Articles by Scott Keith — page 4

MJF = Flop?

4th May 2023 by Scott Keith

Apparently MJF has been ratings death and the worst drawing champ they've had so far with Mox being the best. Did they drop the ball with him or is he just not “the guy” like everyone thought he was.
I don’t think people thought he would be “the guy”.  Sometimes you gotta pull the trigger and let someone sink or swim.  
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Calling turns

4th May 2023 by Scott Keith

Callis is turning on Omega next week isn't he? 
Seems to be the direction.  Plus remember another famous match between Moxley and Kenny and what happened THERE?  
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The MCU at 15

3rd May 2023 by Scott Keith


Hi Scott, with Iron Man celebrating its 15th anniversary this month as well beginning of MCU, I wanted to get you and the blog’s thoughts on when the MCU jumped the shark.

The first Iron Man movie has aged very well imo, and we can all agree Endgame was the top of Mt. Everest, but what was the movie, tv show, or moment where it became clear that they don’t have a North Star now?

Eternals.  Building lore no one cares about that goes nowhere.  

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Predicting Punk

2nd May 2023 by Scott Keith

Which scenario is most likely:

A-CM Punk will revitalize AEW. 

B-CM Punk will damage AEW worse than he already did.  

C-Both.
 
D-CM Punk will have no significant impact. 
I think D.  Short term ratings boost and then back to where they were again.  
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The King of… wait, where’s DMC?

2nd May 2023 by Scott Keith



I always wondered why DMC didn't do anything for the DX remix, and now Todd explains the whole deal with him around that era.

Gotta say, the DX song certainly sounds better than anything that actually made the album.  A COLLAB WITH THE THIRD EYE BLIND GUY!?!

You know what’s crazy about that video, I didn’t even realize Crown Royal existed until this morning.  I thought Run DMC had packed it in after Down With the King and just spent the rest of their career licensing their old stuff. I also thought it was Run finding religion that killed them, but I guess it was actually DMC.  Kind of nuts.  

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Proposed 1K Day Storyline

30th April 2023 by Scott Keith

Have Roman lose at Night of Champions.

Roman's 1K day is 5/31.

NoC is 5/27.

Whoever Roman loses to, he's going to be absolutely rabid being denied such an amazing milestone and you get storylines until the sun burns out.

Plus, you can do a great building with Roman counting down the days until he reaches the milestone and whatnot.

Plus, the event is literally the Night of CHAMPIONS.  It's perfect!

Thoughts?
You are literally nuts if you think they’re beating him before they get to make their stupid 1000 day shirt.  
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Something To Watch

28th April 2023 by Scott Keith

Scott,

 

Have you subscribed to Uncle Tony’s ROH streaming platform?  You could explore that early stuff and see the evolution of guys like KO, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Castagnoli, Briscoes, Samoa Joe…

 

Assuming all that super early stuff is on there of course.

 

I haven’t dug super deep into it yet.  ROH was never really my jam, although I had a good relationship with Gabe Sapolsky and I’ve still got a pile of ROH DVDs that he sent me over the years.  I guess another $10 a month wouldn’t kill me. 

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What a Punk move

28th April 2023 by Scott Keith


Tony Khan might be getting besides himself. CM Punk is so important that they are going to have a separate crew working Saturdays with him? So now they have an “Elite” crew, an ROH crew and now this.

His name still holds weight but considering the nonsense HE created which has led to all of this, is he really worth this crazy plan they are about to do?
Just wait until they bust Teddy Hart out of jail or rehab or wherever he is, and let him have a springboard match with Kommander!  
I am…not a fan of this direction.  
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Wrestlemania VXII main event booking

28th April 2023 by Scott Keith

Hey Scott,

When doing the ring introductions for the Rock v Austin main event, Howard Finkel announces that the match will be no-DQ.  The commentators make a big deal of how this was not part of the arranged stipulations and was a last-minute addition.

To your knowledge, was this an indication that the booking of the main event, and particularly the finish, had been up in the air until right before the match?


Not to my knowledge.  It was known way in advance that Austin was winning and probably turning heel.  We certainly didn’t want to see the latter thing happen but it wasn’t a huge shock. 
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My Iron Sheik and Dusty Rhodes A&E Documentary Reviews

28th April 2023 by Scott Keith

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Did this way just make too much sense?

