Brandon Bones
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As much as I hate being teased that my favorite wrestler is injured. As much as I hate to see him lose. That was a great way to do it. He has massive credit to spend and isn’t at all diminished by this loss. Good tv. Very happy to see Garcia get elevated.
Another wacky fun awesomeness wrestling show this week.
Who knew Jungle Jack had it in him?
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There need to be Konosuke memes of him at Cinnabon being served by Bob Odenkirk. Not saying it would be funny. Just need it.
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I was fine with the recast. If Gene had turned the tables on Jeff he should be kind of diminished by it. Plus I’m plenty threatened by that goddamn sweater. You don’t not notice the recast of course. But the rear view mirror shot was also evocative enough to smooth that wrinkle.
McClaren is incredible.
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I’ll spitball a couple of ideas.
If formulating a good strategy for rebuilding ROH is the expectation in this moment. I have to think that’s asking a lot at this point. It’s awfully early in the process. ROH is coming back in some form and I get that getting it right is paramount.
IS piggybacking on a Dark taping a good idea if it’s that easy to now conflate ROH as a developmental program? Because obviously some people WILL draw that conclusion and write off ROH. I feel I might since I don’t watch Dark/Elevation because the once or twice I did… I thought I was watching AEW Wrestling Challenge.
Another issue is a solo tv taping sounds expensive. But the brand identity has a stronger integrity if you do? Hopefully?
I can’t say either way what the right thing to do is. But I can say that TK is two shows in and ROH is elevated in my attention span in ways it hasn’t since Gabe left. I bought the ppv in March and bought tickets for this weekend. I guess I’m in.
Looking at it strictly from an HR pov. I get it that it sucks for Greshem and the company needs to do better. If AEW is going to be the antidote to WWE, one of those ills that needs curing is having a better forum for employees(?) to manage their careers.
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29 minutes ago, DEAN said:
HIS TINY PANTS WERE PERFECTLY FINE! Oh my god...
Awww man! You cut off my punchline.
But you can count me in on being bummed out that The Briscoes didn’t come out to Gimmie Back My Bullets.
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I understand why some performers would want to lean on doing arena brawls on a longer show. If for no other reason than your match will have an unusual visual flair that a lot of the other matches won’t get when cameras are focused on the ring all night. This show had shockingly little of that.
This a was wrestling show with very little nonsense on it. Outside of a brief spill into the crowd and a single terrific table spot saved for the end of the show. I could imagine that the half dozen or so Cornette trolls I saw waiting in line to enter the building would have little if anything to complain about. (Edit: I just remembered Dragon Lee and Rush had a table spot. But think the point still stands).
TK really likes a show to hit the ground running at the start. Rampage episodes often starts like this show did. Broadcast begin… LETS FUCKING GO!!! Pedal to the metal in the hammer lane for the duration of the show. Boom. I appreciate this approach.
I’ll nit pick this one detail though. The production kind of inadvertently shot itself in the foot as it concerns getting a pop out of the match graphics. By the time they used them during the broadcast the crowd had already popped a couple of times seeing them before going live and during the pre-show. So yeah, we were over the hype. That being said, the first view of the FTR/Briscoes graphic before Zero Hour started was massive.
I wonder if Jamie Hayter saw Dragon Lees wresting tights and thought: “Dude, those tights are too small”.
And now I will engage in some projection.
I think this show and ROH overall in its current incarnation is obviously working at a deficit. It should be easy for anyone on this show with AEW exposure to get over, get a good pop, and have a well received match. But there were a lot of peoples last night that got a good response for their entrance based on reputation. But absent that exposure they all had to work overtime in their matches to keep it going. DLee, Rush, Allison, Martinez, that Midsommar Wyatt Family group all had to bust extra ass to get it done and I thought they performed admirably. The crowd was engaged at worst and nuclear hot at best.
This was my first outing of this sort since La Rona Grande started and my free COVID test was a big negative. Thank Foley for that.
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Just got home. My ears are ringing and my voice is hoarse.
I had a blast at the show and thought it was spectacular.
From what I could tell the biggest pop of the night was either Joes entrance and the false finish after the belt shot he took. Joe turned the building into a bunch of Wacky Inflatable Tube Men at least a half dozen times.
I’d say roughly 80% of the seats were filled.
