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  1. The Palace Fan
    Marty Scurll staying with ROH on WWE wages as the head booker His popularity could go a long way to restoring their popularity.
  2. The Palace Fan
    Tessa Blanchard.
  3. The Palace Fan
    Impact went ahead and put the title on Tessa. How very TNA of them.
  4. The Palace Fan
    I thought everybody knew she was an arse? Either way, that tweet was terrible timing given she must have known she would get heat for it.
  5. The Palace Fan
    I hope there's some truth to the NJPW American company if they're not going to collaborate with ROH or AEW long term. Always enjoyed Osprey, Sabre, GOD etc in ROH and if we can see them with appearances from the likes of Tanahashi and Okada then happy days. You didn't miss anything from what I remember. I enjoyed the Jericho/Jungle Boy show as they put talent over and there was a lot of decent matches, but the majority of the internet absolutely slated it. There was a sketch where somebody noticed blatant fake punches that was blown all out of proportions. ---- On a side I called BT Sports to see what they could do with my package. As a loyal customer of 6+ years they sorted me BT Sports, multi room, BT app and Entertainment HD whilst reducing my monthly payments. Probably the best customer service I've ever had. AEW really need to sort out this deal with ITV they have. It could have been absolutely massive for them, but showing it on a Friday evening must cost them so much viewers. By that time everyone has just streamed it. Despite my initial scepticism BT Sports are absolutely owning it with there WWE coverage.
  6. The Palace Fan
    Given the vague links with MLW I'm surprised AEW haven't made a ploy to get The New Era Hart Foundation. I'm presuming they haven't because they're not exactly the quiet types on social media. The marketability factor is pretty much there. I wasnt aware of John Morrison being on BTE but to be honest I'm quite happy to see him back in WWE. I'd quite like to see Matt Sydal back at some point too.
  7. The Palace Fan
    I get why they went for a commentary team of Tony Schiavonne and Jim Ross as it adds a legitimate, authentic feel to the new broadcast given one was the voice of TNT and the other was the voice of the competitor. But I really hope over time they look to fade them out. Schiavonne on the whole has done a good job but last week JR didnt know the name of about three or four of the wrestlers and had to be assisted. That is poor research and does nothing to help grow those characters. Excalibur is doing a good job given his modern day knowledge but they could, you know, explain why he wears a mask and not pretend it's completely normal. Goldenboy would be my choice long term to be JR's replacement given how natural he performed at the PPV he commentated. I think Marty Scrull will end up in AEW eventually given all the hints they have dropped on BTE. If he does go over there, I hope it's under The Villian Enterprise faction as hes done a very good job at increasing their marketability within the last twelve months. Albeit they do need to cut down on some of the "Oooo scary" groups at the minute. I like Pepper Parks but signing him when you've already got The Dark Order just seems pointless. I'm not even going to mention whatever is going on with Brandi Rhodes. Other than Marty Scrull I think there recruitment for the next year needs to be your heavyweights that can move like Jeff Cobb, Brian Cage, Brodie Lee etc. All the new talent they're promoting well (Jungle Boy, Darby Allan, Kip Sabian, Sammy Guevara etc) all have one thing in common. Half the audience look like they can beat them up.
  8. The Palace Fan
    Theres a couple of things they need to improve on but they seem to be self aware. No vignettes were a big criticism of mine which they've started doing, the womens divison being poor was another where they've now added Kris and Swole, camera angles being off queue is a BIG problem but I think that'll be rectified after the recent fake punch fiasco with The Dark Order. I think they're doing ok. They're going through the "they cant do anything right" phase at the minute. I saw people criticise Cody for responding to fans on Twitter as its "small time", I mean come on people. People just need to bare in mind they're learning. Theres a real lust and desire for wrestling fans to criticise everything. Even things that are happening after the show which nobody else are meant to be seen are being criticised. Sometimes people just need to take a step back and enjoy what's going right.
  9. The Palace Fan
    I think it's fair to say that we need this takeover to happen pretty quickly. This makes concerning reading.
  10. The Palace Fan
    It seems like WWE are putting weekly shows ahead of second rate PPVs after the way TLC went. I don't have a problem with it but I'd rather them go back to the old concept where Raw and Smackdown have there own individual PPVs every 2/3 months (raw get backlash, smackdown get judgement day etc) just to make the second rate PPVs feel more meaningful.
  11. The Palace Fan
    I've quite enjoyed the upper midcard zone of Raw since the draft. With The OC as the major heel, Rey as the focal point, and then having guys like Ricochet, Drew, Orton, Humberto etc fight around them. It's a damn lot better than the set up they had last year. We wont know officially for another 5-10 years but I'd like to find out the impact Paul Heyman is having on the direction of people like Street Profits, Viking Raiders, Buddy Murphy and Aleister Black. They've really become a focal point of the product every week. Imagine thinking that a year ago.