27th April 2023 by Scott Keith

Regarding the new hot topic in pro wrestling…the world title situation. Couldn't they just have had Triple H come out and announce that the board of directors, in the interest of fairness with the upcoming draft, have decided the titles MUST be split up. Triple H says the board have decided each brand deserves its own champion and Roman just isn't defending the Undisputed Championship enough anyway. Triple H could even say, in his opinion, there's a good chance Roman might not have even made it to a 1,000 days holding both if he granted Cody his much deserved rematch. It should have been in a steel cage with no chance of Bloodline interference. Triple H announces that since Roman's 1,000 day reign started with the Universal Championship…he will retain that title. The WWE Championship is stripped and a new champion will be crowned at Night of Champions. Too simple? Makes too much sense?

1. Roman remains looking great never getting beaten.

2. Cody gets some redemption with Triple H implying he would have beaten Roman in a cage rematch with no interference….but Roman wouldn't agree to it.

3. Cody can then win the vacant WWE Championship in some of tournament and bring back the Winged Eagle for a little nostalgia run.

4. Roman can continue on with his long title run. Keep the Universal title 3,000 days, who cares? It's stupid and not the real world title anyway.

5. Last but not least, you didn't create a participation trophy!!

Now personally I hate the idea of two world titles and wish the IC/US titles were actually the top title for each brand. The WWE Championship should just be the cherry on top and a huge deal when the champ shows up on either show.
There are Soooooooooo many ways you can split up the titles.  Have Authority Figure tell Roman that he has to defend both titles in one night, first against Sami in the rematch and then against Cody.  Roman gets taken to the limit by Sami and wins to defend the Universal title, but the Usos get taken out and he decides to forfeit the WWE title rather than face Cody man to man.  Title vacant, Roman still not beaten, Cody can continue chasing him later.  
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Red Herring?

26th April 2023 by Scott Keith


I'm with everyone else in thinking that the new title is basically a consolation prize, but I can't help but wonder if it may be a bit of a swerve.

Roman isn't working “Backlash”, but I can't imagine him not working the following PPV, “Night of Champions”. That's a Saudi show, which already means the biggest pay-days for the biggest stars, but coincidentally, it will also mark Roman's 1000th day as Universal Champion.

There's always debate on whether Raw and SD should share one world title (because they're part of one company) or have two separate titles (because they're ostensibly meant to be two separate shows, with separate rosters and titles). But THREE world titles? That makes no sense at all.

I'm assuming that one of the three belts/titles is going away. Either Roman loses one of his belts/titles (maybe he'll even wrestle two singles matches at NOC, or do a two-fall Triple Threat match like Angle/Benoit/Jericho), or he retains both and they're merged together into one title with one belt. It can even be as simple as Roman being drafted to one show and then being stripped of the other show's title. If any of those happen, they can get rid of that ridiculous blue one.

[They teased something like this during the 2005 Draft, where SD's champ (Cena) moved to Raw, which already had their own champ (Batista), prompting Teddy Long to panic and create a third belt/title; JBL won that title, but it was immediately annulled a few minutes later when Raw champ Batista moved to SD.]

Or maybe they do just go with three world titles for two brands that interact so much as to effectively be one roster. I'm not the multi-billionaire.

And, yes, I'm emailing you more frequently in the hopes of becoming a meme for the blog.
– Stu

P.S.: I still say that Xavier Woods should get a run with one of the World titles.
Or they have no plan and will just keep having Roman do his 4 shows per year and beating everyone.  
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Three’s the charm

26th April 2023 by Scott Keith


Do you see a scenario where whoever ends up with the new World Heavyweight championship being the guy who finally beats Roman and unifies all 3 titles? Listening to Hunter on Monday, he sees the world champion being someone who defends the belt anytime and anywhere. 

That person beats Roman and the new world title will be the recognized WWE title moving forward. Imo, there was no right way in taking one title off of Roman without actually beating him and getting backlash from the public, pun intended. 
Why are we so terrified of beating Roman?   It’s been THREE YEARS.  Just beat him!  Rock isn’t answering his damn phone unless it’s Kevin Hart. 
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He Did What?

26th April 2023 by Scott Keith

So CM punk was actually backstage at Raw, until he was kicked out. Seen alot of theories but curious on your thoughts on why now he would show up there. Was this a power play to Tony to show that Punk has no problem going back to WWE. Is it just closure, as it seems like Punk made up with Miz and wanted to squash beef with HHH. Is he just trying to keep his name relevant and maybe Tony knew about this? More than anything it seems like really odd timing and I don't think it's a coincidence. 
I think it’s just Punk being a carney and trying to drum up controversy.  
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