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| PAINMAKER VS MDK |
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63 | 41.45% |
| ELIMINATION TAG |
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82 | 53.95% |
| ARCHER VS HIKULEO |
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2 | 1.32% |
| FTR VS PNP |
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5 | 3.29% |
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I want you to wear this bolo tie
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Jul 30, 2021 03:12
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AEW rolling out the diamond studded red carpet for CM Punk is such a wild thing in 2021. I'm still trying to figure out why they're being so coy about it. Because its not because WWE has any ownership over of Punk's likeness or naming. And presales for the show started today. Like I figured Tony would roll up and be like ok 2nd Rampage show, Chicago aaaaaaaand CM Punk returns to wrestling. But instead it took the crowd a few moments to piece it together. It'd be such a bonehead move for them to be like ok chicago, are you ready for.......JOHNNY CURTIS. Or those 20 other NXT washouts that are gonna be shitcanned because loser Hunter continues his tour of humiliation.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:14
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some one should turn the video of Malaki Black booting Cody in the face to the Eric Andre Be Right Back pause frame
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Jul 30, 2021 03:15
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It's especially weird since they've never been shy about rolling out the MARK HENRY IS ALL ELITE as soon as it happens
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Jul 30, 2021 03:34
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DeathChicken posted:It's especially weird since they've never been shy about rolling out the MARK HENRY IS ALL ELITE as soon as it happens There’s a gulf of difference between Mark Henry working in the office and CM Punk joining the roster.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:36
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If there’s even a question that he won’t show, you get a boost on the reaction because of relief/surprise. AEW knows this has the potential to be one of the loudest reactions in decades if not ever, so playing coy builds to that.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:39
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Strongly hinting at it but not outright announcing it is the best thing they can do given it's already reported he's going there. The anticipation that he'll show up will get people to buy tickets and the seed of doubt that he won't actually be there will get them to pop even more when he does show up.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:39
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KungFu Grip posted:some one should turn the video of Malaki Black booting Cody in the face to the Eric Andre Be Right Back pause frame https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/595841839295365125/870496219133255690/codyboot.mp4
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Jul 30, 2021 03:41
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Someone noted how Tony has signed 4 guys in this photo (and has used Cardona) and it reminded me of a scene in Citizen Kane. quote:Six years ago, I looked at a picture of the world's greatest newspaper men. I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. And AEW's demo viewership will soon crush the Inquirer's pathetic circulation. Every once in awhile Tony reminds me of the young Charles Foster Kane. Hopefully a happy childhood will ensure he doesn't end up like the old Charles Foster Kane.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:47
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Taeler_Hendrix/status/1420938959388135425 Taeler shooting her shot?
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Jul 30, 2021 03:55
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i do hope she gets a chance
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Jul 30, 2021 04:04
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STONE COLD 64 posted:i do hope she gets a chance Agreement. She got a raw deal out of ROH and has been doing every odd job out there to try and get back into TV wrestling again. She even has/had a pocast on Russo's podcast network, which was the only thing worth listening to. Also a babe.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:08
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If it were up to AEW, I sincerely believe this would've been a complete surprise, but TNT's like "c'maaaaaaaaaaahn" with the surprises after Sting, so they're basically telling you without telling you so that there's that teeeny little bit of plausible deniability that lets you act like it's a surprise when that guitar rift hits.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:11
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I genuinely hope "So much happening in our world (BOOT)" is a moment that is remembered forever in wrestling.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:15
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MJeff posted:If it were up to AEW, I sincerely believe this would've been a complete surprise, but TNT's like "c'maaaaaaaaaaahn" with the surprises after Sting, so they're basically telling you without telling you so that there's that teeeny little bit of plausible deniability that lets you act like it's a surprise when that guitar rift hits. Yeah, that seems like the compromise position.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:16
