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Lid posted:Serena Deeb is better than Christian Cage in every way and they are in the same role. I love Deeb to bits, but there's no reality where she's a better promo than Christian.
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Wrestling is really fun  Had a fun time watching tonight. That is the most important.
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Bret Hart split his wrestling talent into two equal portions and gave one to Miyu Yamashita and the other to Serena Deeb. This is THE LORE OF THE HITMAN goddammit.
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Double or NoThoughts Buy in: skipping all the promo stuff I already saw to get to the match 1p) Serena Deeb vs Riho. Wow, people LOVE Riho. Huge response to Serena too. I think people have been SUPER impressed by her. On a technical note, this looks awesome, this has been really beautifully shot. Serena considers the handshake after the first exchange, and... no. Oh, Serena, you may have hosed up. OK, this gets savage fast. Serena is commanding here, putting the punishment on really well. Riho does Face In Peril beautifully. Riho stringing together some offense but it's really clearly desperation offense. This is beautifully told so far. That hanging front chancery reversed into northern lights was a thing of beauty. The storytelling in this match is beautiful. Serena's viciousness versus Riho's resilience. God, the sheer number of dragon screws from Deeb here are insane, it's like she hates knees like Kota hates necks. loving hell, loving hell this was an opener. the show itself FBI warning, I'm soooo scared 1) Brian Cage vs Hangman Page in a battle for the ages. LOVE Cage's ring gear. People are IN loving SANE for Hangman, by the way. And the longer they keep him as important without pulling the trigger, the more amazing it will be when we get to the fireworks factory. This match takes a little bit of time to warm up, but once it does it's at boiling point. Everything is so well shot and looks so special. Hangman is Shawn Michaels level of looking good in any match, but more should be said about how DEADLY Cage looks here. Just so much explosive power so beautifully applied. Oh wow, that reversed reversed avalanche huricanrana was just astounding. Page just decapitating Cage with elbows. So many reversals, so many spots where each tried to build up some momentum and gets thwarted. This is a gorgeous match. gently caress me backwards, that over the rope suplex onto the ramp was picture perfect and looked like it must have absolutely murdered. Multiple powerbombs, move stealing, reversed jackknives, SPINNING LIGER BOMBS. loving hell. And that beautiful nobility spot. Cage refusing to cheat and Hangman getting the buckshot. Jesus, this match could not have gone better. Everything about it worked. This card rundown is absolutely ridiculous. So stacked. 2) Young Bucks vs Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston. The more they use it, the more I like Wild Thing as the Mox and Kingston intro music. God, this crowd love these guys. There are fuive thousand people cheering for Eddie motherfucking Kingston live on pay per view. OK, are those Young Bucks jackets a jab at Seth Rollins? HOT start. Mox and Kingston absolutely knocking gently caress out of the Bucks to start. Cutler gets involved and gets killed perfectly. Five minutes in, this has been very one side, which means we're building to a Bucks comeback. Nick is a better wrestler than Matt, but Matt is the better douchebag. I'm usually bored by interference spots, but Anderson / Gallows/Kaz/Spray worked well here. And glad they made it text that Kazarian is an "elite hunter" now. Mox just soaking up punishment, building up tensions hugely. Eddie just despairing in the corner. Kingston is now so much of a face that he provides the Dumb Face Ref Distraction. Hahahaha, that Mox Double German was amazing, and right at the perfect moment they release the pressure for an Eddie By God Kingston Hot Tag. Kingston just letting nick's blows glance off him. Bit on several of these near falls as we went along. While there's a conclusion I'm expecting they've made a convincing case for any outcome. Moxley taking a double superkick, staggering to the ropes and hitting a DOUBLE WHACKY LINE. The Bucks continue to be so good as bad guys that you wonder how they were ever faces. The ending while brutal is almost anticlimactic after the brutality of the rest of the match. Wow, this was good. 3) Casino Battle Royal. The rules for this are always going to bewilder a crowd. Clubs out first. Christian gets a really good pop. Clubs are Christian Cage, Matt Sydal, Powerhouse Hobbs, Dustin Rhodes, Max Caster. Caster REALLY works with a big crowd. Caster ejects Sydal beautifully. Christian tries to kick Caster out too and eventually succeeds. Next group: Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, Ten, Comoroto, Serpentico. Serpentico comes out and gets thrown out. Cool. This battle royal is getting beefy. Comoroto vs 10 look great together. Rhodes clears house. This ultimate Dustin / Comoroto match is going to be big and tasty. People were WILD for the prospect of Christian vs Hardy. Next group: Varsity Blonds, Colt Cabana, Anthony Bowens, Penta. gently caress, Varsity Blonds are over as hell. Anyone who said that Penta would be the