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Casey

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3 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

I do agree with your post from the other day saying that the constant mention of this being the last year, and the recent Claudio stuff is building to something/possibly a Nigel match, so fully with you in that sense - but with regard to the off screen contract stuff, I'll just say this: word for word, your post was my post when we all found out Cody hadn't signed a new deal yet so... while I have no real counter-argument or evidence to the contrary, I'm just a bit gunshy to declare it fully a work yet for that reason.

“I love to lie, Cody Rhodes taught me how fun lying is.”

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Cliff Hanger

Cliff Hanger

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1 hour ago, JLowe said:

They ran the Moody Center once before moving back out to Cedar Park. Still not super convenient for bus service after hours but a cheaper ride share.

Moody Center is actually super convenient for me because it's on the #7 route, which is the same bus I take to work and it runs til midnight. I was shocked at the ease of getting to and from there when Peter Gabriel came thru. Unfortunately I don't think they could sell enough tickets right now to make it worthwhile to play there again.

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Zakk_Sabbath

Zakk_Sabbath

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1 hour ago, Cliff Hanger said:

Unfortunately I don't think they could sell enough tickets right now to make it worthwhile to play there again.

I'm tempted to steal @RazorbladeKiss87 Mickie James joke from the TNA thread and say "Oh, cmon, plenty of people still dig Peter Gabriel" but I'll spare you 😉

On the real, a quick Wiki says that building holds ~10K for hoops, so if they bump the stage up a bit like they've done before in DC or at last year's grand slam, I bet they could do 4-5K. Might be a few empty up top if you're accounting for floor seats, but it seems at least doable (with the caveat that the advertising game needs some legitimate effort). Unless the rental fee is exorbitant, if worst comes to worst and they fuck it up and only end up doing 2300, you can always close the hard cam side of the bowl like any other building no?

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Zakk_Sabbath

Zakk_Sabbath

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5 hours ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said:

You might as well tell it. They'll have to listen; they have no choice.

I caught Xplosion flipping around this morning, and was asking where I knew Gisele Shaw from by describing a segment where she cut a promo on Mickie James, but I botched the phrasing so he said something like "Mickie's been around forever" - hence my own attempted switcharoo above. I cannot believe you made me repeat this lol

(Also, it ends up the answer was WOW, she worked under a different name there)

The Natural

The Natural

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I've listed my Best AEW Matches Ever but never my worst till now. Some of these picks will be controversial. Come up with:

14. The Hardys vs. The Young Bucks. AEW Double or Nothing, 29th May 2022.

13. Christian Cage/Jurassic Express vs. Adam Cole/The Young Bucks. AEW Full Gear, 13th November 2021.

12. MJF vs. Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Jungle Boy. AEW Double or Nothing, 28th May 2023.

11. Wardlow vs. Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lance Archer vs. Hook vs. Brian Cage vs. Magnus vs. Dante Martin. AEW Revolution, 3rd March 2024.

10. Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy. AEW All Out, 5th September 2020.

9. Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara. AEW Full Gear, 7th November 2020

8. SANADA vs. Jack Perry. AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, 25th June 2023.

7. Cody Rhodes vs. Anthony Ogogo. AEW Double or Nothing, 30th May 2021.

6. Big Swole vs. Britt Baker. AEW All Out, 5th September 2020.

5. Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole. AEW Dynamite, 26th January 2022.

4. Chris Jericho vs. Hook. AEW Dynasty, 21st April 2024.

3. Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho. AEW Double or Nothing, 28th May 2023.

2. The Young Bucks vs. The Dark Order vs. Private Party vs. The Butcher and the Blade. AEW Dynamite, 21st October 2020.

1. Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara. AEW All Out, 5th September 2020.

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I was so angry with the top two for how badly AEW handled Matt Hardy and Alex Reynolds KTFO.

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stuntmanc

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I never thought to sit and put together a "Worst of" list, but my top one wouldn't necessarily be the worst AEW match, but it's the match that I personally think led to a lull in the company

 

Hangman/CM Punk.

The wrong person won, it was the worst match of Hangmans reign and we all know the chain of events it set off.

My Punk bias is known, but i still genuinely can't imagine a reason other than "It's CM Punk" to put the belt on him.  He's int he realm of wrestlers who doesn't need the belt to move and I'd argue that a win over Punk would've cemented Hangman even more and we'd possibly be looking back at him as the best AEW Champ in the company's history, instead of one of the best "chases" of all time.

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The Natural

The Natural

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12 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

I never thought to sit and put together a "Worst of" list, but my top one wouldn't necessarily be the worst AEW match, but it's the match that I personally think led to a lull in the company

 

Hangman/CM Punk.

The wrong person won, it was the worst match of Hangmans reign and we all know the chain of events it set off.

My Punk bias is known, but i still genuinely can't imagine a reason other than "It's CM Punk" to put the belt on him.  He's int he realm of wrestlers who doesn't need the belt to move and I'd argue that a win over Punk would've cemented Hangman even more and we'd possibly be looking back at him as the best AEW Champ in the company's history, instead of one of the best "chases" of all time.

It's rare I go the worst route, thought it be a change of pace. Yeah Page/Punk was the start of chain events happening with Punk getting injured, the gripe bomb, brawl out, cry me a river and getting fired.

