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He/They. Trying out some different instances. If you see this handle on another instance, it’s probably me, unless someone else also stole it from Campaign: Skyjacks.
HOOK IT INTO MY VEINS
Honestly, good. I wanted to see Ricky more on AEW TV, but if they weren’t going to use him, and he doesn’t want to be there, this is the next best move for everyone involved.
Now it’s Fenix’s turn.
I love the Young Bucks.
I’m not so sure about that, to be honest. While I agree that these regulations are unlikely to be enforced across the board, I can definitely see them being weaponized in some respects.
For example, my account is on blahaj.zone. Part of the core mission of this site is to create an LGBTQ+ friendly space. With transphobic sentiment on the rise in the UK government (and, indeed, around the world), I can easily see them using this law against blahaj.
It’s why regulations should be tightly defined and have clear and simple methods of compliance, IMHO.
Your account isn’t on Lemmy.zip, so you should be OK unless Lemmy.world takes similar action.
As for the core issue, that’s the problem with poorly crafted regulations. They can create chilling effects that push smaller players out of a given space.
The problem is, they see white blood as “pure” and non-white blood as “tainted”. It doesn’t matter if your cousins are white-passing; in their eyes, they’re still lesser beings because they share heritage with you.
It’s a really fucking gross ideology.
So, are you looking for a good place to jump in to the current product, or are you looking to see some of the stuff you missed along the way?
If the latter, I heartily recommend you watch All In 2018. It’s probably the most historically consequential wrestling show since the final WCW Monday Nitro, and the wrestling is really good too. I would also recommend the first three seasons of Lucha Underground, since it was a show with a really unique take on what wrestling could be, and so many of its stars (Prince Puma/Ricochet, Killshot/Swerve Strickland, Penta, etc) have gone on to become some of wrestling’s top names. You can skip season 4; it was pretty clear the wheels were coming off at that point.
MJF is right. The idea that wrestlers and promotions have to pretend other promotions and the wrestlers in them don’t exist is WWE bullshit. Especially when we’re talking about someone like Cody, who is integrated so deeply into not just Dustin and MJF’s history, but AEW’s as a whole.
I’m honestly curious to see what happens for Pride month this year. I’m pretty sure WWE will be sitting it out. Or maybe bringing in a gay wrestler to sing “Do you really want to hurt me” to The Undertaker again, since everyone is reverting to their worst, most hateful impulses now.
Looks like the Good Brothers were released as well. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/good-brothers-luke-gallows-and-karl-anderson-released-wwe
EDIT: Add Giovanni Vinci and Isla Dawn to the list as well.
https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/giovanni-vinci-released-wwe
https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/isla-dawn-implies-wwe-release-see-you-90
No worries. Glad to help!
If you’re interested in more indie stuff, there are also streaming services that feature that sort of thing, though I haven’t delved too deeply into them. Fite.tv, IndependentWrestling.tv, and highspots.tv are the ones I’m aware of.
EVE does post their shows on YouTube, but some require a paid subscription. https://youtube.com/@prowrestlingeve
AEW’s women’s division has been on a steady upswing. It hasn’t had the kind of spotlight that WWE gives their women, but they have some great talent there and they’ve been telling some engaging stories.
I’m honestly not sure where else to go for American women’s wrestling these days. EVE has been putting on some amazing shows, but they’re UK based. Still very worth checking out.
You know, I’ve been thinking about how AEW keeps trying and failing to “restore the feeling”. And I think the big reason they can’t is that “the feeling” had little to do with the in-ring product at all.
AEW, when it first started, was the promotion for wrestlers by wrestlers. The Elite were the faces of the promotion (hell, the place is named after them), and Tony Khan was more of a silent partner than anything. As TK has taken more of an active, public-facing role in the promotion, it has detracted from that feeling. He may be a wrestling superfan, but he’s not a wrestler, and he damn sure isn’t The Elite. As well, there’s still the shadow of CM Punk that never quite went away. AEW used to be the place where everyone got along and worked to create the best show they could without the politics, but Punk destroyed that image, whether he cracked that foundation or merely exposed the cracks that were already there.
I still love AEW, it’s still the only promotion I watch on a weekly basis, but it’s undeniable that they’ve lost something important. And I don’t know if it’s something they could ever get back. I certainly don’t see how they could.
Having stomped my feet and stormed off from TNA in protest of Tessa Blanchard, I think that in addition to trying to get into Stardom, I’m gonna start checking out NXT.
I’m gonna be real with you; if you are swearing off TNA because of your moral objections, then you should probably also avoid any WWE product. Vince may be gone, but it’s still tied to some absolutely horrible people.
Assuming fair elections even happen. I’m guessing the FEC is on the list to get DOGEd, at which point all bets are off.
They are our enemies.
Hell yeah. I’m down for more Megasus.
Bitwarden is a good password manager. Can’t help with the rest.
The thing is, corporations are run by people. Sometimes it’s a singular personality like Musk or Zuckerberg, sometimes it’s a board, but every one of those decisions is made by one or more human beings.
A corporation is not a person, but don’t deny the agency of the people that run it. They created the awful world we live in, and they did it with the explicit goal of taking from us.