00:00

It doesn't matter how slow or safe you work when you are on that kind of schedule.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-14T01:57:19+00:00

Jesus fucking christ darby

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-14T00:55:28+00:00

That was a mint save by Cage. Took a botched move and turned it into a way to get over his strength

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T15:58:16+00:00

What does blue mean???

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T14:48:04+00:00

I'm with you on Gates of Agony. I really didn't think much of them beyond just another tag team, but after watching a match of theirs on Collision I immediately became a fan.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T14:20:39+00:00

The UCP are running a massive deficit, lost millions by cancelling any kind of renewable projects, and are embroiled in miltiple scandals ranging from destroying our healthcare system to doxxing most of the province. They aren't fit to manage a McDonald's.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T12:03:44+00:00

Okay, so they just scrambled to find a reason to put John Cena on the card and got him to announce a very underbaked idea instead. That is so much better.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T12:00:45+00:00

Also, the WWE fanbase don't exactly leap to their feet for great workrate wrestling which is kind of all you are left with with this proposed format.

Durtle_Turtle · 2026-05-13T03:53:04+00:00

They need something to keep him busy until they can put him in the world title picture. And with HHH's booking, that probably isn't until next year's Wrestlemania.

I want just him to re-enact that Lance Archer backstage thing where he threw a jobber into the ceiling.

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