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Weird thing to "work."

Meanwhile, on LVL Up: Tavion Heights d. Jasper Troy (debuting) - Troy has a bit of a Dijak / early SHIELD vibe to how he carries himself, and unlike some of the bigger NXT guys I can think of, he works big. "He says that every day is tax season, will Tavion Heights pay up?" - I have no idea why this is being said by the announcers. Was he once an accountant? Tavion does a good job getting thrown around a bit before winning with a big belly to belly. There was a fair bit of air on some of Troy's stuff (swinging missed clothesline, you know the one) but this was ok. Brinley Reece & Layla Diggs (debuting) d. Carlee Bright & Kendal Grey - Diggs is a former track and field athlete and, like Reese, personal trainer. She also looks a lot like Kelani Jordan? Bright and Grey are still putting it together and I'm not sure the hints of characterization from Grey from announcers come through so far with her attire or ringwork - she was apparently a very good amateur wrestler, but has mostly shown a black trunks (well, sparkly pink with garters) rookie moveset so far. Diggs gets out of an arm-wringer with a headscissors in a great little spot that miraculously doesn't look too collaborative, and later on gets out of a waistlock by doing a split and using that to pick a leg. Brinley brings out a flip clothesline that looks OK and a brief Giant Swing that looks good, but she's in a really challenging spot as far as finding a way to present Goofy Yet Flippy Power Face in ringwork. With that said, everyone here was surprisingly good at filling downtime, like making the stock WWE bit of slowly crawling to your tag partner seem like reasonable exertion of effort balanced with struggle. Brinley (finally) wins with a roundoff into a DDT on a kneeling Grey, after Diggs and Bright both tumble out of the ring.

I love how about halfway through Eddie was asked when he last cried. It was like the whole premise of the show had to pause as he was talking some real shit. I love the idea of the show already and y'all need to see this.

This sounds like a thing Shaq would pitch.

My alternate to ten "Teams of ten, Jesus, is Mox Bleeding Again?"

Big announcement, the finals of Best of the Super Juniors 31 will be the main event of NJPW Dominion and not Jon Moxley vs. EVIL for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Cool seeing the Super Juniors getting such a headline opportunity and how Jon Moxley vs. EVIL will probably be a stinker. Good luck, Mox.

Big announcement, the finals of Best of the Super Juniors 31 will be the main event of NJPW Dominion and not Jon Moxley vs. EVIL for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Cool seeing the Super Juniors getting such a headline opportunity and how Jon Moxley vs. EVIL will probably be a stinker. Good luck, Mox.

Teams of eleven, ruthless agression!

My alternate was: Teams of ten come again. Settle down, The Naturaletico.

Teams of ten, go at it again.

Teams of nine show their behind.

It’s kind of bullshit to say something like this. And if you’re going to accuse everyone here who disagrees with you about Mercedes of that, at least have the courage of your convictions and say what you want to say instead of half-assing it. I know exactly what you’re talking about and look, just because one person here said something about Mercedes in the vein of what you’re alluding to, it doesn’t mean you can paint every person who simply doesn’t find her to be a good performer with that brush. That’s a load of shit and is unfair to a large percentage of the people in this community. Do better.

Just quoting myself here, no reason…

Teams of eight, holy shit this show’s gonna run late!

When I was writing up the promotional materials for groups I worked with on the indies, I just called it "Ultimate Survivor" elimination match. People figured out pretty quick it was a Survivor Series match. "Royal Rumble" was harder to get around. The NWA promotion in Pittsburgh actually stumbled into some great branding that caught on for it - "Burgh Brawl". Everyone knew it was a Royal Rumble.

Anyone remember the Four Horsemen Vitamins? And when Ric Flair would get all worked up during a promo, and say to JJ he needed some vitamins, and then he'd throw a couple down and resume his promo?

AEW Double or Nothing 2019 was the first AEW show and five years later AEW Double or Nothing 2024 next weekend will celebrate that in the same building. To mark this milestone, here's my top twenty AEW matches ever: 20. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley. AEW Revolution, 5th March 2023. 19. Mr. Brodie Lee vs. Cody. AEW Dynamite, 7th October 2020. 18. Dax Harwood/Cash Wheeler vs. Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson. AEW Dynamite, 6th April 2022. 17. Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki. AEW The Buy In: Rampage, 15th October 2021. 16. Kenny Omega/Adam Page vs. Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson. AEW Revolution, 29th February 2020. 15. Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes. AEW Double or Nothing, 25th May 2019. 14. Chris Jericho/Daniel Garcia/Jake Hager/Angelo Parker/Matt Menard vs. Bryan Danielson/Eddie Kingston/Jon Moxley/Santana/Ortiz. AEW Double or Nothing, 29th May 2022. 13. CM Punk vs. MJF. AEW Revolution, 6th March 2022. 12. MJF vs. CM Punk. AEW Dynamite, 2nd February 2022. 11. Thunder Rosa vs. Dr. Britt Baker. AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam Dynamite, 17th March 2021. 10. Sting/Darby Allin vs. Matthew Jackson/Nicholas Jackson. AEW Revolution, 3rd March 2024. 9. Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Dynamite, 6th January 2022. 8. Dax Harwood/Cash Wheeler vs. Jay White/Juice Robinson. AEW Collison, 15th July 2023. 7. Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks. AEW All Out, 3rd September 2023. 6. Adam Page/John Silver/Alex Reynolds vs. MJF/Santana/Ortiz. AEW Dynamite, 30th December 2020. 5. MJF vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Revolution, 5th March 2023. 4. Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Winter is Coming Dynamite, 15th December 2021. 3. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Dynasty, 21st April 2024. 2. Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson. AEW Grand Slam Dynamite, 22nd September 2021. 1. Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. AEW WrestleDream, 1st October 2023.

AEW literally advertised him for Wembley Stadium. So what is going on here? It's a work.

Teams of seven, no one's getting into heaven

Hunter did say that Brock is not out of the company so it still could happen if Brock wants to come back. It's probably up to how open Brock is to working in a WWE that isn't run by Vince

Takerufuji is kyujo. Kirishima has lost Ozeki, it seems. Unless he comes back tomorrow or Monday and pretty much wins out, which is unlikely, with him withdrawing with a spinal injury. Takakeisho withdrew after a loss on opening day. Lots of 6-1 scores, Onosato being the only sanyaku in the running. The power vacuum is real.

Problem with the “AEW Survivor Series” concept is there’s a good chance the naming of it would need to include gambling terminology since “Dudebros playing Texas Hold ‘Em” is their early, outdated and tired aesthetic that they’re still married to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_g7IRmZmU&ab_channel=TBS Eddie Kingston likes to eat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux80jhVmiH4&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesIndie seen this one?