Jenalysis
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11 hours ago, BobbyWhioux said:
I would sit through any match, no matter how bad the action, no matter how forgone a conclusion the outcome was. Match after match, hour after hour.
If Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby The Brain Heenan were calling the action.
I got a big long post I could make, and almost did make, about how fundamental to cementing my fandom it was to watch Bret Hart start his rise just as I started regularly watching, to watch my guy come all the way up to the top. And maybe I'll still make it because as far as strictly limiting myself to watching wrestlers wrestle wrestling matches Bret is always going to be more responsible than anyone else for convincing me to stick around as a fan.But Monsoon and Heenan got my eyeballs and earholes fixated on the show long enough for that to even be possible, first.
One of the nice things about the pandemic- was all the Dark AEW was doing, and the dark hatching I was doing at the time, meant I got to go back to that place in my life, with Taz and Excalibur as my friends. AEW Dark in particular got me through a lot during a really rough time.
I will forever be thankful to the AEW talent and a lesser extent TK for what they did for us during the pandemic. They put their bodies and lives on the line, more than normal, and it helped to keep me whole.
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For me, it was being miserable in middle school (I didn't learn why a lot of it until later), but I got to go home, and I got to watch ESPN at 4PM after coming home and getting tea.
ESPN showed old World Class eps during that time, I got to watch about 5-6 years of WCCW TV, beginning with the very early Von Erich stuff vs King Kong Bundy (With hair), then the Freebird Feud and Flair, then the Dynamic Duo, then it started going downhill, but by that point I had found what I liked. I enjoyed the athletic big men like Andre or Ernie Ladd, then Vader.
So for me, it was World Class. I enjoyed the athleticism, the fact that the bouts looked like fights (WCCW and UWF were the best at that, those were the promotions I enjoyed the most as a kid), the heels weren't total cowards all the time. WWF style really grated on me as a kid, I liked Perfect, Kerry (of course), Savage- because I could tell those folks could go, but the rest of it was unfun to watch.
@SparklefaceMadusa did things to me as a kid as well, but I thought everyone secretly wanted to be as cool and attractive as Medusa, but it just wasn't something you said, so I figured most folks kept it to themselves. ^_^
@just drew I though Waltman was the shit when I first saw him on those ESPN broadcasts. Then I saw him on Job DUty in WWF, and I was upset, then I heard about the upset of Razor, and that actually made me gain interest in WWF for a bit, with Bret keeping me around
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13 hours ago, Ziggy said:
TK has always talked about Jades star presence and how she'd turn heads and press events with people outside the company and being a good representative of the company. Regardless of how green she still is they have enough talent and resources to help her come along faster as far as her inring skills. They have some really good women's wrestlers but none of them have her star presence. Unless they get Mercedes they won't have that. Heck I think Trinity has more star presence than anyone they have regardless of how a good number of them are better inring. With talent cuts due to the merger. Who knows who will be available that TK and people in his ear might not want to pass on. If people like Braun and Bray got cut last time. It wouldn't be surprised if Women high up on Card get cut. Unless your Charlotte,Bianca or Becky, It's not telling who'd be available. It's just something about AEWs division that's not clicking with me. I think Lufisto's grips exposed some flaws maybe
AEW has three good stars in their women's division IMO- Shida, Willow, and Hayter. They're all over as hell, all deliver in ring.
Jade has the potential to be bigger than all three, but she'll need the ring epics for that.
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29 minutes ago, LF2 said:
Just a few quick thoughts about Collision:
Ricky Starks has some of the worst ground and pound I’ve ever seen.
For a guy that has hype he’d jump to WWE, Ricky Starks also has the crappiest looking spear I’ve ever seen. That one he “hit” on Danielson was business exposing bad. I can’t believe Just Drew actually defends this bum that needs to go back to wrestling school.
Given that it was Danielson, you definitely want to go easy on a spear given his history and the ZSJ match coming up. I'm ok with Ricky doing a weak one there.
Enjoyed Dark Order Shenanigans and their new gimmick. Also Stat was two for two in carrying folks to great main events this weekend.
Let Bullet Club Gold beat up luchadors every week! Can we bring back Juventud to be fed to Juice?
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Jade/Stat was a pretty good swan song for Jade.
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2 hours ago, Sparkleface said:
Pfft, they can pile on the calamari and the garlic bread for me. Suckers! That's what I came there for!
Was having a celebratory dinner with my gf at an Indian place Monday for our moving in. She went to town on the garlic naan.
And she calls me the Black Hole princess...
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Fenix's visa issues were kayfabed as BCC Injuring him forcing him to miss show.
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2 hours ago, odessasteps said:
I’d be curious to try and estimate what the lowest attendance I ever saw at a Chikara show. Maybe less than 100 in Reading or that fire house in the middle of nowhere.
I went to a very low attendance Chikara show in Gibsonville NC once. Think it was over 100 though.
That Chikara show was the safest I ever felt in a crowd, and the nicest crowd I've ever been in though!
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14 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
BILLY CORGAN IS RIGHT THERE!
I mean next year is the 30th anniversary of Todd Gordon fucking over Dennis Coralluzzo and Shane throwing down the NWA title. If folks thought Tyrus holding the belt was divisive, OH BABY.
CM Punk may be a lot of things, but a right-wing transphobe isn't one of them. I can't see him ever working there unless he bought it and fired Corgan on the spot.To me, the sad thing about all of this is I think Punk wanted to be good, do the right thing. He probably still sees himself as the hero, but his demons caused him to lose his way. I hope he gets therapy, or whatever it takes, to get back on the right path in life. While I agree with the decision to let him go, I still consider it really sad.