FTR/Briscoes was just superb. I didn’t think it was going 60 because the timing announcements would have a broadway 8-9 minutes past the hour. But who gives a shit? Piledriver from way up high! Much like Dax hitting the post right before the Doomsday Device. This second rope piledriver delivered a solid reason for the fall. Gods this was greatness. Probably second only to being there when Foley won the belt on RAW.
I know that sometimes tv sound can be deceiving in its representation of the crowd. But I thought they were on fire tonight. Even fucking NANA got a killer pop.
My buddy the Gi Man isn’t very familiar with ROH but is generally up to date on AEW. He was very impressed with Rush and Dragon Lee.
Ok. Anyway… Fuck this post. I’m zonked and going to bed.
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Rush vs. Dragon Lee? That’s news to me. I haven’t seen a lot of those two but the little I have has me geeked.
I’m kind if surprised at the level of excitement for this card after reading through the thread here. I haven’t been to an ROH show since August of 07 to see Steenerico vs. The Briscoes in a street fight. I got unapologetically knocked to the floor that night in the melee.
I take that back. Rhett Titus did ask me if I was ok. But it was cursory as he had a herd of scrambling fans to shield as the fighty got streety.
I’ll be sure to give a report from the ground.
Drink responsibility rasslin’ fans.
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*hums “The Rains of Castamere”
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Since I’m out of the loop on WWE. Would the Cody return pretty much count as the ONLY “moment” WWE has managed to manufacture this year? Am I assuming too little of them?
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Got two tickets to the PPV.
My buddy The Gi Man is going with. I recently had to kick him out of my simfed because he kept threatening to quit the simfed. I expect a stiff conversation in the car ride down from Cow Hampshire to “Fackin’” Lowell.
This is all true.
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1 hour ago, EVA said:
One of my low key favorite things about AEW is when the Internet reacts incredulously to a signing and then within 6 months tops they’re having awesome matches on TV. It’s like clockwork at this point.
Or the presumption of doom if a once hot character has spent any time in cool down mode. See: FTR, OC, and Wardlow.
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He really is a human action figure.
The in profile angle really brings out the “Kung Fu Grip(tm)”
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Yeah. For me it’s the Rumble. But not only because I thought it was great. But beyond just the merits of the match itself. I got the added bonus of this Battle Royal addressing the issues I mentioned a few weeks back with the Casino BR.
So by response or coincidence it worked out.
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I have a feeling I’ll be referring to imaginary weather maps behind me more often in my regular life.
The Rumble was a big improvement from what I was complaining about that last battle royal a few weeks ago.
Its not just getting a bunch of high spots in as opposed to stumbling around throwing weak punches. But battle royals always seem to drain individuals of their character (outside of maybe a finish). But their were lots of guys out there for this one where they were very much filling their ringtime with actions that inform who they are and what they are about. Hangman and Silver being bros, teams sticking together, or Hobbs trying to snatch Swerve when he walked past to the other ring. Good stuff.
Brody murdering Darby at the end was chefs kiss. I’m ready for the Mox match. Didn’t realize how much I wanted to see it before now. I expect Mox will bleed out the rest of his blood for this one. He has got to be running low.
It’s impressive what you can stuff into an hour long show. I always associate a 60 minute show with Saturday morning, foot dragging, minimal content of consequence, bullshit Wrestling Challenge.
For me wrestling really didn’t grow the fuck up until there was a weekly show that was at least 2 hours. So the idea of an hour show in 2022 seemed like a regression. But here it’s really not. Rampage isn’t just stuffed to the gills. It’s also very efficient.
Loved the double springboard Meltzer Driver.
Bong rips at 6:30 in the morning is a great way to start the long weekend.
Have a good one you turkeys!
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6 hours ago, DEAN said:
I just realized the arch-typical dynamic of the match. When one is in high school, you have athletic alpha males and some of them are jerks. When one is in high school, there are guys who smoke cigarettes with each other during lunch and talk about Metal. There is always one guy among the smokers who is a freakish athlete who plays slot receiver and short stop until the coach kicks him off the team for attitude problems. That's what this match was.
Well now I relate to this match on a level I’d not considered before. (Except for the freakish athlete part).
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That pic is awfully close to an “ROH looks like he has no pants on” DVD cover.
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Maybe I’m weird. But as I was watching the show I was thinking of a recent post around here reminiscing about King of the Ring 93. I recalled how great that show was because it was JUST a wrestling show. A show that could be watched in a vacuum detached from current storylines and continuity.
