aew 2021: don callis’s sunglass game is on point

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.

A+++++ on the Omega/Callis painting

i want one

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.

bringing Riho back?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYj9WrCcn5s

wednesday's show seems pretty stacked

the eddie/lance archer promo in that.... exquisite

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

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.

his promo on luther was hilarious

Hey Brad....

Get your piece of history today! Poster and shirts available!#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/UOpK6WX1e8

— ShopAEW.com (@ShopAEW) January 23, 2021

lol thank you i am literally thinking about buying a poster

anyone else hyped as hell for the women's eliminator tournament

also tonight's thunder rosa/britt baker match was so awesome

uhh really stunning main event as well with a pretty big surprise at the end, no spoilers

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?

not a dry eye in the house

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.

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

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!

I kno the surprise but I don’t think I’m gonna watch until the weekend

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.

"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

I'm really hype. Our wrestling threads will slowly bleed into each other

(except the WWE one)

just as god intended

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

RIP that one time luger fought Tyler breeze

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!

I like the idea of 3-belt Ibushi

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)

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.

Man, that main event, though. Throwing some potatoes, man.

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.

main event was so good

It was unfortunate that Archer was the only person who could conceivably take the pin (especially since it was a falls count, no DQ match), without much storyline complication.

Anyway, that was a good bit of fun, I felt.

I'm oddly interested in what's going on with Sammy Guevara; I've never been too into him, honestly, but I am intrigued.

Also, Dark Order's pursuit of Hangman's friendship/membership is just adorable.

women's eliminator tournament starts today!!!!! i'm hyped

I'm oddly interested in what's going on with Sammy Guevara; I've never been too into him, honestly, but I am intrigued.

incidentally sammy's vlog is one of my favorite aew side programs, highly recommended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THd-MjU3104

this has been fantastic so far. veny vs. emi sakura is my match of the year

Hope that we can see more of them on our regular TVs relatively soon. If travel restrictions ever ease up, I would be down to see Itoh against Shida, Mizunami vs. Rose, Aja freakin' Kong vs everyone.

also excalibur killed it on solo commentary

also aew made the matches available with japanese commentary (featuring shida, who is SO psyched about everything that happens and it's so charming) and that is how i'm rewatching them now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUanKzytWZ0

this is how i learned that youtube shortlinks embed now, lol

Man, I enjoy this even more with the Japanese commentary! I like Excalibur, but with how much NJPW I watch, there's something comforting about the Japanese commentary here.

Also, I forgot to mention Emi Sakura in my last post, but MAN is she always so fun to watch! I was very lucky to get to see her live at Full Gear 2019 against Riho, and I would be very into a match where she challenges Shida.

(That being said, I'm still pulling for Mizunami to win the Japanese block. I was heartbroken that the first round match was between her and Itoh, because I also wanted Itoh to go far...though they might have had a hard time putting her on American TV.)

y'all

Oh, I'm hyped. I flew from Hawai'i to Baltimore for their Full Gear match, and that itself was beautiful. I watched Jon Moxley spit blood and glass. I missed my King of the Deathmatch.

I am so excited for this. I imagine it's their way of writing him off tv for a bit for his kid.

Holy cow just seen the spoilers. This is gonna be nuts.

i haven't watched in a while so ive been missing the entire jp/usa tourney but i just saw this vid and now i kinda have to go back and watch everything. if u don't know maki itoh (like i didn't) it's a great primer!! (also a fantastic illustration of the ddt/tjp model -- for all of the goofiness, it is absolutely bursting w/ heart)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ZuITjMO14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHfI24c4PhI

crucial dark order/hangman bit in this week's bte

yuka sakazaki vs. emi sakura was sooooooo good

KOR vs KUSHISA in the 2016 BOSJ is one of my favourite matches of recent years. The dude can go.

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

(they had a match in 2016 too, but 2015 is the really famous one iirc)

I’m rewatching last weeks Dynamite and holy fuck this match.

Like holy fuck.

I’m like 45 mins in and just holy fuck.

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.

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.

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

<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.

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

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

only wish is a mod can change the board title to "i love wrestling"

miro promo on rampage last minute contender for promo of the year

hook is the most popular wrestler in the country

XP yeah that pushed me over for the wrestler poll, as undeniable as Eddie’s promos have been.

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)

really stellar dynamite otherwise tonight

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.

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

good Dynamite, next week's show is gonna be yet another can't miss spectacular.

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

the year of redragon

ok that street fight was the best shit i've ever seen

the year of the bloody bunny

AEW 2022: The year of the bloody bunny