Brandon Bones
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Is there any known reason why Danhausen is back doing indies and not in AEW?
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I died a little inside watching Punk play it like a fucking friendship bracelet had the power of those Egyptian snake guys in CHIKARA to straight up… hypnotize him. It’s like your exploding death match didn’t explode. Limp. Dick. Salad.
Shame. ding! Shame. ding! Shame.
Take anything I say with a grain of salt. I don’t watch the weekly shows. I’ve got no clue (mostly) of what the storylines are. So with that in mind…
The show started off pretty good. Liv/Ripley and Logan/Knight were both very good to exceeding my expectations. Ripley could be the face of the company. How this company navigates Logan Paul from this point forward should be interesting. Awesome moonsault or not. I’ve got no patience.
Enjoyed Priest, Gunther, and the JD implosion. Good execution that makes the earlier angle more impactful by proxy. It got me into it in a way that the main event failed to.
Am I incorrect that my perception of Solo is that he isn’t quite seasoned or elevated enough to warrant a PPV main event in a stadium? I felt the same way about Priest but he largely overcame that by standing up to a beast like Gunther. It certainly didn’t feel like Sikoa had a chance to win at any point. Thats too bad because babyface Cody is doing great but it’s shit like this that’ll start a fan backlash.
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4 hours ago, Cliff Hanger said:
FYI the pack has been available at least since I got off work at 4p yesterday. Also, code SECURETHEBAG is good for 7500VC (not sure if it works on other systems or just PS4-5) as a make-good
As of last night nothing had changed. But I’ll check it out later and report back. Not that the MyFaction stuff does much for me. My game is mostly to support my simfed. So my criteria for what’s good may differ.
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Just to continue the never ending clusterfuck that are WWE games. PS5 won’t allow you to download the Pat Whatshisnuts DLC. They even managed to fuck up a release that nobody was even that excited about. Just to make it that much more fucky. Mmm mmm. Shit tastes good! Oh! Sugar in my gas tank? Fine! Go for it. Might as fucking well.
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Shane in AEW is too crazy not to do. But it sure is a delicate situation that you’ll get one chance to do it right. Not impossible.
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5 minutes ago, AxB said:
They were doing that entrance on Dark Elevation 2 years ago. It looked bad in that building because the ramp is so narrow there was barely enough room to move. But Yuta even discussed it on Hey EW a while back. It's a Darts thing.
The BCC love Darts, it's their favourite sport. Regal's influence (except Moxley, who likes the sport because he's seen Deathmatch wrestlers doing the human dartboard spot).
Were they? Heh.
I did LIKE the entrance as it really made me laugh. Now it’s even funnier because it also has “lore”.
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2 hours ago, Gorman said:
Maybe ROH being included as an official part of AEW will make it more likely to be included in the upcoming TV deal.
You’d think that would be the wisest plan. Because dual competing events on the same night is inexcusable.
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I swear Claudio and Yuta came up with THAT entrance 4 seconds before they went out there. They just held their arms out and shimmy back and forth in opposite directions. Then they had the nerve to high five about it.
It might have been the weed. But I have to highlight a tremendous lack of effort.
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I wonder how differently Douglas would be remembered if the largest part of his run as ECW Champion wasn’t spent injured in the announce booth. If he was feuding and pulling heel bullshit with his established faction during that same length of time and still find his way to Tazz. Yeah. Probably a lot better.
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32 minutes ago, mystman said:
I literally forgot that was the title of the song Douglas used and thought you were talking about this
I haven’t clicked the link and I already KNOW!
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Didn’t care for Hologram. Maybe it was nerves or something. But definitely needed some smoother movement to fully get the most out of what were otherwise decent moves. Plus I miss Fuego.
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1 hour ago, The Natural said:
MVP as well. Breaking up the Hurt Business was so fucking dumb.
It sounds like they’ve got every reason to go. I’ve seen oodles of news posts over the last year or two of speculation about bringing it back. So if Shelton or MVP keep “putting it out there” to no response from the company…?
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I’m betting the Aemond look will be this years most common Halloween costume. Bonus points if you manage to make his teeny wanger a part of the ensemble.
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Well that was fucking awesome. MOTYC on weekly tv for free that pushed the much vaunted 60 minute broadway that all the old timers seem to respect so much. Count me in. The announcers for once didn’t go total goofball during breaks of Osprey/MJF. Liked the “Riggs needs to reset his shoulder” spot from Lethal Weapon. Which got a fun unexpected “eww” pop from the crowd.
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A Prince of Darkness Match is a match where both wrestlers are hooded so that they cannot see their opponent. The added obstruction only makes the match more enjoyable for the fans as they watch the wrestlers grope around the ring, trying to find their opponent.
