Scott Keith

WORST. MARCH. EVER.

DATELINE:  AEW is introducing a new title for the midcard, called the TNT title, complete with 8 man tournament to being April 8 and conclude at the next PPV.

DATELINE:  WWE is adding a bunch of WM-themed programs to the Network this week, including a “Best 15 title matches of the past 15 years” show that I’m sure will just angry up the blood.

DATELINE:  Roman Reigns officially announced that he’s off of Wrestlemania.  But they’re still advertising it everywhere and acting like it’s still happening on the website and everything.  Because they can’t even do a show to “put smiles on people’s faces” without being carnies about it.

Speaking of which…

Good morning and back to work for another week?  Oh, just me?  OK then.

DATELINE:  The episode of WWE 24 focusing on Edge will debut after Wrestlemania.  Whenever it ends.  So Tuesday maybe?

DATELINE:  Vince McMahon sold a LOT of stock this past week, basically post-dated to 2024 but he’s getting the cash now for it.  It’s upwards of $80 million worth.  No one’s sure why, exactly.

Here’s MLW for the week if you’re looking for something new to watch with an actual crowd…

Hey, it’s Sunday, as my glorious weekend of sleeping in and doing nothing more strenuous than reviewing the Allied Powers DVD set continues.  Also I started binge-watching the Harley Quinn cartoon through Amazon Prime.  So get this:  In order to watch it on demand, I not only have to subscribe to Prime for $8 a month, but then subscribe to another service within Prime called Stack TV for $12.99 a month, and THEN I have to watch commercials during the fucking show!  Thankfully Stack has a 30 day trial which is getting cancelled like Wrestlemania should have been once the 30 days are up.

It’s a really great show, though.

DATELINE: Smackdown’s ratings continue to fall to record low levels along with RAW’s ratings.  So, shockingly, producing shitty live content doesn’t help make people watch.

DATELINE:  Oooo, apparently Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 launches next month!  I wonder if there’s a scenario where a pandemic forces cancellation of all your shows?

DATELINE:  Dana White still insists that UFC 249 is gonna happen.  Amazingly, even Joe Rogan isn’t crazy enough to be involved with this stupid idea.

FINALLY I have a weekend off.  I actually don’t have next weekend off so we’ll see if I can fit in both halves of Wrestlemania Covid-19.

DATELINE:  FS1 will be showing the entire Royal Rumble 2020 PPV show this Tuesday, just in case you haven’t seen the match enough already.

DATELINE:  Teddy Hart continues to make Jon Jones look like a law-abiding citizen by comparison.

Hey, in a couple of weeks you can stay inside and watch THE MAIN EVENT on Netflix.  Or not.  Whichever.

Wow, if only there was some stuff to talk about this morning!

DATELINE:  Roman Reigns is out of Wrestlemania with no announcement as of yet who will be replacing him.  Do we really need to?  Can’t we just send Goldberg home and keep him away from this?  Anyway, good for Roman for making that decision and hopefully more people do so as well.

DATELINE:  Speaking of personal decisions, Jon Jones decided that driving drunk and carrying a weapon would be a great way to be a role model.  Why does this asshole keep getting chances?  Oh yeah, Dana White.

DATELINE:  NXT Takeover Dublin has been postponed to October.  Wait, you can just POSTPONE a major show?  But I thought it had to immediately happen on the scheduled date so all the storylines that have been carefully crafted got paid off and smiles were put on faces?  MIND BLOWN.

Spring is sure taking its sweet-ass time to spring here in Western Canada.  Even Mother Nature is self-isolating, I guess.

DATELINE:  Dark Side of the Ring set a new ratings record for the Benoit episode.  And everyone said he was never a draw.

DATELINE:  Impact is still airing the upcoming TV special on AXS hyping up the TNA reunion show that isn’t happening now.  Never a company to be held back by logic!

DATELINE:  Dana White is still insisting that UFC 249 is gonna happen somewhere, somehow.  Live from Antarctica, I guess.

Here’s a free Tanahashi v. Okada match to start your day…

This week is exhausting so far, so hopefully Dynamite can recharge my batteries tonight.  That last Hogan DVD disc sure as hell did NOT.

DATELINE:  RAW’s ratings were way down, which means nothing.  But still, there was a theory that they would stay the same or go up due to captive audience, and that’s not the case.

DATELINE:  Rusev is pledging $20,000 to those in the WWE production staff who are without jobs at the moment.  Luckily, WWE superstars have Independent Contractor Insurance they can always claim.

DATELINE:  Rey Mysterio and Dana Brooke are both quarantined and off Wrestlemania.  I sense that this might end up being a much bigger story very soon.

For those into this sort of thing, Stardom’s Cinderella tournament was free on YouTube…