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Man, the Dutch struck and stole my post? It's been a long 24 hours but... Biggest thing about Cassidy vs Shibata was how Shibata was really the first guy I've seen in AEW who had Cassidy's number when it came to the headgames. He's just too cool. To the point that I thought he should have won, which could have lead to Danielson beating Shibata and then touring wherever he wanted to defend it. Tyson seemed to know who Shibata was more than Cassidy but got pissy at Excalibur when he called something a leg trip instead of a STO which was amazing. I think I didn't say much about the women's tag other than it was probably the best Rayne looked and that Baker vs Skye felt like a sort of fresh match up considering who Skye usually gets to wrestle. I'm definitely looking forward to the singles match. Starks has a really fun path to the finals (assuming it's Starks vs E. Page in the finals), having to survive Archer and Cage. If they play their cards right, this is what might be able to really put him over the top. I like that he's got an almost conversational relationship with the crowd. I'll be honest in that Toa feels a lot less special than he did a year ago just guesting on Dark. They could heat him up whenever they wanted to given his size and agility and presence though. I don't usually invoke "If only ROH had it own show..." but when I do it's not with some blatantly false comment about how there would be less Jay Lethal or more Miro. If there was a ROH show they could protect Toa more by having him crush guys. Totally different thing. Anyway, It's good to have Wardlow in situations where he can do all sorts of different things, but it's also important he's not selling too much in situations when he shouldn't. I'll talk about Wednesday's card closer to Wednesday but I'm looking forward to it.

Shibata-Cassidy with Tyson on commentary suggests anything can happen on (It's) Rampage (Baby)! I'd suggest this was an absolute success! Toni’s an okay talker, but she needs some better guidance with her direction – where’s Arn at? Oh, I think I might love the quick fix of a double turn with Hayter at the PPV. Tho, I’m swayed to stay where we're at with Jamie and the Doctor right after. Especially here after seeing them dismantle Rayne’r and Teenbeat Skye Blue. Yeah, strap them. Starks has the timing and ability to be a great mic worker, but not always material. Nonetheless, like most of his promo work – this was good. I like seeing promos here from the big players-Jericho, the Blackpools, etc. It’s a good way to get them on the Friday show and they should do it more often. I especially liked Sammy’s promo. I’m not generally into 3 or more ways, but two promos and I’m already sold. Sometimes it’s all it takes - and again it's something they should do more often. I am very excited by these Eliminator Tournament brackets. How does Ethan Page defeat Eddie? And when he does will the Wet Blankets then unite and take over (the Dynamite thread)? And fuck yeah I’ll take a Rush and a Bandido! Starks-Archer! Brian Cage-Dante! I love this! Ohhhh, I like a little Joe-Wardy tension! I also like a little Nana! This show is offering me everything I truly want and need from an early Saturday morning wrestling show. The main is just fine. I wanna get behind the Gates. I really like 'BISHOP' Kaun, and wanna see him blossom. To my eyes, Toa generally looks sloppy and lost out there, but I do sense some improvement. So game for Puh puh puh Powerhouse and Wardy! That Joe-Wardy tension is a lil bit thrilling too! I hated Rampages 44 and 43 (two of the worst broadcasts this company has ever produced), but 45 absolutely hit the spot! AEfuckinDUB!

There was time between being moved to the new server and the domain being redirected and we lot some posts that were sent to the old server. You might want to vote in my Free TV match of the week poll again.

Damn. I will never doubt El Dandy again.

