"You're going to get to your (Forbidden) Door kicked in!"
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Seems a bit weird that some of the Dynamite video are not gaining as much traction on YouTube as usual. Even the worst Dynamite uploads shoot up to 100K fast. Maybe there is an error or something. The 15k for Mox/Tanahashi jumped out to me most of all
Those are weird and uncharacteristic numbers, especially the Mox and Young Bucks ones. Feels like some sort of algorithm issue.
Curious to see what happens with Jay White next week.
Re: bluexy question about AEW fans feelings towards Forbidden Door.
Having slept on it, I think the one big negative I have with AEW right now is that almost everyone is at a standstill in terms of storylines, because all the top stars are working Forbidden Door. Even as someone who used to watch NJPW a lot, I'm kind of ready for this thing to happen. I'm hyped for the matches, but I was always going to be hyped for the matches. Honestly, they could've booked it like an MMA event and just had no real storylines and I would've been fine with it. Now I just really want to hurry up and get there so everyone can have something meaningful to do in AEW afterwards.
Having slept on it, I think the one big negative I have with AEW right now is that almost everyone is at a standstill in terms of storylines, because all the top stars are working Forbidden Door. Even as someone who used to watch NJPW a lot, I'm kind of ready for this thing to happen. I'm hyped for the matches, but I was always going to be hyped for the matches. Honestly, they could've booked it like an MMA event and just had no real storylines and I would've been fine with it. Now I just really want to hurry up and get there so everyone can have something meaningful to do in AEW afterwards.
Forbidden No More
They Call me Ace
Whoever's healthy, I guess
All-Atlantic panic
She's charismatic, a pretty good talker, can be great in the ring and also a danger to herself sometimes (seen her more than once landing head first on her tope suicidas).
Her best matches are as good as, if not better than the best AEW womens matches you can think of.
100% agree. If they had just ignored it on TV, they'd probably be able to just focus on having the best matches rather than some of these weird matchups that half-tie into AEW storytlines.
If you can find a way to watch her vs. Bayley at Takeover Brooklyn do it. She's one of the best sellers ever and is legit one of the best full package wrestlers working.
That's actually what I was hoping they would've done. I would've bought it regardless as well.
This is… less than glowing praise lol.
But it's whatever. I'm sure she's fine, but we know that talent isn't the problem with the women's division.
FULL MATCH: Bayley vs. Banks - NXT Women's Title 30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match: NXT TakeOver: Respect
In the follow-up to their classic at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley and Sasha Banks do battle for 30 minutes in a WWE Iron Man Match for the NXT Women’s Cham...
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Watch this match. Easily top 3 best Sasha matches (probably number 1 for me).
If you google around you can find the actual takeover match too.
FULL MATCH: Bayley vs. Banks - NXT Women's Title 30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match: NXT TakeOver: Respect
In the follow-up to their classic at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley and Sasha Banks do battle for 30 minutes in a WWE Iron Man Match for the NXT Women’s Cham...
Watch this match. Easily top 3 best Sasha matches (probably number 1 for me).
If you google around you can find the actual takeover match too.
Nice thanks. Maybe I'll check it out later.
Sasha is who WWE always turned to when they needed a worker. Need someone to anchor a royal rumble for 40+ minutes? Get Sasha. Need someone to be in the first women's Ironman match? Get Sasha.
She's not as good a worker as Deeb (who is) but that's the only obvious woman on the AEW roster on a level above Sasha. There's a handful I'd say are at Sasha's level in ring.
But no one has her star power. She can sell. She has 'it'. You can absolutely hang an entire roster on that woman's shoulders.
She's not as good a worker as Deeb (who is) but that's the only obvious woman on the AEW roster on a level above Sasha. There's a handful I'd say are at Sasha's level in ring.
But no one has her star power. She can sell. She has 'it'. You can absolutely hang an entire roster on that woman's shoulders.
