Dolfan in NYC Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law... Lawman has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home. Well, it looks like someone finally got themselves a NON-Beast Mortos attorney! Cause look who's back! (...again!) (I guarantee you JR had no idea who that is.) Oh Mama, I can hear you a-cryin', you're so scared and all alone. Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long... Over on the ladies side... well, they had a party and someone couldn't handle themselves: You never wanna be that person at the party. The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me... The renegade who had it made. What's going on this week? (Not for nothing, but The Bucks Who Are Young, are rapidly approaching 2009 DX territory of 'Why are those old men dressed like that?') (Yeah, I could've used the line from the second verse, but I needed something that fit El Idolo's name. Besides that esoteric, even for me.) Enjoy the week! 1 2
Log Posted January 14 Posted January 14 That song always makes me think of Billy Madison coming down the stairs in his dad's mansion. Quote (Not for nothing, but The Bucks Who Are Young, are rapidly approaching 2009 DX territory of 'Why are those old men dressed like that?') Oh, they're there. I mean, they were already in the territory of "Why are those young men dressed like that?!?!" 1 1 2
AxB Posted January 14 Posted January 14 53 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: (I guarantee you JR had no idea who that is.) Jim Ross was calling Andrade's matches in his first AEW run. He pronounced his full name "Andre El Igloo". 4
Curt McGirt Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Andrade's hair looked like mine after a three-day drunk. 5
Zimbra Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Yeah, he should tie that back because long flowing hair and a mask you have to take off is always gonna be a bad combo.
Technico Support Posted January 14 Posted January 14 2 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: (I guarantee you JR had no idea who that is.) BAH GAWD ITS ANDRE ILL IGLOOOO (damn, @AxB beat me to it) For the thread title, I would have also accepted "Guess who's back? Back again. Andrade's back. Tell a friend." 1 4
The Natural Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Looking forward to MJF vs. Bandido. Bandido was my runner up for Wrestler of the Year 2025 to Konosuke Takeshita. 5
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 14 Posted January 14 I almost want to cut JR some slack because the last time he was on he sounded like he was slurring his words and it made me think of Dick Clark durung his last New Year's special and how badly he was slurring his words. However, after reading the D-Von Dudley stuff with JR, the other part of me wants to have no sympathy for him. I guess in this case, the best thing is just to say nothing. 3
JLSigman Posted January 14 Posted January 14 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Looking forward to MJF vs. Bandido. Look, I know Bandido's not going to win. I know this. I just want to see him beat MJF's ass for about 10 minute then get pinned because of Shenanigans. Let him bench press MJF, do a 21 plex, etc., then Something Happens yadda yadda etc. 4
Marcel Posted January 14 Posted January 14 2 hours ago, JLSigman said: Look, I know Bandido's not going to win. I know this. I just want to see him beat MJF's ass for about 10 minute then get pinned because of Shenanigans. Let him bench press MJF, do a 21 plex, etc., then Something Happens yadda yadda etc. I would be shocked if that's not how it happens. Totally expecting MJF to sell big before a low blow leading a Heatseeker or KO punch with the Diamond Ring. 2
tbarrie Posted January 14 Posted January 14 46 minutes ago, Marcel said: I would be shocked if that's not how it happens. Totally expecting MJF to sell big before a low blow leading a Heatseeker or KO punch with the Diamond Ring. Given that the story now seems to be that it's a separate ring at stake each year, MJF should slip one ring onto each knuckle before clobbering Bandido. 3
HarryArchieGus Posted January 15 Posted January 15 9 hours ago, Log said: That song always makes me think of Billy Madison coming down the stairs in his dad's mansion. Very nice! I don't recall that part, but I do remember him pulling up to the school rocking Styx in his firebird er Trans Am to look cool. I expect Bandido vs MJF to be a helluva deal. I also expect Max will hold onto the ropes in the most obvious set-up for a 21 plex we've ever seen - like last week. I love Bandido, but I kinda despise that shitty move. I expect Darby-Pac to blow the roof off the joint. Pac's been super fun in this run despite the early boobirds about the costume change and added muscle. Darby might be my favorite wrestler. That Yuta match from Collision feels totally slept upon. 4 ways to set up a title contender - a modern booking annoyance. At least it's not a 4 way for the titles (er, please don't Coach). I was hoping Davis/Doyle would kick off their newly minted hoss team with a big win, but I don't see it here. Hope I'm wrong as that's not a great way to start. Side note: I think I'm probably the biggest