Corbin suffers from the same thing that Reigns does, just on a smaller scale. He squashes nobodies, but the crowd doesn't buy for one second that he could actually take on the monsters at the top of the card.

A month or so ago I posted on here about Big E being wasted in 3MB 2.0, but I'm happy to report how wrong I was. On paper, this gimmick looks destined for garbage time on Main Event. But these guys make it work and make me laugh every week. Their own commentary during the match is way more entertaining than the actual…

Can I add how much fun Corey Graves is on the mic? On Alexa Bliss: "She used to look like a feel-good fairy tale. Now she looks like a depressing first date."

I have a useless super power in that I can always guess the Pitchfork score +/- a point based solely on the artist and album cover.

I was hanging with a friend the night TNA debuted on DA in NY, so I gave it a shot. It was barely watchable, even as a wrestling fan. There was some kinda heel comedy stable that I enjoyed, but the main event storyline was Bobby Lashley vs Angle. In 2015. The whole production felt like WCW Jr.

Hypersexual Scott Steiner? Is that someone in a 34-hour orgy?

Finn Balor is going to be a megastar. He's officially the #1 contender, but he had zero interaction with the champion. He doesn't need it. His segments feel like some 20 time world champion is making a cameo.

I saw the club owner as the mirror universe version of Louie. Louie spends time ensuring that his daughters become interesting, well-rounded people. The club owner also has a blonde daughter, but her default reaction to everything is a vacuous stare.

I pretty much assumed that the Ana Gasteyer character was a fraud. Writers with any talent at all do not work in public education. The dead giveaway was when her manuscript was put on goodreads, and there was nothing else at all published by her. You don't just "write" a novel and find success. It involves baby steps:…

I actually watched (most of) Raw this week. Other than the Owens/Cena stuff, it seems like the whole company is in a holding pattern until MITB kicks off SummerFest season.

This show proved definitively that NXT is the flagship show. Finn Balor's entrance puts all non-Mania entrances to shame. The Diva Title match was twenty minutes of technical fury. Kevin Owens is the monster heel that no one on the main roster could ever hope to be (excluding Lesnar, who's part time).

Good news! The dude with the scary dreams from Mulholland Drive is back! Bad news! He now looks as old as the dumpster monster!

Two things:

If you're referring to Drew Mac, then you must be watching an alternate reality version of him. The first time I saw him on Smackdown, he had that killer entrance, and out came the blandest guy I'd seen in years. OK in the ring, zero presence, zero personality.

I don't get the treatment of Big E. He's got the look, the power, and he's got a quirky personality. There's just something about him that's "different." He'd be an awesome mid-card champion instead of being part of 3MB 2.0.

This is the part of the year where I tune out wrestling until Money in the Bank. The only important thing (for me) to come out of Raw is that NXT is coming to NY!

Kid A is a masterpiece, but it's headphone music. The music this guy likes is the kind of stuff you sing karaoke when you've had a few and your critical apparatus is turned off for the evening.

Upon the first spin, I had to check my audio to see if something wasn't working. Nope, Tyler was just trolling me with noisy mixes.

I was excited to see Ryan Reynolds' girlfriend from Two Guys & A Girl get a plum role on a hot show. I always enjoyed her stage presence and dark comedic timing. I always thought her talents were underused.

Also, the Brock Lesnar angle tonight copied the Vader angle in the 90s when he needed to be off TV. He destroyed everything. But that's OK, because Vader was/is awesome.