JLowe
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The way to send a message, although I think it’s 95% work:
MJF cashes in, beats Punk with help from his little friends.
Grand Slam: Kingston pins MJF after BCC, FTR, and Wardlow come in and take out MJF’s little friends.
Co-main event at Grand Slam: Acclaimed get the titles.
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1 hour ago, The Natural said:
MJF: “I’ll be the top story after that return tonight!”
CM Punk: "Hold my non alcoholic beer!"
Which brings us back around to page 10ish (or maybe something on FB) when someone tweeted “now MJF knows how Wardlow felt”
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15 minutes ago, Octopus said:
And I don’t like the aesthetics of UFC. Real fights should be in Roadhouse settings.
I’m going to a hardcore punk show tonight and tomorrow where most of the band members are in their late 50s to mid-60s, I’ll get my share of watching old bitter punk dudes fighting for dumb reasons for the year.
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48 minutes ago, John from Cincinnati said:
I think when Punk came back he suggested Danielson would be a hypothetical partner for a dream match vs the Bucks. But you just know Regal is off somewhere minding his own business thinking these knuckleheads aren't tarnishing any of his dudes with their bullshit.
He knows Danielson is professional enough to take the fall.
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3 hours ago, ChrisPBacon said:
Work or not, this is damn entertaining. Ive consumed 8 hours of AEW today.
Because Punk is Hitman, i am to make of it that The Elite are the new Kliq?
I mean, they do the whole Kliq schtick. When you phrase it that way, it really seems like trying to do a whole modern worked shoot update on 1996 WWE politics.
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3 hours ago, A_K said:
Sounds like you should be watching UFC not performance-art then
I want my movie stunts to look as real as possible, but I don’t want to watch a snuff film.
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14 minutes ago, NoFistsJustFlips said:
Big time disagree. What wrestling fans want is realism. Even the smartest wrestling fan wants there to be times where they question if what they're seeing is actual real and not part of the show. I don't man that in a Russo way. I mean that in a dad that hates wrestling and takes his kid there, but says 'I know all this here wrestling stuff is fake but not Bruiser Brody. That guy is fighting people for real' way. This kind of intrigue has led to 20+ pages of discussion. WWE had a very good show Saturday and their discussion page topped out at 4.
Intrigue and realism is a draw. This DOES make people want to watch Wednesday. It may be annoying to you specifically who enjoys the straight forward on air nature of the story telling much like a great TV show or movie. But the broader wrestling audience loves this kind of stuff. It's 20 years later and people still talk about the ins and outs of Bret / Shawn & Montreal.My idea of realism is Eddie and Ishii turning each other’s chests to hamburger, stiff-looking punches and forearms, hurty looking submissions. I’ve always hated when the backstage intrigue becomes the in-ring angles. Like someone said, this isn’t 2000-2001 WCW, this is becoming 1999 WCW.
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3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
There was a moment when he was rolling either into or out of the ring where this HUGE pump of blood just came gushing out of his head. It was some primo shit. Punk is seriously up there with one of the best bleeders out there because he always 100%s it. And yeah that was a great match regardless of me wanting Mox instead or what happened after.
Something we talked about in the chat is about how the hammer and anvil elbows never look good unless Danielson does them but I'd argue Mox is just fine with them, and especially for the stomps, because them shits is motorcycle boots coming down on your face.
He was crawling back into the ring and there were massive red smears all over the black ring banner, I thought at first it was a part of the original design before realizing that it was that Punk was gushing.
You know, after Punk’s smartass remark about Mox bleeding, it was a nice touch that Mox stayed dry, if a little surprising considering how often he gets hardway busted.
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2 hours ago, DEAN said:
AEW is much at getting the focus on themselves. GUNTHER vs Sheamus was less than 48 hours ago and we have 19 pages on this shit.
Weirdly enough, 9+ pages were before the PPV.
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2 hours ago, Greggulator said:
If this stuff is a work, does it make anyone want to watch Wednesday? It’s more annoying than anything else.
The MJF is a total work, no one has an answering machine like that in 2022, no millennial listens to voicemails, and no one Tony Khan’s age would leave one saying anything more than “call me back”.
as for the rest, it sucks and has always been my least favorite part of wrestling.
