that was all supposed to be behind the spoiler tag idk what happened
― ✖, Saturday, 9 January 2021 03:24 (three years ago) link
did i fuck up or did it fuck up
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f8/42/bc/f842bc9b5ee2c27104bb9eba44270a59.png
??
― ✖, Saturday, 9 January 2021 03:25 (three years ago) link
turns out you can't hide images
― ✖, Saturday, 9 January 2021 03:27 (three years ago) link
the elite wrestled a few times over the summer. the last time was in august. (also, stadium stampede??)
― maura, Saturday, 9 January 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
i don't think they've been associated at all since kenny's turn though right? they've been doing their own thing as face champs
― ✖, Saturday, 9 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Face champs who kick random people in the face?
Maybe their message is mixed but fuck guys who super kick Tony schiavone
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 9 January 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
i'm sure they'll incorporate that into the current thing but they pretty sharply turned away from it ("we needed to get our edge back") when they started building to the FTR match
they literally apologized for the superkick spree and have been playing pretty pure babyfaces for a couople months now
― ✖, Saturday, 9 January 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
kenny’s turn was a month ago. aew books long term.
― maura, Sunday, 10 January 2021 03:23 (three years ago) link
i know... my only point is that i believe "the elite" graphic was meant to be used for promotion after the episode ended, not before the ending. if they'd promoted "the elite" for next week without the episode ending like it did, it would've been bemusing and a little bit intriguing given that the three of them haven't interacted since kenny's turn, but now it obviously makes sense knowing that they re-formed
just a wee and extremely insignificant gaffe not an unusual thing on dynamite
― ✖, Sunday, 10 January 2021 06:56 (three years ago) link
like the ending made sense but it was still a "twist"
― ✖, Sunday, 10 January 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
Hey yeah you’re right! I wish they would clear up some of these gaffes but it’s not so bad as to stop me enjoying the show
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 10 January 2021 08:39 (three years ago) link
i find it endearing if anything
― ✖, Sunday, 10 January 2021 09:01 (three years ago) link
I think the twist is more about who The Elite will be - there’s a promo Callis cut announcing the match where it could be read as either The Bucks or Good Brothers would join Omega.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 10 January 2021 13:23 (three years ago) link
I kept wanting someone on commentary to yell "The Young Bucks want answers!" in a callback to one of my favorite calls of all time ("Machine Gun wants ANSWERS" from New Year Dash 2017, which was the last time they were all together, I believe?
― hourspass, Monday, 11 January 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
i've been on a random fec filings kick and if my love for the hangman page wasn't at 100% by then it was now.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 15 January 2021 05:26 (three years ago) link
he’s very very good
― maura, Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
I really like how the rest of The Elite (Young Bucks, Kenny, & Cody) all seem really invested in making Hangman a star. Hell, not to cross promotions, but even Hiroshi Tanahashi likes Hangman. Dude just has a really natural charisma that makes it incredibly hard to not cheer for him.
― hourspass, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
A+++++ on the Omega/Callis painting
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 21 January 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
i want one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 January 2021 04:49 (three years ago) link
COMING SOON!#AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament!Who will be the number one contender? pic.twitter.com/oM4I3OGrRn— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 21, 2021
Oh man, I am stoked for the possibilities in the upcoming Women's tournament. Seems like there might be more joshi talent competing? Though I may be reading too far into the Japanese flag on the bracket.
― hourspass, Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
bringing Riho back?
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYj9WrCcn5s
wednesday's show seems pretty stacked
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
the eddie/lance archer promo in that.... exquisite
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 01:17 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiFPHxakgMU
this week's dark is the best one i've seen yet. 34 minutes in there is a stellar rey fenix/baron black match; pretty peter avalon's walk off is amazing; and this is all before negative one joins the commentary booth
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
I've been really liking how much they have been including -1 in programming lately. I hope that it has been helping the family to get through their loss, knowing that they have an extended family in the Dark Order, and in the promotion at large.
Plus, that kid is just too cool. Cut a great promo on Marko Stunt saying that at least he's still going to grow some more. I hope they allow that kid to keep working with them if that's what he wants.
― hourspass, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
his promo on luther was hilarious
― ✖, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
Hey Brad....
Get your piece of history today! Poster and shirts available!#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/UOpK6WX1e8— ShopAEW.com (@ShopAEW) January 23, 2021
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 28 January 2021 00:14 (three years ago) link
lol thank you i am literally thinking about buying a poster
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
anyone else hyped as hell for the women's eliminator tournament
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
also tonight's thunder rosa/britt baker match was so awesome
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link
uhh really stunning main event as well with a pretty big surprise at the end, no spoilers
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
hard for me to tell when dynamite is outdoing itself at this point but that was... one of the best episodes
How was the wedding?
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 07:37 (three years ago) link
not a dry eye in the house
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Yeah the thread should remain a spoiler free zone but everything about this is excellent and exciting. Leaving the ending to one side, the brackets of the women’s tournament are intriguing. Looking like a very fun spring all things considered.
