Ganso Bomb posted:

I think I was duped!

Seams posted:

what happened on commentary?

Shard posted:

How do they disrespect Shida alot?

Dimebags Brain posted:

Show was weird tonight but I liked when Dante Martin did three moves and got the crowd on his side against a Very Over Miro.

Eat My Fuc posted:

They didn’t tell that story on TV well, I dont watch the youtube shows or read Meltzer or reddit

Dimebags Brain posted:

I know people are all in on the New Japan forbidden door once the pandemic dies down whenever that is, but Top Flight really feel like a pair of dudes that would get the most out of a tour or two with Dragon Gate. Their style would mesh up well with DG more than NJPW, in my opinion.

ExHumus posted:

https://twitter.com/shidahikaru/status/1398833795558744067

Maxwell Lord posted:

I sometimes complain when these shows go over three hours but well, I just can't when it's as good as this. Like it was all solid at worst.

And man, the crowd reactions help. Look at how over Page is, Kingston, OC, Jungle Boy, Moxley, Guevara, like... so many people have hype.

Vandar posted:

STING LOOKING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS

MARK HENRY HERE TO SPLIT WIGS

KONNAN OUT OF NOWHERE

Drakkel posted:

A stellar show on almost every level, but I have one problem: the story of Britt Baker winning the title.

They created a scenario where literally everyone was hoping and cheering for the babyface to lose, and that everyone should want the bad guy to win because "She's earned it!" which is just....a really weird story to tell in a wrestling show? It's kinda lowkey insulting to Shida that they've basically made her losing the title a foregone conclusion for like a year and did absolutely nothing to make anybody root for her. Thus, the hero's journey ends with a miserable failure while the first full crowd at a wrestling show in nearly 2 years celebrates the villain who cheated to beat her and she'll probably just fade away to Dark/Elevation land cause Baker's the only woman in the company that matters (until Brandi comes back of course)

Which gets into my other problem; who could possibly challenge Baker at this point? She's beaten Shida, she has victories over Thunder Rosa, and nobody else in the company has been pushed to even remotely her level. Nobody else has any sort of character or storyline beyond "is a good wrestler" or "isn't appearing on the show this week." The only other woman whose being built strong recently is Jade who is also a heel so that's kinda moot.

Frankly I'm convinced at this point it's just gonna be another year-long run where the champion shows up twice a month to squash someone while the rest of the division gets relegated to 3 minute Dark matches with no character building or storylines. Except this time the belt is on the one woman the company will allow to speak ever, so maybe she'll get more screentime than Shida but that's probably about it.

Oh Snapple! posted:

I mean the simple answer is that people do have a limit on how much "HEY EVERYONE, LIKE THIS PERSON" rocket-pack booking they can receive before pushing back, and Britt going over potentially would have tripped that. So instead they have Rosa win in a match that that largely exists to put over Britt otherwise while having no real stakes, and everyone watching is happy: right person won, but man, did you see Britt?

History Comes Inside! posted:

Rick Knox just standing there like a spare rear end in a top hat for what felt like forever while the Bucks double teamed Moxley and Kingston stood on the apron was kind of dumb. Where was the count? Where was any attempt to remove the non-legal Buck?

It’s not like it was even a “match has descended into chaos” moment because Kingston was right there ready and waiting.

Dango Bango posted:

I have to say, seeing Scorpio bump like a madman for Sting won me back over a bit.

smarxist posted:

I'm invested in every storyline, even what comes next for pinnacle and IC

everything feels like it's moving along swiftly, like did anyone else catch the Knox thing in BTE?! that's going to be real isn't it?!

SamuraiFoochs posted:

It owned and I won't hear otherwise, also saying "fed" is cringy AF and I really wish everyone would stop doing it; it's no less oof than saying "Connecticut" or "Up North" which is kinda yikes. It's big Shane Douglas Energy.

El Gallinero Gros posted:

It's always interesting to see what wrestlers do for a job if they can't survive on wrestling. I recall Tim Thatcher works in a water treatment plant. Kevin Steen worked in a warehouse. Davey Richards was a paramedic. Candice Lerae was a baker for a theme park. I know Orange supposedly had a good job that made it tempting to turn down AEW.



I remember TNA also had a Knockouts champ who worked Sunglass Hut and demanded she quit because it made them look bad for paying her poorly.

smarxist posted:

okay those masks are their faces except caught in bear traps and they're loving hideous

El Generico posted:

Dark Thoughts:

Why do the Wingmen come out to Doom music?

Malcolm Excellent posted:

Bring in Braun to job to the Freight Train and Ice Train in a handicap match

Drakkel posted: