Wrestling Is Fake

That's Why It's So Good

[wrestlingisfake]

I knew it!

[wrestlingisfake]

If Mercedes Mone is going to do a pretape promo on a boat while wearing a hot swimsuit, I'm gonna need The Beast Mortos to walk into the shot wearing a speedo and carrying a couple of margaritas.

[theamericanpin-up]

Alberto Vargas - Movie Poster of June Havoc 1944 for the Mexican Hayride at the Winter Garden Theatre in NY

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[wrestlingisfake]

MJF finna come out here and vacate the belt like "that's it I don't wanna fight either of you guys"

[sloanecerity]

god. swerve is so much fucking cooler than ospreay. will ospreay is like a level 1 nerd: he wears ass creed jackets and dresses up as tdkr bane

meanwhile swerve is doing candyman entrances, static gear, dressing as lobo. this man is a REAL fucking nerd. and he's teh best

[wrestlingisfake]

Ospreay's not even dressed up as Bane because HE likes Bane, he just dug that out of Moxley's "2018 heel Dean Ambrose" closet. Truly his lowest ebb in his flirtation with the dark side.

[steinerscrewdriver]

why is andrade wearing so much clothing?

[wrestlingisfake]

The payoff to this question was worth the wait

[homoeroticgrappling]

Darby pulling the Ultimate Face Move of trying to slam a chair at a man climbing high up a cage and then apparently trying to electrocute him

[wrestlingisfake]

Fuck I musta picked the wrong moment to take a leak

[wrestlingisfake]

Diversity win! The freaky sleep paralysis demon is wearing Pride-themed trunks!

[wrestlingisfake]

Can't even imagine what it'd be like to watch this show AND everything TNA and WWE ran this weekend. Couldn't be me.

[wrestlingisfake]

The match started and it suddenly became very clear to me that the round cage doesn't leave much room for the camera men to move around. That could be a feature or a bug, I guess we'll find out.

[wrestlingisfake]

I guess they're calling the new round cage DEATH'S DOOR which is pretty decent but I wonder if they're pivoting Forbidden Door away from the interpromotional concept and making it "the one where they fight at Death's Door"

[wrestlingisfake]

I think a lot of fans are going to be down on this finish, but just being here was a big step up for Maya.

I saw someone liken this match to Jeff Hardy vs. Undertaker from 2002, and I think that's on point. That match did a ton for Jeff, even in defeat. It's dumb as hell that it took WWE until 2008 to follow up on that with a title run, bit I don't think AEW is anywhere near as dumb.

Also, Maya has a pinfall victory over the ROH women's world champion. Even if she's not going to Wembley Stadium, the future looks a lot brighter for her than it did a year ago.

[wrestlingisfake]

Announcers PLEADING with Maya to grab the rope, never seen anything like it. This is a classic.

[wrestlingisfake]

Feels like Maya is having some issues with her gear and her hair, but to her credit you can't tell from the look on her face or the way she's moving.

It's taking me out of the match, though, like when a luchador's mask is shredded and you're worried it'll legit fall off. Hope she can pull through.

[wrestlingisfake]

I don't care where this is on the card, this is the real main event right here

[wrestlingisfake]

I remember watching Jay White in New Japan as a young boy and a whiny knife pervert heel, and I never dreamed one day a packed arena of US fans would be chanting "holy shit" for his big babyface return.

[wrestlingisfake]

Nigel trying to decide whether to say "what a tangled web we weave" or "by the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes" and totally Walker Stewart-ing it into "from her web........something wicked comes!"