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30104.02.2024
12:26 
[2.0] "In the moment WWE's plans for big matches at WrestleMania are thrown away because of some injury they do the biggest and stinkiest piece of shit booking possible. The good part for them is that shit is made of gold and is going to make them a lot of money and that's the only thing that matters, sadly. Remember the whole Universal / WWE Title unification? We wouldn't have that if they didn't put the WWE Title on Brock Lesnar because Roman got COVID. Now, because CM Punk got injured and the anticipated match against Seth Rollins is not going to happen they made up this whole crap of Rollins trying to manipulate Cody to challenge him and then this whole nonsense of a segment all to make the 51 year old guy who hasn't wrestled an actual match in nearly 11 years and is sweating like a pig and losing his breath after five minutes wrestle his cousin for the Title in the biggest match of the year because he is The Rock and his cousin is the overbooked Champion Roman Reigns. It's so curious how 10 years later we are again in that place where the designated challenger for the Title is booed to hell and the man that should be challenging for it is getting social media campaigns to put him in that match. The Rock is the new Batista and Cody is the new Bryan Danielson, but if the people don't fight as hard as they did back in the day, they're not going to change a damn thing. Not giving this promo a 0 because before Cody said he wasn't coming for Roman at WrestleMania the promo was being good and made sense. The Story is not becoming World Champion. The Story was winning the WWE Title, the title his father never had. And let's be serious, what's better? Becoming the second Champion of the workhorse title its champion desperately tries to make relevant by his words and by emotionally blackmail Cody into challenging him? Or be the one to end the reign of terror and be the Champion Roman Reigns will never be? What a lot of crap. Roman Reigns part before Cody entered was also pretty good, as he made a lot of good points, whether we like it or not."
30204.02.2024
11:21 
[0.0] "Even if the choice for the storyline wasn't godawful (which it was), this promo somehow managed to make the 'Mania 39 finish even more stupid and redundant. The start of this promo wasn't bad. Roman doing his Tribal Chief thing is still fun camp even if the content of it isn't A-grade. But after that, everything falls off a cliff. Absolutely tone-deaf, this is the lowest creative point for a main storyline."
30304.02.2024
10:34 
[] "Truly awful stuff despite good delivery from both Roman and Cody. Borderline a burial of Cody's entire story up to this point and a giant logic inconsistency. Oh, and to anyone saying this is the best match for the sake of money or that Cody isn't a draw/star, WWE is going to make ridiculous sums of money at WrestleMania with or without Dwayne. To sacrifice your biggest story and one of your biggest stars that people are invested in at the behest of an aging person that's beginning to enter the twilight of his relevance is exceptionally stupid and the defenses are utterly asinine. Especially so if it's true that this is all essentially an attempt to shift outrage from the Vince allegations. The Rock will likely be cheered no matter what, but that doesn't justify any of this. Just abysmal stuff all around."
30404.02.2024
10:15 
[10.0] "an absolute all timer. legitimate venom coming off some of these words and with that it creates such a captivating promo of two men coming at each others throats as much as possible in a live setting. amazing watch"
30504.02.2024
09:00 
[0.0] "There or no words that can describe my frustration and disappointment of this segment. I only assumed they were teasing us on RAW with Seth Rollins coming out to ask Cody to face him, but they fully decided to cuck Cody out of the main event spot. Cody Rhodes is one of the best talents on their roster and has gotten to the main event level all on his own after betting on himself, and they have decided to ruin not just this buildup after two years, but his credibility as well. It truly fells like anytime WWE puts on something that makes you think they are moving in the right decision after years of hating their own fans, they remind you that it doesn't matter who's running the show, the end result will let you down."
30604.02.2024
08:47 
[0.0] "This segment began with a fantastic promo from Roman but after Cody comes to the ring the disaster happens. This was a middle finger to the face of fans who invested nearly 3 fucking years into Cody Rhodes story. a burial for American Nightmare character"
30704.02.2024
08:18 
[4.0] "The promo done by Roman was amazing he said a couple of facts for Seth Rollins, but then, the Cody Rhodes part was complete nonsense, it felt completely contrived and you end up ruining TWO YEARS of building your own story just to give the place to someone else?"
30804.02.2024
07:48 
[0.0] "One of the most baffling booking decisions I have ever seen. Everything about this was illogical, disrespectful, anger-inducing. It flies in the face of everything we should expect from WWE. There is no sense or logic to why Cody would do this. He looks like the biggest clown who has ever lived, in kayfabe, why should we even take this moron seriously? Spends two years endlessly saying that he must finish his story, before giving his title shot that HE earned to a part-timer who hasn't wrestled in 10 years. One of the worst booking decisions I can remember, they need to fix this urgently. This segment is just enraging really."
30904.02.2024
07:36 
[0.0] "The guy blew his pec and WORKED. The whole promo wass so off-character and even got worse when Rock and Cody hugged it out. We all get WWE eventually wants to create an 'unique' moment between Rock-Reigns generating them good money. But the means do not really justify the ends here. I don't doubt we'll get bunch of staredowns between Rock and Reigns ending up electrifying the crowd and that is part of the show, part of the business but at the end of damn day I want to watch good wrestling and I doubt I'll find it there, I hope they prove me wrong. Cody could have squeezed the best match out of Reigns, concluding 2 years of such a personal journey. Shame. I don't want to reiterate what's been already said but WWE is excellent at trashing their own ideas & stuff (whether it be their own 'superstars' or 'PLEs' or whatever)."
