JLowe

Saw all the online chatter about Thekla-Aminata, and after watching I wondered what the big deal was. Like these are supposedly joshi/Stardom fans calling that stiff? And I didn’t see any sandbagging, most I noticed was Aminata didn’t really commit to whip into a corner. I real-time interpreted the wuick exit as “tapped out quick to avoid injury and bailed”. But people have pointed out here that Aminata has bloodied a few people already in her time in AEW. Ospreay-Swerve was amazing and the whole match and segment were pretty perfectly booked. Great show overall, but no way I could’ve watched that in one sitting.

Okada makes too much money to wear such a terrible and ill-fitting suit. It looked like a pair of Hugh Hefner pajamas, and that’s not a compliment. It also was not flattering to his build. He should talk to Hurt Syndicate and find out who their tailor is.

Funny seeing the talk about Toni Storm and Skye Blue, when I was watching this time I realized they’re basically the same height and similar builds (including the bubble). They also always mesh really well, probably from working that brief house show circuit. I watched early this afternoon as far as the intros for the International Title 4-way (my DVR didn’t tape Collision so I didn’t want to start something I couldn’t finish without switching to Max). The trios was the standout, the women’s tag was excellent and the post-match stuff involving Mercedes overdone steak was funny. Briscoe and Mox was great if a foregone conclusion, but damned if the crowd didn’t bite on the super close near fall. I don’t know if it’s part of the character that Mox himself doesn’t cheat, he just has constant ringside interference?

I know it’s been said, but in a promotion loaded with talent, legends, and future global superstars, Mascarita Sagrada was the most over of them all, and probably the best mini ever.

Yeah, the 80s throwback isn’t for the young Gen Z obsessed with Y2K, it’s a deep enough cut for the old school fans and just funny/fun for the millennial fans.

Fun fact: the only member of The Beastie Boys who went to Stuyvesant High School (whose gym shirt is worn by Ad Rock) is Kate Schellenbach. Also, when I started at Stuyvesant in fall 1985 they no longer had gym shirts like that, which made a lot of new students mad. Ad Rock wearing that shirt was the coolest Stuyvesant thing that had happened for years.

On the one hand, I’ll be in a hotel room in New Jersey without much to do on Wednesday night. On the other hand, I’ll have to wake up at 4:45 Thursday morning so no way can I catch even half of a 4-hour broadcast starting at 8 eastern.

The fact that two of the TBS title holders have had year-long reigns, both of which also involved undefeated streaks, is poor booking IMO.

I’m hardly a Cornette-esque body mark, my favorite current wrestler is Orange Cassidy and I loathe Brian Cage. Sometimes you just don’t get it, and Adam Cole I just don’t get.

I’ve seen it said a few times that people love Chugs but don’t Iike Adam Cole Baybay. The time where Adam was out was when Kyle O’Reilly actually got to show personality and singles potential, then they decided to put the Undisputed Paragon back together, I guess to sell merch?

Right now, there is a pretty positive vibe online and business is improving, so I think he’ll just figure to keep doing what they’re doing, because obviously it’s getting under the Fed’s skin. But TK can be unpredictable, and if WWE does try and grab some of the ECW legends just to fuck AEW’s plans he might have something to say about that. Difference between the companies seems to be that WWE wants to own everything, while AEW knows there’s plenty of room for two or more companies to be successful. Both Mercedes and especially Toni took some swipes at the E during their segment, first time in a while I recall that happening.

So WWE has booked an NXT show for the 2300 Arena a week before the AEW Philly residency. Petty, petty shit. Expect them to make big money legends offers to some ECW vets.

Ironic considering Canadians are notoriously thick-skinned! Also the headgear.

Final random thought post: the Frat House is a perfect obnoxious gimmick for a JTTS team and none of them is good enough to accidentally get over (used to think Vance might but I don’t see it anymore) But they should use their first names on their gear, since they are really fratty sounding: Griff, Kole, and Preston. Jacked Jameson is godawful but he kind of works as the obnoxious mouthy roided frat bro.

Yeah, I think the stair bump spot was either closer than she was expecting, or she was thrown harder than expected, and she crushed her arm on the edge of the steps which in turn kept her from properly protecting her face. You can hear her give a very real cry of pain right after. Doc running over right after with the towel rolled up made it seem like a work, but I think he knew from the ref that she was messed up and came prepared. I was definitely confused about how Alexander got that messed up, they mentioned having Brody’s arms trapped meant he was taking the full weight and might have gotten caught underneath, but don’t think that would cause that kind of gash. So back elbow makes sense. Whats wild is that it looked an awful lot like Don Callis’s gash after he fell on the camera rig and ended up with that nasty scar. I imagine they’ll make that into a thing.