For Great Justice

I can't decide who the better hoss prospect is between Wardlow and Hobbs. Hobbs's bodyblock cutoff is unreal, he has snappier movements, has a better heel grimace. Wardlow is handsome as hell, has a pair of MDK finishes....shit, I love them both and they looked incredible tonight until the finishes.

I can not get down with how this show started, with the WWE "parade of challengers interrupting a promo" trope. Then followed up with both Wardlow and Hobbs losing by slipping on banana peels in back to back segments. That was just awful if I'm honest. They really have something with Wardlow when he's getting 50/50 chants with CM Punk. I would have found a way to keep him strong in the finish here. That sucked. Show did pick up some steam as it went along and I enjoyed the second hour. Not sure how Deeb and Shida resolve their issue but it is intense as hell and I am all in on whatever they decide to do. Garcia is such a prospect. Dude was phenomenal in that main event. Intensity, strikes, grappling, stooge bumps. Damn. Also its weird how Raleigh crowds tend to suck while Greensboro an hour away is such a killer wrestling town.

(apologies if already posted) Tweeted 15 minutes after the Fightful report about WWE having an interest in Wardlow: It’s a fine enough article but my goodness. If AEW were a mature company with a proper risk management program, “Tony K does some dumb shit on Twitter because he feels threatened when he reads something and it gets us thrown off the air” would be my top risk for the entire company. Someone get the man some support. And I say that sincerely because I love the product and don’t want some reactionary TK Twitter nonsense to get them into deep shit.

Really excited to see who or what is next for Hangman. So many options. Garcia/Sammy has a high degree of banger potential

As a true development show it would make sense to have the Orlando-based “AA” and taped before Raw/Smackdown “AAA” hours. With “A” being the non-TV coconut loop.

Wonder if the lights going out for the second during the main is a tease of something to come. I mean, I’m sure it is, and I’m excited to see what’s up with that. Between that and Chekhov’s Judges we had a little subtlety tonight, which I dug

Luchasaurus is either the slowest wrestler in the history of wrestling or just looks that way because he’s been sharing a ring with Fenix and Jungle Boy. Goodness, that was tough to watch at times.

Good news for budgeting this invasion angle is that, as we all know, Trent already has Scott Hall’s denim in the AEW wardrobe. Now only a question of if it fits Gargano.

Regal / Danhausen buddy cop gimmick Oh shit I never realized this but Regal might be the most BTE-perfect human being in pro wrestling

The big six man tag ends with Cody dropping the leg brother, and it alllllll comes full circle

Sign me up for semi retired stay at home dad Triple H, taking the kids to soccer practice and keeping the thrill alive by promoting spot shows every other month at the Polo Club.

Oh man Coach TK is gonna Mid South the shit out of that April Lakefront Arena show in NOLA. Someone get Excalibur a Boyd Pierce suit and find out where Hacksaw put that gorilla costume. Punk and MJF, tuxedo coal miner’s glove on a pole cage match?

TK’s penchant for hyperbole means “North American” is more a limiting factor here than “Dream”. Dream for me is a Monty Brown comeback pouncing the shit out of hamandeggers on Dark

We’ll see. This feels different than a Keith Lee or Ricochet. This checks every single box Vince looks for in that spot including being a home grown guy. I’m not even sure “Roman-ing” it by overpushing him would fail as who doesn’t want to cheer for a dude talking shit doing crazy-ass high impact Steiner offense.

Bron is about as can’t miss as there can conceivably be. An absolute future megastar and their next GUY unless they royally screw this up.

I think we can file Atlas under “AEW is signing way too many wrestlers, but this is the sort of wrestler they should be signing”. 27, good look, not overexposed on national TV, looked great on Dark.

Prime was unequivocally the E show, in the best way

Get well soon Roman. Falling backward into Lesnar/Reigns (yes I know, again) at Mania maybe isn’t the worst outcome. It’s the biggest match they have.

If they get a fiver, I’d be curious if Anna Jay would be the youngest (in terms of # of total matches wrestled, not age) to garner that honor.

What a rookie

The Brandi Booking Vortex in full effect tonight. Not even Dan Lambert is safe. Wardlow is WCW singlet-era Sid right now and it’s great. The Batista turn is going to blow the roof off whatever building they’re in when they do it. Jade has crazy ups:

Avalon/Cutler is probably the best match in Dark history to me in terms of capturing the spirit of the show. Paying off a show-exclusive storyline and s tier commentary.

I just can’t see the Hook font and not immediately think that I’m walking alone, in the unknown. Living to win another victory.

Starsky: “Do it” Hutch: “yeah yeah, uh, do it, do it” Starsky: “What the hell was that?”