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I have seen AEW live twice, liked it both times. First time in 2019 in Philadelphia, then in Savannah GA this year. I was back in philly, and thought about seeing this past week's show, but based on the announced matches I was just unenthused about paying what would be an expensive ticket, travel and being in a lousy neighborhood. I ended up watching it at home, and while it would have been nice to see the actual toni storm/serena deeb match and heard the reaction to MJF in person, I didn't feel too bad about not attending live.

While watching Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling episodes, I was often daydreaming during Angelo Mosca Sr. matches and his promos. Could a wrestler who looks and talks like a badass, but whose matches are simpler, stand out to an audience more? Or help the other matches standout more because the previous match or wrestler is so different?

Well, I wasn’t big into the Aldis/Cardona much as a whole. I haven’t followed Cardona’s GCW arc so it was all new to me when watching the event and the little I saw of NWA’s programming with him but nothing seemed all that impressive. I think Aldis needs a break from the belt but not sure who should go in his place (Tim Storm would have been good at one point for at least a short run). I watch AEW so I don’t mean that they or anyone else isn’t an alternative in a sense but NWA is so bare bones in their presentation that it’s nice to watch as a difference compared to other promotions who are still using WWE tropes. MLW had its moments when I watched but didn’t really grab my interest.

Were you able to catch the show? It was fun. Not reinventing the wheel in any way but an easy breezy event to watch. They could improve in a few areas but they are a good alternative.

I am somewhere in the middle with Omega. Between the hype about his Japanese matches which have never seen, and people like Cornette thinking he is awful, I find him OK. I don't really like the character so far, but I could see him being a TV Title champion, getting over defending it in good matches every week.

Also, the Thunder Rosa video package was bad. Not because the video itself was bad, but because we have seen her portrayed as a badass, yet in the video package she is in tears about her MMA fight. It just isn't consistent with the character.

As someone who has been watching NWA Power since it started, I was totally irritated by the episode. There's two more matches (or more) still to go from the taping. Could have done the empty studio match plus what was left to form one episode. A recap show would make more sense to show the week before the PPV. This just felt like caving in to peer pressure and censorship.

For Wrestlemania, I decided to get the wwe network subscription. I had not been watching new wrestling (just reading on here and other sites) and started watching NXT, NXT UK, etc. What really stands out is how bad the terms are. "WWE Universe" sounds bad no matter what type of sentence uttered. On 205, one of the announcers (I couldn't tell which one) said "Drew Gulak is a thinking man's entertainer." When you hear sentences like that it really takes you out of the program. I don't know if any announcer that I heard is good because they all sound alike.