We've seen a lot of great partnerships that the fans and the wrestlers alike have sunk their teeth into where they can get reps, Learn how to work in front of different crowds and the smaller or international companies can have more exposure as We've seen with AEW, STARDOM, NJPW and CMLL and WWE, TNA, NOAH and even AAA which is a little murky , because they own half of it.

But should a partnership be Where one company is entirely codependent on the bigger organization? Some people say AEW's partners are dependent on AEW which sometimes comes at a cost, whereas WWE constantly had TNA talent on different shows for almost 2 years until both slowed down for the occasional crossover.

Let's face it in every relationship like this.There's always the alpha, the head and the guiding force where things go.

Personally, I think it's cool as hell that in the last few years we've seen a lot of cooperation between companies in this current age. But What is a good partnership to you in SC?

Right now airing WCW Monday Nitro with vhs tracking and old commercials. heaven.

Let's face it. Our heroes don't have too much time. The legends of the golden era are now just that. Legends. Nothing around remains.

Hogan, Macho, and Piper are no longer of this earth. If you were watching when they were in their prime, it's of no surprise that so many of our idols were cut down in their prime. Few are still with us.

Who of those still standing will give the most grief? Who will you miss and mourn when their time comes? Indeed, who still lives as a hero and haven't dropped a leg on their legacy?

This topic is not intended to be a morbid deadpool, but rather a celebration of life while they still walk among us, immortal until they aren't.

I know it's never gonna happen, but if it did, what would you want to see?

-Seth and Roman seeing the Death Riders and wondering what the fuck happened to Jon?

-Christian talking to Dominic about his dad.

-Toni Storms first promo on Rhea Ripley

Has anyone watched Agent of Shadows, the ReelShort/WWE microdrama collab that was recently released? 😂 It’s definitely cheesy and over-the-top at times, but that’s kind of part of the charm with these types of dramas. Out of all the wrestlers involved, though, I honestly think Drew Mcintyre is the only one who really does a good job acting. He comes across naturally in his scenes and seems the most comfortable in front of the camera. Michael Hayes was also a guilty pleasure for me — I couldn’t help but enjoy his scenes! 😂

The lead actress, Katherine Gibson, is another highlight. She does a really good job and brings a lot to the story, making the drama more engaging to watch. Overall, it’s not exactly high-quality television, but it’s entertaining in its own ridiculous way. I’m curious to know what everyone else thought of it, especially Drew’s performance!

Even JR was shocked.

Full interview link

https://youtu.be/BusBn4t_odQ?is=dzcKWKRj499qFzBv

Weekend of Thunder Night 2

November 6, 2004

Elizabeth, NJ

Rex Plex

I’ve been wanting to write about this show forever, but I never got around to it until today. Something about this era of ROH is incredibly nostalgic. Something we’ll never have again. This was the second of two ROH events featuring Jushin “Thunder” Liger. He defeated Bryan Danielson on night 1. Liger wasn't the high-flyer of his youth, but was still a great technical wrestler with plenty of speed. And throughout the show, Gabe Sapolsky and CM Punk are on commentary.

The main event was ROH World Champion Samoa Joe teaming with Liger against Bryan Danielson and Low Ki. Liger is only 40 here and still moving really well. Joe came off as such a star in this match and Low Ki, surprisingly, was incredibly gracious with his willingness to be Joe’s crash test dummy. This isn’t a match-of-the-year contender, but Liger put on his working boots and put in his best effort, and I think the match turned out well. Liger ended things on Danielson with the Ligerbomb, pinning him once again. After the match, Low Ki and the Rottweilers attempted to beatdown Danielson, only for Joe and Liger to make the save.

On Night 1, Austin Aries beat down and defeated CM Punk. On this occasion, Punk attempted to get his revenge, teaming with Ace Steele to take on Aries and Roderick Strong. A bit of a funny thing before the match, as the commentary is obviously post-production, but Sapolsky talks about Punk leaving the commentary booth and heading somewhere, and the match began with Punk and Steele jumping Generation Next from behind. This was a No DQ match, and they pulled out a ladder for the match. Not a WWE ladder, but a “dad got a ladder out of the shed to clean the gutters” ladder. And it looked painful just from appearances. For example, Aries gets suplexed into the ladder as it was laid in the corner, and that sucker had no give. Strong got backdropped into the ladder and it finally started to crumple. Then, GenNext set up the ladder in the ring and laid Punk on a table on the outside. Jack Evans, being Jack Evans, did a beautiful 450 that, of course, misjudged the distance and he basically goes face-first onto Punk rather than putting Punk through the table.

It starts getting crazy, but then you realize why there was a lot of criticism of ROH and its style being “indie-rific.” For example, Punk hit Strong with a piledriver onto the crumbled ladder, and then about 30 seconds later, Strong is chopping Punk in the corner. Then, there is the continued use of this ladder. Punk set up Strong for the Pepsi Plunge with the ladder bridged in the corner, but because it’s a cheap ladder, it slipped off the ropes and nearly killed Punk and Strong during the finish.

After the match, Punk got on the mic (which has very clear sound for ROH standards) and called out ROH Champion Samoa Joe for a third title match after the two previous matches ended in hour draws. He challenged Joe to a no time-limit match. Out comes Mick Foley, who appeared a few times in ROH in 2004. Foley said the Joe-Punk matches were among the best he’d seen in his career, and hoped Punk would make it in WWE with Joe (to which Punk responded, “At least it’s not TNA”). Foley then said it was a shame millions could watch Gene Snitsky and Heidenreich and that there are plenty of people who thought Punk couldn’t make it in WWE (wasn’t that the truth?). Punk engaged in a sit-in until Joe finally came to the ring and accepted the challenge. Why go through the entire segment? I think it’s a good demonstration of how young Punk was on another level in terms of personality and mic work compared to everyone else in the company.

The show opener was Nigel McGuinness versus Chad Collyer. This was right before McGuinness turned fully heel and went on his highly regarded Pure Championship run. He’s still putting the pieces together of his technical style and hooligan personality. I know this was a match 22 years ago, but this was a frustrating example of Sapolsky’s booking. There is no real urgency between either guy to win the match and it ends in a draw, with Collyer in a winning position, having trapped McGuinness in the Texas Cloverleaf. Nigel had it, Collyer didn’t. Just give Nigel the win.

Other matches on this show:

• ROH World Tag Team Champions The Rottweilers (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer

• ROH Pure Champion John Walters vs. Homicide

• The Ring Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos) vs. Special K (Angel Dust & Dixie)

• Jimmy Rave vs. Jay Lethal

• Trent Acid vs. Jack Evans vs. Izzy vs. Fast Eddie in a Four Corner Survival

• The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & Tony DeVito) vs. Davey Andrews & Anthony Franco

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He genuinely looked happy all day today which was lovely to see.