When I saw "Storm" I was thinking Roode.  So when I went to look into Roode and reminisce I found out Roode is close to 40.  I doubt WWE will take him at that age.

NXT: Respect was absolutely awesome.

How was the Kana match?

She beat the hell out of Dana.  I was so happy because they let her wrestle like Kana.  They let her do all her submissions.  Knee bar, ankle lock, different arm bar holds, everything she did in Japan.  A lot less strikes, which I expected, but she did kick Dana in the head at least once.  Dana did well, honestly, though Asuka basically carried the match.  I don't know if it was selling or real pain but Dana looked like she REALLY wanted those rope breaks.  Asuka was very energetic and charismatic, even without speaking a word, and I think she impressed a lot of people last night.

She punked Evil Emma after he match.  Emma wouldn't even look at her, much less take a shot.

Every match on the show was good, including all three tag team matches.  Corbin was good, Gable and Jordan looked really good.  Sasha was brilliant.  She made a little girl cry and it was PERFECT.  

I just wish the WWE app would quit messaging me the results of events that I intend to watch.

Takeover respect was great, especially the Iron Man match. I just wish Sasha would stop breaking character after those matches.

As the home to NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING, AXS TV has acquired the promotion’s action-filled 2015 pay-per-view event “Wrestle Kingdom 9.”

This special edition will feature all 10 matches from the celebrated annual event, including an entire episode dedicated to the headlining rematch between IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and rival Kazuchika Okada. The 10 matches will be broadcast over five consecutive weeks starting Oct. 9 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with commentary from Mauro Ranallo and Josh Barnett.

NJPW’s biggest annual event, “Wrestle Kingdom” occurs every Jan. 4 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Last year’s “Wrestle Kingdom 9” counted more than 36,000 fans in attendance and featured a number of high-stakes clashes, including battles for IWGP Heavyweight, Intercontinental, Junior and NEVER Openweight Championships.  (More)

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Oct. 9 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship four-Way Match – Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish; KUSHIDA and Alex Shelley; Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov; and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
 
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Ryusuke Taguchi versus Kenny Omega

Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

• Tetsuya Naito versus A.J. Styles
 
• NEVER Openweight Championship – Tomohiro Ishii versus Togi Makabe

Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Tomaoki Honma versus the Bullet Club (Jeff Jarrett, Back Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi)
• Special Single Match – Kazushi Sakuraba versus Minoru Suzuki
• IWGP Tag Championship – Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows versus Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata

Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT

• Toru Yano, Naomichi Marufuji, Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste versus Takashi Iizuka, Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Shinsuke Nakamura versus Kota Ibushi

Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Kazuchika Okada
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Paige is, the bella's aren't.

Paige is the anti-diva remember?

I don't blame Sasha.  Her heel work during the match was awesome.  I think they surprised her at the end, though, with the flowers.  Still, that was special.  I mean, you know, that was beyond what we've come to expect with "Diva" matches in the WWE, so I'm fine with them saying, "goddamn, that was awesome, here are some flowers."  Because, really, when was the last time you got a match like that from divas?  Blaze vs. Bull Nakano?  It wasn't on RAW, so I'm fine with it.  Sasha is the real thing.  She is a star in the making.  Give her all the flowers in the entire bloody world because she deserves them.  She might be my favorite wrestler right now, which is amazing.  A female wrestler up there with Styles or Nakamura?  Sounds crazy, yeah, but it's true.