Dolfan in NYC Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera... Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera! Last week... it was a happy new year for everyone in Tonyworld! After a year and a half, we have a NEW TBS Champion! Poor poor Mercedes. Yo, I wrote this in Haiti overlookin' Cuba. I asked her what's her name, she said, "Guantanamera"... Remind me of an old Latin song my uncle used to play. Meanwhile, poor Stoke is injured and out of commission... please donate to get him back on AEW TV asap: On his old forty-five when he used to be alive... She went from a young girl to a grown woman, like a virgin, so she sex with no average man... What's on tap this week? Bueno... (Some tropical sounds to get you through some cold cold days.) Enjoy the week!
SovietShooter Posted January 7 Posted January 7 What are the odds that Good Ol' JR says that Sammy reminds him of Eddy Guerrero, and that Bandido reminds him of Rey Misterio Jr? Bonus: Powerhouse Hobbs reminds him of Butch Reed. 2 1 2
Technico Support Posted January 7 Posted January 7 I think Sammy always reminded him of Gino Hernandez, but point taken! I love playing "which minority group wrestler will JR compare with a non-white wrestler of old solely based on possibly similar ethnic background?" My guess is he compares MJF to Ernie Roth. BAH GAWD THAT SWERVE REMINDS ME OF JOHNNY B BADD (Excalibur buries his face in his hands and mutters something about Merc Mero not really being black) 2
Matt D Posted January 7 Posted January 7 (edited) Richard Land has a patreon where he posts stuff every month. I've been primarily following it for this giant cache of unearthed 1980-1983 German footage he has (Adrian Street vs Steve Wright, Bret Hart vs Pat Roach, guys like Kengo Kimura and Chris Colt and Caswell Martin and Jim "Kamala" Harris, etc), but he posts other stuff. One thing is episodes of 1991 WCW Pro New York which JR and Heyman, and JR just goes on and on and on about Heyman being Jewish. And for the record, it's Kyle Fletcher that reminds me of Gino in a bunch of ways. Edited January 7 by Matt D 1
SovietShooter Posted January 7 Posted January 7 I distinctly remember JR comparing Sammy to Eddy. He has done it multiple times, I believe. 2
The Green Meanie Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, SovietShooter said: I distinctly remember JR comparing Sammy to Eddy. He has done it multiple times, I believe. He's also done it for Gino. 1
HarryArchieGus Posted January 7 Posted January 7 4 hours ago, Technico Support said: I think Sammy always reminded him of Gino Hernandez, but point taken! I love playing "which minority group wrestler will JR compare with a non-white wrestler of old solely based on possibly similar ethnic background?" My guess is he compares MJF to Ernie Roth. BAH GAWD THAT SWERVE REMINDS ME OF JOHNNY B BADD (Excalibur buries his face in his hands and mutters something about Merc Mero not really being black) Old world worn views and salty demeanor aside, it's the sloppy untucked shirts that really get me. Be professional, Jim! 2
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 7 Posted January 7 5 hours ago, SovietShooter said: What are the odds that Good Ol' JR says that Sammy reminds him of Eddy Guerrero, and that Bandido reminds him of Rey Misterio Jr? Bonus: Powerhouse Hobbs reminds him of Butch Reed. And The Beast Mortos reminds him of Mantaur 2
Technico Support Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Mark Davis and Jake Doyle gonna reclaim that “Bear Country” team name.
