Curt McGirt Posted February 19, 2025 Posted February 19, 2025 Probably so, considering. Now I'm thinking of someone blading their foot. Gross -- thanks a lot dude!
AxB Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Necro Butcher wrestled barefoot in matches with thumbtacks and glass for years, and he turned out... well pretty badly, all things considered. 2 4 1
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Things I Remember from this week's edition of AEW Dynamite: Hey it's Ian! MJF and Hangman talking through it Joe and friends getting a win over the Patriarchy Hobbs wins after Big Bill gets trapped in barb wire, yeah sure That crowd sure was happy to get a PPV Willow just can't find a secure interview spot Moxley going all Reagan "I paid for this microphone" until eventually Copeland comes out to say that Moxley has no nuts and that Cope will go after the Death Riders one by one, which is something they should have considered doing earlier Mone gets interviews in safe spots Megan Bayne is what AEW probably hoped Kamille would be Ricochet soaking in that Drake/Andrew Tate energy Orange Cassidy is back from whatever he was doing and he gets the win JR is also back for a night The obligatory heel beatdown is prevented by Kenny Omega Perfectly fine stuff going on tonight. Also, I thought the setup looked neat and nobody hurt themselves on that ramp, that we know of 1
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Fun show tonight, I liked the face off with Hangman/MJF. This was the most inspired MJF has sounded in a while. Loved Powerhouse getting a big win in the street fight with Big Bill but I definitely need to see Hobbs with a sustained push now. The 'Revolution' card looks like it's filling out nicely besides the main event. MJF/Hangman and Omega/Takeshita will both be awesome. Mercedes/Momo had a great match at an NJPW Strong event not long ago but I can't see an AEW crowd caring about Momo and it's pretty much heel vs. heel. Not sure about that choice. Megan Bayne vs. Statlander was an awesome hoss fight while it lasted. 2
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 also, while i'm not huge into Adam Cole and friends.. there was some fun schtick going on with Roddy, Adam and whoever the third guy is in their group tonight (Taven or Bennett, fuck if I know).. like they would probably have a fun match in a high school gym in Western TN riling up the locals 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 1 minute ago, Cobra Commander said: also, while i'm not huge into Adam Cole and friends.. there was some fun schtick going on with Roddy, Adam and whoever the third guy is in their group tonight (Taven or Bennett, fuck if I know).. like they would probably have a fun match in a high school gym in Western TN riling up the locals That was neither Bennett or Taven. It's Kyle O'Reilly. O'Reilly unfairly gets labelled a "vanilla midget", but he nails it when he gets to let his personality shine. 1
tbarrie Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 I've been harsh towards the Two Bland Kyles myself, but both have grown on me. O'Reilly was fun as the straight man of the Conglomeration, and Fletcher's heel stooging has been great. Changing the subject - AEW's been putting on good shows for a few weeks now. Hope they can keep it up. 1
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: That was neither Bennett or Taven. It's Kyle O'Reilly. O'Reilly unfairly gets labelled a "vanilla midget", but he nails it when he gets to let his personality shine. oh right.. O'Reilly's the perpetually tired looking guy... so basically half of Adam Cole's group is off being hurt (Wardlow) or doing whatever (Taven/Bennett) with a name that sounds like the merger of two struggling corporations edit: KOR might also have the look of a wrestler whose action figure would be bought by a parent who was looking for a Pac action figure but they didn't have any Pac figures and O'Reilly was close enough Edited February 20, 2025 by Cobra Commander
