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AEW Dynamite - 7/14/2021 - Fyter Fest Night One


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Great segment. I can see this match taking up most of if not all of the second hour of Dynamite. Has a chance to become the longest AEW match ever, Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega's Light Out match at Full Gear 2019.

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Ricky Starks is billed as being from Austin, Texas, so that might explain his big pop. Sammy got a bigger response once Justin Roberts said "From Houston.... TEXAS!" so the fans were strongly supporting the home state guys.

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They actually went with “From New Orleans, Louisiana” for Ricky last night. Which I believe is what he’s gone with for his entire AEW run.

Edit: I want to know what every brand & style of shades everybody wore last night. 

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Do you know what we didn't have last night?

Singalonga Judas. Never happened. So the idea that we'd be getting one every week was wrong. Does look like Jericho is going to be wrestling a bit more now, but he's not taking over the show or owt.

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Saw posted on reddit - Black’s calling back to Cody’s own words directed towards his brother, around 3:00.

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Loved the show, loved the shark vomiting rainbows mounted by a cowboy kitten, loved the Starks reaction, Cody’s hair and tie coordination, pretty much everything.

Only boo is no live Miro for two weeks in a row now.

Also adding, did you hear that fucking crowd when Starks countered into the sit out powerbomb, taking each step slowly out of the corner and the intensity all over his face on the pin? That was some good shit.

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35 minutes ago, AxB said:

Do you know what we didn't have last night?

Singalonga Judas. Never happened. So the idea that we'd be getting one every week was wrong. Does look like Jericho is going to be wrestling a bit more now, but he's not taking over the show or owt.

I don’t even think he was there. That backstage angle was shot at the Knight Center from last week.

See this is what I mean with Hardy. The setup to this faction isn’t the greatest, but it has resulted in Matt becoming a better weasely heel.

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I'll echo everyone else's enjoyment of the show.  That main event...damn.

One thing I'm really liking in AEW is that babyfaces look out for each other.  Hardy's group barely got close to Christian and his friends came running.  As soon as Scorpio showed up, Sting came out to help Darby.  Now, I will say that I'll be happy when Darby gets to have a featured match that doesn't involve cutting away to Sting fighting someone for five minutes, but it's cool that they work together.

The only times we've seen really big heel beatdowns on a face, they've either been jumped backstage when they're buddies weren't around or it's been a numbers thing on guys like Moxley and Kingston who are more loners.

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I'll get the one negative out of the way and it's more of a "me" issue than anything.  I'm still weird about seeing full capacity crowds and it's going to take some time to look at them without thinking "Man, I hope most of them are vaccinated"  The fact that they were in Texas made me a bit more uneasy for various reasons but I don't want to get into that here.  And while I'm at it I'm a tad worried about the reaction for Nyla next week though I know I shouldn't be.

All that said it was really great to feel that energy again and they put on a helluva show to keep the party going.  There were some great things done during the pandemic and it must feel good for them to see that get rewarded.  I was particarly glad to see Starks get that reaction since he never really got it  during the pandemic era.

As for the show contents y'all covered most of it but if the worst thing is Mox and Anderson then you got one helluva show.  I know I posted the video of the fucked up things Darby and Page did to each other and while it was only a small taste last night's match was nice and gnarly.  The Coffin Drop through the casket had me doing a happy dance and capped off a show that largely kept a big smile on my face for two hours.  Welcome back, AEW.  Welcome back.

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The only bad thing hardline about faces, and hardline heels. Is that they can’t setup too many heel vs heel matches. But I prefer this, even though FTR will never work with the Bucks currently. Unless the plan is Elite Vs. Pinnacle for 2021.

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Is the Dark Order/Elite 5x5 next week.  I thought they announced it for next week, though maybe they I just assumed that.  Was listening to a Meltzer segment on Youtube a few min ago (only way I catch Meltzer these days) and he thinks its some indeterminate date in the future.

Crowd would have gone bonkers if they really had held the match last night.  I assume Page just got tongue-tied when he said he wasn't leaving without a match tonight - then left without a match tonight.

I don't much like Dark Order being sorta-silly babyfaces, but it's been years since I've seen Uno/Grayson in the ring and I've seen practically nothing of Silver/Reynolds, so I'm looking forward to seeing those guys get in the ring.  Silver seems to have a lot of charisma, if nothing else.  

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GREAT SHOW!

Damn, what's Karl Anderson's theme music?  That was NICE.

Speaking of Anderson, some say he's just replacement level but I feel like he'd be better served as a single instead of getting wrapped up in Gallows' brother brother carny parody schtick, just to see what he can do.  He's very good in the ring and that was a great match.  Finish was slightly botched but whatever.  So cool to hear a real crowd just losing their shit for Mox and King.

I FFWD'd Hardy/Cage because I've seen enough of the two of them working each other.  I caught the finish without context and Cage diving back into the ring at 9 and hitting his finish was weird, but I probably missed something.

Hook's hair is nuts

I love the Dark Order/Page angle and all the subtle, wholesome FREINDSHIP stuff.  The DO was into the match but did not want Hangman to risk his title shot for them, which is awesome.  The Bucks are shithead heels who abandoned their friend, but act like he left them, which is exactly what heels are supposed to do in that situation. EVERYONE in this segment was spot on.

