Referee helping Jacob Fatu back. Seems like this was to protect Jacob by keeping him out of the picture while Roman returns. He would have been stretchered out immediately if it was major.
Dark match
#2
.
- Rey Mysterio, Jey Uso, Awesome Truth d. Judgment Day
*SUPER fun dark match. Babyfaces kept restarting Jey's theme so the crowd can yeet, Dominik interferes which gets a ton of heat. Babyfaces win and Miz cuts a promo and gets one more yeet from the crowd.
If you want to bring the split back, keep Corey just on
#SDLive
and keep Lawler on
#Raw
.
@JerryLawler
is like the ex-boyfriend you should have never broken up with and you've been dissatisfied with your new bf because of thinking about your old one so much. 🤣
Pleased to announce that I will be a WWE-credentialed interviewer at this year's
#SummerSlam
event! I will be at multiple events throughout the weekend conducting interviews, as well as in the press box during the event! Very exciting!
#HeelRock
@TheRock
understood the assignment on
#WWE
#SmackDown
. He revved up the crowd, teased pleading to get in their good graces, just to choke the life out of them. That's what snakes do. That's why snakes aren't to be trusted. Well done. That's how you get HEAT, kids. 👏🏾
Last words he said to me were, "good show, bro." Man, this sucks. Seems so sudden. Sharing more soon
I appreciate building a good friendship with someone who I looked up to growing up. He was so supportive and encouraging.
You will be missed, my friend.
SmackDown dark match
#2
:
- Rey Mysterio, Jey Uso, Awesome Truth d. Judgment Day
*SUPER fun dark match. Babyfaces kept restarting the song for the crowd, Dominik interferes which gets a ton a heat. Babyfaces win, more yeeting afterwards.
Jey Uso is the
#1
merch seller in WWE right now, and has 4 spots in the top 10 overall sales. Yet, he has no spot on SummerSlam, and a backstage segment talking to Sami Zayn on Raw. Make it make sense. 🤷🏾♂️
WOW! WOW! WOW!
I can't believe I am at 500 episodes of the Pancakes and Powerslams Show! 500 straight weeks since April of 2012!
We will be celebrating with a LIVE Q&A featuring
#WWE
Hall of Famer
@RealKurtAngle
!
Tuesday night (10/26) at 11:40pm ET! Let's gooooo!!!!
@THEVinceRusso
!
Breaking news on the whereabouts of the
#FocusGroup
! They decided that they're no longer going to do
#Raw
and went to Cody's promos! 🤣😮
It's amazing how commentary can change the feel of a match.
#WWE
as a whole has a deep roster, but
#NXT
is different because
@mauroranallo
and
@McGuinnessNigel
gel so well together.
Kairi Sane is a terrible heel. Why does she always elicit cheers when she does moves? Why doesn't she ever even TRY to get heat? Iyo needs to back off of trying to get a crowd reaction as well. Very subpar character work. 👎🏽
Noami's ovation at Backlash was great. Kudos to the French crowd for that moment. This is why entrances are such a vital part of a wrestler's overall brand and presentation. Unfortunately, I don't see much of an upward climb of her booking after this event.
Just watched the Ric Flair incident at the bar. I'll just say this—salvation is not in a bottle. Salvation is in Jesus Christ. If we keep seeking escapism through immediate "gratification," we lose the peace that Jesus gave when he died on the cross to those who believe in Him.
Watching the Backlash press conference, I'm reminded of how much heels do a HORRIBLE job getting heat. Everyone wants to be liked. If that means so much to you, spend more time on Twitch with your fan club. Otherwise, quit ruining the art of storytelling. 🤦🏾♂️
Watching a full episode of SD for the first time since before WM. Cody and Pearce BEGGING Owens for a title match is weird. It also makes it look like Owens is going to get upset after losing his title match, turn heel (again, SMH) and be ANOTHER filler feud for a couple months.
Damien Priest using his case to cash-in on the IC Championship. Austin Theory wins the case to cash-in on the U.S. Championship. All while random midcard title matches are booked all the time on
#WWERaw
and
#WWESmackdown
without a case being won. Make it make sense. 🤦🏾♂️
What sad news I was given today.
Harold started off being a guest on my show several years ago, and many times since, and ended up becoming a good friend. He always was so encouraging and sent me messages all the time that were so supportive.
You will be missed, my friend.
Pic of Dynamite crowd via
@WrestleTix
. Why would AEW spend so much money on a venue just to get a quarter of capacity? Getting venues that are smaller would be a better financial decision. Must be nice to uselessly blow so much money and not bat an eye about it. 🤷🏾♂️
I reached out to Chris (Donovan) Dijak to interview since he was just let go by WWE. Had him on my show P&P back in 2016. We chatted a few times several years ago and became friends on FB. Very nice guy. I'll keep y'all posted!
I was told by a bunch of people that I should be in
#WWE
or
#AEW
after interviewing the wrestlers during
#SummerSlam
weekend because I'm bigger than them.
Hmmm... next WWE World Champion?
🤣🤣🤣💪🏾
So, apparently, Rock had planned the heel turn since the beginning of the year for the purpose of putting Cody over. Looks like Cody will be the face of
@WWE
after this weekend.