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1 hour ago, HumanChessgame said:
While The Acclaimed winning the belts would have been a massive pop, I don't think anyone could have forseen the match being that good or The Acclaimed being that over. Swerve and Lee just won the belts less than two months ago so this would have been pretty quick to have them drop the belts. Short of calling an audible mid-match based on the reaction I think having the champs retain was the right choice. With how good the match was you can find a way to hype up a rematch, have it in somewhere The Acclaimed have more of a hometown connection, and then have them win the belts there.
Because why would I ever buy a PPV again?
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I knew Punk was going to win because the rest of the show was going to kill the Chicago market. Some great matches, some questionable booking choices and I think they need to reevaluate some storylines. And 5 hours is a lot to ask of a crowd, so repeatedly letting them down is a bad choice.
Missed the start of Zero Hour, but #FreeRubySoho. I don’t give a shit about Kip Sabian and that’s wasn’t worth the 9 month build. Hook actually sold, that was a perfectly fine throwaway match. Kingston-Ishii was tremendous and a great way to get a crowd hot.
Missed a lot of the ladder match due to PPV ordering issues, a lot of guys killing themselves to advance a mystery angle, but Dante Martin is a damned freak and they should make a cruiser belt or something for him.
Trios titles match was really great, I legit bought on a couple of occasions that Dark Order would win (and think they should have). The idea of a trios title is fine, but you’ve instantly made your top guys the champions and made it secondary to a singles angle, which sucks when you have a number of actual trio teams.
Jade-Athena was interesting, Jade had been progressing but looks to either have regressed or just couldn’t keep up with Athena. Crowd was dead as a graveyard for her victory. They’ve booked themselves into a corner here. Also, I appreciate she wants her daughter to see her wrestle and be a champion but that’s absolutely not a heel move.
FTWardlow- LethalGuns could’ve and should’ve been a: on regular TV and b: a tag with just FTR and MCMG. The Joe appearance was good and the Dax’s daughter moment was heartwarming but all that could’ve been on Dynamite. If you’re building to Wardlow powerbombing Singh, why have Singh standing idly by outside while Lethal is taking the 4th and 5th movement of the symphony?
Hobbs-Starks was another case of booking themselves into a corner, and no one is happy with the result, or the match TBH.
Tag title match was one of those awesome occasions where you see the crowd turn and make a huge difference; coining the “ooooh, scissor me Daddy” chant was the kind of organic thing that you couldn’t script. Acclaimed looked like champs, Swerve and Lee did an excellent job of shifting and wrestling heel, especially Keith Lee (who needs to feud with Wardlow). Yeah, Acclaimed are made now, but AEW missed a HUGE opportunity here. Still, MOTN.
I knew Baker wasn’t winning as she was going 3/4 speed, crowd wanted Hayter, I wanted Hayter, at least we got Storm and the next step in the Baker/Hayter breakup. Match was there.
Cage-Jungle Boy was 10 more minutes that could’ve been on Dynamite or Rampage.
They almost totally lost the crowd with the Owen Wilson as Backstreet Boy lip-sync for American Dragon. But Jericho-Danielson was almost MOTN, I’m enjoying the Jericho renaissance, and Danielson is a GOAT. The battle for the soul of Danny Garcia continues.
I’ve got assume Sting’s contract guarantees PPV appearances, and this was one of them. Like, I’m glad he wasn’t diving off a balcony again (sort of) but this match also could’ve been on a Dynamite or Rampage and was very, very there.
Main event was a surprise that Mox didn’t bleed, other than that it was a solid match that I don’t know built to Punk’s win. Summer of Mox will always be with us, I guess the MJF fans will have their time now.
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21 minutes ago, The Natural said:
I'd have called an audible.
100%, and from a booking stand point no reason you couldn’t do it (versus, say, having to keep Jade’s streak).
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11 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
I think the whole reason (besides the cash and not having much too do since Jan died other than podcasting, his BBQ business, and probably football) he's employed with AEW is TK allows him to say whatever the fuck he wants.
That's on TK for feeling like he has to play contrarian to what he feels is WWE's draconian nature towards their commentators. Two things can be true: WWE at least the whole time Vince was there was extremely overbearing in how they handle their on-air talent and also most people need to not say everything that's on their mind.
