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| TRIOS |
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sticklefifer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRW9fdpViw AEW has done a really, really good job of rotating talent, and I'd be fascinated to know if they have a system for it, or if it's just "We didn't book you this week"
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rotinaj posted:I'd be fascinated to know if they have a system for it, or if it's just "We didn't book you this week" It's Tony Khan. What does your heart tell you?
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Jul 14, 2021 00:15
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MJeff posted:It's Tony Khan. Giant spiral notebook
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Jul 14, 2021 00:18
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Shard posted:Giant spiral notebook colored tabs
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Jul 14, 2021 00:19
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MJeff posted:It's Tony Khan. That's why I wanna know. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he has an elaborate spreadsheet to help him book who is on and who is off. It's really well implemented, if it is an actual system. He has figured out his booking well enough that Dynamite rarely feels like it is lacking in stars.
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Jul 14, 2021 00:24
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 Yoots on Dynamite
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Jul 14, 2021 00:25
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Great news
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Jul 14, 2021 00:26
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I'm so happy with the meteoric rise of the steel drum boy.
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Jul 14, 2021 00:27
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Pylons posted:
Nice. Now do Lee Moriarty
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Jul 14, 2021 00:27
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Fuego had a tearful goodbye last week and now they couldnt even keep him off tv for a week. who's booking this poo poo smdh.
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Jul 14, 2021 00:36
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tranquilo club youtube channel kicks rear end
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Jul 14, 2021 00:39
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"We're about to break something off Conor" 
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Jul 14, 2021 00:44
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Pylons posted:
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Jul 14, 2021 00:59
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Who
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Jul 14, 2021 01:01
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MJeff posted:Who https://twitter.com/wheeleryuta/status/1242123202882686977?lang=en
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Jul 14, 2021 01:01
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I once bought a shirt from him at an indie show.
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Jul 14, 2021 01:02
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MJeff posted:Who a very good wrestler who's currently 2-1 in AEW!
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Jul 14, 2021 01:04
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hes got that deep weirdo charisma that i crave
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Jul 14, 2021 01:05
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he's part of the expanded Best Friends gang and he fits very well.
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Jul 14, 2021 01:06
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Pylons posted:
God loving drat, I'm so happy that the last wrestling show I'll see in Texas is going to be such a banger
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Jul 14, 2021 01:14
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Yuta with the beard really works.
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Jul 14, 2021 01:16
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Apparently  fought a t-rex and I'm only finding out about this now?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzxaJGNC1PY
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Jul 14, 2021 01:21
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Yo gently caress that trex
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Jul 14, 2021 01:23
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https://mobile.twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1415106611270479874
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Jul 14, 2021 01:34
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rotinaj posted:That's why I wanna know. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he has an elaborate spreadsheet to help him book who is on and who is off. It's really well implemented, if it is an actual system. He has figured out his booking well enough that Dynamite rarely feels like it is lacking in stars. This is why I always enjoy hearing TK on the Unrestricted episodes before PPVs, but I'd would love a more in-depth breakdown into his thought process. Especially now that Rampage is coming up next month and he's going to have 2 TV shows and also Dark/Elevation. Listening to Gabe Sapolsky break down stories and angles was a lot of fun, so hope TK can do that one day in the future. With AEW still in business that is.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/sammyguevara/status/1415120148831346688
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Jul 14, 2021 02:29