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Should clarify, the thread should remain a spoiler free zone for a bit on Thursdays just to give us Britishers the chance to catch up
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
I didn't get to watch since I was at work, but MAN a great surprise, followed by some great announcements for the Women's Eliminator tournament!
― hourspass, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
I kno the surprise but I don’t think I’m gonna watch until the weekend
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
I just watched the short clip from social media and it was enough to satisfy me. I'm glad there seems to be a very interesting story branch to their current IMPACT partnership.
― hourspass, Thursday, 4 February 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
"no spoilers" was me telling myself not to post any spoilers, not really trying to rein in anyone's behavior itt lol
the door is open
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
I'm really hype. Our wrestling threads will slowly bleed into each other
(except the WWE one)
― hourspass, Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
just as god intended
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
After last night’s classic main event + the shocking ending, @kennyomegamanx issued the challenge & @AEW GM @tonykhan has made the match for next week’s #AEWDynamite Wednesday Feb 10, Falls Count Anywhere, World Champion Kenny Omega & KENTA v. @JonMoxley & Lance Archer! @AEWonTNT https://t.co/3qXSLdqrWh pic.twitter.com/vEWbwz1kjW— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 4, 2021
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
RIP that one time luger fought Tyler breeze
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
I really thought that Tyler Breeze would get the push after that, but man was I wrong. I thought he looked great in that match too.
Now that that spoilers are in effect: WHO IS EXCITED FOR TANAHASHI TO RESCUE PAGE LIKE HE SAID HE WOULD DO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO? DON'T THINK WE FORGOT, UNCLE TONY/GEDO!
― hourspass, Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
I like the idea of 3-belt Ibushi
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
I actually believe tony would wanna follow that sort of stuff up. I like that the forbidden door isn’t open for the straight up obvious thing (golden lovers) and is instead for kenta v moxley, it shows there is so much more that can happen over time.
Who knew that someone who actually cared about wrestling could come up with something really good and open instead of just being carny (yes I’m still salty about trips v sting)
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
OH GOD, Trips vs. Sting made me so so mad. NWO strolling to the ring and mugging for the camera just infuriated me.
and Tony does seem very much like a true wrestling fan, in addition to being a businessman, so I imagine that he realizes the crossover will get attention and make that merch money.
― hourspass, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Man, that main event, though. Throwing some potatoes, man.
― hourspass, Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
Don Callis feels like the real life embodiment of a character Bob Odenkirk would’ve played on Mr. Show.
Main event was bonkers madness. They’ve done a really good job of still making characters look badass even when they have to eat the unfortunate pin.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 12 February 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
Bryan Danielson is the best wrestler ever
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
Having to take a cigarette break after that match. Best AEW match ever? Agree with Schiavone’s call near the end there, this felt like breaking new ground for AEWthe cowboy shit chants in the home stretch were wverything, I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen a better executed long term push by a company of their chosen guy
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah that was all about as good as tv wrestling gets For at least the 7th time in this thread - it is a fucking miracle that AEW exists
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
brody king signs with aew
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
Kyle O’Reilly pretty obviously coming in as well. I only know ReDragon through their NJPW junior stuff because I’d checked out of WWE completely before they landed in NXT but that still seems like a good move.The dream now is for the pandemic to ease up enough for AEW and new Japan to start cross promoting, I think njpw desperately need it after a terrible few years and the AEW fans are gonna be rabid for the big NJPW stars if we can get to that point
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
Feel like they’re fast approaching the point where they could do with Rampage being slightly longer and taped on a different night /separate city with a livelier crowd.The dipshits that think it’s somehow a problem to have too many popular acts on the roster are beneath contempt but there really are just so many people now that need to be showcased
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
In total fucking awe of how over they’ve gotten Hangman, I don’t know who you could even point to in the last decade or so as a comparable example of a company deliberately taking a promising but unfavoured guy and just fucking firing them up into the stratosphere. Okada maybe?
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
I guessed right!
Absolute classic title match
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 16 December 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
XP and they have Dante Martin sitting in the goddamn wings!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 16 December 2021 04:37 (two years ago) link
That title match was fantastic. I could feel my heart in my chest in the last couple of minutes, there were so many ways they could have gone with it. Mad how after two years of spammed superkicks and overwrought community theatre drama it took a guy nominally trained by Shawn Michaels to come in and restore Bretism to its rightful, permanent place at the top of the wrestling industry
(I'm being flippant; Serena of course deserves her proper respect for this too)
I love how half of Dante's spectacular shit is just clever acrobatic dodges that aren't even going to kill him young. When he eventually debuts that second facial expression it's going to be like the second coming of Hook
Although none of them are individually 10/10 megastars all round, all of the former Undisputed Era guys have something to recommend them (godspeed Roddy) - KO'R was always my favourite of the group and I'd like to see him show up. He integrates his MMA stuff in a way that doesn't make him seem tediously ashamed of pro-wrestling, stooges like a champ and has a well calibrated sense of humour. Glad that I caught one of his excellent series with KUSHIDA in London a few years back
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 16 December 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
Hey guys I did some polls on I Love WWE to try and pick the best AEW wrestler of the incredible year we’ve had
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
I’d be down for a match of the year poll also
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
Glad that I caught one of his excellent series with KUSHIDA in London a few years back
KOR vs KUSHISA in the 2016 BOSJ is one of my favourite matches of recent years. The dude can go.
