Brandon Bones
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Holy shit.
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Punk often seemed to (maybe unintentionally) speak out of both sides of his mouth pertaining to working with younger talent.
On one hand he did seem glad to be back and genuinely interested in sharing his clout and giving the rub.
But don’t you fucking forget how important it is the 1 Bil Phil is in just BEING there. He was the guy that walked out on WWE ya know? Like… if you’re Jack Perry. What fuck are you supposed to with that?
To be FAIR! Getting advice from older more experienced people can be kind of a boon. However, if somebody hears that experience and decides to do something different than expected. It’s so funny how fucking butthurt the old heads get when they are heard but the advice wasn’t taken as an order.
It’s the reason that Punk, confident in his skills didn’t walk away from Perry like he should have if that’s where the argument was going. But he invited it. Because boo-boo face.
Nevermind that his comeback was a clusterfuck due to the injuries. This also did not improve with a switch back to the “place that made him sick in the first place”. +1 for style points. -12 on principle.
He sold out. Plain and simple. Stick a can of Pepsi in his hands and tell him to smile for the check… erm I mean camera.
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I love this so much. I love Gay Kane. I love CoKANE.
I love drugs. Got any?
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Nigel remembered to wear his “smedium” shirt.
I’m cautiously giddy about Jericho and Ishii. I hope Ishii straight up tortures him.
My opinions on Cole have somewhat eroded over the past couple of years. But I was expecting a lot worse from this match in contrast to whatever media I’ve consumed over the week. But man, Cole’s spray tan has never failed so spectacularly. Jaundice pee drinker is not a good “look”.
I’m probably going to have to apologize for that one. Sorry Bay Bay.
I often wonder if recent face paint designs used by HOB aren’t somehow influenced by Max Casters “Black face” call out in that entrance rap a few whiles back. I doubt Caster wasn’t saying anything beyond satire about it as it concerns a group of evil devil people garb equating to some racist ga ga ca ca. It sure doesn’t hurt to not invite that attention.
Brandonetico is going to require assistance in remaining calm the more Mina Bae is on my screen. Because it’ll need to be a heroic dosage shot out of a tank to sedate me. Glitter.
It’s good to see Rush have this run as I was almost putting him in “a damn Low Ki/Amazing Red shame” that he didn’t become a bigger deal. Banger after banger is cementing his position where hopefully he can finally call some place home. He’s got Tiger Mask potential. Wowing kids into seat tickets and t-shirts is right there waiting.
Swerve sold that Poison Rana on the floor where he (thoughtful pause) was so much larger and stronger, he ALMOST stopped Lios momentum and set it up later when tries it a second time being the fatal mistake. Nice.
Security guard guy that has always pumped up Private Party is my favorite character on the show. He always brings something to the gimmick with his “back off” hand motions and never gets in their way.
I guess that even if there was a big misunderstanding about Blacks status in the company. If it translates into him being more active on tv. So be it. HOB overall has gone overlooked long enough. Spend here.
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This is for bad people only… like me.
NSFW. But if you know who GWAR is? You KNEW that already.
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Ha! You guys a killing me today.
That Yuta as Marvin shit had me rolling.
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That Steamboat/Macho match was another banger. I’m guessing it was shortly after WM3.
However, that crowd was totally split as Savage had won over a large portion of them as far as I could hear. Loud “Macho” chants throughout.
Might have been the moment where the face turn was born.
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I went to Dynamite.
I WOULD have had good seats if a third of the show wasn’t in the entrance aisle.
I enjoyed the show eventually. Thing is? You go and buy tickets to something weeks in advance of the show with zero forecast of how you’ll feel about on the day. Day comes and I’m in a shitty mood, tired, and annoyed.
To the surprise of no one. I proceed to hit the shitfuck outta my vapes and later a half dozen mini-bong rips once I got to my friends house in Manchester.
Jeremy tells me that he has been seeing the AEW trucks coming into town since Monday. Which surprises me a bit since I figured a Dynamite set up in the arena would have been (at most) an overnight effort.
In our pregame sesh I was bitching about the lack of exploitation of AEWs undercard when so many of their top tier guys are injured, elsewhere, and all fucked off for a reason (or no reason).
Satnam Singh is RIGHT THERE! A legit GIANT that if booked carefully could be a huge draw. After all turning on the gravitas when you’re a giant is a mere flick of the switch.
FFW to the show and Colt Cabanas out to take on Singh in the opener. I was pleased. I was fucking rrrrrrripped at this point experiencing not one but TWO highs. It was mostly comedy gaga that was fun but brief. They protected Satnam pretty well by keeping it short and decisive. But like I said. Make him mean.
By the time the tag opener started. The crowd had got really loud and it was really fucking with me. Darby hit that post and he just kept spinning.
Ran into a co-worker who moonlights as security at the arena. He is a few years older than me and came into wrestling during the Backlund era. He was pleased the Bucks weren’t on the show. Makes sense. He bonds immediately with Jeremy over this. Just Drew wept.
Mox is a scary looking dude up close.
I like this Hurt Syndicate group. Never saw the WWE stuff. Shelton hopefully will get his run. Place your bets on him taking another springboard into a super kick and THIS TIME he kicks out.
Hayter may be bae. But she doesn’t seem to have her sea legs back yet. Seemed like the match was built to be more than it was.