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1 minute ago, GuerrillaMonsoon said:
I'm giving the line of five months before a lower card group is called the Discipline Committee
Nyla leading the Dark Order and Serpentico in a Gimp suit?
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26 minutes ago, Casey said:
I think the idea that the Young Bucks are more vital than CM Punk when it comes to having a strong position for a better TV deal is actually insane. Omega, Danielson, even Cole & MJF sure, but the Bucks? Hangman? I don’t think WBD really cares if they’re on TV or not.
Hangman is their guy once their current guys slow down too much, and he's been built up as their top babyface. He needs to be on TV, though he needs to have programs away from the Elite, except when something is going down so bad he needs help. the BCC was a big enough threat that the Elite were needed. I'd probably move Hangman over to Collision to work with Jay, or move BCG over to Dynamite.
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Larry's cute!!!
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10 hours ago, Log said:
Was not expecting to see this at the top of Pitchfork's homepage:
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/what-rising-wrestling-star-willow-nightingale-is-listening-to/
My gf loved WIllow's choice and is now interested in Willow.
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OC not dying to all of Penta's offense right there was a bit too much for me.
I want Mox to kill OC this weekend now.
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On 8/17/2023 at 12:46 AM, DreamBroken said:
Orange/Yuta wasn't quite as excellent as their last match, but still solid. Great to have Kingston back and wasn't expecting Stadium Stampede.
Callis looked like an idiot for having that picture set up in the ring rather than having it brought out after if Jericho said no, but I'm actually kinda looking forward to Jericho/Ospreay. Liked Sammy making the save since he was the one who said he wouldn't exactly walk out on Jericho like the rest.
Really enjoyed the MJF/Cole segment, thought both delivered strong promos and had me more than ever wanting them to keep it this way with it being face vs face all the way through regardless of the outcome. Laughed at Roderick still chasing after "ADAAAAAAAAAAAM!!"
Thought The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch was hilarious, highlighted of course by the Leatherface run-in. Jarrett should definitely hold onto and defend his newly won Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch Championship.
The Acclaimed beating still had me hoping for Billy to make the save. Fun main event, loved all the post-match chaos. Pretty good build to ALL IN all throughout the show. I might've missed it but I don't remember seeing the usual rundown of Rampage/next week.
I wonder if the plan is eventually to have Sammy/Ospreay for Ospreay's belt? Maybe bring Sammy into one of NJPW's late shows or a Strong show so Ospreay can have another defense between WK?
I wonder how Sammy would be perceived by a Japanese NJPW Crowd.
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Here's the question would a Collision style show be worse off without Punk? make Jay the ace, he's a lot better than Punk is.
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2 hours ago, Matt D said:
I'm watching the main now.
When they cycled through to Punk vs Malakai Black, a CM Punk chant started, then the boos came down.
BUT, a second before, when the tag was made to Malakai with Punk standing there in the middle of the ring, the entire crowd buzzed for it. No cheers. No boos. Just excitement.
In the crowd last night- it was very mixed. Some folks liked both teams, some folks hated Punk loved FTR, some Punk fans. I was full on team HoB.
Only thing you can do is roll with it, and do NJPW-style booking where fans just pick their babyfaces and heels. There were diehard Suzuki-Gun fangirls in NJPW.
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Got to see the event live, I was the spooky witch in the crowd.
Hopefully I don't get sick ,a bit worried. HoB was over, especially Brody. Punk was very mixed reaction.
Main was good-ass wrestling, the women were good, the dark match ( Gunns/Infantry) was pretty good.
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24 minutes ago, Log said:
They did do a video package for Jay/Shida. Went through their history (Shida was Jay's first AEW opponent).
I mean, I don't think it made the match feel more important, but it was there.
They did one on I think Collision as part of Anna's promo. Might have been Rampage.
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I'd say Hangman needs the win back, and Kenny doesn't need wins at this point in his career.
Could be done after MJF/Punk if needed.
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It's Amazing how Collision has made me realize that Punk could be a net positive for AEW. I thought it was going to be a disaster, but I've been massively surprised.
Punk/Hangman or Punk/Omega would be a low-build match that would seem mega-special.
I kinda wish it was Zack/Jericho instead of Ospreay/Jericho. Zack could cover Jericho if he is laying an egg- Jericho's still great when he's on, but he has more stinkers now.
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On 7/26/2023 at 5:40 PM, Dog said:
Maybe I'm just scarred by Monsoon and Heenan commentating Hogan matches. When Hogan blatantly cheated, and the play-by-play guy openly excused it, Heenan seemed like the only rational man left on Earth. Someone's gotta stick up for the misunderstood among us!
I really kinda wish Jesse Ventura-style heel commentary was around more. I liked the Jesse was a heel, but respected the face's ability. He was great in Sting/Vader matches.
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I really don't want ECW retreads in AEW.
I hope it's a more modern deathmatch guy, or a protege. Colby Corino perhaps?
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That was as weak as I expected coming into the show. Darby/Swerve was good, everything else was just there, and Britt was exceptionally bad.
They need to just give up on Britt, yeah I know she's never going WWE but she's regressing and pretty soon the fans are going to turn on her hard.
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AEW TV - 9/27 - 10/3/2023 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
Posted · Edited by Jenalysis
Damn, I must have been watching a different show. Thought this kicked ass. Thought Jay held his own on the mic, did great playing on insecurity- and thought that was an all-timer mic segement on AEW, then Hangman/Swerve followed it up with something almost as good.
Loved Willow bringing the hate in that match.
The mystery angle at the end could go a lot of ways too, which I like.
Do I get to do the "AEW RULES THE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD!" line this week?