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Big E breaking his neck and immediately posting a video because he doesn't want people to worry about him lines up with everything I've ever heard about the man. On the very short list of people in wrestling you never hear a bad word about.
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It's worth noting that NJPW production gets incredible shots like this all the time with the wrestlers working for the crowd rather than for the cameras. It can be done!
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An AEW wrestler selling a superkick for -1 is a lot like Triple H selling a punch for Connor The Crusher. You've got to be a pretty big piece of shit to get worked up over something like that.
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If you watched ECW in real time and then watched WWE's version of ECW, I think you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Vince's version of NXT.
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When you wrestle someone who has been a huge star for 25 years, they almost always want you to wrestle their match. Chris Jericho went out and had an Eddie Kingston match, and it fucking ruled.
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If the crowd leaps to their feet in response to something, that means it's working.
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Anyone who thinks AEW didn't make Wheeler Yuta a star needs to listen to the crowd.
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It's funny that people who consider themselves "old school wrestling fans" hate on Orange Cassidy so much, because he couldn't possibly be more old school. He makes everything count, works to his character, and just tore the roof off the building with a body slam...in 2022.
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If you're only familiar with post "Crow" Sting, you might not fully understand what an absolute machine he was. Dude was pressing heavyweights over his head and then doing a ring-to-ring crossbody in the same match. Sting fit 80s/90s body requirements, but he could MOVE too.
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In 24 hours the people making fun of that AEW fan for being moved to tears are going to be pretending that whatever happened with Drew's sword and Alexa's evil doll was compelling.
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It blows my mind that AEW bought the rights to Ol' 55 for the Brodie tribute. Companies with lots of money always do what's good for business. That's how you end up with lots of money. It's refreshing to see a company with lots of money set that aside and just do something good.
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Gunther definitely doesn't have the Final Boss energy Walter had. It's like going from NJPW/WCW Vader to WWF Vader.
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Mox/Punk was perfect. We need to redefine "epic" in regards to pro wrestling matches. Epic shouldn't mean "big" in terms of length. It should mean "big" in terms of the impact it has. Mox/Punk was very short, but it was epic.
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The right people are complaining. That's how you know the AEW PPV was good.
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"But why are they fighting?!"
I promise, two good pro wrestlers having a good pro wrestling match will appeal to pro wrestling fans.
Rob Van Dam vs Lance Storm [Guilty As Charged '99]
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Eddie Kingston isn't "larger than life". Eddie Kingston is *real life*. That's why he connects with so many people.
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I never need wrestling games to look better than this. Make the games better, not just prettier.
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A Brodie shirt and tape on his face from the fireball. Pro wrestling is so much better with Eddie Kingston in a bigger role.
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Apologize to the Golden Globes guy. The man praised pro wrestling, shot on "Connecticut", took a Jarrett guitar shot, and set up a babyface making the save. Normalize celebrities in pro wrestling enhancing the wrestlers rather than getting a pop at the expense of the wrestlers.
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Jon Moxley is living the dream. He's simultaneously got all the perks of being a major league wrestler and all the perks of being an indie wrestler. If you think others aren't planning to follow the blueprint he's laid out, you're nuts.
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Dark Order teaching Adam Page how to overcome failure is the most compelling story in wrestling right now.
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If young wrestlers learn one thing from Danielson/Suzuki, I hope it's that you can (and should) sell and still present yourself as a badass. Being impervious to pain doesn’t make you tough. Fighting through the pain does.
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Claudio with the freedom to be the best pro wrestler he can be is going to blow a lot of people's minds. A lot of you think you know, but you really have no idea.
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TK didn't have to make this public before his Chicago shows, and he certainly didn't have to go out in front of those crowds and explain himself. You don't have to like what he did, but I don't see how anyone can't at least respect it.
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Referees are secondary characters, but they're still characters. They're supposed to react to what's happening. It's a fundamental thing refs are taught to do. The fact that he's doing it *subtly* is why he's so good at his job. That's a big reason why he is where he is.
Completely off topic but I’ve spoken about Bryce Remsberg subtly trying to steal heat on the show before & you can see it in this gif.
No good ref thinks “I need to be on camera in the middle of the frame” here.
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If any wrestlers think being cool to fans will "kill their gimmick" - It won't. Nick Gage rules.
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Back in the day, ROH had a big controversy, and the locker room pulled together and had this killer show a lot of people thought "saved" the company. That show was called At Our Best. Tonight's All Out PPV felt a lot like AEW's At Our Best. That's a unified locker room.
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I hope Renee Young has Nick Mondo make a video of her breaking out of prison.
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AEW should try to book Vikingo/Komander for the Blood and Guts undercard. I need to see what those two do when they have a second ring to work with.
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There was no pearl clutching when this match happened. We all just enjoyed it. Because it was cool as hell.
