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All Elite Wrestling |OT9| Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Rhodes
- Thread starter Naijaboy
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He should be already in the ring, jobber entrance style with a little nameplate flashing over him
- Punk vs Penta was good. They did well to work around Punk's slip.
- Jericho arriving in style. Garcia running after the car lol.
- reDRagon vs Jurassic Express (c) was great. FTR vs reDRagon will draw stars if they get 20 minutes.
- Hayter vs Storm hype intensifying.
- Dean vs MJF was a nothing match but a hot angle. Wardlow getting a star reaction every time he shows up.
- Darby throwing down the gauntlet to Andrade. Whoever wins should be getting a title shot soon. Black needs a new direction.
- JAS vs LAX was solid.
- Blue vs Shafir was meh. Shafir is too slow and boring. She's no Baszler or Rousey. Not sure why she's being hot-shotted to a title match.
- Hook is a menace for hurting Danhausen.
- Team Taz vs Swerve & Lee was my MOTN. Big pop for Ricky. Taz interference was new. Must be sick of losing lol.
- We need more women's brawls but not like this. Nyla should have at least brought tacos.
- Joe vs Suzuki (c) was great. They should have gone longer with the overrun. Bad ending. I wonder if Satnam Singh can actually wrestle...
- Jericho arriving in style. Garcia running after the car lol.
- reDRagon vs Jurassic Express (c) was great. FTR vs reDRagon will draw stars if they get 20 minutes.
- Hayter vs Storm hype intensifying.
- Dean vs MJF was a nothing match but a hot angle. Wardlow getting a star reaction every time he shows up.
- Darby throwing down the gauntlet to Andrade. Whoever wins should be getting a title shot soon. Black needs a new direction.
- JAS vs LAX was solid.
- Blue vs Shafir was meh. Shafir is too slow and boring. She's no Baszler or Rousey. Not sure why she's being hot-shotted to a title match.
- Hook is a menace for hurting Danhausen.
- Team Taz vs Swerve & Lee was my MOTN. Big pop for Ricky. Taz interference was new. Must be sick of losing lol.
- We need more women's brawls but not like this. Nyla should have at least brought tacos.
- Joe vs Suzuki (c) was great. They should have gone longer with the overrun. Bad ending. I wonder if Satnam Singh can actually wrestle...
Good episode.
Sucks that Skye didn't get much of a match though, and I'm really not keen at all at the WWE-esque 'oh mah god it's a giant unstoppable monster!' shit for the overrun. It's not why I prefer AEW, leave that shit for Vince.
Sucks that Skye didn't get much of a match though, and I'm really not keen at all at the WWE-esque 'oh mah god it's a giant unstoppable monster!' shit for the overrun. It's not why I prefer AEW, leave that shit for Vince.
Whole night of Dynamite was great until the debut at the end. I'm more annoyed that, after Suzuki lost, he went scurrying to the back. Hated literally seeing it as Lethal was on the mic. Would've been cool to have a moment after the match of them shaking hands, Suzuki leaves, Joe celebrates, then whatever they planned happened. Felt Suzuki could've been treated better.
I've seen this sentiment a lot since last night and I think it's important to remember that WCW did this stuff a ton before WWF during the Attitude era - and with TK being a huge AE WCW mark, I feel like we can more attribute it to that influence.
The only thing in my mind that felt WWE last night was the Shafir/Skye match with the constant focus on "the baddies" distracting Shafir - when that should have just been Shafir coming out stone-faced, tossing Skye around, getting the submission, and then walking right back up the ramp. That's how you sell a threat, not with random people + Hogan and Velvet (for some reason) ringside causing a distraction.
They're gonna need to explain Velvet joining Jade. Good morning! More Kiera Hogan on TV is good, too.
No doubt. I don't think TK is booking segments specifically to copy WWE, but it was very modern WWE-esque regardless of TK's actual inspirations. And I hated it, just like I always have. AEW have done really well thus far to avoid shit like this for the most part.
I don't mind hiring a super tall wrestler for the spectacle alone. What I don't get is why companies always bet on the giant that's an inch or two taller but who is clearly limited in his all around movement. WWE for example push Omos when they have Babatunde (Commander Azeez) or even Shanky. Both are pretty smooth for their size and obviously more comfortable in the ring than Omos.
Just how happy were you with that Ricky Starks tag match btw?
I was marking out when he was walking the ropes and doing a different jojo's pose every half second.