I thought the Cole/Black match was ok. But only because I’m baffled as to what is going on. It didn’t register well the whole “Warriors Death” finish with me or the people around me. I don’t have the same problems with Cole that some folks do. But it’s definitely a bad (and familiar) place to be for Cole to have that WWE flavored “fans ironically go against the grain” situation. Why isn’t Roddy screaming “ADAM” every time we see him? Wasn’t that over?
Why is Omegas comeback happening in Japan?
Now I’m off to watch the broadcast.
I still love you AEW.
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They probably saw all my report cards from middle school.
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1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said:
Not if he never went to 5th grade
Mox is the kinda guy to gakk up a dozen rails of coke… and then go hang out at the library. He is an enigma.
With all the Empire Strikes Back talk holding hands with the reaction to the show. I’m compelled to make a confession. A true confession that I have never IRL ever revealed.
Friends… I was a “Luke’s Father denier”.
After the end of ESB I did not walk away convinced of the truth of it. Nope. My pudding brain was like “Nope! Not true, moving on”. Incapable of believing it!
It didn’t excuse me of the premiere “absence of god” feeling that movies ending also inspired. But you can imagine a few years later the mood swing when Vader and Luke during ROTJ are just casually talking through it like it was settled law.
Yikes, young Bones. Just wait for the plot twist of “what’s under that dress”?
So yeah. We got Shakespeare this time around. You all know Daniel Bryan Danielson. This dude was going out like the fucking Wild Bunch no matter what!
He was Arthur at the end of Excalibur when Mordrid gets all “Come father! Let us embrace at last.” Stabbed through the meaty guts with a spear. Off to Avalon!
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The 3 Way: Triple pin.
lol
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16 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
That looks like it would be awesome if you were high as a kite.
Can confirm.
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9 hours ago, SirSmUgly said:
Therapy only works if you go in with the mindset that you need to change your life in fundamental ways and would like help figuring out how to do that.
Does any of that sound like Ric Flair to you?
Yes AND I’ve been doing therapy all wrong
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12 hours ago, The Natural said:
I really hope Mox isn't the one to end Danielson's AEW World Championship reign, give it someone who needs it. Make someone new.
Who do you think is ready? I’d almost want to put it back on Swerve (eventually). Maybe Osprey or Okada could be considered even if they are otherwise occupied in different divisions. Otherwise I’m drawing a blank since I kind of agree the Darby isn’t quite ready. But a win over Mox might just do the trick.
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I could see a squash set up for the Outrunners with the Grapes of Agony that has them slip on the old banana peel to get shit started.
That one was for free Coach.
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Arrest me. Make it sexy.
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On 9/3/2024 at 1:22 PM, Technico Support said:
As someone not chronically online, what’s the toxic fanbase’s problem with Skeleton Crew?
As a diehard… I just can’t give a shit. If you’re selling doom and gloom. I’m not buying.
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I’ve always thought fewer PPVs would service the weekly shows positively. More destination match making during the week in theory should boost interest.
For awhile that seemed to be the AEW approach. But looking at Collision I often wonder about some matches even being on the show other than to dodge, delay, and avoid giving anything away for free.
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Here I go. Bringing up my simfed AGAIN. But topically it’s a coincidence this has come up (for me at least).
Because I’ve been pondering the newish Gauntlet Matches on 2k24. I could totally fix up a 30 person Rumble with pins and submissions and all that. But it sounds like it would take a week to finish on sim.
So it’s kind of the same issue for AEW. How long is too long? Could an over run past the normal end of the show drive them wild or make them beg for it to just end already? Would a consolidated match put too many cooks in the kitchen as it pertains to agenting the individuals.
Could be a butthurt ego fest potentially.
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A hit off my weed vape in honor of the two time WrestleMania Main Eventer. Loved the ECW run.
An unforgettable character.
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Risk averse for sure. But it’s an odd way to be these days since so many shows that are highly regarded and successful had either an iffy start in quality or mostly ignored as they built an audience. A course correction could have saved this show. My perception of it had much of the show laying track for a future. That world building has value. Plus, you’re already invested this far. Baffling.
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32 minutes ago, SturmCRF said:
The bit where Danielson hit the first running knee, and Swerve just leaned into it like an Ishii and did his sicko deathmatch grin was fucking perfection. Talk about a wrestler who knows his character, he played a relentless heel like he needed to without ever being inconsistent with his character up to that point. That's the whole Attitude Era-ey shades of grey thing done right, Swerve as this focused, ruthless, amoral bastard who will accept the cheers and the hatred as they come, so long as his current actions help him to win the match and be the best.
And for me that’s the gist of it for my complete turnaround on Swerve. Killshot and his run in MLW did nothing for me. But ever since the team with Keith Lee I’ve fully invested. He is great and was as great as Bryan was during the match, the entrance, the build.
In the category of picking nits though. It’s tougher to swallow the Christian win in hindsight of his losing the feud to Edge. Not that his injury was in the plans of course. But it has forced a course correction that would have had more muscle if they’d had the foresight to beat Edge instead. It’s not like I don’t think The Patriarchy has the legs to be the top heel group. Cage will carry that entire act on his back and make it incredible (and he still might). But at the moment? I guess mixing in the Luchasaurus tease IS making use of available resources to keep a certain continuity. But that element by itself is definitely mid-card strength expected to hold up main event weight.
The Hard Times
December 2024 Wrestling Discussion
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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Beat me to it. It’s pretty great.