Jenalysis
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12 minutes ago, Zimbra said:
If AEW weren't cowards the heater for FTR/Bucks would be FTR telling the crowd that rich pricks like the Bucks are the reason you got laid off and you're paying $4 a dozen for eggs so we're going to beat them to death with chairs about it. That shit would kill in West Virginia. I didn't sit through two years of golly-gee-we're-just-good-ol-boys FTR promos for them to fumble it like this.
This would hurt AEW as much as that Punk segment. Part of AEW's appeal is that they're not the promotion of Vince McMahon, Saudi Arabia, and Republicans. FTR might also have issues doing it, as they are also pretty socially progressive.
I'm wondering how Jack's alliance with the Bucks is going to do. I mean, it's definitely interesting for now, but Jack is most likely coming back to eat pins unless they bring someone else into the act to eat pins, and that's not going to be good for him as he needs credibility. Can we bring Yujiro or Dick Togo in along with Jack to take some pins?
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59 minutes ago, tbarrie said:
It shouldn't have come as a surprise, though. Billy Gun has been the least giving old guy in AEW since day one.
And I'm worried this next comment will get me put on Jenalysis's "kick him in the balls" list, but... Jay White, a main event-level talent? I don't see it.
I really should change that to uppercut them in the balls list in honor of Jay's ballshot method of choice...
That said, Given how Jay's been treated in AEW, it's hard to see him at that level right now. BCG is booked in AEW like how WWE would have booked LU's Worldwide Undergound if they had gotten them in 2019.
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1 hour ago, EVA said:
Based on the way that match was laid out, I’d think Jay was the one with heat.
And based on some cursory research, it seems like that might be the case, due to him expressing unhappiness with the MJF feud?
The only thing that came out was a he wasn't happy about the match. Given all the fires he put out for AEW, he deserves a bit of drama of his own as a treat. I don't think anyone really blamed him too much for that- he was booked like a chump.
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9 hours ago, EVA said:
Yeah this BCG/Acclaimed feud just gets worse and worse. Everybody involved is less over than they were before. Need to move on. Quickly.
I think that's the plan, with BCG going over. Especially if Max is in the doghouse again. BCG needs to move on to bigger things, and Jay needs singles gold somehow soon.
Something overlooked is how good Willow looked last night. That promo was one of the best babyface promos done in AEW by anyone, it was Eddie-level. She looks like she belonged with Mone, and even outshined her a bit. Willow looked like a megastar.
My fiancee also mentioned that she thought Stat looked like Abigail Thorn last night (and she loved both Willow and Stat!)
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Given I was off today, my fiancee had a chance to watch Dynamite with me. She's a huge warhammer fan, and she definitely had some observations.
Her favorite was Thunder Rosa. She liked Willow and Stat a lot too.
Sje was really impressed by Hobbs the first two minutes she saw her.
She called Jay White the Konrad Curze of wrestling, which actually really works.
She compared Joe to Sanguinius, which surprised me a bit.
She thought Jericho was shit, so her eye is pretty good.
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25 minutes ago, John E. Dynamite said:
Weirdly enough the Young Bucks have an uncanny ability to make Private Party seem important. I struggle to say this without grinding my teeth, but any haters and habitual fast-forwarders should keep an eye on what they're doing under their new gimmick.
The Bucks did a match with no superkicks, I really noticed that!
Shibata/Ospreay felt a bit like Shibata was cosplaying Minoru Suzuki, but with more athleticism and grappling skill. Not a horrible thing, but not what I'd want out of Shibata, though I got a bit of what I wanted out of Shibata to start. I enjoyed Pure Rules ROH Shibata more.
Swerve/Soup was awesome!
Liked the women's 4-way, and glad Willow won.
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3 hours ago, JLowe said:
I disagree, Bowens has the look, skill, and charisma to be your top babyface champ.
Bowens is fine. Caster's the one that belongs on low-end indies.
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I hope Airica gets a chance to do some more matches in ROH. She showed some good fire and some fun reactions, and takes a beating well. Still heavily a work in progress, but someone who has improved a lot in the past few months, and the strikes look better than many in AEW already.
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1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said:
This is gonna be killer.
Wonder what the over/under on the weirdness level of the CMLL matches is gonna be. Mistico isn't quite a llave worker. Tee-tawn versus Jericho? Well, there is enough of him to base with, I suppose.
They might Llave it out. I think Titan's matwork is pretty good, and would keep Jericho from blowing up.
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They need to do a loser leaves AEW for X days to cool off Hangman/Swerve feud, just have Swerve say "one of us has to go so the other can be champ". They're kinda speedrunning a great program dry- it's too much of a great thing too quickly, and Swerve needs the belt this year.
I'd have Hangman lose by his own stupidity, leave, do the G1 (NJPW would love Hangman in the G1, especially if you let him do a program with Naito where Hangman learns to be tranquilo)- then come back as part of LFI (perhaps with another new member or two)
Hangman gets to come back at Forbidden Door because it's a NJPW/AEW joint event as a technicality, so he could pull something there.
