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MOTN
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MIXED TAG 1 0.33%
FTW TITLE 0 0%
ALL ATLANTIC 3 1.00%
KINGSTON VS ISHII 27 9.03%
CASINO LADDER 2 0.67%
TRIOS TITLE MATCH 42 14.05%
TBS TITLE MATCH 0 0%
FTR/WAR DOG VS MCGM/LETHAL 1 0.33%
STARKS/HOBBS 1 0.33%
TAG TITLE MATCH 187 62.54%
INTERIM WOMENS MATCH 2 0.67%
CHRISTIAN/BOY 4 1.34%
JERICHO/DANIELSON 4 1.34%
STING MATCH 6 2.01%
PUNK/MOX 19 6.35%
Total: 299 votes
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ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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Rarity posted:

I was super hype for them to get a title shot but if you'd told me they were gonna have the MOTN over Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley I'd have called you insane

This except I wasn't hype for them to get the title shot.
Proved me wrong.
The Acclaimed have arrived.

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ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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A question for the Hobbs fans out there: were you also fans of Mark Henry's Hall of Pain run?

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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I've come to realize a few things.

1) I know why I didn't think MJF would be the Joker. Given how he left I thought his comeback would not be in a match. It would be strange to have him just come out and wrestle after all that. I was both right and wrong. In that regard it was an excellent ending to the match. Of course it made everybody else look like woodshop shavings to be swept away by a tide of Stokely Hathaways and his army of idiots but you gotta break a few eggs to have one big moment or something.

2) I wasn't 100% sold on Luchasaurus doing the double-swerve and I realize it's because I thought there was a small chance the story would be that Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus would become increasing unhinged in their pursuit of Cage resulting in a double turn.

3) Powerhouse Hobbs wrestles like he's doing Iso tag. It's worse because there's no hot tag at the end. Turtles gently caress faster than Hobbs does offense. His singles matches are either squashes or endless heat segments with no resolution. Watching him ground Dante Martin for approximately 6 million years combined in their 2 matches was goddamn painful. Watching him do it to Starks was worse because this was supposed to be a big night for both of them.

4) The Acclaimed had the match of the night and I don't know how to deal with that. Where do they go from here? They're not winning the tag titles before FTR and who the hell knows when they're winning it. Who is even the heel tag team FTR wins it from? It has to be a heel team right? Is SioG gonna turn or is LFI or MCM winning it?

5) On one hand; watching the Elite win the titles custom made for them in the tournament that revolved around them for the division that Tony held up until they were healthy is kinda lame even as somebody who loves those guys. On the other hand; for the first time Tony actually booked a tournament well enough that the obvious winner wasn't obvious. Gods help me I thought Silver was gonna pin Kenny with that OWA reversal. I thought Don Callis could screw Kenny over in favor of Will Ospreay. I thought the story might be Kenny came back too early, they lose to LFI and Hangman feels guilty for shooting them down. So good job there.

6) There is nothing wrong with Toni Storm but she is a 3.5 star wrestler in a pool that's 4*s deep on the shallow end.

7) It would appear Jon Moxley was never supposed to be in the title picture. Two weeks ago was a thanks, a validation for holding down the fort, and a pop for the hometown fans. tonight was the re-establishment of the gameplan. This sounds dismissive of Mox's place in the company but we're talking about somebody who just got cleanly pinned in a singles match for the first time in almost 3 years with the company. He's fine.

8) Until Jade loses I will be forced to interpret the TBS title as a vanity title that was minted specifically for her. It's just been her and a conga line of victims with no end in sight. Also she needs to learn to not talk over her drat opponents. Every face in the company has enough trouble getting over on the stick as it is.

ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 08:30 on Sep 5, 2022

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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So hello friends. How about that PPV?

~ What Hook does Hook does so drat well. I'd like to see him go over 10 minutes some day. Or over 5 minutes. He's so popular the have to protect him. But he'll never improve if this is his career trajectory.

~ It's time for OC to beat PAC and strap up. It's also time to get the drat Death Triangle/Best Friends feud we were denied because of COVID.

~ Despite being mildly aggrieved that despite building the best tag division in the history of anything Tony has put the titles on ersatz teams that exist only to break up like 1998 WWE SioG is goddamn amazing. Like I'm still not 100% if the Acclaimed have arrived or if SioG just made it look that way like how The Bucks have 4* matches with everybody. Even though I'd like to get the ball rolling on the whole 'hey FTR are more over than Sonic the Hedgehog at a furry convention so maybe it's time to strap them back up' that will mean SioG will break up, which makes me sad.

~ So now what for the Acclaimed? Assuming you want to set them up for an actual run at the titles who are you throwing under the Acclaimed bus? LFI? HoB? MCMG?

~ I love that Luchasaurus had an even more evil mask in reserve for tonight.

~ Britt Baker did nothing wrong. She even cut her first interesting promo since she became champ.

~ A face should actually call out the refs for their apocalyptic (in kayfabe) shittiness. I know blaming anybody but yourself for your failings is not what a face does but at some point isn't somebody calling out a dumbfuck moron for loving them over relatable as hell?

~ Hangman was so shook after losing the title he's barely wrestled since. Now he gets to blame himself for not successfully carrying his friends to a title. But that's ok I'm sure noted good friend who never makes situations worse Alex Reynolds will be there for him.

~ If anybody in AEW should beat Wardlow for the TNT title it should be evil Luchasaurus.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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CobiWann posted:

All this talk about Punk... won't somebody think of the Acclaimed?!?

I TRIED!
So let's try again: Max Caster, more actual promos. He's good at those.
Also 'Scissor Me Daddy rear end' is possibly the worst catchphrase in the history of professional wrestling. I love it. But will never wear a T-Shirt of it. Ever.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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750 more posts?
Surely you can't all love the Acclaimed that much.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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Stone Punkbull 141 posted:

Of all the wrestlers you could fuse Mox with, why Miz?

Also I really need to change my loving avatar.

Because spellcheck. Mine does that on average 15 times per Dynamite.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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Answers Me posted:

I can’t believe nobody is talking about the biggest scandal of the weekend: the winner of the Casino Ladder Match was clearly Stokely Hathaway

Stokely was ineligible to win the casino ladder match as he was not a participant in the match and also not a professional wrestler.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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Astro7x posted:

Why is a suspension a punishment? When you’re making millions punishment isn’t getting to sit at home and think about what you did.

They should make all of them all compete in a 2 hour long iron man match against each other on an episode of Dark as punishment.

It’s like when the coach makes you run laps.

Wrestling is a wrestler's drug. It's why they'll never be able to unionize.
You tell them they can't wrestle most of them will not be happy about it.
Or it can just be 'corporate public optics management 101'

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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JT Smiley posted:

The craziest part of all of this is that this is the most civil I've ever seen this thread.

Punk took all the toxicity and didn't leave any for us.

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ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

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Cael posted:

MJF opens the show wearing a suit saying “So … what do you guys wanna talk about?”

MJF talks about how much D&D sucks then goes into detail about the group he ironically played D&D with for 5 years. Followed by him describing his character in intricate, mocking detail.

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