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STREET FIGHT 72 69.90%
MIXED TAG 13 12.62%
IDOLO DEBUTS 7 6.80%
STRAP MATCH 5 4.85%
TRIOS 6 5.83%
Total: 103 votes
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karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

MJeff posted:

They have not said Evolve once on AEW.

That is really, really, really funny to me.

Technically, Evolve would have had to have paid either of them for it to have been work.

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RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

they fixed it

https://mobile.twitter.com/AEW/status/1413213727495794692

Tommy End is not all elite

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
I can't wait to hear the in lore reason for Black's shiner on his cheek

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

Pamela Springstein posted:

I can't wait to hear the in lore reason for Black's shiner on his cheek

he fell from heaven and landed face down on top of cody's bus

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

Pamela Springstein posted:

I can't wait to hear the in lore reason for Black's shiner on his cheek

He did a social media thing where he claimed he got it from a fellow inmate at the asylum he'd been locked in for 5 years

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Drakkel posted:

He did a social media thing where he claimed he got it from a fellow inmate at the asylum he'd been locked in for 5 years

named Matthew

https://twitter.com/TommyEnd/status/1412984341257494528

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

JUNGLE BOY posted:

he fell from heaven and landed face down on top of cody's bus

this made me snarf, gently caress you

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Three way phone call between Jeff, Tony and Tommy where Tommy has to sternly explain to Jeff that Malakai is Tommy End's alter ego and you have to include both names in the tweet.

karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

MJeff posted:

Three way phone call between Jeff, Tony and Tommy where Tommy has to sternly explain to Jeff that Malakai is Tommy End's alter ego and you have to include both names in the tweet.

I believe.

Memnaelar
Feb 21, 2013

WHO is the goodest girl?

Kind of love that Tommy's backstory is that he spent five years in an asylum/WWE and came out crazy-evil as a result.

ThePariah
Feb 10, 2014
Tom Budgen should provide real time director's commentary on his creative choices. Black wore a black suit while Cody wore a white suit. What does that symbolize?

karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

ThePariah posted:

Tom Budgen should provide real time director's commentary on his creative choices. Black wore a black suit while Cody wore a white suit. What does that symbolize?

I think that's his plan for his wife's old twitch account.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Memnaelar posted:

Kind of love that Tommy's backstory is that he spent five years in an asylum/WWE and came out crazy-evil as a result.

Can't believe he just stole Mox's debut gimmick. Rude.

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007

Sign Ruby Soho now Tony, you nerd with horrible hair

karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011
I think the difference is that Mox escaped prison so he's a cool good guy, while Tommy End got released after choosing his pact boon.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Eat My Fuc posted:

Sign Ruby Soho now Tony, you nerd with horrible hair

unfortunately they probably wrote Ruby's non-compete clause properly

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Memnaelar posted:

Kind of love that Tommy's backstory is that he spent five years in an asylum/WWE and came out crazy-evil as a result.

Yeah, I also dig that he's referencing the whole eyepatch thing he had in WWE

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


Alaois posted:

unfortunately they probably wrote Ruby's non-compete clause properly

Hers ends just in time for All Out’s Casino Battle Royale.

FUCKFACE MORON
Apr 23, 2010

by sebmojo
I just remembered that WWE did their first major round of cuts back on April 15, which means that within the next month or so we should be getting a bunch of debuts :getin:

rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe

ThePariah posted:

Tom Budgen should provide real time director's commentary on his creative choices. Black wore a black suit while Cody wore a white suit. What does that symbolize?

Cody is going to get malakai black pregnant and defeat racism? :confused:

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




rotinaj posted:

Cody is going to get malakai black pregnant and defeat racism? :confused:

gently caress, AEW needs to know when to let a feud drop.

Racism didn't even get a win against Cody the last time they fought.

Huntman
Apr 22, 2010


Still can't get over how cool it was they had the lights go off during Cody's match and played it off due to the weather to set up Black's debut. Gah. Just so awesome.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Huntman posted:

Still can't get over how cool it was they had the lights go off during Cody's match and played it off due to the weather to set up Black's debut. Gah. Just so awesome.

