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Wait, what? Since when? Wow, learn something new every, huh?

Wonderful opener on Dynamie this week. OC arguing with the ref about a (barely) one count being two was awesome. "Look, I put all THAT effort in, you must admit it had to be good enough for a two count". Ref should have gone "Alright, it was two." As if it F'n matters. Well, that wasn't the only problem with that ref's counting in the match, though. Davis had an amazing showing here and just like in life, while it's definitely not essential to the recipe, adding a little speedball into pretty much anything, makes it better. I was expecting a Prickochet win here, so this was a surprise. A very convoluted and not super logical decision but the 3-way has a chance of being something like the Omega v PAC v OC World title match that is one of my all time AEW favorites. TBS title match was good, but we all know the real reason behind it, as the interview late in the show alluded to. I'm sure we are all fine with where this is going, depending on the end result, of course. During the match, Tony called Taz "GPA Jones" (for his alledged 3.9 GPA as opposed to Starkz's 4.0), or as the Japanese would have it "GPA Watanabe". The World title street fight learned a lot from the problems with the first match. Firstly, no rules so more mayhem, secondly in the middle of the show, so a fresher crowd and thirdly, the super sick visual of Spike hanging onto Moxley's back. The close up of the nails later on showed them to be blunt as fuck! That's like WAY worse! Imagine those tearing into your flesh. Sheesh! Anyway, the correct ending to put this issue to bed and a little bit of intrigue with Dax acting even more frustrated (and heelish) afterwards. I was thinking, "Hey, maybe Wheeler's about to go to jail for a bit soon?" Ospreay vs Fox had some really nifty stuff and Fox smartly going after Ospreay's hurt pelvic region. The ending was sudden and really nicely done. The main event was really strong in many ways and Timeless Toni's commentary added a lot to it. THIS was more like what I had in mind when Statlander vs Kamille was annonced. Yeah, silly me. Hard fought, but definitive and clean win for Bayne, so she'll make a fine challenger for Toni. After the skirmish, Toni revealed her ideas for Bayne fan fic and while it sounded like not exactly my kind of a thing, if she put a lot of thought and effort into it, it would be rude of me not to at least gloss over it, you know? What? Very entertaining show with things moving along towards Dynasty and for some reason, All In as well.

I always figured Tito was there because they didn't want Sgt. Slaughter mixing up with Hogan and Warrior yet at this point because there were bigger plans for him just a month or two afterwards. Tito getting the cheapest possible DQ win after Sarge (ahem) Slaughtered Volkoff and Bushwhackers and having Santana in the Camel Clutch before the idiotic Adnan interference sure kept him stronger than getting DQ'd in the main event match. In kayfabe terms, Hogan and Warrior were lucky that it was 3 on 5 instead of 2 on 6 and Tito getting the shock pin on Warlord before getting eliminated levelled things up enough for them to win the match, which otherwise would have been impossible (hah!)

For the people who have trouble spelling "Crew" or even "Crue" (as in Motley) it just might be!

Good on you! Keep using it!

Huh, never picked up on that one before, which is odd, with such a common phrase. The more you learn...

Boy, they sure had a bunch of confidence in Griff Garrison, expecting him to last long enough against Hobbs, considering the standby match that had to take place later on, wasn't exactly short. Slow burn on the FTR heel turn continues. The match was as good as expected, although a 20-minute time limit made sure it wasn't going to be an epic. Will there be two 1-hour Collisions next week (basically 1 episode split in two) or 2 whole episodes? Davis vs Briscoe was good and the only qualifier with a somewhat of a surprise winner. Somehow, the heel Prickochet works to the point where I'm not disappointed that his high flying isn't on the level of AEW standard anymore, because he's good at getting his ass kicked. Decent match against Shibata. Busy night for Megan Bayne again! Wins over Rosa and Statlander give her instant credibility, at least enough for an early shot at the World title. And to answer Timeless Toni's question of what kind of sick fanfic thought Megan Bayne up? My kind, Toni! My kind! HarleyGram-Ford Taurus odd romance (well, fascination at least) will probably end in tears but there IS a chance of a Mini Mortos puppet, so it may very well be worth it! So just like that, Top Flight is once again more relevant than Private Party. Well, let's see if The Cru will be more relevant than either of them? Well, Private Party is still more relevant than The Infantry, despite dissappearing after the title loss. Moxley keeps making enemies before settling the scores with previous ones. He can't keep getting away with this!

