ChrisPBacon Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) MJF costs him the match and fires him on the spot, only for Tony Kahn to hire him the next week? Regal is a talker man, he, with a quickened pace, sent me on an emotional rollercoaster. I just dream of Claudio Castagnoli and Samoa Joe joining this squad of relentless ass kickers. What a crew of world beaters that would be! Tully Blanchard brings in The Briscoes for revenge against FTR firing them? Uh, yes please. Is it too soon to bring in Ric Flair for FTR? Hoping we get maybe a Page-Cole TV match down the road, but someone else (maybe Kenny Omega returns to side with the Bucks against the Paragon?) Distracts Cole in the meantime. Happy to see Scorpio Sky finally win a big one, I was expecting the trigger to be pulled when he wrestled Cody Rhodes for the title, but this is a good time for him. Looking forward to a Scorpio Sky-Swerve Strickland match. Wow at AEW retaining the Hardy Boys ORIGINAL WWF theme music, just wow. That pop was huge, and to be back in the ring with Sting for the first time since the "incident" was epic. Still waiting on Miro to return by attacking Adam Page. Max Caster's clever wordplay was on point tonight. Probably one of his better verses imo. Edited March 10, 2022 by ChrisPBacon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, ChrisPBacon said: MJF costs him the match and fires him on the spot, only for Tony Kahn to hire him the next week? Imagine MJF saying that Wardlow had a 90 day no compete Ps. Fucking LOVE your Tully and the Briscoes idea! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 35 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: What about Tully and Wardlow? I hate to be negative, but I wasn't feeling his promo tonight. Not so much his delivery per se, but the whole conceit was a little WWE for me. I think brevity and intensity is his friend. He and Tully could develop a Jake/Archer or Harley/Vader style dynamic pretty easily. It's a good idea. Wardlow needs a talker until he gets better, Tully needs a job. Perfect fit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, ChrisPBacon said: Tully Blanchard brings in The Briscoes for revenge against FTR firing them? Uh, yes please. Oh shit, if THIS is an option... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Just Dave Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Thunder Rosa, to use a sports phrase, got hot at the right time. She damn near saved aews womens division during the pandemic when many of the women were injured or quarantined overseas. She’s been coasting a bit since then. I hope she beats Britt next week but she shouldn’t hold the belt too long. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, NikoBaltimore said: Yay, somebody there was reading this! Huzzah! I know this had nothing to do with anything but just roll with it. Tons of great stuff going on in this episode but the highlights by far were Eddie's promo and everything related to Mox/Danielson/Regal. Both brought the real stuff and it not only made you care but it also tied in quite well with everything else going on. Eddie in particularly mentioning the four people he met at the FanFest was incredibly heavy. And Regal recognizing the mistakes he made while wanting to make sure the best of his legacy lives on in Mox and Danielson was impactful and made perfect sense. I'm so very happy with the table setting going on and can't wait to see all this play out. Absolutely. The socially redeemable themes happening week in and week out are unparalleled. The honesty and emotion is so very welcomed. They’re making history on this weekly pro wrestling broadcast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Feel good moment this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I think I found the first time Regal and Tony shared the screen together...WCWSN April 17, 1993. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 'Nuff said. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_K Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Given the diversity furore on Twitter, Wardlow will not be winning the title next week. A 1 week humiliation reign is not going to happen here. Surprised WWE don't have that Hardy music on lock. Its one of the most recognisable entrance tracks there is. Acclaimed should have won the title. Shit-talking Acclaimed like an early 00s E&C getting through each defence with cunning & cowardice then facing Danielson + Moxley and trying to talk/scheme their way out of a title defence was the money angle. Edited March 10, 2022 by A_K 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, ChrisPBacon said: Tully Blanchard brings in The Briscoes for revenge against FTR firing them? Uh, yes please. Is it too soon to bring in Ric Flair for FTR? Arn needs something to do now. Arn w/ FTR vs. Briscoes w/ Tully. Sexual. Still not sure how you bring them in though after the homophobic shit Jay spouted. edit: Wardlow an eloquent motherfucker, just not sure he should be. Hopefully after he got that off his chest, he is a little more to the point. His delivery was pretty confident and he's got a good voice, just too much. Get to the point, son. Also also, lol at bitchy JR and Tony finally kind of just a lil reacting to it after the national geographic line. Edited March 10, 2022 by Jiji 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Bret is my guy but dude hasn't cleared his throat since 1999 I think. Not ideal for a speaking role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: That theme was available and they never used it in Impact, right? Most LOLTNA stuff in ages. Hearing that theme blew my mind that it was available THE WHOLE TIME. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evidence Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Casey said: I hate to break it to you guys but Wardlow ain’t winning next week. My first thought when Wardlow won the Face Of The Revolution match and then left MJF hanging was that Scorpio would win followed by Wardlow getting a Diesel vs Backlund style victory. Hopefully Scorpio gets a few defenses in before dropping it. Edited March 10, 2022 by evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieNippz Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Haven't read all the replies yet but I just got back from the show and I had a blast. The friend I brought with me literally hadn't seen a wrestling show since Macho Man in the 80s and he had a blast. We were bummed Orange didn't wrestle but I showed him clips of the ladder match and he understood. I was pleasantly surprised to see Hangman defend the title and to see Jurassic Express defend against my favorite tag team The Acclaimed. Was amped to finally see Mox and Brian wrestle for the first time in person. AEW's live events are just like the PPVs, hardly a chance to find time to pee without missing something. And Hardy Boy reunion! First show since the 06 Rumble and I'm still so happy I like wrestling again. Hopefully they come back around soon because my buddy wants to bring his kids next time. