Phantom Lord
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This was a good episode of Dynamite. Loved the opening promo by Moxley. Lots of rah rah AEW in it. Didn't expect him to challenge Powerhouse Hobbs but that should be a fun match next week.
The mixed tag was what it was. I personally do not like mixed tag matches with the rules of the men can only fight the men and women fight the women. Copeland vs. Brody was fine on it's own though. I'd like to see more of that.
The Elite vs. Penta/Garcia/Pac was a fun match. I liked the spot where Matthew was doing his own commentary with the microphone and he says to the ref "I'm not gonna hit him with it". The Bucks are become good in their roles of corporate assholes. But's not quite there yet. Needs involvement from Hangman or Kenny but who knows when either of them will be back.
The Hook/Jericho thing was dumb. I like Jericho, but he needs to go away for an extended period of time. Instead we get him and Hook at the PPV. Man if he wins the FTW Title they should just retire it.
Shane Taylor vs Orange was a good match. But does Ooggo do anything other than hitting guys with body shots? He's been training for two years or so. I wonder if there is any upside for him. Personally I thought he was dead in the water after that disastrous Cody feud and match. Post match nice to see TRENT attack everyone so Orange Cassidy could get beat up some more.
Osprey vs. Claudio was a really good match. I really hope Callis turns on Osprey soon because it makes no sense to have him with Don Callis. Osprey should be feuding against The Callis family just so we can get more of him vs. Takeshita and Fletcher.
The ending with Joe and Swerve was all right. They should have made this a chain match for the ppv since it feels like this match is missing something. I hope Swerve wins, but I could see someone costing him the title so Joe hangs on.
Overall a good episode of Dynamite.
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This was a good episode of RAW. Sad to see Rhea have to vacate the title. Hopefully it's nothing too serious and she's out for an extended time from it.
The bit with Truth and Triple H was funny. I don't think Triple H expected to start cracking up which made it funnier when Truth called him Ciampa. The ensuing tag match was really good. The Creed Brother's are monsters. I'm bored of all things New Day so I'm glad they didn't win. DIY vs. Awesome Truth should be a fun match. I'm not sold on the new tag title belts, but they are an improvement over the old ones. At least they didn't bring back the copper ones that looked like giant penny's.
Dominik vs. Andrade was all right. Saw the post match beat down coming a mile away. Ricochet with the save so that gives him something to do.
Jey vs. Finn was a good match as well. I liked the post match beat down of Jey only for it to look like Damien didn't want them to do it.
The shot of Jey going through the crowd in the mezzanine was fantastic. It's really amazing how experimental the WWE is getting with camera tracking shots. I loved how it led right to Sami and his epic walk through the crowd. Just fantastic.
Speaking of fantastic, we got a hell of a match with Sami and Gable. Sami is just so good and so is Chad. I loved the ending and I suspected a heel turn from Chad was coming and the way they did it with Chad literally ripping Sami from his wife's arm's at ringside was amazing. Earlier in the night they had Chad training with The Creed Brothers. Could that be a stable in the future? I hope he doesn't ditch Otis. Otis dropping the comedy and going serious would be some fun stuff if he was the killer of that group.
Overall a good episode.
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It's a shame that video over shadowed an otherwise good episode of Dynamite. Copeland vs. Penta was awesome. Adam was busting out flying head scissors and stuff during this one. A really great match.
The video really was dumb especially with no audio. The Bucks trying to pass it off that this was the reason they lost was just stupid. I will hand it to FTR who tried their best to make something out of this and both of them cut a hell of a promo. Another good promo was the Julia burning masks video. Julia always comes off awesome in those types of videos.
Mariah vs. Anna was good. Post match as I said in the discord chat, they expect you to watch Stardom and know who these people are. Stardom is a small niche than they are all ready aiming at.
Dustin vs. Joe was good. Soon as they said blood I knew Dustin would be bleeding. They hyped the over run so I was expecting him to kickout after the beltshot but it was not to be.
Overall aside from that one segment, not a bad show.
Oh are we getting Shibata vs. Moxley in the future? Shibata hitting on Renee was funny. I could see Mox taking issue with that.
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Tonight is the first time I can honestly say this feels like a late era WCW show for AEW.
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This sure was an interesting RAW after Mania. I did not expect them to dedicate most of the commercial free hour to a Rock promo that went absolutely nowhere. The Rock came off as someone who was defeated more than Roman was the night before. "Can I just hold the title" was so lame. Cody looked like a idiot by not saying fuck no (or something more pg). The whole segment just came off weird. It would have been better if The Rock just didn't show up tonight.
On the flip side when Judgement Day were out and posing the with belts and R-Truth materialized from thin air to pose with them, I couldn't stop laughing. We got a usual Judgement Day match which is neither good nor bad. All three guys are good at what they do so I really can't say anything bad about them. I'm just not sold on Priest being a world champion. The match though was fun and I loved Cena's run in and hot tag and everyone doing the five knuckle shuffle and AA. That was a fun moment.
