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  1. March…..Maaaaaad……nesssssssss……
  2. I credit Total Divas for being here. The episode where Trinity and Alexa argued over Mark Henry vs Dean Malenko and they name dropped this place. Next thing I know I’m stuck here trying to name drop stuff to get likes. Hey guys, remember D’Lo Brown?
  3. I wish. That last Dynamite adventure you went on looked fun.
  4. Honestly, in terms of the Austin comparison, I think a good example is how Brit Baker got more over being in the wheelchair with Reba. Saying that, I’m impressed with AEW’s respect towards the wrestlers privacy. We don’t know what’s going on and if the best advice is to rest than please rest. Examples can be pulled where a return from injury is booked well and makes for an impactful moment. Also where it kills momentum. Wrestling storytelling is an interesting medium where there are so many factors that can play into making something great or bad: What city they’re in, unexpected injuries, other people becoming more over, controversies forcing change, botched in ring moment, etc. Do I think an injured Yuta being on tv adds to anything? Probably not but I’m sure they could come up with something cool. I’m sure him running out and making a save or screwing someone when he returnscould be cool too. Brit Baker is an example for this now as well. I was getting a bit tired of her, now that she’s been gone I’m actually super excited for her to come back and have a promo off with Mercedes or fight with Storm. She was a perfect example of staying on tv before and now she’s a great example of being off tv. Ricky Starks is an example of someone that has had and lost momentum. There’s been times he’s disappeared and I’m bummed. This last time he had momentum they were still using him as tag champs with Big Bill and I feel the momentum for him fizzled again. He wasn’t used, he was used. We can blame booking or performers or external circumstances. I’m starting to lean towards wrestling is weird and a little bit of everything can influence a little bit of everything. Do I want more video packages? In theory, yes. I just love edited short hype pieces. Do I want a ton of them, no. On Twitter, not so much here, it gets so disingenuous with “Who is this?” like towards Okada. He literally already main evented a PPV and had hype around building that. The CMLL guys showing up came off of the BCC getting in their faces. It was very simple but it was there. The point is we’re getting something you can’t see on US tv elsewhere. The mystery and then technical excellency of Hechicero being discovered in the match was very fun. I do find the transition from BCC to Jericho (like what AEW did with the Kingston feud) to be eh. But meh. Jokes aside, The Casuals as a modern day J.O.B. Squad would be pretty sweet. Right now, how I enjoy wrestling is I actually watch (when I can) AEW because I prefer their matches and the presentation and I look up clips of WWE because it’s fun keeping up to date with their stories. They’re far from perfect as well, but it’s a really fun time having two bigger companies putting out content at such a high level for both their standards. Give me Danielson vs Shibata on Collision and give me Cody and I crying as he holds up the belt at Wrestlemania. Give me stupid but fun Judgement Day locker room segments where they’re like Pinky and the Brain trying to take over the WWE or someshit and give me Penta taunting in the face of danger as if he is Friedrich Nietzsche staring into the abyss and some jumping into a cutter or super kick 2010’s ROH when they had tv guy stares back. RAMBLE COMPLETE. I need a nap.
  5. Yuta is injured but to my knowledge (I did a quick search and couldn’t find much) there isn’t a known return date. Hopefully he’s fine and comes back soon. I really enjoy him.
  6. HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY greatest moment in AEW history
  7. I can’t wait to see how Jungle Boy single-handedly gets Okada and Ospreay fired.
  8. Sting retires, Danielson goes part time, Mox goes on vacations with his built up PTO. Instead of the Smackdown Six, who do we have as the Elite Eight in the next year or two? The wrestlers To y Khan will revolve his main programs around.
  9. HAPPY BIRTHDAY @The Natural!! Have a good un.
  10. Eh, everyone involved sucks at least a little.
  11. Which is sad. He really lost his funk over the years. Early on he had such a dynamic personality of over the top selling and zaniness. kind of like how Juice Robinson has such a wild demeanor. Hopefully he can get his groove back.
  12. I was a WWF kid. I hated Hogan and Goldberg. I could not deny how cool Sting was though. NWO was just a bunch of old guys trying to be DX (lol) but Sting was a legitimate dream opponent for the Undertaker. Outside of the cool luchadors in the video games, Sting was the only thing WCW had going for it in the eyes of a child.
  13. 5 if you include the CHIKARA match. For fun though, I mentally look at the recent 3 as a trilogy. But all in all they play into an interesting overall narrative. Even with the Claudio distraction in their first match is pretty interesting to think about with the eventual BCC connection to Danielson. If we added the 2 other matches to the really cool twitter post @AxB posted then we’d have CHIKARA 2010 - Danielson on top of his game mostly dominating a brawling excellent leg selling Kingston. Claudio distracts Eddie which causes the loss. AEW 2021 - Hard hitting match where Danielson chokes out Kingston while Eddie is still flipping him off. Sets up the disrespect in the 2023 matches. When AEW is at its best, I really love the in-ring storytelling.
  14. But only with his enemies so the winner we can ask if they can coexist.
  15. Watching the Scrum. TK seems more reserved than usual. No wig and sunglasses. Tony said the tag titles will be vacated and there will be a tournament. More info later on.
  16. I’ll need to rewatch BCC vs FTR. I was kind of in and out with stuff going on. But what I saw was good stuff.
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