Ricky Starks is money and Cage was up for it.  Great match.  Like someone else said, it was a tough deal to pull off, with a 197lb heel having to get heat against a guy twice his size.  Nice work.

Need to see more personality work out of Yuta if he's going to be an associate member of the Best Friends in Trent's absence.  Really good match.

As I hoped, Ford held up her end against Yuka, who is great, and they had a damn fine match.

Ladies promo battle rankings:
1. Britt
2. Nyla
2,735. Vickie

Awesome Rampage commercial.  Adam Page vs Ethan Page needs to main event the first episode of RamPAGE.

Great main but god damn is Ethan Page just another guy IMO, YMMV, etc etc.  And that bump he took off the dropkick to the stairs to knock him into the coffin was garbage.  He s l o w l y put one leg into the coffin, then gingerly settled into it like he was going down for a nap.  Bro, you gotta launch yourself into that shit.  Darby's killing himself out their and Mr. CAW Template is half assing it.  Not to mention his 1988 Lex Luger at the Bash bladejob.  

Wonky Archer promo where he challenges Mox to the match and then they act like it's already booked.  Did I miss something?  Anyway, should be insane and I'm looking forward to it.

GEAR WATCH:

  • Inside Cody's head before the show: Okay, so this is a bad guy and his name is Black and he wears all black.  I'll be a good guy and wear all white.  Nailed it again, Cody my man!  Unfortunately, my dude looked like a televangelist.
  • The Bucks continue to hit it out of the park it with their over the top outfits.  Nick's "cat riding a unicorn puking rainbows from the shirt onto the shorts" and Matt's Keith Haring outfit were sweet.  NOTE: I had a Keith Haring Swatch in the 80s.  You can't get more 80s then that.
  • Tully came straight from his gig working as a ringmaster and didn't get a chance to change his jacket.

 

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Penelope Ford is getting better.  It’s great to see her add character, presence and ‘physicality’ to her undeniable star look.  Her attire was also much better.  Lastly, I love that she didn’t go for that awful flip across the ring into a weak corner elbow or whatever.  Please Pen-a-lope you don’t need that weak spot ever again. 

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36 minutes ago, Eoae said:

Is the Dark Order/Elite 5x5 next week.  I thought they announced it for next week, though maybe they I just assumed that.  Was listening to a Meltzer segment on Youtube a few min ago (only way I catch Meltzer these days) and he thinks its some indeterminate date in the future.

The elimination tag may be a great hook for the first episode of Rampage. Give them the whole hour!

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I noticed around a month ago or so that Penelope looked a lot better in the ring. I still think the best use for Kip is as her heel valet since Kip is pretty bland in the ring, but if you ever wanted to do a mixed tag, then he'd do fine there.

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I'm surprised nobody brought up Karl Anderson paying homage to Owen Hart/Stone Cold with that NASTY looking sit out tombstone. I thought Mox had a broken neck at first.

Is next week where he drops the US title? I wouldn't mind Archer getting it since tbh I feel he's kinda fallen out of favor since Miro arrived. This would be a great shot in the arm for him and the story writes itself.

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Don't anyone forget that Vickie literally threatened to shove a Jalpeno pepper up Britt's ass.  I feel like that's probably a very specific subcategory on PornHub. 

PS no diss if that's your kink

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4 minutes ago, Krone Meltzer said:

 

Is next week where he drops the US title? I wouldn't mind Archer getting it since tbh I feel he's kinda fallen out of favor since Miro arrived. This would be a great shot in the arm for him and the story writes itself.

Mox is on the new japan LA show and Archer isn’t. For all the new japan talk last night I sure noticed they never mentioned the show in LA. 
 

As everyone said that was an awesome show with an awesome crowd. Just perfect all the way around. 

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25 minutes ago, Infinit said:

The elimination tag may be a great hook for the first episode of Rampage. Give them the whole hour!

Either that, or Fight for The Fallen. We’re going to need an episode where the faces decide who goes into the match to further stretch this drama out.

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1 hour ago, Technico Support said:

Speaking of Anderson, some say he's just replacement level but I feel like he'd be better served as a single instead of getting wrapped up in Gallows' brother brother carny parody schtick, just to see what he can do.  He's very good in the ring and that was a great match. 

I thought he was fine in 2012 when NJPW gave him a singles push.  I thought his match with Tanahashi in the G1 that year was quite good and maybe the best singles match I've seen with Anderson.  He went over in the match, lost to Okada later that night in the finals, then had a short feud with Okada.

 NJPW stuck him in a makeshift tag team with Goto later that year for the World Tag League tournament and he's basically been "just" a tag team guy with Gallows since.  He turned heel and joined Bullet Club shortly after & most of his singles matches since then either end in him jobbing to further an angle, or a dq to further an angle.

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10 minutes ago, Technico Support said:

Don't anyone forget that Vickie literally threatened to shove a Jealpeno pepper up Britt's ass.  I feel like that's probably a very specific subcategory on PornHub. 

PS no diss if that's your kink

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Just a small dab of Tabasco sauce

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21 minutes ago, Technico Support said:

Don't anyone forget that Vickie literally threatened to shove a Jealpeno pepper up Britt's ass.  I feel like that's probably a very specific subcategory on PornHub. 

PS no diss if that's your kink

 

Is that you Max Caster?

 

Mei Suruga/Tam Nakano would be an awesome deathmatch.

 

 

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