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If you're thinking "Hey I should read one of those fucking things instead of doomscrolling this shitty app", then buy my book Becoming All Elite: The Rise of AEW!
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I've seen great selling performances in wrestling, I've seen great acting performances in wrestling, but I've never seen somebody credibly, legitimately, authentically look like they are going to KILL A MAN in wrestling.
Eddie Kingston is unbelievably special.
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CM Punk's side of the story versus the Elite's side of the story
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Since 'The Forbidden Door' is likely trademarked, perhaps WWE can use 'The We Fired So Many Women That We Don't Have Enough For The Rumble Door'
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Cody Rhodes left WWE because he felt he could be a bigger star. On the day he left AEW, the news has removed Steve Austin's in-ring return from the front page.
I'd say he was right.
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Meltzer reports that Mox wasn't scheduled for Wednesday, but is being called upon because nobody involved in the fight is appearing. The man doesn't just deserve a raise, he deserves half the fuckin rights fee
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Kenny Omega dressed up as a Ghostbuster and was reluctant to tag in Adam Cole during the picture-in-picture break. Nobody has ever thought about pro wrestling storytelling as deeply as him.
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The coolest thing about Saturday is that Hangman Page is all but guaranteed to add a new image to the most iconic art gallery in modern wrestling.
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Sami Zayn is at this point getting the "most popular sitcom character enters the scene to applause" pop and it is magnificent
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Chris Jericho appeared on the debut broadcasts of WCW Thunder, WWF SmackDown, WWE NXT, and AEW Dynamite.
That he's a legend and an all-timer at this point is undeniable.
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CM Punk should be suspended for throwing a punch at one of the Young Bucks. Eddie Kingston was. Alternatively, imagine Eddie Kingston's tweet if that doesn't happen and rejoice
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"Jeff Hardy should retire the swanton" lads the guy is in a tables match next week, he's not going to put the figure four on the Butcher
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WWE enticing AEW guys to join at the exact same time they book a top star so badly she walks out
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Hangman Page acknowledged Colt Cabana as a "fountain of wisdom" in his IG post which is the best possible way of revealing that he does in fact listen to advice
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I don't mean this in the tribalism way, but it's wild how AEW actually is cinematic at its most powerful. That All Out main event was such a bleak and unsettling final act on a night with a real noir quality to it.
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Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks representing the Elite Vs. Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler YUTA representing the BCC for the inaugural Trios titles underneath the Mox/Punk unification is my new dream All Out scenario
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Not to be a freakazoid but thank God for AEW. Thank fucking God for AEW
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Orange Cassidy, the nemesis of the 1980s wrestling fan, winning a match by body slam IN DETROIT was a very funny bit. I love him.
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Kenny Omega should quote tweet the PWI 500 announcement with the words "Acknowledge me."
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House of Black with a debuting Buddy Murphy Vs. Death Triangle with a returning Fénix? That sounds...fucking glorious
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CM Punk's strain of masculinity is so much cooler than the Inner Circle's.
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Incel Road Dogg calling AEW a bitch after they didn't give him a job
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WWE puts smiles on people's faces.
ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
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I'll miss CM Punk because he is a genius in so many ways, but if it's any consolation, he would have humiliated himself in any potential match with Kenny Omega by doing something to "prove" he was remotely on his athletic level. And folks...where's the lie?
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CM Punk and Colt Cabana both worked matches on the 27/10/21 Dynamite. Less than a month later, Punk joined Hangman Page in a friendly post-show singalong. This supports a lot of what Punk said in the presser (NOT saying it was justified). Punk was nice to Page on Twitter too.
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Omega mocked the GTS gesture, immediately ate a Fénix cutter. Did the GTS, popped the crowd by failing with it. Matt mocked the worst Buckshot lariat in history, took a hammer to the face. The Elite played heel in Chicago, showed ass, and gave Punk's fans a cathartic experience.
