The Natural Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Moment of the show. Congratulations to Dr. Britt Baker, the new AEW Women's World Champion. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 What a great fucking show. I had a blast watching it. Miro is everything. The future stars in this company all got to shine tonight. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 So is signing behemoths and making them announcers going to be an AEW staple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Considering their past social media statements and criticisms of each other, the surprises being Mark Henry and Lio Rush is interesting as hell... But only from that angle. Show gets an D- as it concerns debuts, but a solid A as far as everything else. If there's another wrestler who's improved in 2 years to the degree that Britt has, I'd like to fuckin see em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Great show from top to bottom. Well worth losing a night's kip over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Also STING~!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Homelander Cody. I'm still laughing at that decision. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 minute ago, tbarrie said: So is signing behemoths and making them announcers going to be an AEW staple? maybe the idea is to get rid of the three man booth by filling it with men the size of two men? 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I couldn’t believe all the people that thought Sting was just going to stand on the apron or lay around ringside tonight. He has way too much pride for that. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 The streak continues. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Fun fact: Mark Henry is one of Tony Khan's favorite wrestlers. He is truly one of you (not me, because I don't like Mark Henry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 #RKOnspiracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 minute ago, christopher.annino said: Also STING~!!! Feel good moment seeing Sting in his first wrestling match in front of fans for six years. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Can I continue to say Serena Deeb is my favorite wrestler? She's just damn good at pro-wrestling. 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Just now, Casey said: Fun fact: Mark Henry is one of Tony Khan's favorite wrestlers. He is truly one of you (not me, because I don't like Mark Henry). YOU MONSTER. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Men of the Year is not as good of a name as The Jerks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Just now, Wyld Samurai said: Can I continue to say Serena Deeb is my favorite wrestler? She's just damn good at pro-wrestling. Thought her and Rhio had a great starting match. I also find Deeb to be a very attractive woman. lol. Worth the money. Great show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krone Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) Is Miro about to get the Goldberg treatment and just absolutely decimate everyone for the next year leading to a big champion vs champion match? Also, Eddie Kingston might be the most over man in pro wrestling right now. Edited May 31, 2021 by Krone Meltzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Casey said: Fun fact: Mark Henry is one of Tony Khan's favorite wrestlers. He is truly one of you (not me, because I don't like Mark Henry). Maybe I’ve misjudged him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 It was a really great show. Nearly every match pressed the right buttons. Unsurprisingly, Cody/Ogogo didn’t really work for me, although I thought Ogogo looked sharp for a guy in a big time spot very early in his career. And Shida and Britt didn’t really seem to gel until the very end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) What a GREAT PPV that was. Jungle Boy is over! Pop of the night for him. Three Way was fun, Stadium Stampede had some cool moments. The surprise in the Casino Battle Royale getting directly eliminated... Shida and Baker had so many awkward moments, not on the same page? they weren't even on the same book. Oh, I forgot something: fuck Cody Rhodes Edited May 31, 2021 by MoeCristyV.1.6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) So, there was a lot of good in this show. Let's start with that. Loved Stadium Stampede. Weird shit like that is right up my alley, and the segments were fun. K-Dogg being the DJ ruled ass, even though there was no payoff to the elevator spot, which is one of my favorites. Guevara was the MVP of that match. Some Jackie Chan nonsense in the good way. The initial Shawn Spears reveal was cooler than anything his character deserves. Some Batman villain shit. Spears getting hit with the golf cart ruled because fuck Shawn Spears. The Jericho/MJF mini fight kicked ass. The Urban Meyer/Charlie Strong cameos were hilarious, as was Shad Khan's. Jericho makes anything work. Britt Baker is a goddam superstar. Hikaru Shida did an admirable job with the belt, and I hope she gets another run down the road, but damn. This is the DMD era. Miro is a hate-fueled ball of insanity and I absolutely love it. This should be his title forever. The Battle Royal was really good. Jungle Boy winning was a surprise, but that match should be really really top notch. Cage/Page was a really good opener. Other than the finish, Sting/Allin vs. Sky/Page was also really good. It's time for Sting to start giving the rub to some young guys. The Bad: The EVP's. First, the Middle Aged Bucks. It must be nice to be able to book yourselves to beat a couple guys who would fucking end you in less than a minute in any other scenario. That's my biggest problem with the Bucks. They don't look like they could whip cream with an outboard motor. They could walk into any bar in my hometown, start some shit, and leave on stretchers. They aren't physically imposing, even a little, and it kills any credibility they have. They don't look like they've ever kicked a single ass in their entire life between the two of them. Awful, un-self aware decision to have the Bucks go over. Cody. Poor, poor Cody. Someone told him people wanted him to win. Can't let the new guys get too much shine. Kenny Omega was the third most talented wrestler in his World Title Match. Which is still pretty talented, because PAC and OC are world class performers, but Kenny just isn't what he thinks he is. There's no reason for this company to be built around him and his pretentious, self-indulgent Elite bullshit. Still a pretty good show. I don't regret paying for it. They got a lot right. It just rang true again tonight how much better this product would be if the EVP's stayed the fuck offscreen. Edited May 31, 2021 by just drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Brought it up briefly in the discord, but the "joker" card is a let down. Rush is talented, but.... meh... Don't know who I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 minute ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: What a GREAT PPV that was. Jungle Boy is over! Pop of the night for him. Three Way was fun, Stadium Stampede had some cool moments. The surprise in the Casino Battle Royale getting directly eliminated.... To be fair, the mystery entrant has never mattered except for in 2019, and that's really only because PAC... didn't show up, or couldn't, or whatever happened with him at that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Shawn Spears vs. Sturgis Spreaders. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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