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Comedy is just as important as Tekkers for any technical wrestler.
There's a reason I'd rather watch Catweazle than Roderick Strong.
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1 hour ago, GuerrillaMonsoon said:
I think the double turn was the right call but the way they went about it didn't really make a ton of sense.
Swerve's beaten Hangman twice already. He didn't need the additional five minutes. Hangman was the one that needed to beat Swerve. Additionally the AEW rankings they put out had Swerve at #1 so the logic of him not getting a title shot for failing to beat Hangman wasn't there.
Yeah, it gave everyone an excuse to boo Hangman but probably should have been leaned into as his self doubts manifesting that he couldn't beat Swerve and was ducking him, rather than trying to fuck with him or do the smart thing and hang onto a title shot he never had to begin with.
I saw it as Hangman thinking a draw meant neither of them got the shot, and Hangman's stated goal is to make sure Swerve never becomes champ, because that's how he hurts him the most.
Hangman's bitterness towards Swerve and the fans is what is fueling his justified heel turn.
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Johnny and Taya are really nice and sweet so hopefully this is really good.
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Swerve/Hangman needs a stip where the loser is banned from AEW for 45 days.
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Collision was pretty fun.
Enjoyed OC vs Komander going with the lucha matwork to first.
Danielson vs Nagata was as awesome as it could have been
The cage match- I hate escape rules, but they worked the best possible match under those rules, and made it make sense, plus really got DG over at the end. Bravo to everyone involved in that, really well done. They need to strike now with DG I think, this is his best chance to get over- maybe even have him beat Christian- Cope/Christian doesn't really need the belt.
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22 hours ago, zendragon said:
I’m Boxing The WBC has stuff like a Caribbean title
Long agreed on rolling off season for wrestling
Still salty we missed out on Rod Macmahon running the WWE
MLW had a Caribbean title at some point. Florida wrestling had a Bahamas title at one point.
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They've admitted that they try to pick more local folks for TV, that's why you see lower-card folks pop in and out of rotation.
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Hardy is washed at this point, throw in the legal issues and I really don't want him around AEW period.
If he has to be around, using him as a good hand to get other talent over with his name while getting a nostalgia pop is the best use for him.
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2 hours ago, Shartnado said:
What's with these great Rampage episodes recently? Opener and main event were both thoroughly entertaining and two matches in the middle were worth their time as well. Stokley, Lethal and Ruby all had their ongoing stories slightly advanced, so this was all in all very enjoyable.
Mox vs Taylor on Collision? Holy crap! There has been so many interesting "filler" matches recently, and it's really good direction.
If you want to feature someone, why not put them in the ring with someone interesting. Hangman vs Workhorseman for last Saturday, as a great example.
I think AEW realized only the super-wrestling folks who want to see the wild world of wrestling are going to tune in regularly to Rampage, so gotta give the people what they want, and that means matches you don't get to see anywhere else, including Dynamite and Collision.
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I feel the same way about Kris, like her as a wrestler, but as just a wrestler, she's not as special to me the way folks like Willow and Julia are.
What was good about CHIKARA/LU style was you got both , and that's what I want more of in AEW, with a few serious dudes like Eddie and Mox for folks to bounce off of. I love this version of Jay White for example as an obnoxious funster more than I liked NJPW Jay White, and I loved NJPW Jay.
It doesn't have to be a lucha-esque style too, Southern-style the way Eddie or Hangman does it works for me as well, as did Kenny's more emo artsy style.
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This is Hook's make or break tonight. I really hope Hook does well- I think he's got real potential, though I do think he's gonna have to probably change his style to something more athletic given his size.
I'd love to see HOOK work NJPW juniors.
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On 1/11/2024 at 9:18 PM, Cobra Commander said:
any tag team ever execute a combination back rake/chest rake on an opponent or are some moves too dangerous for wrestling?
I know I've seen El Phantasmo be part of this, I think it was with Ishimori.
I'm glad Joe has the belt, even if it's just to keep it warm for Swerve most likely. Joe vs HOOK is going to be a big test for HOOK and whether he has something beyond the packaging.
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AEW needs to see what it actually has in HOOK right now. He's over, but his gimmick and his look don't fit- he's too small and too cute to be such a badass face. That said, if Hangman is going down a darker path- Hook as like the cowboy fighting for what's right with the HOOK signal might be a good use, and a way to slowly put him up the card, take the occasional loss, while gaining credibility.
He's not beaten enough pushed talent to be seen as credible to Joe, and the match should be HOOK does well for a while but is out of his depth, and Joe drowns him in the deeper waters. Maybe run a Hook/Eddie Kingston team next where Hook learns how to be tougher. Either that or have Hook do a BOSJ tour.
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9 hours ago, Matt D said:
Eddie asked for a match too, but I can see that getting bumped to Rampage.
Eddie confirmed on local media he was going to be on Rampage.
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AEW - APRIL 2024
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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If this happens, that might be a way for TK to get back, and having Nyla main event on that show would be a double win.
Just host it outdoors on a reservation. Make it a special episode of Collision.