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  1. So now that I'm not on my phone but on a computer I might as well say a few things. I'll quickly say I didn't care for Joe/Wardlow and the Jericho tag. The Wardlow stuff is way too late and while I don't hate the guy there's just nothing that will make me care about what he says or does. I hope to be proven wrong one day. And the best part of the tag was how incredible GoA looked. They need to get some big wins. That aside the show fucking ruled. Sorry Curt but I love the CEO theme and so did Bo$$ton. Everything about Mercedes screams big-time star and if you're going to build the women's division of the future around somebody then why not her. I wasn't sure about heel Okada with the Bucks but holy fuck he absolutely completes them. If you didn't like Bucks themselves acting high and mighty here comes a legend and suave-ass motherfucker to give them tons of credibility. Plus he was wonderful throughout the match and it's all to setup him again Kingston. Jeeeeeeeezus. I want to be apathetic to what Ospreay does for various reasons yet it's impossible for me to with a promo like that. Nothing and everything made sense at the same time and I was fired up for the Danielson match once it finished. Though if he was pissing blood from his head then he might wanna get that checked. I'm eagerly anticipating Matt's writeup on Jay/Darby but this was by far Jay's best match in AEW. It might not have been a PPV epic but if you had one match to watch of Jay White this is it. He transitioned from trying to be a face because of BBCG to just shedding all that and going back to the heelish form he always should be. Darby was the perfect opponent for this as he bumped around like mad and had a fucked up back on top of that. The missed coffin on the apron might not be a top 10 "Dude, WTF?" type bump from him but factoring in the back it's pretty close to it. It all just fucking worked so well and is one I'll be rewatching for sure. Willow/Riho was good but it was all a means to get to the post-match. I'm glad Mercedes isn't starting right away with Toni and is instead in the Willow/Julia/Skye sphere. That'll be a great for her to get back into the groove and get her ready for the big stuff to come. One thing that I want to make sure is to not take what we are getting for granted. We're getting big-time stars coming in to mix it up with other big-time stars and we all will rejoice. This is fucking awesome times, folks.
  2. Given how time passes I'm liking that there's that much of the cast either doing the same roles or taking of different ones. I can't imagine a completely different cast trying this but hope the new folks do good enough with it.
  3. Now that's some true friendship. Love it. So much to ponder over and maybe discuss but that show motherfucking ruled.
  4. The "wackiest" I encountered so far is Miz drafting the champion right as the championship match starts which immediately stops it after Regal read the paperwork. Other than that it feels almost realistic which I kind of like. I did like the idea of last year's where a guy on his way up gets fired and has to go back to indies but I didn't get far enough to see it pay off. I do find that as long as I'm largely caught up on wrestling shows it's great to play this and have Apple Music in the background. It's great for checking out recommendations so I'm not completely clueless on what's going on with music I like.
  5. I'm legit surprised there were Danielson AEW matches you didn't like. I'm not a fan of Cage so I remember that not being that interesting. As for Mox if it's the PPV match they had I remember liking that unless there was another I'm blanking on. I don't remember the others that much. Also, if we're talking dream Daneilson matches I'm still here waiting on a one-on-one match against Orange and especially Angelico. Both would be fucking fantastic and would make for incredible random matches to put on Collision.
  6. For a more annoying effect it should zoom out on Okada's pose and zoom back in during Penta's for like three minutes straight.
  7. ROH in general as a glorified Dark with ROH vibes works quite fine for me. From what I remember before tuning out of Sinclair ROH they had a kind of similar style to the shows so it doesn't feel like that much of a leap to me. I think what they're still recovering from is Jay Briscoe passing away as he was ROH through and through. In an alternate timeline him and Mark would be champs and we wouldn't have Mark trying to find his groove in AEW. As for things that AEW could control while I love Kingston as Continental champ the ROH champ is barely if ever on TV and TK had to assure the press that he Eddie would be defending at the PPV. It's not the best look and they really could use a champ that's on ROH TV often to drive the show along. And now that I think about it same goes for the tag and 6-man champs which are being used as props for stuff on AEW TV. Unless they have those champs pulling double duty (hopefully with more pay as a result) something will need to be considered for the long term.
  8. If it was anybody but Pat McAfee he might have had a talking to when it comes to going "Hey, who's that guy?" But honestly it took me a sec to recognize Buddy as I've been so used to him not smiling. I need to see gauntlet but the rest of Raw was pretty solid.
  9. I stopped using Twitter though haven't fully deleted it due to the rare time I'm curious what Mustafa Ali has to say. I have Bluesky when it was through invite codes but don't use it since I just don't do social media anymore. Only things I use are here and Discord and that's more than enough for me. I don't think it's due to being older but just being wiser about the shit that's done online and me wanting no part of many things.
  10. He was on ROH TV supporting Ethan Page who's on a quest to win the TV title though I haven't seen him the past couple weeks.
  11. Like Ramo I got the super deluxe pack and got most things unlocked from the start. Only thing to unlock were the WM arenas from Showcase Mode so to breeze through it I changed the difficulty and sliders then put it back to normal once done. I saw some wrestlers where still hidden in MyFaction but unless there's a list I'm not seeing much urge to do much with the mode. I did go in and got old school Sheamus and might dabble in it some but we'll see.
  12. I tried some of that last year but figure if I'm going to kill some time then might as well try MyRise instead of MyFaction. For one it doesn't involve microtransactions and it does unlock some random stuff I might not need. But it's fine. Plus this year's MyRise sounds a bit more interesting than last year. Also from the sounds of it I'm glad I don't have to do the random bullshit in Showcase just to progress through the matches. As long as I unlock the stuff then I'm cool without having to see every cutscene.
