WWE Money in the Bank

• Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Alexa Bliss vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki ASH vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Zelina Vega vs. Naomi vs. Asuka): 4/7. Some cool moments but ladder matches are still dumb. Especially after having watched the Ultimate X match on Slammiversary, which is the same concept but done much better. And Pat McAfee is still terrible on commentary.
• Raw Tag Team Championship (The Viking Raiders vs. AJ Styles & Omos): 4/7. Styles and Omos doesn't make sense to me. Styles doesn't need a big guy to do his fighting for him. He's not MJF. He'll cheat to win, sure, but he's not a coward who can't fight his own battles. And, like so many others, the Viking Raiders lost something essential when they transferred from NXT. This match was definitely less than the sum of its parts.
• WWE Championship (Kofi Kingston vs. Bobby Lashley): 1/7. I don't even know what the point of this was.
• Raw Championship (Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair): 5/7. Maybe my expectations were too high for this. I dunno, I felt it was lacking something. And I didn't like the ending.
• Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Kevin Owens vs. Riddle vs. Nakamura Shinsuke vs. Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. Drew MacIntyre): 4/7. I liked Rick Boogs when he was Eric Bugenhagen. I do not like Rick Boogs as Nakamura's sidekick. And Riddle can fuck right off. I did enjoy the Morrison/Rollins team-up though; it's the sort of thing I wish would happen more in these multi-competitor matches.
• Universal Championship (Edge vs. Roman Reigns): 2/7. This is bor-ing.👏 👏 👏👏👏 

Overall rating: 3/7. I've got to give Money in the Bank some credit for actually having a meaningful gimmick rather than just being a longer version of a normal show or being centred around a cage or no-DQ match with a dumb name, and the MitB contract is a great tool for future story-telling; unfortunately I just don't like ladder matches. Also, it was weird that neither of the MitB ladder matches was the main event. It's supposedly the whole point of the show.

iMPACT! Slammiversary 2021

• Ultimate X X Division Championship (Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Petey Williams vs. Rohit Raju vs. Chris Bey vs. Josh Alexander): 7/7. Basically Money in the Bank but with scaffolds and ropes instead of ladders, and for the championship. It's a fun gimmick. Getting rid of the ladders is a good for a change because, well, if you've read my previous reviews you know how I feel about ladders in wrestling. The match itself? A lot of fun moments and some good wrestling. Exactly what you want from this kind of special event.
• Mixed Tag (Bryan Myers & Tenille Dashwood vs. Matt Cardona & Chelsea Green): 6/7. This match was announced as Cardona teaming with a mystery partner. If I'd known he was engaged to Chelsea Green that would probably have been a pretty big hint, but I was curious to see who it was going to be, and the answer was underwhelming. I know Green from NXT, where she was part of the Robert Stone Brand, but I don't really recall anything about her herself. Mixed tag is always fun, even if the gender segregation is dumb and unnecessary, but the finish raised an odd point; apparently a low blow is only a disqualification if it's done to a man? Weird rule.
• Singles (W Morrissey vs. Eddie Edwards): 1/7. Skipped.
• Tag Team (Shera and Madman Fulton vs. FinJuice): 2/7. Pointless, but short.
• Singles (Moose vs. Chris Sabin): 4/7. This match, along with the previous two, could have been scrapped in favour of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, which was on the pre-show for some reason.
• Four Way Tag Team Championship (Violent By Design vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs. No Way & Fallah Bahh vs. The Good Brothers): 4/7. No Way (Jose) seemed like he was supposed to be a surprise, but one of the commentators kind of spoiled it on the previous episode, so that was weird. Also, he's got the exact same gimmick from WWE, including the conga line, which I didn't get the impression was ever particularly popular or successful, and now just seems like he's got no other ideas.
• Knockouts Championship (Deonna Purrazzo vs. Thunder Rosa): 4/7. Thunder Rosa was another mystery competitor, and this one was actually a surprise - and a welcome one. I like Thunder Rosa and I feel like she was mostly wasted on AEW. That said, the match was just ok.
• No Disqualification Impact World Championship (Kenny Omega vs. Sami Callihan): 5/7. There were some good bits, but it was too long and just too much. The blood was badly done and unnecessary, and the sheer number of different weapons they brought in felt like they were running through a checklist.

Overall Rating: 4/7. This show seemed to be more about revealing new and returning characters than anything else. On top of Chelsea Green, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, No Way and Thunder Rosa, we also had Mickie James and Switchblade Jay White show up between matches. I don't know why you'd want all of those reveals on one show; it's just distracting and waters down the impact each of them can have. And it's a real shame that the best match of the show was also the first match of the show, and that the Knockouts Tag Team Championship changed hands on the pre-show.

My Day on a Plate

2.30pm Tea.

4.30pm Sandwich: ham; cheese; red onion; apple; Wasabi-flavoured mayonnaise, and tea.

5.30pm Sandwich: ham; tomato; mayonnaise.

6pm Sandwich: ham; tomato; mayonnaise.

7pm Chia seeds and psyllium husks in a glass of water.

9pm Sandwich: ham; cheese; sweet mustard pickles.

1am Tea.

2am Salad: kale; cabbage; carrot; broccoli stems; balsamic vinegar; sesame oil; salt.

4am Sandwich: crumbed hoki fillets; mayonnaise.

Mork and the Farmer

The following story (384 words) takes place in the setting of a pen-and-paper roleplaying game I'm currently playing, a world of sword and sorcery at the beginning of an industrial revolution.

ROH Best in the World

• Tag Team (PJ Black & Brian Johnson vs. the Briscoes): 5/7. It was fine. I like the Briscoes.
• Singles (Flip Gordon vs. EC3): 4/7. Slow.
• Six-Man Championship (Dak Draper, Dalton Castle & Eli Isom vs. Shane Taylor Promotions): 6/7. Not really sure what's going on story-wise, here, but I think that's intentional. Dalton Castle sabotaging his own team for reasons that are not yet evident. Lot of cool wrestling though.
• Last One Standing (Josh Woods vs. Silas Young): 4/7. Last One Standing matches can be really cool, but usually they're just long and slow.
• Singles (Jay Lethal vs. Brody King): 6/7. This is the one that should have been a Last One Standing match.
• Pure Championship (Mike Bennett vs. Jonathan Gresham): 6/7. Pure Rules is really cool. You can have a slow match that's still really engaging and builds intensity as it goes.
• Television Championship (Dragon Lee vs. Tony Deppen): 5/7. Possibly should have been rated higher but felt like a step down after the last one.
• Tag Team Championship Fight Without Honor (Violence Unlimited vs. The Foundation): 6/7. "Give up or I'll stab you with this fork" is a novel way to take advantage of a No-DQ match.
• World Championship (Rush vs. Bandido): 7/7. Extremely impressive. 

Overall rating: 5/7. Some of it was very good, but it was very long. It didn't need to be so long.

Life: it's better than the alternative

But is it though? How can we know. It's not just comparing apples to oranges, it's comparing apples to unicorns.