COLETTI Posted January 8 Posted January 8 The wife and I finished the latest episode of Fallout and I switched the TV to live Dynamite literally the moment JR talked about Eddie Guerrero re: Sammy. I chuckled, sensibly. 2
Cobra Commander Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) Things I Remember from this week's edition of AEW Dynamite: Shelton whiffed a kick but Moxley didn't sell it so it's all good Lots of cool moves in the six man match Andrade dressed like he had to meet his attorneys before getting cleared to appear. The hair made me think Jericho at first until he hit a move that Jericho couldn't hit Guess it would be a little on the nose if they went all-in on a Carrie tribute with Mercedes Mone Jim Ross is sad that the cake has been ruined The lights keep going out over and over later in the show Thekla and the Mall Goths have words for Statlander Mark Briscoe is on a farm talking because he has a match on Saturday Bandido getting over on MJF (he'll lose next week) You see, it's called Maximum Carnage since MJF is on the show Got a DQ and some heel carnage in the Toni match We're just having all the faces beat up the heels tonight as Darby gets what he wants from Pac through threats Maybe it's too easy to turn off the lights in this massive ECHL arena in Tulsa So which member of the OPPS dojo is the next Chris Chetti. This is the most effective group of random goons in wrestling history, meaning they didn't immediately get wiped out by the wrestlers but it took COFFEE to turn the tide. One of the Opps Dojo guys looks like the goofy blonde bowl cut agent from 1990s WWF Rene Goulet. the most deadly submission move of all, getting hung by a chain suck it people who were tuning in at 9pm (Central) for Impractical Jokers reruns Edited January 8 by Cobra Commander 1
The Green Meanie Posted January 8 Posted January 8 13 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Things I Remember from this week's edition of AEW Dynamite: One of the Opps Dojo guys looks like the goofy blonde bowl cut agent from 1990s WWF Rene Goulet. At first, I thought two of them were Griff Garrision and Marcus Kross, reunited: To add to your list: Why was Bandito dressed up like a vampire or count? Did JR just go on an unhinged rant against the IWC? Excalibur definitely watches Botchamania. Where is Tazz? 1
tbarrie Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Solid show tonight. A couple of random thoughts: I thought the woman under the veil was way too tall to actually be Mercedes. It wasn't until she showed her face that I realized she was wearing giant shoes. I was expecting Shafir to decisively beat Storm to set up a PPV rematch (likely a gimmick match). But the way they did it worked too. And while disqualification finishes can get tiresome if overused, it was great seeing an obviously DQ-worthy action actually draw a DQ. I like how they've established that a "Lights Out" match is a big deal, so I wasn't thrilled with their use of the gimmick for this random tag match. But the match itself was fun.
Jenalysis Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I thought Sammy was really good tonight. Not something I say all that much, but he was on. For a second I thought Clark Connors had joined the Opps for some reason. I loved Kris keeping the cake safe, proving she's smarter than the average wrestler.
Johnny Sorrow Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) JR's " Some fat guy says they know how to fall" line is just one of his old lines with "fat guy" added. If that's enough to prove that he was talking about internet nerds to anyone, then it's kinda telling on yourself. I'm a fat wrestling fan using the internet who only watches Dynamite occasionally. The best part of the show was the Mark Briscoe promo. It's the only thing that grabbed me emotionally. Oh, and Bandido's 21 Plex rules. A springboard German Suplex? Fuck yeah. And if the guy taking the move is selling being being dazed and leaning on the ropes, it look wrestling realistic. Like Sammy did and MJF didn't after that terrible translator bit. And the Twitter box graphics stink. I always laugh when AEW does some production choice that WWE used to do that I hated. Like the Twitter reaction graphic or people watching the show awkwardly on a screen backstage. Shelton vs. Moxley was really good. It was a step above everything thing else in a noticeable way. Edited January 8 by Johnny Sorrow