SovietShooter Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) Back in the day when I was a young lad just starting out in the business, I was taught that if if you are doing a run in/making a save, and folks are supposed to bail out when you hit the ring, if they don't bail out in time, they are fair game. I was also taught that if you have a chair or some kind of weapon, and you cock back to hit someone with it, then you have to follow thru with it. You cannot stand there like a dumbass. So, whatever happened with Bayne/Ford/Rosa, they and the agent for that segment, need to be chewed out something fierce. That was some not-ready-for-live-television shit right there. Not sure what was supposed to happen, but Rosa looks like a grade-a chump now Edited February 20, 2025 by SovietShooter helluva typo 14
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) I kept expecting Rosa to wallop Statlander with the chair. It was awkward to say the least. Edited February 20, 2025 by Nice Guy Eddie 3
Curt McGirt Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 15 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Hobbs wins after Big Bill gets trapped in barb wire, yeah sure Brilliant. The crack AEW tape crew deciding to replay the high and low shots of Bill hitting the table where his arm is clearly not only free but outside the barbed wire, so you have to believe he actually stuck his arm INTO the wire to try and stand up, and maybe through separate strands for good measure. I mean we're not asking for Funk/Sabu here but just try and suspend our disbelief a little better. Otherwise, fine match. 5 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: O'Reilly's the perpetually tired looking guy Yeah, he's got those bags going. I think of him as 1. the ginger dude and 2. the kickboxer guy (because he had that match with Aleister Black where they got all kicky-knee-y on each other). The six-man was fun, I missed everything before that. When I was watching Bayne suplex Stat back into the ring I thought "nice how she popped the hips" and then immediately thought "that's exactly what Taz would say" haha. He's poisoned me brain! Meanwhile, Ricochet has appeared to not only have stolen Jimmy Rave's robe, but also Christian's turtleneck. 1
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 oh yeah, I forgot to mention Thunder Rosa making a Dynamite appearance for like the third time since 2022 or whenever that long injury was before she was confined to Collision as for what happened after that.. yeah.. but it's a Thunder Rosa thing, i'm sure there'll be some spreading drama over it 1
Curt McGirt Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: I kept expecting Rosa to wallop Statlander with the chair. Yep, because we're trained like Pavlov's Dog as wrestling fans to expect that when something like that happens. It was probably just Rosa fucking up again but that wouldn't be fair to say... right? EDIT: You know what, I'm not gonna just blame Rosa because if she was waiting not only should she have done something but they should have MADE her do something. It's everyone's fault, I guess. Edited February 20, 2025 by Curt McGirt 2
SovietShooter Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 26 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: ou know what, I'm not gonna just blame Rosa because if she was waiting not only should she have done something but they should have MADE her do something. It's everyone's fault, I guess. Without knowing what was supposed to happen, hard to blame anyone. If Bayne & Ford were supposed to bail and didn't, then they are to blame. If Rosa wasnt supposed to have a chair or something, then that is on her. I mean, maybe Stat was supposed to be involved, but got hurt or something, and left Rosa out to dry? Hard to point finger of blame at anyone without more info. However, everyone involved looked like crap. 5
Overly Critical Man Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Why didn’t Bayne and Ford just scatter like heels usually should when someone comes in for the save with a weapon. God was that awkward. Looks like Harley Cameron was sent to the phantom zone like everything else I foolishly learn to like on this show. That’ll teach her to get over and be interesting. 1 2
Curt McGirt Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 I'm gonna try and ignore that possibility and rather think that Harley will be the next person to come at Toni. Gotta keep that PMA. Forgot that it looked like Ricochet ganked one of Hobbs' chains too. LOCKER ROOM THIEF! 1
Casey Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Harley isn’t Toni’s next challenger, I can tell you that much.
