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Where’s Mr. “Workers Rights?” Mr. “Voice of the Voiceless?” Oh yeah. Doing a photo op with Demolition. CM Punk’s silence on all this speaks volumes…
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Wrong thread. Good times. Still, today and every day, in this house, it's 'fuck Phil.'
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1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
I've said this other places, but maybe not here, but Killings showing up during a "go-home" Dynamite and cutting a promo about how he was going to win "Rage in the Cage," while a ring full of ex-WWE talent stares on lovingly & incredulously, would be all the dollar signs. Shit, make him the authority figure for AEW. And I need one interaction between him and Danhausen.
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9 hours ago, SovietShooter said:
Just recently someone on here (I think) wrote something akin to "Adam Cole is 5ft 8 and wrestles like he is 6ft 4", and I think that hits the nail on the head. He doesn't really get to that next level as a Babyface because he doesn't play a good face in peril. He does a good promo as a heel, but he is too small to be an intimidating figure.
His tag team with MJF worked, and was legitimately over as hell. They main evented the biggest rawing show of all time. It worked because as a team they had some ol' fashioned Memphis schtick, and Cole was forced to play Ricky Morton while MJF waited for the hot tag. If they had kept that team going and not had the injury/turn, but just kept pushing them, they would be a main event act. BTYB vs FTR or Bucks would've been a license to print money.
I've been saying this for years. It's why he's not believable at his size when other guys his size are. I have no desire to see him perform, but he does seem like a good guy and I'm glad his health seems to have improved.
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I have been busy and haven't gotten to review the PPV or the last couple Dynamites. I'm not super interested in going all the way back, so let me just say that the term I saw used most often for Mercedes/Hayter is "casual banger" and I thought that was an apt description. DoN didn't have a bad match on it.
I loved Dynamite this week, and it's crazy to me how much the overall quality of their television show has improved. My only real complaint is the TNT Title situation, but I'm willing to admit that a lot of that is personal preference. Hopefully Kyle Fletcher remedies that soon enough.
Da Meltz talked about both the strong PPV buyrates and the PR missteps WWE has made lately in their dealings with AEW. I want to give some credit to TK here; he is handling WWE counterprogramming him much better than he did a year or so ago with that "not gonna take this shit anymore' rant. Good on him.
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they aren’t showing much faith in their new TNT champion…
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9 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Man you need to be careful with the Daffney one that just aired. I'm just saying. I cried through the whole thing. I also learned a ton of stuff and I'm really glad I watched it, but it's devastating.
They replay a bunch of them every time there's a new one coming, so there's that.
I got to know Shan the last few years of her life. She came into a bar & grill I worked at pretty much every day. She was an incredibly sweet soul. I'll be skipping this episode but I hope the world gets to see what an incredibly beautiful soul she was and how dirty the wrestling business did her.
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7 hours ago, stuntmanc said:
Given recent comments, it's going to be hard for Company Man Punk to tell anyone to suck a I have strong opinions about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which you should PM me about. But I wanted to express them here too because I can't help myself covered dick again.
I don't even need to outwardly hate this idiot anymore, he just buries himself in his own hypocrisy.
careful. You're gonna be told to "touch grass," because nothing Phil does is real and if you point out his rampant hypocrisy, you'll get snarky responses and be called "bro."
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31 minutes ago, JLowe said:
Kyle Fletcher might be the best heel in AEW right now. He bumps like a freak for everyone, knows exactly when and how much to stooge, and then can flip everything on a dime and hit some crazy offense to piss you off more. Plus the look. I really had him pegged as a white meat babyface but he can make a shit ton of money as the top heel.
Yeah, I didn't see it at first, but that kid is all the dollar signs.
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I think what's most telling is that Jade Cargill and Ricky Starks' themes are as close as their AEW theme as they can be without anyone getting sued.
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17 minutes ago, NoFistsJustFlips said:
Speaking of her music, that brings a topic to mind that might enter hot take territory. AEW's in house music smokes WWE's. Mikey Ruckus is this generation's Jim Johnston. And it's not even close. Rational opinion, or crazy hot take?
Even the staunchest of FedHeads think Def Rebel sucks ass...
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On 5/13/2025 at 6:41 PM, Niners Fan in CT said:
Sounds like you're the one with the agenda. Hayter has already been a world champion in AEW, the situations wouldn't be comparable at all and AEW is building to their biggest show of the year. I don't know which way it's going to go but I'd need to hear why Hayter should win and not Mercedes before I engage further.
The short answer is that Hayter needs the win more. Mone's been doing great stuff lately, and it feels like she's really shaking off the WWE forced promo delivery style and come into her own even more as a TV presence, but she doesn't need to win the Owen. TK clearly sees Hayter as someone who could be a big deal, and she was a big deal not long ago. Mercedes is going to be a star whether she wins the Owen or not. A win over Mone could propel Hayter back to where she was, and that would be a good thing. For the record; I'm not sure if that's the way I'd book it. Sometimes the simplest is the best. I'm just saying that you could tell two compelling stories going into All In instead of just one. Hayter getting her rematch for the title she never lost by winning the Owen, and Mercedes Mone showing signs of vulnerability for the first time since she joined AEW.
