tbarrie
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1 hour ago, SovietShooter said:
I really don't think there is a snowball's chance in hell of Omega/Okada or Mone/Strom going on last.
The last image we are going to see is a bloody Hangman holding up that title belt, or Darby Allin.
Certainly putting the nostalgia match on last sounds crazy to me. And yeah, big as Mone vs Storm is, I very much doubt this is the time they give the women's division its first PPV main event.
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1 hour ago, JLowe said:
I think Brody King is who I want to see winning a singles title more than anyone else right now. Not the world champ, but he would be much more interesting than Cole, for example.
More interesting than Adam Cole? Talk about damning with faint praise.
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2 hours ago, Zimbra said:
So it's weird that they're building up to a Page/Mox Texas death match without mentioning that they had a Texas death match two years ago, right? Like the fact they are ignoring their whole-ass blood feud in the build up to this blood feud?
It's weird, yeah. I mean, last night had the commentators confident that Hangman could win, but then pivoting to concern when the Texas Death stipulation was mentioned on the basis that said stipulation would favour Mox. So mentioning that Page has beaten Mox in a Texas Death Match before would contradict the story they were trying to tell.
But AEW to date has generally been quite good about acknowledging and spelling out competitors' history. So it's still weird that they're ignoring this.
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10 hours ago, stuntmanc said:
I was thinking of AEW ones, and while there have been some head scratchers, that one and The Elite beating Hangman/Silver/Reynolds for the initial trios ones were the top.
It's not what I would have done, but personally I don't think it belongs on a "worst booking ever" list.
10 hours ago, stuntmanc said:I wanted to include some DR stuff, but truth be told, while the angle hasn't really done it for me, I'm holding off on ranking anything terrible because if it ends at All In, i think it will be looked at more favorably in the future.
Yeah, I've thought similarly. The complaints about the Death Riders angle have always reminded me of the online complaints at the time about the NWO angle, but I suspect the latter would be fondly remembered if WCW hadn't completely botched the ending.
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5 hours ago, zendragon said:
Son of Havoc is known outside of LU as Matt Cross
Thanks!
5 hours ago, zendragon said:Also forewarning to anyone watching this for the first time but a certain high profile speaking out character shows up in season 4
I think it was season two, as I'm pretty sure I haven't seen season three or four but distinctly remember the aforementioned character being in Lucha Underground.
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3 hours ago, SirSmUgly said:
Season 1, Show 5: “Boyle Heights Street Fight,” or HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER (dressed in black and looking all mysterious-like)!!
- Son of Havoc (w/Ivelisse Velez) wrestles Mascarita Sagrada in our second bout, and I think Havoc is a good glue guy worker who is especially useful working big against smaller wrestlers even though he’s not that big a dude himself comparatively. As I’ve written in many reviews before, I think the most effective workers typically are good at working big against smaller wrestlers and making themselves small and vulnerable for bigger wrestlers. Throw Havoc in there against Mil or Ryck so we can see if he can effectively do the second one (which I bet he can because my belief is that it’s harder to work big against smaller opponents for guys under about 6’4 and harder to work small against big opponents for guys over that mark…and also because Cross specifically is a smaller guy who likely had to work that way for most of his career).
Who's "Cross"?
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6 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
Holy crap, a song I've heard of!
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11 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
I dunno about the UK, but Canada is pretty notorious about not letting people in.
Marijuana has been legal here for a few years, though. So it still seems kind of odd that a marijuana charge would be enough to bar entry.
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Nothing wrong with Toni vs Mercedes, but that plan sounds awesome.
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7 hours ago, SovietShooter said:
I was just putting out what it looks like they are building to, not the entire card. I imagine we are probably getting Opps vs Death Riders and a Tag Title match too, but they haven't really shown their hand there.
They've been building Hurt Syndicate vs Jet Speed, so I suspect that's the match at All In. Admittedly, it's not exactly a match that screams "Biggest show of the year!", but I don't see the alternative. Unless they plan to blow that off on Dynamite in the next few weeks and move on to FTR vs Hurt Syndicate?
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7 hours ago, Ryback Hates Bullies said:
Looking forward to Wadlow, Kamille, Boogs and Jesse getting silly names.
I love the idea that a guy named "Boogs" getting a silly name is something that hasn't happened yet.
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58 minutes ago, AxB said:
Intercontinental Titles have been a thing in Boxing for decades. Long before WWE ever had one. If AEW made an Intercontinental title and WWE tried to sue them for copyright infringement, AEW could cite endless history of non-WWE Intercontinental Champions.
