Early reports are Priest was fine after that rope botch.  Dodged a real bullet.  Gross watching it back and seeing his head crack the steel ring side.

Wondering about that loose ropes stuff now, as Priest could have easily had his knee or ankle wrecked. Find it unreal that the ropes could not be tightened. Only way for it to occur is if the ropes were made too long, and they just decided to use them anyway, which is insanely dangerous.  

Highlights of Marufuji's match vs Ospreay for people not familiar with him. WWE had a free pick here so I imagine AJ picked him personally to face. He is one of the best guys Noah has and pretty much a Japanese Styles so this should be a killer match.

Jun 16, 2024 21:26:14 GMT Emperor said:

Jun 16, 2024 20:24:59 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

He wasn’t waiting with a referee shirt on. There is a video circulating now that answers it. When the ref bump happens, he looks around and sees Jessica and tells her to give him her shirt. She steps out of camera leading to a moment when some would think she took her shirt off and threw it at him. But then she stepped back into frame and was still wearing her stripes. He put it on because the referee was bumped.

Excellent. That's the kind of kayfabe justification my brain needs. I tip my hat to that malicious gremlin CM Punk.

Found the video. For some reason it plays twice.

That's... um, is that a fireable offense? It's one thing for CM Punk to impersonate an official to interfere in a match, it's another think for Punk to do so with the assistance of an official themselves. Like, there have to be rules against giving away badges of authority (as it were)

also is this vindication for all those vignettes of cameras watching wrestlers watching matches backstage? finally it paid off and the production team got the shot