Poor Chelsea. No one takes a squash quite like she does. I thought Jade was on Smackdown though. Ehh, when has that ever mattered.
Main event was all right. By process of elimination I knew Bronson wasn't winning. Also neither was Richochet. Then half way through the match I remembered this was for Priest's title...not Cody. So there went Drew's chances. CM Punk screwing Drew was funny though. Let them have a meme war to end all meme wars. Jey Uso wins by default.
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Well that was a fun second night. I'm glad Cody finally won. The post match celebration was perfect and I can't wait to see Cody carry this company now. I too love professional wrestling and tonight was a great reason why.
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Well that was certainly an interesting show. I was surprised they started off with Becky and Rhea and if Becky was sick she sure didn't look it in the ring. I was kinda surprised that Becky lost. At this point I don't know who could beat Rhea for that title.
The ladder match was the train wreck I thought it would be. But in a good sense. I was surprised Austin and Grayson won the Smackdown titles. Glad that Awesome Truth won the RAW Titles. I still think Smackdown has the better tag scene though.
Rey/Andrade vs. Dom/Santos was an okay match. The growing consensus online was Carlito was turning on Rey but it didn't happen. Glad everyone got their spots in. I'm not an Eagles fan so I don't care about the Kelce run in.
Jimmy vs. Jey had a good hype video but the match itself was average at best.
The women's six woman tag was all right. Jade looked like a star and she should be primed for big things after this.
Sami vs. Gunther was a damn good match. I loved the miracle win aspect of it at the end. So Gunther was champion for 666 days. Interesting number to end on.
Cody/Seth vs. Rock/Roman was a spectacle from start to finish. I didn't expect the Rock to look so damn good in the ring. Everything about the match was great. I loved how The Rock pulled a power play and got to do whatever he wanted and the referee couldn't do a thing. It sets up for Cody having to climb Mt. Everest tomorrow and I'm all for what that could mean.
Overall not a bad first night.
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That was a fun show. Congrats to all involved on getting it together and pulling it off.
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Wow what a great episode of RAW. I know I said it before, but i shall say it again. The Rock is on a whole other level since coming back. He could have easily phoned alot of this stuff in, but he's just been cooking straight fire.
The Sami/Gable training bit was great. Someone worked fast on twitter and added Eye of the Tiger to it and it's a billion stars now.
https://twitter.com/HaangEmHiigh/status/1774967866778907122
Ricochet vs. Ivar was awesome. I legit popped when Ricochet caught Ivar and did that standing flip slam on him.
Solo vs. Rollins was all right, but it was just a set up for everything post match. Cody coming out and getting some revenge only for Roman to pop up out of nowhere and help The Rock whip them both like a dog...with one of Cody's own Nightmare belts. That was such a nice touch.
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1 hour ago, Hamhock said:
Absolutely should be on a crusher/explosive powerhouse - put it on Bron.
Bron apparently has the fastest rope to rope time in the WWE. He would be perfect for speed especially with that spear of his.
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Tonight was a really good episode of Dynamite. Shibata vs. Osprey was what I expected it to be. I still cringe anytime Shibata takes a kick or elbow to the head or just about anything landing on the head, but it was a good match none the less.
The Corporate Bucks vs. Private Party was all right. I mean it has to be a given The Bucks will win this tournament (after a low blow no less). Private Party were good as the faces in peril through out the match. The Bucks are just so slimy as heels. They should be even bigger assholes if that's possible.
The women's 4 way was good. They went a long way to get Willow the title shot. If I had to guess they are setting up her and Mone at Double or Nothing. Don't know if it will be for the title because Julia is so damn good. I'm torn. I love Willow but at the same time I don't want to see Julia lose.
The Kingdom vs. Best Friends was a good match. I knew going in The Kingdom would be losing (they all ready have the ROH Tag titles) so this match was a moot point for me, but i still liked it. On a side note The Undisputed Kingdom really is floundering despite Roderick Strong doing all he can to carry the load with Taven and Bennet. How much longer is Cole supposed to be out for? Wardlow is dead in the water. Amazing how Tony pulled that off.
Takeshita vs. Swerve was really good. Takeshita maybe deserved to win this one. I'm sure they could have got Swerve the big title shot at Double or Nothing. But I couldn't believe when he kicked out of the Swerve stomp. Takeshita is just so good.
Overall a really good show. It just sucks that it was a 1/3rd full building to see it.
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I forgot to mention that in my post last night. That long camera shot was so beautiful. Just followed the action and let it speak for it self. Under Kevin Dunn there would have been probably 50 cuts back and forth in 45 seconds. It's nice not to have motion sickness while watching the WWE.
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On 2/27/2024 at 10:57 PM, Curt McGirt said:
Brian Milonas! What are these two fatbodies up to now? There isn't any Wiki information past 2017 (which was eight frickin' years ago).