It would be a trademark issue, not copyright. You couldn't possibly copyright a two-word phrase like "Intercontinental Champion".
So does the pre-existence of Intercontinental Titles in boxing prevent WWE from claiming the term as a trademark in the area of wrestling toys and replicas? My guess would be "no", but I wouldn't put much stock in my guess. I'd want an expert opinion on that question.
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52 minutes ago, Matt D said:
They should just call it the Super International Title. Super makes everything better.
Ooh, the Super Continental Title! Champion of all the places ABOVE the continents!-
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5 hours ago, mystman said:
Think they could get away with calling it the Intercontinental Title? NJPW did.
"Continational Title" was right there.
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I skipped the main event. Did I miss anything noteworthy?
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33 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake was the one decent gimmick.
True. The Barber was fun.
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1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said:
You mean Brother Bruti had yet even another gimmick, and it was as a Blackheart wearing oven mitts and a skunk hide.
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He really must have had photos or video of Hogan in some compromising positions, if you get my drift.
You'd think that might help him negotiate a decent gimmick, though.
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1 hour ago, JLSigman said:
And another one! Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition drops July 15th
Never played that one due to the lack of a Linux version. I was hopeful it would be getting one when I saw Aspyr was making it (they did the Linux ports for Civ V & VI), but according to Steam it's Windows only. Shame.
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10 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
I getcha. Personally I would prefer a competitive squash, just because I like Frost. But anyway it served its purpose.
I certainly wouldn't be opposed to Lady Frost moving to a less jobbery role. I just think this wasn't the time or place to start that process.
Is Frost even signed to AEW? If not, do we know if that's because they're not interested, or because she doesn't want to be tied down?
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1 minute ago, Curt McGirt said:
Just saying it might help her to beat someone who isn't a constant jobber if you want to introduce her as a threat.
That's fair, but in my opinion there's nothing wrong with starting with a jobber or two then working your way up. Which they've already started on, since she gets Aminata next week, who's at least won a match. (Possibly only one, I haven't checked her full record.)
And my point was, if you do put her against an established jobber, she needs to pretty much murder the jobber to look special. Even if that jobber is known for typically putting up a good fight before going down.
It's similar to my criticism of that Anthony Bowens-Blake Christian match a while back. If you're well established as top act, you can give somebody like Frost a lot and not lose anything from it, because your status is already cemented in the fans' minds. (Though there's presumably a point of overdoing it you could reach.) But if you're booking somebody who's not yet seen as a top act and whom you want to get to the next level, there's not as much leeway. Going fifty-fifty with Frost would have presented Thekla as being just another competitor, nobody special.
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4 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
May I please point out the contradiction here
Umm, sure. Go ahead. Because I'm not seeing it.
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8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
LADY FROST IS BACK TOO!!! My girl! Unfortunately she is here to job to Thekla, who comes out to music with actual death growls in it. She sadistics up Frost who gets like nothing in. Boooooooo.
I couldn't disagree more with that boo; I thought this was the best laid-out match of the night. Look, Lady Frost the performer is great, no question. But the character has never won a match in AEW (to my recollection). If they want Thekla to seem like a big deal - and they clearly do - then she needs to be presented as outclassing somebody like Frost in the ring. And it wasn't like Frost was a complete punching bag; she was constantly trying for offense and landed a few moves as well. She came across as a skilled fighter who simply was no match for Thekla. Good stuff.
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18 hours ago, Craig H said:
The sheer amount of characters or super powered folks in Superman is still the main thing that concerns me. I mean, I'm tickled we're getting Guy Gardner, goofy haircut and all, on the big screen, and I know that James Gunn is extremely talented with juggling lots of characters in a superhero movie, but this is Superman. I kinda just want to see Superman and not, hey, here's Superman but don't you also want to see all of these other super powered characters as well?!
Yeah, I'd been thinking of saying much the same. He's Superman. He doesn't need an ensemble cast of superheroes.
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16 minutes ago, Zimbra said:
I think with Hawkgirl and Gardner they fell into the trap of trying to make them look too much like their comics/cartoon appearance instead of someone who might exist in the 'real' world.
I mean, terrible haircuts do exist in the real world.
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AEW TV - 7/3 - 7/9/2025 - Keep On Dancing At The Pink Stokely Club
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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But they can't drop the 5 Tool Player gimmick until they at least tell us what five tools he has! I want to know if one is a lathe!