  12. The Palace Fan
    I've never got the obsession with Dave Meltzer's match ratings. Back in the day of dail up I understand why they were important but given theres so many varied ways of entertainment through wrestling in present society I don't get how they can compare everything any more to the point where one persons opinion holds so much weight. Especially given, they both (more so Alvarez) come across as anti-WWE and overly pro to AEW.
  13. The Palace Fan
    Caught up on Survivor Series week. I must say, despite my initial criticisms I feel that WWE have played out this invasion angle very well. When Rhea Ripley, Keith Lee, Tomasso Ciampa, Shayna Baszler and Adam Cole move to another brand they'll be ready to feud with Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan etc straight away because of it.
  14. The Palace Fan
    With the fine margins that managers are being sacked VAR is the way forward. It's unfortunately just being implemented poorly in this country. Why is the ref not allowed to go to the touch line? Why do the people reviewing the incidents not know the rules? Why is everything being reviewed and not clear and obvious errors? Once these get addressed it will be fine. It's worked well overseas and in the world cup. It can work well here. I'd suggest that over two thirds of the people that complain about VAR are the type of fans that moan about change. I was at the London Stadium when it took forever to review the Jordan Ayew goal, was I bothered? Nope because I knew they would come to the right decision. I was more annoyed after the Liverpool and Arsenal games when I saw decisions that hadn't been reviewed which really should have been.
  15. The Palace Fan
    P Diddy trying to buy the club again.
  16. The Palace Fan
    VAR is not the problem. All VAR has shown that the referees in this country are abysmal. Clear and Obvious has become an absolute farce because of these idiots controlling it. What I will say is that one good thing VAR has done is shown how stupid the offside rule is by having it by such a small margin. We want attacking football, we want goals, make the margain greater.
  17. The Palace Fan
    I enjoyed it for what it is. Still cant get behind the womens divison, the bastard Pac is looking good, surprised Young Bucks took another L but was happy with the match, glad Scropio Skys getting a lot of attention, and I didn't mind the Cody/Jericho ending as its building to something. Cant believe people have moaned and complained about wanting The Attitude Era back and then thought Omega/Mox was too graphic. Wrestling fans are the worst part about wrestling.
  18. The Palace Fan
    I'm pretty sure every shoot interview ever has Bruce Pritchard laughing about an idea that turns out to be good.
  19. The Palace Fan
    14 years since Eddie
  20. The Palace Fan
    Wout Weghorst would be completely alienated with the way we play any way and would struggle to score 8 or more goals. It's a complete non runner. Max Meyer, Jairo Riedewald and now unfortunately Victor Camarasa all look devoid of confidence and I do put that down to poor man management from Roy.
  21. The Palace Fan
    His comments about Jay Lethal just screamed jealousy to me. I don't know what planet hes on but I cant think of anybody's place he should have had in either Ring of Honor or NXT. I didn't watch the Saudi Arabia show for obvious reasons but hearing that Nattie and Lacey had a match is a good thing. They have to attempt to leave some sort of legacy and this is the way to do it. Even if the schedule screwed them over for Smackdown the following night. On a side note I seem to be the only person in the world who didn't like the nxt invasion. I know there hands were tied with the flight problem but having people like Daniel Bryan, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Sami Zayn and The Miz roll over to developmental talent just makes the main roster look weak. Theres nothing organic about it. But credit to the start AEW have had for making WWE think they have to bridge the gap between developmental and third brand in one night. On a side note if you haven't heard and you're bored type Joey Mercury on Twitter. Hes gone to town on some real disturbing issues with Ring Of Honor. As if people didn't need an excuse to not watch the product at the minute.
  22. The Palace Fan
    It's all going down on Twitter with Jordan Myles at the minute.
  23. The Palace Fan
    The only store there is that a global enterprise like Manchester United couldn't pay the whole fee upfront.
  24. The Palace Fan
    Bruce Pritchard and Conrad Thompsons podcast on the WWE network was my favourite to listen too in that sense. His episodes of Russo, AJ Styles and ECW were good to listen too. It helped that Conrad Thompson wasn't scared to criticise his views at any given opportunity.
  25. The Palace Fan
    Pretty a much a spot on description of Cornette. I disagree about him turning down the opportunity to go to AEW. He just strikes me as someone who would sell his morals quite quickly. Theres a guy I never heard of before I got back on Twitter called JDfromNY whose the only person I think I've blocked. Nobody needs to read so much negativity in there life. Yeah, I've enjoyed all there shows to be honest. Everybody's wanted to see show that can offer an alternative to WWE and has financial clout so let's just embrace it. Classic Jericho. Its sad to see him out of shape but still one of the best talkers in the game.
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