I had a rough journey to and from Dynamite last night, so I didn't engage quite as much as usual. I guess we made it onto TV (we were the people actually wearing KN95s during Moxley's entrance :P) but I haven't watched it back yet. We weren't home until close to 2:30 AM due to some car issues, but we didn't miss any of the show. Where we'd been lucky on Saturday to have a section in front of us that were really good at sitting down from bell to bell, last night we had a few people directly blocking the middle of our view that were not good at that at all. We had to complain to security about the woman on the floor in front of us, who stood for the entirety of the Elevation taping. Fortunately after that she wasn't a problem but it wasn't a great way to start an event after having a few issues on the way there and not being 100% sure we'd make it back home without having to get roadside assistance or staying overnight somewhere.
So yeah, I had to save my phone battery for emergencies, so no selfies, or trying to post the matchups for Elevation from me, etc.
But... good lord that first hour of Dynamite. What an amazing run of booking. The video packages. The ring work. The booking. The promos. The swerves. The title changes.
Good god we were eating. I can't wait to hear Taz's commentary for all of the above.
I was not a fan of Jungle Boy's promo though to be honest. His passion was great, but it was littered with sexist terms that should be in the dustbin by now. Even if it wasn't sexist to call someone a bitch or a pussy it's overplayed as fuck.
Jericho kept coming out and taking his shirt off. More times than you'll see on TV. I get it. He's gotten into great shape again, but the crowd were so over it by the end, and not in a good way. They did a bit for the crowd where he interrupted the 'send them home happy' promo and got a DDT for his troubles, which was probably supposed to be a pay off for all his whining and interrupting all night... but I'd have been way happier if Kingston had come out and done his 'try the veal' schtick.
From where I was in the crowd I didn't see any interference in the Garcia win, and no one in our section seemed to pick up on any Hager involvement, so I'm interested to watch that back too. Really good match though.
Rampage was nowhere near as good as Dynamite last night and there wasn't much star power in it, but it was nice to see a women's match in the final slot, and one that got decent time (at least before any editing). I enjoyed it more than the Women's title match.
My parents wanted to know how they made bodies slamming into the ring, and chops so loud. They were surprised by how hot the pyro was.
All in all it was a fun night. My travel problems and the dumb section in front of us detracted from it, but didn't come close to ruining it. And all of the FTW title / Team Taz stuff will always burn brightly in my memory as a wrestling highlight. We saw Hook win his first (of many) titles. What a great moment that was.