31004.02.2024
06:55 
[10.0] "Bryan Danielson is the greatest professional wrestler to ever walk this green earth. His in-ring skills are not up for debate. And Daniel Bryan's heel run, which started with this promo, proved that his character work is equally excellent. For five years, Daniel Bryan was the hottest babyface in the entire industry. The fans were so behind him that they hijacked the build for WrestleMania and refused to relent until their guy was given his rightful spot at the top. But his body wore down a bit too much, and his retirement speech was the most soul-crushing since Edge's five years prior. But then, above all odds, he didn't relent, and when the news came out that fateful Tuesday afternoon that he was cleared, the wrestling world cried tears of joy. If he was any other wrestler, he would be content to just coast the guaranteed pops for a year or two and just be happy to be here. But Bryan Danielson is not "any other wrestler". He didn't want to sit back and coast. The best heels in this day and age are the ones with a righteous sense of justification. And, well, nothing that Bryan said in this promo was in correct. He played his part as the despicable heel in the program with Kofi Kingston perfectly, and the promo that started Bryan's greatest character arc deserves all the credit."
31104.02.2024
06:38 
[10.0] "Hands down, one of the greatest promos of all time, which only poured petrol onto a white-hot story (that, in true Vince McMahon fashion, was fumbled in spectacular fashion like Mark Sanchez into his own right guard). But even with the Summer of Punk proving itself an Indian summer, even with a couple of lines becoming ironic, a lot more became prescient and a lot more inspired a rebirth in the industry. There is simply no rating you can give the promo other than full marks; a reminder of Punk at his greatest."
31204.02.2024
06:34 
[9.0] "Well, turns out that after a run of disastrous promos since his return, Punk can cut a decent promo after all. Whilst it did still lean on Cody reminding people that Dusty was his father, the tété-a-tété came out really good on screen. I originally gave this an 8 a couple of days after it aired, but man, given Rocky turned up on the TKO board just days later, and on SmackDown with a shovel a week after that, Punk was proven incredibly prescient when he described the CM Punk WrestleMania experience (because, after all, Rock did it to him). But the sad thing was, he wasn't talking about himself after all."
31304.02.2024
06:06 
[] "The question now is how they going leading up to Elimination Chambers and Wrestlemania with Cody to say if this promo was a major disappointment that everyone is making. The actual first part of the promo was actually pretty good up to the "I'm coming for you, Roman Reigns... but not at WrestleMania." line that caused all the outrage. I honestly wouldn't mind is Cody finished his story at Elimination Chamber or in the course of the several weeks that Cody gets convinced to beat Reigns at MW."
31404.02.2024
05:59 
[0.0] "This is, ladies and gentlemen, exactly how you bury one of, if not the most over babyface the WWE has got since John Cena. You make him lose last year due to shenanigans and interferences, you unnecessarily make him go through adversity by going through programmes with stars like Brock Lesnar, Shinsuke Nakamura, his involvement in the Judgement Day storyline which concluded at WarGames last year and being one of the very few people to win in history to win back to back Royal Rumble matches. Not only does the WWE make Cody Rhodes look like an idiot with this promo, they make Seth Rollins 8-month long hard work to make the WHC as prestigious and important as the Undisputed championship look like nothing, and bring Dwayne back in probably the only way it wouldn't make sense. If you're still excited for the Roman v Rock match, hope you enjoy what will definitely be Roman carrying a tired and rusty 50 year old Dwayne to a 30-40 minute spot fest of a match. If you'd ask me how I would book it, I'd rather have Cody v Roman at Mania 40, Dwayne costing Roman the match, Cody finally finishing the story, and Dwayne v Roman booking the Mania 41 main event a year prior, like the WWE did with Rock v Cena in 2011. Man, they did Cody Rhodes so dirty with this one."
31504.02.2024
05:47 
[8.0] "Time goes by, but the wrestling community doesn't change, continuing to cry once a period about burying someone's status, character or story, even if later it turns out that their loud statements made no sense (greetings to the fans from Reddit who buried Asuka's career after losing to Charlotte, Carmella and Bliss, yeah). And everyone loves Wrestlemania XXX, but for sure no one remembers their emotions during the build-up, as well as the fact how many times the fans managed to bury Bryan as an A+ player. Wrestling is great, but the community is sometimes so unbearable, so weak-willed and forgetful, so short-tempered and prone to hyperbolization that I would like to regret that 15 years ago I came across a Punk match on TV, and not some MMA fight or something. By the way, speaking of Punk: "Oh wait! What's that in the distance? It's a much bigger superstar that hasn't been around in a VERY long time, comin' to take it all away from you.", this line from their joint promo with Cody perfectly demonstrates the fact that this has a plot background, and although I wouldn't bet all my money on such an option but it seems to me that Rhodes will still make himself felt in this storyline for whatever motive, but even if not... So what? Why does everyone pretend that the appearance of Rock is almost worse than Batista's stupid victory in RR? Why is everyone pretending that there were no teasers that would indicate that everything would be exactly like this? Why does everyone pretend that the first meeting of Rock and Roman in the same ring in many years was mercilessly destroyed by fans in the arena, and they reacted to it as the disappointment of the century? Maybe I imagined a loud reaction, maybe the "This is awesome" chants were a montage? Why does SmackDown have such an average rating if the matches were rated positively, and if everyone liked the heartbreaking segment with Bayley? Why did the rating stop expressing an objective attitude towards something, and turned into an opportunity to protest? Are you absolutely sure that this segment and these promos are worthy of 0, and do you understand in this case what 0 is? Cody, addressing Reigns, forgot the text, tried to get out, panicked, admitted that wrestling is fake, and then fell out of the ring, or what? It was a wonderful segment with a really controversial booking move, the expediency of which will be possible to speak with full confidence only in a few weeks. More than 40 people who non-ironically agree that it's 0 and not a point more is a disaster. The only thing that was buried was common sense."
