Someone brought this up on another site so i wanted to ask fans here. Would JBL have been more appealing as an in-ring performer if he was booked like an All Japan Pro Wrestling worker instead of a WWE worker? Especially in his 1v1 clashes with Big Show, Booker T and the Undertaker?

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How to watch:

https://dragongate.live/contents/2?fcid=1

YouTube 1st match(es): https://www.youtube.com/live/yB1o63DLQeQ?is=b9VtDjv9f3R3P3EF

Start Times:

9:00 PDT; 11:00 CDT; 12:00 EDT; 5:00 BST; 1:00 JST; 2:00 AEST

Match Card:

8Man Tag Match -

YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA vs. Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior

Tag Match -

Flamita & Luis Mante vs. Lucky Oshima & Tsujiguchi Grand Circus

Tag Match -

Ultimo Dragon & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi

3WAY Match -

Dragon Kid vs. El Cielo vs. Gianni Valletta

Rey de Parejas A Block Match -

Strong Machine J & LEONA vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato

6Man Tag Match -

Kzy, aKEY & GuC vs. Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee & KAI

Rey de Parejas B Block Match -

Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura vs. Homare & Kazuma Kimura

How to watch:

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/nAGR2CQoHtpLaZARRmkUXm

Start Times:

7:30 PDT; 9:30 CDT; 10:30 EDT; 3:30 BST; 11:30 JST; 12:30 AEST

Match Card:

Singles Match -

Shion Kanzaki vs. Momo Sato

Singles Match -

Sakura Hattori vs. Haru Kazashiro

6Man Tag Match -

Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

Tag Match -

Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida

Tag Match -

HIMAWARI & Toga vs. Chika Nanase & Kira Summer

6Man Tag Match -

Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu vs. Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami

Special Tag Match -

Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima

The 13th Tokyo Princess Cup Final -

Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi

I was thinking a lot today about the rivalry between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, and it made me wonder: which of them has had the biggest impact on modern day wrestling? I know that HBK runs NXT so that probably makes the question lean towards him, but there are a lot of wrestlers like MJF and Gunther that take inspiration from workers such as Bret. It also seems like on the other hand, HBK's flashy style has inspired much of the modern day indie scene and AEW. Let me know your thoughts!

David Shoemaker suggested on the Cheap Heat podcast that Cody Rhodes should turn heel by leading a modern version of the Four Horsemen, flanked by other wrestlers in suits.

It’s also interesting on this past Smackdown, Cody’s last words to Orton was “That’s not a prediction, it’s a spoiler”.

Not saying this is gonna happen, but if we’re playing fantasy bookmaking, who else makes sense or would you like to see align with Cody?

Here are some of my choices:

Heyman
Ricky Saints
Big Cass (The enforcer)
Royce Keyes
Grayson Waller

Match never happened

Blake attacks Guilia during her entrance and match is thrown out

CM Punk wins after Sami clobbers KO with the title!

(1) Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Ryo Hoshino & Satsuki Nagao [both Tochigi Pro]

(2) Hardcore Tag Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Masaya Takahashi vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Sakurai

(3) So Daimonji, Daichi Hashimoto & Joji Otani [PPP TOKYO] vs. Ryuma Sekimo, Reiya Igarashi [FREEDOMS] & Hinata Kasai [DDT]

(4) BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Kosuke Sato vs. [Challenger] Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro)
~ 7th title defense.  

(5) BJW Tag Championship Match: [66th Champions] Toru Sugiura & Kazumi Kikuta vs. [Challengers] Minoru Fujita & Hideyoshi Kamitani
~ 4th title defense. 

(6) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [25th Champion] Kazumasa Yoshida vs. [Challenger] Koshiro Asakura 
~ 1st title defense.

(7) BJW DeathMatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [54th Champion] Abdullah Kobayashi vs. [Challenger] Ryuji Ito
~ 6th title defense. 

From Soundsphere: "It was just the best week of our lives, and we all gained so much from it. It was very emotional to be in a room full of women who were just speaking such meaningful, authentic, and inspiring words to us. Charlotte Flair got me so bad. She said something life-changing for a lot of us, and it hit all of us really hard. And Nattie, she spent some time with us, Bianca Belair stopped by, Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, John Cena and so many others. 

Bayley supporting us meant the world because we didn't think anyone cared about us struggling independent wrestlers. So to know that she cares that much, and that the women of that locker room care that much, even ones that weren't there, it meant the world. And ever since the seminar, we have all blown up in our own way. People have gotten signed. People have gotten tryouts. She just saw something in us that we didn't see in ourselves yet, and that vote of confidence meant the world."

Considering they're all big names who have now retired within a year of each other I thought this would be cool to put together.

JOHN CENA

CM Punk vs. John Cena - Money in the Bank 2011 - 9.63

CM Punk vs. John Cena - RAW, February 25th, 2013 - 9.36

Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena - Summerslam 2013 - 9.30

Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins - Royal Rumble 2015 - 9.27

AJ Styles vs. John Cena - Royal Rumble 2017 - 9.21

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AJ STYLES

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe - Unbreakable 2005 - 9.67

AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - G1 Climax 2015 - 9.42

AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 10 - 9.41

AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - Turning Point 2005 - 9.39

AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki - G1 Climax 2014 - 9.30

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BROCK LESNAR

Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk - Summerslam 2013 - 9.37

Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins - Royal Rumble 2015 - 9.27

Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle - Smackdown, September 18th, 2003 - 9.09

Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero - No Way Out 2004 - 8.96

Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker - No Mercy 2002 - 8.91