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 It's week 10 of my Toxx fulfillment! And this time I'm going to try extra hard to alleviate confusion with a recap. If you're not interested, just ctrl+f to "finished" to skip over.On Double or Nothing, I toxxed that Brian Danielson, the American Dragon, would return to mainstream US wrestling. And that, if he didn't, I'd toxx myself until he did. For 10 weeks now I've made the wrong guess, and therefore I've had to go from one American Dragon to the other. In this case, I've had to watch, and review, episodes of Disney TV show American Dragon, Jake Long, until Danielson makes up his mind one way or another. Until he shows up on either AEW or WWE, I'm working through this show one episode at a time. Today we're on Episode 10, The Bodyguard, because somehow the most wrestling-obssessed guy in the industry's kept himself away for a double digit number of weeks. ~~~~ This episode's starting off with some good old fashioned ogre hockey. Which I'm pretty sure is just flinging rocks at each other on roller skates. It ain't Blood Bowl, but I'll take it! Unfortunately, Jake spent a bit too much time there, because he's dozing off right before a test that makes up 50% of his grade. That's right, the school plots are back in force this episode, but with them tying this stuff more into the overarching series I don't know if I'll mind as much as I did before. We actually get a callback this episode! Way back in the second episode, Jake was trying to find a girl to take to the prom, and two of them were a pair of twin oracles. They're back this episode, and Jake's tasked with being their bodyguard so a goblin crime boss can't . . . kidnap them and use them for sports betting. Seriously, I love how mundane most of these villains are. There's something oddly charming about all of these magical creatures just trying to hustle money in the middle of NYC. We've got the episode's conflict now. Jake's bodyguard duties and his upcoming test are both happening on the same day, so he's gonna have to juggle both lives. Is he going to be better at this after seeing the gravity of magical world situations in the past few episodes? We'll see! The villains' plan is somewhat questionable, considering he's trying to have a bunch of neon blue goblins blend in with Jake's classmates. But Jake and his friends are too busy trying to keep the oracles' visions in check to pay much attention to them. One only speaks good omens, one only speaks bad ones, and both are magically compelled to say every vision they have. That sure makes them popular at parties. Bodyguarding them would probably be easier of the trio wasn't a little distracted. Jake's trying to study for his mythology test (which is very hard when his teacher's a total crackpot that's wrong about everything), and his friends are trying to prove the oracles predictions are wrong to show there's some sort of free will in the universe. This is totally for the purposes of philosophy, and not because Jake's friends really, really want to disprove the fact that they're destined to get married. The show actually explains why the bad luck oracle's so sunny and the good luck oracle's so gloomy, too. Turns out when you see nothing but good things, its easy to become jaded by them, while when you see nothing but bad things, every pleasure's that little bit more special. Its a pretty easy conclusion to draw, but its nice that they at least characterize what were once a one-off gag duo. We're grading on a curve here. This is a kid's show, after all. But it's still a welcome effort for a mid-2000s kids show! Every time a transformation sequence starts up, I'm terrified we'll get the terrible CGI sequence from the first episode. Luckily, we've abandoned it. Instead, we just get a fun back alley brawl between Jake and a mob of goblins, with the oracles' predictions helping him get an edge on the fight. Not bad! Unfortunately, one of those predictions is an answer for his history test, and now the temptation to cheat's setting in. Jake's got a one-track mind sometimes, and now it's focused on getting more answers from the oracle twins. Okay, he's also using them to get brownie points with his crush, Rose. It's actually working, but with his mind running on the two wrong tracks, I get the feeling he's going to get these girls kidnapped sooner or later. Surprisingly, though, that isn't how it happens. Instead, they just get kidnapped during his test, which he couldn't help having to take. He makes the choice to rescue them instead, even when the teacher threatens to fail him for walking out, and now it's off to the Ogre Bowl. I'm honestly surprised. Usually you'd expect the Standard Kid's Show Moral here, but instead of a lesson about cheating we're getting a brawl at the big game. In fact, it's paying attention to the oracle twins' predictions that lets Jake find the two! Oh, there's the moral. Jake calls the villains out for just using the girls for sports betting, then puts two and two together to realize that's exactly what he was doing. With the epiphany out of the way, it's time for some ogre hockey! He's a little nervous heading into the fight, considering the twins warned him he'd get hit by a boulder going at 180 miles an hour . . . but the future being set in stone doesn't mean it plays out the way you expect. Jake's already flying at 179 miles an hour, so the boulder just kinda softly bonks him. And his friends literally "tie the knot" in the form of a shoelace, so they're not getting married after all! Literal predictions sure are a pain, huh? With that, all's well that ends well. The oracles are safely returned home, Jake's content with letting the future play out instead of farming for predictions, and he's encouraged to keep his outlook even after finding out the dark, horrible secret of Rose. Honestly, far as ending gags go, that's the smartest one yet. For anyone seeing the episode in the vacuum, its a cute little ending gag. For anyone watching previous episodes, it's a warning as to her secret identity as the Huntmaster's protege. This was a pretty alright episode. It's always a treat seeing the real and magical worlds intersect, and if you're going to shoehorn Jake's friends into an episode, having them spend an episode debating the nature of causality and free will is at least pretty novel for a kid's show. We haven't gotten any cool new monster designs in a while (seriously, the Dark Dragon is so disappointing looking), but the fact that the show's willing to bring back gags from earlier episodes and flesh them out is pretty nice. Its interesting seeing what might be some of the roots of continuity-based animation, which felt kind of dead around this era. I know there were shows (especially comic book tie-ins) that pushed continuity back in the 80s, but it really felt like that kind of style had died by this point in the 2000s. Even other action comedies felt pretty self contained despite their attempts at drama. Its interesting seeing what might well be one of the unsung progenitors of the modern style, even if I know comic books and anime were probably the real long term influence. ~~~~ And with that, we're finished! Another week safe from the mods.
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For those who have been wondering about Diamante's future with the company but didn't watch Dark (spoilered for those who still intend to watch it): Diamante and Big Swole cut pretty firey promos on each other, so it looks like she at least has a small feud for the forseeable future. Also one of the insults Swole threw out there was something about stepping up to her when "you ain't even All Elite yet," which I don't think is something you put in a promo if you don't expect her to have that reasonably soon.
