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  1. I’m really glad for the change up from doing the big match at the start of the show.  AEW has a couple of formulas that they often follow.  So at this point it was a wise move to change it up.  
     

    I’m somewhat bewildered by the response to the show and especially the main event.  Nothing on this show got to me.  I thought this might have been the worst episode they’ve done as it pertains to promos.  
     

    Brandi looked super fucking hot tonight.  But man did some of her one-liners fall flatter than old gum on the pavement.  Lambert tried.  But I really wished he walked his suggested political line with a bit more grace.  You say “conservative” on the show and it likely to distract from the point of building whatever it is they are pushing towards.  I’m not saying don’t have a conservative character.  Perhaps just BE IT and present it rather than LABEL IT.  
     

    I guess I’ll have to rewatch Punk/MJF.  I didn’t think the match really got going until the Pepsi Plunge.  I missed the impact that a lot of you highlighted with Punks selling.  I didn’t buy the tape/choking gimmick at all.  Though the camera trick with the passing of The Ring of Power from Wardlow to MJF was clever. Set up nicely with the big guys wavering loyalty assisting the sleight of hand.  
     

    I’ll add the caveat that watching the show first thing in the morning isn’t always working for me.  At 47 years old 6:30am is blurry and sleepy.  Which thinking back wasn’t much different for me at 18.

    Love ya AEW.  

    Off to work.  Fuck!

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  2. 4 hours ago, Technico Support said:

    Wasn't Shane potatoing the fuck out of everyone in the Rumble?  I guarantee he saw this gif a bunch of times since then and was like "I'LL SHOW THEM!" 

    Speaking of potatoes, can someone remind me of where this quote comes from?  "Kid, just go ahead and hit me with your shoot punches because your working punches are killing me."

    Ricky Morton if I’m not mistaken.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Leonidas said:

    To me it looked like he was in someone's backpack. Maybe we'll have further flashbacks. Looked like he was with the other younglings and with Hayden meant to be reprising his role in Obi Wan, maybe they'll create some additional footage of Grogu escaping him.

    This was my favourite episode of Boba Fett so far and top 5 even including Mando series as well. So many guest stars and live action Cad Bane looked phenomenal. So mean-looking.

    I want Grogu to be a badass jedi/mandalorian so badly!

    You might be onto something with Hayden.  I heard that Ming Na didn’t immediately know what show she was doing when TBOBF was shot.  Assuming that it was Mando season 3.  
     

    So I gather these crafty set of show runners could pull off an out of suit Vader cameo.  
     

    I’ll have my shitting pants on just in case.

  4. That was nucking futs!!! Loved this episode.

    The duel towards the end was a serious high point for me.  The tension was incredible.  Looks like Freetown is gonna gets pissed.  Boba vs. Bane or a Bane vs. Shand rematch?  

    How about that cliff hanger?  Grogu has a huge choice to make.  I have to guess maybe he’ll choose both since they’ve been name dropping Tar Visla who was also both Mandalorian and a Jedi.

    But how did Grogu survive Order 66 now that we know he was there?  Maybe it won’t matter? 

    Great seeing Rosario again.  Lukes deepfake looked much improved.  

     

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  5. 6 hours ago, christopher.annino said:

    It actually came to my attention when somebody posted the cover of "Where Is My Mind" with OC in the video. Gwarsenio's cover arrangements are so good! And I loved going to see bands like Cave In and Converge when I was a teen so seeing those dudes is rad. Shit, seeing Ian from Kowloon Walled City in one of the videos - a dude I used to talk to online a ton - made me mark out. 

    Jacob and Kurt from Converge were a year behind me in high school.  One of my favorite bands.  Which basically by proxy made me a Cave In fan too.  Cuz that’s how it works in the Merrimack Valley Hardcore scene.

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  6. 17 hours ago, christopher.annino said:

    Gwarsenio is #AllElite!!!! ?

    Although I wish he'd had more metal/hc dudes on that song, like motherfuckin Steve Brodsky or something. 

    I can’t express how much it pleases me that some of you here are aware of Gwarsenio and 2 Minutes to Late Night.  AEW and bedroom covers.  Together at last.
     

    It’s like that one time Mick Foley was on Kevin Smiths SMODCAST a few years ago.

    ”OMG!  Two of my favorite things in the same place!” Lols!

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  7. 23 minutes ago, The Natural said:

    I'm first to mention Adam Page's funny reaction to finding out he was facing Lance Archer in a Texas Deathmatch:

     "A what now?" Words to that effect.

    To be fair.  That would my my reaction too.  

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  8. 1 minute ago, chriskbrown50 said:

    I was reflecting on the Julia Black vignette. First, unlike the TNT title with the open challenge, we have the champ calling out her opponents - interesting reverse. Then Julia is now not wearing the cheerleader outfit - loving the booking here. 

    She even wears the eye patch when they do bits on Sammy’s vlog.  Committed!

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  9. 6 minutes ago, J.T. said:

    Brandon Bones is awesome.  It never dawned on me that we may have just witnessed the break-up of 2 Fast 2 Fuego.