31604.02.2024
05:23 
[0.0] "Shit like this is why I don't watch WWE anymore. Actually there's some other shit that happened (literally) that finally solidified my abandonment of this soulless company but I digress. Now that WWE is no longer under the control of one man (for better or worse) but rather a board of corpo suits, you can expect more nonsense like this going forward. Stories won't matter, characters won't matter. All that matters is what the algorithm likes best and what is projected to make the most money. Fuck WWE, fuck TKO, fuck The Rock, and fuck all the fans in attendance going wild because Famous Movie Star Man is in the ring now so they don't even realize that they too are getting shit on. Pathetic. I feel so bad for Cody Rhodes. Maybe he can go back to AEW or something. New Japan, Tits N Ass, anywhere else that might actually give a shit."
31704.02.2024
03:39 
[0.0] "Good fucking god. I've never seen so many things go wrong in the span of just 10 minutes. First of all, why would you have Roman just straight up bury Seth and his title. The WHC already feels like the number two belt, but in this promo, ROMAN JUST STRAIGHT UP FUCKING CALLS IT THE NUMBER TWO BELT, LIKE WHO WROTE THIS SHIT. But then after that, after completely trashing Seth and the WHC, Cody comes out and cuts a pretty great promo, before everything just goes to fucking shit. Cody says he wants to take everything from Roman, including his title.....but not at Wrestlemania. What? Why? The man who literally has won two separate Royal Rumbles, and has carried this company on his back for the past TWO YEARS to get to this moment, doesn't want to challenge the top champion on the biggest stage possible. Huh? Not only is this completely illogical and antithetical to Cody's character, but it makes his rumble win from literally LAST WEEK, completely pointless. So not only have we buried the WHC and made Cody look like a fucking idiot, we've also made the whole concept of the royal rumble completely fucking pointless. But then, somehow, by the grace of Lucifer himself, things get worse. Cody brings out the Rock, and now looks like even more of an idiot, by handing his Wrestlemania main event to a 51 YEAR OLD MAN WHO HASN'T HAD A PROPER WRESTLING MATCH IN 11 FUCKING YEARS, FOR A TITLE THAT HE LITERALLY SAID THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE FROM ROMAN. And it's not like he's gonna win anyway, so 2 months before Wrestlemania we already know who's winning the main event. Great, Roman's drawn out, boring title reign is gonna get even more drawn out and boring. God damn, this is fucking stupid. And the thing is, people have made the argument that this is actually good because the match will draw tons of money. I don't give a single fuck about how much money this, or any match, will draw. I just want to get invested in stories, and watch good wrestling, and The Rock vs Roman Reigns is a match that won't be good in any of those regards. I mean how do you even build to a match between those 2, they're never fucking on TV. I've seen this company make countless awful decisions in the past, but this tops them all. Actually, maybe not the Jinder WWE title run, but still, this is a very close second worst. They still have time to go back on their decision, even though a lot of damage has already been done, but I'm not that hopeful if I'm being completely honest. Utter garbage"
31804.02.2024
02:16 
[0.0] "This promo makes "I wish you died in the womb" look like a masterclass in writing. In the space of ten minutes, WWE managed to bury one of their world titles, their hottest babyface, their hottest story in years (with two years of build), their second-biggest PPV, and arguably the entirety of Monday Night Raw. On a week where WWE really did not need more bad publicity, Dwayne decided to put in action his own boardroom coup, and for what? The man hasn't got through a real match at WrestleMania without getting injured in twenty years. Nobody wants this match, nobody liked this promo. The McMahon sex trafficking scandal has put WWE in the most precarious position since Benoit, and the product needs to be firing on all cylinders if they want to survive. But for the sake of his own vanity, the Rock may well have killed WWE stone dead."
31904.02.2024
01:27 
[0.0] "A completely indefensible move to take away Cody's WrestleMania main event just for him to meekly, pathetically hand it over to The Rock. Winning the Royal Rumble in back to back years means nothing. Finishing the story means nothing. I would have respected Rock more if he kicked Cody in the nuts rather than this ridiculous bullshit of hugging it out. Everything about this sucks."
32004.02.2024
00:37 
[0.0] "Probably the most disappointing ending in many years. When I saw this I thought it was a joke, but even if it was, it would be a joke that has gone too far because it has decided to destroy a man's entire story just for the sake of money. That said, it's pretty funny that the person in charge of impersonating Cody is The Rock, a guy who hasn't stepped foot in the ring in a long time... to give the most important match of the most important event... SURREAL"
32103.02.2024
23:03 
[0.0] "Possibly one of the worst promos in recent memory. Cody Rhodes after breaking a record and winning his 2nd Royal Rumble and hyping this whole match ALL YEAR ROUND. YOU DECIDE TO RIP IT FROM US SO WE CAN SEE 51 YEAR OLD DWAYNE JOHNSON TAKE IT FROM HIM?"