I was kind of anticipating getting something like that out of this show. A rewatch will really cement it. But I’m already really sure it’ll work that way.
I’m so not familiar with a lot of the current New Japan roster. It didn’t matter. I was even enjoying friggin’ Kanemaru. I hate Kanemaru. Whatever. Everyone decided to be awesome. Kanemaru is awesome too, I guess.
I walked away being very impressed with a bunch of guys who I’d never really seen in El Desperado, El-P, and even Great O’Khan didn’t seem nearly as worthless as I’d heard portrayed.
Even Jericho kept the pace with a lot of people who are A LOT younger than him. Kudos to all of them.
The Ass Boys is getting over. Just wait until Danhausen convinces them to embrace it. What even is this world?
Edit: Fuck! I forgot mention how great PAC finally being a champion is.
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Good times! Great Memories!
I wonder if a show like this might ever curb the anxiety in the fans mind prior to the event. Perhaps the build for the show isn’t everything (or maybe just not being up to snuff) in determining whether the individual decides the show itself would be worth the money.
Dynamite has a very high standard it has aspired to and been held to in its short life. But historically, I have watched so many WWE shows where the lead up was complete garbage but the big show ended up being pretty great. So maybe there is something to that.
And it was really great last night. I’m familiar with many of NJPWs roster. There are a few I’d never seen before since I lost touch New Japan after The Elite jumped ship.
It didn’t matter. At all.
While I’m sure we’d all like a bunch of 1 on 1 matches. The show that was put together more than compensated by injecting a lot of focused character and highlighting the motivation behind them even into the chaotic multi person formats.
Finally! “Billy Ass and the Ass Boys” makes its debut in AEW. Now make it their permanent theme. Gwarsenio Hall 4 life!
I love you AEW.
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Let’s fucking gooooooo!!!!
I’m so ready for this shit.
Yeah, the build is more awkward than a 12 year old boy taking a group photo with the Swedish Bikini Team. This may or not be a true story.
But Okada and Tanahashi are going to be performing on a big stage on PPV in the United States. They are awesome. I love awesome. More of that.
Mox is winning here because nothing is stopping him from becoming The Man in 2022. But my heart would soar if Tanahashi pulls it off in a come from behind victory in a match that delivers his reputation of quality to any newcomers.
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5 hours ago, Gordlow said:
The same two people would fight again and again, going approximately 50/50 until the premium live event where whichever guy the fans like least goes over?
It’s ok to just say Roman vs. Brock.
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“Mercy doesn’t defeat an enemy.”
Apparently not.
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I guess when someone leaves you for dead, burning alive on a lava planet. It tends to stick with you as the most painful cruel action that someone can take. Vader suffers thus he inflicts that same suffering on others. Not the most strategic approach. But hey! Petty assholes gonna asshole. Which Vader most definitely is.
Or to quote the Grand Inqisitor “There are some things worse than death.”
For this round of Vaders story. I was impressed with how perceptible his anger was. For once they really made him vocalize it. In fact I have zero problem with Hayden using a vocal filter to present as James Earl Jones. It worked.
This show was a good time. Loved Obi Wan and Vaders presentation throughout. Having Jimmy Smits, seeing Alderaan, Uncle Owen, and The Inquisitors were very good.
The new characters were pretty good too. Tala and Reva delivered the goods. It’ll please me to no end when they eventually announce a Reva series as a fuck you to the racist dicks that tried raising so much hell over her part in the show.
The young actress that played Leia had a couple of wonky moments. She wasn’t very good at running. But her delivery of dialogue was strong. But yeah, they could have just black bagged her immediately and cut out the chase. I admit I got a little weepy with Obi Wan talking about her real parents. Good choice having her willingly accepting what she has in the Organas.
”You want to meet him?” Yes.
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3 hours ago, zendragon said:
Did you miss this a few months ago?
This. This. This. This. Thiiiiiiiissssss!
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Dynamite - 7/27/2022
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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One of the things the old fogies in the biz generally get right is that there is a way to lose for the betterment of your career. Even Danhausen seems to have it down. Dude got beat in a minute and a half and he’ll still have the credit to stay over and even do the underdog rallies to victory later on. AmDrag is a master of this if his 2013 is any illustration.
Now let’s compete over who loves him more.