Brandon Bones

It’s been a long long time. But you’re both correct.

I could get into that idea. I think part of my concern of any Hangman title defense being dwarfed by the eventual Omega/Bryan rematch on the same card, might be a bit over blown. In WWE that result would be almost predictable regardless of the quality of the matches. AEWs execution, even in wrestling cliches isn’t a guarantee to draw the same result. They’re AEW. It’s just not the same. Back to your point. Homicides build up to the ROH Title in 06 was pretty great. Then he lost it almost immediately to Nigel IIRC. So there is some focus there. Goddamn. Why not have Hangman get mauled ON a regular episode of Dynamite too? Just to make sure everyone sees it.

Wow. All these years. Never saw him actually pin somebody.

So… Is there any acceptable and satisfactory booking that has Omega going over and keeping the title? Hangman going over, being the hero, and winning the belt after the build up it has… is perfect. However, Omega IS the better opponent on the other side if Bryan wins the tournament. Moxley, on the other hand. Him winning the tournament is very interesting. Especially given he is basically The Amazon from NES Pro Wrestling now. He hasn’t officially turned heel yet. But it seems in the works and it would suggest on paper he’d eat Page alive. Moxley’s promos giving his perspective on Hangman’s last year and a half I can see hitting the red line. I’m just uncertain if Page need be booked like an underdog as champion right out of the gate after he “gains his confidence” back. Meanwhile, Omega vs. Bryan for the title is over there looking like the biggest possible match in the business. We ARE anticipating a rematch at some point.

If someone mentioned it before I missed it. If you look closely at the MJF segment. When he does the STING fake out. It looks as if Wardlow wasn’t clued in on the prank. So when MJF is parading around telling everyone how stupid they are for falling for it. The big man looked like he took ANOTHER grudge to hold.

I thought the Cody promo was pretty great. My instincts are telling me this IS going somewhere interesting. However, I’m willing to recant should it not. The rest of the show continued to reinforce my excitement for this promotion and the overall direction it is going in. I really don’t need WWE anymore. I love you, AEW.

I guess I don’t have the same problem with Cody that so many of you do. But I do see that there are some problems. I just can’t place them specifically. Because if this really is a 4D chess thing and Cody is setting his character up for a big moment? A lot of these criticisms may end up pointless in hindsight. That being said. I enjoyed the shit out of this show as I often do. Bryan kicked some ass. Jungle Boy showed some big Dick energy. The Bucks and Cole showed lots of small Dick energy. Brandon Cutler is great in his role. I love you AEW. You’re my only hope.

Today a customer asked me: “Are you human?” No idea why. I'll just state for the record. More fucked up shit happens to me when I'm sober as opposed to when I'm not. Just sayin.

Victory Roll off the shoulders.

1st title defense. I could see Bryan putting him over, perhaps in his first actual loss.

Yeah. That is me driving too.

Not much in AEW goes to waste. So you might be on to something. You would have thought Yuta had been booked in a Queens Crown match it was over so quick. Missed the Malakai match because I got home late. Bummed. Waltzed in during the Lambert/IC promo battle. Seemed good. Since I know almost nothing about current Lucha (and I’m trying out this new vape pen). I almost bought FTRs Conquistadors gimmick as legit. Smooth move unmasking them right away as historically this shit gets dragged out for at least a few weeks. Punk gets the “Saba Simba Award” for making the call before they did. Si! Got the sense that Bryan was looking to add an additional finisher to his move set using the ultra torque heel hook. Might as well. He even got a decent pop for it when he used it against Jericho in that NXT match a bazillion years ago.

I saw Tay/Santana and thought it was terrible. Garrett did not perform well here at all. Damn, she was slow and looked like she got lost a time or two. Matt/Punk was a lot of fun where both guys looked really good. I can see MS being somewhat elevated here even with the loss. By now clout and winning streak should get Punk a next level opponent. Maybe Cody, soon? I’m lukewarm on Bobby Fish. Moriarty looked great. Match was fine. I’ll watch the rest later when the family isn’t nagging me to go on a goddamn hay ride. I love you AEW.

I went to bed after AmDrag/Suzuki. That’s really all I needed so anything afterwards could wait. Great match, of course. They didn’t go outside the ring. There were no 2 counts that I recall. There was no finisher spamming at all. While I’m not exactly putting my flag in the hill saying I’m against those things. The absence made this match really stand out. Now I gotta look up the rest of the show.

Saw Mox/Gage on YouTube and after reading the results of the rest of the show. Sounds like GCW really might have some legs to it. They keep catching my attention without my really trying.

Main Events in any arena in the world.

“What are you going to do? Shoot me?” Legit had me laughing for the next 20 minutes. Reminds me of that meme a few years ago. Stabbing Victim: “”What are you going to do? Stab me?” Its something of a Rorschach test. But yeah… “Hos”. Great 8 man tag. A crazy ladder match. A very surprising upset for Deeb. Fuck your trophy. Was Proud and Powerful taking a shit during the ATT brawl? I love you AEW.

My soul could use some mercy.

I suddenly want to use the phrase “wack a bigot” more in my daily life.

This gist on Conrad I think stems from when I heard him in an interview basically saying that this podcast trend “isn’t going to last”. So I’m assuming he is taking that scorched earth approach when it comes to ad spamming his shows. But yeah. Between him spreading himself too thin. Plus the novelty of getting big names attached to these shows is getting old. Yet still I’m grateful, because absent the success of the Prichard show, MLW wouldn’t exist.

Make him ask another question! Something about composting!

So Europe had a price too high for Tony Khan. But they are taking gigs in the break room? I think things have worked themselves out nicely.

I totally get the awkwardness of stuffing another hour onto a Wednesday night tv taping. It just sounds exhausting. The solution to that is of course just buckling down and doing a second live show on Friday nights. Ok, more full on production costs for a single hour of tv time. A single hour preceded by 8pm to 10pm of what? YouTube content? I can see TNT noping out on that one. And you KNOW what that means! The Greatest night in the history of our sport Presents: A second hour of RAMPAGE!!! Cuz at that point why the fuck not? Isn’t that what wrestling companies do? But doesn’t that also make this marathon viewing now? Do you sacrifice the live crowd for the television audience? Strike while the iron is hot, yes. But they haven’t beaten RAW or SD in weeks ratings totals. (Yet?). Great strides obviously have been made. NXT was slain like Nirvana slayed the hair bands. But do you flood the market to pad your capital only to throw money at any side effects? The show quality has certainly benefited from a steady rotation of the roster. That’ll get thinned out, not immediately, but eventually as more activity and increases in potential injuries. As potheads often say: “Don’t fuck up the rotation.” Hey… that reminds me…

They haven’t given a reason that I can recall. But personally, I’m fine with him remaining somewhat enigmatic. Though I’d imagine eventually it might be requisite to get a bit deeper with the character. A very good match with Nick/Bryan. The three way was decent with Nyla and Rosa carrying Jade through it. It’s looking like Cargill has the tools but really needs some quality time in the ring. OC made me laugh out loud during the split screen. “Wait? What am I doing?” All the lols. I love you AEW.

Brian Pillman must be looking up from hell and loving this Armed/Glock Anderson stuff.