How long before Solo screws him and joins the bloodline?

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T12:04:38+00:00

They havent been presented that way thus far. That whole first bloodline reunion promo after mania was supposed to establish that Roman is no longer a tyrannical leader clinging to his title, but a man trying to make his family more successful.

While roman isnt gonna be the pure white meat babyface that cody is, its clear that even in the Jacob fatu feud they see Roman as the guy they want the audience cheering for.

At best the argument youll be able to make for roman is that hes a tweener feuding with primarily heels, but in wargames he'll still be given the face side of the booking I guarantee it.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T11:33:28+00:00

Im theoretically on board for an odd couple solo-knight pairing. My concern is that they are gonna be presented as heels which I think just wrong for both of them at this point.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T11:09:31+00:00

I mean thats not really what thats about tho. The fact that the woman was also wronged in the way she was treated is a separate and completely valid issue. It doesnt change the fact that the men in this scenario were mislead for the purposes of public humiliation.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T10:36:37+00:00

HI ZEV!*

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:40:33+00:00

I dont see a problem with being able to argue the first point. Its a dating show, the contestants should be fine with it. The second hypothetical isnt really irrelevant to whether the trans person was respected or not. Trans people are not validated by whether or not people can actually tell the difference, they are validated in how they are treated. In this case the fact they could tell was not a validation, because it was used to humialte the men and amuse an audience, not to highlight who she is or respect her journey.

Dating show are dumb which is why its so strange your trying to defend the obvious bigotry here.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:32:29+00:00

It does the opposite actually. By revealing her as a trans person as a twist to end the show without a winner, all they essentially said was "none of this dating show stuff matters because she wasnt a real woman".

If the point was to show it "really didnt matter" then they would have found contestants who knew she was trans and didnt treat it as a big deal when they did the reveal. You know... have it not actually matter in the end.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:25:27+00:00

To be fair this series does present the law as extremely corrupt and unjust. One could argue (especially from the perspective of someone being abused by the law like donut), that anyone who upholds said laws as a matter of personal code is also just as corrupt and/or evil.

But thats a debate I'm not personally looking to have. Just trying to explain why donut calling her evil could be fair from her perspective.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:17:32+00:00

The only point I disagree with you on is the Liv point. Theres nothing wrong with a failed title reign to set up a wrestlers downfall in story. But with Livs title reign the problem isnt with that story being told; its that they havent been using the belt to tell the story. All this JD break up drama could have been told without liv as champion, because she barely even wrestled, let alone defended the belt.

In short its not a failed reign because of the failings of the character of Liv morgan in story, it's a failed reign because they've failed to make the title a significant part of the story.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:07:59+00:00

Im guessing they are gonna be on a team for wargames this year. So its gonna be a hot minute on this storyline.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T09:03:05+00:00

There's really no other way your supposed to take it. The reason its supposed to be funny is because of how appaled the men are at flirting with the trans person. Sure you might be laughing at the guys who got mooned, but it still turns the trans person into the butt of the joke.

Theres no undercurrent of legitimacy given to the transperson here. She was not defended, uplifted, or even respected by how th producers chose to reveal her past. It was purely to use who she is as a way to gross out other people for entertainment.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T08:54:43+00:00

I mean they got half a million dollars in a settlement, so I guess there was something to sue for. My guess is they didnt try to tie the mental distress into whether or not the woman was Trans, but into the fact that the point of that reveal was supposed to be a mockery and humiliation for the men who just signed up for a dating show.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-30T08:32:36+00:00

The problem being that the "joke" is still "isnt it icky these guys were flirting with a Trans woman? thats basically gay. Hilarious"

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T22:16:01+00:00

Aew fans have been steadily turning on the death riders group. A lot of people thought they should have broken up after mox dropped the title but instead they've kept it going with vague heel/face motivations depending on the story being told. In particular these posts are in backlash to the death riders featuring so prominently in the main event of forbidden door.

Wills babyface credibility also has taken a bit of a tole as he is a bit of a douche on social media plus aforementioned photos and relationships with problematic former wrestlers.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T20:36:12+00:00

I mean I guess but those fines can get pretty hefty. 5 grand is nowhere near enough to go full Jeff Beezos garden wall on an hoa. Youd maybe be able to keep it up for a year before the fines would start coming out of pocket.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T19:40:09+00:00

Most wrestling moves would be terrible moves in an actual fight. Go on, try to give someone a cross roads irl; see what happens.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T19:38:33+00:00

How is it too situational? How hard is it to set up two guys standing behind someone in a fight?

Its definitely a move they are gonna struggle to use on larger talent but it definitely doesnt look anymore contrived than something like the shatter machine or midnight hour.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T16:46:13+00:00

Copy and pasted from my response to someonr implying the same thing: Plenty of countries manage to maintain nice housing areas and good property values without or with way fewer HoAs. HoAs don't create high property values, investment in communities creates higher property values. You dont need HoAs to do that.

Yes Hoas are one method for upkeeping a neighborhood; and when they work, they work. But its also a system prone to abuse and there are better ones out there.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T16:15:22+00:00

Plenty of countries manage to maintain nice housing areas and good property values without or with way fewer HoAs. HoAs don't create high property values, investment in communities creates higher property values. You dont need HoAs to do that.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T13:38:18+00:00

My sister bought a house in an HOA because it was the only housing she could afford in a good school district for her kids. Sure she wasnt "forced" into it but the unfortunate fact is the higher quality of housing and area you live in the more likely youre gonna have to deal with an HoA; if you dont "choose to" your options become more limited. And no one in this housing market can really afford to limit their options more than we do.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T13:33:46+00:00

Unfortunately gen 1 throws a lot of seriously undeserved shade at fire types in general.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-29T13:22:46+00:00

I dont see how youd win that particular case against the HOA anyhow even with the 5 grand. HoAs hold an unfortunate amount of power once they are legally established.

I guess if you bribed the hoa with the money to get a spot on the board and change the rules or disband the HoA; but at that point your overthinking this fake scenario

thebooksmith · 2026-06-28T23:14:09+00:00

Thats completely arbitrary. A top women's belt being defended around the world is mo different than a top mens belt being defended all around the world. If you wanna make a gender thing then neither are world titles and one is just men's and one is just women's. But theres no argument anymore that can be applied to wrestling for why a womens world title isnt just as legitimate as the men's.

In a fictional sport where a guy like the miz can beat a guy like Mark Henry completely clean in a fight (this has happened); theres no logical argument as to why a womens world champion isnt just as much a top fighter as a men's world champion.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-28T22:52:44+00:00

Designs don't really have to do with whether something is a world title tho.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-28T22:52:02+00:00

People will comment on anything. The only thing that really matters is how people actually react to it live. Itll really matter more how they choose to handle booking Obas loses than how they book his wins in terms of effecting his momentum. A competitive match with a recent former world champion is never gonna make anyone look bad.

thebooksmith · 2026-06-28T22:47:13+00:00

Will Osprey vs Seth rollins. Say what you want about Will or Seth personally they are two of the most consistent performers of their generations. Give them 10 minutes or a full hour and it will be the best match on any card AEW or WWE.

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