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AEW Championship Week |OT| The one where Samoa Joe wrestles Minoru Suzuki
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Man why does AEW keep bringing in all these semi-retired jobbers.
We need more hype wrestlers like Evil or Great O'Khan.
We need more hype wrestlers like Evil or Great O'Khan.
Looks like a hot week. Fully expecting a Gresham match to be announced outta nowhere, but could be wrong. I imagine we're getting Sammy vs. Scorpio at BotB2.
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I expect nothing but hard hitting men from Joe and Suzuki. Someone is getting split open the hard way
Oh shit, Pentagon and Punk.
Break his fucking arm, Penta!
It won't happen, but it probably should. Penta going dark again feels limp so far.
Break his fucking arm, Penta!
It won't happen, but it probably should. Penta going dark again feels limp so far.
No way will Dynamite run 30 minutes over. LOL. I think Dave just said that since most DVRs record in 30-minute blocks, no? I'd be surprised if Dynamite went more than 5 minutes over.
I'm probably late to the party, but I wanted to catch up with some of the biggest matches, so I watched all of the CM Punk vs MJF feud ( one of the greatest wrestling storylines I have ever seen), and that FTR vs Young Bucks tag match was Wrestlemania worthy. Holy crap!
I'm hooked now.
I'm hooked now.
Gotta look for the RAT IN THE KITCHEN!! at 10:06. Just realized that on Sling TV I can't record 5 more minutes so I'll have a whole damn episode of that shitty show.
Hey, welcome!! There's coffee and donuts in the back.
Completely agree with you, I feel like the MJF/Punk feud will be talked about years.
Welcome aboard! :) Always awesome to see new faces in here. If you get a chance, check out FTR vs. The Briscoes from ROH Supercard of Honor.
If you've got any faves from your early viewings of AEW, I'm sure most of us would love to hear them!
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Yeah. I mean, the big boys (+Ricky&Sw3rve) match could probably be satisfying in 11-12 minutes and take up one quarter total, but a lot of these matches could definitely go long. I imagine they'll start with Punk vs. Penta, though I'd love for them to start with a hot tag title match. Start championship week off with a championship match.
Welcome! You will get your honorary AEW Fan Certificate in the mail soon.
Much obliged! Yeah it was just such well acted, constructed, and remarkable both on and off the ring. That teary promo from MJF was spectacular. The amount of stones he had to put himself out there like that is rare, and I applaud him for it, as well as using it to fuel an intense rivalry.
I absolutely will! I admittedly, started casually with AEW because of three people: CM Punk, Orange Cassidy, and Jade Cargill. But now I'm entertained by the whole show. It's making me feel like a kid again.
Can't wait to hang it up on my wall!
Really excited about this Dynamite. Penta vs Punk is a match I've wanted to see since Punk returned. Should be great. Hopefully Shafir impresses as well. However I'm so ready for the Joe vs Suzuki match. We might see a murder tomorrow night.
I hope the TNT overrun squashes those concerns about AEW potentially having problems with the new leadership at Warner. They won't give an overrun to a show they have no faith in.
Welcome to the club, friend. Never too late to become a fan. AEW has brought my passion for wrestling back. Something I thought I lost in 2001.
I hope the TNT overrun squashes those concerns about AEW potentially having problems with the new leadership at Warner. They won't give an overrun to a show they have no faith in.
Welcome to the club, friend. Never too late to become a fan. AEW has brought my passion for wrestling back. Something I thought I lost in 2001.
While we're shooting, AEW made me care about a weekly North American pro wresting promotion again for the first time in years, and this might legitimately be the most fun I've ever had watching wrestling. It's certainly the most invested I've been in terms of tracking the week-to-week stories and remembering particular matches and moments from a wrestling company. At least since early to mid-90s WWF. Nevermind actually spending money on PPVs (never did this back in the day...I just didn't watch PPVs, or went to my friend's house to watch them.), or merchandise.