32203.02.2024
22:38 
[0.0] "Congrats, Triple H. In one week, you made Seth Rollins look like the biggest slut in professional wrestling, begging Cody to face him at WM. Now, you cuck out your top babyface to a bald, 50 year old has-been in The Rock. Hardcore fans are pissed, casual fans aren't interested. You fucked up, brotha. What an awful decision and promo, We Want Cody."
32303.02.2024
21:49 
[0.0] "Incredibly awful segment with absolutely zero sense of logic or reason. The decision to have Rhodes, a full-timer who has been carrying the company for two years while Reigns shows up less than once a month, relinquish his main event rematch in favor of The Rock who literally hasn't had a match in eight years (which was only like 20 seconds long, mind you) because.... Roman is a bad guy and needs a family member to put him in his place? Which was one of the main reasons Cody was so keen on beating Roman in the first place? What the fuck? It is clear that this decision was made with absolutely no consideration for the future or the implications of this match happening. What's next? Cody wins a title that he and Roman shit talked the entire promo because he has nothing else going for him now? Title unification later (which, again, is what started this whole mess in the beginning back in 2022)? This promo, the entire situation surrounding the Rock and Roman at Mania makes Cody look like a pushover, idiot chump who doesn't think anything through. Which is unfortunate because it's apparent that it wasn't Cody who wasn't thinking things through, but rather WWE's Creative team. Absolutely insane and downright disrespectful to Rhodes, both of their world titles, and, most importantly, to their FANS who have to sit through a product that is so out of touch to swerve away from the direction the fans wanted them to go. Holy fuck. It's so bad it made me leave a fucking Cagematch review I never do that dawg. Shit."
32403.02.2024
21:40 
[0.0] "The lowest point in WWE since the shift in creative in summer 2022. Completely damaging and destructive promo for the ego of one wrestler who hasnt wrestled a real match in 11 years while sacrificing the top babyface of the last two years."
32503.02.2024
21:39 
[] "The Rock has come full circle. He is now Hulk Hogan. He has politicked his way as a 50+ yr old man overshadowing younger, hotter talent to feed his massive, juiced-up ego."
32603.02.2024
21:32 
[0.0] "What an incredible promo in all the wrong ways. First off, Cody looking like the ultimate bitch overshadows just how much Roman buried Seth Rollins and the World Heavyweight Title. I can only imagine the meeting for this promo and Cody just standing there while all these ideas to make him look bad wash over him. Anyways, Cody's whole reasoning makes no sense obviously. You can't make sense of it. And yet they still found the absolute dumbest way to set up Rock/Roman. A marvel in incompetence. Also, RIP Royal Rumble actually meaning anything."
32703.02.2024
21:28 
[0.0] "Awful Awful Awful. Didn't make any sense whatsoever. I hope The Rock vs Roman Reigns gets booed out of the building at Wrestlemania 40"
32803.02.2024
16:41 
[10.0] "Not only was this incredibly brave, it was a time where wrestling fans could put all their personal animosity for a character aside and cheer for a man. A man who they would boo almost every week but at the end of the day respected as a person."
32903.02.2024
10:15 
[10.0] "Amazing stuff: Mjf is easily the best talker of this generation and one of the best talkers of all time and here delivered an incredible passionate and heartfelt promo where he talked about how he first met William Regal during a tryout with Wwe and how Regal said he was too young to get hired and that he wasn't a great wrestler via e-mail. That message destroyed Mjf but in 2023 the things has changed and he's now the best in the world and will become the next Aew World champion. Regal wasn't as calm as usual here, he was very angry and looked really dissapointed by Mjf's behaviour as he took many shortcuts to win matches and even put his hands on Tony Schiavone. Regal wanted Mjf to be where he is but Mjf let him down. Regal said that, compared to his journey to become a great wrestler, Mjf had it easy as he only recieved an e-mail while Regal had to fight grown men to survive and get in this buisness. The ending, then, was just perfect with Regal turning his back on Max, who had the chance to hit him with the ring but decided not to. Oustanding stuff, one of Aew's best segments ever."
33003.02.2024
06:17 
[10.0] "For what Mox needed to convey, this was a home-run promo. His conviction is brilliant, the intensity is very clear, and you could honestly believe that this came from a place of legitimacy, as he would feel frustrated to have to sit in the shadow of CM Punk while holding the same title he carried through the pandemic, with an even higher regard the second time around. After defeating the likes of Tanahashi, Jericho, Rush, Takeshita, even Mance Warner, and then thoroughly trouncing the returning lineal champion, he could honestly be slightly forgiven for it, as he risked life and limb to defend what he truly believed was still the company's top prize on a regular basis."
33103.02.2024
04:54 
[10.0] "Really good promo by the Miz. There was a lot of emotion in his voice. He played the crowd really well too."
33202.02.2024
17:09 
[4.0] "It's interesting that all the shine of this promo is on Dusty Rhodes, which it should be. This promo was exactly what was wrong with WWE during this era. Triple H and Steph doing a long and drawn out promo using a burned out heel authority gimmick."
33301.02.2024
04:38 
[8.0] "Very good promo between Roman and Jey. Very emotional, lots of passion and emotion in Jeys voice. He excels at promos against Reigns."