I’d love to see KUSHIDA in AEW too, of course, but perhaps he’s fine where he is. He’s got nothing left to prove, hopefully he’s getting paid a lot of money. He doesn’t have to travel much, so more time with his family. Maybe he’s got it made, as much as it pains us to see him slumming it professionally.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Sunday, 19 December 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah kushida seems to be in the same category as nakamura, he did his thing and now he’s getting paid lots of money to do very little and he won’t end up in a wheelchair or an early grave. As a fan I would selfishly love to see him have another proper run but good for him tbh
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 19 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
2021 Best Wrestler Poll
I made a proper best wrestler poll.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 20 December 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT4VlbLEjo0
this week's bte... well, believing is seeing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
assuming you mean the 2015 BOSJ final but this was such a fucking awesome match - if all you've seen of either of these dudes is their NXT run, you have no idea what kind of chemistry they have together
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link
(they had a match in 2016 too, but 2015 is the really famous one iirc)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:38 (two years ago) link
I’m rewatching last weeks Dynamite and holy fuck this match.
Like holy fuck.
I’m like 45 mins in and just holy fuck.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
I’ve never given a fuck about WM12 but no one can ever bring that match up ever again without me bitching them out.
These guys are still fucking GOING for it.
I mean holy fuck.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
It’s just ended and I’m shaking. Holy fuck.
I don’t even want to compare it to other wrestling matches. I know the Okada-Omega one is insane too but I wasn’t as invested. That was incredible. Holy fuck.
What do they even do from here?
Lol also I guess I’m actually gonna watch the rest of Dynamite, good luck to whoever goes on next.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Shida’s one leg bad gear will always make her a heel in my eyes. I wanna boo that shit so much.
Shida and Deeb are so fucking good though. I need to pay attention more
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
<i>assuming you mean the 2015 BOSJ final but this was such a fucking awesome match - if all you’ve seen of either of these dudes is their NXT run, you have no idea what kind of chemistry they have together</i>
I meant the block match from 2016; when KUSHIDA caught him mid-air in the Hoverboard Lock I popped harder than I had in years. I know he’s done the same spot a few times since but it made the match for me.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
can’t believe we’re gonna need to start a 2022 thread soon
wednesday was so awesome partic the opener, closer, and nyla vs. ruby
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 24 December 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
sting making me worry for his health is great tv
Everyone saying how good the face paint is in the main event but how cute are punks scorpion tights?
Vote in the 2021 poll
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 December 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
only wish is a mod can change the board title to "i love wrestling"
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 25 December 2021 06:16 (two years ago) link
miro promo on rampage last minute contender for promo of the year
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 December 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
hook is the most popular wrestler in the country
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 December 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
XP yeah that pushed me over for the wrestler poll, as undeniable as Eddie’s promos have been.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 26 December 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
i wish the dan lambert segments didn’t routinely decay into misogyny bc otherwise his bit is a pretty effective satire of the worst wrestling fans (imo)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
really stellar dynamite otherwise tonight
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
Yeah, Lambert's "Jim Cornette (but not really)" thing is a bit of a high-wire act and there are definitely times that he strays too far onto the wrong side of the line as an offensive revolting old white dude. Nothing that would be out of place in WWE but that Attitude era shit jars pretty badly in AEW. Jericho also guilty of this at times (surprise surprise).
Thankfully it's not a place that any of the younger guys seem to feel the need to go to. There was that one Max Caster rap which landed horribly but it seems as though he was given a talking to and benched for a bit as a result.
The thing is with Lambert is that he is legitimately the best heel promo in the world and he gets crowd heat to match and I suspect they think that the ugliness and the average AEW crowd's reaction to it is a big part of that, so expect him to continue walking that line.
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 30 December 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
on that final point, should say that if that is the thinking then they're totally wrong, cause the other thing about Lambert is that he is a diehard wrestling fan who visibly loves every single moment he's out in front of a crowd and the fans can sense that. he'd be way over without the edgelord bullshit
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 30 December 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
good Dynamite, next week's show is gonna be yet another can't miss spectacular.
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 30 December 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Any suggestions for 2022 thread name? The year already has shit to talk about with oh, tonykhanpaws tweets and I guess I need to see a death match with the bunny in it
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 1 January 2022 15:12 (two years ago) link
the year of redragon
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 1 January 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
ok that street fight was the best shit i've ever seen
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 January 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link
the year of the bloody bunny
AEW 2022: The year of the bloody bunny
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 2 January 2022 08:18 (two years ago) link