Mark Davis fan on the board. Love him. Women's Trio will depend on how competent the Sisters and Harley are. Been digging Thekla's ((acceptably corny - see amusing) promos lately, but the rehearsed Sisters lines are fucking atrocious! I really dug the Stat/Harley/Willow trios bout on Collision against Hyan/Maya/Vert Vixen. Hyan/Maya are a better 'team' than the Champions. Tho, no shade to Willow (god, I love her), and I love Harley despite her not being ready for a title. I dig the reception Omega's been getting, and I'm happy he's back. His appearances feel special right now. Oh, and I dunno what the other guys see, but I loved Andrade's slicked back hair look with the suit and trench. I usually hate that silly mask, but thought it looked cool for a change. Excalibur's call on the return reminded me of 'That's... not... Tommy End! That's...' El Idolo's first AEW run (on camera at least) was marred by the lack of a credible mouthpiece - tho, I liked Chavo Jr in the spot briefly. Not so much Vickie. Callis/Andrade sounds like a winning team to me. Okay, let's do this. 1
Log Posted January 15 Posted January 15 1 hour ago, HarryArchieGus said: Very nice! I don't recall that part, but I do remember him pulling up to the school rocking Styx in his firebird er Trans Am to look cool. Not Styx, man. Billy Squier’s “The Stroke”. I know because me and my friends became absolutely obsessed with that song after we saw the movie. 1 2
Cobra Commander Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Things I Remember From This Week's Edition of AEW Dynamite: there's so much damned space between the guardrail and the first row due to the shape of the seating bowl Darby is as insane as usual The Bounty Hunter that never actually gets bounties loses to Hangman Kenny Omega is trapped in the Don Callis vortex Tony Khan was friends with Bob Weir as generic footage of a desert is shown Brody demolishes MJF's Nate The Rat Accidental Alliteration of Doyle and Davis wins a tag title shot A match with Willow/Harley/Kris that has an ending I forgot Can only imagine a world where Dusty does a middle finger as he moves his hand while in the sleeper. Which is more likely than you'd think Anyways, MJF wins, as expected 2
Curt McGirt Posted January 15 Posted January 15 DYNAMITOOOOOO Spoiler - Well we get what was thought to be the opener last week of PAC vs. Darby. It was amusing seeing them immediately brawl straight up to where there was no lighting and no way to shine a light on them, so we got a Coffin Drop in the dark. We got a couple more of those eventually including a nasty one on the corner of the apron that just kinda glanced off PAC. PAC also nuked his spine with a released belly-to-belly on the stairs. Basically this was a bunch of ragdolling (including a Razor's Edge over the ropes to the ramp) until PAC slipped on the proverbial banana peel and seemed to tweak his ankle, leading Darby to Pillmanize it with a chair after a ref bump. Darby's turning, I guess; I see it now: Sting coming out, says "What's wrong with you dude", punches Sting, instant heel just add Scorpion Deathdrop. Works for me? *shrug* - Hungmin and Bryan Keith have what I guess you consider as a plain 'ol match instead of a competitive squash, even though you know who's winning, because it's long and they get pretty even offense. Swerve is Page's frenemy now so helps him with the chain. Later on Page comes over to Jetspeed in the back (after Swerve jaws at them for a second) and announces they're gonna be fighting with him against the Opps on Collision for the six-man titles. They act confused and he says "Yeah for real, it's a match, I'll see you Saturday." - Almost forgot that Omega came out to talk to them and announce he's gonna be a champ again and blah blah blah and Callis came out (wearing Dracula's shoes, while Rocky Romero was wearing a dress shirt with Callis' face on the back) and blah blah more blah and he's fighting Josh Alexander next. - Jon "Abe Lincoln In Local Civil War Reenactment" Cruz gets beaten by Brody in seconds. He does a tree-fall off an elbow that was fantastic. - Did not watch the next match at all. I'm already sick of the multi-person matches and doing a Four-Way Tornado Tag including the Young Bucks is definitely a sound method of getting me to turn on some music and start reading articles I pulled off Facebook instead. The Callis boys were either gonna lose or win and Coach T let 'em win. Now, I say I'm tired of the multi-person matches but a decent trios is not a problem, and the ladies had one after that. It was a little too smart for its own good with the constant highspots that flowed from one into another flawlessly, but Skye Blue took the match on its shoulders and ran with it. She did most of the work and deserves the most credit. Bleacher Report tells me that the (Cosmic) Babes of Wrath were dressed like an animated fake K-Pop band and I realize that I am very very old but that means nothing to me. - Go figure, MJF reigns in Bandido and they have a helluva match. He still hit an enormo-highspot with a plancha off the top turnbuckle over the barricade onto Max that is an easy "put this in the opening crawl forever" moment. Instead of a bunch of that (though we