For Great Justice

I like the slow burn with whatever’s driving this Mox thing. Mox/Bryan and BCC stands on it owns - this bigger storyline can come after. We talked a lot about the go-go-go style last week and our various personal opinions of it, but regardless of those opinions I thought Ricochet/Ospreay was a good homage to the AEW house brand on the anniversary show

Kind of wild to think about. Dynamite now has more run than the entirety of the Attitude era (97-01) and is a few months away from surpassing Nitro (95-01). Like those are all comparable time frames. And I agree that on balance Dynamite takes it. Dynamite has had some stinkers and those other shows had some epic stretches (Summer 1996 Nitro, 1997 Raw), but it’s not a particularly close one all in all.

I knew it wasn’t episode 1, but I thought the one that ended with the ridiculous Dark Order putty patrol beat down was episode 2. Turns out it was episode 12 (?!) That one is definitely, uh, not the winner

I’m sure it’s that his time story-wise just hasn’t come yet, but it’s interesting to see how Okada’s AEW run so far isn’t a main event superstar run in and of itself, but rather more of an epilogue to his already-legendary career. It’s entertaining as hell, but it’s a side quest. Its sort of like when Hurley and Ben ruled the Island for presumably thousands of years after the events of Lost took place.

Wow, five years. I would normally say “time flies”, but since 2020-2021 lasted 10 years, I won’t. The Brodie Lee Memorial show is the best episode of Dynamite ever. But what’s the SECOND best episode ever? To me it’s either the Parking Lot Brawl or the episode that ends with Kenny winning the title and threatening to take it to TNA.

CM Punk stealing the spotlight after someone else wins a world title, after decades of complaining about this exact behavior in this exact company, is the most CM Punk thing ever

I hate to give the guy I’m about to mention the time of day, but the concept of running big arenas at a loss so that you look more big time on TV is exactly what Bischoff did when he took over TNA. And he has defended it with his life in the years since. But when AEW does it…

All of this. I certainly accept that Olympics Floor Routine Style is a genre of pro wrestling match in 2024, alongside all the others under the three rings. I also acknowledge that the Bucks and Ospreay are incredible at that style. But, much like I acknowledge Jun Kasai as an incredible death match wrestler, I can make that acknowledgement without personally digging it. And in the case of both death matches and Meltzer Seven Star Style, I just don’t. Not my jam.

See now this is rare occasion where I shake my fist cursing the “no gifs or memes” rule because I mean…Michael Keaton is right there.

I meant Fifth Field Stadium in Kennesaw, but turns out that’s a USL team. Would look cool for wrestling.

What is Kip Sabian doing in a world title opening segment doing some goofy-ass pen stealing? What a weak way to end the first segment and show open for the biggest Dynamite of the year. That was “Dark Order closing that one episode” / “Brandi and Kong” level awful.

I can echo this too. I live in the city and saw way more marketing a couple of years ago (pizza boxes, Times Square). The pizza box thing in particular was awesome - why’d they stop doing that

Plenty of unique venues in general they could expand to. Plenty of MLS stadiums would be cool. Frisco, DC, Atlanta

It really is amazing just how much more fun and joyous WWE TV is than it was 3-4 years ago. Obviously Jey embodies this, but even the evil foreign heel Raw world champion is smiling through the character and clearly having a blast. They all are. Its infectious. I don’t want to make this into a wrestling show pissing contest, but I think it’s that 2019-2022 lack of joy that AEW really filled the gap on, let by Best Friends, OC and Dark Order. Correlation doesn’t equal causation, but AEW attendance has dipped as it has taken on a darker, more serious presentation. Really feels like WWE has turned the nose up in this regard. Everyone in the arena - fans, wrestlers, announcers, staff - are clearly having a great time. It’s great to see.

It’s interesting to add a size element to this, which also takes me to Windham. That dude is an all time “built in a pro wrestling lab” guy. Physically anyway. Who’s the biggest dude with the biggest gas tank? Hansen, what Vader could do at 400 was impressive.

The Acclaimed remind me of the old Teddy Atlas quote: it’d hard to wake up when you’ve got silk sheets They stopped hustling. What’s the last video they made? It’s the NAO playbook.

The Khans (and others that deserve immense respect like Jeff Jarrett) bootstrapped and ran startups as CEO. 100% of their personal skin is/was in the game, and they functioned as business owners: understanding balance sheet, EBITDA, etc. Eric Bischoff was a middle manager. A successful one for a time that should be commended for all he did launching Nitro and the NWO, but he’s out of his depth when it comes to discussing running a business. He’s not that guy.

With this new TV deal, Dynamite will surpass Nitro in longevity. We are pretty close. Pretty sure when we were this many episodes into Nitro we are at/around the New Blood debut, and well, well past the show’s peak

I don’t think Dubba J plans on hanging it up anytime soon, but The Last Outlaw “dying with his boots on” against Hangman as a TV main event next time they are in Nashville or Memphis is about as good as it’d get.

Honestly? The haircut didn’t help. I’ve never seen a person whose aura was 80% man bun. Injuries sure, MJF sure, but dude looks like the biggest jobber in the world nowadays. On Danhausen, I’m sort of hoping that the alleged FS1 show is their version of WCW Prime and Danhausen finds his niche there introducing the Moo Match of the Week

The Beast Mortos gives me La Parka vibes when La Parka was like the 5th most over dude in WCW Great show tonight.

Yeah the Jarrett pod is easily the best of the bunch. The Schiavone pod stopped being a wrestling show years ago; it’s a slap dick bro comedy show with wrestling as a backdrop. Not my jam, but I do like listening to Jarrett. The real story in that post is someone disliking BTS *because of Kris and not Bix* I mean you do you but what

This looks like a killer, show of the year candidate. Haven’t been this hyped for a non-Mania WWE one in a while.

I call this “justin.tv watching”. Just put like a Fubo/Freeve/Samsung free wrestling channel on while I’m doing whatever. It great.

I don’t want to sound like that guy, and I love Mox, but running an angle where an on screen character says in 3-4 different segments that AEW sucks, rubs me the wrong way the same way it did when the NWO did it. If AEW sucks, why should we watch the shows? Didn’t like it then, don’t like it now.