    It also would not break my heart if Danhausen was restricted to comedy relief at the commentator's booth and never set foot in an AEW ring.

    Thank you, brother, brother, brother.

     I enjoy your posts as well.

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  10. I fucking loved that ladder match.  Especially since these matches tend to be battle royals in recent years.  It stands out being a 1 on 1.  But maaaaaan, those bumps were awesome.  
     

    At first I was thinking they were messing with the formula a bit with the figure 4 spot with the ladder. As if tonight they’d have a “wrestling” based ladder match.  Like maybe if Dusty had ever had a LM he’d totally do a spot like a F4 through the rungs  on the ladder.  

    Then it became the real “Night of the Skywalkers”.  But am I wrong in thinking that cutter was the best Jeff Hardy spot he never did?  (Did he?)

    The senton seemed like it was meant to be a Hardy shout out.  But Sammy’s hips hit just beyond Cody’s torso and his middle weight and the length of his legs just bent him in a way that’ll give me nightmares.  
     

    Weird that one ladder got set up for no reason.  One wonders if The Fuegos are done.  
     

    Punk/MJF should be pretty great.  Punk has already spent his credit on the happy hometown boy comeback.  So I’m expecting Punk to lose big time in Chicago.  There shall be new depths for MJF to sink to.  
     

    There was a fair amount of good table setting in this episode, as is usual for AEW.  The promos generally never overstay their welcome (though I wasn’t that into Britts promo).  I liked Punk trying to progress the story by showing up in gear.
     

    I could use a Christian Cage match right about now.  What’s Nick Jackson doing other than wasting money on shoes and having the occasional fantastic singles match?

    Negative 1 point for not having Thunder Rosa pronounce it “Cleve-a-land” on camera just once.  


     

     

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  11. 19 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

    I really want this game to be good, too. I've worn out 2K19 hard. Not a WWE fan these days, so I'm hoping the creation suites are top notch. Create An Arena in particular - it's sucked having the same parts over and over again since '16, and the lighting options are super restricted. It's also kinda hard to make an indie venue when they've pasted massive WWE banners all over the HS Gym and ECW arena templates. The latest dev interview makes me think they'll be scrapping a lot of parts from CAW due to clipping and that sort of thing, I'm hoping they haven't followed suit with arenas and belts.

    Same here.  Especially since I’m more interested in propping up my sim league than playing the game.

    But I’m already invested since I bought the ultimate mondo super pack of everything in the presale.  So too late now if it blows.

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  12. Well that was awesome.  
     

    A fun episode of Mando.  Grogu on his mind.  Dark Saber shenanigans.  Getting hassled by the cops.  The more things change…

    There are a lot of balls being juggled at this point.  Hopefully, they stick the landing.  

  13. 7 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said:

    Pulled the trigger and ordered the show. I really tried to get a sense of why this fed was getting so much hype. To me this felt like a giant local indy show. It had everything you would expect. The out of shape local guys. The "names" to bring in some casuals.  The lack of feuds/storylines. The indifferent crowd. 

    Cardona/Janela match stood out as actually having a storyline and stupidity of it all was fun. I could see myself ordering future shows to see the storyline continue to unfold.

    I was a pass on just about everything else. 

    Yeah.  The show exceeded my expectations but overall I don’t see myself plopping down another 25 bucks.  Who knows?  Maybe they’ll find a booking that’ll draw me in again.  But it really needed to be FTR as the surprise for the tag title match.

  14. I rolled the dice on this one and was pleasantly surprised.  Boy did it feel like an old ECW ppv (or maybe ALL IN).  Especially, from a production standpoint.  Bad timing cues left them with too much time left during the pre show and scrambling to squeeze everything in at the end.  Inexperience I’ll guess is the culprit here.

    Blake Christian and Gringo Loco were stand outs to me. Plus I really liked having the rotation of announcers.  

    But hey!  The stream held up great the whole show.  So my fear of an early 2010s ROH disaster was misplaced.  

  15. I’m seeing both sides of this.  I complimented his Makakai Black promo a couple of weeks ago. Because as cringy as that promo started out to be.  He pushed it through so hard to get it sold.  I had to respect the effort.  I don’t think anyone can discount Pillman’s investment.  But he is going to need a bit more spring in his heavy step if expects to succeed at his tribute act to his father.  

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  16. 53 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

    What did he mean by that? I know he was really a California boy, but it’s not like Eastwood used a stunt guy for horses. Him, and all those western mainstays literally learned the ropes. 

    Eastwood even owned a ranch I believe.

    Edit: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/cry-macho-star-clint-eastwood-admits-being-nervous-about-riding-horses-new-movie.html/

    I see… Guess Jake read this article.

    I admit to having no knowledge of an actual reference.  I just thought a famous guy with a cowboy image being allergic to horses was a quality diss.  Akin to the “all actors are phony” meme.  Like John Wayne’s real name or “action hero” Tom Cruise being 5 foot nothing inches tall.

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