Octopus

I just got off the phone with Tony Khan and he says he needs YOUR help: he wants to build towards an all female Blood and Guts. Team Saraya vs Team DMD. Who do you have on each team?

Phenomenal corpse paint on Brody though.

Having Dax show up was foreshadowing that Tequila would make an appearance later.

Hot dang, I know I’m not addin much by saying this but I really loved that Iron Man match. I’m really excited to see the direction going forward.

@Log is pearl-clutching about pearl-clutching. Let me clutch in peace. <3

I think it was an in the moment dumb decision. He got talked to after and I doubt we’ll see it again. Hopefully the kid got a bunch of really cool stuff and even to chop Max while the Dark Order holds his arms back.

It sounds like she does a lot of the charity and fan goodwill stuff. Negative One missed his mark?

gotta make it right by the family. Maybe he’ll join Team Taz?

I’m happy for FTR coming back. Hopefully the leaving tweets will stop.

Wu-Tang is for the children, but MJF isn’t. —— I love that Jericho, Mox, Danielson, Saraya, and Christian all put over AEW Originals/ non-WWE wrestlers. ALSO, both the BCC members taped out. —- To add to what @StarChief EagleDemon was saying, maybe not smart throwing water around you just drank out of in this modern COVID world.

The tag match was so wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The teams were made for each other. I wrongfully doubted it. Forgive me, Double J.

I like the tongue twister that will be Saraya-Soho-Storm

Long term booking of AEW not thinking things out.

I ended up getting the PPV and glad I did. Iron Man match is my MOTY so far. Bryan came away looking very strong and Maxwell survived as both a champion and still dirty. Bryce did a masterful job as ref. I’m so pumped up right now. The ending had me stand up. Then when Schiavone was talking to his earpiece I started giggling. People were losing their mind towards the end. Great work from everyone involved! Hangman vs Mox was absolutely lovely. Page is the Man now. Interesting to see what he does going forward with this win.

Jokes aside, I miss and liked Brandi.

I like my Peter like I like my Joe’s. Sloppy. Sexy Peter Avalon doesn’t do it for me. Give me some ironic Pretty gimmick.

As a father, I sympathize with Dragon wanting an early bedtime. I’m such a maybe on this event. The Ironman and Texas Death are enough to get me to want to, but things are tight right now and although I can swing it, I might prefer to get a few things done tomorrow because I’m lazy today. If Dragon wins and I don’t get it, I’ll be pretty pissed. But I think MJF is the right move to make.

I feel like we’ve been agreeing a lot recently. I’m very glad to have read this. I love the Ironman stipulation. I feel like I’ve been hearing more negative thoughts on the concept Ironman matches (which is a valid opinion) but I’ve always really enjoyed them. I love the aesthetics of the sports like graphics. Having a timer counting down and a score next to the names. The drama created by leads and the time running out. With long matches (especially guaranteed long matches) can get boring but when you have master craftsmen working a story, it can truly be mesmerizing.

The fact that I cannot drink out of official decorative cups with pictures of AEW wrestlers like Pentagon and Luchasaurus is a failure on AEW’s merchandising department.

That awkward shooting star press was Brock Lesnar’s top rope jump on Here Cones the Pain - THE MORE YOU KNOW.

