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You’ll need to pay for those special channels to see much more Kiera Hogan on your TV

I’m a day late, grumpy, and drunk. This show was not really for me. Opener was the definition of a spotfest with no story. Independently, some great stuff. Context? Cero. Hardys and JE? Entero miedo. Hobbs and Starks wrestled, I think, it was over very fast and I was pissed because they’re more interesting than the 4 teams in the opener. Athena-Kiera was a match that happened. I don’t recall anything that stood out other than Hogan’s pathetic strikes. Kiera Hogan doesn’t win on Dark. Athena, if you’re trying to push her, should squash that. I don’t know, I’m grumpy and drunk. I must have missed when Punk actually relinquished the belt. There’s meaning in the MJF fucking awful promo on Wednesday and Punk only naming Danielson and Moxley as worthy. Ham handed storytelling, but will lead to mostly good wrestling and a flurry of fantasy booking. Dante-Scorpio saved the show. Announcers put Dante over, they told a story, stayed mostly grounded making Dante’s big flashy moments really stand out. Big (not so) subtle moment with Ethan Page being pissed at the SCU chant. They’re still building to something with Page and Sky, I’ll give it a moment since apparently it’s the World Title that’s getting the hard reset.

I'm surprised he isn't suing every accuser for defamation.

Your money feud after King-Jericho is King-MJF.

Because of my bias, I'm going to interpret this as over 150k people turned their channel during MJF's promo, and they never recovered more than half of them.

I was thinking "What about me, what about Raven"

Lauren Theisen has weighed in on Defector (for those who are subscribers): https://defector.com/the-aew-mjf-feud-gets-more-fake-and-more-annoying/

The only standout thing about MJF is his full-time commitment to being a chickenshit asshole heel. Otherwise, he's a talented guy on a roster of incredibly talented guys.

in 2000/2001, I would watch PPVs with some friends who had their cable box hacked to get free PPVs. And yet, I don't recall this one at all and am wondering if by this time we just gave up on WCW PPVs entirely.

Mostly loved the opening match. Did you hear the pop for the Acclaimed? That said, Caster might have a couple weeks off again to think about ridiculing abuse victims. Dax Harwood was a fantastic FIP tonight. I spoke my piece on MJF. I think there is a point to the AEW originals-NXT imports feud, hell Adam Page was working the same angle literally last week. That said, MJF is one of their most protected guys, someone who rarely even wrestles outside of a PPV. MIRO!!! I've been meaning to make the joke that all those "Miro" commercials that don't make any sense as a product were secretly meant as a reminder about Miro being on the roster. His promo was great, match had moments but honestly should have been a total squash IMO. 2.0 all scarred up. Kingston taking a beating so Ortiz could jump Jericho and cut the hair. Amazing that after Anarchy in the Arena they can keep this going into an even more violent match and yet here we are and I am ready. 10-man was fine, add me to the list of those not excited about what now seems inevitably the Bucks being the ones to finally beat JE for the titles. I'm not a fan of the "Swerve in the Glory" name, and wondering what's next for them. Was disappointed that Wardlow didn't have his new theme music, but that was a fine squash and the post-match angle with Smart Mark and the class action lawsuit on behalf of security is fucking brilliant. Still, feels like all the BS this past weekend took a lot of shine off Wardlow's big moment. Womens's tag match was fantastic, great back and forth action, very hard-hitting. Glad that Ruby got her win back, but OF COURSE DMD immediately got her heat back. Ready for more Storm-Hayter. Main event is a strong contender for best of 2022 list. I can't recall who compared Garcia to The Terminator but spot on, dude just kept coming after Mox and laying it in. Busting open Mox's stitches with headbutts is old school (but also, less headbutts please). Forcing the ref to untangle the Figure 4 on a rope break is old school. This is clearly part of a long-term story where Garcia realizes that his natural place is in BCC, and it's going to be a brutal, bloody trip getting there.

Fuck MJF, fuck his shooty bullshit, fuck his no selling the stretcher job. Let his ass go. His strength is being willing to be a true heel instead of a cool one, and now he's fucked that up too.

No he had someone with him in a promo at the PPV

What about the dude who was with Andrade?

As long as it's a Burberry neck brace

Adam Cole and the Kliq Undisputed Elite just lost their smiles

Even though I first heard them on a couple of comps back in the 80s, I didn't get into them until after I moved to Austin and learned more about them, plus seeing Tim in garage rock bands and getting to know him as a friend. I love that they just played what they wanted to play. My current fave is "Your Money's in our Hands", taunting the frat boys who used to go to their shows to start fights. Light in the Attic did a huge reissue of back in 2015 of "Lullabies" and "No Matter How Long", and before that of "Where's My Towel/Industry Standard", but those are all sold out now. My friend Timmy also did a reissue of the "Fun Fun Fun" ep back in 2013, and I also have an original of that. I have one of the 2012 Gern Blandsten reissues of Wreck Collection, and a copy of the Live at Rauls single. I'm actually pretty close to being a completist on all of Tim's projects, excluding all the various compilations the Big Boys were on.

Hotter than the Devil's dick is the one I always heard.

Considering my misdirected manifestations, you’ll likely get your wish.

Caprice Coleman is filling the desperately needed Mike Tenay role on the YouTube shows and I love it. Big Paul was actually doing a better job of calling the matches and not getting too sidetracked by banter with Henry.

Mercedes-Mazzeratti will end up as an AEW YouTube MOTYC. That would’ve been the second best women’s match on the PPV.

After seeing TAKESHITA~! on Dark, I want to manifest a 15-minute match with Kyle O’Reilly

My favorite is the simple cake donut, maybe with some cinnamon sugar if I'm feeling sassy.

This is 8 years old but still, in my opinion, a really interesting blogpost discussion about gourmet donuts from an archaeological/anthropological perspective: https://paulmullins.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/the-refined-doughnut-taste-class-and-doughnut-respectability/amp/

I actually felt the same. I guess they used the stretcher job to give MJF a break, but to me that almost made him a sympathetic figure.

Dangit, how could I confuse Cronenberg and Carpenter.