She was a big Eddie Guerrero and Manami Toyota fan growing up and she does several of their moves so that's cool 😆. Deeb might be a better mat wrestler, but as a whole package no one on AEW's womans roster is anywhere near her. If Britt could consistently put out good matches she'd be close, but we know she's doesn't unfortunately.
Double Aces
Okada not included
You know, Tanahashi, you really are the Ace of us.
Knock knock knockin' on Forbidden Door
If Sasha is available what should happen is that Sasha gets added as one of AEW's "permanent" TV residents. Jericho, Punk, and MJF are good examples. They just have a slot every show to do their segment. But AEW already is limited on time, so whose slot does she take? Wardlow's? The EVPs? Does she get Britt+Jade's time or take all the women's division's time entirely?
I'm both excited about the possibility of Sasha joining and the matches she can have and wary that Tony's booking will really make Sasha's introduction fucky in an entirely new way.
I'm both excited about the possibility of Sasha joining and the matches she can have and wary that Tony's booking will really make Sasha's introduction fucky in an entirely new way.
Sorry, woman who stands in the background while the JAS men get to have storylines and matches has already been claimed by Tay now.
It's awesome. I listen to the whole thing in 2 days. Mox narration makes the book a 5/5 for me.Mox book is out with his narration. It's 9hrs long.
MOX
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the business—a nobody from nowhere who achieved his ambitions and walked away with the gold and the girl of his dreams. Ride alongside Jon Moxley as he retraces some of the highways ...www.audible.com
It's incredible that in the same day SRS reported the Hardys were next in line to win the titles (probably the ladder match yesterday) and that talent didn't like the decision (plus people had seen Jeff in a druken/bad state in multiple occasions), WWE had to one up them with the biggest story since the Benoit murders-suicide.
The Bucks as champions leads to the obvious match with FTR and I'm happy with that. There is concern as why in the world Tony would put the titles in guys who are always in pain and barely can execute their matches at the level the tag team division has us accustomed. Oh well, guess we'll never know.
The Bucks as champions leads to the obvious match with FTR and I'm happy with that. There is concern as why in the world Tony would put the titles in guys who are always in pain and barely can execute their matches at the level the tag team division has us accustomed. Oh well, guess we'll never know.
Give me Le Sloppy Steaks Debonaire.
Actually, Jericho basing another face turn around that would be great. "I used to be a piece of shit..."
I'll have to get the audio version of Mox's book. I've already read the hardcover, but getting the chance to hear Mox cut a 9-hour promo about his life while bullshitting about movies and sandwiches is hard to pass up.
Coffin Flop is still a sore subject after Corncob TV was dropped from my cable package. I'm still reeling over here. It was my favorite show!!
*lol I completely spaced on Coffin Flop lol I guess to make amends I must give to Calico Cut Pants*
That would be great. Instead of Sloppy Steaks it's
Jericho overcooking his steak by throwing fireballs on it.
It's been a few years since I watched her, the go to match would be the one she had with Bayley on an NXT Takeover, she may have had better matches than that since going to main roster but when I was still watching WWE that Bayley match was still her best.
I'm just going on hazy memory here, she is the total package, looks like a star, can talk, can go in the ring, if she's available then TK should definitely try to bring her in, no question.
She's also supposedly not well liked in the locker room either.
Really enjoyed Dynamite last night. Beaming from start to finish. The match quality was fantastic, loved Wardlow's shenanigans and it was an awesome surprise to see Willow Nightingale get a spot on TV.
Most of all though, this show made NJPW stars feel like a big deal to the AEW crowd. Moxley told the world why Tanahashi is the greatest. Ospreay got the chance to show what calibre an athlete he is. Jay White punking both Hangman and Cole felt like a big fucking deal. This was a show to start selling the PPV, to start promoting stars and I think they did a decent job, I just kinda wish it had started a couple of weeks ago. But what with the timing of Dominon and DoN the logistics must be a real headache. So I guess my main hope is that Forbidden Door 2 will be in a less crowded month...