Going back a bit, I watched the first two to three years of the Attitude era, but it really was Bret Hart who kept me invested when I was watching the company. Austin, Rock, and co. were entertaining, but I never considered any of those guys "my favourite." They were just cool characters doing cool things. Once Bret left, I jumped to watching WCW almost exclusively (gravitated towards Jericho, Rey, Malenko, and co.) before jumping off around '99/2000 due to just focusing on other things in life, and not coming back until 2009/2010. (I checked in from time to time during those off years, but I remember not connecting at all to Cena, Orton, and Batista because they weren't "my guys" either, like Bret, Perfect, and Owen had been, for example.)
Anyway, not gonna go through my whole wrestling viewing history, but it was touch and go between ROH, WWE, and New Japan for several years until AEW came onto the scene. They got me hook, line, and sinker with Double or Nothing, and I haven't missed a single show since.
Going back a bit, I watched the first two to three years of the Attitude era, but it really was Bret Hart who kept me invested when I was watching the company. Austin, Rock, and co. were entertaining, but I never considered any of those guys "my favourite." They were just cool characters doing cool things. Once Bret left, I jumped to watching WCW almost exclusively (gravitated towards Jericho, Rey, Malenko, and co.) before jumping off around '99/2000 due to just focusing on other things in life, and not coming back until 2009/2010. (I checked in from time to time during those off years, but I remember not connecting at all to Cena, Orton, and Batista because they weren't "my guys" either, like Bret, Perfect, and Owen had been, for example.)
Anyway, not gonna go through my whole wrestling viewing history, but it was touch and go between ROH, WWE, and New Japan for several years until AEW came onto the scene. They got me hook, line, and sinker with Double or Nothing, and I haven't missed a single show since.
Yeah, people are absolutely reading too much into that tweet. If they were planning to go an additional 30 minutes they would just advertise that Dynamite will be 30 minutes longer this week. Like you said, overruns tend to max out at 5 minutes. This could be a byproduct of it being a stacked show but also they could be doing a post match angle after the main event that they want to make sure they have time for.
Yeah it records in blocks. No way it goes an extra 30. I'm expecting at most the old Nitro 7-8 minutes.
3* is the floor for that match if Penta is less than half the worker Dax and MJF are.
So much wrestling this week. I'm also going to a local live wrestling show on Saturday!
I wonder what other matches will be added to Rampage and Battle of The Belts. TNT championship match between babyface hero Scorpio Sky and company vs disgusting heel Sammy Guevara?
I wonder what other matches will be added to Rampage and Battle of The Belts. TNT championship match between babyface hero Scorpio Sky and company vs disgusting heel Sammy Guevara?
It really sucks that the card is so hyped up that a match that I really could do with being bumped to another week (Shamir vs Blue) is a match I don't really want to get bumped because the women do not get enough shine some times and it's building to another storyline.
We really are eating too damn good with wrestling these days if you are willing to put in a fraction of a damn.
We really are eating too damn good with wrestling these days if you are willing to put in a fraction of a damn.
JOE'S GONNA KILL YOU! JOE'S GONNA KILL YOU! JOE'S GONNA KILL YOU!
How can you kill the killer?
KAZE NI NAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
My guesses are:
TBS Championship: Jade Cargill vs Marina Shafir
FTW Championship: Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee
And yeah, probably Sky vs Guevara.
Wouldn't be shocked if an ROH title match gets stuck in there, would love to see Yuta defend the Pure title.
Welcome to the show friend. I was like you until I discovered NJPW in the mid-2000s. And a lot of that fanbase has moved to AEW and with good reason. You're getting quality wrestling with sensible storytelling and an incredible fanbase. Seriously AEW fans are such a close group it's wonderful.
The best part is that Tony Khan just seems to GET what people want in wrestling. And the biggest part of that is creating actual competition. Notice that Cody Rhodes comes back to WWE and gives them actual momentum for the first time in years. And then Tony just goes batshit putting on amazing matches to compete. It's such an amazing time to be a fan of wrestling right now, this is the most excited I've been since the late 90s.
Tony's going to put Suzuki's entrance in the PIP segment during the commercials and reveal he's a Jekyl/Hyde coke monster sometimes evil authority figure.
Yeah I don't think the internet can handle another Suzuki Incident.
We getting an overrun too at some point this week.
Punk vs Penta along with Joe vs Suzuki?! Whew....
Punk vs Penta along with Joe vs Suzuki?! Whew....