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On that note: I'm calling it now that their match with the Bucks will have a spot where Darby is slammed hard into that new barricade and the screen turns off or sparks on em a bit to put it over the top

That rules, im gonna track that down today. I would love to see a redux on that at some point on a modern show. You could even do it in such a way that you incorporate elements of @Cobra Commanders original idea and have the two guys in the ring for the scheduled match end up teaming up against the other two teams, have that end in a NC (or with the new third team giving one the tainted victory) and build to a big three-way-tag or even a TLC type affair depending on the situation Edit: @Ziggyi haven't watched but FWIW I saw a tweet implying Dave lagana was involved in writing for whatever the Rock is doing

Anything like that with something solid, is one that he makes look like death (and probably doesn't feel excellent to take) - I was thinking of those casket bumps too, especially whichever one had the tacks or spikes on the lid. (Edit : Swerve??) Even back on the first show, he had that ridiculous bump with THE Cracker Barrel

That would have been my choice too. Also: unless I got newzed at the time, I thought he was hurt already and *that* was his idea to write himself off (which makes it even more fucking insane). I know Samoa Joe jacked up his back on some concrete stairs during a TNA title match with Sting way back when, and it bothered him for like a literal decade after, I can't imagine the stones it takes to go for something like that when you're already hurt. Another nasty one coming to mind: I forget what match it was but Lance Archer planted him on the ring steps, with the steps on their side so they were tall as opposed to long, and it was pretttay, pretttay gross.

Obviously everyone knows from the Punk-era that I am vociferously anti-formal roster/brand/etc. split of any kind, but in an informal way, I think it might be kind of a cool experiment to have Dynamite/Rampage tapings be more "AEW+Puro"-focused, and ROH/Collision tapings to be more "AEW+Lucha"-focused. Recent shows are selling better, thank goodness (and especially Big Business, holy shit - @Niners Fan in CTon the money dude, no pun) but I think this idea might help draw even more people because AEW could look at NJPW or AAA and CMLL numbers in certain areas (be it NJPWorld, Honor Club when guys are on that, NJPW on AXS, ratings for the lucha stuff on local affiliates, how recent indy appearances by dudes on excursion drew) as sort of a back door metric, and book the shows/route to certain areas accordingly Edit: To clarify this thought was kinda kicked off by @Go2Sleeps comment about the Collision-only RUSH feud (which I support as well)

I wonder if they'd subtitle it "Once in a lifetime!" then run the same card three times in 15 years

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Yo, I SO hope that you're right on this. Id pop huuuuge. In lieu of that, I'd even take a Santana/Ortiz/Kingston power-trio

@John E. DynamiteI gotta co-sign every word of that one, huge. You know that Mike Tomlin quote "The standard is the standard?" The marching orders at AEW should be "The alternative is the alternative." Just do whatever the competition is not - fill the void, and the people will come. This week's show was so good, I didn't even bitch and moan about the screens on the ring!

I think it's non-elimination style because they really hammered this point

Well said - Mox is like that too, IMO. If Swerve does go over here, that ought to be great when they get to it

Ugh, forgot about that. Any way the grand jury can add another charge for that shit?

We've commiserated before about how that's my favorite ever too - I wasn't paying much attention to the clock so I legit thought we were gonna get something like that here (especially with with the blood-drinking thing at the last PPV - I was like 'Ooohh, foreshadowing!' but it was not to be). Def still liked what we got though - I'm not one of those people who will shit on a Broadway, especially if it's going somewhere. Like, my favorite ever AEW match was Omega/Danielson at GS 1, and that was a draw. I should also add: I think the refusal of the 5 min extension did a LOT for Hanger character-development wise, and you really can't get there without such a finish.

I'm probably being an idiot here: are there any changes in the shoot besides it now becoming a title bout? In theory, it should main event for all of the reasons you noted. No disagreement here. The only piece of it I have reservations about is length - I'd just really, really hate for the crowd to dump on a tremendous effort if it ends up being a short-yet-chaotic affair (which I think has been a real winning formula for a lot of these Sting tags/trios so far). If Sting feels he can hang for 20 minutes or whatever? Then fuck yeah, go for it. The winner is the other piece - this is kinda parallel to a conversation I am having with a couple guys in the TV thread right now, but I think whatever the finish is will also dictate card placement to a degree - is it a "send them home happy" affair, or is it a Bucks heat-fest? I completely get the idea of not wanting to fade to black on the heels standing tall over a fallen Sting. I also completely get the idea of Sting wanting to go out on his back if he so desires - Idk that there's a wrong answer or path. This is tough, man. Joe deserves it for a long, long time, but when it comes to Swerve, I've got that voice going "Strike while the iron's hot." Hangman isnt a bad choice by any means, but with how important a story his first title chase was, I'd like him to get it back in a situation that has a little more meat on the bone, narratively speaking. I think going with Swerve here, and having Hangman be driven insane by it (I guess not unsimilar to Timeless Toni's story, but played straight) might be fruitful later on.

Ah. Totally fair, and no argument from me - I guess I was looking at it from more of a booking-logic 'make the Bucks' standpoint, rather than from a more holistic, 10,000 feet 'lets not kill the crowd' POV. So with that, I just wasn't sure if we were having a "Sting shouldn't lose" conversation, or a "Sting should put over _____ instead" conversation. But yeah, I don't disagree with either of you at all.

Dude, that shit cracked me up. I put it up there with the Macho-to-Hogan "reviving" elbow drop at whatever WWIII that was (except intentionally hilarious)

I wouldn't mind Sting retiring as a champion at all, but I don't understand why you think it's a bad idea - is it that it's the Bucks? Not busting chops, if you don't dig those guys it's fine, just legit asking

I had the thought too and was debating on posting it because I didn't wanna come off like one of those nutcases trying to bully Christopher Reeve's kid into playing Superman even though the guy's like a journalist with ABC and has zero interest in acting

I was wondering if Vince's transmitting the materials electronically would somehow loosely qualify under any of these new revenge porn statues

I don't remember that part of the movie

No way. Panic move to save his own ass, like any rat.

Yo same except I hear Kenan doing Cosby, and not actual Cosby Edit: Enjoy @InfinitI think you picked a good one (and I mean it this week, dammit)

Holy shit, I want that Bayne/Kamille team so badly now. Nyla/Marina and those two clubberin' in the finals, please.

They hosted a show there in September 2011 with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax - late season rather than early, but worth mentioning (it was also f'n awesome, I might add). I'm not 100% sure if it's just for concessions or for everything, but I feel like I recall reading years ago that the Yanks were somehow in bed with the Cowboys as far as whoever runs their stadiums - I have to look into that further, but i mention it just to say that it may not even be a 'team' call at this point. George would've shot 'em, but I think Hank might at least ask what the payday is first.