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And I never got that joke until now that I saw that clip. I was like, does he have a pet turtle? Is it about Michelangelo and the fact that he also skated (probably all of the Turtles skated)? Are they calling Gigi Dolin a turtle, Wtf? Now it finally makes some sense.

Ace (during that motivational promo): Friends come and go, but we are FAMILY! Punk (on Wednesday, probably): Um, yeah, no. Byee-ee!

I seriously doubt it. At least I do not ever recall hearing it or reading about it happening. If it did happen, I could imagine it would have happened during the "Get the F out"-campaign, but I can offer no proof either way.

That absolutely should be a part of it, but not the entirety. But that could come after the announcement, just to take the edge off. Also, you must be very careful with who wins the matches on the show. You cannot piss off the audience with the wrong guys going over, not this time. Shit, is this the first time that it's Wednesday night, and we DON'T know what that means?!?

That may take a while, but I'll start thinking about the list and give it a go! Looks like there will be plenty of tag team matches, that's for sure! Also, I haven't seen all of the matches in your top ten yet, even, so yeah, it's going to be a work in progress once I'll make it!

So far, it's been stellar. The tag match nearly melted my brain. Cody vs MJF just about to start!

Since it's payday (plus the yearly tax refund just came through) and nothing intriguing is going on AEW anyway, I bought Revolution 2020 from FITE, so I can see the Elite explode for the tag titles.

I'm contemplating it as well.

You can smell a lawsuit before the mics are turned on, for fuck's sake!

*everybody* Hi Kevin!

This is probably true, too. Even given the benefit of hindsight.

At which point do they figure out that maybe, just maybe put the title on a dependable (OK, injury prone, but hey), not a head-case guy who is a well known star and can deliver in the ring against pretty much everyone? I mean enough time has passed that it's not a "they put the top belt on an ex-WWE guy straight away"-deal! Maybe there is a lesson to be learned here, idk?

Why does this shit always happen after All Out? I mean the last time an AEW PPV thread had this much discussion was after Matt Hardy accidentally went splat during that Sammy match, right? And it's always for the wrong reasons, too! ...Oh, the MJF stuff probably had plenty of chatter too, so it's not just All Out, after all.

Yeah, considering how long they still kept him under contract and refused to cut him loose after he walked out, that doesn't seem super plausable.

I didn't expect the tag title match to be as amazing as it ended up being. The six man final was also top notch. I nodded off during the end of FTR&W vs Paparazzi Productions and then missed Starks vs Hobbs. The opener was a bit of a mess with the ladders but had some good stuff in between. The third six man was enjoyable due to the participants, but has Sting lost like a single match in any shape or form during this run? Shouldn't he be ranked pretty high at this point? Dragon vs Lionheart was really good! Holy shit all these Jericho matches this year! Fuck you Luchasaurus and you Christian Cage, you sneaky prick! Punk was going full Daddy Magic with his nip-action there! Jesus, it was pretty distracting at the beginning! What the hell? Match was intense. MJF! That should be something. And then, the media scrum happened.

He's getting to the point where there are 6 or 7 guys with creative control because they keep getting married to all these General Manager's daughters that no-one knew existed!

If I've ever seen a "How it started...How it's going"-meme pics! Holy shit! Amazing!

I'm sure that guy will be working hard to have his legacy be at the very least "second best president since Noriega!"

"Can Singh even play the role of Kevin Nash?" "He did that night!" "Shut the Front Door!"

Now THAT would be something!

Well, at least there will be some company. As far as the show goes, I missed the majority of the main event as I dosed off. I shouldn't have laid down on the couch. What I saw was good. From what I understood from the ring introductions, Kenny is better than Osprey, or did I misunderstand that as well? The dueling promos by Mox and Punk/Steel were fine. They sold me on match somewhat. I was saddened by Silas Young not getting any ring time during the six man squash. Well, there's the Hangman switch. That looks like the obvious finals match. Haven't watched Rampage yet. Bryan-Hager and the 4-way were good shit. The PPV is F'n loaded and I'll probably watch it in segments like the other 4 hour shows. Jiji asked how the Hobbs vs Starks will go, and I say it should go exactly the other way that Jungle Boy vs Christian ends up going. Other one should end with the heel winning and the face winning the other one. I think Starks could take a loss here, provided that he then moves on to something bigger and meaningful (and successful) right after, and then settles the score a year or so later. I agree that after this one match, they should stay away from each other and find success before feuding some more. If the joker is Adam Cole and not MJF, I consider it trolling. Quality trolling, yes, but trolling nonetheless.

I'm going to have to go "Why Not Both?" on this one.

I understood Osprey's message completely wrong at first and thought he was somehow talking about the band The Mission. Actually, they went gold in South Africa in '90 or '91 with their third (or fourth) studio album, so the statement of "The Mission was never gold" is inherently false. While I was in the midst of misunderstanding the sentence, I also thought "I'm not familiar with the songs 'Just to Hurt' or 'Fake Names', are they something new?"

Yeah, it's like, unless it isn't someone promising you something you covet, what other kind of motivational tools there even are than yelling your brains out at someone? Not saying it's a good thing, but it's most definitely a thing! GET THAT FUCKING BALL!!!

Sicily, for a week. And that was it.