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I've been critical of Jim Ross in AEW, but he was truly phenomenal in selling the plastic bag angle. It was already transgressive, but he made it feel like things had been taken much too far. His disgust was as powerful as the visual.
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Tony Khan booking a feud between two of the Four Pillars, positioning the third to kill it in the opener, and strapping the fourth up to put over how far they've all come is why he is the best booker bar none in pro wrestling right now. The level of thought blows me away.
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Kenny Omega, who used stamina as a narrative device to ultimately win the IWGP Heavyweight Title, clutches his winded stomach to put over how gruelling returning to action is. There's not a better sports-oriented storyteller in wrestling history.
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Here's CM Punk referencing Brawl Out by bragging that his hand hurts - a clear allusion to throwing a punch in the fight - BEFORE the Elite mocked him on Dynamite. So I'm not sure why people are having kittens over the trios match or why "his camp" are so bothered tbh
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I've seen Godzilla do less damage to buildings than Tay Conti has done to the WWE Performance Center.
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CM Punk Vs. Dax Harwood should be a tremendous match inspired by Bret Hart, which makes a refreshing and overdue change from the eight fucking thousand NXT matches inspired by Shawn Michaels
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This version of Jon Moxley is more terrifying than any of the nerds who've been labelled "the next Undertaker". Also the Undertaker
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CM Punk Vs. MJF was masterful pro wrestling storytelling. You could show it to a new fan and the fan who has seen it all, and they'd get just as much out of it. That was what you watch this for.
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I am trying very hard not to be this person, and I'm enjoying the Bloodline storyline a lot, but for fuck's sake the answer is "literally every Wednesday". Every wednesday sounds like this. Can we not pretend as though WWE invented noise
How often does a story & performer get this kind of white hot reaction? Listen to the guttural exuberance from the crowd for
@SamiZayn
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#SmackDown
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The HOOK push is genius. Every week he does something as cool as fuck - head-drop suplex, piledriver no-sell, nope spot - and it's perfectly rationed to make him feel special. It's like they wrote down a complete list of the most badass shit and found the one guy to pull it off.
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This is the type of pop that discipline generates. Touching a referee in AEW has thus far been presented as a total no-no. Wish they'd tighten up in other areas because hearing this sound was amazing
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Jesus Christ, this whole AEW vs WWE thing is getting so toxic and exhausting, guys. AEW is the superior promotion. If you could just acknowledge this it will all stop
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Cody Rhodes and Sammy Guevara just had the best singles ladder match in years. The tone they set was incredible in justifying the spots, which were fucking nuts. You could feel the competitive personal friendship forged over two years mutate as it unfolded. Class.
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Not a single week of the MJF/Wardlow programme has dragged, underwhelmed or not made me desperate to see the match. Can't remember the last feud where every single second was as hot as this
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Shane McMahon booking himself to be the hardest man alive, everybody thinking he's a cunt, and him being bounced out is as funny as seasons 3-7 of the Simpsons
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If this is it for Cody Rhodes in AEW, I hope his contribution isn't just celebrated for making a bet with Dave Meltzer. Look at who he decided to lose to and where they are now. A star and a star-maker.
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Acknowledge me.
Between the repeated Piper references and the thread of MJF running from Punk, I've become so convinced that we're in for a Dog Collar bloodbath at Revolution that I'll be disappointed if that's not the direction
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"Guys, crazy idea: it's actually possible to like two wrestling promotions at once 🙄"
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WWE has come to terms on the release of 400,000 viewers. We wish them the best in all their future endeavors.
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Maybe if Triple H didn't say pissy defensive things like "AEW beat our developmental programme, big deal" his developmental talents would actually get a pop
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Bryan Danielson wrestling Kenny Omega in AEW as a fan holds up a sign wishing me a happy birthday. Surreal. Wonderful.
Grateful.
