Technico Support Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 JR pronounces "hangman" like it's a Jewish surname. I really want to go see a comic book movie with him just to hear him buy tickets. "Two for Spidermin, please." 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 12 hours ago, The Natural said: @Greggulator. Screams in War Eagle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 38 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: Picture this : Thunder Rosa gives her championship win promo next week. "MY DAD IS A GENTLEMAN!" hits and Legit Leyla Hirsch beats her down, takes the title and joins Team Taz. Money! Her stature/style does remind one of Taz, but it's a bit trickier to see how she fits alongside Starks, Hobbs and Hook. Can we settle with a team of ppl accompanying her in matching windbreakers and the return of heel referee turned manager Bill Alfonso, 'daddy!'!?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 12 hours ago, The Natural said: @Greggulator Not enough love for Rosa's Thunder Fire power bomb. Onita would be proud. Also, no one else caught Dustin hitting the ring to congratulate her afterwards? What's the story there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, chriskbrown50 said: Austin Vanderford It's either Florida Man or he's a trust fund kid. Heir to the Vanderford dynasty. "My dad owns a dealership!" Watched the rest of the open. The six-man was a fine spotfest, actually got a rise outta me with the triple moonsault and Page going Cesaro on everybody. Meanwhile you can give me Moxielson murdering people every week, just inject it right into my carotid artery. Wheeler going "please sir may I have another" deserved the chants, and he looks like a young Keiji Mutoh with the beard. Chuckie even pulled off a slick hiptoss counter! Edited March 17, 2022 by Curt McGirt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Technico Support said: A Britt Baker haiku: Send another ref Send another ref Get in the fucking cage Not how haikus work 5-7-5 structure please My work is done here. 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Technico Support said: Why was Matt Lee dressed like it's 1998 and he's auditioning for the I Want It That Way video? TELL ME WHY! *Dad Magic* "he didn't like it at the time, but he's coming around..." That, and sex. He probably got laid for the first time last night. I think they all got laid for the first time last night. Except it wasn't Jericho's first time, and Jake Hager is obviously still taking a pass, but last night was a big night for those five. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Good show, awesome ending. One thing that really stood out to me was they went with their tiny ring for this show. I think this probably their smallest ring they've ever used. I'm not sure if that's because they wanted a "cell" effect for the cage match or if the footprint for the ring and ringside area in that arena is just that small. I mean, it felt smaller than a WCW ring. One of the things that kinda bugs me about AEW is that they're never using a standard sized ring. I definitely prefer the larger, nearly WWE sized ring. And I don't know what to think about the JAS segment. Doing a shooty "we're sports entertainers, not wrestlers" gimmick is cheap heat and beyond just saying that, I don't know how you pull that off because ultimately, these dudes are still going to be wrestling. Not only that, but Garcia is one of the most pro wrestling dudes in the whole company. I can't buy that guy saying he's a sports entertainer. I can buy him saying that he may not win a fight, but he's for sure going to fuck you up and ruin your week. Wardlow vs Scorp was pretty flat for me. Scorp himself is a guy that is just a charisma vacuum, but it doesn't feel like he should be a charisma vacuum. He was at his height doing the SCU stuff. Now his gimmick is that he's a pretty good wrestler? I mean, we talk about Shawn Spears looking lost gimmick wise, but now you have Scorp who keeps ping ponging from one gimmick to the next. With his entrance music and all that it feels like he's ditched the Men of the Year stuff, which wasn't great, but it was at least better than what he's doing now. As for the match, I was waiting the whole time for MJF to interfere and then that segment felt like it lasted forever. Loved the stuff with Wheeler Yuta at the end of the tag match. That slap from Regal. Hoo boy. That had some mustard on it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Oh yeah. Austin Vanderford. Dude is the sleaziest looking guy. Even for pro wrestling. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, Horatio said: *Dad Magic* "he didn't like it at the time, but he's coming around..." That, and sex. He probably got laid for the first time last night. I think they all got laid for the first time last night. Except it wasn't Jericho's first time, and Jake Hager is obviously still taking a pass, but last night was a big night for those five. Doesn't/Didn't Jeff (Angelo) Parker date/used to date someone from NXT or something? I just have a memory of seeing who he was dating and thinking he was doing well for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Had fun last night. Thunder Rosa v. Britt obviously being the highlight. Venue looked legit sold out. Rampage was fun but inconsequential. Our third AEW show in a third city. Got home pretty late, so I think our chances of going to the Austin show are pretty low. Surprised they really didn't build to anything next week besides Spoiler Hardy Men / Darby / Sting v. Private Party / Butcher and Blade (they did Butcher v. Darby on Rampage that ended in a count out victory and then everybody showed up and they announced this for next Wednesday. Also Keith Lee v. Max Caster, leading to a Hobbs / Starks run-in leading to a Swerve save. Best part was Max referring to Keith Lee as a King Henry the 8th talking motherfucker or something like that. Oh and Leyla Hirsch v. Red Velvet. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, Pete said: Not how haikus work 5-7-5 structure please My work is done here. What is love? Baby Don't hurt me. No don't hurt me No more. What is love? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Log said: Doesn't/Didn't Jeff (Angelo) Parker date/used to date someone from NXT or something? I just have a memory of seeing who he was dating and thinking he was doing well for himself. I'm pretty sure they're both married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Maybe they used a tiny ring because it was a tiny venue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Maybe they used a smaller ring because they didn't want to make a bigger cage? And correct me if I'm wrong (I may have missed something), but is the first time they didn't announce matches for next week's show? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 The new AEW Women's World Champion, Thunder Rosa reacts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, supremebve said: The cheapest heat on the show was Paige VanZant and her husband kissing and then teasing Wardlow powerbombing the shit out of him and not doing it. That dude is the biggest heel in the company and I don't think anyone is anywhere close. Every time he's on screen I am overcome with irrational hatred. I don't think it's possible to not like someone I've never met more than I dislike him. Everything about him from his stupid dyed hair to the world's worst tattoo makes me want to see him get his ass kicked. Oh boy, do I have great news for you. This happened less than a month ago. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, The Natural said: The new AEW Women's World Champion, Thunder Rosa reacts. She got all stitched up, washed/dried her outfit and redid her facepaint just for that first publicity photo as champion. Impressive! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Wardlow didn’t do a Tito Ortiz promo. He never once said he only lost because he was injured in training, and he didn’t get booed for dedicating the match to the overseas troops defending American Freedom ~! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, A_K said: @NoFistsJustFlips — Hey yo. Quote me. New phone who dis? Nah I will eat that L like a man lol. I also promise not to blow up every thread claiming it's still gonna happen like Flair's Shadow ha. -I kind of don't like how it played out. Sure they got their heat on Wardlow. But some people should be above the gang beat downs. If you treat the unbeatable monster like everyone else he loses his aura. So I would have preferred if they were going to screw him they did something a little more creative / less group beat down-y. So now Wardlow eventually gets to MJF and either beats him (which doesn't actually do all that much for him) or MJF finds a way to beat Wardlow (and that hurts his aura even more). I'll let it play out but feel like they biffed it here. Quick little response to the whole "nO wAy ThEy'D hAvE ScoRpiO LoSe" rants. Seemed to be a way to add even more steam to Wardlow. He wins a title. He takes the dude's streak (he's undefeated for a year or whatever). It all seemed like it was done to strap a rocket to Wardlow. And if you'd have paid attention to how TK handled the Big Swole thing, he doesn't buy into the people of color issues. We do and it's a fair talking point. But he's an ostrich on this one and just kind of buried his head and said he himself is a minority so it's a non issue. So mayyybeee chill on the indignation here? K thanks guy. -Funny little side note on Garcia. I saw his trainer ask him why not change his name to Dante Rios (the name WWE gave him when he did enhancement work on NXT a few times in 2020). And he pointed out WWE actually trademarked that name. Which is just so odd. Did WWE want to offer him a deal? Did they actually think his enhancement name was a legitimate option to take with him? Just weird man. -Cage match had some good spots but didn't quite click enough to hit that higher level. What's up with AEW's cage being bigger? For both the Wardlow / Cody and Bucks / Lucha Bros matches there was not enough room to get out of the cage. Did they specifically extend it just so they could get plunder from under the ring? Odd choice. On first look I actually thought they were using an 18' ring for the night vs the normal 20' they always use. I mean in a way it's actually kind of