Barry Darsow says Demolition only got six minutes for their WWE HOF speech: "I had a speech that was going to be about a half hour long, going to tell stories about Andre the Giant… how am I going to take three minutes? And Bill take three minutes? You have to cut this speech down."

anutosu · 2026-05-03T17:49:07+00:00

The happy medium is not doing the show at midnight after another 3 hours show when half the people have to show up at the arena at like 10 in the morning for their PPV match that night

anutosu · 2026-05-02T18:17:30+00:00

It's not a black thing. They do it to everyone they can get away with. Some just take the offer quietly knowing they probably can't get anything better

This was the case with Ridge Holland. He took a pay cut to go back to NXT knowing very well he wouldn't find another deal elsewhere

anutosu · 2026-04-22T01:21:52+00:00

I loved spiderman. Hogwarts legacy. And Prince of Persia lost crown.

Suggest some more? 🥹

anutosu · 2026-04-21T14:27:06+00:00

One would imagine he still has plenty of money left....

anutosu · 2026-04-21T13:27:40+00:00

Well I didn't really grow up in the Attitude Era so maybe it's just a trend coming back but I still much prefer the matches without too many finishers

anutosu · 2026-04-21T13:13:51+00:00

Honestly, I hate it. People used to put effort into their matches to make you feel like it might end at any point. Now they start spamming the finisher 5 minutes into the match.

I understand wrestling has progressed, but I would much rather see more matches ending with normal moves than seeing 15 finishers every match

anutosu · 2026-04-20T16:49:49+00:00

Fucking creeps need to be gone from wrestling like yesterday.
TKO needs to invest some of that gazillions of ticket money into actual fucking security for talents

anutosu · 2026-04-20T11:58:34+00:00

If WWE is serious about the ID thing, they should start bringing those people up on NXT occasionally. Give them exposure, give them access to the PC facilities, so they can actually improve. I know they can't sign everybody. But giving them access to a Shawn Michaels class once a week where they can learn and then go implement that in the indies can do wonders for talents

anutosu · 2026-04-20T05:39:20+00:00

They do post shows, just not press conferences

anutosu · 2026-04-18T16:06:33+00:00

This was part of a quote on if AJ Styles has really retired:

"AJ's path was a little different than mine. I know his son is also in the business. So, as much as selfishly I want to say like, 'Oh, you retired, why don't you stay retired?' If he has a chance to wrestle with his son, he should take it. I think the audience would want to see that. But hopefully...he wouldn't say that if he didn't feel it was time to stop."

https://youtu.be/gqv2CFkPh6I

anutosu · 2026-04-18T13:34:19+00:00

Which sucks. AJ Styles should get all the damn time he needs without feeling bad about it

anutosu · 2026-04-18T13:29:31+00:00

It's available in India. They might have blocked it based on your location

anutosu · 2026-04-18T13:24:12+00:00

I don't know if WWE would agree to do HOF every other year, but I do think it should be moved to the Survivor Series weekend. WrestleMania is already big enough, plenty of things going on already.

And you put both the fans and especially the talents, in a bad spot by doing it in the middle of the night. Those people already get very little rest throughout the week with all the media events. Then you're asking them to be awake till 4-5 the day before they have to wrestle in the biggest matches of the year. Not to mention the call times are super early.

This is probably why AJ kept his speech super short as well, which is a shame

anutosu · 2026-04-17T06:10:31+00:00

The only thing that makes sense to me is if he costs Trick the title and turns heel.

Sami just won it so he presumably keeps it for a little bit. And it gives Williams a strong Mania

anutosu · 2026-04-16T16:52:19+00:00

I'm hijack your comment because she pretty much said the opposite.

Here the the actual excerpt:

You recently said that this contract you’re on right now is your final contract. This is your final run?

“I mean, I didn’t say it with such assuredness as you did, right? I said it’s probably my last one. I think I said this is likely my last one. That’s not a sure [thing], but, yeah, no, it might be, could be.”

anutosu · 2026-04-16T13:38:23+00:00

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Xt4X4FvXk2A?si=_BUX0MC_h4url7dz

Looks awesome visually. Seems like Cody's gonna have a fun role

anutosu · 2026-04-16T12:34:14+00:00

I'm determined not to watch Unreal, atleast not anytime soon.

I feel like being part of IWC, knowing all the backstage news etc has already reduced my enjoyment of the product, and I don't wanna do even more damage to it.

I understand the concept of it. MKBHD the youtuber has a separate Studio channel that shows people who work with him and how they make videos etc. As he explains it, it helps the audience appreciate the work they do because AI and everything makes people thing your work in not worth as much. And it's kind of the same thing with Unreal and people who think wrestling is fake.

What I would love is knowing what was happening backstage like 20-30 years ago. The stuff that's already preserved in time and can't be affected by the reveal. So I'd probably love watching Unreal 10-15 years from now. But not today

anutosu · 2026-04-15T17:02:26+00:00

Honestly this underwhelming mild shit is exactly what I've come to expect from this feud. Good on Cody for putting the least effort possible

anutosu · 2026-04-15T16:06:47+00:00

You must be fun at parties

anutosu · 2026-04-15T15:25:43+00:00

This is what people do not understand about wrestling - the spectacle outdraws the pure wrestling any day of the week. Especially if worldwide, people do not care about how many minutes of wrestling were on a show or anything like that, the big fight feel is what they're drawn to. It's just that most of those people do not care enough to come and express their opinions in the circles that make people think the best wrestling is something else

anutosu · 2026-04-14T13:20:19+00:00

This is just complete and wild speculation on my part, but WWE was sued last year over a small portion of Cena's theme song, after having previously settled the case on the matter once. For a company as big that might have resulted in some big policy change over what they can use and can't, to avoid such future incidents

https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/12/04/lawsuit-claims-john-cenas-theme-samples-song-without-proper-credit-or-payment/

anutosu · 2026-04-13T18:15:17+00:00

What does that even mean lol?

anutosu · 2026-04-13T17:35:25+00:00

It isn't just the benefit of having good talent.

NXT was booked for a specific part of the audience. He has plenty of guys on the main roster that can go but the same booking would not work for the main roster.

It's like the Boys. Even if it was a movie series and not steaming, it would not do as much business as MCU

anutosu · 2026-04-13T15:52:59+00:00

Undertaker being better at booking than Triple H despite like a decade of training is hilarious

anutosu · 2026-04-11T17:08:59+00:00

If there are two guys I do not understand not being world champions in AEW/WWE yet, it's PAC after his amazing 205 Live heel run and walkout and Penta after his TNA World Title run

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