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An Evil Cowboy Cult but they're actually good guys is why wrestling is cool.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:18
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I hope they actually got Punk and its not just plausible deniability because the manchild rears to the fore in Punk or whatever WWE shenanigans. Don't hurt me on this one, BBTK.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:19
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sticklefifer posted:I genuinely hope "So much happening in our world (BOOT)" is a moment that is remembered forever in wrestling. I'm starting to think that Malaki's world building sessions weren't for the benefit of justifying why WWE should have used him and instead a lorebible for his current incarnation. I think the white suit/black suit thing was one of the twitter snippets. or at least the color coding the clothes idea. Which is pretty brilliant.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:22
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it’s funny that Cody has to keep wearing the white suit every week until the match happens
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Jul 30, 2021 04:25
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Malakai Black just begging Cody, please keep wearing the white suit, it’s very important to the lore
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Jul 30, 2021 04:26
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Bard Maddox posted:Malakai Black just begging Cody, please keep wearing the white suit, it’s very important to the lore Tony has been watching a lot of Matlock so he's really feeling the white hair and light colored suits.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:27
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karmicknight posted:Yeah, that seems like the compromise position. the smartest order of events here would have been 1. TNT tells AEW they gotta pop a rating on these big debuts 2. Khan gets Punk, TNT reminds him about the debut thing 3. Khan says "ok, you want us to tell everyone CM Punk is coming and prevent the single most shocking return in wrestling history? Ok then we're going to make a huge box office from it" and books the United Center and leaks Punk to the Observer (and now is just putting "hints" on TV) same deal with Danielson except he already had the NYC show and figured he could just open up the rest of the seating they wouldn't normally have a chance of selling out now who knows if that's how it actually went down, but it seems plausible, since TK seems to generally be good at these things
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Jul 30, 2021 04:32
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Bard Maddox posted:Malakai Black just begging Cody, please keep wearing the white suit, it’s very important to the lore Like Cody Rhodes wouldn't be 120% down with whatever ridiculous over-the-top D&D poo poo Malakai's been cooking up for the last forever.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:46
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Mal-3 posted:Like Cody Rhodes wouldn't be 120% down with whatever ridiculous over-the-top D&D poo poo Malakai's been cooking up for the last forever.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:48
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Jul 30, 2021 04:48
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Rarity posted:I just caught up with thread and man, y'all are gonna be real mad when Christian gets the All Out title shot I will fire raw rage blood out of every oriface. I will rupture my belly button and spray blood out of that. Christian is the midcardiest midcarder to even gain a dedicated following. Being 47 isn't helping it. Being surrounded by talent exponentially more talented than he is really isn't helping it. His booking right now is good but he should not have ever been allowed to realize that AEW has championships. Maybe a 3 week Dynamite burner feud. Maybe. Anything other than that confirms that Tony is one of those guys who booked Christian to be WWE champion in EWR in 2001.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:49
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ChrisBTY posted:I will fire raw rage blood out of every oriface. I will rupture my belly button and spray blood out of that. Christian is the midcardiest midcarder to even gain a dedicated following. Being 47 isn't helping it. Being surrounded by talent exponentially more talented than he is really isn't helping it. His booking right now is good but he should not have ever been allowed to realize that AEW has championships. Maybe a 3 week Dynamite burner feud. Maybe. Anything other than that confirms that Tony is one of those guys who booked Christian to be WWE champion in EWR in 2001. kenny needs wins to pad his title reign's length, I'm disappointed about this too but this is too much
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Jul 30, 2021 04:52
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rotinaj posted:kenny needs wins to pad his title reign's length, I'm disappointed about this too but this is too much Chris has had a problem with The Elite run since the beginning so I don't think he wants a longer length lol
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Jul 30, 2021 04:55
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ChrisBTY posted:I will fire raw rage blood out of every oriface. I will rupture my belly button and spray blood out of that. Christian is the midcardiest midcarder to even gain a dedicated following. Being 47 isn't helping it. Being surrounded by talent exponentially more talented than he is really isn't helping it. His booking right now is good but he should not have ever been allowed to realize that AEW has championships. Maybe a 3 week Dynamite burner feud. Maybe. Anything other than that confirms that Tony is one of those guys who booked Christian to be WWE champion in EWR in 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUGi2X42sQ