Joker, does this count? So many people thrown out and chucked around. This is chaos in a great way.. Last group: Jungle Boy, Marq Quen, Evil Uno, Aaron Solow, Lee Johnson. They have done a really good job of directing traffic in this match. And the Joker: LIO RUSH! loving hell, I did NOT see this coming! Crowd are really happy for this. Couple of sloppy enthusiastic moments. I have no idea who is going to win now and I would be happy to see basically any of them win. Last three: Jungle Boy, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy. Cage "teaming" with Hardy and chucking him out was great. This last two should be fun. Oh wow, that swing round the ring post was great, and JUNGLE BOY WINS! Exactly the right call. I'm so happy. I think the service dogs veterans thing looks like a good charity. I worry that this is a cynical ploy to play just before the USA/UK match. 4) Anthony Ogogo vs Cody Rhodes. For gently caress's sake, Cody, that gear. Coming out to the ring dressed as the loving Homelander. Okay, Ogogo has some moves. Very nice looking Angle Slam. I liked that pump kick variation where Ogogo just stamps on Cody's chest. He absolutely rings Cody's bell when Cody tries to do the dive to the outside. CLUBBING lariat from Ogogo. This isn't as spectacular as the last few matches, but Ogogo is performing well here. I don't want Ogogo going for pins at all. I want him beating Cody to a soup-like homogenate. Ogogo heading for the top rope for a BEAUTIFUL but foolish frog splash. He's been watching his Eddie tapes. Figure four into a left jab, that was nice. Either Ogogo is godlike at selling or he is genuinely in a lot of pain here. Maybe both? Visual pin but Cody was under the bottom rope. Cody lands a beautiful Vertebreaker for the win. Good match but Ogogo should have won. 5) Lance Archer vs Miro. Archer out like a maniac. I love him so much and I'm so glad he gets a crowd. And by god do this crowd love Miro. And this is absurd out of the gate. Lance straight into rope walk moonsault stuff. These two just beating the piss out of each other. Too much tasty violence to record properly... and then JAKE COMES OUT. And gets attacked! And we come drat close to him getting slammed in the corner. This is an absurdly beautifully violent match. And ends in the best tough-guy way. Miro chokes Archer out to the point where he just can't continue. I'm a bit wiped from the earlier matches, but this was exceptional fun to watch going on. All Out from Chicago. Cool. 6) Britt Baker vs Hikaru Shida. God, this crowd is nuts for Britt. Shida in her BEAUTIFUL white gear looking amazing. I'm so glad they let Shida hold the belt long enough to do so in front of a crowd. Fast, hard-hitting match. Baker is still a five star character and a four star wrestler, but she had brought her A-game for this. Shida on a savage tear is amazing, really excellent offense that makes her look unbeatable. I really would like to see her lean more into her heelish side after this: form a heel faction, set out with the intention of injuring people, that kind of thing. Very nice top rope superplex from Shida, but this is a tired crowd. They have seen everything tonight. And a miscommunication crutch shot (I think I spelled that correctly). Lots of near falls. Curb stomp in the belt for a two. A TWO! gently caress! Jesus, Shida's gear is torn to poo poo. And... Shida taps. Beautifully done. Because you get Britt's hard fought victory, and you get Shida's shame. They really need to do something with this. Toney hug! Darby skateboard video. Okay. Sting in a hot rod convertible in full facepaint. Put your seatbelt on, Darby. 7) Page and Sky vs Allin and Sting. God, I'm exhausted after that last match. Darby gets a bigger pop here than Sting. I like the Darby Sting facepaint. Sting takes a suplex on the ramp. Let me repeat that: STING takes a SUPLEX on the RAMP. And then does a SPLASH to the FLOOR Motherfucker is bumping like hell out here. Clearly Sting is an older guy now and his bump card is close to full, he's not going to be doing any of this poo poo on Dynamite, let alone Dark, but for one match he can be the old Sting rather than Old Sting. Page and Sky are really good in-ring heels. Sky can be a bit bland as an interview, but he can wrestle like an rear end in a top hat effortlessly. Loved Page mocking Sting with the "caw caw". Nice distraction spot where Aubrey doesn't see the tag. Lets frustration build nicely. Oh gently caress, Page just gave Allin the Spike Dudley bump, that was AWESOME. The steam they are building for this inevitable Sting hot tag is incredible. Darby does unbelievable resilience like nobody else. Oh gently caress, that flipping stunner is absolutely insane. You have to think that at some point during this match both Page and Sky have to be thinking "I'm bumping for sting, this is loving amazing". Sting hits a CODE RED. A CODE RED. Oh loving hell, Page just used Allin like a FLAIL on Sting. That was absolutely ludicrous. And now we have an indie submission chain. I loving love this match. I had very low expectations but this is so much fun. So many little moments, like Sky realising he has really hosed up when he and Sting tag in at the same time. Scorpion death drop, and Sting and Darby win. What an absurdly good match for Sting to be involved in in 2021. Wow. With two matches still to go, this feels like the biggest pay per view of the last 18 months. Everything is big and important and has been executed wonderfully. 