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Not really into the whole AEW Vs. WWE culture war bollocks but it does amuse me that Tony Khan hyping announcements gets shit on when Vince literally promised the Greatest Wrestling Match ever in an empty fucking gym
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"69 me Don!" is funnier than the botched explosion and that is why Kenny Omega is the greatest professional wrestler of all time.
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I wish Cody the best, but somehow, walking into the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet as a top star highly skilled at every facet of the game is a bigger bet on himself than All In
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Watching Steve Austin in a t-shirt beat up Kevin Owens for five minutes as the commentator says "You know I was talking to Stone Cold earlier, and he told me that he likes to drink beer" sounds absolutely grim
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The reaction to Bryan Danielson Vs. Lee Moriarty was just as lush as the match. Thousands of people going apeshit for progressively more nasty and spirited complex technical wrestling, fucking great stuff
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Nothing less than one of the coolest moments in wrestling history.
Anthony Bowens has some news to break to Harley Cameron.
WATCH
#AEWRampage
on TNT!
@platinummax
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@bowens_official
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@realbillygunn
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@itsdanni_ellexo
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Bryan Danielson leaning his chest into Minoru Suzuki's chops as Suzuki just laughs maniacally and hits him harder. This shit is going to rule so unbelievably fucking hard
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Cody Rhodes should have won, particularly since Triple H's weekly television product is much too fucking dull to keep the good will generated from this weekend going.
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Hangman Page seconding the Dark Order to the ring when the Young Bucks wouldn't second him at All Out 2019 THREE YEARS AGO is just sensational stuff. The Elite storyline at its best is so rich and detailed and ambitious, my word.
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Remember when people thought Jimmy Uso throwing Roman Reigns the odd suspicious look for a few months was the greatest wrestling story ever told, and then they simply formed a stable
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WWE deserves some kind of special award for taking a performer as outstanding as Sasha Banks, who has a DEVOTED following, and routinely putting in her situations and matches that nobody cares about in the arena. I've rarely seen incompetence like it
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Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Nick Gage Vs. Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks
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Punk is uncannily good at presenting his side of things and appearing reasonable when you know for a fact some of what he says is bullshit. It's an art. I always say he could tell you the earth is flat, and after a few minutes...
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AEW All Out 2021 was a great show, but I can't help but wonder how much better it would have been had CM Punk, Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson and Ruby Soho all first debuted on Dark wearing grey 'Property Of AEW' t-shirts.
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I was led to believe that Hangman Page had been buried and that AEW stopped caring about him when they signed Punk and Danielson. Where THE FUCK are those tweets now?
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The Bloodline is going to date horribly.
#DIY
saga levels of forced, pretentious drama. Not enough is being said about those performances either. Paul Heyman's acting was particularly embarrassing at SummerSlam.
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Rewatching Forbidden Door. After the fifth German suplex, Jericho senses that the crowd is really clicking with the sequence. As you can see, he calls a spot and tells YUTA to do it "again". Within five seconds, they get a standing ovation.
Genius.
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Imagine if AEW did a Royal Rumble, man. The sheer amount of potential credible winners is unreal. That's some measure of how well the promotion is booked.
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That Hangman Page promo was so good. It's the sort that will be remembered in shorthand forever: the Cowboy Shit Promo.
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This is amazing, overdue, and I cannot even fathom Mark Briscoe's bravery. Rooting for him to get through it, much less win.
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Cody winning the TNT Title at Christmas is absolutely tremendous banter and you're lost if you can't see how this will ultimately benefit somebody else.
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A complete unknown working a cold match with zero build - and generating one of the loudest reactions on TV all year - took a fucking AXE to TWO different bad faith arguments that have polluted this app all year. Amazing scenes on Dynamite last night. Wrestling is the story.
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Hangman wearing the long tights in a visual plea. Hangman grabbing the legs to stop a suplex in visual atonement. Omega grabbing Hangman's tassels in a visual representation of him holding onto the frayed bond one last time.
AEW is better than the thing you like.