Also, let me state clearly that I don't buy into the "Mercedes Hogan" narrative. Your highest paid stars should win most of the time. In sports, your highest paid guys play the most, until they show you they're incapable of producing. Mercedes is producing.
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1 hour ago, StevieNippz said:
Casino Gauntlet isn't elimination, it's just first pinfall/submission. I guess Bayne could end it before the 3rd entrant comes out but that would be a bit of a letdown since that match type is generally pretty fun.
Man, my bad. Am I thinking of a regular gauntlet match?
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Or, OR, piggybacking off my Megan Bayne idea from earlier, have a Casino Gauntlet match. The #1 entrance is someone like Queen Aminata. Megan jumps her on the entrance way and takes the #1 spot. She could then go on to eliminate the entire field. For the first time they get all the way through a lineup in a Casino Gauntlet match. Then as she's celenbrating Thekla comes out and confronts her.
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I think it'd be an interesting character trait for MJF if we were to find out through his actions that he has a blind spot for people he thinks are like him. Like, to him, MVP and his guys are all about business. Why wouldn't they get along? He sees them as a shortcut to an end. "Why compete in the Owen when I can BE Owen?" Meanwhile, the Syndicate guys have a code. A clear, violent ethos. Championships and prestige, and by proxy, money and fame, are earned by being the best at inflicting pain and imposing your will on other worthy competitors. It goes back to that Ernie Ladd quote; "the best heels don't cheat because they have to. They cheat because they like it." The Syndicate hurts people because they can. They like it. MJF the character is fundamentally incapable of understanding that, and I think that's what's going to lead to his being dealt with by the Hurt Syndicate.
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12 hours ago, Casey said:
Obviously, versus Hayter has more story to it. But if you're doing a big stadium show - and this'll hurt for some people to hear - you want the big marquee matches. And that's Mercedes Mone versus Toni Storm. Plain and simple, straight up. That's the biggest women's match they've got right now, and it doesn't even have a story yet. Add in a month+ of build-up and I think it could be pretty good. Plus, Toni has never wrestled Mercedes one-on-one believe it or not. But, there's also the problem of who does it benefit? Toni beating Mercedes just adds to the list of women she's beaten, which is seemingly everyone at this point. Mercedes winning only adds to her winning streak, and now she holds two titles (provided she doesn't lose the TBS title before then, which I doubt).
I mean, if you REALLY want to heat Jamie Hayter back up, beating Mercedes and then Toni is a hell of a way to do it.
I think there's two different schools of thought on this, and I'd be okay with either one. Mercedes and Toni are miles ahead of every other female on the roster in terms of star power. I personally subscribe to the theory that you should spread that out over two women's matches. Athena is from Texas and I think she and Mercedes have a much better match in them than the admittedly very good one they've already had. Then you can get Toni/Hayter in the other match. I'd personally also book a women's Casino Battle Royal, have Megan Bayne enter in the first batch and eliminate almost the entire field, win, and then have Thekla debut and face off with her. AEW's women's division has come a million miles (or 2.37 million km). I'd showcase the shit out of it.
OTOH, Storm/Mone is a marquee match and sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.
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I fucking loved this show. That opener was gas. An absolute barn burner. I'd love for Takeshita and Alexander to win something sometime, but I get why HangSpray won here.
This Hurt Business stuff has been fun. MJF is either getting murked next week or revealing some sort of master plan. No way he's in The Hurt Syndicate this time a week from now. Also, TK immediately selling out MJF popped me.
Ricochet/Gowen was fun. Exactly what it needed to be. Gowen is a natural babyface, and it's crazy how long ago it's been since he was getting murdered on Smackdown. SRS said on his post-show that Zach Gowen wouldn't be in the top 20 oldest wrestlers in WWE right now. Mark Briscoe/Ricochet will be a fun DON match.
I dug the shit out of the FTR/Garcia-McGuinness thing. Stokely adds so much to FTR's presentation. I love it. Nigel is gonna get his hands on Stoke and it's gonna be beautiful. Or maybe Tony Schiavone stops Stoke from interfering and we get a fun moment.
The women's stuff was there. Mina Shirakawa is... let's just say I'm happy she's in AEW. I think Athena or someone will cost Mercedes the match against Hayter. Mone doesn't need the Owen cup.
I thought it was telling that with all the high-level babyfaces making saves & appearances tonight, Adam Cole was nowhere to be found.
I loved this main event. It was stiff, intense, overbooked, and full of story beats. I LOVE the Gabe Kidd addition to the Death Riders. Okada punching Hobbs in the dick popped me. That's a match I would've never envisioned but now I needs it. I love how blatantly the Jacksons use their EVP jobs to give themselves the advantage. I still think they're homeschool wussbags pretending to be tough guys, but them joining up with the DR makes sense. I also like that AEW books their steel cage matches as regular matches but with a cage. You should be able to pin a dude in the cage. I hate "escape the cage" rules. Mox is the fucking man. Joe is the shit too. I love Wheeler Yuta being willing to die for our sins. Anarchy in the Arena is gonna fuck hard. AEW rules the motherfucking world!!!!