Curt McGirt Posted January 8 Posted January 8 JR definitely compared Bandido to Eddie so there was your Ross-ism of the night rearing its ugly head. There's another below. So, to the show! Spoiler - My subtitles always crack me up, immediately identifying one Mr. "Tony Giovanni" at ringside. Ross comes out using baby steps. One of us advised that he needed to be given a cane or a wheelchair at the very least. I can imagine the internal grousing going on in his head right then. But, it's Oklahoma, so he has to have that stupid marching band song played and walk out, instead of just stand up from the desk and wave like any other geriatric person would be allowed to do. - Speaking of JR (for the last time), he started rambling about Shelton's college sports career, as he is wont to do. MVP totally trolls him by saying he was running a track meet and winning an amateur wrestling competition at the SAME TIME! Go back and listen again, you'll get his twisting of words and the snark. Which of course, he deserves. The match, frankly, was a bit of a let-down. Moxley did eat a total of seven German suplexes over the course of the match, and they had a pretty cool last-minute pinfall. Shelton also seemed to hiptoss him right off the fucking top. But the crowd brawling was pretty crappy and things just didn't seem to click between them like I hoped. I think Mox looks tired. Maybe I'm just tired, after today. - I am really not a Bucks guy, nor a Perry guy, but they did their thing clean and crisp as ever. The Demand dudes were beastly including a triple-person Samoan drop at one point, and at another they pitch somebody at the ring bell guy and he looked piiiiiissed haha. Jake Something is apparently now All Callis and, surprise! So is Andrade once again, since Rush apparently applied the Beast Mortos' legal skills to his WWE case or something. - The Willow celebration was possibly the legit best cake scene in wrestling history. It was short, sweet, and awesome. Willow invites Mercedes out in a gesture of good will and she throws an absolute toddler shit-fit, screaming and tossing everything all over then tripping and falling face-first into the cake, which Kris had conveniently picked off the table that she was ripping up. Then Willow just up and DOCTOR BOMBS HER INTO THE FUCKIN' CAKE. Million billion stars. - Chicken up and channels the spirit of Dusty for his promo, even says "if you will"! I feel so bad if Hechicero is trying to learn English and made a point of it to figure out what he's saying on his lonesome. - With the dirtstache, Sammy looks like a little kid walking around in his dad's shoes. Match was fine; we get the only blood of the night (sadly) from when Sammy busts his nose. He does some nice stalling to avoid Bandido's dives early on. After the match, Max comes out with Jon Cruz to be a translator, I was dreading this but it ended up with dual nutshots and an exchange of the Ring, plus both guys take the 21 Plex, I thought Max was gonna powder but he takes it like an actual champ. Kudos. Double kudos to Cruz for taking a goddamn head bump off his Plex. - Now THIS is what I came for, strangely enough: Marina vs. Toni, Shooter vs. '50s Wrestler. It was a real hoot of a match. Marina wiped the floor with poor Toni almost the entire time and did a good job of it! She is really pushing the charisma button as a heel hard and it's working wonderfully. Things are cruising for her and I'm happy. Hilariously they end up doing an actual DQ because shithead Yuter pulls the ref out of the ring, then Mina comes out and gets popped, then Orange and Marina's husband (hahaha) make the save. We end with Orange propping up both Mina and Toni and both of them, mostly Mina, are saying stuff we can't hear to Orange that is clearly making him hold in some enormous laughter. Dolfan said they are gonna do a Chasing Amy angle and that would be hilarious. - The Remarkable Renee Paquette tries to interview PAC, he refuses to give Darby a title shot and Darby blasts him with a fire extinguisher, smashes him with his board and then threatens to break his ankle in the doorway (!!!) unless he gives him a title shot. Not very babyface there, Darb. The Riders run him off so I guess he lost his board, if I were PAC I'd keep it just to beat the shit out of him with it later. - Lights... out... everybody... (reference nobody will get there. Arch Oboler, look him up) They really screw up the lights out dealio by trying to follow everybody with spotlights until they just get tired and turn on the main lights again, haha. They didn't have them on proper at the start of the Willow party either. This, it looks like they had an idea, but just had to abandon it. This wasn't really all that hard-edged, there wasn't any blood even. We did get a pretty funny bit with a staple gun, a neat spot where Swerve and Hanger were chained back-to-back and Swerve had to heave-ho himself up and over Hanger to separate themselves, they brought out a plank covered in cinderblocks and Hobbs ate the ultimate death of an assisted Dead Eye (which I was reminded earlier is Takao Omori's Guillotine Axe Driver!) onto them. He didn't move a muscle afterwards. They 'tempt murder Hook via chain hanging and all is right in AEW Land. Honestly didn't think this show was so great match-wise but had fun anyway. Especially after the events of the day, I needed it.
