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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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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Scarf posted:

Regardless of your opinion of Cody... gently caress if the guy isn't always willing to take a strap-shot

Makes sense that QT couldn't beat him. MJF nearly killed Cody with ten strap shots but QT's shots were much weaker, he is less powerful.

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Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



MassRafTer posted:

Makes sense that QT couldn't beat him. MJF nearly killed Cody with ten strap shots but QT's shots were much weaker, he is less powerful.

I've said it before: QT has the physique of a wrestler on a PS1 Smackdown game.

StarkRavingMad
Sep 27, 2001


Yams Fan

MassRafTer posted:

Makes sense that QT couldn't beat him. MJF nearly killed Cody with ten strap shots but QT's shots were much weaker, he is less powerful.

And the real killer shot in that sequence was from Wardlow, who is powerful beyond comprehension

Next to that, QT’s shots are a soothing massage

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Clerical error lets Tommy End premiere the opening night of touring, Ruby "Riott" Soho will get to show up in the Women's Casino Battle Royale... oh, WWE.

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

Huntman posted:

God the pop and the crowd chanting "TOMMY" is still insane.

I was not expecting this dude for another two months and was anxious that he was gonna roll back into WWE. Just unreal.

I kept trying to tell people. I know the "Vince liked me" stuff was cringe, but the dude showed no interest in going back to WWE and very clearly viewed that as a closed chapter in his life when he got released and was visibly excited to actually be in control of his career again.

When he started getting sponsorships, that was kinda it for the idea of him going back.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

I'd love to see Ruby vs Britt in AEW

mooseinfants
Dec 22, 2014

Rhonne posted:

I really wonder how the Team Taz thing will go. The obvious thing is them all turning on Cage, but Ricky has also been getting on the team's nerves recently too. I'd kind of love it if Taz just washed his hands of the whole thing and kicks them both out. He's got Hobbs and HOOK, he'll be fine

Kick Ricky out. He doesn't need a mouthpiece anyway. Brian without one though sounds like a not good idea.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

mooseinfants posted:

Kick Ricky out. He doesn't need a mouthpiece anyway. Brian without one though sounds like a not good idea.

STING will adopt him to replace Darby after Darby is sent to the Shadow Realm.

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



https://twitter.com/andyrichter/status/1412978031971340295?s=21

The Cameo
Jan 20, 2005


MJeff posted:

Nakamura and Zayn.

Yeah this is most likely. Nak wants his final match to be with Tanahashi, and that’s clearly much easier to get done without uprooting the family again to move back to Japan by just signing with AEW and making a handshake deal with New Japan and do some of the big shows over there in a Jericho or Mox sort of schedule while doing a more full-time schedule on US TV. It also makes me think the NJPW/WWE on and off negotiations are probably about him more than they were about Bryan as they try to find ways to get him to re-sign.

And Sami’s clearly been done with WWE for, god, a couple years at this point. There’s probably some room in his house where he just notches the days until his contract is up.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

The Cameo posted:

Yeah this is most likely. Nak wants his final match to be with Tanahashi, and that’s clearly much easier to get done without uprooting the family again to move back to Japan by just signing with AEW and making a handshake deal with New Japan and do some of the big shows over there in a Jericho or Mox sort of schedule while doing a more full-time schedule on US TV. It also makes me think the NJPW/WWE on and off negotiations are probably about him more than they were about Bryan as they try to find ways to get him to re-sign.

And Sami’s clearly been done with WWE for, god, a couple years at this point. There’s probably some room in his house where he just notches the days until his contract is up.

supposedly it's up in September and his loss to KO in their last man standing match is a pretty good way for him to just be done tbqh (he will probably be back on Friday)

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
'persona 5 sucks' sign

i liked penta kicking knox to tell him to gtfo so he could do the tope

i thought the match and finish to oc/stat b/b was really good and neat and clever

britts promo was :pwn:

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

The Cameo posted:

Yeah this is most likely. Nak wants his final match to be with Tanahashi, and that’s clearly much easier to get done without uprooting the family again to move back to Japan by just signing with AEW and making a handshake deal with New Japan and do some of the big shows over there in a Jericho or Mox sort of schedule while doing a more full-time schedule on US TV. It also makes me think the NJPW/WWE on and off negotiations are probably about him more than they were about Bryan as they try to find ways to get him to re-sign.

