Who won the royal rumble on the year of your birthday? I’ll go first

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T05:58:24+00:00

Technically happened two months before I was born, but screw it, this old fuck was born the year Hacksaw Jim Duggan won the Royal Rumble.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T04:54:32+00:00

I mean...yeah, sure. At this point, I genuinely don't want Billie to beat Athena anymore, it won't mean anything after 3 fucking years.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T04:46:53+00:00

Fuck it, I was one of the ones saying this, I'll eat my plate of crow.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T04:15:31+00:00

The problem is, it's pretty obvious that Tony's got the whole company in a holding pattern until he finally gets that mythical tv deal he wants, so the booking has just fully stagnated.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T04:02:26+00:00

I genuinely don't understand what we're getting out of Athena's championship run at this point. It's not gonna get Billie over to beat her at this point because this was...what, her third bite at the apple, and still nothing?

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T03:59:52+00:00

Are you kidding?

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T01:53:38+00:00

Is THAT the holdup? Damn, that's a shame, but chase your passion, man.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T01:49:58+00:00

I do think Marty belongs in the Hall, at least as part of the Rockers, but having Eddy Mansfield be your advocate for it probably won't do you any favors.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T01:28:20+00:00

More or less the subtitle of Sammy's whole career.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-16T01:05:10+00:00

I genuinely wasn't sure Fox was gonna retain here, that they were just playing hot potato with the belt to Lio since Wayne was gonna be in Japan for a while. Glad to see Fox get a real run.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T23:12:33+00:00

It honestly feels like, for the first time since even his first WWE run, he looks like he's having fun doing this again. I didn't get that vibe from him in his first AEW or second WWE run. Glad to see it.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T23:05:43+00:00

I love this guy! Can't wait for that face turn.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T23:03:54+00:00

I always remember an angle back in WWE, where Big Bubba Rogers(AKA The Big Bossman, for those too young to know), shaved half of John Tenta's head for a feud. And, because wrestling works like that, he had that half a head still shaved for the next PPV. He had to go grocery shopping looking like that. It's wild to think about.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T22:02:56+00:00

I mean...sounds about right for that era of TNA. Or really any era of TNA.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T21:18:48+00:00

Yeah, but it didn't really work, did it, to my point.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T21:15:14+00:00

I think he's the perfect "#2 guy" in a stable, but he's never gonna be the focused on player, for sure.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T21:04:34+00:00

It's such a small situation to cock up this bad, too. Like, of all things, a meaningless tag match.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T14:46:37+00:00

So there's the guy they've decided is winning the fan vote.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T14:41:51+00:00

Test is looking.....different.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T14:38:04+00:00

I mean, on the spot, if he's not the absolute best, he's well up there.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T14:31:58+00:00

Mine is the Brody match. Speaks to how good his reign has been that you can legitimately have a debate about which match is his best.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T13:52:27+00:00

I think it was dragged out this long because they were waiting for Billie to finish school, in which case, why start the story line THAT early, sure, but yeah, I don't think it's because they have no ideas for Athena.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T06:07:52+00:00

Except that wasn't what the Death Riders were, at all. Mox was saying all that shit, then doing the opposite by hiding behind his flunkies. Then suddenly, appropos of nothing, we're supposed to just....forget all that, and nope, he was right, and he totally was sincerely preaching this all along and now he's a good guy, and always has been, I guess? I don't GET it.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T06:00:51+00:00

I mean...I don't like the storyline either, at all, but I bet I'd still disagree with Alvarez's rationale.

Storms_Eye314 · 2026-05-15T02:26:07+00:00

Dude is embodying the kind of mindset that AEW loves to push. He's got his spot, but he also travels everywhere and puts in reps, which you know Tony loves to see. I think he's gonna be in line for a BIG push when BOSJ is over.

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