LORD HAVE MERCY! GOOD GOD Y'ALL! LET'S GET UP AND GET DOWN BY DOING THE FUNKY DUCKMAN! GETCHA DOWN-DOWN, YA THRUST YA PELVIS Anyway...... Bryan Danielson/ Daniel Bryan - Feels like there's no wrong answer for this one but recentcy bias has me thinking more of his AEW stuff than WWE and Ring of Honor. Gonna go with vs. Minoru Suzuki on the buy in to Rampage that one time. Matches vs. Morishima and Joe in Ring of Honor stand out too. Seth Rollins / Tyler Black - vs. Cena and Lesnar at Royal Rumble. Shield vs. The Wyatts. The cash in on Roman and Brock. Road Dogg - Don't know if I can pick a good one but the dumpster match vs. Cactus and Funk was at least memorable Fit Finlay - Okay so left field. Back around like... '06ish I think, he had a match with Miz where him and Hornswoggle just fucked with the Miz all match. Sasha Banks - Bayley, Takeover: Brooklyn The Miz - Are there any really great Miz matches? I guess the first run of Miz and Morrison tags were fun Kenta Kobashi - GHC Title vs. Suzuki, vs. Hansen (with that lariat), the one super famous tag with Misawa vs. Kawada/Taue Jack Evans - Steel Cage Warfare: Generation Next vs. The Embassy. I remember one Strong/Evans vs. Reyes/Romero tag being a lot of fun. Vs. Danielson when I swore Dragon was gonna snap him in half with some of the ways he was stretching him. Takeshi Morishima - Vs. Danielson at Final Battle, Vs. Claudio (defending the RoH Title). That one Kings of Wrestling vs. Morishima and I forget who his partner was but Claudio hit the UFO on Morishima which just.... one of the most insane things in wrestling I've ever seen Big Show / The Giant / Paul White - Curious to see what people say about him Hiroshi Tanahashi - vs. Naito at WrestleKingdom (WK 11). I was out of New Japan for a while but a few friends invited me over to watch this show for... another match that got a lot of hype. This would have stolen the show on any other night. Defending the IWGP belt vs. Suzuki (seeing a pattern here....). Almost any time he hooks up with Okada Mick Foley / Mankind / Cactus Jack / Dude Love - HHH, street fight (I know the Cell match gets all the love but I stand with this one being better). Mindgames vs. HBK William Regal - OH, I can answer this for Big Show too. When using the knucks backfired. Kenny Omega - Okada, WK 11. Either of the Danielson matches in AEW. Kenny/Hangman vs. The Bucks (Revolution). Becky Lynch - vs. Sasha at one the early Takeovers The Rock - vs. Austin, Mania 17. Ladder match vs. HHH, Summerslam, IC Title. Eddie Guerrero - Rey, Halloween Havoc. vs. Lesnar. Vs. Angle at Mania (tremendous finish to that one) Darby Allin - vs. Jericho, second Dynamite John Cena - vs. Danielson Nigel McGuiness - defending the RoH vs. Steen. Steen sloooooowly walking out of the way of the rebound Lariat. Rey Mysterio - vs. Eddie, Halloween Havoc

Rin Kadokura got married and had a reception with most everyone who is part of the Chigusa tree of wrestling there. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=822354415684386&set=pcb.822354489017712

Tom Brady, who can go fuck himself, just passed 100,000 yards passing for his career.

Locally it has been more the Babe Laufenberg comparison

Take that, MBS!

YOUR FAVORITE MATCH WITH THESE 50 RANDOM WRESTLERS? Bryan Danielson/ Daniel Bryan Antonio Inoki Giant Baba Dump Matsumoto El Hijo Del Santo Billy Robinson Seth Rollins / Tyler Black Akira Hokuto Roaddog Fit Finlay El Satanico Yoshiaki Fujiwara Sasha Banks Ricky Morton Negro Casa Jim Breaks The Miz Bull Nakano Johnny Saint Kenta Kobashi Jack Evans Takeshi Morishima Big Show / The Giant / Paul White El Dandy Dynamite Kansai Vader Hiroshi Tanahashi Sting Mick Foley / Mankind / Cactus Jack / Dude Love Steve Grey Mayu Iwatani William Regal Kenny Omega D’Lo Brown Dr Death Steve Williams Aja Kong Becky Lynch Adrian Street The Rock Eddie Guerrero Trish Stratus Nick Bockwinkel Dory Funk Jr The Destroyer Bruiser Brody Darby Allin John Cena Paul London Nigel McGuiness Rey Mysterio Jr

