JLowe
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4 minutes ago, The Natural said:
I'm just not into Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus dating back to a tag team with Marko Stunt.
Co-sign on everything else though.
I don't like them or the feud but I'm hoping this is the blow off so they can move on.
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4 minutes ago, Dolphman 3000 said:
AAA Set To Go Head To Head With AEW Next Month
If AAA-USA takes off and they take all the lucha talent with them, how fucked is AEW exactly?
MLW just announced they won't be using any AAA talent going forward and are trying to partner with CMLL - I wonder if that's related
AEW signed Bandido and Rush, who else have they used in the last year (which is since I've been watching)? They have a lot more Japanese talent and connections.
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10 minutes ago, Dolphman 3000 said:
Who else can MJF believably beat clean in his first title defense
We're absolutely going to get "Max only faces scrubs and ducks Wardlow" for the next 6 months
He only wrestles every 3 months anyway, he’s the anti-Mox in every way.
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1 minute ago, For Great Justice said:
Really good show with a lot to unpack.
Bridgeport sucks.
They were pretty dead but I think the arena mics weren't working very well either.
Loved Top Flight Fox vs. Death Triangle, just some ridiculous shit in that match. Fox doing a moonsault by running up the ring post had me jump out of my chair saying "holy shit". AR Fox definitely made the most of his TV debut!
Opening tag was great, Sammy is really just getting the snot beat out of himself recently and I'm here for it.
I have to admit, I wasn't really able to pay much attention to Page-Bandido. I want to like Ethan Page, but he's just not AEW upper card guy to me.
Acclaimed video = great, as usual. Match was excellent, really fun seeing Bowens show out and Swerve getting to do all his strange style stuff.
Britt's promo was excellent but lord the dynamic of this match is totally screwed up at this point.
Jade talking about how she built the belt up when Nyla was literally an AEW women's champion before Jade was wrestling was some funny shit.
The Firm aspect of the MJF-Mox angle is a crowd-killer. Of course, considering what MJF did to Wardlow I'm ok with his big moment getting spoiled some.
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19 hours ago, supremebve said:
The fact that it's taken a year and a half for Justin Field's coaches to look at that massive man who runs that fast to say, "maybe we should let him run," is a fucking travesty. The average football coach is fucking terrible at his job.
I'll always be pissed at what Jeff Fisher did to Vince Young.
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50 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
The only NWA/WCW person who arguably didn't have a better run and should have been a star in WWF is Barry Windham in multiple tries.
Blackjack Windham in 1997 looks like he ate 1987 Barry Windham. Kendall was his appetizer.
I know he wasn’t a star but when I was a kid I was a big fan of the US Express, especially Windham
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@GordlowI’m with you pretty much 100%.
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I was so tuned out on Rampage that I totally missed that announcement! AKIYAMA! THE RETURN OF LARD LAD!
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Dante deserves a real push already, but if he can’t have that then give me Dante-Bandido and more Dante-Rush and Dante-Yuta.
Nyla clowning on Jade was great, right down to almost breaking her opponent’s face with the Jaded.
OC-Shotty is a YouTube main event, not a Rampage main event. This card was super weak. Seriously, look at the faces in the front row at the end, they are not happy, not mad, just meh.
The Boston crowd and I agree that the JB-Christian-Lucha feud is tired as shit and needs to wrap up.
Happy for the return of Top Flight, and I guess happy for AR Fox to get to be on TV to eat a pin and further the Death Triangle dissension angle. Another group I’m over.
Speaking of, fucking House of Black. It’s a good thing that, outside of tonight, they still produce mostly excellent to classic matches, because AEW is burning my goodwill in a lot of other ways.
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Oh boy, they killed that crowd dead by the end. Rush-Bandido was the saving grace and half the best spots were in PiP. El Anabolico over Dante Martin was a choice.
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27 minutes ago, Gordlow said:
I am as excited for Roosh vs Bandido as I can be for a TV wrestling match. Oh boy!
Same!
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15 hours ago, No Point Stance said:
It's the wacky disco theme from the opening titles to Friday the 13th Part III (in 3D)
adding that to my list of albums to consider buying
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10 hours ago, zendragon said:
I just want Ortiz first name be damned to wear a black coat, white shoes, back hat (Cadillac) when he teams with Ruby for the sake of musical continuity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6RpJ1f3D8&ab_channel=SongLyricsHD
Or bring in someone and have them be Maxwell Murder
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1 hour ago, zendragon said:
Always liked Jarrett just never as the focal point of a promotion so if he works a couple of matches then fades into his backstage role Im cool with that
My problem is that backstage Jarrett's fall-back solution to any problem is "Put me on camera"
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2 minutes ago, For Great Justice said:
I think they are setting up Regal to turn on Mox to give MJF the win
Oh, yeah, I agree with that, thought it was a reference to something in the past.
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26 minutes ago, For Great Justice said:
Boy howdy that main event was the shit
And I’m not the worlds best pro wrestling sleuth but methinks something stinks in Boston with Regal being out there for Mox’s promo. Maybe it’s too obvious, but the past month has certainly set it up.
I know the mods here don't like just gif posts so imagine Michael Scott saying "Explain it to me like I'm 5" because I'm not catching your drift.