33401.02.2024
01:33 
[10.0] "The most iconic promo that created the attitude era by proxy. Star making promo, awesome delivery during a historic matchup means this is a 5 star promo. The birth of Austin 3:16!"
33531.01.2024
07:00 
[8.0] "A good promo between two of the very best on the mic. As always, this promo referenced Dusty. Both wrestlers drew parallels between their career and how Cody seems to be in a similar position as Punk was 10 years ago.This promo was heated but hey still seemed to part as friends."
33630.01.2024
14:02 
[10.0] "This is A WRESTLER! This promo is wrestling. I was completely silent watching this, because Alex had me in the palm of his hand the whole time."
33729.01.2024
23:24 
[10.0] "Arguably the most confusingly great promo I've ever heard in my life. None of it works, yet it endears itself in your brain, flaws and all. Bobby is not a talker and this segment shows why, but I can't lie it's a promo I go back to once in a while just to have a good chuckle."
33829.01.2024
18:28 
[9.0] "They told the story of their careers magnificently. Even though WWE is a PG enviroment (unfortunately), Punk can still cut a great promo. Cody was Cody, he's improved on the mic tremendously. Got me hyped up for Royal Rumble even more"
33929.01.2024
17:01 
[8.0] "Good segment. In the WWE environment, this kind of wrestling segments are rare, so is refreshing to see. Anyway, I think this segment in particular wasn't too good like the classics that Punk had in AEW with MJF or Eddie, but they told the story for the Rumble very well."
34029.01.2024
09:47 
[10.0] "One of the best segments, if not the best promo segment since the road to mania 39. WWE had gone a bit stale since Mania but this was a great comeback."
34129.01.2024
09:45 
[9.0] "Really awesome back and forth, and helps to have hype come back around Cody. After mania and the brock feud he kind of died down as naturally they were stalling for the rumble but this was good to see the hype come back. Punk was killer as usual."
34229.01.2024
08:44 
[7.0] "There were some cool things about this promo, but in general it wasn't anything we haven't seen before. Will ever come the day when Cody has a feud, a story or anything that doesn't have to revolve around him being Dusty's son? He needs to fully being Cody Rhodes and step out of his father shadow. Like most of his promos against high caliber opponents they had to make it about some real life stuff that always involve Dusty being kind and supporting to the new talent but having to put that aside to beat his son in order to achieve their goals. The execution of the promo was great, but the idea is so overdone. Last night I discovered Punk made a reference to the time he was the guy that should've been WrestleMania main eventer in 2012-13 but The Rock returning took that away from him, now putting him in The Rock's position and Cody being the new Punk. I didn't catch that at first, but it was the best part of the promo without question now that I understand the context. The main problem this promo had is the lack of originality, but both Cody and Punk managed to succesfully make people care about it."
34329.01.2024
02:26 
[8.0] "It is a bit concerning to me how every promo Cody does seems to revolve around his dad, to the point where I'm not sure if he even has a gimmick other than "Hey, remember my dad? ", but I thought the overall theme of this promo was pretty clever, playing up the backstories of both wrestlers and the parallels between them. You have the interesting role reversal of Cody being in the same position Punk was in in 2013 (right up to being on the latest WWE 2K cover), and Punk becoming the thing he used to complain about (the part-time legend coming in to take the spots of the full-time wrestlers). The promo had tension and felt heated without losing sight of the fact that they're still friends."
34428.01.2024
23:42 
[10.0] "there was hype for this promo going into it, since it had been teased nearly a week in advance, but despite that it lived up to expectations and then some. right when you think when man has the upper hand, the other one retaliates, and it just escalates from there. perfectly built up anticipation towards the rumble."
34528.01.2024
23:20 
[9.0] "Wow this felt really personal and both men had this intensity to them. It did a good job making it sound like a shoot by bringing in touches of reality. It also set up Punk as the heel for Cody to overcome in the royal rumble. Overall just really good stuff."
34628.01.2024
14:23 
[10.0] "This was peak HBK. As short lived as it was, Shawn Michaels was highly entertaining as a heel and to be honest was carrying Raw on his back because of moments like this. The was funny as hell to watch when he was mimmicking Hogan brother, but still feels like he should be taken seriously when he snaps at the end."
34728.01.2024
14:18 
[7.0] "I like the promo. I get the whole "wrestling is fake" argument with it where Matt admitted the Kane wedding wasn't real, but fans knew what was going on the moment Matt Hardy was fired from his WWE contract! This was one of the first major storylines that really blurred fiction with reality and Hardy comes off very passionate to me."
34828.01.2024
03:40 
[] "So much heart, passion and power poured into this promo. Its truly bigger than wrestling. Sami Zayn isnt just a world class superstar of a wrestler, hes a man of faith, and most importantly a man of principles. This promo was bigger than wrestling. And you could tell he was just speaking from the heart. This was the most moving promo Ive seen in years."
34927.01.2024
13:59 
[10.0] "Sheer intensity, pure emotion. One of Foley's greatest promos and one of the greatest promos delivered on WWE ECW ever. Chills"
35026.01.2024
14:19 
[10.0] "He speaks his mind, speaks his peace and continues to rule and conquer the world. it;s as if he stopped the world from turning for a few moments to reflect on his successes and then dare to achieve even more than he already had. Genius."