And Sami’s clearly been done with WWE for, god, a couple years at this point. There’s probably some room in his house where he just notches the days until his contract is up.

If he wants that he could just do limited dates for New Japan they don't care about people doing a few special matches.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

graph posted:

'persona 5 sucks' sign

i liked penta kicking knox to tell him to gtfo so he could do the tope

i thought the match and finish to oc/stat b/b was really good and neat and clever

Half tempted to go to ALL OUT solely to hold up a "TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS #FE IS THE BEST ATLUS GAME" sign

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

The Cameo posted:

Yeah this is most likely. Nak wants his final match to be with Tanahashi, and that’s clearly much easier to get done without uprooting the family again to move back to Japan by just signing with AEW and making a handshake deal with New Japan and do some of the big shows over there in a Jericho or Mox sort of schedule while doing a more full-time schedule on US TV. It also makes me think the NJPW/WWE on and off negotiations are probably about him more than they were about Bryan as they try to find ways to get him to re-sign.

And Sami’s clearly been done with WWE for, god, a couple years at this point. There’s probably some room in his house where he just notches the days until his contract is up.



He could also show up for Strong whenever and be a really good veteran to build that show around if he wanted to do more NJPW than AEW without uprooting his family. But yeah, I'd really like to see him in AEW, I think he'd be a great fit and the way AEW schedules and paces its shows would let him conserve himself, like how they're doing right now with Christian.

I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

After that Hangman/Kenny bit I'm willing to admit I was wrong to think they were going to play things out a little longer to get Hangman to the point where it makes sense for him to win the title, he's in that high gear right now.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Davros1 posted:

Calling Ex by his real name was an LOL too

yes lol 'im sorry mark' hahahah

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
I am thinking now it's getting to be time for the Bucks to lose the belts. Not sure to whom though.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
i thought the lights going out during the opening match was brilliant to have it lead to the second

i absolutely thought it was technical difficulties

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Maxwell Lord posted:

I am thinking now it's getting to be time for the Bucks to lose the belts. Not sure to whom though.

P&P

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

I Before E posted:

After that Hangman/Kenny bit I'm willing to admit I was wrong to think they were going to play things out a little longer to get Hangman to the point where it makes sense for him to win the title, he's in that high gear right now.

I had the same thought. He likely won't lose, but if he loses here, it needs to be an incredibly quick bounce back into a win. We're in the endgame of his hero's journey.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

graph posted:

i thought the lights going out during the opening match was brilliant to have it lead to the second

i absolutely thought it was technical difficulties

It happened during the Dark Elevation tapings too.

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

graph posted:

i thought the lights going out during the opening match was brilliant to have it lead to the second

i absolutely thought it was technical difficulties
I'm glad they only did it once on the show too, and during Cody's match. In hindsight it's foreshadowing, and more than once would've felt like a bit.

Shard posted:

Realistically how many more great wrestlers and potential stars from WWE could AEW even hold?
I have a pretty short list of only about 4-5 people and then I'm good. I think we'll see a noticeable shrink in the roster as they continue touring again too, or at least more people rotating out and back in later.

That kind of brings me back to something I mentioned in the GDT, which is that if we're talking more people getting TV time, I'm fine with getting an extra 5-6 minute match in favor of less filler. Jericho's singalong could've been the tail-end of PiP, the MMA guy yelling could've been a social media clip, they don't need a full wrestler's entrance just to interview someone, etc. If they added a quick Women's "in action" match featuring one of the ranked top 5 against an unranked challenger, or Miro beating on Griff in a TNT defense, I'd be totally fine with having peaks-and-valleys match lengths. I'm glad they managed to get 5 matches on the card tonight, but it's usually about 4 max with promos for the rest of the time. I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to swing 3 matches per hour at minimum.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
catching up on Dynamite and you know how WWE's obsession with size means everyone givens no sense of scale?

Yeah seeing Andrade look like a GIANT next to Sydal was not what I was expecting.

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

Oh, some fan rushed the ring to try and attack MJF? :lol:

there is a video from a better angle where it looks like he was just walking down the ramp after jericho, posing to judas

Dimebags Brain
Feb 18, 2013





Minidust posted:

it blew my mind seeing a strap match that didn’t end in The Strap Match Finish :aaaaa:

TK and the gang continue to amaze!