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Was about 2/3 watching the first half and missed most of the opener, so I'll have to do a rewatch Sunday on my DVR.
MJF talks in his natural voice and meanders and I was mostly catching up with Texas football stuff during that segment because I don't like him and I hate that he's going to win.
Kingston-Page was a very good match but at some point they're going to job Eddie to the point that beating him isn't a big win to get someone over. I was terrified for that top rope Razor's Edge, but they worked it pretty perfectly.
Wardlow squash, fine. Joe turn with no build (no matter what the announcers said), fucking awful no matter how good the match will be.
Lethal-Trent was awesome. Both are on that list of 20 guys you could say are in the top 10 AEW wrestlers. Jeff Jarrett once again kills my buzz and took another 10% off my goodwill towards AEW (only 10% because they did explain why he would be with Lethal and Dutt in a way I didn't think about).
Saraya-DMD was too long and too shooty, even if it was some good back and forth. Too much fucking tweener stuff going on right now.
Mox gives another amazing promo, he's miles above MJF on the stick (and in the ring). Mox knows who he is, and he's going to give it to you straight every time.
Hayter-Skye was a slugfest and I for one was glad it was competitive because Skye is earning a higher spot on the card. Jayme still looked like a million bucks beating the shit out of her, and that lariat was FUCKING NASTY and Skye sold that like she had been hit by a train.
Danielson-Guevara was brutal, Sammy once again almost kills himself. At first I thought the chair throw shot was incredibly reckless, but replay at the end showed that Bryan was ready and had his arms up. Sammy can take an ass-beating, that's for sure.
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Another week of watching in a hotel room, this time in Little Rock (headed there for a conference). I’m most excited about Hayter-Skye, they meshed really well together last week and I think if they’re given some time it’s going to make Hayter look like a bigger star while elevating Skye in defeat.
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5 hours ago, Wee Bey said:
This tweeter just doesn’t appreciate clubberin’.
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11 minutes ago, Matt D said:
I think the way to go is to have Britt cost Hayter (by "accident") at the PPV, turn Hayter and have her feud with Britt, and then have Athena absolutely run over Storm for the interim belt as a full on heel. Hayter has Britt as a feuding partner and there's a story there (even with Saraya in the middle) so she doesn't need the belt. With Athena, they absolutely have to strike while the iron is hot. They almost never do that.
One could say the same about Hayter though, couldn't they? The crowd is ready, we're coming close to having an Acclaimed situation.
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6 hours ago, Wee Bey said:
That is some excellent electro as the theme music
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Having Athena run back her feud with Jade by going heel and showing who the true baddest B is could be fun, if they're willing to actually put her over.
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Indy probably had a hard time finding an interim coach who would agree to ruin their reputation on a tank job.
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Frank Reich is out as Colts head coach
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Dynamite - 11/16/22
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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Just finished a rewatch where I could really focus on it.
Opening tag was high four star wrestling with a lot of storytelling and a great, classic go-home match for this particular storyline. There was one interesting moment that I want to see if it pays off. Claudio did a save for Bryan where he crawled and head butted either Jericho or Sammy (that part doesn’t matter) and then lingered for a second before rolling Bryan onto his side. In a 4-way for the title, in that same situation, maybe he goes for the pin because the belt is what matters. Also, I want to shout out Sammy again for really embracing being a shitass heel instead of trying to be a cool heel. And again, he really is taking a beating, leaning into Bryan’s kicks and Claudio’s uppercuts.
Swerve-Bowens was another 4-star match that told a story and was a classic go-home match for this storyline. Bowens looked like a star, Swerve’s strange style is great because so many of his moves look painful but are also really dickish.
Then we have the trios title match. Someone compared it to the late 90s WCW where they throw 6 luchadors together and they just go out and run a CMLL spot fest. Except here we have two teams of brothers, one of whom is part of a long-running trios group that also holds the title. This was definitely a spot fest, but what incredible spots there were! AR Fox did things I’ve never seen, Top Flight pulled off some innovative tag spots, other than a slightly botchy Fear Factor everyone was super smooth and clean. There was even a very convincing hope spot after the run of spots culminating in Fox’s beautiful 450 splash.
After this, though, things went off the rails. Lots of talking, although we did get Wardlow’s huge over the top rope dive. Britt’s great promo expect it was a face promo when she’s still supposedly a heel.
Page-Bandido was...let’s call it deliberate early on (or plodding if you’re nasty). Bandido got his spots in and Page was a good base, but I don’t think there was ever any sense that Bandido stood a chance. Page has a very late ‘80s main event style to his work, which is a bit of sore thumb in this promotion.
crowd is starting to die a bit now.
Storm-Anna was fine, Matt D is spot on about how Anna JAS has really embraced the sports entertainment element, which adds a lot to the match. But the match itself felt like it was at 3/4 speed, and also never in doubt.
Mox’s promo was more good selling for the PPV. He’s a straight shooter, he tells you who he is, and everything he says about MJF is 100% accurate story wise (and shoot wise too). Crowd was waking up again, and then Stokely walks out and the sudden silence is palpable. MJF has to implore the crowd to cheer, but by then this segment has been killed dead.
It really was a tale of two hours, and maybe the show might have been better and hotter if the matches were scheduled a little differently.