I'm a huge idiot!! I completely forgot to say one of my favorite things last night in my write up. Nyla Rose with the quote of the year - "Jokes on you, I love cake ... and violence!!"
God , Nyla's so great. I need her to be a face.
God , Nyla's so great. I need her to be a face.
If I had to guess it would be the streaming deal.
Before the ROH announcement we got word that TK had a backup announcement in case that didn't get finalised in time so I think it's likely to be that.
I honestly hope you're right. It's been my assumption for the past 2-3 announcements but every time it turned out to be something else.
It has to be it right ?
Considering the buyout of WM has gone through now I think it's likely.
Won't effect me since I just use fite in the UK but I know it's something people want and could help them get some extra exposure.
My 3 guesses:
Streaming deal
RoH tv deal
Some big time Japanese talent in the Owen
I hope it's all of the above.
Now would be the time to announce a steaming deal for Double or Nothing. You can't order it yet, so you won't infuriate your customers by giving them a cheaper option after they already ordered the PPV from somewhere else.
If Dynamites get put on there within a few days of airing, I can cancel my Sling subscription. Paying 15 bucks a month is much better than 40. I'm assuming it'll be HBO Max.
Congrats!! I so want to attend a show, but no money or a ride to the city makes it nearly impossible. To top it off, there in Philly in two weeks 😤
It was awesome! Rickyyyyy(!), Hobbs, Keith, and Swerve are all top tier and their chemistry together is amazing! Was fantastic getting ⚡️'s A-story on 🧨. Rickyyyyy(!) showed out, Hobbs nailed another ridiculous spinebustah, and Team Taz won in spite of Swerve/Keith's attempts to cheat so what's not to love? (doing a moonsault off of your own partner is an illegal move, I've seen the rule book it's definitely in there)
I mean this works because it means that every official tournament bracket will be Person Who Matters vs Person Who Matters. But since we're having short jobbing matches, we should be getting at least two per show so we can get faster through the qualifiers and it'd work to get more women's matches at the same time.
I think it's pretty much clear that Tony Khan doesn't see women's wrestling as the draw it is.
Going to be very interesting to see/hear the crowd reaction to Nyla vs Rosa. It's been built up well by AEW woman's division standards so hopefully the crowd reacts.
I haven't seen Tony teasing anything on Twitter. Did he say there would be an announcement next Wednesday somewhere?
Outside of Andre and Show, has there ever been a giant that has ever gotten in over in any sense of the word? (And I'm making the distinction between actual giants and just big men like a Kane).
On top of that, the top guys now, and moreso in AEW, are not bodybuilder-types who try to show off their strength. Adam Page is never going to have a Hogan slamming Andre moment, nor will anyone in the AEW main event picture. Sure you could maybe give that spot to Wardlow or Hobbes, but they're capable of more than that.
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It was a graphic on Dynamite when they were going through next weeks card.
errrr, no? He pulled out MOTN last night, and MOTN with Dax a few weeks back imo. Punk's been better in this run than he's ever been.
Seems like you're getting worked lol. Punk has been channeling Bret Hart since his return and one of the things Bret excelled at was selling how exhausted he got during his matches.
*gasp*
NO! Now go watch Joe vs Kobashi for the reminder of the day dammit!
chops were great, but they did a second round of them towards the end of the match that seemed excessive.
I'd love to come out for this and double it up with seeing Albert and Yadi in Busch one last time but I'm already doing the 3 Vegas shows and my office June vacation calendar has filled up fast.
Why debut this new violent Penta persona if you are going to have him job every time he's on tv?
Dude has got a unique one of a kind look, has been part of some of AEW's greatest matches, can go in any flavour and has more charisma than 90% of the locker room without needing to be fluent in english, gets one of if not the loudest reactions in each arena yet jobs on tv regularly.
Dude has got a unique one of a kind look, has been part of some of AEW's greatest matches, can go in any flavour and has more charisma than 90% of the locker room without needing to be fluent in english, gets one of if not the loudest reactions in each arena yet jobs on tv regularly.
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Totally agree. I never saw him before with this persona. I heard he breaks arms and I have yet to see a broken arm. I'm disappointed.
Penta proving what I always knew what was correct, he's a geek that loves to fill his special meter with taunts and Fenix is the best. May he come back healthy and stronger soon.
Bret never was this freaking boring to watch, even at his worst he was miles ahead than what we saw of Punk vs Penta (Oscuro!)