cool. They went to TK and said hey we'd like to be able to do this in the cage match, and dude had the team add extensions in to make it happen. Picture Vince ever doing something like that. Yeah right lol. But if you look on a few of the cage segments they had little 8 inch pieces of metal welded in between the panels. That's how you can tell it was changed. It never had those before. And pretty sure it was done specifically to let them get weapons from under the ring. Because their big lights out match was entirely based on that. Edited March 17, 2022 by NoFistsJustFlips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Ring did definitely look smaller just by looking at how large the ringside area was. @NoFistsJustFlips theory that it was to bring in plunder might be true. I’ve always been a pro small ring guy. Smaller ring means guys look quicker, and faster paced tag matches. More dangerous spots, and guys needing to suspend disbelief when reaching for the ropes is the negative trade off. Edited March 17, 2022 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eikerir Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Fun show as pretty much always with a great crowd. My random thoughts as usual: The crowd was super hot for that opener which was extremely enjoyable. Holy shit I popped HUGE for that Triple Moonsault and Double Doomsday Device, I clapped my hands in real life which you know means its good stuff. “u kno all bout da spinebustah bebe”. I love smooth af Hobbs. I guess Bryan and Mox are a face team? But they have to be one of the most vicious face teams ever. It’s a very grey area and I love it. Yuta’s new edge works and he and Chuckie looked great against the two superstars. I appreciate we are getting more and more Ricky Starks sprinkled during the shows lately. More please. Didn’t care much for Jericho’s segment. Only thing I remember is that Jericho is looking in awesome shape. Surreal seeing The Hardys making their entrance with their classic music in AEW. I had not seen Jeff in a long time, he doesn't look bad per se but his face shows that he's in CONSTANT pain no matter what he's doing, I felt every wince on his face. It was during this match that I noticed how freaking tiny the ring looked, weird. LMAO at Marc Quen's random front roll before trying to get Jeff off the top rope, "Parkour!". Crazy that both Hardys are older than Michael Hayes was when he managed them. The main event was good althought not as good as the original, but I love a good real emotional reaction when winning titles, you cant beat those. Was that the first ref bump in AEW? I can’t remember any other. Edited March 17, 2022 by eikerir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Omega/Hangman at Full Gear last year had a ref bump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_K Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: Quick little response to the whole "nO wAy ThEy'D hAvE ScoRpiO LoSe" rants. Seemed to be a way to add even more steam to Wardlow. He wins a title. He takes the dude's streak (he's undefeated for a year or whatever). It all seemed like it was done to strap a rocket to Wardlow. And if you'd have paid attention to how TK handled the Big Swole thing, he doesn't buy into the people of color issues. We do and it's a fair talking point. But he's an ostrich on this one and just kind of buried his head and said he himself is a minority so it's a non issue. So mayyybeee chill on the indignation here? K thanks guy. No rants (my statement in full was: "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"). I just state observations that usually come through or else I wouldn't post them (e.g. Cody to be an inevitability to be bounced from the company). You chose to quote one of my posts to say you'd resurface it, not me. I do appreciate your wider post and don't want to labor the point but just to highlight this element as I think it does merit discussion: RE: Khan - I think you misunderstand him. The guy is a P/E guy from a corporate background/upbringing. He also has media shareholders to satisfy. While he will not have publicly come out in recognition of that point (and I myself as I have said before think it was a baseless accusation, and that he was right to defend as he did), they will 100% factor it into future decision making. For a very PC core fanbase, the last thing they want was for that accusation to fester. Having Scorpio Sky lose to a huge white dude from Ohio a week after taking the belt was never going to happen. You need to look past the carnyness at times and realise it is still a business after all (and TK is a highly commercial person) and this will affect decision making. Ultimately Wardlow simply shouldn't have won the ladder match (Lee probably should have .. that feud with Hobbs is going to be an unproductive one for those two as well .. and Lee probably should have taken the TV title given they already have a host of underdog champions. They're in a bit of a bind now with their title programming, and I expect ratings to suffer somewhat in the near-term tbh). Edited March 17, 2022 by A_K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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