AEW TV - 8/28 - 9/3/2024 - Strickland of Confusion

[Dolfan in NYC]

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams, been haunted by a million screams... But I can hear the marching feet, they're moving into the street.

Well, well, well...  looks like someone is sticking around for a while. We have a new World Champion, the very much not retiring Bryan Danielson.  Yes, the pulled out some tricks we hadn't seen in years and ended the Swerve era.

Now, did you read the news today? They say the danger has gone away! But I can see the fire's still alight... They're burning into the night.

And time was up on the Timeless one's title reign, as our new Women's Champion Mariah May beat Toni to a pulp and beat her with her own move!  But I wonder if that story's not done yet....

There's too many men, too many people, making too many problems!  And there's not much love to go around.  Can't you see this is the land of confusion?

But now, we've got a VERY short runway to set up our next show... All Out!   Let's see what tricks All Elite has in store for us: 

Says here this is a "First To 10000 Flips Match".  Sounds like fun! 

(It's insane how relevant this song still is, 40 years later.)

Enjoy your (US) Labor Day Weekend! 

[odessasteps]

Thanks for not using the heavy metal version.

[The Natural]

Hangman Adam Page vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the first time ever on AEW Dynamite. Get in!

[Zakk_Sabbath]

8 hours ago, odessasteps said:

Thanks for not using the heavy metal version.

Lol poor Disturbed, getting denied their only other good song behind the heel Steve Austin music and the wah ah ah ah one. But alas, I must second this.

5 hours ago, The Natural said:

Hangman Adam Page vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the first time ever on AEW Dynamite. Get in!

Yoooo missed this announcement. This should be big fun.

 

[Leonidas]

At Download in 2023 I was lucky enough to see Disturbed do their cover and then coincidentally Ghost also did their cover of Jesus He Knows Me, the crowd and I loved it all and I will not stand for this Genesis heavy metal cover gatekeeping .

Surprised they're giving away Jamie's first match back on TV, but I guess this will build to a quick Saraya match at All Out.

Edited August 28 by Leonidas

[RazorbladeKiss87]

2 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:

Lol poor Disturbed, getting denied their only other good song behind the heel Steve Austin music and the wah ah ah ah one. But alas, I must second this.

Yoooo missed this announcement. This should be big fun.

 

I honestly remember liking the first Disturbed album. Now, have I listened to it since maybe 8th grade? No. So who knows. 

Rick O'Shea and Fletcher should get the appetite primed for the Ospreay match nicely. 

[Curt McGirt]

"Land of Confusion" is an actual good Collins-era Genesis song so who would want frickin' Disturbed shitting it up? The concept is just... stupid. 

I could be at Dynamite tonight *sigh* I dunno. Chalk it up to my dislike (almost fear) of large crowds? Me being too lazy to find a seat, or too cheap? Not calling off work in time? It's crazy to think that Bryan Danielson (sorry everyone else) is gonna be a couple miles down the road from where I'm hobbling around the back room at Walmart setting up deliveries and pickups. I missed Eddy's last match on Smackdown too so it's just tradition, I suppose.

[COLETTI]

Christian is going to interrupt Danielson and talk about being his kids' new father, isn't he?

[AxB]

So nobody likes Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence then?

Then again, your lead singer of Disturbed is a genocide apologist now. 

[COLETTI]

5 minutes ago, AxB said:

So nobody likes Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence then?

Then again, your lead singer of Disturbed is a genocide apologist now. 

I believe I have said before that their cover of that particular song is a "musical atrocity." I wouldn't quite use that word anymore considering what you just said but... It still absolutely stinks.

[Curt McGirt]

Just for fun, here's a list of all the celebrities (that Wiki has, at least) for the "Land of Confusion" video. 

Spoiler

Ronald Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Francois Mitterand

Margaret Thatcher

Ferdinand Marcos

Henry Kissinger

Benito Mussolini

Ayatollah Khomeini

Mikhail Gorbachev

Muammar Gaddafi

Ed McMahon

Johnny Carson

Walter Cronkite

Richard Nixon

Mr. Spock/Leonard Nimoy

Bob Hope

John Rambo/Sylvester Stallone

Prince

Pete Townshend

Tina Turner

Madonna

Grace Jones

David Bowie

Bob Dylan

Mick Jagger

Bruce Springsteen

Tina Turner

Sting

Cliff Richard

Bette Midler

Michael Jackson

Madonna

Bill Cosby

Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Diana 

Hulk Hogan

Pope John Paul II

I think I counted 37. Swear I saw Barbra Striesand, but that may have just been Bette Midler (boy I will take one of those over the other). 