still got a Poison Rana into a Code Red for a nearfall at one point) this was based on Bandido's arm being injured and Max working it/Bandido hurting it by using it. Max actually uses wiles and psychology instead of cheating this time with an almost literal rope-a-dope moment where he finally gives Bandido the 24 Plex but was playing possum (best reason to be waiting for that goddamn suplex in that position) and slapped on the Fujiwara for Bandido to pass out in after he turned it into a LeBell Lock, or as Bryan oops'd into the headset, a Yes Lock, which I thought was a (Crippler) Crossface until he said that. ANYWAY. Max gives Bandido his props while he lays in the corner with the belt, saying he's gonna be a champ eventually but that means he has to do this and promptly attacks him with the belt before being ran off by Brody. Great match showing that Mr. Friedman can show up to work whenever he wants but just doesn't, and Bandido can have a match that isn't him being what folks are saying is The New RVD. 3
Mike Campbell Posted January 15 Posted January 15 A very good episode of Dynamite, bookended by some damn good wrestling matches. Pac and Darby with some great selling and having a nice combo of crazy brawl for their feud as well as a sound wrestling match with body part psychology, complete with a good payoff. And MJF/Bandido more than lived up to its lofty expectations. I thought the finish was absolutely brilliant. Spoiler If you look closely, MJF goes down to one knee when Bandido is gearing up for the 21-Plex and then stands back up when he's charging for it. Like he knew that the effort of the move would be just as rough on Bandido's shoulder. The goofy bump I coulda done without, but it still worked for me in the vein of MJF not being as hurt as he made it out to be and when Bandido finally crawls over, BAM! Armbar. 5
SovietShooter Posted January 15 Posted January 15 I'm glad that Brody didn't turn and cost Bandido the match The ladies trio set up Thekla as the next challenger for Stat, but the finish was pretty important in the longterm Willow/Stat storyline. 1
username Posted January 15 Posted January 15 If I were a professional wrestler I would simply say no one when someone pitched belly to belly suplexing me onto some stairs. Of course if that did happen to me I probably wouldn't be walking for at least a week, Darby remains baffling/incredible. 1
Jenalysis Posted January 15 Posted January 15 I don't get why folks are claiming Bandido is just spots, he's shown a lot of intricacy in the past, and the whole work the arm thing makes so much sense given Bandido's history and MJF's moveset. I love that MJF used intricacy more than American heel shtick. The match itself felt very 2010s NJPW main event style like, which of course is a good thing. I think MJF's time in Mexico really helped this match- MJF was able to lay things out he probably wouldn't have been able to as well a year ago. I also think they're slowly setting up for Swerve to turn heel here with how he was acting towards Omega and Jetspeed tonight. 2
tbarrie Posted January 15 Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Bleacher Report tells me that the (Cosmic) Babes of Wrath were dressed like an animated fake K-Pop band and I realize that I am very very old but that means nothing to me. Were they dressed as Huntrix? I didn't catch that. (Though in my defense, I don't recall Huntrix actually having iconic outfits. They wore various clothes through the movie.)
Peck Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Super nice of Pac to tell Darby he had the chair on the wrong ankle initially. Also, I saw Toa Liona slap his own thigh while being double-superkicked. I laughed out loud. 1 3
Curt McGirt Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Yeah I caught the ankle thing too. That was a hoot. HUNTR/X or something, is that the name? That was what BR said. My only connection to K- or J-Pop is a friend of mine in Texas who is inexplicably a fan despite otherwise being a total metalhead (but he is also obsessed with Hilary Duff. Need I say more?). I'm fine with Bandido, really; it's just that first match in ROH with Hechicero where they went 45 minutes and he hammered on the highspot button the entire time dropped him a couple notches in my eyes.
Casey Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Huntrix is the group from the KPop Demon Hunters movie. Also, I love heel Swerve, but holy fuck, really, again? Let’s turn Omega, we haven’t had that in like 5 years. But he might be at that stage where nobody will accept a heel Omega. Honestly, Swerve probably is too, people didn’t even want to boo him when he did a home invasion on the “main character”. Maybe just let three faces have turmoil amongst themselves without turning anyone. 4
DreamBroken Posted January 15 Posted January 15 save us THEKLA. Good opener, fun 4 way tag and strong official debut for the Doyle & Davis team. Jake's powerbomb reversal of Speedball's diving rana ruled, glad to see him in this spot after years of seeming on the verge of something more. Nice big time main event as expected. Looking forward to the Rascalz joining the mix 2
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