#AEWAllOut
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We've had fun glamorising this bollocks but if one of CM Punk or Kenny Omega walks because of what happens next with Ace fucking Steel then AEW has completely and utterly fucked it
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Mox still kicks ass, Trent and Nick Jackson turned a flat crowd into a proper AEW atmopshere, STANDING RED RUM, Jade Cargill delivered big-time in the spot in a smart, super-heated match without one awkward or wasted second.
Class Rampage.
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Over the last two episodes of Rampage, my opinion on Eddie Kingston has evolved from "best utility player in wrestling" to "STRAP HIM THE FUCK UP IN 2022"
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Imagine Kenny Omega and Hangman Page going five minutes on Dynamite after a year of build, and Omega intentionally disqualifying himself. Wouldn't ever happen because in a company that isn't totally fucking deranged, it shouldn't.
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That Hangman Page promo was absolutely incredible. He has very clearly wanted to say something like that, not to Jon Moxley, for quite some time. The conviction behind his words, the delivery, how he channelled something all too real for the business end of things: phenomenal.
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I really want Toni Storm Vs. Jamie Hayter to open Full Gear. A stiff 12 minute fucking ripper. Fans will be into it because they're into both wrestlers and it's about time the women got a great slot in front of an energised crowd.
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Chris Jericho finding a storyline reason to give 19 year-olds something while working a long-term storyline with his 24 year-old apprentice is a better developmental system than the Performance Center don't @ me
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Cody was instrumental in making wrestling infinitely better. He has drawing credentials in a rights fee era. He can work the stadium main event incredibly well.
Nobody deserves it more.
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Well, it looks like there's been enough CM Punk. Can we finally talk about how his run wasn't all that great? No, because it was fucking genius. He might not be the best guy, but he's phenomenal at what he does. That's how it works all too often.
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100% not a work. It would be in exceptionally poor taste to put over community and charity endeavours in press releases like this. Not AEW's style.
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Rewatched Elite Vs. Death Triangle and PAC says "Ya did it! Ya fuckin' did it! It was perfect! I'm fuckin' proud of ya!" at the end lol
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One of my favourite things about peak AEW is that it was often just incidentally funny in small moments. Honestly this as much as anything is the "feeling" for me
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Just realised that the existence of an AEW Trios Title brings us one step closer to pro wrestling nirvana: Sting eating a V-Trigger and then pounding his chest
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Cody Rhodes is a star irrespective of the promotion he's in. Boosted ROH's profile. Helped form AEW and was the most high-profile player in its first year. In WWE, he has the crowd eating out of his palm, and they haven't been known for their enthusiasm nor volume in years.
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It's going to be really funny when crowds sit there bored shitless when WWE runs RAW in front of fans again. I honestly can't wait
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At this rate we're a few hours away from NXT booking a DX reunion and Tony Khan reminding Triple H that he once performed in blackface
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Minoru Suzuki laughing off Eddie Kingston's chops in a giant, sold-out tennis stadium in New York City on TNT. In the main event. That's impossible to criticise in bad faith. I can't fathom not thinking that wasn't the coolest thing. That was more universal than Pixar.
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Suddenly, debuting on Dynamite and then going over the Trustbusters on Dark for six weeks doesn't seem so bad
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"All I drink is blood" might be the coolest fucking thing I've ever heard anyone say. Welcome back, Mox, you goddamn hero.
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One day, AEW will return to Daily's Place when all of this shit is done with, and everybody will rejoice with perspective and a strange nostalgia. Remember this tweet.
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WWE are attempting to slam shut the Forbidden Door. If they put an iota of the effort they put into being spiteful into being good, they might not be totally shite. They are so savvy at everything but wrestling, it's infuriating
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It's January 8 2021, and between Don Callis and Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega Vs. Fénix, and the Bullet Club reunion, AEW already has put cases forward for promo, match, and angle of the year.
It's not like other wrestling promotions.
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