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Sickos meme YES, YES!

Adam Copeland: so let me get this straight, Tony. After spending 25 years in WWE, I come to AEW and after six months you want me to work an angle where some evil black mist from a satanic cult leader makes me almost turn evil? Tony: You said you wanted to work House of Black, it’s the only way Malakai will put you over...

For some reason, the Shibata covered in a garbage can, slowly backing Jericho into a corner while no-selling kendo stick shots to the can, felt like something out of a Survival Tobita match and I loved it. Also, for the love of all the is holy, don’t have Shibata take a fucking table bump, especially on the neck area!

I know Canada is huge but if Joe is filming in Vancouver, couldn’t be too difficult for him to jet over to Winnipeg for Dynamite.

With Shibata being introduced as the newest member of BCC!

So none of them remembered...

I don’t know, the way that he snapped that first tornillo on the dive outside had me jumping off my couch. That’s how you introduce yourself to the TV audience.

I remember liking some Black Taurus matches when I would catch TNA but holy hell Mortus was amazing! He absolutely should have won and came out looking super legit. Fenix definitely has a little rust to shake off, but glad to see him back. Never have seen Grizzled Young Vets before but they very much could fit right in on the AEW tag team scene and I wouldn’t have minded at all if they had pulled an upset. Caster needs to do less sexual stuff and more old school diss rhymes. Thinking about how Top Flight has had two major injury setbacks that have kept them from making it to the top, while Gunns have gotten over thanks to a Danhausen song and getting hooked up with Jay White, who desperately needs to break out in singles. Anyway, match was fine, I think I’m done with trios titles period. Darius-Switchblade could be a great match. Mariah May might be almost as big a ham as Toni Storm, they are both just killing it right now. Loving Toni rocking the super old school gear and continuing to find ways to be the inappropriate aunt during her matches. It’s RUSH! I want to see him and Mortus go at it for 10-12. Main event really clicked, and given Claudio’s decades of experience, comfort with lots of styles, excellent basing, and sheer strength it wears an excellent call for Swerve’s first defense. The giant swing just went on and on, and actually sped up at the end! I don’t love the Swerve Stomp, but they did great working it into the story of this match. I knew Swerve was not going to lose, but honestly I wanted Claudio to win after that performance. Didn’t see Rampage yet, but the spoilers seem promising.

Finally watching the pre-Dynasty Rampage. The way that Emi stooged at ringside while they checked on Yuka and let her try and walk off the ankle injury was genius. Grabbing an action figure and pretending to throw it to the audience, only to fake it out and cackle. Doing the same with the energy drinks, except looking in the camera, shaking her finger saying “Nooooo”. And then the match slows down, giving Emi a sustained heel control segment where Yuka could still hit an occasional hope spot, ending with her out of the blue through the ropes suplex for the pin. It’s always a joy to see Emi but this really showed just how great she is.

They fired Urban Meyer

1947, it’s a somewhat major plot point in the Ms. Marvel TV show.

@Gordi the former AEW fan I don’t want to take him away from you in Japan but I dream of AEW getting Jeff Cobb and reviving United Empire with Ospreay and Aussie Open.

I was thinking brat would actually be awesome but again, India and Pakistan are not the same place.

It was an open secret for decades that Weinstein was not just being a “casting couch” sex pest but was sexually assaulting women, and also sexually trafficking some women in the same way Vince has been accused of. Vince’s casting couch/sexual assault and harassment dates back decades and he also helped cover up a lot of sexual harassment and assault from upper level employees for decades. It’s actually a very apt comparison.

Allowed him to make billions of dollars in profit, no less.

No Rampage tonight (they’re doing another live post-Collision tomorrow) so you might be able to sneak in one of the other 1000 DVDs instead.

I was like 16 and I sent Matilda a get well card.

Found out it’s a photoshop and got very sad

Got mine today (being in Philly meant quick delivery). Love the packaging. Looking forward to reliving it, seeing myself mark out, and hopefully convincing my wife to check out some of the Action.

I still think Jack Perry is a poor promo and a very average wrestler. But realizing this morning the amount of mainstream coverage potential from Tony being on TV tonight and tomorrow with a neck brace and getting punched in the gut by Luke Perry’s son, it’s excellent booking and I’ll see where it goes. I don’t have a lot of interest in the Best Friends fallout, and it’s taking a lot of heat from OC, one of the guys who helped carry things through the rough patches the last 18 months. Swerve-Fletcher was good stuff, not as non-stop MOVEZ as might be expected. And Fletcher isn’t some JTTS, he’s ROH TV champion, former NJPW tag champion, and has had highly competitive matches recently with Danielson, Ospreay, and in tags against BCC. They are turning Mone heel, although I don’t think the crowd is going to fully allow it. Honestly, they should have Stat cheat to help Willow retain at the PPV band say Mercedes jumped the line and didn’t deserve the spot. The best parts of the chaotic Gauntlet were Ospreay’s interactions with Jay and Archer, his work with KOR, and Komamder’s shock at getting Archer. Worst parts were Penta Hogan no selling and only running in to get his moves in, and Dante getting nothing in on anyone except Jay. Aftermath with Fletcher and Ospreay slowly turning on Callis is exciting as someone who wants Aussie Open back (and maybe Jeff Cobb please). The Undisputed angle is dead in the water at this point. Good. Mina-Anna was solid, Mina did a good carry job and it’s more proof that Anna needs an excursion badly. The Midnight Chokers Club had a field day with this match. Smart to put the technically proficient but duller than drying paint Deeb with technically proficient and character star Timeless Toni. Mox-Hobbs was fine until the weird, unfortunate injury. Not sure Mox realized how bad it was, given the tope. Jericho leaning into the online criticisms and being delusional heel might work, but he still could use a TV break. Shibata and his phone translations are great stuff. I’m probably forgetting something here.

That was such a weird, random botch too. Like that’s a move/bump,that’s been done a million times but somehow he slips on a banana peel, crashes facefirst into the buckle and gets his knee fucked up in the ropes. Or did it give while he was running towards the buckle?

Honestly if he clowned on the whole idea of the fake belt and threw it in the trash, I would mark out like crazy.

I watched Danielson-Ospreay again last night with a nice buzz, and after having read all the posts, Matt’s excellent write up, and lots of skeets. I don’t have lists, and I don’t do stars other than DEAN~! Style MILLION BILLION STARS, which is what I give this one. I thought everything was earned, they were constantly fighting against holds, trying to find counters and reversals, without it seeming too “indie”. The timing on everything was impeccable, there were story beats and callbacks throughout. The showdown at the end gave me goosebumps again. Also, Callis and Nigel were fantastic in getting everything over. I understand wanting to watch on mute due to the early intrusive crowd, but you will miss out on a master class in commentary.

Woke up, opened board, saw this, ordered.

I agree with the Brody part minus the steamrolling.