35126.01.2024
14:17 
[8.0] "it is pretty good seeing miz get so heated in the face of someone who has lost the privileges he still has and ask , with 100% seriousness "why don't you use your now-lost privileges? ""
35226.01.2024
03:59 
[10.0] "The end portion of this segment, with Roman screaming at Jey's lifeless body, is one of the best moments of his career. So much venom and anger in this segment, it's perfect."
35326.01.2024
03:53 
[10.0] "It'll be an amazing day when we see these two dudes in the same promotion again. Roman and Dean have excellent chemistry, there's a reason The Shield were one of the greatest factions ever."
35426.01.2024
03:50 
[1.0] "I will give Roman a single point for getting the lines out because I would've abandoned that shit and just winged it when I got out there. It's...it's some of the worst writing I've ever heard."
35526.01.2024
03:46 
[10.0] "This wasn't even a promo, this was a real moment in Joe's life. One of the darkest moments, possibly. It's an incredibly brave thing he did"
35626.01.2024
03:43 
[10.0] "EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY SEGMENT THIS MAN SAMI ZAYN IS IN IS BETTER BECAUSE HE IS IN IT! Also, I do want to highlight how much chemistry Rhea has with everyone she interacts with. Going back to this promo, it's easy to see how 2 or 3 months of TV was booked solely around the men's and women's roster interacting with her. She's very natural."
35726.01.2024
01:56 
[10.0] "One of the best promos of 2023 with really reigniting Page and showing how good he can be when he gets out of the Elites shadow. Strickland and Nana played their roles well in it too and effectively sold the Texas Death Match."
35826.01.2024
01:54 
[8.0] "A very good promo that did a lot for both Strickland and Page in elevating them while also successfully kicking off the early stages of their feud."
35925.01.2024
01:08 
[10.0] "The best promo punk ever cut and probably a top 5 promo ever. It's mesmerisingly good, the way he leads everyone on and starts subtly hinting and slowly turning heel. It also kickstarter one of the best angles in wrestling history in the best possible way. The greatest thing about it though, is how fully it understands the character CM Punk was always meant to play, this dude's best work is as a smart, slimy and detestable heel and this promo encapsulates it."
36024.01.2024
18:34 
[0.0] "To call this promo a piece of total shit would be an insult to shit. With the fact that Vince, A MAN, is basically objectifying Trish Stratus, A WOMAN, this promo has no legs to stand on. It WANTS to piss you off, and if it doesn't do that, it'll probably end up annoying you with its sexist undertones. This promo has no reason and no excuse to have ever been broadcasted. It's just another excuse to be as offensive as possible, and a flimsy excuse at that. Whoever wrote this promo does not deserve to have a job. They deserve to be fired immediately and blacklisted."
36124.01.2024
18:32 
[0.0] ""When you question things in this company, you're questioning me. And I cannot allow that to happen." Those are the words of a woman who thinks that she's immune to criticism and that the world revolves around her. This is empirical evidence that a woman like Dixie Carter has no business getting involved in the professional wrestling industry. Her only contribution to wrestling was causing the initial downfall of TNA Wrestling; even going as far as to turn it into some sort of fascist dictatorship regime. Not helping was the fact that she brought in Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff to fuck things up even further. 0/10. L promo, L woman. Fuck you, Dixie. May God punish you in the worst way possible."
36224.01.2024
04:30 
[9.0] "This is a very good promo from the great one, but it just isnt quite a ten for me personally. Check it out tho"
36324.01.2024
04:27 
[10.0] "I am so glad that this promo was added to the site. Just them staring at each other for a long time would be enough for this promo to be great (granted their whole history with each other) and they did, but also exchanged words we have waited to come from their mouths for years. This will be a feud to remember and everyone is waiting for the moment they clash again, wrestlemania 40 or not. Hope cagematch also adds CM Punk's smackdown tribute to the troops promo and the promos with Drew and Cody."
36423.01.2024
23:45 
[3.0] "Quack delivered this like he was the underpaid assistant teacher in a after school detention class giving a half-assed speech instead of the full actual detention because he wants to go home and skip the traffic before it gets too busy. I was impressed that he managed to play saying stuff like "Nazmaldun" with a straight face but good promo this wasn't."
36522.01.2024
16:13 
[10.0] "This was QUINTESSENTIAL Roddy Piper. At his very best. He was the perfect villain for the time. He could get heat like no one else."
36621.01.2024
22:51 
[10.0] "Say what you want about New Jack, he certainly knew how to get a reaction out of people back in the day. The eventual inclusion of a message that said something like the views of New Jack are not those of Smoky Mountain Wrestling management proves that in spades."
36721.01.2024
16:21 
[2.0] "BAD. Whenever AEW gave Brandi screen time, let alone mic time, we were in for a rough time. Dan Lambert was greatly disliked in the community at this point but when pitted against Brandi he feels like a generational babyface."
36819.01.2024
17:35 
[10.0] "Probably the most ruthless CM Punk promo in AEW and god it was great, dude put about 7 people on blast with a bunch of killer lines back to back that honestly could've been a set piece of their own promos. Moxley came out and had some good lines and they set up perhaps the two best AEW world title matches ever."