Not really, but unfortunately I think she made that huge headpiece of hers from those poor ladies, so kinda.

Yeah, was going to add something like "that's like having more than guy named Cage in wrestling, like that's gonna happen", but I'm done with people not getting my jokes for today, so I decided against it. Apparently, the right call.

Yeah, I know. I'd assume that was just an abbreviation on purpose by @Zimbra to make the names sound more similar. I knew I had first read that name a LONG time ago, so obviously the ages don't align at all, but you know, what are the odds there'd be TWO people named Watanabe in wrestling?

Good! I just knew SOMEONE had to like those two bums! Just Kidding! See?

Yes, that was the joke. Although, I'm in no way putting down MJF or Hangman, they are my favorites, but I had to get that in there. At least for Tessa Blanchard! (Also, had to up the ante because nobody bit on the "Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade like Iconic Duo, if Iconic Duo was hot and talented" one a couple of weeks back).

A loaded Dynamite this week! Hecechero! Speedball! Megan Bayne went for Timeless One, just as I predicted! The Prodigy found his balls and questioned Christian's stupid strategy and convoluted lies! The Opps are on the way to challenging for the Trios titles and that's gonna rule! MJF and MVP with an interesting back and forth. Also, Hangman and MJF aren't done yet! Awesome! This is like Tully and Magnum TA, if BOTH Tully and Magnum were actually good! Willow with her first win over Penelope. Stat really trying to get back to Willow's good graces but they BOTH got steamrolled by The Megasus! Billie Starkz vs Mercedes next week? Athena might show up due to this, you never know? Mox-Cope rematch? Yeah, they certainly could use the street fight as a crutch as they get a second chance to make a first impression. Remember Cena vs JBL at Wrestlemania 21? They had the match they should have had there at the following Judgment Day. So, this could be that. Of course, this will probably be overbooked to hell and back, hopefully in the good way. Bring on Kenny vs Ricochet and Ricochet vs Speedball! Bailey vs Mortos was a great way to debut Speedball because those two have great matches and it didn't burn through any of the "first time" matches available to Bailey in AEW! With Swerve, Christian, Cope, MJF, White, Jarrett (remember?), Hangman and now Ospreay gunning for the World title, you'd think Mox is about to be in deep shit one of these days, hopefully sooner than All In, but you never know...

That's who I thought Momo was, too!

Ok, I finished the show today. Kenny vs Takeshita was just amazing. I don't remember that much from their previous match, but it's hard to imagine that one was better than the one we got here. It's going to be interesting to see what kind of reign will Kenny have with this title? The cage match. OMG this was more insane than the Hollywood Ending. There were a bunch of really innovative ways to do sick shit to each other, even before the weapons came to play. Once Fletcher realized that it was over for him, at least he took the opportunity to tell Ospreay how fucking much he hates him. Gotta respect that. Then, he paid the price for doing that. Splat! Simply amazing, maybe a minute or two too long, but still, holy shitballs! Mox and Cope sure liked following that one, huh? This was a decent struggle, in no way a bad match, but going last after all of this must be rough as shit! Well, at least crowd was still with it by the end. Now, I don't necessarily like Mox winning, or Cope not winning, but I sure as hell loved Christian Cage losing! Bwahahaha! Fuck you! Eat shit, you're a terrible father and your strategy backfired spectacularly! You deserve all of this! Swerve staking his claim to the number one contendership after the match at least ended the night on a high note. In any case, totally insane PPV, I'll go for Zero Hour before going to bed.