I'd not seen a Shibata bout either. I have seen a couple appearances post-retirement, and tho he wasn't wrestling he was absolutely electric. Clearly a very special talent. I always meant to take a dive into his catalog. If anyone knows of anything easily accessible online they want to recommend I'm all ears. Is it not true tho, that Toa feels less special a year later because he's been exposed as an underdeveloped-for-TV talent? I agree he has some size and presence, but his agility is a bit more of a question mark. His whole posture on offense and defense seems a little off to me. I really kinda wish they'd given Kaun more of a mentor to tag with. Bring back Tully!

HA! The board refused to acknowledge Houston winning

I don't see that happening.

Aww... all the boobie talk is lost due to server move

That overdelivered more than Dynamite undelivered! I actually don’t know Shibata, I have that huge 2004ish-2021 (with limited exceptions) gap in my fandom. But the video packages and announcers, combined with the in-ring action, got it across. Such a great match, got across the danger, OC’s mind games played a different role, they matched well and Shibata played along while also beating the tar out of OC. Tyson, oddly, added to the commentary. Hayter/Baker vs Blue Rayne was almost miraculous. Britt and Madison paired together almost impeccably, which was especially wild considering how Rayne has been so far. And then Hayter and young Skye Blue just tore into each other, damn they worked well together, stiff blows and smooth moves. That singles match next week has serious sleeper potential. I’m a Ricky Starks fan but that segment did no favors. Main was another winner, Joe and Toa really synced, just beating the shit out of each other. Joe was better here than Wednesday. Kaun was probably the least tonight, partially because they kept Wardlow in reserve for hot tag when they work might pair better for long stretches. In the aftermath, Wardlow-Hobbs is a HELL YEAH but the tease of Wardlow-Joe was something to look forward to as well.

Tom has also tortured my football fandom existence for 20 years. You'll pardon my cheekiness as I tell one of the greatest players of all time that I don't like him. Or don't.

HOLY CRAP! THIS is a MEXICAN BLOODBATH! The Traumas carving up dudes is the best Traumas.

So… what does “who can go fuck himself” add to the conversation? Because you really seem to want me to know that he can do that.

At this point, they're less vintage and more vinegar.

And he had one pass for minus-three yards because the Vikings haven't successfully executed a screen pass since Chester Taylor left town.

Oh yeah. NICK MULLENS IS STILL IN THE NFL!

Tom Brady is having such a weird season. He's been completing about 66% of his passes, came into this week second in the league in passing yards, has only thrown one pick all season... But somehow just nine touchdowns in eight games.

So Taylor Heinike is the New Age Billy Kilmer. I am very old.

Bryan/Roman - Fastlane 2015 Inoki/Vader - 1/4/96 Baba/Destroyer - unknown Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/Ryback - TLC 2012 Hokuto/Kandori - Dreamslam I Sasha/Bayley - Takeover Respect or Sasha/Bianca - Wrestlemania 37 Bull/Grizzly vs. Jungle Jack - 8/19/90 (doubles for boht Bull and Aja) Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue - 6/9/95 Morishima/Bryan - ROH Title (not sure which one) Tanahashi/Goto - 11/11/-08 Sting/Vader - not sure which one Mayu/Io - 5/15/16 Rock/Hogan Wrestlemania 19 or Rock/Austin Wrestlemania 17 Skipped those who I hadn't seen enough of and people like Foley, Cena, Vader, etc. where its just so hard to boil it down to even just two.

WHOA! I think this is the best episode, bell to bell, since I've been watching this little show. Bad Dude Tito versus Jordan Cruz was all about the New Japan stylings of Tito and the pretty good at the Strong Style, Jordan Cruz. Big Hoss is so fun! Kevin Martenson makes him look like a million bucks. Willie Mack is fucking AWESOME against Invictus Khash with the Devastation Incorporated indie version of the Embassy hanging around. Reno Scum versus Midnight Heat is more of an angle as Guy Tweekacetti subs for an injured Ricky Gibson, but HERE'S THE CATCH, Tweekacetti RULES! Pretty Eddie Pearl wrestles the body of the match and then Tweekacetti tags in and is fucking awesome taking an ass beating. BRAVO, UNITED WRESTLING NETWORK!

i could probably cross post that in all sports sub forums come to think of it

At some point I just have to turn the TV off so the Panthers can't hurt me anymore.