36919.01.2024
05:23 
[4.0] "If this whole thing had been planned beforehand I would say this was a really sick promo. He got some great burns in on Kingston and Moxley and (and again, if this had been planned) got some nice heat on Page. But the fact is Punk went into business for himself and embarrassed one of his co-workers for no good reason which I thought was just really scummy."
37019.01.2024
05:18 
[6.0] "Yes this whole segment may arguably be the embarrassing and disasterous debut in the history of wrestling, basically killing the Shockmaster character before he even had a chance to wrestle. But honestly it's so damn entertaining I can't help but love it a little bit."
37118.01.2024
16:20 
[8.0] "I think Swerve's cadence is a really interesting thing to observe throughout his interviews. There's times were it feels like he's about to lose his train of thought, but he quickly re-gains his composure and keeps on chuggin'. I think Hangman suffers from this in a similar aspect, but he's able to mitigate it a bit more. Despite that, they're both effective talkers and I felt that this promo sold their initial part of their feud effectively."
37218.01.2024
10:02 
[9.0] "I've been a fan of Swerve's for years and always knew he had a unique kind of charisma, but this was the moment where it felt like he elevated his game to the next level. When Swerve inevitably becomes AEW Champion, I think we can look at this promo as the point where main event Swerve first began."
37318.01.2024
03:27 
[8.0] "I remember watching Main Event, for some reason, around this time and remember being surprised by this promo happening. It's pretty good, makes you wonder why it was on Main Event instead of Monday Night Raw."
37418.01.2024
00:19 
[0.0] "This is the worst talking segment of AEW history by far because how long this nonsensical, self-indulging, cringy segment went for. There is nothing meme-able like the "where the lie", "suffering succotash", or "you dont know me". Brandi getting the location wrong, Dan Lambert ignoring kayfabe to get cheap reactions, going on and on about nothing, random references that no one gets thanks to the horrible delivery, getting borderline political, not getting physical at the end, just to built a feud that ends nowhere."
37518.01.2024
00:08 
[0.0] "the TNA spirit quite literally dies here. No one believes in the product anymore. The IMPACT zone, the pit, and the TNA diehards would never be the same. It tooks almost 15 years and still going to recover from the Hulk-disaster."
37618.01.2024
00:06 
[10.0] "This is the start of an excellent heel run that no one wanted at the time but nothing short of legendary in retrospect, and it started in the best way possible. This might be the best You People promo ever and shows Danielson's diversity as a heel with very different heel runs compared to the two prior."
37717.01.2024
23:23 
[10.0] "One of my favorite wrestling memes of all time, especially considering the context of why Bobby was in Impact in the first place"
37817.01.2024
16:46 
[4.0] "One of the best worst promos ever. It's aged horribly, but Steiner shouting "You can go to Hell! ... Or France! " is legendary."
37917.01.2024
16:44 
[10.0] "Whenever Scott Steiner puts his foot on the bottom rope and goes "SO YOU KNOWWWWWW", you know you are in for a treat. Steiner's pimp outfit is an underrated look."
38017.01.2024
10:22 
[] "Moxley can be a phenomenal talker and has that incredibly passionate personality - this combination has worked to varying degrees of success in AEW from time to time. But his in-ring work leaves a lot to be desired, and his philosophy of wrestling is such that he should never be trusted with leading a match. He can have good matches, but not of his own volition. Same goes for his pal, Eddie Kingston."
38117.01.2024
04:04 
[10.0] "An all-time favorite promo of mine. Great example of how to combine real life with in-ring storytelling. The amount of pure emotion in this promo was incredible, and it was honestly one of the first times I can remember where Max earnestly stepped away from being a pure heel and added some real depth to his character. When Punk came out there was no immediate low blow, no instantaneous walking it back or making it seem like a fake bid for sympathy so he could immediately attack Punk. There's an earnestness here that I really love and that a lot of promos lack, really one of the best of Max's career so far, proving that he could step outside the generic heel shtick and be truly great on the mic."
38217.01.2024
01:20 
[] "Hangman said in multiple interviews that this feud with Swerve legitimately restored passion in pro wrestling for him, and it's clear to see in this promo. Backstage promos have a tendency for not being quite memorable, especially in AEW compared to any other kind of promo however this one shatters through that barrier completely with Hangman redirecting this feud that's had some strange booking choices into seeming as a perfectly crafted story and then absolutely setting the stakes high for brutality which was absolutely delivered in their match. This promo and the payoff from afterward was perfect and is now defining AEW for the entirety of 2024 possibly."
38317.01.2024
00:05 
[10.0] "Christian Cage just say one thing and it's enough. Edge, aka Adam Copeland, talk with this heart, his real wishes in AEW. But everything goes to heel in just one "false hug" and one phrase. Its 10 points, cannot be lower."
38416.01.2024
22:21 
[10.0] "Hangman cuts like four unbelievably good promos a year in-between the decent stuff and this was probably his best of 2023's four. Just raw emotion, focus, hatred, channeling his rage into the sole purpose of ending the career or life of the man who invaded his home. All just looking into a camera backstage with nobody to bounce off of. If only he could cut this kind of promo more often."
38516.01.2024
18:04 
[10.0] "The best promo by Moxley in a while. His delivery was amazing and the visual of the blood dripping down Moxley's eyes and falling on the ground was just perfect. He tells us that, despite being a great wrestler and a great man, Hangman Page is not the same animal as him. Because he lives for this shit, because he is willing to do whatever it takes to protect what's his. He looked like the final boss in Aew here: his passion, his anger and his intensity really made him look like a million bucks. Also great camera work here. My favorite Aew promo of 2023."
