Dolfan in NYC Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Take life one day at a time, that's what a wise man said to me. He said, "Life, in all it's complexity is the ultimate test for you and me." So, Blood and Guts was quite bloody and gutsy! Team AEW came out victorious over... um, their bosses? I dunno how this works because now why don't the Bucks as EVP's just punish the other five idiots by making them all wrestle like 8 people at once? It's time to leave my nest where you were born, this journey you must make alone. (Spread your wings and fly!) We also got word that our own American Dragon Bryan Danielson would be wrapping up his in-ring career somewhat sooner rather than later. We will hear from him about his world title shot this week! There's a power deep inside you, an inner strength you'll find in time of need. (The Glow!) You are the Last Dragon! You possess the power of the Glow! And here's what else is in store this week: Cowboys vs Zombies! It's like Red Dead: Undead Nightmare! If this thread makes you wanna see the movie again, it's available for free on Tubi! Have a good week! 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 SHO NUFF 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Pretty stellar line-up: Darby Allin vs. Hangman Page The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Roderick Strong, The Beast Mortos, & RUSH Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer CMLL World Women's Championship Eliminator: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander Bryan Danielson, Mariah, Mercedes SPEAK! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 In case it wasn't seen in the locked thread: Your WAR Six-Man officially has a WAR alumnus in it. In fact, Ishii's very first match (at the age of 20!) was in WAR, and he was a tag champ there. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 (edited) 12 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: There's a power deep inside you, an inner strength you'll find in time of need. (The Glow!) You are the Last Dragon! You possess the power of the Glow! You know, you got me thinking: It's a real shame we didn't get a Jimmy Hart soundalike of this song when Ultimo Dragon was in WCW (though I do think of his theme every day, because of the similarity in melody to the default Cisco hold music, but that's another thread). I'm a bit confused why the women's match is an eliminator - I guess maybe to get more heat on Stat for the title match with a win via Stoke chicanery? - but I agree with whomever mentioned in last week's thread that it sort of belies even wrestling logic: "We'll sneak-attack her in the back during her interview, and beat her ass until she agrees to a match where... we'll earn a shot at her title in a fair, rightfully earned fashion." With that nitpicking outta the way: match should slay (depending on how much they wanna leave on the table for the rematch, naturally). Edit: @Curt McGirtthat's f'n awesome!!! I'd buy that shirt without a second of hesitation. Now please delete before HHH sees it and makes another Vacquer offer Edited July 31 by Zakk_Sabbath 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 4 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: You know, you got me thinking: It's a real shame we didn't get a Jimmy Hart soundalike of this song when Ultimo Dragon was in WCW (though I do think of his theme every day, because of the similarity in melody to the default Cisco hold music, but that's another thread). I can't unhear that now. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 6 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: You know, you got me thinking: It's a real shame we didn't get a Jimmy Hart soundalike of this song when Ultimo Dragon was in WCW (though I do think of his theme every day, because of the similarity in melody to the default Cisco hold music, but that's another thread). I'm a bit confused why the women's match is an eliminator - I guess maybe to get more heat on Stat for the title match with a win via Stoke chicanery? - but I agree with whomever mentioned in last week's thread that it sort of belies even wrestling logic: "We'll sneak-attack her in the back during her interview, and beat her ass until she agrees to a match where... we'll earn a shot at her title in a fair, rightfully earned fashion." With that nitpicking outta the way: match should slay (depending on how much they wanna leave on the table for the rematch, naturally). Edit: @Curt McGirtthat's f'n awesome!!! I'd buy that shirt without a second of hesitation. Now please delete before HHH sees it and makes another Vacquer offer Mortos has been signed for a while, fortunately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 18 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: So, Blood and Guts was quite bloody and gutsy! Team AEW came out victorious over... um, their bosses? I dunno how this works because now why don't the Bucks as EVP's just punish the other five idiots by making them all wrestle like 8 people at once? Because the Doomsday Cage match really sucked, innit? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Things I Remember from this week's edition of AEW Dynamite: It's the bi-annual Lance Archer cameo to enhance somebody Lots of wild stuff in a trios match where it seemed like the heel team was a little random Danielson putting his career up at the PPV Kamille is barely taller than Mone due to Mone's heels Toni Storm doing things Fun main event with a random power outage for a few moments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the recovering AEW f Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 My theory about the lights going out in the main event? Shane McMahon backstage sabotage. Remind me: Brie is... Whose spouse? I kind of want Dragon to beat Swerve just so years from now I can watch an "Every AEW World Champion" video on YT and be like " Oh, yeah. " Enjoyed matador Orange. Hope that surprise finish leads to Bull vs Chicken for the ROH title. Who could have predicted, back in 2019, that bringing in Paige and Banks would actually NOT make the AEW Women's Division any stronger? Just realised Dax and Cash rhymes with.. Spoiler Axl and Slash 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 thought this was a really great Dynamite all the way through. Solid MJF/Ospreay opening setting up MJF/Fletcher for what looks like a stacked next week then flowing right in to Ospreay/Archer which was awesome as that pairing almost always is. As always I wish Archer was consistently kept around at this level. Bryan/Swerve promo segment was excellent. Didn't love the officially putting the career on line part for the stip but enjoyed both guy's mic work as a whole. LOVE that we are going to get the Bryan/Jarrett first time dream match. Trios match was a blast. Felt like a huge win for The Beast Mortos who is on fire this past week. Beating Komander at DBD but then losing to Hologram the next night, this definitely made me wanna see a Beast Mortos/Mark Briscoe feud for the ROH title. Main event was epic and kinda shocked me with the outcome as I figured Hangman would get the win. Nice big win for Darby instead. Was surprised to see Darby immediately put in another match for Collision right after but I'm down with that. Looking forward to what else gets announced for Collision/Rampage as usual. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just drew Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Mortos is the shit. He rules. I feel like Mercedes got a lot of grace from fans while in wwe because we all assumed "the people writing her promos are idiots." Turns out; she's just not good at saying words. Lots of good shit this week. Feels like they got to put the title on Danielson. Swerve can win it back in Seattle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 This was a pretty good episode of Dynamite. I liked MJF's opening promo and Osprey coming out to respond. Right now that feels like it will be bigger match at All In compared to Danielson/Swerve which is supposed to be the main event. Osprey sure can take a beating judging by the one he took from Archer tonight. I was surprised Archer took not one, but two (including one from the top rope) Spanish fly's. The Hidden Blade continues to be a great equalizer. Now getting to Danielson. He cut a good promo tonight and Swerve to his credit cut a good one as well. Did we need the specter of Bryan definitley retiring if he loses? I don't know. But it will sure make it an emotional main event. You almost think Bryan has to win here. But he's probably the type that would want to go out on his sword so to speak. The Beast Mortos is a star in the making for AEW. They need to lock this guy down and make him All Elite if he's not all ready. Since he beat Mark Briscoe I guess that means he gets a title match. That should be a good one. Kamille looked good in her debut. Just counting the weeks until she destroys Mone because she doesn't need her crap. Toni Storm going full on crazy was great. She and Mariah should have a hell of a match. The main event was good. Darby can take a beating and Hangman is becoming more unhinged with each passing week. I was surprised there was nothing with Jack Perry after the match. You'd think he would want some revenge or something. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Quote I would like to see Mortos wrestle and especially even more, team up with Hechicero. (Me from last week's thread) I'm actually totally okay with Mortos and Rush! They worked really well together! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) Probably one of the better no BS episodes of Dynamite tonight in a long while. The good news is, it's a little under four weeks until All In, AEW has all the main matches set, and they seem dialed in and focused on everything. They've got an intriguing story for Danielson going into it. I like that Swerve doesn't even really care that Danielson is putting his career on the line. Him saying, "Don't keep that promise to me. Keep it to your family." That was ice cold. They are doing a good job of keeping Allin looking strong for his match with Perry. I think they need to just pull the trigger and turn Hangman full heel. Seems like he's on edge and about to snap every week. And I think it works from a character standpoint because he's always been like this for the last four years. He self-sabotages and psyches himself out because he's his own worst enemy. Edited August 1 by TheVileOne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 29 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: I think they need to just pull the trigger and turn Hangman full heel. Seems like he's on edge and about to snap every week. And I think it works from a character standpoint because he's always been like this for the last four years. He self-sabotages and psyches himself out because he's his own worst enemy. He's already been a heel in my eyes after what he did to The Dark Order. At this point, it's obvious that his jealously toward Swerve and the fans cheering for Swerve instead of him has led him down this path. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 13 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: He's already been a heel in my eyes after what he did to The Dark Order. At this point, it's obvious that his jealously toward Swerve and the fans cheering for Swerve instead of him has led him down this path. Millennial cowboy suffering from a martyr complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Hangman's been a full heel since he came back, it's only a matter of how much more unhinged he's gonna get and who's gonna stop him. That 6 man was really good, and definitely the type of finish AEW should be sprinkling in more often. The Beast Mortos didn't look out of place at all among the higher-end midcarders, and got a credible-looking win over a much higher-ranked opponent. That's the type of win that someone of his standing can live on for a while. Opening promo was bizarre, almost like MJF, Will, and Kyle were challenging themselves to get the right reactions with Brit and Aussie faces taking on the heel with the obnoxiously pro-America gimmick in South Carolina. Credit to them, though, they pulled it off. Stat finally used Stokeley's chain successfully! Kamille as Diesel to Mercedes' Shawn works really well. I feel like the CEO heel gimmick plays a lot better when she's got someone to do her dirty work and rubbing her connections with the EVPs in everyone's face. Couldn't disagree more with Mercedes not helping the division, since she's been a perfect foil for babyface Britt. Funny thing is they're basically doing a good WWE angle. The match may be mediocre, or pleasantly surprising, but the tried and true character work is gonna carry the day no matter what. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietShooter Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 FWIW, Meltzer posted on Twitter during the show, that Fletcher making the save on Ospreay was a last minute change, because whomever was originally slated to face MJF is unavailable next Wednesday. To follow up, he confirmed it was not originally planned to be Ricochet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) MJF vs Fletcher should be good! Kamille adds a lot to CEO's presentation. Danielson putting his career on the line may or may not be a spoiler. Well, actually it is, you just don't know which way! Yay for Bryan vs Jarrett! Mortos pinning Briscoe is great, because now he's gonna get a title match for the ROH title and it's gonna rule! Hangman vs Allin is a huge F'n TV match. Kinda funny that it took this long to get the first one! This is so great about building guys up for a few years before putting them together. Jungle Jesus vs Allin is another fresh match which should be good if they go all in (out)! Since this is the second time his name has been mentioned, is Ricochet a free agent now, all of a sudden? Edited August 1 by Shartnado Ricochet escaped?!? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 You can tell Rush really likes Mark Briscoe because he throws himself into Mark's offense in a way he doesn't really do for anyone else. I am enjoying AEW's forays into WARism booking. I am also enjoying Kyle Fletcher picking up the Jake Hager torch of dressing like a complete goddamn goon. Pretty good fiery babyface promo, too. I didn't know he had that in him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 MJF continues to be hot garbage on promos. The worst, again, was him yelling I SAID SHUT UP to get a pop out of the quiet crowd. So lame. I’m saddened when I consider aspiring heels a decade or two from now will crib his 5th generation Betamax copy of real heel work, not knowing any better, like his cheap bullshit will become the standard and real heeling will be lost to time. Don constantly referring to Mortos as “Mortis” was something. Mortos’ ram skull mask was badass as fuck. I’m happy Danielson got serious. More killer badass Danielson, less happy go lucky hippy Danielson, please and thanks. Likewise, I welcome the possibility of the return of heel Acclaimed. Funtime Acclaimed doing it all for Mascot Billy sucked, @Gordi the recovering AEW f I keep waiting for AEW announcers to refer to O’Reilly’s axe kick/forearm combo as “Ax and Smash” like ROH commentators used to. Bryan vs JJ should be awesome. The main was great! Unhinged Hangman trying to murder Darby, only to get caught and lose, was perfect. Another great show! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 5 hours ago, SovietShooter said: FWIW, Meltzer posted on Twitter during the show, that Fletcher making the save on Ospreay was a last minute change, because whomever was originally slated to face MJF is unavailable next Wednesday. To follow up, he confirmed it was not originally planned to be Ricochet. If it gets Fletcher away from the Callis Family, then even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Opening stuff was hot. I said on Bluesky that they’ve basically made MJF into a Trump-like character: thin-skinned, long-winded, insulting, occasionally racist, prone to cheating, a narcissist who presents himself as caring about America when it’s secretly all about himself. Basically a Hogan for the 2020s, but in a promotion that leans more progressive and therefore he is a heel. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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