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Jul 30, 2021 05:00
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ChrisBTY posted:I will fire raw rage blood out of every oriface. I will rupture my belly button and spray blood out of that. Christian is the midcardiest midcarder to even gain a dedicated following. Being 47 isn't helping it. Being surrounded by talent exponentially more talented than he is really isn't helping it. His booking right now is good but he should not have ever been allowed to realize that AEW has championships. Maybe a 3 week Dynamite burner feud. Maybe. Anything other than that confirms that Tony is one of those guys who booked Christian to be WWE champion in EWR in 2001. I like Christian
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Jul 30, 2021 05:02
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ChrisBTY posted:I will fire raw rage blood out of every oriface. I will rupture my belly button and spray blood out of that. Christian is the midcardiest midcarder to even gain a dedicated following. Being 47 isn't helping it. Being surrounded by talent exponentially more talented than he is really isn't helping it. His booking right now is good but he should not have ever been allowed to realize that AEW has championships. Maybe a 3 week Dynamite burner feud. Maybe. Anything other than that confirms that Tony is one of those guys who booked Christian to be WWE champion in EWR in 2001. I wasn't sure before, but you've convinced me, Christian definitely should get the next title shot.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:08
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Christian represents all of us and the massive scale of the universe, he is the pale blue dot.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:09
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Christian should get a 6 month program with Kenny Omega that main events Full Gear and Revolution 2022
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Jul 30, 2021 05:09
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Christian gonna be forgiven by the Redeemer.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:17
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Shard posted:Good thread. This is my favorite wrestling storyline of all time. Mostly because I AM an anxious millennial cowboy Something the Hangman/Dark Order recaps tend to skip over that doesn't get talked about enough is the BTE "post-credits" segment that takes place the night of Full Gear 2020. It's both kind of heartbreaking to watch and it's the moment that truly got the Hangman/Dark Order ball rolling. For those who haven't seen it, Silver's all depressed that he lost to Orange Cassidy. The others in the Dark Order cheer him up by chanting, "gently caress HANGMAN!" much like Brodie would do to rally everyone. Meanwhile, Hangman lost to Kenny AND he's realized that the Bucks are better off without him trying to make amends, so he goes to the Dark Order's clubhouse, since that's where they keep the liquor. He walks in on the chant and everyone awkwardly clams up. Instead of acting offended, Hangman toasts his glass to them, disguises his pain with a laugh and starts the "gently caress HANGMAN!" chant back up, increasingly angrier and louder (with everyone joining in) until storming off. Uno sees this as a recruitment opportunity and tries to catch up with him. The whole thing started because Hangman and Silver lost their high-profile matches, which makes it kind of neat that they were the last two on their team.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:20
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sticklefifer posted:I genuinely hope "So much happening in our world (BOOT)" is a moment that is remembered forever in wrestling. it’s already my number one favorite Cody promo, hands down smarxist posted:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/595841839295365125/870496219133255690/codyboot.mp4 bless you for this, fellow goon 
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Jul 30, 2021 05:20
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smarxist posted:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/595841839295365125/870496219133255690/codyboot.mp4 that's corporate synergy!
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Jul 30, 2021 05:24
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If we are doing the Labors of Jericho going through his career, I found an insane #4. In CMLL, July 23, 1993: Corazon de Leon, El Dandy & La Fiera vs Dr. Wagner Jr., Felino & Negro Casas This could be a Gauntlet Match against 2 current CMLL stars (literally true today, look it up, CMLL is weird) and the Bad Doctor.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:27
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Shard posted:Good thread. This is my favorite wrestling storyline of all time. Mostly because I AM an anxious millennial cowboy The question of "who knows how much longer we'll have live crowds this time around" has me concerned that we might end up rolling back to the small crowds at Daily's Place because of a handful of pieces of poo poo who still aren't taking the virus seriously enough to get vaccinated.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:29
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genuinely didn't consider a handicap match as a labor
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