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Kyrie feeding off the crowd yesterday was a Reggie in NY type of moment. Say what you will about how we got here, but the dude has FRESH legs and looks unstoppable despite the fasting. What a great game that was. Boston has been amazing this year, but I'm not sure they can beat the Nets 4 times without Robert Williams. KD started the game like 1-9 and we all know that's not happening again this series. Bulls fought hard and will most likely get swept, but it was nice to see the fight. Caruso defending every Buck including Giannis in the 2nd half was an incredible stretch. I will never understand what these coaches are saving their challenges for. Billy almost gave me a heart attack when he refused to challenge that clear over the back call they got wrong late. That would have been Giannis 6th in a better timeline. Great start to the playoffs and some really fun series ahead. Predicting them one game in: Suns in 4 Bucks in 4 Heat in 5 Griz in 7 Nets in 7 Sixers in 6 Warriors in 6 Jazz in 5 if Luka doesn't play

oh yeah I’m 1000% with whoever suggested Billy Gunn/Danielson 1 on 1. Although someone might get knocked unconscious. 2022 Billy Gunn is somehow the best hoss they have? I don’t get it either but it’s true!

Thought it was the best of the 3 myself! That ending is an all timer and elevates it past the other 2. Really thought this was the best Cole has looked in AEW. I’m back and forth on Cole. Not as down on him as some, but see the limitations. Man sure can take a bump though….

Punk having one of the best in ring runs of his career right now. Amazing. Easily the best he has ever wrestled as a face. Can’t wait for Punk/Hangman. It’s going to be electric.

Oh yeah a couple more things. LOVED the pop for Eddie. He is one of the most over guys they have no matter the building, feud, city. I also love how much JR loves Eddie. JR has been so much better since his return. Good for him. 4 Pillars Ranked: 1. MJF 2. Darby 3. Sammy . . 4. the other guy

They are on a hell of a run. Just a month straight of great top to bottom shows. Punk promo was great, but the Mox “until I bleed with them first” line was my line of the night. Moxley has an electricity about him since coming back. Feels like he is about to hit another level. I want a Danielson, Mox, Moriarty, Garcia group soooooo bad. Sorry 2.0 I like Cole more on the mic than I do in the ring. Think he is the right kind of sleazy and I popped for the Tony bit. Count me as on board with this Page/Cole feud. Miro as Page’s next challenger after this please. The roster is just so insanely deep right now.

Such a joy to watch Ja go viral every night. As a Bulls fans that went to Murray State it's been a hell of a year so far all around. Ja has that kids in his jerseys at every away game type of star potential. Good chance he starts the All Star game this year along side Curry. He is quite the culture builder as well; that team is about as together as a team can get. To hop into a conversation from earlier, I would take 3 current players higher than Dream on the all time list. The two Fowler mentioned and... we don't talk about Kevin Durant's place in basketball history enough. No sign of slowing down there.

Punk/Joe 4 let’s gooooooooo

The Bunny is the best thing about the women’s division. She been carrying these green faces for months. Give that psycho some wins! I really love how the mid card talent is presented in AEW. You lose nothing by going toe to toe with someone higher up the card, because there is a clear hierarchy. Bowens has looked great in his singles matches with Darby and Danielson. They way they operate also leads to a certain tension when two wrestlers perceived to be at the same level have a match. I’m thinking MJF/Darby.

I do think Hobbs has been overshadowed since the Dante storyline started. He got the win over Dante before the story really formed and that was that. Now he is going to be overshadowed by HOOK in the short term at least. Starks, I don’t know what’s going on there. He is a good promo, but terrible at commentary yet they do put him in that role quite often to keep him on TV. I know folks had been talking about a neck injury that would explain his lack of ring time, but he does wrestle every now and again. If he is healthy, I do think they should consider ending Team Taz. Keep Taz with his kid and let Hobbs and Starks do their own thing in the tag division for a bit.

Tony doing what dumb billionaires do on Twitter doesn’t surprise me. He made a minor story into a major one. I don’t think the lack of diversity criticism really rings true, but there is obviously room to get better as the company gets bigger. Switching gears here I did find the structure comments interesting. Not many out there wishing there were MORE writers. I get the point she was trying to make, but I do generally enjoy the sink or swim approach to promo cutting in AEW. Seems to be a pretty great way to separate yourself if you have the talent.

Didn’t need the no sell. HOOK didn’t need it either. Loved the title change. Sammy wasn’t going anywhere with the belt. At least this will be interesting. Another very fun Rampage overall. I continue to love the 1-hour format. They fit so much in an hour.

I like that Hangman had to throw a haymaker to get any power behind it. Fit the moment for me and added to the story they were telling Thought Page sold the body shots well too, but I do wish he had sold the leg a bit early on. Incredible stuff. Hard to get into the rest of the show after that. Still find it hard to believe that the best pro wrestler who has ever lived is being allowed to tell in-ring stories however he wants on national tv. Just an incredible time to be one of those wrestling fans who spent way too much on ROH dvds in 2004.

Jeremy Strong really may be the best actor going right now. The intensity of his performance tonight. Whew. Incredible show. Incredible finale. Maybe the best episode in the shows entire run.

Taz marking out and making sure to get all the move names in. Love to see it. Amazing debut!