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I could have listened to Regal talk for the entire two hours. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPBacon Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Rewatched Regals speech, and I am now convinced, Mox is being played, and Regal/Danielson will somehow turn on him causing a rematch and maybe, hopefully, probably adding Samoa Joe in the mix. Regal spent 15 minutes putting Danielson over and 15 seconds giving Mox his roses. No coincidence detected. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, ChrisPBacon said: Rewatched Regals speech, and I am now convinced, Mox is being played, and Regal/Danielson will somehow turn on him causing a rematch and maybe, hopefully, probably adding Samoa Joe in the mix. Regal spent 15 minutes putting Danielson over and 15 seconds giving Mox his roses. No coincidence detected. Yup. Hopefully Cesaro ends up with Danielson and Regal and they eventually win over the minds and hearts of the young bois Danielson mentioned by name over the next few months. While 2.0 with Jericho feels right, Garcia belongs with Regal and Danielson as dragon in training. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Show was kind of all over the place tonight. Wasn't helped by a half-asleep listless crowd. I know this was Wardlow's first real promo, and it was important to see what he could do. That said, it was not good, and he just ended up rambling far too long. With a guy like Wardlow he should NOT be going out there reciting long speeches. All he needed to say was this: "MJF and I, we're done. Our relationship was a means to an end. I'm not stopping at the TNT title either. I'm going to devour this whole company." Like when Goldberg started actually cutting promos in WCW, they kept them short and sweet. Wardlow started drowning out there and mixing up his talking points. He got totally lost. Jeff Hardy's debut was kind of predictable and by the numbers. The Eddie/Jericho segment was the best one of the night. Not sure about JERICHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY, but I do like Jericho turning on Santana and Ortiz, which he was technically justified to do. They turned on him first. Tony Khan's go-to thing is a backstage promo, someone gets interrupted to set a match up. It's gotten a bit tiresome and repetitive. This week it was Tony Nese and Swerve. It's just jarring when they suddenly have Nese doing a promo run-in on Dynamite. Not sure where they are going with the Regal thing. I mean I like that Regal's there, but Danielson's whole issue is that he hates the AEW roster and the young AEW talent. Now it seems Danielson, Moxley, and Regal have formed this shoot stable of authentic brawler/shooter babyfaces. I just felt like Regal's promo was too sentimental when the message should've been "This roster is soft. This generation is soft. We're going to teach them what real wrestling, what real violence means. Sammy Guevara cares more about his vlog, his pathetic action figures and lugubrious social media than being the face of this company. We're not here to play with dolls, Tony. We're here to rip people apart." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I hope: - There's unfinished business to be resolved with Jeff Hardy and Sting (and maybe to a lesser extent, CM Punk). Have Sting wary of Jeff encroaching on his turf as the mentor to Darby, with Punk chiming in stirring shit along the way. Sting and Punk vs the Hardys with Darby caught in the middle while increasingly being courted by Andrade? - Agree that Arn should be managing FTR. - Disappointed that P&P end up in a nothing someone else's feud especially with 2.0 (or that logically why would Garcia choose Jericho over Bryan?). Hope LAX show up in a week or two to even the odds. That'd be a decent Blood and Guts. - Think they've left themselves some options to work with the TNT title match. Wardlow can win and you do Sammy/Tay vs Scorpio/Paige, or you can have MJF screw over Wardlow, and do the mixed tag for the belt with the tired trope of the female heel being the weak link being reversed and Paige saves Scorp's title by destroying Tay. Or you could even have MJF take the shot against Scorp and it turn into a schmozz instead. I think the second makes the most sense long term, but not sure Wardlow should be dropping more falls. Spears causing Wardlow to lose, and doing a little mini program while MJF sells the beating of the dog collar match could work. - I really don't want to see more Cole as #1 contender, but unless Miro is healthy, I'm not sure there's many other options that aren't going too early. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, GuerrillaMonsoon said: - I really don't want to see more Cole as #1 contender, but unless Miro is healthy, I'm not sure there's many other options that aren't going too early. Hangman vs the House of Black could be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturmCRF Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Great show, loved the Jericho angle, will be a bit disappointed with every episode until Claudio appears though, preferably with Chris Hero (while we're willing things into existence and acting under the assumption that Coach Tony somehow has time to read the board still). Haven't seen anyone else mention the possibility of Pac as the next challenger to Hangman, which seems to me like the easiest explanation for his random match with Yuta out of nowhere. Bolster his record for a few weeks while they finish the Cole angle, have him challenge Hangman to reestablish him as someone who's competitive at a main event level, then some House Of Black involvement to set up a blowoff match with Malakai. (Then Malakai beats him, challenges Hangman, wins the title at the next PPV, but that's the biased take of someone who wants a guy who once came out to an Agoraphobic Nosebleed song to reign over everybody.) Edited March 10, 2022 by SturmCRF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I imagine Daniel Garcia chose Jericho over Bryan since Jericho was AEW champion for half a year and Bryan couldn’t even beat Omega, and lost to Hangman twice. Jericho dominated the company since the beginning, Bryan though? Not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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