- Wasn’t feeling the first match, but that could have been entirely my surroundings of people being loud in the other room. Plus I sat on the remote and killed my late delay so I had to find where I was. Sammy has a few moments where he would do an avoiding flip, but fall when he’s land and quick catch himself. But the spot pulling Brandi in front of him was a great heel move. Even though it was pretty telegraphed with Brandi wagging her finger. Smart having Cody go over by a roll up. Gives the face a win in the first match while not hurting the cocky young heel.
- So far, Cody is the face of the company. I’m excited for him vs Jericho. But that post-match beat down lasted for a while. I bet he was done and then realized they were still on commercial so he had to keep going.
- Did Cutler actually get hurt? The end of the match came off very awkward. Then quickly jumped to commercial. Hopefully he’s fine. If he’s not actually hurt, then pretty garbage second match for the first tv show.
- MJF is gonna be good on tv.
- I was probably most into the women’s title match. Riho came off like the perfect underdog. Even failing to flip over Nyla Rose came off endearing. I was really into Nyla here. Great face expressions. Lots of in match charisma and an impressive look. I think what elongated the match was the terribly timed commercial. It’s cool they had picture - picture going on for it, but it was looking like Riho was actually doing some exciting come back stuff. Crowd was really into the match. I was too.
- Not so much with the post-match beat down. That was awkward. Cool to see her powerbomb Nakazawa (even though it was an awkward botch) but having Kenny Omega come down was kind of lame. It was a cool crowd being excited moment, but now I’m very confused with his character. They were building him up as losing his mind over the losses and on the show he was only kinda bummed backstages getting ready and then seemed totally cool and pumped up for everything in ring related. Like is BTE not canon? Or am I way off on this?
- Hangman vs PAC was good stuff. I see myself drawn to Adam Page’s cowboy character. PAC is a badass and will eventually be a future Bastard Champion.
- Omega character confusion aside, Main Event was fun. Good tv-fun clusterfuck. Loved Jericho in this. His first move of tagging in and then tagging out made me very happy. I know a chunk of this board doesn’t like him but I’ve become a fan of this version of him. The Young Bucks looked great as the underdogs in sudden handicap match. Weren’t over the top, got in a super kick party, and had a cool hot tag moment. They get it. Santana & Ortiz had a grrrrreat entrance/ theme song. They looked cool. Them vs the Young Bucks will be a fun feud.
- I don’t know why it didn’t become a DQ when Moxley came in. It did lead to a cool Attitude Era style backstage brawl which was fun. Plus, when Moxley showed up it was a very cool moment.
- I didn’t see the post match beatdown as NWO-like when I was watching it. Almost like everyone (except Hager) had personal reasons to brawl. Cody protecting his friends, Sammy hates Cody, Dustin protecting his brother, and Hager is mad at Dustin because...reasons. But if they are a stable now, then @Raziel called it and I misinterpreted what was happening.
- Three post-matches beatdowns (and one mid-match beatdown) in a 5 match card seems to be quite a bit.
- I can see the sports feel they were aiming for. Came across interesting in presentation. I do hope the next week we’ll see those cool promo-vignettes on the show. That’s a big part of why I became a fan.
- So many characters we didn’t see yet. Mainly Jurassic Express. It will be cool to see who gets over.
- Complaints aside, good show. I’m giving them October of watching weekly. Work out whatever kinks and minor being on tv things. It was a different feel, without actually being too different. I’m very excited for the next few shows and to watch this build up.
