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| Swerve Joe vs Kingdom |
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1 | 1.28% |
| Hook vs Cage |
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2 | 2.56% |
| Killswitch vs Magic |
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1 | 1.28% |
| Riho vs Stat |
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4 | 5.13% |
| Ospreay vs Kyle |
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70 | 89.74% |
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DogsInSpace! posted:So is the Rainmaker going to attack AEW youngbois now? Nick Wayne and the Martins better look out. Loved how the crowd turned on OKADA. Darby can't die until Okada's had a chance to treat him like Kaito Kiyomiya
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Another super fun ep, so much stuff to look forward to over the next couple weeks. Loved Danielson looking thrilled to get to wrestle Will.Maerlyn posted:Dropping Okada on just some regular Dynamite instead of at Revolution (or Big Business) was a shock TV is the primary revenue stream, you gotta make every week can’t miss by occasionally doing big things on regular programming.
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Maerlyn posted:Dropping Okada on just some regular Dynamite instead of at Revolution (or Big Business) was a shock You're right
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CHaKKaWaKka posted:Darby can't die until Okada's had a chance to treat him like Kaito Kiyomiya Haha  If Nick Wayne was a Face I would say him. Poor Darbs. Really excited for Elite Rainmaker. Tony has created a heck of a promotion. Still wish somehow he could bring in Shinsuke and Kana for at least a brief run but they are retired I guess. Rewatched the Ospreay/Fletcher match. Jesus. So good. How is Matt Jackson’s face so punchable?
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Mar 7, 2024 07:56
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I loving gasped when the coins dropped. Unreal. I was hoping we’d get Okada soon, but I was thinking “oh Big Business is a shoe-in for you know who so Okada debuting there will be the shock,” Ala Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole years ago. And having Okada join up as the new Elite heater? Ohhhh buddy this is going to be fun. I can’t wait until the inevitable backstage segment when it’s Awkward with the Best Friends. Also for Okada to steal the Bucks’ gear.
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Mar 7, 2024 08:31
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Okada joining The Elite is inspired. Common Matthew & Nicholas W.
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Mar 7, 2024 08:35
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Hooted and hollered all night. TK cutting checks for these sickos to entertain us on week night tv for free is cool and good.
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Mar 7, 2024 09:10
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petition to close the hell thread as its no longer needed - we are Back
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Mar 7, 2024 09:59
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The Fite Replay cut off the end of the show, I feel as angry as Bryan Alvarez! Also holy poo poo, Okada vs. Eddie Kingston yes loving please 
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Mar 7, 2024 10:51
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Hefty Leftist posted:petition to close the hell thread as its no longer needed - we are Back I'm hearing this more and more
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Mar 7, 2024 11:17
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Feels good to be All Elite
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Mar 7, 2024 11:19
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https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1765619103849476172 "Barry Bloom" "Safest locker-room in the business"
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Mar 7, 2024 11:31
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Thanks for checking my rear end, Matthew.
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Mar 7, 2024 11:34
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"Gotta do what's best for business" and "Can't leave money on the table" are S-tier inclusions there. I'm totally in love with them constantly using the lovely takes all the e-drones are always throwing at them.
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Mar 7, 2024 11:43
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they confirmed okada DID own a red ferrari in japan
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Mar 7, 2024 11:52
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they accidentally revealed okada's private grievances about only having 600,000 dollars in the bank for shoot. probably the biggest reason he came to aew to finish his career. but i'm glad they managed to correct it. for work
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Shard posted:I said it in the thread - it's crazy to me that some people out there legit think wrestling used to be better. Tonight just made it crystal clear to me how loving lucky we are. I have never had a weekly show this high quality for wrestling. Not once. It has never been better than now. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. I will always have a fondness for the days of tape trading & buying a comp tape put together by someone from Usenet that's just chock full of cool poo poo you might otherwise not have seen. Like I just did a quick Google to find an example and look at how wild & diverse this Phil Schneider Tape listing is, from 1997: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.sport.pro-wrestling/c/_XPfQc7hi4Q?pli=1 But nostalgia means you forget how loving poo poo it was a lot of stuff was, having to wait for tapes to arrive, the ratio of good to bad on TV wrestling was so much lower than it is now, TV matches were so loving short, stuff you'd see from Japan was often clipped to bejesus. I mean even a random episode of Raw these days, despite the interminable runtime, is going to have more good in-ring action, & a higher ratio, than a random '98 or '99 episode, never mind Dynamite or Collision. There's an argument that styles are all a little more homogenous than they were 25/30 years ago, but that's just an inevitable result of the globalisation of wrestling. So yeah, you're right. Pretty much everything is better, from the accessibility to the affordability to the average in-ring quality to the much lower prominence of gross misogyny & homophobia etc (on TV anyway), the variety. Like, you might personally prefer the peaks of All Japan from the '90s or the stories on the top of the WWF or whatever the gently caress & that's fine, that's personal preference, but as a whole package I don't think there's ever been a better time to be a wrestling fan. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Mar 7, 2024 |
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Mar 7, 2024 12:51
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I love Okada and Ospreay showing up (and 99.9% Mercedes next week), I just hope Swerve's story doesn't get overlooked or pushed down the card in all the hype. That man deserves the belt and a real run on top. Since AEW booking isn't WWE booking, however, I have faith.