Got around to the beginning of Omega V Takeshita. Everything was bad-ass so far. Opener was amazing. Does it stop here? Not sure if MJF wants any of that again? The tombstone on the non-collapsing chair was insane! Watanabe sure made Not Sasha earn this one! You know what they say: Mo' Momo, Mo' Nay fo Mone! I'm not sure if they say that, but I do! Let's see how Superstar Billie Starkz plays into this thing? Swerve-Prickochet was awesome. Finally the 630 and other good stuff from 'chet. The drama with Nana made me even suspect a turn on Swerve but fortunately it was not that day yet. OK, Swerve is the top contender now, as he probably should be. The tag title match was good and the underdog story made it better, but you had better give us (me, specifically) the Murder Machines vs Hurt Syndicate that was teased before! The Outrunners will have their day in the sun yet, I just hope it's not the 90's for them once that happens! Continental Title match was an 2-way ass kicking and definitely good enough by the end. Had to chuckle a bit when Excalibur went on about how Okada is still bringing it and is not taking it easy (in so many words). Dude, his repertoire is a clothesline and a dropkick. I've seen Roddy Piper do that for fuck's sake! In the 90's! Still, Brody kicked ass, as usual. The Hollywood Ending was one of the craziest things I have seen and it was superb! I wanted a real blow-off and this one exceeded all the expectations and then some! And this one wasn't a lights out match, so it actually counted! So eat shit, dentist! There is no way the main event can suck bad enough to make this event anything less than stellar, considering what's still to come before that.

That's probably more how I could see him seeing the situation, absolutely! He would definitely appreciate the absurdity of such an ending! It CAN be the other way around, yes, but this way it makes a lot more sense.

Yeah, it's just that Hammerstone hadn't exactly been in TNA for years as of yet. Where do you see him ending up next? I'm actually pretty stumped on that one. I mean both AEW and NXT are possible, I guess, but the run he had in TNA doesn't exactly make him out to be a hot free agent, or anything!

Sad, but this was one of the more underwhelming runs considering how hyped I was to see him come in. It seems like he was injured way more than he was active. Man, ease up on the steroids if you are constantly tearing one place or another. Well, there will always be those 3 matches with Josh Alexander, you can't take those away, although almost every other promoted matches he was supposed to be in, ended up not happening!

But the posthumous part, hopefully less than a few years!

And an awesome thing at that!

https://youtu.be/bdOEOiDd15M Judging by the near complete lack interest in these, this seems rather futile, but here's the video from this week. I have been a huge Danzig fan ever since he became way less popular after the first 4 albums and remain one to this day. You may question if Devil's Plaything is a great workout song (probably not) but I think it works just fine for this montage and it has been one of the very top Danzig tracks ever, despite me preferring the newer material over the classic 4 albums. After like 7 years, I'm back to doing (ugly) dumbell curls with 88's on the Scott bench. Hopefully in a few weeks it will get better but it's nice to get back the early 40's form with this move as well. We'll, the right arm is at 66 lbs, so that still has ways to go, but I'm hoping to get to that in the upcoming months.

So as long as Allin crashes the car just after Christian has cashed in his contract but not yet won the title. Drive straight into the ringpost so the ring collapses and the event has to be halted. Sorry, Christian, seems like you're SOL.

Sure, but since no one ended up dying, those three ended up as failed attempts anyway. This one could have damaged property if a burning Hangman starts running all over the place and we can't have that. I mean the building itself, not equipment etc, that gets damaged all the time.

There's a '90 match (on a Colosseum Video, maybe Supertape or Wrestlefest) with Bret vs Martel, from back when Martel was the one with the bigger push. That one at least was terrific little match that went to a time limit draw. In '92 they would be already on so different levels of push that no one would think Martel could win, so the possibility of a boring, heatless match rises significantly.