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I bet that made you…Happyman Logo…

Im adding that to the list. hey, big shout out to @elliottpwo! Lurked on the PWO site and missed the last GWE project. Really enjoyed a long post you did on Satanico that guided him to becoming one of my favorites.

I was thinking of all those things while I was having my Funk appreciation thoughts. I just love his selling so much. It’s so believable and also so him. He manages to look like a golden retriever rolling off of a couch and it’s perfectly what is needed in that moment. He IS Terry and I believe Terry. In all of his moments and all of his periods, I see Funk doing what is the right move and stance and movement and reaction that Funk needs to make. Look at how awesome his career was and his evolution to fit in and excel at the times in a way only he can. 77 Funk is amazing against Harley Race. His matches teaming against Giant Baba and a young Tsuruta is fantastic. The Lawler matches!!! Unhinged Terry murdering Flair in the late eighties. Deathmatch Funk and the elder statesman of ECW. Foley’s mentor in WWF. Funk is great. —— In other news, I have the day off and instead of being productive I am derping. Just watched El Satanico vs El Dandy from 90. It’s been a year or two. So great. One of my favorites! Fantastic ending to a bloody match.

Thinking about Terry Funk. Boy is he great!

Could someone text me when e-fights are breaking out so I can ease the tension with my e-shoulder rubs and e-bridge building friendship anecdotes?

Shout out to the Juicy Lucy (or spelled Jucy Lucy at some places), a Minneapolis staple! A burger with melted cheese in the middle. I popped when I saw that was the special dish.

Shout out to the GOAT, Terry Funk! I hope you had a great bday.

I didn’t catch it and was hoping to be updated through gifs, but Twitter is a mess

I think I figured it out. The star ratings seem less to be about how entertaining/good the match was and more how dominant you were at the game or your performance in beating someone up. So a quick squash with a variety of rapid moves would get a higher rating than a epic long match. Again, I could be very wrong. But that’s what I’m picking up on.

I can’t wait for them to add RUSH so I can beat up Jungle Boy mercilessly

It’s pretty smart of them to make each PPV cycle into chapter blocks. I assume with future updates they’ll be able add more blocks/ storylines you can encounter. Kind of like how games like Fall Guys work with adding content each season. Right now they have blocks A, B, C. Maybe they’ll add like an D, E, F, etc. I’m having fun so far.

Still on my Kingston play through. After beating Brodie for the TNT title, Tony Khan said a sponsor wanted to pay for me and a friends dinner. Took Mox on a man date. Anna Jay didn’t like that. Mox turned on me (no luggage scene like everyone else though) and then Anna Powerbombed me through a table. PPV handicap match. I like that our paths are slightly different. Who has it on Switch?

Very fun. I’m happy to say as Eddie Kingston I won the Casino Battle Royal, only to lose to Jericho in true Kingston heartbreak fashion. Playing on normal still, so not a good brag. @Craig H is accurate in how weird RTE is. Inserting Kingston into these scenarios is funny. It is probably more fitting for a CAW. Lol Avocado toast. Lol planes. Good fun so far. Hopefully future patches provide exciting new scenarios. Debating on having Kingston join the Dark Order or not. The CAW options are currently bad. But “The Octopus” is a usable ring name. So A+. Not having tornado tags is silly. But I’m playing by myself and I’ll likely do 1v1 or wild 4ways. I’ve played as Penta, Dax, Danielson, Mox, and Kingston so far. I have a lot more to discover. The Deathmatch was a lot of fun. I like the punch and kick being separated. It gives more strike options. I often forget to kick though. But a chop combo ending in a kick is pretty sweet. I love the signature and finisher being different. Once you get good with characters it’ll be fun to use your signature to set up your finisher. So far the buttons haven’t been difficult. I love to taunt. I feel the arcade feel gives it enough of a Street Fighter or atelier vibe in that intergender matches are not weird. I’m excited to try online modes. I don’t do the mini games but maybe in the future. Overall, I’d say the game isn’t worth its price point, but sadly everything I consider overpriced. This will replace nightly scrolling of TikTok. So for me, it’s worth it as a fan of this genre. I’m hoping for big future updates that we don’t have to pay for.

Excalibur is like Medusa. But instead of turning someone to stone, he beats the shit out of Jimmy Havok.

I got the Switch. Hopefully they get cross-play in an update. At work. Hoping to play tonight after putting lil Octopus to bed.

Pre-ordered. Gotta wait still I think.

Could someone play as Penta and let me know how satisfying it is to taunt as him?

Larry Sweeney vs Orange Cassidy would have been beautiful.

Eddie is no Steiner

7+ is the new perfect. 5* is so 2016.

Although not a perfect analogy, but a fun parallel I like to use is Bryan Danielson or Kenny Omega is the modern Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels. Thankfully (to my knowledge) there isn’t the same bad blood.

’s (off the top of the head without rewatching, but did check out a couple of fun YouTube MV’s) top 25 AEW Matches of ALL TIME 1. MJF vs Bryan Danielson - Revolution 2023 2 Hangman Adam Page & Kenny Omega vs the Young Bucks - Revolution 2020 3. Hangman Adam Page vs Bryan Danielson - Winter is Coming 2021 4. Eddie Kingston vs Bryan Danielson - Rampage 10/27/2021 5. Eddie Kingston vs CM Punk - Full Gear 2021 6. Kenny Omega vs Bryan Danielson - Grand Slam 2021 7. Anarchy in the Arena - Double or Nothing 2022 8. CM Punk vs MJF - Revolution 2022 9. Cody vs Dustin Rhodes - Double or Nothing 2019 10. Hangman Adam Page vs Bryan Danielson - Dynamite 1/15/2022 11. Chris Jericho vs Ishii - Thanksgiving 2022 12. Hangman Adam Page vs Jon Moxley - Revolution 2023 13. Kenny Omega vs Will Osprey - Forbidden Door 2023 14. FTR vs the Young Bucks - Dynamite 4/6/2022 15. Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida - Holiday Blast 2022 16. Bryan Danielson vs RUSH - Dynamite 2/8/2023 17. Samoa Joe vs Darby Allin - Dynamite 2/1/2023 18. Jon Moxley vs Chris Jericho QUAKE BY THE LAAAAAAAKE 2022 19. Dr Brit Baker vs Thunder Rosa - St Patrick’s Day Slam 2021 20 (tie). Bryan Danielson vs Minoru Suzuki - Rampage Zero Hour 10/15/2021 20 (tie). Eddie Kingston vs Jun Akiyama - Full Gear Zero Hour 2022 21. Stadium Stampede- Double or Nothing 2020 22. Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada - Forbidden Door 2023 23. TayJay vs Penelope Ford & the Bunny - New Year’s Smash 2021 24. Kenny Omega vs El Hijo Del Vikingo - Dynamite 3/22/2023 25. Best Friends vs Santana & Ortiz - Dynamite 9/10/2020 theres a few close calls that I’d like to rewatch. Next time I do one maybe I’ll bump the number higher to include more close calls. A lot of the Trio matches were fun but so much blends together in my memory.

Nope, it’s cursed. That’s why the door is forbidden.

Honestly, I’m still thinking on the match a day later. I’m filing this under the Mox v Punk squash for odd retroactive building of enjoyment. What a fun weird match.