  13. I spent the weekend feeling that I would indeed cry watching the main. Over the weekend I saw clips of him from '97, a good hour+ of the compilation that AEW put up and even tried to see how to sneak a few tears in last night without anybody noticing. But an odd thing happened. While watching it with friends I had such an insane amount of fun that it almost felt I was a kid again. Well, minus the booze part but anyway. The video and entrance felt epic and I'm always gonna pop for "Seek and Destroy" which I played Saturday not realizing it would be used. The match was wonderfully chaotic and Sting gave everything he had on his way out. Darby's glass bump was gnarly with the blood and made me feel like I was watching an out-of-control deathmatch. But in the end the good guys prevailed and it led to a unique battle of retiring legend vs PPV time remaining which he unfortunately lost to. But man that main was a fucking blast and I can't wait to watch it again with my wife. Also, something that jumped out when watching his start in AEW was how obviously perfect it was for them to team up. Nothing was really said or needed to be said for a long time but you could tell from the start how much this meant to Darby. The bond they formed feels oddly wholesome to me and I'd like to think it will make Darby a much better wrestler and dare I say maybe a better person. I'll admit that might sound like a stretch but I'm feeling really optimistic about things overall. Rest of the show I was in and out on because I was playing party host but Christian/Garcia was fucking wonderful from what I saw. I made it a point to catch what I could of Danielson/Kingston. The little things they were doing went over their heads but I was super into it. The all star match should have just been a meaty 4-way (yes, I know what I typed and regret nothing) as the additions of Dante, Jericho, Hook and Magnus made no sense at all. Especially when they tried the Meat spots that were accomplished earlier by others and they got no reaction. It could have been awesome but was a waste and poor Dante was not having a good night. Strong/Cassidy seemed to be a great match, FTR/Mox and Claudio was the same as previous and kind of pointless and the women's match needs tons more Mariah May for reasons I don't need to say. Oh, and I missed lots of Ospreay/Takeshita but the ending stretch was fantastic. And yeah Matt would so hate this.
  14. I felt they were hinting at it when he did some kind of unpure tactics that they mentioned on commentary.
  15. He's a shitbag heel and the GCW champ. At first it was jarring since I only saw him as a face. But he's really fucking good at this heel thing.
  16. I'm chilling at a bar trying to not tear up reading about these. Classy is a huge understatement and I'm very glad to know Martha gave her blessing. AxB posted this on Discord and I can't wait to check it out. https://projects.theplayerstribune.com/sting-aew-wrestling-retirement/p/1
  17. When in doubt try this. But seriously I'm very excited and with payday today can finally get some dough sent to ya. You guys are fucking tremendous for all you're doing.
  18. I didn't think we'd get Sting from the rafters but when the beatdown started I thought "Wait, are they? Nah." But when they had the shot ready and the crowd was buzzing I was cheering. We even got Darby taking off the Sting mask as a lovely bonus. Say what you will about the Bucks but they're going to stooge around the best they can to make Sting's last match as entertaining as can be. I loved the idea of the 6-man and it was overall really fun. But after the second commercial break I couldn't help but check my phone. Was a bit long and Curt's critique makes perfect sense to me. I'm hoping we get a wild-ass violent sprint Sunday. Women's match was pretty good and OC/Wayne had some nice moments. That's about all that really jumps out to me from the episode aside from maybe Atlantis getting some national TV love.
  19. I like the idea of Wardlow's promo but the whole time I kept thinking it was too little too late. Any chance he had to mean something in the title picture disappeared a long time ago and there's a lot that needs to be done to even think about him. And him being with Cole's group makes it worse as he can't just ditch them as it'd be a face move and I don't know if that's where they're headed. And while I'm not intending to be critical of things I fucking love that they're doing Meat Madness. But much like Danielson/Akiyama I would be thrilled if they put some time on it and properly announced cool shit coming up. And I'm not checking social media during the show (or in general) so to just say "Oh, and Tony mentioned Meat Madness!" very quickly just doesn't do it for me. Despite the message I'm excited for both things.
  20. I intended to just go Thursday for DEAN~! but the idea of ROH the next day sounds really tempting. But then there's a weird slippery slope where if I consider ROH then there's other shows going on so what about them. In the end it comes down to finances so who knows.
  21. Try as I might I can't stop playing that damn powerwash game. Working from home when works gets stressful it's nice to have something chill to do. So count me among those that would rather replay a short game than a thirty hour one. But what might be breaking my grip from Powerwash is Tavern Master. I'm about 3/4 done with the research but I'm pretty damn addicted to it.
  22. It's funny they talk about cleaning out storage when my wife and I have been busy cleaning out the basement and the spare room. I am pretty certain we'll be having more conversations like what they had though I'm just hoping she doesn't lock me in overnight. Unless it's the basement since that's where the retro systems are.
  23. It looked like it's going the way the Pro Bowl did where it was obvious nobody wanted to risk injury in having a competitive game. Especially with this one happening mid season. So to take a cue from the NFL it might be time to make some changes where the expectation is low but more fun could be had watching. On Discord some of us were discussing it and there ideas of having a full-on NBA Jam vibe to it. We were thinking a 2-on-2 system where each player on a 16-man team plays a half quarter (second part is my idea). Get Tim Kitzrow on the call and you're in business. And even if they don't go full-on Jam there's still elements of that to be used to make for a fun time watching. But as it is despite super far 3-pointers it just wasn't fun for me to watch.
  24. As awesome as that is check what he put today.
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