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Part of me feels bat for Charlotte.
She only got into wrestling because her brother died and it was his dream. She’s physically gifted but has never had any charisma or character or mic skills. She’s only her family name which she never wanted to use anyways because she wanted to try to do it alone.
I feel bad for her because being Ric Flairs kid can’t be easy.
Being the daughter of a pathetic drunk, lifetime carny who spends all day wasted and getting divorced can’t be easy. With a dad like him most kids wouldn’t stand a chance. One is dead, the rest are fucked up mentally, and Charlotte has spent her adult life in failed marriages because she has no example of what a man should be. And on top of that she’s ruined her face and body with so much plastic surgery. She looks nothing like herself anymore. She tried to avoid the carny life and now she’s a blown out, thrice divorced ghoul who gets hated on because she is booked to the sky based on her dad’s name.

I line for the days she just had a man’s face instead of whatever plastic lizard person face she has today.
 

Warr

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The Tffany promos are sooooo bad. WWE will have no choice but to take the belt off her. She just isn't ready for title-level feuds. Pushed too far too fast.
Pretty sure Tiffy jobbing to Charlotte was already destined to happen
 
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Kaines

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Last week's RAW and Smackdown were both huge snorefests, so we'll see.
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BunkyChutt

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Almost there boyos. We take a shot of tequila every time the crowd chants “this is awesome”. Because shooting them down after every “yeet” too much
 
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Rajaah

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Cena/Cody must close the show night 2 if Brock is coming back to be involved.

Cena/Cody is closing the show Night 2 yeah, pretty definite, since Punk/Roman/Rollins is closing Night 1 according to WWE.

No Brock

Cody retains in 28 minutes

Backlash is Cody vs Orton, Summerslam is Cody vs Punk

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The end of Cody's run in AEW was terrible. The Codyverse was so so bad. The reason why Cody works in the WWE is because they will keep him in check and save him from himself. That neck tattoo tells you all you need to know about his creative decision making. He needs to be lead along and not be allowed to book himself.

More and more info keeps coming out regarding Punk in AEW, and his side of the story has been proven right time and time again. The high school like atmosphere in AEW is very real.

Nothing you said here is necessarily wrong, but AEW also had a backstage equilibrium that was pretty much unparalleled before Cody left. Everybody got along just fine.

Cody was the glue that sorta made wrestlers feel at home, or "shangri-la" as he puts it.

TK is either too busy or too much of a pussy (TBH it's probably both) to meet with his talent directly, and it just leads to problem after problem (mostly with people not knowing where TF they're going direction or character wise).

Take Cody out of the equation and add Punk, who TK was an unabashed fanboy of, and you get a different element that shifted the vibe from equilibrium to competitive.

Young Bucks, who I got nothing bad to say about because more than anyone else they've gotten completely fucked over by all of this, were also huge Punk fanboys. Thing is, there's something to be said for never meeting your idols. Bucks were caught off guard by their favorite (well, non-Hardys) wrestler kind of brushing them off for the most part, and thought they could talk to him as equals at Brawl Out when he actually had zero respect for them and no interest in talking.

Whole "Punk in AEW" thing is actually a pretty interesting study in psychology and interpersonal interactions, more so than any sort of one side or the other is good and the other sux. Way more complicated than that. What it comes down to is that he didn't respect the place or the core people who built it, I guess because none of them had been featured at a Wrestlemania. Factor in TK being asleep at the wheel and you get a mess that was unsalvageable.

I'll leave you with this: For a high school, nobody really had beef with anybody until Punk showed up. Nobody made him slug a Young Buck or lose his temper on Jack Perry.
 

Kaines

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Sad to say, but Cena wins Sunday night. If he doesn't the heel turn was meaningless. Cody can regain the belt later in the year, either SS or as Cena's final match in December.
 
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Animosity

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Cena is gonna win the belt and turn on the Rock. Paving the way for a Cena vs Rock match where Rock wins. Setting up a Rock vs Cody match where Cody gets redemption and wins. Nailed it.
 
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Asmadai

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Yeah, the Cena heel bit is just too interesting to let die off this quick. He's going to take that belt from Cody on Sunday for sure.
 
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Kyougou

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And they could continue with the Rock wanting Cody's soul. Its one thing to reject him when you are already champion but its different when you are desperate, just like it was for Cena.
Could end up leading to a Cody turn down the line for Roman vs Cody III with roles reversed.
 

Armadon

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I wonder how big a roll rock will have in the match. Is he just going to be there or is he going to help cena massively win. I could see rock being cenas last match at the end of the year. Like a redemption arc for cena and he goes out as the good guy.
 

MusicForFish

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They better pull off a huge swerve storyline that really crazy, otherwise this is going to be a pretty spectacular flop for a WM. This buildup has been total shit imo. I'm not even all that excited for Cena. Sucks.
 
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Kirun

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The buildup when they were in Europe was getting pretty good. But once they went back to the US, it all turned into a hot turd.
 
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