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The Natural

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We've had three AEW logos.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.MPZyZa92LuHE94uk-gEoIgAAAA?dpr=1.3&pid=ImgDetMain

First.

https://d31xsmoz1lk3y3.cloudfront.net/big/2931548.jpg?v=1694643556

Second.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/All_Elite_Wrestling_logo_2024.svg/1024px-All_Elite_Wrestling_logo_2024.svg.png

Third.

First is still best for me with the grey border. Second the logo with the white border. The third, the 2024 is my least favourite. I miss the border and "All Elite Wrestling".

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YouHaveUntil5

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23 hours ago, The Natural said:

I've listed my Best AEW Matches Ever but never my worst till now. Some of these picks will be controversial...

I’m not going to do a whole list, but Britt Baker vs. Taya Valkyrie, 7/26/23 Dynamite. 

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Zakk_Sabbath

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On 5/19/2024 at 8:24 AM, The Natural said:

was so angry with the top two for how badly AEW handled Matt Hardy and Alex Reynolds KTFO.

That's kinda the tough thing about 'worst ofs' - I feel like a match that was derailed by injury should be treated or looked at differently than one that just never clicks, or where someone's blown up, out of position, has an off night, is still green, whatever it may be (and though obviously shit happens, I do agree that those examples were pretty f'n egregious at the time)

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tbarrie

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1 hour ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

That's kinda the tough thing about 'worst ofs' - I feel like a match that was derailed by injury should be treated or looked at differently than one that just never clicks, or where someone's blown up, out of position, has an off night, is still green, whatever it may be (and though obviously shit happens, I do agree that those examples were pretty f'n egregious at the time)

Not to put words in the Natural's mouth, but I think the objection to those matches was not that they were derailed by injury, but rather the fact that somebody decided to try to keep the metaphorical train moving. If they had stopped the matches and gotten the injured parties appropriate attention immediately I doubt anybody would be nominating them as "worst ever".

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The Natural

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1 hour ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

That's kinda the tough thing about 'worst ofs' - I feel like a match that was derailed by injury should be treated or looked at differently than one that just never clicks, or where someone's blown up, out of position, has an off night, is still green, whatever it may be (and though obviously shit happens, I do agree that those examples were pretty f'n egregious at the time)

 

6 minutes ago, tbarrie said:

Not to put words in the Natural's mouth, but I think the objection to those matches was not that they were derailed by injury, but rather the fact that somebody decided to try to keep the metaphorical train moving. If they had stopped the matches and gotten the injured parties appropriate attention immediately I doubt anybody would be nominating them as "worst ever".

Yeah, I was pissed at both matches continuing when you had two wrestlers who were clearly unconscious in Matt Hardy/Alex Reynolds. Both should have been stopped as their health were more important than a wrestling match.

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Zakk_Sabbath

Zakk_Sabbath

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17 minutes ago, tbarrie said:

Not to put words in the Natural's mouth, but I think the objection to those matches was not that they were derailed by injury, but rather the fact that somebody decided to try to keep the metaphorical train moving. If they had stopped the matches and gotten the injured parties appropriate attention immediately I doubt anybody would be nominating them as "worst ever".

 

10 minutes ago, The Natural said:

 

Yeah, I was pissed at both matches continuing when you had two wrestlers who were clearly unconscious in Matt Hardy/Alex Reynolds. Both should have been stopped as their health were more important than a wrestling match.

No argument from me, I feel the same on both - I may have phrased it poorly with 'derailed by injury' I should've added like "...and how they were handled" or something.

But by the same token, I think my original argument still stands because the injuries (and aftermath, as you guys note) are still things that happened outside the confines of what was laid out and/or being called. So to me, calling them the worst matches would be tantamount to saying a match sucked because a drunk fan hit the ring, or the live feed from the truck went out, or went to a PiP ad at a shitty time - it's something totally out of their control (though I would CERTAINLY entertain an argument re: the actual execution of whatever spot caused the injuries - but then youre getting into that 'gymnastics' territory a few of us were talking about recently). 

To put it another way: pretend we're Dave doing the year end awards; I think our disconnect is that I'm looking at the injuries/non-stoppage from a "most disgusting promotional tactic" standpoint, whereas you guys are looking at it more through a "worst worked match" lense (I hope that made sense - and if it didn't, well... this is why you've never seen a star rating from me lol)

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The Natural

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31 minutes ago, Peck said:

Torn ACL and Meniscus for Eddie in addition to the broken bone in lower leg.

Broken leg is bad enough but those as well especially the ACL. Eddie Kingston is going to be out a long time. Get well soon.

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I haven't loved the last so many months of Kingston's in-ring work (and it kills me to say that) but this still is just awful. Also I still would like an answer as to how him and Kidd thought that spot was gonna go as I wouldn't even call this a fluke accident, more of a likely occurrence.

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The Green Meanie

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On 5/18/2024 at 1:10 AM, Zakk_Sabbath said:

 

 

Apropos of none of this, I just saw on YouTube about the storms over there today, I hope you guys all are good

Thankfully my area wasn't hit too hard, but I've got friends that are going to be without power for another week and half at least.

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The Natural

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Be interesting to see the line-up for the 2024 Blood & Guts and Stadium Stampede. Next Texas Death Match as well.

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Zimbra

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Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker got married over the weekend because THAT is how you commit to an angle.

Plenty of pictures online if you'd like to see the roster in their Kohls finery.

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Raziel

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I didn't have them pegged as Folksy Farmhouse Chic types, but whatever works for them.

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