[Nice Guy Eddie]

Forget Disturbed, this is the best cover of Land of Confusion.

https://youtu.be/mBxlqbxyJwc?si=e2oo0jM6fra6shX7

[ExcellenceofAirPollution]

I've never been able to tell the difference between Disturbed, Staind, Killswitch Engaged, Puddle of Mudd etc. etc.  It's all Attitude Era butt rock to me.  I didn't know the OH AH AH AH AH song was Disturbed.  I definitely didn't know they covered Genesis.  Which one did Let the Bodies hit the Floor?

As for the show I predict Callis family bullshit that leads to Mark Davis' return and we get Ospreay/Ricochet vs. Aussie Open next week

[Log]

It's a shame that Ricochet and Chuck Taylor won't get to have a match on national tv.

[AxB]

9 minutes ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

 Which one did Let the Bodies hit the Floor?

Drowning Pool.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

9 minutes ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

I've never been able to tell the difference between Disturbed, Staind, Killswitch Engaged, Puddle of Mudd etc. etc.  It's all Attitude Era butt rock to me.  I didn't know the OH AH AH AH AH song was Disturbed.  I definitely didn't know they covered Genesis.  Which one did Let the Bodies hit the Floor?

As for the show I predict Callis family bullshit that leads to Mark Davis' return and we get Ospreay/Ricochet vs. Aussie Open next week

That was Drowning Pool. 

 

[COLETTI]

Seeing Killswitch Engage lumped up with Puddle Of Mudd is the most upset I've been in a while

[RazorbladeKiss87]

1 hour ago, ExcellenceofAirPollution said:

I've never been able to tell the difference between Disturbed, Staind, Killswitch Engaged, Puddle of Mudd etc. etc.  It's all Attitude Era butt rock to me.  I didn't know the OH AH AH AH AH song was Disturbed.  I definitely didn't know they covered Genesis.  Which one did Let the Bodies hit the Floor?

As for the show I predict Callis family bullshit that leads to Mark Davis' return and we get Ospreay/Ricochet vs. Aussie Open next week

You're thinking Drowning Pool for Bodies. At risk of turning this into the music sub forum, I would go to bat for the first Staind record (well, first on a label) being a decent heavy rock record. Killswitch Engage was way more metalcore than post-Creed jaw rock like Puddle of Mudd. At least up to the third record. After that I'd say they dropped the "core" and metal influences in favor of more typical hard rock. 

[Nice Guy Eddie]

1 hour ago, Coletti said:

Seeing Killswitch Engage lumped up with Puddle Of Mudd is the most upset I've been in a while

Same here

[Leonidas]

2 hours ago, Coletti said:

Seeing Killswitch Engage lumped up with Puddle Of Mudd is the most upset I've been in a while

You're right I can't believe they'd do PoM so dirty like that.

All aboard the Harley Cameron hype train by the way. Every week she has her "best match of her career", Britt, Willow and tonight against Jamie. She'll be a champion in AEW mark my words.

[southofheavy]

Land of Confusion can suck it, it's ALL about Misunderstanding. 

Don't even get me started on Phil putting the Earth, Wind and Fire horn section all over his records for a spell. So good.

BUT TONIGHT, Jamie Hayter is going to take Harley Cameron's head off and that's really all that matters. 

[The Natural]

Bryan Danielson vs. Jack Perry is underwhelming for Danielson's first AEW World Championship defence at All Out. Jack Perry fucking sucks.

Edited August 29 by The Natural

[Cobra Commander]

Things I Remember From This Week of AEW Dynamite:

Moxley is back, and he wants to talk to Darby

Hangman and Swerve are having a PPV match

MJF and Garcia are having a PPV match

The Grizzled Young Scotsmen are here

Hook and Roderick are having a PPV match

Mone is having a party

Mariah is not having a party

PAC and Ospreay are having a PPV match?

Danielson and Perry are having a PPV match

PPV in 10 days!

[The Natural]

Looking forward to Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Adam Page III inside a Steel Cage.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

Just now, The Natural said:

Bryan Danielson vs. Jack Perry is underwhelming for Danielson's first AEW World Championship defence at All Out. Jack Perry fucking sucks.

That's for sure. I was going to say basically the same thing, but decided to scrap it because Jack Perry isn't worth it. It should have been Christian as Danielson's first challenger.