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Oh, I don’t think it should’ve been Dean in Seth’s place in the Authority. That should’ve been Roman. They just should’ve gone all the way with Ambrose as the anti-hero.
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4 minutes ago, The Natural said:
In the year 2015, when Seth Rollins was the top heel. That was worse as he was WWE Champion.
I will always be baffled by the WWE office's insistence that Seth Rollins was a better choice than Dean Ambrose to build around after the Shield broke up.
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I'm walking a delicate tightrope of trying to watch enough of this dogshit product to have a valid opinion but also not giving wwe a single penny of my money. This month, i borrowed my parents Peacock sub and watched this show. Holy hell has the product placement and sponsorship gotten out of control. It's BAD. Every wwe show I check out I'm reminded more and more that this product just isn't for me. I didn't vote Trump, I don't drink PRIME and I don't listen to Joe Rogan. That seems to be their target audience these days. I thought Lyra worked hard and she looked like she belonged. The four way was fun but it feels like they're right on the verge of turning Jacob Fatu into just another guy. WWE specializes in killing aura. Speaking of dead aura, I actually thought Gunther/McAfee was really good for what it was. As a football fan, I am guilty of forgetting how athletic you have to be to play the least athletic position in the sport. McAfee is a big, athletic guy, and the story they told of Gunther playing with his food and McAfee being just dumb and strong enough to not know when to quit was pretty compelling. It makes sense that a big, reasonably trained athlete like McAfee would be able to hit Gunther hard enough for it to register, but not so hard that Gunther would be in any real danger. I'm not sure what the point of this match was. I thought maybe someone would come out to save McAfee from a postmatch beating to set up a confrontation w Gunther. As it is it was just a reason to hold out a midcarder who could've used a high-profile match with Gunther to potentially appeal to the podcast bro crowd. Again; not for me.
Cena/Orton was fine. Cena is WASHED. Like Patrick Ewing as an Orlando Magic washed. This whole run is going to have to be smoke and mirrors, but I'm not sure thats a bad thing.
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On 5/9/2025 at 11:44 PM, Casey said:
Yeah, it culminated in Ryder & Hawkins winning then tag titles and then losing them back to the Revival like two months later. To his credit, Hawkins didn’t want the streak to end. There’s a larger conversation to be had about conspiracy theories with Ryder and how WWE always fucked that dude despite remaining insanely over with live crowds. Out of all the people they’ve fired, those two are ones I don’t see going back because of what they’ve built in the last 5 years.
I have never understood the Ryder burial. He was never going to be Hulk Hogan, but he could've been Tito Santana; an over babyface who wrestles midcard champions on opening PPV matches. He was selling an ass of merch, and WWE left money on the table just to dick over a kid who did exactly what they claimed they want teir talent to do.
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On 5/9/2025 at 11:09 AM, stuntmanc said:
I'd also like to put into the universe the idea to have Takeshita/Alexander challenge The Hurt Syndicate at some point.
Man, you know what you could do? Have MJF either a) turn on Hurt Syndicate and join Don Callis, or b) Hurt Syndicate rejects MJF, and Don Callis is there to be the devil on the devil's shoulder. MJF finally finds a family, and it's full of the worst people on earth. You could spin the Takeshita face turn off from there, too.
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On 5/10/2025 at 9:07 AM, SovietShooter said:
I tell you what, I always thought Reynolds was a guy that could break out as a singles. He is tall, lean, has a good look, and has very solid ring work. Plus, based on some of the behind the scenes stuff on BTE, dude has a great backstory and is a family guy. I dunno, just seemed like he was the type of guy you could build up to be a star, the way they did/are with guys like Garcia, Yuta, Bowens, etc.
He looks like a buff Chris d'Elia. Whether that's in his favor or to his detriment isn't for me to say...
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On 5/9/2025 at 10:34 PM, NikoBaltimore said:
Wasn't that done when him and Ryder won the tag titles at WM? From what I remember it was a good moment but they nothing with them and they were released soon after.
Harley though is a good call. The wackier she got the more people wanted to cheer for her. When it was just her after Saraya's absence it got the ball rolling to where she is now without throwing shade at Saraya it was the best thing to happen to her.
There was a theory put forth by SRS that the only reason that match took place is because the decision was made far enough before 'Mania that revival/HawkRyde was listed as a match in the official program. They'd sort of killed the angle, or neglected it, then had to heat it up quick because someone in the office was like "oh shit, we printed this."
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June 2025 Wrestling Talk
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I think he's a gutless coward too. And I'm typing this while touching grass, so your normal advice won't work. Silence speaks volumes. I'm sure your boy was busy purchasing tickets to Jeddha...