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Jul 14, 2021 02:50
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StarkRavingMad posted:For those who have been wondering about Diamante's future with the company but didn't watch Dark (spoilered for those who still intend to watch it): Diamante and Big Swole cut pretty firey promos on each other, so it looks like she at least has a small feud for the forseeable future. Also one of the insults Swole threw out there was something about stepping up to her when "you ain't even All Elite yet," which I don't think is something you put in a promo if you don't expect her to have that reasonably soon. I only caught bits and pieces of Dark but was super fuckin stoked to see this happening. Assuming it's a Dark/Elevation feud but hopefully it leads to a solid deal for Diamante if she doesn't have one already.
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Jul 14, 2021 03:23
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Thank goodness. Diamante honestly deserves a better shot than being shackled to Ivelisse.
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Jul 14, 2021 03:59
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https://twitter.com/aew/status/1415143023378411523?s=21 Formal match announcement
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Jul 14, 2021 04:00
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Pylons posted:https://twitter.com/aew/status/1415143023378411523?s=21 If they’re going to slot Yuta into the Sammy slot of the Best Friends extended universe, this works for me. Just got to get Thunder Rosa on to one of these Texas Dynamites now.
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Jul 14, 2021 04:04
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One thing I've noticed with the Jora Johl stuff (and I am officially on team Jora as of Elevation) is that Matt Hardy is actually doing what he says he is. Private Party and TH2 are getting way more high-profile spots on the various shows since signing with him. So if you're just coming in and Matt offers you a spot? You are insane to not conisder it.
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Jul 14, 2021 07:49
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Jonny Nox posted:One thing I've noticed with the Jora Johl stuff (and I am officially on team Jora as of Elevation) is that Matt Hardy is actually doing what he says he is. yeah I was gonna comment how I really enjoyed how much nuance Hardy's promo on Dark injected into his gimmick. he started as completely sleazy dirtbag carnie, but he's not villainous, he's just a product of the material circumstances, and a caricature of the people that existed who, for better or worse, built the business. 30% may not be a wee fee, but he is delivering for his guys using his name/clout and making sure they go over as much as possible. Like I love the way he speaks about his guys, just glowing verbiage and praise. Everything he's done since since recruiting Private Party and flipping them heel has been inspired work and he's high in the running for my MVP of the year at this juncture.
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Jul 14, 2021 08:00
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Matt Hardy is a great example of how to reinvent himself, still do decent work in ring and being just outright amazing outside. Since the HFO we see TH2 more active and the HFO can be anywhere messing with others. I wasn't sure at first about his Big Money persona but now I see him like a wrestling Kingpin. Also count me in for the Yuta appreciation. He's been in 3 matches, got two wins and good ones. Young and talented drummer to boot. I want Statlander to boop him while masked 
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Jul 14, 2021 08:11
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smarxist posted:yeah I was gonna comment how I really enjoyed how much nuance Hardy's promo on Dark injected into his gimmick. he started as completely sleazy dirtbag carnie, but he's not villainous, he's just a product of the material circumstances, and a caricature of the people that existed who, for better or worse, built the business. 30% may not be a wee fee, but he is delivering for his guys using his name/clout and making sure they go over as much as possible. Like I love the way he speaks about his guys, just glowing verbiage and praise. Everything he's done since since recruiting Private Party and flipping them heel has been inspired work and he's high in the running for my MVP of the year at this juncture. And my favourite part of the Jora Johl stuff is that he told Jora how this would be. He literally cut a promo saying "You can join the Hardy Family Office, but you'll be joining at the bottom, you'll have to do the menial tasks and work your way up". Love me a truth telling heel.
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Jul 14, 2021 09:55
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Hardy is a horrible example of how to reinvent yourself because no one can come close to reinventing themselves on such a level and they shouldn't even try. Except David Bowie, he's pretty good, but dead. I know that no one will probably know wtf is going on, but Madi Wrenkowski had on her IG story that she was pulling out of a show "due to something I learned about this company." But I couldn't really read the title of the show. I'm intrigued about lovely indies being lovely, anyone know what happened?
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Jul 14, 2021 10:01
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smarxist posted:yeah I was gonna comment how I really enjoyed how much nuance Hardy's promo on Dark injected into his gimmick. he started as completely sleazy dirtbag carnie, but he's not villainous, he's just a product of the material circumstances, and a caricature of the people that existed who, for better or worse, built the business. 30% may not be a wee fee, but he is delivering for his guys using his name/clout and making sure they go over as much as possible. Like I love the way he speaks about his guys, just glowing verbiage and praise. Everything he's done since since recruiting Private Party and flipping them heel has been inspired work and he's high in the running for my MVP of the year at this juncture. I absolutely love the contrast between Hardy and Christian, considering they have such similar histories. Christian was supporting Jungle Boy for purely selfless reasons; he just wanted Jungle Boy to win. Hardy supports the HFO because he wants them to win AND because he gets financial benefit from them winning, too.
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Jul 14, 2021 13:49
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Don't sleep on this week's Dark. Dante Martin vs JSP was a good match and I love how angry Kazarian is (Austin Green looked good too!).
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:starts conga line: Wednesday Wednesday Wednes-day!
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