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3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
I had to think a minute and then go look it up, but it was worth it.
Christ, I haven't seen the movies in years. I DID see the sequel in the last year or so on TV though, and it's still really good. I always thought it was the better one too.
This probably isn't the place for this discussion, but I can't think of a comic actor who had as much zip on his fastball as Mike Myers did who then fell completely off a cliff. IDK if Love Guru just shredded his confidence, but damn.
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On 7/3/2025 at 11:25 AM, Curt McGirt said:
This cracked me up.
I have to agree you wrote probably the harshest takedown of him ever right there. Congrats.
That was one of those where I thought, “there might be 15 people that get this, but they’re gonna LOVE it.”
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1 hour ago, NoFistsJustFlips said:
This... is the most rational response in here. Yes, I'm jumping the gun a bit here. I could be full of shit by bell time.
To be clear I wasn't comparing AEW vs WWE ticket prices. WWE's gouging is out of control and AEW is nowhere near reaching that category from my perspective. What I meant by jacking up ticket prices, is that tickets for All In 2023 were cheaper than All In 2024. All In 2024 was cheaper than All In 2025. Still reasonable unlike WWE. But the only reason they can claim these gate amounts are because they keep making the tickets cost more every year. They're selling way less of them at a higher price per head.
Just speaking for me, I don't want to say it was unsuccessful. I want it to be super successful. And yeah honestly once you get to show week, I would love for them to paper it full. WCW's biggest houses at The Georgia Dome sold their most tickets ever... and they still papered. It looks way better. Full and loud. Loud and full.
Twice your boy was the beneficiary of WCW's papering practices. I was there in the Ga Dome for WCW's best moment and worst moment on television.
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@Casey I’m not sure what’s funny about what I said. I mean, I guess if I were a hapless Punk mark I’d be laughing too, if it kept me from crying. Your boy has been a paper lion for at least 3 years. Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston, and Adam Page, amongst others, called Phil a bitch to his face on tv, and Punk did nothing. Instead he sucker punched noted tough guys Matt & Nick Jackson. Then he tried & failed to choke out Jack Perry, who Phil outweighs by 80 lbs. Then, after being fired by a company that was willing to tailor their entire product around him, he showed up to French kiss the ass of the “doofus son in law” he once said he’d never work for. Your punk rock kid has gone back on everything he’s ever said. His integrity is as absent as his edge. He’s “Mr. TKO.” He’s become the establishment he claimed to despise.
So yeah; if I were you, I’d laugh to keep from crying too.
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So, maybe this should go in the weekly thread, but holy hell, what a glorious week this was for those of us who have always rolled our eyes at CM Punk’s “anti-establishment” act. This was the modern answer to what trips had to go through after the “curtain call.” I believe the direct quote that Trips attributes to Vince was; “you’re gonna eat so many plates of shit that you’re gonna like the taste.” Phil had to go to Saudi Arabia, a place he explicitly said he’d never perform, dress up like John Cena and do the shittiest freestyle rap since Noah Vanderhoff went on Wayne’s World, apologize to a planted fan for a tweet that I believe he genuinely meant, and then got made to look like shit against a thoroughly coasting John Cena. And to think: all he had to do was not get upset at Adam Page for not wanting advice that he didn’t ask for. This is what narcissism and self adulation gets you. He’s “Mr. TKO” now. The highest paid corporate stooge since Ed McMahon assured us that any of us could win the sweepstakes. Fuck that poser. I hope the Saudi blood $ keeps him warm, because he’s sold off every moral he’s ever pretended to have.
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1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
There's a lot of speculation that Tony Khan is going to announce women's tag team championships. There are some women who already have team names and matching gear and it would likely get more women on the shows. I'm not against it.
I think that’s why Stat is gonna join the Death Riders. To team with Marina.
AEW & ROH should have universal trios & tag titles. Each brand doesn’t need their own belt. I’m okay with two secondary men’s titles simply due to modern roster sizes. It would be better if there were something that differentiates the two titles, but a second secondary title makes sense. Yeah, the TBS & women’s titles should be merged.
