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Just for my personal list to start us off...

1. NJPW

2. TNA

3. WWE

4. ROH

5. WCW

Would just love to be able to hear an official, clear version of the Oldies Medley and the incredibly awkward Xana-Conductor.

Seriously, no stories were continued or expanded, no character development of any kind, no new feuds or angles created to draw interest...it was just "Hey, let's spend the next half hour kissing HHH's ass and saying he's the greatest wrestler of all time, have other old, worthless, no longer relevant people that nobody cares about make a few lame jokes, and then just anti-climatically shut off the lights."

Is WWE THAT devoid of creative ideas that they couldn't even give us a good main event match to go out on? It HAD to be the "Triple H is the bestest ever, please believe us!" show for the last half hour, building up to absolutely nothing?

What was the point?

EDIT: Never mind. You were all right. It was just a work.

They mentioned it on Raw, so it's nothing but a work, which makes me an idiot who got worked.

As a result, I should stop watching pro wrestling. I'm not smart enough for it.

It's been YEARS since I last heard a match without actual commentary that wasn't just on mute, at least until this week where we got three of them, all done in cinematic style.

So it got me wondering...is there even a reason to have commentary anymore? Is it outdated and worthless and archaic? Is wrestling better without it?

First off, I'm going to be VERY curious to see what wins the Observers "Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic" award this year, as its a toss up between WWE working with Saudi Arabia again, or WWE continuing to run operations and put on Wrestlemania 36 during the Corona epidemic while pretending it never existed.

But yeah, thought it might be fun to get peoples opinions on this before Thursday.

Night 1:

Gulak vs Cesaro: 2 stars.

Bliss and Cross vs Kabuki Warriors: 2.5 stars

King Corbin vs Elias: 1 star

Becky Lynch vs Shanya Bazler: 2 stars

Daniel Bryan vs Sami Zayn: 2.25 stars (WWE not allowing them to put on an indy style match, combined with the fuck finish, ruins this matches chance

NORMALLY, this wouldn't mean anything, since summer blockbusters and all...but with all the theaters shut down, who knows, Sonic might keep this record all year.

Just to clarify, by Deep Cut, I mean a song that is NOT one of the following:

• Opening Song
• Closing Song
• The Single
• The Title Track

I think that's fair, right? I figure, while that might not be the usual definition of a deep cut, all of Maiden's most famous songs tend to be something like that.

To kick us off, here's mine.

Iron Maiden: Transylvania

Killers: Innocent Exile

Number of the Beast: The Prisoner

Piece of Mind: Die With Your Boots On

Powerslave: Back In The Village

Somewhere in Time: Deja Vu

Seventh Son: Infinite Dreams (Honestly, the way this is structured, and because this album had 3 singles you can actually only pick this song or The Prophecy...um...my bad!)

Figure since we've no real idea what the main event of each night of Mania will be, why not discuss some of our personal favorite main events?

Usually when discussing Mania Main Events, there are ones that always get brought up as everyones favorite. Rock/Austin 17, D-bry winning at 30, Savage vs Hogan, Hogan vs Warrior, Seth cashing in, all get mentioned a lot, so I was curious if anyone has a favorite Mania main Event that isn't talked about as much.

Personally, I've always really enjoyed Undertaker vs Edge from Mania 24. I think it's sort of "the forgotten classic" of Taker's Mania run, as everyone focuses on the Mania 25-30 series of matches. A really solid match that told a pretty go

Like, what the hell is wrong with WWE? Mustafa Ali links to a simple show that causes WWE no harm, that's designed specifically to HELP INDY WRESTLERS through donations from fans, and what does WWE do? They send them a legal notice over nothing, forcing them to change their name for no reason.

Even if it doesn't affect the show, it's such a pathetic and petty power play done just to hurt indy wrestlers.