38616.01.2024
17:53 
[9.0] "Easily the best promo in their feud: Mjf's story about his fianceé was great and the brawl they had was one of the best brawls I've ever seen. Mjf's origin story promos are getting a bit stale as of late but this one was truly phenomenal. Playing with Danielson's mind and talk about his injuries and his family was also great."
38716.01.2024
15:42 
[10.0] "This is by far the best speech in the history of HoF, you can feel the emotion, the love for the business and especially the truth in everything Heenan says, all of this would be incredible and linked to the unparalleled charisma and irreverence of one of the greatest in history , you have the perfect speech. RIP Bobby Heenan I hope you found Monsoon beyond"
38816.01.2024
15:11 
[9.0] "In his feud with Swerve, Hangman cut some of the best promos of his carrer and this one was no different. Hangman was extremely passionate and intense here and his delivery was excellent. Swerve should've never broke in Hangman's house because now he is going to take him down to the abyss for eternity. Swerve should start to appreciate every moment he has had until now because Hangman is gonna take him to the botton, drag him to hell and, once he's done, he'll even piss on Swerve's grave with his son. Really good stuff."
38916.01.2024
15:05 
[10.0] "A promo that reminded everybody how great Hangman can be on the mic. I loved his intensity and passion throughout the entire segment with legit death threats and great lines, especially the one about Swerve getting fired. But I also really liked the Nana bits and the line about weed that was simply hilarious. The brawl was also quite entertaining with Hangam hitting a buckshot latiat on a security guard. I liked how their feud started with Swerve verbally destroying Hangman but now the tables have turned and Hangman destroyed Swerve on the mic."
39016.01.2024
08:02 
RawrIsWar wrote about "JESUS!":
[10.0] "This is a 10 promo if ever there was one. Required viewing for every wrestler, especially if they want to succeed. Don't bother listening to to the holy Fs (Flair, Foley, & Funk) all there is, and all there ever should be is Zandig."
39116.01.2024
05:12 
[10.0] "Hangman was on a completely different level promo-wise during this entire feud and this is one of his weaker ones. Very fun bit with the weed undercuts a very solid promo overall."
39215.01.2024
19:52 
[10.0] "Ospreay cuts the promo of a lifetime here. Their Wrestle Kingdom 17 bout was already greatly anticipated, but this turned things up to a whole new level. What more could you want a promo to do?"
39315.01.2024
19:41 
[1.0] "A terrible moment in TNA history where Hogan and Bischoff sacrificed TNAs unique identity for familiarity."
39415.01.2024
19:33 
[4.0] "Corporate man punk cutting the most scripted promo hes ever cut. You can practically smell the suits on this one. Settling on a 4/10 as his delivery isnt the worst thing ever and he actually says something he believes at the end."
39515.01.2024
13:47 
[9.0] "A Great promo done to promote the show on Twitter. If I remember correctly this one aired on Collision eventually, but since not everyone watches that show I guess it was missed by many. I do think doing exclusive promos on social media isn't a horrible idea since it reaches a different audience than the cable having crowd. But if it turns out this good they should probably call and audible and air it on tv too."
39615.01.2024
06:00 
[10.0] "This is the real Pipebomb. The best promo in wrestling history did not come from a wrestler but a manager, Paul Fucking Heyman. There's no better takedown of the scummy parasite that vince mcmahon is, both as a character and as a person, than this. Everything he says is true and everything is delivered to perfection. Its actuality insane that he was the heel here, because this is a pure babyface promo."
39714.01.2024
21:27 
[2.0] "Funny how all the really high scores for this are just "Haha CM Punk is an asshole I like assholes" Andrew Tate Jordan Peterson fucking alpha male nonsense. Fragile Phil got his little feefees hurt by someone in one passing comment and he decides to go off-script and completely bury his coworker when he knew there was absolutely nothing Page could do about it. Pathetic and embarrassing. That's something a child does, or someone who stopped emotionally developing at the age of 9. I can't imagine someone actually thinking Punk was in the right here."
39814.01.2024
20:05 
[0.0] "Unless there is some sort of catastrophic emergency, you never, ever tell the audience the show is a work. Full stop. Imagine watching Law & Order and Stabler is about to catch the killer but then he stops short because the actor playing the killer is Christopher Meloni's real-life brother and then he has an entire monologue explaining it to the dumbfounded audience watching at home. It's ridiculous and it's stupid. I guess there are some people out there who like "blurring the lines" but there are ways to do it without outright telling everyone "this shit is fake"."
39914.01.2024
17:44 
[8.0] "Danielson exceeds in this environment. His whole arc of being the composed boss, who inevitably lost to Kingston is great. They really plant the seeds well here. The 180 between this initial promo and Danielson breaking down backstage is some of AEW's more underrated aspects."
40014.01.2024
17:15 
[10.0] "Moxley is indeed Ace of the world. There were a lot of great backstage promos during the C2. Bryan, Eddie, Jay, and Mox himself take the cake for consistently being a league above the rest in these segments. This promo in particular holds a lot of value because it feels like Mox declaring himself as the undisputed Ace of AEW - he has already done that through his actions and has called himself the ace before too... but hearing him say "Ace of the world B****" so triumphantly makes it so much sweeter."