The Falcons hail from the A-T-(Take The)L yet again

I believe there was a board upgrade that ate all of Saturday's posts.

Because everyone wants to have all black uniforms now

Yeah - pretty much instead of going back a hour with the clocks, we went back a full day and all Saturday posts are gone

And there is another version of the Heinike miracle throw This twist was it was to Curtis Samuel and it involved the ref throwing a pick

Packers offense is officially broken

Personally, I’m 100% in favor of acting as if yesterday never happened.

Aww... poor poor lost discussion

Packers offense still broken

Happy Birthday, @Pete. Have yourself a good un!

Big meaty men slapping meat.

I don't know. All of these look like they range from interesting to awesome.

SHIBATTA! SHIBATTA! SHIBATTA! GO SIXTY! This is going to be weird. JANE! Shibatta is fucking intense. Oh, this match is fucking great. So Orange Cassidy is the best all around wrestler in AEW. I love that Mike Tyson knows more about Shibatta than everybody else. Oh man, it's so good to see Shibatta wrestle again. DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! SECOND ORANGE PUNCH! So fucking good. SHIBATTA! SHIBATTA! SHIBATTA! Oh man, I CAN'T WAIT for Shibatta versus Danielson. JAMIE HAYTER! HAYTER! HAYTER! HAYTER! Skye Blue looks good in this. In picture in picture, Britt Baker CHEATS! AEW needs women's tag team titles for Baker and Hayter. Blue is a good babyface in peril and God Knows that Hayter and Baker can beat her to the point that the crowd will get behind her STRUGGLE to escape the 1970s Glamour Girls ass beating that is being supplied. The crowd doesn't dig Madison Rayne. Hayter fucking CRUSHES Rayne with a Lariat! Postmatch, Toni Storm and Jamie Hayter beat the living fudge out of each and the crowd comes alive. Skye Blue looked good in this. Hey! It's the Gates Of Agony versus WardJoe! I assume Powerhouse Hobbs and Brian Cage make an appearance postmatch. BANDIDO VERSUS RUSH! THAT will fucking rule. Shibatta versus Samoa Joe would prolly be a very bad idea. I love that Samoa Joe is Wahoo McDaniel now, with his knife edge chop being 80% of hi offense. Wardlow makes the Hot Tag and goes completely STEINER! Kaun is the Booker T of the Gates o' Agony. They also never actually win. That was fun. Shibatta! AEW RULES THE WORLD!

Mike Tyson talking over everyone while JR went on his usual disconnected mini-tangents was the awkward kind of funny. I loved that match though. Orange and Shibata are two very very different pro wrestlers, but they understand, know, get, and respect one another. Weirdly heart warming for something so violent. Hayter beating on Skye during pitcher in pitcher was absolutely the good stuff! Did Jericho piss in Regal's tea or something? Here I was complaining that AEW no longer panders directly to niche fans like me... Then they go and book Gates of Agony vs WarJoe. BMMSM. Joe in Peril! Was it Tony or Ex getting all worked up about Kaun's physique? I think It was Tony. It was definitely JR getting worked up about Toa's football background. Rampage blew Dynamite out of the water this week, in my opinion. Sammy vs Dragon 2 outa 3 will be HAWT!! Hobbs vs Wardlow gonna be maximum BMMSM. Bandido vs Roosh! Way to win me back over, AEW.

Just to get me to get it early, too! Ok, Tony, deal's a deal! Damn, went looking for it yesterday on FITE, but it's not up for pre-order as of yet. Well, as soon as it becomes available, I'm on it!

Hi bud! Just taking some time off, no biggie. Thanks for asking!