The Green Meanie Posted January 8 Posted January 8 27 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Hide contents With the dirtstache, Sammy looks like a little kid walking around in his dad's shoes. Match was fine; we get the only blood of the night (sadly) from when Sammy busts his nose. Moxley also bled in his match.
caley Posted January 8 Posted January 8 The only thing I remember about tonight was when the camera seemed to catch Shafir spitting at Strong. And I imagined them afterwards: "Did you just spit at me?!" "Haha, did you see it?" 1
Curt McGirt Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Yeah somebody on the Discord said his nose got busted too but I didn't see it/notice it at all for whatever reason.
ExcellenceofAirPollution Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) Mox and Shelton was a mess, remind me to stay away from that haze Johnny is smoking. No natural chemistry between them, timing was off on a bunch of stuff, couple bad botches, and Mox was talking to him more than I've seen him talk to an opponent in a long time. Crowd was very respectful. There's "looks real and feels like a struggle" and there's "these guys have never worked together and aren't on the same page". Shelton has always needed the right opponent to look good IMO. Also probably not the best idea to put him out there for 20 minutes when he's spent the last year wrestling tags and 6 mans and hasn't really been wrestling at all lately. Didn't like Shelton kicking out of a fairly elevated DR after that's what Mox beat Okada with either. Oh well, they worked hard, it was over and the finish came off well at least. Didn't really care for the 6 man or Bandido-Sammy either. Haven't watched Toni-Marina or the Lights Out yet. I want to pay attention to them but this show wasn't doing it for me and I hit my limit. It feels like AEW has, similar to Jericho, evolved beyond needing JR around. He felt really out of place. I would have been ok with him just doing Mox and Shelton. Edited January 8 by ExcellenceofAirPollution
hammerva Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) I wonder what Jake Something contract situation is at TNA because choosing AEW instead of staying at TNA is interesting. Clearly he is good enough that he shouldn't be treated like a developmental guy which most TNA stars that never dealt with the WWE before will be. Although putting him with Mark Davis isn't promising given that Davis is probably the bottom seed on the Don Callis family. Which is something given there are about 20 people in this group now Edited January 8 by hammerva
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 9 hours ago, The Green Meanie said: At first, I thought two of them were Griff Garrision and Marcus Kross, reunited: To add to your list: Why was Bandito dressed up like a vampire or count? Did JR just go on an unhinged rant against the IWC? Excalibur definitely watches Botchamania. Where is Tazz? I have loved Marcus Kross since the minute I laid eyes on his wonderful hair. And I just now looked his cage match profile up and he once played a Mulkey? Awesome. Hasn't wrestled since 2024 though
Technico Support Posted January 8 Posted January 8 11 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: Jim Ross is sad that the cake has been ruined Not from where I was sitting! That cake looked fine. HEYOOOOO Sammy's John Waters/Vince McMahon mustache ain't it I hope Lashley recovers from his mystery ailment soon. Word has it it's a strange issue where he can't be on his back for more than two seconds. 4
JLSigman Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Moxley definitely seemed out of it for his match. Shelton Benjamin is both my age (50?!?!?) and went to high school about an hour from where I did, so I'm looking up an old friend to see if they knew each other. The 6 man had some gorgeous spots, then Don Callis picked up 20 more people to add to his stable and we're way beyond the NWO C team at this point. The celebration segment was 100/10, perfectly executed (like that Doctor Bomb, holy shit). Bandido/Guervera wasn't bad but it wasn't great. It was completely upstaged by Bandido making MJF eat shit both verbally and physically, so a net positive. Toni/Marina had a rare DQ after Fuck You Yuta interfered. Mina ate a superkick. Orange Cassidy will be eating --- [SIGNAL LOST] Hearing PAC speak for the first time, and that accent could kill a bloke, I love it. Darby Allin went full heel to get his match (why...?) and I hope PAC tears him apart. The Lights Out match wasn't too bad, surprisingly bloodless. Hook is like smaller than me but he got Swerve up and over and couple times. I kinda hope we can move this angle along, because this felt pointless in the grand scheme of things. 2
Steventon Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I'm all here for suspension of belief but I'm sorry I draw the line here - no way Nana's coffee was still hot! 2
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