Street Fight
Kurt Angle vs Shane McMahon
WWF King Of The Ring
June 24, 2001
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The finish to the Yuta/Mox vs Best Friends tag was good for those mythical "casual fans" (and OC explained on commentary), but if you know the back story it's so much cooler. He didn't get the win with what he learned from BCC, he got it with what he learned from Chucky T.
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Willow Nightingale might be the most likable wrestler around these days. The babyfaciest babyface.
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American pro wrestling is the only story driven medium where people will argue that every character needs to be explained to the audience in explicit detail before they actually appear in the story. A completely brain dead criticism.
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Kevin Owens is that much more incredible on the microphone when you remember that English isn't his first language.
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Whoever came up with the idea to have Willow do dramatic readings of Eddie Kingston promos deserves a raise.
Willow Nightingale at Starrcast reciting Eddie Kingston's debut AEW promo.
This is the best thing I seen all day... OH MY GOD. 😄
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One time at a show someone needed a knife for something, and in asking around I asked
@MadKing1981
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...then he went into his bag and handed me a knife.
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Ric Flair is going to praise Kenny Omega's work, and the most annoying people on Twitter are going to fill their diapers.
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Stokely Hathaway needs to be AEW's Bobby Heenan. All of the people he manages don't have to be aligned, they can just all have the same manager. Spread that wealth.
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You don't want a comic book guy booking pro wrestling. Trust me.
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The way things are going, TK's gonna have to give Max Caster like 3 rap segments tomorrow.
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Jericho/Gage over delivered and then some. For years we've seen major league companies bring in people with a big underground following, strip them of what makes them special, and then act like they're nothing special. This ruled because Nick Gage got to be Nick Gage.
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It's fitting that Brodie's last match was the dog collar match. As old school as it gets, and a big contribution to the company he worked for. The most Brodie Lee match possible.
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If Disco Inferno doesn't like what you're doing in 2023, there's a pretty good chance you're on the right track.
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I'm absolutely heartbroken. Anyone who knew Brodie Lee will tell you he was a universally loved guy. The definition of a family man. Great in the ring and even better outside of it. Condolences to all of those he touched.
#RipBrodieLee
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The people who tell you AEW lacks storytelling are going to be complaining about that Firm promo that clearly explained the motivations of multiple people all night.
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Regal's firing is shocking until you remember that WWE isn't looking to hire pro wrestlers like they once were. He's invaluable when it comes to looking for talented pro wrestlers, but they're not doing that anymore.
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Punk/Penta was one of those matches where a slip actually made it better, and it's all because they didn't panic. Pro wrestling is so much better with some rough edges. Sometimes what happens turns out to be better than what you draw up
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The AEW versions of Miro and Bryan Danielson are a VERY interesting matchup on paper.
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For the "Why are they fighting?!" crowd:
In the context of the overall story, pro wrestlers are professional athletes competing in a combat sport. Every one of them are fighting because it's literally their job.
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The big thing that the Bash At The Beach 2000 episode of DSOTR made clear is that pro wrestling TV has been run by people who despise pro wrestling for far too long. This is why I'm so big on AEW. Someone who loves pro wrestling is finally in the game.
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I don't know how anyone could watch that Dynamite main event and still defend trying to turn Keith Lee into something other than what he's always been. If it ain't broke...
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I love that Alex Abrahantes is just the defacto manager of all luchadores in AEW now. He's AEW's lucha Sonny Ono.
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Pure, unfiltered Eddie Kingston. I'm so glad the world gets to see this.
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Michael Cole out here calling camera men by name. Dude can say what he wants now, and he's living his best life.
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Daffney came to CHIKARA to do Shark Girl, and part of the deal was that she'd get to train the week leading up to the show. She couldn't, because TNA needed her to do pretapes. Since she wanted to learn new things, she asked if I could show her some stuff before the show...
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Imagine if the Fiend does show up, and then Arn pulls out the glock...
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The people who still insist Will Ospreay can't promo look amazingly foolish right now.
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If you don't understand why *really good pro wrestler* vs *really good pro wrestler* is considered a dream match, then yes...pro wrestling has in fact passed you by.
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Nuclear heat. You know why the live crowd bought the finish happening in a few minutes? Because the Dynamite match told them it was possible.
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This isn't a reaction you get if you're just flips and cool movez.
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The NJPW/AEW relationship getting stronger is huge. I'm not even thinking about G1 yet. Get some NJPW representation in the Owen.
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Oh man, TK is getting War Pigs for Wardlow's entrance music, isn't he?
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HOOK was everything you could have hoped he would be. The only problem is that they're going to have to turn him face. It'll take a small miracle to get the AEW crowd to boo this man.
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Takeshita looked INCREDIBLE against Page, and having a match on that level gave Page a ton of momentum going into the PPV match with Punk. Punk was money on commentary as well. The title match is SO much hotter now. Great stuff all around.
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Regal in AEW is the best possible example of the right person in the right place. He's the highest level of exactly what people want from the promotion.