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Mar 7, 2024 12:54
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CobiWann posted:I love Okada and Ospreay showing up (and 99.9% Mercedes next week), I just hope Swerve's story doesn't get overlooked or pushed down the card in all the hype. That man deserves the belt and a real run on top. I think the opening segment (as mixed of feelings as I had on it) pretty much indicated that Swerve is still Next Up. Loudest crowd reactions of the night and the audience is incredibly invested in him.
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Mar 7, 2024 12:56
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I think there is a case for how much the anticipation and working to get something made it seem special. Like, objectively I know there were five or six matches on AEW and njpw in the past 5 days that were better than absolutely anything on the "best of Cactus Jack in Japan" tape I paid $20 for in 2002 which took a month to arrive, but I still feel more invested in the one that was tougher to get.
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Mar 7, 2024 12:57
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CobiWann posted:I love Okada and Ospreay showing up (and 99.9% Mercedes next week), I just hope Swerve's story doesn't get overlooked or pushed down the card in all the hype. That man deserves the belt and a real run on top. I feel a lot better about it now (with Okada prob getting the Continental belt and Ospreay/Bryan delaying the Ospreay vs Callis Family stuff) than I did Tuesday. Keep them busy and away from Swerve for a while
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Mar 7, 2024 13:01
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omega, okada, ospreay, and jay white. has there ever been a roster this good??
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Mar 7, 2024 13:04
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JUNGLE BOY posted:omega, okada, ospreay, and jay white. has there ever been a roster this good?? New Japan's roster when they had those four guys. But they didn't have Bryan Danielson.
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Mar 7, 2024 13:06
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If Wembley gets Okada/Omega I’m going to lose my mind.
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Mar 7, 2024 13:09
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Still wondering how/if Will can maintain this pace
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Mar 7, 2024 13:40
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Dango Bango posted:Still wondering how/if Will can maintain this pace Posts from 2018
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Mar 7, 2024 13:44
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Dango Bango posted:Still wondering how/if Will can maintain this pace he is will, by god, ospreay. of course he can!
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Mar 7, 2024 13:44
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Dango Bango posted:Still wondering how/if Will can maintain this pace Don't worry about the future. Enjoy how good it is right now. Appreciating what we have right now is the key to happiness and contentment
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Mar 7, 2024 13:57
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god drat he looks good. thought theyd save this for big bizniz but i guess that's the botcha/goldberg show
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Mar 7, 2024 14:00
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I don't know who the best wrestler in the world is, but I do know he works for AEW.
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Mar 7, 2024 14:01
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feels like the dark days of aew autumn/winter 2023 are nearly over...
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ThePariah posted:I don't know who the best wrestler in the world is, but I do know he works for AEW. Serpentico will appreciate this
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Mar 7, 2024 14:04
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fez_machine posted:https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1765619103849476172 “Thanks for correcting my rear end” might have to work its way into my vocabulary
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Mar 7, 2024 14:05
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The only problem with the Bucks' TK parody backstage is they were actually smiling instead of obviously trying to grin through raw existential panic, as TK does. Good seg otherwise. I was trying to figure out why Okada and Eddie were on a team before getting Hella Swerved.
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Mar 7, 2024 14:07
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Alaois posted:Wardlow busting it down sexual style, but is he goated with the sauce? word on the discords is he’s straight bussin
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Mar 7, 2024 14:08
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Oh man I just realized with hangman suspended he won't be able to stop swerve from winning the title which will drive him crazier haha
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https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1765637255220089099 Matt Taven.
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Shard posted:Oh man I just realized with hangman suspended he won't be able to stop swerve from winning the title which will drive him crazier haha It rules, too, because he could either go after Swerve immediately or turn babyface again by going after the Elite. And, depending on how the stars line up, we could potentially get Kenny and Hangman teaming up again out of the whole thing.
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Shard posted:Oh man I just realized with hangman suspended he won't be able to stop swerve from winning the title which will drive him crazier haha he's suspended from the elite. we actually don't know his AEW punishment
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