The Naitch

Enjoyed Race Across The World last night, really fancy visiting Korea. Stephen is going to get his bell rung at some point if he keeps trying to push his way to the front of queues, they won’t be giving a f**k that he’s in a race.

Already giving Utd free shots, this is going to be a long night.

Happy Anniversary to the GOAT…

Delighted it’s back. Early signs are that they’ve chosen the pairs well. Potential meltdowns for all apart from the older couple who are just on a jolly and loving it.

Monday’s heat was poor but the next episode has been more promising. They’ve put the full week’s episodes on iPlayer for anyone who wants to watch ahead of time.

Night 2 thoughts… Seth vs Drew - no mucking about in this one, both of them went full pelt which is how it should be. First time Punk has wore that brace all weekend so knew right away there’d be shenanigans. Then the cash in. Chuffed for Priest, hope he gets a good run at it and sets up Punk vs Drew. Lashley/Street Profits vs Final Testament - aye, that was fun even if they did totally bury the Final Testament. Should have got the likes of Dreamer and RVD involved as well seeing as they’re in town. LA Knight vs AJ - it was fine, served a purpose. Time for LA to really push on. Logan Paul vs Orton vs KO - pretty good match, I thought. That guy in the prime bottle got absolutely rag dolled by Orton. Fine with Logan Paul retaining - for now. Iyo Sky vs Bayley - that was superb. The crowd were really into this which added to the brilliant storytelling in the ring. Reigns vs Cody - Oaft! Exactly what I wanted it to be. Just magic. The crowd were hot all night, much better than the Saturday night crowd. Definitely made a difference.

If that shocked you wait til you watch the 1975 show. I watched the ABBA documentary on BBC Two last night but the full 1974 replay passed me by so will watch that when I’m off work on Eurovision week.

The network started working again so thoughts on the rest of the night… Jimmy vs Jey - there was something missing from that match, bit meh Damage Ctrl vs Bianca/Naomi/Jade - decent enough, Jade is going to destroy that women’s division. Champ before the year is out Gunther vs Sami - was always on the cards with the Rocky style build up Sami has had but thought it was executed pretty well Seth/Cody vs Rock/Roman - effectively anything goes with what The Rock was telling the ref. The outcome was never in doubt though and sets it up nicely for full on shenanigans in the main event tomorrow. Overall a good night 1 with that ladder match being the highlight.

Tapped out after the wild Lil Wayne comments. Trying to watch it on the network to catch up but the version they’ve uploaded isn’t working. Video skips to halfway through the Ripley/Lynch match but the audio is from the start of the event so is about 20 minutes behind. Tried a few things and isn’t making a difference. EDIT: A careful spoiler free check of twitter suggests that others are having the same bother. Well done WWE.

That was a wild claim. Everyone knows it’s her from TLC.

Harts at 10 and Hardys at 25.

Just wait til you catch an episode of the masked singer. Aye, they were on the chunky side. About time there was some eye candy on this show.

Cole is obsessed with the weather

Yas! That was a brilliant match.

Fucking hot tag in a match with no tags. God bless R Truth.

Just clocked that Xavier has gone old school with his Consequences Creed look. Nice touch.

I’m guessing with both sets of belts hanging separately they’ll be split up again. Not a bad decision.

Ladder match next. This’ll be carnage.

Took a few minutes to get going but good match to start the night.

Not a fan of the Prime advertising in the ring but guess I’m old fashioned like that.

They’ve been moaning about the temperature on the pre show as well. 11 degrees is totally fine!

New opening sequence, I like it.

Fair point. Making Ali’s induction all about him was a choice.

That was a very good show all told. Decent warm up for the big one starting later.