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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?

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.

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.

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!)

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.

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.

Bowens is fine. Caster's the one that belongs on low-end indies.

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.

They might Llave it out. I think Titan's matwork is pretty good, and would keep Jericho from blowing up.

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.

Comedy is just as important as Tekkers for any technical wrestler. There's a reason I'd rather watch Catweazle than Roderick Strong.

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.

Johnny and Taya are really nice and sweet so hopefully this is really good.

Swerve/Hangman needs a stip where the loser is banned from AEW for 45 days.

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.

MLW had a Caribbean title at some point. Florida wrestling had a Bahamas title at one point.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eddie confirmed on local media he was going to be on Rampage.

I've seen Airica on the indies- she has potential, but still very green and young. Her strength is striking, the other stuff is a work in progress. NWA might be a good spot for her given that. For someone with a superhero gimmick, she doesn't do any top rope moves that I've seen, but given her size that's probably a good thing. Also she and her dad (who goes with her) are very nice.