Beer City Bruiser is recently coming back from getting a new hip.
I've been trying to keep up with ROH the best I can. I've liked the Women's TV Title tournament. They're setting up Billie Starks to win so I would be very surprised if she ended up losing at Supercard of Honor.
Eddie Kingston had a great promo this past week for the match with Mark Briscoe. That should be a good fight.
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Well that certainly was one hell of a way to end a RAW. I saw there was like 8 minutes left so I wondered what they would do and what a masterful 8 minutes it was by The Rock. Cody getting his ass kicked in the rain and being left bleeding was just so damn unexpected. Best ending to RAW in ages.
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3 hours ago, odessasteps said:
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title: The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy) (c) vs. Bobby Eaton & Robert Gibson - Draw
Wow. I never knew Bobby and Robert teamed together. It's a combo that just seems so wrong a few years later.
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I'm all for a tag team ladder match. Three teams would have been fine. Six is just asking for a train wreck. I just hope somehow Truth ends up with the MITB briefcase and he tries cashing it in. Possession is 9/10th's of the law. Seriously though I can't see Priest trying to cash it in at Mania. I'm hoping Drew wins and I don't want to see Priest cash in on him. But should Seth somehow retain again, cash in that sucker as fast as you can on him.
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Hollywood Rock was something else tonight. I only wish Cody came out from the crowd or something to attack him. But considering how massively over The Rock was tonight, that Memphis crowd would have boo'ed Cody out of the building. All the talk of blood though by The Rock. A bloody Cody winning the title would be an awesome visual.
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17 minutes ago, hammerva said:
Shayna vs Masha Slamovich please
Masha is all ready asking for the match on twitter.
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It was a pretty good show tonight. Mone's debut went great and I hope it's a sign of good things to come for AEW.
The Elite vs. Eddie/Penta/Pac was pretty good. Dickhead heel Okada before the match making Alex sing happy birthday to Matthew was hilarious. I'm looking forward to Eddie vs. Okada. I thought for sure they would save it for Dynasty. At least he probably won't have to carry three belts after next week.
Match of the night was Darby vs. Switchblade. Darby is crazy for doing that coffin drop to the ring apron where he missed most of it. I loved the heel turn after the match. BC Gold are too good to be goofy faces. Hopefully Juice Robinson is coming back soon so they can be at full strength.
Willow vs. Riho was a really good match as well. I love Riho so i was upset to see her lose, but it was a strong loss. Nice save by Mone at the end. Her vs. Julia should be a damn good match when that happens.
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Last night's show was really good. The Young Bucks going full corporate is the best thing they have done in ages. Okada as a member of The Elite should be interesting and I'm all ready looking forward to him vs. Kingston. One thing that annoyed me was they should have promoted the hell out of his debut. Another run in surprise just isn't going to cut it these days.
Osprey is on another level. That match with Fletcher was really good. I loved the tease for him and Danielson at the very end. That match should be awesome.
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I just chipped in for the show via pay pal. I'm excited for this show and everyone involved.
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10 hours ago, DMN said:
Now that he's retired I guess I can get this off my chest.
I fucking HATED 'Crow' Sting. It was really, really fuckin cool during the nWo, but it should have ended after he beat Hogan at Starrcade. The fact that he never really went back to 'Surfer' Sting is, in my opinion, a huge missed opportunity, ala Taker becoming the Deadman again, and, personally, a huge disappointment. Surfer Sting was so much fucking cooler than 'Crow' it's not even funny.
I just watched a video clip from one of the Starrcasts and he talked about that. Basically he said he didn't have the hair up top anymore to do a flat top like that. He was open to doing neon paint or whatever, but his hair was too far gone.
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Last night's show was great. I was honestly physically spent after it was over so I needed to crash big time. Danielson/Eddie and Osprey/Takeshita were amazing matches. But man Sting's last match was something else. I didn't expected the glass panes to come out. I'm gonna miss crazy old man Sting. But he went out on top and you can't ask for anything better than that.
As for the tag titles, I think they have an opportunity to showcase new talent or at least elevate a new team to a higher rung of the ladder. I wouldn't be upset with BCC winning, but I'd like to see something fresh in the tag division.
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10 hours ago, Craig H said:
Jesus. Arthur Ashe in June sounds like an awful idea. I just remember Roger Federer saying that when the roof is closed there’s hardly any air circulation and the humidity is insane. That was awhile ago, but probably not that long ago. Did they ever add actual AC to it?
When I went to the first Grand Slam, I can testify that I was sitting directly under an AC vent and was sufficiently cold.
I like the venue. I just hate the walk from parking and the subway station to the venue.
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CONTRECOUP XIX - 4 Mai 2024
in WWE PROGRAMMING
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I know it won't happen, but I would love for them to use a French ring announcer like they did at Survivor Series 97. Or maybe Samantha Irvin can speak French. Either one.