Oh, goddammit. The AV Club seems hellbent on eroding my readership, and these were among my favorite pieces to read.

Re: Punjabi Prison: "It’s hard to say whether this match was good or not, because there were a lot of unfamiliar parameters."

The thing that's so dumb in kayfabe terms about the Daniel Bryan decision to re-do the ladder match that it's a total fucking heel GM move. It's an exact character beat from the authority with the alignment flip flopped. That's boring and tired character motivation, and the way it's written with Bryan only taking…

I miss Dillinger and Harper. Also, wasn't Rusev supposed to return at some point here? This is a good roster. I'm not into Jinder Vs Orton at all, but once that feud ends and they move onto other things, I'm hopeful about feuds going forward.

While I agree - not the best SDL - still better and more watchable than Raw. The big reason for me is that Raw does that old trope of having guys who are fighting at the next PPV fight each other again and again leading up to it. SDL mostly avoids this. I don't think The Usos and Breezango have even touched, and it…

I actually mostly enjoyed this week's Raw since I'm a mark for Miz, Jericho and Ambrose's promo skills and while Kyle (understandably) may not have enjoyed how long that opening segment went on, I dig it.

Not into this "discussion post" thing. Kyle, LaToya, and Alisdair deserve better. I look forward to their write ups every week, and now they've been gutted. Booooooo.

I laughed out loud pretty damn hard at this little throwaway exchange which was probably my favorite moment of the night:

I remember that, but they still had the visual at WM6 of him holding both belts, which is sort of the point of holding two titles. Eventually you vacate, but seeing someone be that dominant for even a moment is why you do it.

The god damned Ultimate Warrior had both belts in 1990! The motivations and inspirations of this company will never make sense to me.

Yes! This would have been far preferable!

Holy hell, you're right. That was pretty terrible with the 13 Colonies flag on the inside of his coat.

That Undertaker promo was SO. LAME. I know he's the elder statesman and the locker room leader and all that, but that was some unforgivably hokey cornball shit. I felt like he was motivating a bunch of Brand Managers at some corporate retreat. Taking souls and digging holes? The Raw team better Rest In Peace? Jesus.…

I said to my wife that if Strowman came out dressed in pink, my face would melt clean off and I'd die laughing.

Emma's heel work with Dana was so, so good I hope this isn't a hard left turn for the character. Against my better judgment, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and seeing what the character is about before passing judgment.

True enough, but that was many, many months ago. I would argue in the time since then that their pops have continued to diminish, and this character pivot has re-energized the audience's feelings about them.

Regarding the Usos, LaToya, I think you missed the mark slightly. The generic babyface Usos stopped getting pops a while ago. I don't think the crowds are confused about them being babyfaces, I think the crowds are reacting to the Usos finally having fresh characters. The pops are reflective of an increasingly savvy…

Of course, after I provide my helpful explanation of telling the Usos apart last week - Jimmy has the paint on the right side of his face, and "Jimmy" and "right" both have five letters, they ditch the face paint.

Kevin Owens sandblasting all of Seth Rollins' arguments about his accomplishments was one of the best heel segments I've ever seen. It was true, it was mean, and it wasn't a total heat killer. It catalyzes Seth to take different action and evolve the character.

What the hell happened during that opening promo? To me it looked like someone forgot a line that was supposed to be the catalyst for everyone else to say their lines too. Everyone was standing around awkward like, "I can't say my line until you say the thing you're supposed to because mine won't make any sense until…