I had completely forgotten what this was so I went and looked it up. As kinda lame as the Jake/Martel blindfold match at Mania was. I do like the suggestion of having coaches at ringside yelling instructions as an upgrade to an experiment that never quite worked. I’m sure GCW could do a fun one with EFFY or Cardona.
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As a guy who spent 20 years on forklifts. There was so much wrong with how they worked their way into making that stunt happen. Like… the guy who was operating the lift prior to them coming around the corner probably has a meeting in the bosses office this morning.
Ugh. I could smell the propane from the exhaust on the forklift through my tv.
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Another missed opportunity was I really wanted Britt to finish Monés shot she left on the table.
Fuuuuuuck! This show ruled. I reeeeally wish Omega was in the mix right now.
It was a good idea here in the moment of cultural high awareness of diss tracks for The Acclaimed to do another video for a song. Though I’ve liked others they’ve done more. It’s on brand, quick, and keeps it all on screen to develop further without having to give away a match.
I recall some criticism over the Toni/Mina match at FD having a happy reconciliation as being anti-climactic. But it makes sense more now in retrospect why that choice was made when you’ve got the real heartbreaker for this show. What a classic angle. Excellent use of a blade job. And they really went for it to get it over. Applause.
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2 hours ago, J.H. said:
I was working at Marvel during the Hogan/Flair series. Even with free comics that recession had me cut back my monthly MSG shows. Welll... in hindsight that had more to do with visits to Show World*
*if you aren't from the greater NY Tri-State area, I do not expect you to know what Show World was... but I'm sure you can figure it out
James
Without looking it up. I’m going with what podcast lore would refer to as a “Shoe Show”.
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Loved the show. A lot.
JR had me howling when he called the Destino a “reverse backflip DDT thing”. He was lots of fun in his cameo.
Mońe has pretty much answered my questions over whether she can thrive outside of the system that produced her. La Primera was chefs kiss.
Osprey/Swerve was a classic. Will probably be even better on rewatch.
It’s a bummer that Bryan’s injury selling rubs people the wrong way. I get it though. It gives me the ick too. But for me that’s part of the ride. Also I’m feeling like it’s part of a continual story thread. Good match but I vaguely recall the Dragon Gate USA match being an epic.
Okada
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2 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
I want to change what I said about Lady Frost and say she's more a midcard gatekeeper than a JTTS. One, 'JTTS' is somewhat denigrating of a term, and two, she seems above it. It's more fair and deservative of someone who honestly deserves an angle and a belt instead of where she's at.
Agreed. But I feel the recent and frequent use of Lady Frost is a sign of her regard within the company. Considering others like Julia and Skye have played similar roles and found avenues to get elevated to more high profile matches. She should be feeling more confident in her position. She’s hot. I’m sold she has it.
Bonus: Helping out Stephanie before Moné out star powers her at least sold me the match. That’s gotta score some points. We like points.
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23 hours ago, Travis Sheldon said:
I forgot to mention Red Letter Media did a +/-90 minute video on The Acolyte and the online culture clash surrounding the show.
It's a long watch, but if you're into those Wisconsin reprobates it's worth your time.
I like those guys. But I tend to not watch their Star Wars stuff anymore. I kind of already know what they’ll do so I’ve heard it all at this point.
Complain all they want. But they sure don’t miss a chance to make a Star Wars video for content. To be fair they’re mild compared to the rage farming dolts out there.
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Not that I even remotely know of what I speak. But the fact there’s no streaming service for AEWs archives is baffling 5years in.
I suppose some of this could be hitched to the overall negotiations in making contracts. But it’s startling to have gone so long minus this revenue stream.
I value it to the degree that it really fucks me off to hear the announcers go totally goofballs during commercial breaks. One of the bigger disappointments about The Network was we all know “tape machines will keep rolling” during a break and posting full versions of classic tv matches would be a cool new way to see them. So call the fucking matches!
Say for instance the HBK/Angle 30 Minute Iron Man had viewers going to the website during breaks so you could more fully see (with commentary) what was on paper, a very promising match. So it’s not like I’m imagining the availability and there’s value for the paying fan.
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Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. I hope they saved you the big piece of chicken.
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AEW - AUGUST 2024
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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Seeing all those names together really hammers your point. Especially, since they’d all be competing for roughly the same demographic on shows where the real estate of tv time is gobbled up by work rate guys.
But AEW isn’t that old. There can be an ebb and flow or shifting of tonal gears to provide variety and material storytelling elements to really sell the show. And I still think even 5 years in the shows are still defining themselves in a way the MNR doesn’t have to.
So I get why the thought of work rate kind of eclipses the sports entertainment aspects both in intention and execution.
But IIRC danhausen and Cassidy are/were big merch sellers and really easy to “go as for Halloween” because kids liked them a lot. Market value attributes that should generate revenue. Or so I’d assume anyway. Business chat is a bit above my pay grade but it made sense to me to keep a guy around that onscreen they were hyping as this big merch seller.