Since TK made a very shortsighted decision, Jim Ross is going to ride this one out until he physically cannot do it anymore. The man called one PPV while passing a kidney stone and then several years later, called a show while having a Bell's Palsy attack. It may be awhile.
What happens when some of the main event talent go to Tony and say they’re not going to put up with JR’s bullshit?
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10 minutes ago, Casey said:
He also shit all over the main event of All Out. Which some here will applaud, but doing so in a very public way like this isn't the best look.
If you want to push the sympathy angle of “pro-wrestling legend who just wants to go out on his own terms doing what he loves”, then you need to realize that you’re getting paid to love what you’re doing and if you don’t like it, then feel free to go out.
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1 hour ago, hammerva said:
Do you think that Britt Baker is hoping that Mandy Rose pins Meiko Satomura in a couple hours at NXT World Collide show. Because as stupid as Britt winning the title will be tonight there is something that would 100 times worse to deflect the attention
If that happens, I hope Meiko Satomura is interested in spending some time in the US and being the Ace of the AEW women’s division.
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On 9/3/2022 at 8:01 AM, porksweats said:
Sohortiz vs The Family Guevara went well and beyond the call of duty and pulls it out by the skin of its teeth over many other worthy competitors this week, somehow even topping my thought for the lock-in Dynamite's Toni Storm/Hikaru Shida vs Britt Baker/Jamie Hayter.
Those two and Shida-Emi were all fantastic AEW women’s matches, really great week for that division. I guess that one match was mixed, but it was the Ruby-Tay elements that really put it over the top.
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13 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Okay, I screwed up that part, but didn't he say that Acclaimed were made of "gravel, stone, something" or was he talking about themselves? Either way: ehhhh.
He was talking about SioG being made of gravel and stone. We’ll have to agree to disagree.
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Had a very strong WCW Thursday Thunder feel. Good opener trios, lots of stories being told, good build. Then you have your random cruiser sprint with a couple of nice spots. Lots of backstage stuff to sell the random matches on the PPV. Mixed tag was much better than I expected, again stories being told, lots of character moments, good build. Main event had the tricky moment with Starks locking up, and then a disappointing match that made Starks look weak AF against a guy who doesn’t even win all his matches on YouTube. Show ended with a brawl in one area and a face-off on another area just to add that extra WCW touch.
All that to say, I enjoyed it a lot for the most part, and was really let down by the end.
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8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
As a rapper and a wrestler he should have been embarrassed at that last line. "Paper beats rock"? Get outta here with that shiiiiit.
Rock beats scissors, I thought it was a pretty good closing line.
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I don’t know about rumors, but I do know that based on the roster, his place in it, and how he’s been booked, Malakai leaving AEW for WWE return wouldn’t be a major loss. I think he has potential away from the gimmick but I hate HOB and like Darby said, Brody King did his best work without them. if he stays, great, but give them a refresh and maybe se if you can get them to get rid of the corny ass early 2000s black metal wannabe shit.
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Quinn Ewers is going to make mistakes, but so did Hudson Card and Casey Thompson, and he has a better arm than either of them; Casey had a gunslinger mentality and a peashooter arm. Also, the Texas OL is going to be vastly improved from last year. We will be starting two true freshmen in game one, 5* Kelvin Banks at LT and early enrollee Cole Hutson at RG, and good likelihood by the end of the year 5* Devon Campbell at one of the guard spots and massive Cam Williams at RT. Losing transfer WR Isaiah Neyor for the year is tough, he was going to take some pressure off Worthy.
The DL is going to have a solid to excellent interior and struggle on the Edge, especially at pass rush. The transfer LB from James Madison is looking like a steal, which may open up DeMarvion Overshown to focus more on rushing the passer from his hybrid LB/safety/edge position.
Apparently, our kicking game is going to be an adventure.
I'm thinking 8 wins is expected, 9 would be nice, if they can do 10 then shit got crazy.
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1 hour ago, Technico Support said:
Wrestling was a much tougher life back then. Doubly so for women.
For sure! But I think we're going to look back and realize it was the rise of no-smoking policies everywhere that made a huge difference. Second would be awareness of skin cancer/using sunscreen
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1 minute ago, Jiji said:
I'd love the Andrade, Miro, Pac, and Black universe to start mixing it up with the other big names.
I'm 100% with you there.
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AEW - SEPTEMBER 2022
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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Seems like small potatoes these days.