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6 hours ago, Swift said:
I guess I'm out of the loop on backstage shenanigans over the years. What is the relevance of those 3 guys related to Punk?
There's been a lot of silly interpretation of who's names represent what. I think the easiest way to interpret those three names is that those 3 guys were all guys Punk championed in the past. He famously fought for Dolph Ziggler and Zack Ryder to get more tv time. The cynics amongst us (myself included) wondered how genuine he was being about that. Did he really think those guys deserved more, or was he invoking their names because it would further endear him to the growing sector of fans who were not into what was currently being booked?
Also, yeah. That promo ruled. Fuck that poser.
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27 minutes ago, Joe vs the Algorithm said:
Flipping by Collision and AR Fox is on vs. Moxley, so he’s obviously jobbing and it got me thinking. Was there ever any explanation from Meltzer’s or whoever why the out Strickland and Fox together, pushed Fox for about a month, then unceremoniously dropped him from the angle and hwven’t done much with him since (he seems to be a jtts when he appears on AEW tv.
Seems odd. At the time, I figured someone got into a backstage fight or failed a drug test.
I can't remember exactly what the issue was, but there was a thing where he couldn't travel to Canada for a big match and didn't inform anyone until the last moment.
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16 hours ago, The Natural said:
https://x.com/Brodyxking/status/1936106806641566140
Brody King is selling the Abolish ICE shirt and all proceeds will go to the Local Hearts Foundation. Bless Brody.
Ordered mine today.
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18 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
I'm not sure we've ever discussed it?
But in more important news, another show tonight at Arena Mexico featuring AEW talent. I think Thunder Rosa is on the card and Mercedes is facing La Catalina.
You’d be proud of me. There’s tons of idiots on wreddit throwing the “Mercedes Hogan” nonsense around as though they’ve never seen a “belt collector” story before. I’m in the trenches, baby.
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10 hours ago, username said:
And yet your main response to such a nice act is to use it as a way to take even more not-that-subtle shots at a wrestler you can't stop bitching about. People here had to do this with you less than three weeks ago, you gotta lay off with this shit man. Just say it was a nice thing Hangman said, you lessen it and yourself it when you twist it into a weapon to slam your supposed enemy with.
It should’ve been two posts. I started out being somewhat facetious. Then I veered into serious. That’s on me. It just made me smile when Hanger did that just two weeks after TKO sent Rey Mysterio out to publicly thank WWE for “legitimizing” Lucha Libre. Fuck those maga dorks.
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I may or may not have much more about this show. I thought it was dope as hell. I just wanted to chime in on the Hangman Love-fest. That dude is too good for this business. Can you even imagine what a sanctimonious, self-righteous piece of shit one would have to be to not get along with a standup human being like Adam Page? Imagine the deep-seated insecurity required to see a quality human being like Hangman Page as a threat? Lots of guys in this business talk the talk when it comes to speaking out about human rights. Hangman Page cut a promo in spanish in Mexico during a highly tumultuous week in our nation's history. I could be completely wrong, but when I listen to a guy like Hangman speak fondly of a handful of migrant workers he encountered during childhood, remembering their names, and generally just being a wonderful human, i almost get a little misty-eyed. I have a young son, and I want him to grow up to be a guy like Hangman Page.
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11 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
Speaking of Mortos, apparently he and Mercedes Mone are a thing now. My guy is posting "dubs" left and right.
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They could also merge the TBS/World titles by having Mercedes win so they could introduce women's tag titles.
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6 hours ago, Craig H said:
Again, if your biggest show of the year, your Wrestlemania, for a company that is still young, ends with the same horseshit that we've seen over and over again where the babyface slips on a banana peel or falls for the same interference again against Moxley and Hangman loses, that is a horrific, awful sign for AEW. Hangman is your man.