8) Kenny Omega vs PAC vs Orange Cassidy. No count-out, no-DQ, three way match. Kenny in belt-armour is still awesome. Glad they pointed out that PAC holds singles wins over Kenny and Cassidy. Justin got to do the "NOOORTH CAROLINA" call in front of a crowd. Good, retire it now. Orange brought his Jansport backpack with him to take the belt after he wins! Omega and PAC do some amazing high speed stuff until they collide ribs in midair. Then Cassidy comes in and tries to pin each of them in turn. So many beautiful moments in this match. PAC just squatting on the top turnbuckle waiting for Cassidy to turn so he can dropkick him. Then doing the same to Cassidy and Omega. I know it's not going to happen but I would LOVE to see PAC, the man from Wales, as world champion. I know we take it as read, but Kenny is so, so so good. He can be funny, he can be technical, he can heel it up, and he can absolutely drop bombs on people. And more than all of that, he has an incredible sense for the theatre of wrestling. He *knows* what a good match looks like, what it feels like, and he'll create it in as big a fashion as he can. It's not so much that there's no point in calling every awesome spot in this match, it's that it would be impossible. So many moments: the three stooges sequences with dodged blows, PAC hitting the avalanche Falcon Arrow and Cassidy trying to steal the pin, PAC coming about two inches from a three count with the Black Arrow. Everything looked good and felt important. So many juicy near falls to bite on. Bloody hell. TWO ORANGE PUNCHES IN A ROW! THREE! I can't believe, but boy do I want to. Kenny blatantly attacking the ref to stop the Brutalizer was great. Don as Kenny's belt caddy pulling out additional belts to use as weapons was loving great. Building up to Big Platinum. God, I love this match so much. AUBREY OUT! Two count for Orange, reversed into three count for Kenny. I don't think I have ever seen a three way match that did a better job at making everyone look like a monster or a hero. Wow. Full Gear is in St Louis. They're really staking out those big PPVs. Toney out to talk about Rampage. They've signed MARK HENRY as an analyst. Okay, that's absolutely great. And Henry looks GREAT. The fit on that suit is gorgeous. 9) Stadium Stampede. Inner Circle abseiling down the Inner Circle logo is absolutely great. Utterly stupid, but absolutely great. Schiavone urging the Inner Circle to tip the limo was great. This is all some great action figure bullshit, but I really love it. MJF poking his head out of the limo to see if it's safe yet. Oh gee, I wonder if that fire extinguisher is going to come into play in the next- oh, it already has. You know that MJF is a pro because the moment he's shoved near a bin he sticks his whole head in it. The megaphone spot had me giggling like an idiot. Jags trainers give Jericho weapons to use against MJF, which is awesome. Wardlow trying to stab Hager with an icicle, and an entire halved pig just hanging there. Jesus. And this match goes directly through a wall. And then Shawn Spears in a ROOM FULL OF CHAIRS. I love this. This is stupid. I love this. Guevara's wall run was loving tight. Spears just grabbing the handcuffs that obviously you keep in a store room at the Jags stadium. Santana and Ortiz hit the club. All the Dark jobbers just hanging out. Love the respect moment. KONNAN! KONNAN ON THE DECKS! Everything about the Club Fight is absolutely fantastic. This whole thing has been loads of fun. It's like fighting sketch comedy. I still don't think it's QUITE as good at the first Stampede, but everyone has looked great doing their dumb bullshit. Jericho just did a Jun Kasai spot with a card and a stapler on MJF's forehead. Jesus gently caress. Oh no! MJF is going to hit Jericho's brace with a hammer! Dodged and Floyd makes an appearance. This is so much fun. SPEARS RUNNING FROM BIKERS! FOR NO READILY APPARENT REASON! And we're coming back into Daily's place. The action moves effortlessly from taped to live. Good job, folks. Oh god, that balcony spot... I knew they weren't going to do it, but god did it activate my fear response. Oh god.... SAMMY HAS A GOLF CART! SAMMY HAS A GOLF CART! And he runs Spears into the stadium. Purely from a production standpoint this is a loving masterpiece. Oh god, that midair chair shot was incredible. Spears brings chairshots back for the boys, and Sammy SOMEHOW kicks out. This match is absolutely, utterly, crackers. And good for them giving Spears and Sammy the live spot at the end. Way to show these guys the faith you have in them. 630 senton like it's NOTHING, and Sammy Guevarra gets the pin in the main event of AEW's best pay per view ever. This whole match was a human version of that huge Epic Battle you and your friends had when you poured out all the action figures and toy cars into the middle of the floor and used everything. Stupid, delightful, absolutely wonderful. I cannot say enough how good this whole pay per view was. The worst matches were merely very good. The best matches were some of the best AEW has ever put on. It all flowed, nothing went wrong, and we ended on an absolute natural high. 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May 31, 2021 10:53
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cody. rhodes.