I'm honestly surprised how many people bought it tbh

That Dang Dad
Apr 23, 2003

Well I am
over-fucking-whelmed...
Young Orc
Lot of fellow Kentuckians in this thread, and it makes sense: you can't spell Kentucky with A... E... W!


wait

Deathlove
Feb 20, 2003

Pillbug

Alaois posted:

I'm honestly surprised how many people bought it tbh

I thought I had read something about Miami having electrical problems because of the hurricane, so I basically swallowed that hook all the way.

Huntman
Apr 22, 2010


Deathlove posted:

I thought I had read something about Miami having electrical problems because of the hurricane, so I basically swallowed that hook all the way.

Same. Also was not anticipating Black being there before his 90-days were up.

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

They left enough time between when it happened and the actual payoff that I had just started to tell myself maybe it actually was an electrical issue. Really great reveal.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Alaois posted:

I'm honestly surprised how many people bought it tbh

wrestling is fun and i like to be entertained by it

El Generico
Feb 3, 2009

Birds revere you and consider you one of their own.

You are welcome in their holy places.
Malakai Black is like a TNA name but one that works. Anyone who sees this guy and hears his name as Malakai Black will know who he is immediately, but it doesn't sound lame or convoluted to me.

I know gently caress Cody and all, but it'd be nice if Cody would break his storyline isolation and challenge Kenny for one of his titles that he's still eligible for. That would make a lot of sense. Doesn't have to win, although it'd be funny for Cody to be the TNA or Impact champion.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

mary had a little clam posted:

Lot of fellow Kentuckians in this thread, and it makes sense: you can't spell Kentucky with A... E... W!


wait

you live in my house in the woods

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

there's gonna be a lot of struggle to spell Malakai. Thankfully the semi-famous poet, Malachi Black, doesn't have a twitter.

Kunabomber
Oct 1, 2002


Pillbug

Huntman posted:

Still can't get over how cool it was they had the lights go off during Cody's match and played it off due to the weather to set up Black's debut. Gah. Just so awesome.

The fact that the feed and the announce desk was still on was a huge tell, but drat it was a good setup.

Mr. Squishy
Mar 22, 2010

A country where you can always get richer.

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

Hers ends just in time for All Out’s Casino Battle Royale.

Battle royal where everyone is a mystery joker whose WWE noncompetes just ended.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



coconono posted:

there's gonna be a lot of struggle to spell Malakai. Thankfully the semi-famous poet, Malachi Black, doesn't have a twitter.

Oh man I would have loved to see some confused poet not understand why people keep asking him about lore all the time.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Vince MechMahon posted:

Oh man I would have loved to see some confused poet not understand why people keep asking him about lore all the time.

somehow, I think this dude can navigate it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVd8pIDHM_M

Bizarro Kanyon
Jan 3, 2007

Something Awful, so easy even a spaceman can do it!


I thought it was weird when the lights went out during Cody’s match. I assumed it was going to lead to a debut or return but then it did not matter one bit. Even with commentary mentioning electrical issues, I assumed that it was the start of a return/debut.

When Arn came out, I had completely forgotten about the lights going out and thought that this would be a push for his son. When the lights went out again, I went from “oh, it is somebody” to “maybe they are having issues” with how long it took. My mouth was left open when Black was there with the lights coming on.

To hear that they had the lights have issues during Dark, that just made it even better.

That is a good debut for someone like Black. People have compared it to Andrade but his personality fits better with the intro he got.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

I knew Black was coming in and very soon. When the first lights dipped, I figured Black was gonna run in on the QT/Cody match because I didn't really care about the result of the match. He didn't and Cody did his Cody bullshit, which was a good enough consolation prize.

And yeah, I'd completely forgotten about Black possibly debuting when Arn came out. Then the lights dipped, I was high af and thought it was Cody for a second. Then my blasted brain caught up and started filling in Tommy End.

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007

When the first black out happened I was sure roman reigns was debuting, when the second blackout happened i said loudly to the bar that was equally as loudly complaining that I had put on wrestling "that's gotta be reigns". when it was malacki black i shamefully left the bar without paying my tab.

Germansimp
May 28, 2013



https://twitter.com/sammyguevara/status/1413177325345247232/photo/1

Man, Fuego looks rough without his mask on, but at least he still gets to hang with his friends.


Yes, I realise Fuego is probably wearing the Goldust mask

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Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



coconono posted:

somehow, I think this dude can navigate it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVd8pIDHM_M

Was hoping he was an old person poet not some millennial nerd poet. That's way less fun.

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