WORLDS END - 12/30/2023

[Dolfan in NYC]

It's the end of the world as we know it.... and I feel fine! 

THE CARD~

FOR THE AEW CHAMPIONSHIP - MJF (c) vs. Samoa Joe

FOR THE AEW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Timeless Toni Storm (c) vs. Riho

FINALS OF THE CONTINENTAL CLASSIC TOURNAMENT FOR THE INAUGURAL TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP - Jon Moxley vs.  Eddie Kingston 

*FOR THE FTW CHAMPIONSHIP - Hook (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta

FOR THE TBS CHAMPIONSHIP - Julia Hart (c) vs. Abadon

NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH FOR THE TNT CHAMPIONSHIP - Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland

*20 MAN BATTLE ROYALE FOR THE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TO THE TNT CHAMPIONSHIP

Miro vs. Andrade El Idolo

Swerve Strickland vs. Keith Lee

*Kris Statlander vs. Williow Nightingale

Kyle Fletcher / Powerhouse Hobbs / Big Bill / Ricky Starks vs. Chris Jericho / Sammy Guevara / Darby Allin / Sting

Claudio Castagnoli / Bryan Danielson / Daniel Garcia / Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal / Jay White / RUSH / Brody King

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* - Pre Match Show

 

[The Natural]

Rooting for Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Championship from MJF.

Think it'll be Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW Continental Championship.

[The Natural]

Man, The World's End was a disappointment.

3. The World's End (2013).

2. Hot Fuzz (2007).

1. Shaun of the Dead (2004).

[FakeWorker]

Hot Fuzz had Timothy Dalton and was therefore the best.

[Go2Sleep]

Show is right on track for the usual "They haven't set up a damn thing for a ppv 2 weeks away, what kind of operation is this?" -> "The final card looks decent, I might check it out." -> "That was an awesome show, totally over-delivered." AEW ppv routine.

Matches I expect to be added:

Golden Jets vs. Ricky and Bill for the tag titles

FTR vs. HOB (Malakai and Buddy)

Julia vs. Abadon for the TBS title

Toni vs. Riho for the women's title

Penta/Komander/Vikingo vs. Top Flight

Copeland vs. Christian with some kind of gimmick

Menard/Saraya vs. Parker/Ruby

I expect the CC Finals to be Swerve/Danielson, and then have Mox/Claudio/Wheeler vs. OC/Hook/Beretta, but I'd love to see them go Swerve/Brody with  Danielson and Romero added to tag.

[zendragon]

Does the CC get defended regularly or is it like being KOTR where you just hold the title for a year?

[Curt McGirt]

Well considering one of the titles is the NJPW Strong belt I presume they will want it defended. 

[zendragon]

I wonder what happens next year? does the winner of the CC get a shot?

[Sublime]

The Strong belts might be on the way out, there’s a good chance the Strong tag belts are gonna be unified with the IWGP Tag belts at WK, so NJPW might not care too much if the Strong belt gets unified into something that doesn’t matter too much. With the CC happening during the World Tag League, New Japan might be willing to send an upper card guy over next year to participate.

[tbarrie]

You know, it occurs to me I have no idea what a "Strong Openweight" title even is.

Are Openweight titles like nuclear forces? There's a Strong one and a Weak one?

 

[Gorman]

NJPW Strong = NJPW "USA"

[tbarrie]

1 hour ago, Gorman said:

NJPW Strong = NJPW "USA"

Thanks.

So where does NJPW Weak operate? Lichtenstein?

[Shartnado]

1 hour ago, tbarrie said:

Thanks.

So where does NJPW Weak operate? Lichtenstein?

On Forbidden Door PPV's, apparently!

[sabremike]

I so badly want to go to this but you know the show isn't ending until at least midnight and last train back to NYC from Hempstead is a little after 1am. You do not want to end up in Hempstead overnight for 4 hours, trust me. Public transportation totally sucks for the Coliseum. 

[Shartnado]

As I joked previously, I got myself something nice for Xmas and got this PPV on Triller TV (formerly known as Twit... I mean FITE TV). So I will have something fun planned for some time in the new year's eve.

[Shartnado]

Considering there are now a bunch of guys with no actual match on the PPV, due to not making to the finals of Continental Classic, there's a good possibility that the 20-man battle royal for the TNT-title shot could be REALLY loaded!

Bryan, Claudio, RUSH, Briscoe, White, Brody, Hangman (not in the tourney, but not booked, either) and a bunch of others.

[Brandon Bones]

On 12/22/2023 at 4:40 PM, sabremike said:

I so badly want to go to this but you know the show isn't ending until at least midnight and last train back to NYC from Hempstead is a little after 1am. You do not want to end up in Hempstead overnight for 4 hours, trust me. Public transportation totally sucks for the Coliseum. 

Been there.  Done that.  Got stuck at a tiny store waiting for a Greyhound and it took 10 hours until the next bus came.  I’m pretty sure I died there.

[Octopus]

When Eddie wins I hope Kawada, Kobashi, Taue, and Akiyama come out to give him the belts. 

[Shartnado]

25 minutes ago, Octopus said:

When Eddie wins I hope Kawada, Kobashi, Taue, and Akiyama come out to give him the belts. 

Best we can do is Flair and 3 cans of Whooo Energy, sorry!

[ExcellenceofAirPollution]

My guess is no Danielson on the show as he's wrestling Okada in Japan on 1/4.  He's not a machine.

[Casey]

1 hour ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

My guess is no Danielson on the show as he's wrestling Okada in Japan on 1/4.  He's not a machine.

Moxley is wrestling on 1/4 too. 

This obviously means Mox is better than Danielson.

[odessasteps]

1 hour ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

My guess is no Danielson on the show as he's wrestling Okada in Japan on 1/4.  He's not a machine.

Maybe a long out of warranty machine 

[Shartnado]

1 hour ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

My guess is no Danielson on the show as he's wrestling Okada in Japan on 1/4.  He's not a machine.

Yeah, no. That's Brian Cage!

[Octopus]

1 hour ago, Casey said:

Moxley is wrestling on 1/4 too. 

This obviously means Mox is better than Danielson.

You’re gonna get fined so hard

[HumanChessgame]

I really hope they don't re-do the Full Gear main event of a hobbled MJF still being able to hold his own for a competitive match with a fresh opponent. Not wanting him to lose in his hometown is one thing, but they've kind of booked themselves into a corner with this one. He should lose via shenanigans then return with no advance notice for an amazing pop. With how bad most of the booking has been lately I'm not holding out a large amount of hope for something logical.