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May 31, 2021 11:03
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The way the chairs were set up, it felt like Spears was trying to summon the original Chairman, La Parka.
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May 31, 2021 13:05
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McStabby posted:The way the chairs were set up, it felt like Spears was trying to summon the original Chairman, La Parka. Thats the way to summon La Parka II, I think you can just DM LA Park for a booking, he's around
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May 31, 2021 14:07
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He did a little La Parka dance for a moment too
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May 31, 2021 16:12
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Brian Cage's entrance gear vs Cody's entrance gear Who would win
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May 31, 2021 20:03
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I hope there was no snake in that bag but other than that no complaints about the PPV.
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May 31, 2021 21:31
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Rule of thumb in wrestling is if a wrestler has a bag that you're led to believe has something inside and he never opens it, what's inside is just something thrown together to make it look like what they want you to think it is Knowing Tony, and hell, knowing Jake, what was inside the bag was a length of pantyhose filled with hamburger meat just like when Earthquake "squashed" Damien
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May 31, 2021 23:02
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Hellblazer187 posted:I hope there was no snake in that bag but other than that no complaints about the PPV. dude. lol.
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May 31, 2021 23:55
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JOHN CENA posted:dude. lol. Hornswaggle was in the bag.
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JOHN CENA posted:dude. lol. Look I know there was probably not a snake but I don't like to see an animal get hurt even if it's a work.
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Jun 1, 2021 00:14
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they actually put 6 snakes in the bag so they could be sure one of them would get hurt
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MotU posted:they actually put 6 snakes in the bag so they could be sure one of them would get hurt 
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MotU posted:they actually put 6 snakes in the bag so they could be sure one of them would get hurt That's the type of attention to detail and respect for wrestling history I expect out of AEW.
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Jun 1, 2021 00:22
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it was just serpentico in the bag.
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MotU posted:they actually put 6 snakes in the bag so they could be sure one of them would get hurt Typical AEW whiffing the finish - all 6 snakes were unharmed!
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Hellblazer187 posted:Look I know there was probably not a snake but I don't like to see an animal get hurt even if it's a work. There was a snake in there but it voted for trump
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No snakes were hurt over DoN - it died instantaneously
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Helicity posted:Typical AEW whiffing the finish - all 6 snakes were unharmed! kinda concerned that the snake division will get more time than the women's division. hope i'm wrong......
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Jun 1, 2021 01:04
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JOHN CENA posted:it was just serpentico in the bag.
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Jun 1, 2021 01:33
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Great PPV, but 3 hours is my limit. Had to do it in two parts and finish it this morning.
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That show flew by for me. Even watching the preshow and seeing those match promos like 3-4 times each it didn't feel as long as even one hour of Raw.
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Jun 1, 2021 01:43
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JOHN CENA posted:it was just serpentico in the bag. I would love to have them do this gag with Archer dragging a man-sized snake bag to the ring after Jake
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don kicked loving rear end
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our watch party was losing our poo poo at don's "poo poo!! poo poo!!" followed by the sound of headphones being slammed down
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cams posted:our watch party was losing our poo poo at don's "poo poo!! poo poo!!" followed by the sound of headphones being slammed down That part really made Orange Cassidy look like a big deal. Like in the same match, Omega got squashed by a Pac 450 while OC was on top of him, he got hit by like a million kicks, top rope German, etc. But what makes Don Callis lose his composure, swear, and get over there to
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