But—there's always a possible twist lurking...
"There's a segment of fans here that are just disappointed. It hurt my heart."
"Cody, as we speak openly here could not be a better human being."
(The Will Cain Show)
The
#1
contender for the WWE Championship is a 4th Round draft pick for SmackDown. But somehow we're supposed to suspend disbelief on who's going to win the match at Backlash? Yeah... NO.
Yo. This is horrible. Months of Drew/Punk with Punk interfering multiple matches, and now they're throwing Rollins in the program just because? Man, these builds for SummerSlam are WACK!
Styles v. Bryan has been a solid match, but ZERO reaction. Moral of the story: quit repeating matches on weekly TV and expect a different reaction on a bigger stage. This should be a lesson that people lose interest in the same matches over and over again.
#WWE
#RoyalRumble
So I watched the Dynasty PPV. The Ospreay/Danielson match was very good. Incredible performance. But, relax. Getting so orgasmic over it is MAD weird. The Swerve moment was cool, but it sucks to commence this following an oddly botched double stomp spot. Everything else was 🫤.
Thanks much!
@THEVinceRusso
and I have talked about a faith-based show for me, but my schedule is quite hectic right now. Perhaps in the near future. Appreciate the support!
So Punk doesn't want to skip the line and get a title shot if Drew won. They are going to compete against each other anyway, so he'd rather it NOT be for the title? SUPER WEIRD logic. Still makes Priest look weak because several of his wins related to the title was b/c of Punk.
Sucks that Drew keeps having the short end of the stick, but Seth winning at MITB and Seth/Gunther at SummerSlam has a MUCH bigger big-fight feel and a better face/heel dynamic than Priest/Gunther.
@chrisprolific
While I agree they haven’t built him to the point of world champ material, they obviously wanted to start mania hot and my guess is this a short term thing with Drew winning it back at clash of the castle Scotland
Ugh. It makes sense why they had Damien cash in, not a surprise. It just doesn't feel like they've made Priest relevant enough AT ALL to look like a legitimate champ. We'll see what happens on
#WWERaw
.
#WrestleMania
#WrestlemaniaXL
UPDATE:
Both Essence Jenai's attorney and marketing manager reached out to me this morning, very interested in me interviewing her, locking in a date. I posed a date, waiting on her response.
I appreciate Nick Khan saying that there will be more of a focus to book
#WrestleMania
events in enclosed stadiums and perhaps pushing it further into April. Cold weather really does affect crowd participation. I was at 35, and it was COLD! Was at 33, and rain affected it, too.
Good Roman return. Live crowd went unglued. Theme music is Rock-esque. They're minting him to be the new Rock with the way they've been booking him since 2020. I can dig it.
#SummerSlam
Fun podcast tonight, as always. Always enjoy the support of the fans of my shows. Y'all make wrestling podcasting enjoyable for me.
And, to the miserable trolls—do better... well, maybe you can't, even if you tried.
Meanwhile, I'll be over here winning. 💪🏾
They don't try very well altogether. Asuka got heat for a second, but she's awkward as a heel as well. Her, Iyo, and Kairi play to the crowd to cheer them as heels. Horrible. Her Goldberg-esque (plus much more in-ring wrestling) winning streak as a babyface in NXT was amazing.
Not one doctor came out the entire time he was down. Of course, WWE wouldn't allow that kind of negligence to happen if it was a real injury. Medics didn't even come out afterward, either.
500k viewers for Dynamite. I guess we can still blame this on the NBA Finals, which ended two days prior.
"It's the residual effect of the NBA Finals, I guess. Yeah, that's it. That's the reason why. Yep."
- Delusional AEW fans trying to (unsuccessfully) convince themselves
What a terrible story arc for the World Heavyweight Championship for the biggest PLE of the second half of the year. No clear-cut babyface, no clear direction, and the angle is Priest being "street trash?" What a poorly rushed direction. 🤦🏾♂️
You'd think that these matches on Raw would lead TO SummerSlam, not THROUGH SummerSlam. What's the point in them if the payoff (if there is one) is not at one of biggest PLEs of the year? If the payoff is on Raw or on a minor PLE, it loses its luster and feels MID.
I was scrolling on my Facebook and saw this as a "report." This isn't a "report," it's an opinion ("it appears that is the same thing"). As a college professor, this cringes me. If a student sent this back to me as a source, I would send it right back to him/her w/o hesitation.
"You think when they're inking, when they're signing this 5 billion dollar deal for the
@WWE
and
@netflix
, do you think that Ted and Bela is saying, 'Hey Ari. When WWE comes to Netflix, is Seth Rollins gonna be champion?'"
-
@TheRock
I mean... he's got a point. 🤷🏾♂️
Good they were having fun, but unfortunately, at the expense of the viewing audience. This is why they won't frequent these kinds of audiences, because this type of hijacking throughout the entire show is a NIGHTMARE for TV production.
So we get a Cody/LA Knight tease. Meh. Unless there's a plot of two faces being at the top of two parallel universes and finally clashing (i.e. Hogan/Warrior), it's just another Cody casualty filler feud, which doesn't help LAK at all. No story, no bueno.