It reminded me of the old Sammartino cage match finish where he'd just beat the poo poo out of a dude and walk out the cage like a bad-rear end.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

sticklefifer posted:

I'm glad they only did it once on the show too, and during Cody's match. In hindsight it's foreshadowing, and more than once would've felt like a bit.

I have a pretty short list of only about 4-5 people and then I'm good. I think we'll see a noticeable shrink in the roster as they continue touring again too, or at least more people rotating out and back in later.

That kind of brings me back to something I mentioned in the GDT, which is that if we're talking more people getting TV time, I'm fine with getting an extra 5-6 minute match in favor of less filler. Jericho's singalong could've been the tail-end of PiP, the MMA guy yelling could've been a social media clip, they don't need a full wrestler's entrance just to interview someone, etc. If they added a quick Women's "in action" match featuring one of the ranked top 5 against an unranked challenger, or Miro beating on Griff in a TNT defense, I'd be totally fine with having peaks-and-valleys match lengths. I'm glad they managed to get 5 matches on the card tonight, but it's usually about 4 max with promos for the rest of the time. I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to swing 3 matches per hour at minimum.

They almost always do 5 matches. When they don't it's 6 more than 4.

Zombie Lemur
Jul 6, 2009

Empyrean empties
Starting a rumor that Triple H knew about the clause in Black's contract not being updated but kept quiet about it to make Nick Khan look bad.

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


https://twitter.com/tommyend/status/1412984341257494528?s=21

Buddy Murphy coming.

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

Maxwell Lord posted:

I am thinking now it's getting to be time for the Bucks to lose the belts. Not sure to whom though.

Uno and Grayson (Dark Order are deliberately being put in the Elite's orbit for Hangman/Omega and Uno is getting time on the mic every week and being positioned as a major part of this, we saw Grayson get some shine against Omega tonight) or Lucha Bros (both Fenix and Penta have tried with alternate partners, they have been conspicuously kept apart from each other for a large chunk of this year), imo.

People are saying Proud and Powerful, I don't see it, but there is history there.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

it took a while but we finally got the last sign we needed that AEW is back to normal because the new debut immediately went after Cody

nature is healing

Penguin Patrol
Mar 3, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

graph posted:

i thought the lights going out during the opening match was brilliant to have it lead to the second

i absolutely thought it was technical difficulties

we'll have to see exactly how this ties into...

THE LORE OF THE BLACKS

Coaaab
Aug 6, 2006

Wish I was there...

Maxwell Lord posted:

I am thinking now it's getting to be time for the Bucks to lose the belts. Not sure to whom though.
I'm imagining a scenario where the bucks and kenny lose on the same night because they've overstretched their interference spots

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


So Christian beats Matt next week, Kenny uses that to justify giving him atheshot at Fight for the Fallen to avoid Hangman until All Out?

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
i thought stu getting some time in on kenny was cool

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
JR: you ready for this coffin match Darby? You seem pretty healthy
Darby: Yeah? Well I got news for ya. This ain’t makeup!

rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe

MJeff posted:

Uno and Grayson (Dark Order are deliberately being put in the Elite's orbit for Hangman/Omega and Uno is getting time on the mic every week and being positioned as a major part of this, we saw Grayson get some shine against Omega tonight) or Lucha Bros (both Fenix and Penta have tried with alternate partners, they have been conspicuously kept apart from each other for a large chunk of this year), imo.

People are saying Proud and Powerful, I don't see it, but there is history there.

I'm holding out hope for dark horse dark order candidate: A returning John Silver and Alex Reynolds.

StarkRavingMad
Sep 27, 2001


Yams Fan

Maxwell Lord posted:

I am thinking now it's getting to be time for the Bucks to lose the belts. Not sure to whom though.

Chaos Project

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

Lid posted:

catching up on Dynamite and you know how WWE's obsession with size means everyone givens no sense of scale?

Yeah seeing Andrade look like a GIANT next to Sydal was not what I was expecting.

To be fair, I think he also hit the gas as soon as he got released took advantage of the opportunity to focus on strength training during his time off

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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

So Christian beats Matt next week, Kenny uses that to justify giving him atheshot at Fight for the Fallen to avoid Hangman until All Out?

It would be funny if Christian became #1 ranked because he beat a name guy while Hangman has been inactive the last two weeks.

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