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Revolution Russian Leg Sweep count: 1+

I read this right before he got the hot tag, and I have to disagree. But we should probably stop posting while the show's on before get in trouble. ?

I hope they have a hard cam for the ppv cause I'm not digging some of the camera work on the Buy-In.

My point was more that the guys I mentioned are all relatively prominent in WWE at the moment. I'm not sure exactly what that will mean, exactly, but I could see it being either a boon for AEW (if somehow WWE fans decide in 2022 to start checking out their back catalogue) or a bane for the named wrestlers (if WWE decides "Why should we push these guys when our competition could benefit?") I don't think either of those scenarios is all that likely, but it's interesting to think about.

So Tony now has access to sizeable amounts of footage featuring Kevin Owens/Steen, el Generico, Seth Rollins/Tyler Black, AJ Styles...

Yeah, I think that's my biggest complaint, and I wonder if I'd enjoy her work more if she toned it down. I thought Skye Blue looked better than Velvet in that match up, but outside of Cargill I feel that way about most of Velvet's match-ups. The main event was fun. Archer is growing on me finally. I feel like the Leila-dropkicks-Nightingale-mid-cartwheel spot should have come after the Nightingale-successfully-cartwheels spot, but otherwise I enjoyed that match too. Also, does anyone else think Johl kind of looks like he could play Low-Ki's big brother?

Bowens is a tag guy, though. If we're going to long for the days of "a good team beats two good singles wrestlers" then we also have to accept "a good singles wrestler beats half a good tag team."

So, if a "big AEW name" is supposed to be going to Control Your Narrative, and it's not Brian Cage because his option has been picked up (and, let's be honest, he isn't exactly a "big AEW name")... What if it's Cody? I mean, one of the alleged reasons he left is that he wanted more power to control his narrative, after all. ? Plus, the C and the Y are right there in his name!

I was talking to my dad (who is in his late 70s) and he started asking me about this new wrestling show, AEW. He sounded interested.

I just wanted to agree with this part wholeheartedly.

So they're... the Hardly Boyz?

Isn't Shida also injured? That's why they ran the angle they did, with Deeb taking out her leg.

Subtract a concussion and Vince's desperation to make Del Rio happen, and Ziggler's ceiling would have been higher. But those days have come and gone, and that KO promo from a year or two back really put the nail in the coffin.

They're verging into KD territory with some of those edits.

Does anyone have a GIF of Keith Lee catching Quen's somersault plancha from last week?

Hey, if it works, more power to them. I'll be really surprised, because I don't believe for two seconds there will be "no agendas" and I'm not sure how you'll do a tv show with no contracts, but the more alternatives the better.

It would be hard to argue that Cody was a major reason why AEW got off the ground. He had name recognition that guys like Omega and the Bucks lacked outside of the wrestling world. But they've done a great job of building people up and signing free agents, and as far as recognition goes now he'd at best be in the top five recognizable ex-WWE guys on the roster. Punk has more recognition. Danielson has more recognition. Moxley was on WWE tv more recently, higher up on the card, and is getting name-dropped by non-wrestling outlets because of the time he took to help himself. And as much as some people hate him, Chris Jericho is, was, and always will be a much bigger star than Cody Rhodes. So that covers the twin prongs of "the network" and the mythical casual fan. The AEW hardcore fans, meanwhile, were souring more on him as time went by. Homegrown talent was getting built up, and more and fresher underutilized talent was being snapped up from WWE - and to his credit, I really believe he did his best to try to "make" them, whether it always clicked or not. So I honestly don't think any of the parties involved suffer from this. AEW didn't need Cody like it used to. Cody obviously feels he can do better elsewhere. And if the WWE signs him, they'll be in a better place too.

I guess now we know why they're running that storyline. I hope he gets this sorted out. Assuming he wants to.

I could see them go either way on the Hobbs/Martin qualifying match, but the thought of Martin facing Keith Lee in that ladder match is giving me palpitations. On an unrelated note, who's saying "We've only just begun" in the ads they're running? It sounds eerily like HBK.

How long has WWE.com been spoiling their own tapings? Is it just to make sure people tune in next Friday even though it's taped? (I'm not specifying details in case other people don't want it spoiled.)

I mean, the numbers tell you how it's possible. Meltzer likes a certain style/promotion/atmosphere more than others.

He could cut a promo about how he gets knocked down, but he gets up again.

Man I forgot how entertaining Keith Lee is. That whole match is on the AEW Youtube channel, btw.

Yes! Have him cut a promo on himself as EVP holding himself as a performer down.

What's John Cena up to these days? ?