the perfect analogy

Funk at that bar and then doing a shot with him would have been a great moment. It sounds like everyone in the Pinnacle excluding Max felt the same way. Shawn Spears tweeting that it was “DOA”. It was very much a group of MJF’s side pieces more than a faction of equals. I enjoyed his thoughts on the layout of the feud with Inner Circle. The faces getting instant retribution hurt the heels credibility. Personally, I think you can have the rivalry go back and forth, but you do need the villains to violently get the advantage more and maybe space things out better. One thing I felt at the time was I wasn’t into how quickly after Blood and Guts we had the Inner Circle Bubbly Truck bit. Dax sighted it as Jericho needing his Sport Entertainment moment. Retroactive fantasy booking: Sammy feels guilty about surrendering and the rest of the group (excluding an injured and absent Jericho) tells him they love him and he did what he felt was right out of love and they’re buds. Jericho returns and tells Sammy he is proud of him and they’ll get revenge. Bam, that’s an extra two weeks of selling the previous big match and the heels can maintain heat by being mean. Then you get Bubbly. So many great heel moments were quickly negated or equalized to keep the faces strong. I will say, I did love the locker room beat down when I watched it on tv. Could have spaced it better. I really relate to Dax. As a creative person, when I put my heart into a group project that I’m excited for but don’t agree with the direction of, it is easy to be bitter about it. It feels like the main wrestling creative contributors to the feud was Jericho and MJF. Which for better or worse does make sense for we’re they were envisioned on the card. It was a continuation of MJF vs Jericho that has been brewing since MJF joined the Inner Circle.

I want to see an awkward F-5 on Omos. I am pro this weird decision. Omos is big and scary and him trash talking Brock and maybe getting thrown around for hopefully 5 minutes will be a wonderful visual. Sadly, if Brock faced Gunther it could possibly be a great fight but I’d be surprised if Brock lost. Keep Gunther strong until you’re ready to bump him up to a championship feud. I liked the dq finish to Bobby v Brock. But I don’t like it as a feud ender. Maybe the awkwardly pick it back up after beating their Wrestlemania jabronis.

and option 5, finally be able to hold a trios tournament to see who the greatest wrestling family is, The Family Jewel Guerrero - Dom, Chavo, & Edge Colons - Carlito, Epico, & Primo Anoa’i - the Usos & Solo Fifita - Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, & Hikuleo Von Erich - Ross, Marshall, & Lacey Rotunda - IRS, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas Dudleys - D’Von, Bully Ray, and Spike Rhodes - Cody, Goldust, & Rhodes Dogg (If you can make a deal with Tony, try and book 3.0 - Daddy Magic, Cool Hand Ang, and their son Daniel Garcia. I’m also sure you can round up a bunch of block head Andersons to throw in there).

The concept of the MJF vs Danielson feud is very interesting, but the execution didn’t hit as hard. MJF resents the world for his break up and hates Danielson risking his health while he has everything Max wants in life. Hates him for wrestling every week and crippling his body, but the heel contradiction being that Bryan was wrestling weekly as a stipulation set up by MJF. That is a good twist to a dynamic of “you have to win each match I set up” storyline that has been done a few times already. It feels weird that a few weeks before the actual event Danielson has earned his shot and is seemingly not going into the match as battered. Also, we get super villain car crash IM A HEEL promo as the build throughout. Did they come up with the explanation for Maxwell’s distain mid-feud? The pieces were there for fantastic storytelling but really falls short of previous rivalries we’ve seen MJF have. Match booking-wise, smart to have Dragon as the first big opponent. Especially building with great Danielson matches to show how special of a talent he is. MJF’s win in an Iron Man match against who is as highly acclaimed as a great wrestler is an easy move to make. Maybe he beats Hangman or Moxley next. Or even a returning CM Punk. Lose to super baby face like Cole or Kingston or Daby or Wardlow or whoever you want to be the face of the company. Or give Danielson the win for @The Natural ——- Andretti involvement sounds like was a Jericho call while Ricky was the plan in motion. Maybe they team as Starketti? I’m not really too interested in all of this but hopefully Starks’ profile rises. ——— Can you have a Texas Deathmatch not in Texas or is it such a signature gimmick that it can be held elsewhere? Regardless, really cool stuff and I hope no one gets hurt. —— Give me more Samoa Joe murdering smaller people and being the king of tv. I think he loses here though. We’ll see if there is a go home promo for it. ——- I’m very interested in the Women’s title match. Big opportunity for each person to shine. I really hope for a great match. I would have like Toni in the Saraya spot, but a part of me is hoping Saraya hits it out of the park after a shaky start with the company. —— Tag will crown the almighty Jarrett as grand-co tag team champion and EVP. —— Jungle Buddy and Christian doing a thing?