Most of all though, this show made NJPW stars feel like a big deal to the AEW crowd. Moxley told the world why Tanahashi is the greatest. Ospreay got the chance to show what calibre an athlete he is. Jay White punking both Hangman and Cole felt like a big fucking deal. This was a show to start selling the PPV, to start promoting stars and I think they did a decent job, I just kinda wish it had started a couple of weeks ago. But what with the timing of Dominon and DoN the logistics must be a real headache. So I guess my main hope is that Forbidden Door 2 will be in a less crowded month...
Yes she's better than all of them put together at multiple things. She also would be a hugely vocal voice behind the scenes trying to make the product better for her entire division. She'd also be a big proponent of a tag division for the woman.
It's like having a CM Punk level talker that can work at the same level as a Kenny Omega who is already more over than Britt Baker.
They don't really have anyone who can check all of those boxes. They have people that are excel at 1 or 2 of those things but not all of them.
The people they DO have that can work and talk for some reason dont get booked every week on Dynamite. They take breaks before they can gain momentum or lose their feud and go away for a while.
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Sasha as an overall package is quite literally better than every woman in AEW. And by a large margin too.
Yeah, how vocal she is backstage is probably underrated. If she came in as a top star she wouldn't be shy about speaking her mind on the visibility of the women's division. I mean she basically got herself fired because she was upset about how little thought was given to the tag belts she held.
I think there are people who are as good or better in the ring (Deeb, Hayter, Storm), but Sasha is unique in that she was able to raise her stock with the fans despite WWE's best efforts. She's like Punk and Bryan in that way. It didn't matter what lame shit they gave her, or how quickly they ended her title runs. She was always going to be more over than most of the people on that roster. Being Teflon like that is rare.
Also as has been discussed for like a month now, having Sasha around to push Tony in the right direction with the women's division would be great. I mean anything is possible, and TK could just say "no thanks, goodbye", but Sasha isn't Big Swole or Lio Rush. Fire someone with that level of fame and fan support for her backstage actions at your own peril.
They messed up the uploads. Think they must have uploaded them as private as they weren't there this morning. It means they wouldn't have shown in a lot of peoples subs.Seems a bit weird that some of the Dynamite video are not gaining as much traction on YouTube as usual. Even the worst Dynamite uploads shoot up to 100K fast. Maybe there is an error or something. The 15k for Mox/Tanahashi jumped out to me most of all
Eh. When ROH and NJPW did shows it had non mixed company matches as well. plus they did say earlier it'd have aew vs aew or njpw vs njpw. Hayter, Riho, or Storm is about as close to Stardom as you'll get.
The Women's division feels like an inconsequential nuisance that has to be worked in to each episode of Dynamite or Tony gets sued. I question if I'd enjoy the show more if they got rid of it entirely over what they do with it now. So while i like Sasha, I'm not that eager to her to the mix of people fighting for the one match each Wednesday. At the very least they have to pretend being world champion of the women's division is important.
Exactly this. I love the AEW women but it genuinely isn't very close at all.
I think everyone has forgotten how good she is since she's been in main roster purgatory for years. I hope we get to see her with the handcuffs off, I'm sure she has lots of great ideas that were shot down by the gross swamp creatures in WWE.
Yes, exactly! WHO are we to doubt Riho!? She's probably got great promos!
I didn't say Sasha was the best wrestler. She's the best overall package. Wrestling, mic, presence, star power. No one in AEW is even remotely close to matching her in all of those.
I know, I said the same earlier! I'm just joshin' around about my favourite AEW person.
What am I even reading here. Stat and Hayter being on Sasha's level, or even close to it, is laughable. And that's just talking about in-ring.
This is the same thread that had someone say ricky starks can pretty much be slotted into MJFs place. (I don't remember who said it, I'm no coward!)
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