Brandon Bones

1 million stars! This seriously made my day. Thanks. ?

I’ve mentioned before my primary interest in these games is to support my simfed. I largely believe I’ll be able to use 2k22 for that purpose. BUT… The fucking game crashed during the first live stream. Ugh! It killed an otherwise decent show. More patches please.

I’m still waffling between “Brandon Burns” or “Brandon Bourne”.

Super fun show that continues to make me not miss watching WWE anymore. I have been antidoted. Great Trios match. Great crowd. Great big milestone moment that potentially could be a big deal further down the road for young Yuta. Loved it. Hardys got a great reaction and a very good match from PP. “No more kids for you.” Lawls. I really liked the Jericho segment. I’m not as enthusiastic about the name “Jericho Appreciation Society” when he keeps saying “That’s Entertainment”. That should be the crowd name. License Face to Faces cover of the song to take “Judas” away from the crowd sing-a-long. It’s practically an anti-entrance theme. Booooo! Another brutal Britt Baker/Thunder Bae match to cap off their feud for awhile. You don’t practice getting powerbombed in the fucking thumbtacks. Congratulations TB! Edit: Bring on Regals Wrestling Revival vs. Jericho’s Entertainment Weenies! I love you AEW.

Perhaps the match Janela had early on with Omega put the cap on him? It seemed to get some hype prior to the match as the first Main Event of Dark (iirc). For what should have been a milestone match for Janela ended up pretty much forgotten. Plus, I’m sure, it didn’t help to be in a locker room full of gods. Spitballin’.

I’m inspired.

I really just need to stop worrying about what people think and start talking in the 3rd person.

For me, the thing that stands out most about Hall is his transformation. At one point a Magnum TA clone that was completely unrecognizable when he changed into the Diamond Studd. Me: “That’s Big Scott Hall from the AWA?” The Studd was definitely more image than character. Plus it was one of those occasions where WCW would annoyingly attempt to do what Vince and co. would do with so much of their brainless/overthought repackaging. But there was potential there and Razor coming along seemed to complete the work. Adios Chico.

Well this has been a clusterfuck. Or at least since I got the first patch update. I got the early release. So I’ve been hammering away at building the roster for my sim league. I’m downloading community creations stuff and that works off and on. I simmed a couple of matches and they went pretty well. More camera cuts and the floating hard cam will make for a very different presentation to the show on my YouTube channel. No harm, no foul. But since the update I haven’t been able to sim any matches or to open universe mode. At all. Just a blue screen error message. A search on the internets has a lot of folks dealing with the same problem. The word is that once you get past a certain threshold with save data it crashes. I’m holding out hope for another update soon to fix it. This might actually have potential if one could actually get to the matches.

I really liked the Hangman booking here. For once he was in the ring (as champion) with somebody he had more seniority than. Through this lens, Adam Page gets a win and levels up in a different way than any of his other recent victories provide. He looks bigger and stronger not just from the win. But in his cultural (for lack of a better word). positioning portrayed on screen. Hogan and Flair had this credibility in vast amounts. Plus it just plain good to get your champion on tv winning. I’m reminded of the Clash match Flair had with Bobby Eaton. Eaton had no business beating Flair for the belt. But Eaton was so good (as is Martin) there was no way you’d book the match without him being elevated even in a loss. It’s a good look for Hanger especially if they are planning on his title reign going long. Well Jericho proves the haters wrong again with another reinvention. Back in good shape for the first time in awhile. He seems primed for what will probably be his last big run. Count me in on being confused by music rights usage. How TNA overlooked using that Hardy’s music for years and multiple runs is mind boggling. Not that it would have ultimately produced a better result for them overall. Great pop for Jeff. Tully getting mad that someone in the faction prioritizing family over career? Was Ole watching? That’s some fucking continuity right there. I’m looking forward to being called a “dirty little toe rag” by Lord Regal. Great promo and promising future for this trip act with Bryan and Mox. Let’s squish some more noobs before they crush Jurassic Express. AEW is a great show. More.

