This week, we're late, but you know, here. Smackdown goes to USA, WWE makes some cuts, and more news. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where we see what we watched amongst all the voluminous amounts of content out there

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The TKO merger is done, Vince is "back" changing things and Jade Cargill might be changing addresses, plus THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM including a debate on whether clever is the enemy of smart.

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CM Punk got fired. Lots of good wrestling on the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. We start with a music lesson and go from there.

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Hawkins goes solo as he talks Perry/Punk at All In, Cena back in WWE, the AOP on the roster and the women of Impact Wrestling. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: NXT then ICE COLD TAKES on All In and a preview of All Out and Payback.

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We talk about the passings of Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt and Jeff's journey to becoming a Terry Funk fan through JCP. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where we preview All In and a few quick hits on other WWE.

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In the news: Cash Wheeler gets arrested, CM Punk throwing weight and shade, Edge wrestles his last in WWE and Asuka addresses her enemies! Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Juggalo Championship Wrestling? Tony Khan booking everything at once on Dynamite, World Wide from this week in 1986 and MORE!

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This week, we talk Robbie Robertson and William Friedkin, then onto the news-- scintillating Board of Directors discussion and WWE shakes up announce teams. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where we pretty much loathed everything with a few notable exceptions.

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The Elite re-sign with AEW, the Feds are looking into Vince, then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ICE COLD TAKES on the Great American Bash, a SummerSlam preview, both AEW shows were strong and Chris for some reason watched NXT twice.

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This week, we ask the question was the AEW sign about the women's division acknowledgment or an attempt to spike the football? Vince gets surgery, is he now Mecha-Vince? Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: NXT Great American Bash preview, AR Fox, Collision missteps, the endgame of Jericho and Callis and should L.A. Knight be getting pushed harder due to his reactions.

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We enjoyed Collision and were a bit dour on Dynamite. THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM must flow because the children you were promised last week aren't on this week, and we explain why on that too.

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This week: Mantaur, Smackdown is the top show in ratings, AEW goes back to back weeks with PPVs and AEW talent gets a memo. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Collision, MJF/Adam Cole, should Nick Wayne have won his debut, Ilja/Bronn, NXT call ups post-draft analysis and MORE!

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This week, Vince decides to roll into AEW territory, Collision had low ratings but Nov knows why, then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ICE COLD TAKES (tm) on Money in the Bank, Habeas Corpus, who really is the champ in AEW and so much more, yet so much less.

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This week, we talk the deaths of Alan Arkin and Darren "Droz" Drozdov. Then Vince likes to change things, changes in announcing, Bryan Danielson's injury and more. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ICE COLD TAKES on Forbidden Door, the Dark Order/Elite feud and why Adam Page is like John Mullaney. Then a Money in the Bank preview with an impromptu Shake Them Ropes Theatre, and we give flowers to Jungle Boy and Ruby Riott

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Everyone's doing big numbers. What did we think of Collision: What did it do well? What was missing? Then, THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Forbidden Door preview, Mustafa Ali, The Bloodline, and more!

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This week: we anticipate Collision but someone's being dramatic. AEW hirings and firings. Rights fees. Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM -- and we are Polly Positive: perhaps the best episode of Dynamite ever? Money in the Bank ladder matches seem intriguing, and of course...the absolute state of Thea Hail. All this, more, and a tangent on ALF so dumb Jeff regrets not editing it out of the show.

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This week, we talk a bit about the Iron Sheik and his legacy to Gen X fandom, the main event of Forbidden Door, the cancellation of Young Rock, and Smackdown's monster number, then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: the Bloodline, the MJF/Cole promo, NXT being terrible, Dark Side of the Ring and MORE! Also: why are parents always early?

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Memorial Day weekend had three big shows for the stateside companies, and all of them had pretty good and stuff that wasn't so good. That's pretty much the show this week on the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. Plus we ponder, should CM Punk be the top heel on his brand?

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This week: Collision is a go in Chicago, which means CM Punk...probably. Injuries abound in women's wrestling and our LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM involves all three shows we usually revolve around so we'll do previews of Double or Nothing, Battleground, and Night of Champions. Rest in Peace, Tina Turner

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This week, Superstar Billy Graham passes away and CM Punk wasn't part of the WBD upfronts, but Ace Steel has been employed for months? What? Anyhoo, after that the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where there was a lot to like on Dynamite, a lot of meh in WWE, and Jeff watched the origin story of Jim Cornette in Memphis.

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This week, we explain what happened to last week's show, AEW getting paid and should both companies just leave the states for a while? It's a lot of LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Backlash ice cold takes, some people like good matches, Jeff likes builds; should Trick Williams have been destroyed; the 4 pillars promos; does AEW have too many midcard comedy babyfaces, Memphis 1986 and more!

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