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Back in the day, a friend brought his modded Sega Saturn over to show me AJPW Featuring Virtua and more specifically, his favorite character Kenta Kobashi. When I pulled out a VHS tape to show him a Misawa/Kobashi Triple Crown match he was in disbelief.
"You mean...he's real?!"
Kenta Kobashi x The Perfect Wrestler Highlight - AJPW/NOAH (1992-2004)
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People thought AEW would be all flips and cool moves. They're out here trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube and get the BODY SLAM over as a big move.
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AEW just had their most successful episode of TV ever. Cody Rhodes is in a midcard feud that's all about establishing and elevating about a half dozen young talents. Like he did with Kingston, Starks, etc. If you're going to come for Cody, this is an interesting week to do it!
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Double Or Nothing was a tale of two AEWs. A lot of stuff in the middle of the card didn't land. The opening battle royal and the last two matches were classic AEW, and the heat was off the charts. It's clear what works and what doesn't. Just be AEW. Don't fix what isn't broken.
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What cracks me up about the White Rabbit stuff is that every "clue" is basically "watch the next show". It's the decoded Ovaltine ad from Christmas Story.
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Wheeler Yuta is a star. Made man. What a fantastic performance.
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In the early days of our journey in pro wrestling,
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Everything they just did with Hook, Starks, and Hobbs was money. All three came out of that in a much better spot than they went in, but the sky is the limit with Starks. What an absolute home run.
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That Dragunov/Walter match is a great example of why people get so frustrated with the state of WWE. A lot of incredible pro wrestlers are employed by a company that has no interest in doing pro wrestling.
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I think NXT went south when it was forced to become an "AEW killer" rather than just continuing to be what it was. Raw and Smackdown are sports entertainment. AEW is traditional pro wrestling. NXT became what WWE thought AEW was.
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Back in the day, Paul Heyman described Terry Funk as the grizzled veteran that was dying to get over as many people in ECW as he could. Chris Jericho is AEW's Terry Funk. He's lifting up everyone that gets anywhere near him.
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A few years ago, people considered Daniel Bryan vs Minoru Suzuki a dream match. A few years later, the reality is even better. They're doing American Dragon vs Minoru Suzuki.
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I've been sick as hell and blissfully away from Twitter. I return to tell you that MJF/Punk ruled because they went out and did pro wrestling without trying to reinvent the wheel. Pro wrestling still works.
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Remember when people insisted Jon Moxley "would never be happy "? Look at him out there.
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Kingston/Takeshita ruled. The kind of match Eddie got into wrestling for. Trust me.
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I know I'm biased, but I'm very excited for Eddie Kingston getting the opportunity to go full Eddie Kingston on a big stage against the best wrestlers in the world. He brings something that few do, and he's been doing it since 2002. I'm so glad someone is making the most of it.
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NJPW young lions should be required viewing for young wrestlers. Their moment to shine in prelim matches isn't a series of cool moves, it's a series of believable nearfalls. They're not trying to be athletically impressive, they're trying to be victorious.
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There are two kinds of people who came up in the indies before AEW - people who are pissed that things were so bad back then and people who are happy that things are so much better now. I think I live a happier life being the latter. Carrying that bitterness sounds exhausting.
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This is the Backseat Driver. Possibly the greatest tag team move name of all time.
The Backseat Boyz catch Slim J into a neckbreaker powerbomb!!
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The sad thing about all the pearl clutching over AEW's "complicated" C2 tournament is that they actually *simplified* the round robin tournament concept. Imagine if these people had to wrap their head around someone getting a triangle.
#AEW
Friends,
Here is an example of how round-robin tournaments in wrestling are typically presented via a block table.
•The Y axis (left) lists the wrestler accruing points in that row. The X-axis (top) lists their opponents.
•A ⚪️ typically represents a win (against the
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I wonder if there are hardcore NFL fans creating UFL hate accounts right now. Tweeting gifs of dropped passes and missed tackles. Just dying to compare the viewership numbers. Posting photos of empty seats.
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Joe/Suzuki was awesome. As pure pro wrestling as it gets. The post match was a huge wet fart they need to abort mission on as quickly as humanly possible. As bad as the match was good.
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Brandon Cutler is fantastic. This is why "Can he main event the biggest show of the year?" isn't a good criteria for whether or not to sign a pro wrestler. "Top star" isn't the only role you need in pro wrestling. You don't just need star quarterbacks. You need a complete team.
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For those who weren't around when ROH started, in a lot of ways ROH was all about keeping pure pro wrestling alive. ROH crawled so promotions like AEW could run. If ROH never runs another show, nothing could be a better tribute than pro wrestling keeping their titles relevant.
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Building a women's feud to main event level > just throwing women in a main event so you can say you did it. This feels like they're main eventing because they're one of the hottest feuds in the company, not because it's "their turn".
Baker vs. Rosa lights out match set for AEW Dynamite main event
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