For a second I thought these were atttibute points totals for the new 2k game about to come out. I’d have ranked Killer quite a bit higher than that. I’ll see myself out.

Didn’t get to see the whole show. But I got to squeeze the 3 Way match in before work this morning. Count me in on that being one of the better multi-man matches I’ve seen. Is it me or has there been a drastically reduced number of 3/4/6 way matches in recent years? Which is good if so. They’re gimmick matches. Save it for now and then.

I would go to that show.

Saw this today. That Garfield fellow sure hit all the right notes. I didn’t even see either of his films and saving MJ as a make good for losing his Gwen still hit like a truck full of bricks. The blood feud between Spidey and Goblin. Very smooth transition from Tobey to Tom’s issue. What a lovely movie.

That’s what one gets when you wears white after Labor Day, yo. MJF is gangsta. Ruthless. This is peak AEW.

Indeed. Also… Why isn’t this thing available to order on PlayStation when PPVs have been available at least couple of times in the past? Same with the SLING app.

Am I misremembering from a couple years back? My foggy memories tell me that AEW had made a mission statement (back in the early days prior to Dynamite) that they were going to make buying tickets “more affordable”. A friend texted me the other day about looking up tix for the show coming up in Boston. He too was blown away over pricing.

A fitting tribute.

I’m sure for some viewers even the mention of a religious… thing … is going to cause some level discomfort. If you’re an atheist. You might be like “The fuck is this shit doing here.” If you’re religious. You might be worried if that religion or those who follow it are being represented satisfactorily. Weird thing about me is, I’m an atheist who isn’t at all bothered that a Jewish man decided to incorporate that part of his actual life into his representative television character. Is it weird? In my life I’ve not seen the culture I live in handle these kinds of things particularly well. When Vince was going to fight “God” at the ppv. I dismissed it as dumb and “asking for trouble”. That could have gone much worse. Fortunately, it ended up being just dumb when a spotlight only wresting entrance turned it into a Mr. Show sketch. DEFCON 1 averted. Madonna dancing in front of some burning crosses selling Pepsi? Everybody Panic!!! It’s almost worth it to not incorporate those kinds of ideas at all just to avoid the backlash. Meh. I’m on board with the hope that whatever happens at the ppv. It will do something to put a contextual focus on what it all amounts to.

Cesaro is out of WWE!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! The pop inside my head:

At first I was like: “Oh goodie! A battle royal from the people that brought you the battle royal at All In”. Then I was like: “No battle royal has lived up to that one since”. THEN I was like: “This battle royal is ok. Just not my favorite one”. Good promos tonight across the board. AmDrag on my screen flexing and clamping fools is my mana. More. More! MORE!!! Really great pop for Hangman coming out. I worry sometimes how over he is. But he always seems to get by. Love that I’m set up for Rampage and next weeks show. AEW does the work.

It just kept going and then… boom. Loved every second of it now. Since next week it’ll be old news.

He lives the gimmick.

Well that show was wicked pissah. I really can’t say much that was critical about this episode. Santana and Ortiz have waited long enough. Let’s fucking GO! Any time AmDrag is on my screen. I’m there for it. Congrats to Moriarty for having a big day pay off. He has to feel like he is in good hands careerwise compared to being handled by the knuckleheads in Orlando. I love me some Thunder Bae. Great match with MM. Rosa looked so good in The Bride outfit… Brandonnetico has to go calm down. There are rules in wrestling as far as how a show is formatting and executed. Big match for Punk/MJF? Do a big promo. Punk did all that needed doing and for once (as an exception to those rules) MJF was shut up. Good stuff. Loved the change up from the expected back and forth. I love you AEW.

I like the idea of Cody going to the NWA for a run against Cardona. Cardona is really good for the NWAs profile (as slim as it is). A Cody run as challenger for the belt would have plenty of spark to fire up a big show for the struggling promotion. Cody was good for the Indy scene before. He can be that again. WWE is so fucking lame these days. I just don’t see the upside (beyond the paycheck, I guess).