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 53 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Forgot that it looked like Ricochet ganked one of Hobbs' chains too. LOCKER ROOM THIEF! wrestling could use a good Ruben Rivera storyline every once and awhile Quote Early in 2002, the Yankees signed [Rivera] as a free agent, but released him during spring training after Rivera stole teammate Derek Jeter's glove and bat, and then sold them to a sports memorabilia dealer, reportedly for $2,500. After this became known, his teammates allegedly voted him off the team, and the Yankees released him 3 1
NikoBaltimore Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) Statlander vs. Bayne was the real main event for me as these two delivered a wonderful hoss match where everything just worked. Of course screwy shit would happen and I'm choosing to forget about the Rosa part as I'm really looking forward to the Revolution rematch. Is there enough to get a long feud out of these two? I'm not sure but whether it works that way or not is simply a couple matches it's gonna be fun. The rest of the show was a treat as well. Page/MJF hit the right notes and Page's character arc after retiring Daniels is wonderful. The matches were lots of fun, Toni had an all-timer of a championship promo and all just feels very right about where AEW's at. I don't know if it's at the point where Gordi would want to jump back in but it's better than it was. I think he would have liked the episode though. Edited February 20, 2025 by NikoBaltimore 2 1
The Natural Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Looking forward to Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page vs. MJF at AEW Revolution 2025. 1
Gordi the BJW fan Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) 4 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: Statlander vs. Bayne was the real main event for me as these two delivered a wonderful hoss match where everything just worked. Of course screwy shit would happen and I'm choosing to forget about the Rosa part as I'm really looking forward to the Revolution rematch. Is there enough to get a long feud out of these two? I'm not sure but whether it works that way or not is simply a couple matches it's gonna be fun. The rest of the show was a treat as well. Page/MJF hit the right notes and Page's character arc after retiring Daniels is wonderful. The matches were lots of fun, Toni had an all-timer of a championship promo and all just feels very right about where AEW's at. I don't know if it's at the point where Gordi would want to jump back in but it's better than it was. I think he would have liked the episode though. I am sorry to say it, but an episode of a pro wrestling show where we had to wait a full 30 minutes before the first fight started was NOT the way to win me back There was SO MUCH talking in this episode. (Though I 100% agree that Toni Storm's promo brought the goods). I'm pretty sure we only got 4 matches. Trios, Men's Hoss Street fight (great, but with an embarrassingly executed "he's stuck in the wire!" ending. That bump looked like it sucked to take, too), Woman's Hoss Fight (100% agree it was great... until the Penelope interference killed the crowd and then that ridiculous embarrassment with the run in and the chair), and the main (an actual pro wrestling match with a clean pinfall finish! If only they had ended there, with the crowd happy and satisfied). As always, recently, everyone did their best in the ring but they are (in my opinion) swimming upstream against a monster current of unnecessary and counterproductive over-booking. To be frank, I am honestly surprised that today's Dynamite was ANYONE'S idea of what they want from a pro wrestling TV show. It didn't stink or anything but... The in ring action is, and always has been, the big strength of AEW. I really wish they'd lean very very heavily into that and quit laying on the blahblahblah segments and angle advancement stuff at the expense of the action. I'm (sincerely) glad you (and others here) enjoyed it, though. Edited February 20, 2025 by Gordi the BJW fan 4 1
AxB Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 I think they went talking heavy because last Collision (Grand Slam) was almost all in-ring wrestling, and they waned to re-balance the scales. 2
Craig H Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 Uh, am I booking AEW? In ring between MJF and Hangman was amazing and tells me that TK or someone there is still looking at this board. And somehow, probably because she has an impossible amount of talent, Toni Storm put on the promo of the night and probably the promo of the year. She even referenced Osama bin Laden. What a wild promo. 1
stuntmanc Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 (edited) How much better would AEW be if MJF v Hangman was the title program? I'm not the lowest voter on the whole DR shtick, but goddamn, Hangman/MJF is absolutely top tier and that promo battle proved it. I fell asleep shortly thereafter so i don't have much to comment on the rest of the show. Edited February 20, 2025 by stuntmanc 4
SovietShooter Posted February 20, 2025 Posted February 20, 2025 3 minutes ago, stuntmanc said: Hangman/MJF is absolutely top tier and that promo battle proved it. Personally, I think MJF's long-winded promos are kind of a played out trope at this point, but when Hangman got the mic and started taking about Daniels, the crowd fell dead silent, and in a good way. They wanted to hear exactly what Page had to say; He had them in the palm of his hand. Hangman is the main character and undisputable Ace of AEW. Like he said in the promo, he is "real". 4 1
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