You want to overbook the finish and come out of All In racing ahead towards the future, you do whatever overbooking that is bound to happen, but Will nor Swerve causes Hangman to lose. No. You have a moment where it looks like Swerve may attack Hangman and instead he grabs Hanger by the back of the neck, goes forehead to forehead with the guy, and tells him, "YOU'RE LOSING THIS MATCH! IS THIS HOW YOU WANT IT TO END? GO BEAT THIS MOTHERFUCKER! RIGHT NOW, THIS ISN'T SWERVE'S HOUSE, THIS IS YOUR FUCKIN HOUSE! NOW GET UP AND FINISH THE JOB! COWBOY. SHIT."
I've mostly been mulling over why we never get the motivational speech to the face that's losing to propel him to win in wrestling, the "NOW GET UP YOU SON OF A BITCH, BECAUSE MICKEY LOVES YA" or the "Listen to em. That's what you've done. We've come from behind in every game this tournament so far and we can do it again. WE CAN BEAT THESE GUYS" or "This is your time. Their time, is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. SCREW EM. This is your time, now go out there and take it!" I got my Avengers Endgame moment with Cody. I want my sports movie motivational speech moment with Hangman.
It doesn't have to mean those guys are friends or even frenemies, it just means Swerve knows Hangman needs to beat Moxley if AEW is ever going to be right again.
You invoked MIRACLE. Now I want this...
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I think Swerve comes down to counter-act Young Bucks interference, maybe screws something up, and accidentally costs Hangman the title. Hangman's big character beat is that he learns to let shit like this go. Idk. Maybe it's too complicated.
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Yeah, I've been on both ends of the "oh shit, this submission is REALLY gonna hurt." IRL, you don't try to fight out of an armbar or omoplata or anything once it's in deep and your hands are out of position. You tap and "nope" the fuck out of the hold and the mat. I had zero issue with Aminata tapping and getting out...
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Hangman Page was right.
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I'm not gonna do a review for the whole 4 hr block of TV from wednesday. I will say that I had a wonderful time watching the show, and anyone who was on the discord can attest to that. What I want to point out is that I think one of the big things to take away from what happened Wednesday is that it's so much more fun to naturally integrate Lucha Libre into your product than to shoehorn it in, WWE style. I watched the youtube highlights from nXt tuesday and the whole AAA integration felt so forced. Like, "look at all these people you're supposed to care about now! not as much as our talent, but care! Exactly as much as we tell you! And make sure to watch 'Slim Jim presents Prime Energy Drink's 'When World's Collide' super show! Brought to you by Cricket Wireless and that Insurance Guy!!!" Woof. Kudos to TK for figuring out the right balance.
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Damn. I’m torn between my love of Lucha and my hatred of WWE. I want to watch this show, but I don’t want to cast a “yes” vote with my viewership…
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3 minutes ago, Technico Support said:
Oh you know you’re taking that jpeg to Kinko’s and getting an actual yard sign made!
I was thinking novelty coffee mugs and one of those decorative wall hangings, but I like a yard sign...
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6 hours ago, Technico Support said:
i'm honored.... I think?
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4 hours ago, Chaos said:
Tonight could be the last time we get Punk and AJ together in a wrestling match. I hope not. I'd like to see them have a 20+ minute fun 1v1 together one last time.
fwiw, they are not fans of one another as people. I would suggest enjoying this.
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A one-shot of tafka R-Truth appearing in a Casino gauntlet match, throwing all the competitors in the ring over the top rope, and then climbing to the middle turnbuckle would rule. Like, he's looking for a Wrestlemania sign to point at, thinking he's won the Rumble, he's confused, and then someone like Lance Archer or Kyle Fletcher just obliterates him.
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AEW NEWS - JULY 2025
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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I disagree with you a lot but I find you insightful. Not being WWE is 80% of the battle for AEW in my eyes. I'm to the point where it's "don't watch WWE" or "don't watch wrestling." I tend to be very optimistic (with few specific exceptions) as to what AEW is doing on tv. Other people might be more critical. That's okay.