AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam 09/23: Kenny Omega vs Bryan Danielson

[Lock Jaw]

Arthur Ashe kinda looks like the Legion of Doom headquarters...

[Lock Jaw]

WTF.... starting off with Bryan/Omega? That is literally the dumbest move ever..... everyone tuning in to see him has zero reason to stay tuned after

[Lock Jaw]

Still hate Bryan's haircut..... at the very least he is back to the burgundy colours.....

[Lock Jaw]

AEW stepping up the production values, I like it..... I like the LED ramp....

[Lock Jaw]

Bryan should at the very least undo his man bun/top knot thing, it is dumb

[Lock Jaw]

Crowd going banana

[Lock Jaw]

Bryan and Omega standing around out-popped CM Punk

[Lock Jaw]

Bryan's face looking "emaciated"

[Lock Jaw]

Crazy how much better a hot crowd makes rassling....

[Lock Jaw]

Good... Bryan's hair has come loose.... but still looking dumb with the shaved sides.... he needs to grow his hair out a bit

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at Bryan's chest "beet red"!

[Lock Jaw]

Ugh at cutting to the terrible ringpost camera.....

[Lock Jaw]

AEW needs more replays.... would have liked to see that hurricanrana again, especially since they were talking about it.... should have "sold it" a bit and fit in a replay....

[Lock Jaw]

This is a real good match.... it's a shame Omega wastes his talent most of the time....

[Lock Jaw]

Wish they would cut to Christian in the rafters wearing a cape, watching the match from above with his new associate Gail Kim dressed like she is ready for The Matrix 4

[GD]

I'm here for Cowboy Lock Jaw's in-depth AEW analysis. Quality stuff.

[Lock Jaw]

Viscous but sloppy seeming buckle bomb

[Lock Jaw]

Bryan's "Hulk-up" moment not the same with short hair....

[Sepholio]

lol I always enjoy the end of thread LJ play-by-play.

[Lock Jaw]

"Fight Forever" chants.....

"Bleak"..... imagine two men fighting forever.... just inflicting pain on each other for all time with neither ever able to taste success and end their torment.....

What terribel fans would wish it....

[Lock Jaw]

This is a freaking great match.... first really great match I have seen in AEW...

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at a time limit draw...... good way to end it without either losing and setting up a next match I guess.... but sucks for the fans in attendance....

They should have at least had more verbal cues of the time running out....

[Lock Jaw]

That was freaking great..... especially when Christian ran in for the save at the end

[Lock Jaw]

CM Punk now.... just giving away the things that people want to see right off the bat....

[Lock Jaw]

CM Hat..... looks like a bum again

[Lock Jaw]

Pretty good "let's make sure CM Punk is on the show" promo.... kept getting distracted by the salt in his pepper beard....

[Lock Jaw]

Hope they keep the LED board ramp...... also hope that MJF loses the scarf thing....

[Lock Jaw]

Sable is here!! Oh just Brian Pillman Jr

[Lock Jaw]

So Julia Hart has nothing to do with the Hart family..... but they definitely put her together with Pillman because of the Hart Foundation, right?

[Lock Jaw]

Wish they had shown a small video package for this match showing the story..... they need to start doing things like that....

[slik]

"Fight Forever" chants.....

"Bleak"..... imagine two men fighting forever.... just inflicting pain on each other for all time with neither ever able to taste success and end their torment.....

What terribel fans would wish it....

POTY

nominee

[Lock Jaw]

"MJF doesn't/didn't fast on Yom Kippur" sign.... lol

[Lock Jaw]

MJF so "despicable".... dis a lot better in this match at playing the "coward" too... thought he was missing that vs Jericho.... should not be a guy who is taken as a "legit talented rassler" who can win "clean".... He did win kinda clean here, but after menacing Julia and "emotionally provoking" Pillman....

[Lock Jaw]

Couldn't stop staring at Hager's unblinking stare while Jericho was talking....

[Lock Jaw]

Malkin Black such a great entrance.....

[Lock Jaw]

Just wish he would stop with the eye thing.....

[Lock Jaw]

Was gonna say Arn is a terrible manager for him, especially compared to his wife, but there she is....

[Lock Jaw]

Damn, forgot Cody's terrible neck tattoo

[Lock Jaw]

Can't believe how badly booked Cody's return was.....

[Lock Jaw]

People booing Cody....

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at Brandi with the middle fingers and swearing.... smh.....

[Lock Jaw]

People seem to really hate Cody..... he should prob beat up Arn Anderson, turn heel with his wife and go on a reign of terror.....

[Lock Jaw]

Arn Anderson awkwardly trying to go around the ringpost and falling down.... then having to get back up in position....

[Lock Jaw]

Cody pimpslapping the ref and not getting DQed and Macauley Black having to cheat to win.... wish he would have just kicked Cody's head off.....

[Lock Jaw]

Samy Guevara doesn't have a very good voice.... doesn't sound very Spanish for a Spanish God either.....

[Sting Fan]

Another banger of a show. Kinda over the CM Punk promo on every show but I do feel its building to a heel/tweener turn so I'm ok with it for now.

Sting :love::love::love:

[Lock Jaw]

FTR out here looking like the nWo B-Team entering to a Four Horsemen knock-off theme

[Lock Jaw]

Hell of a cool Sting/Darby shirt

[Lock Jaw]

You will not be able to convince me that at least like 77% of Darby's success is that he looks like Jesse Pinkman and people want to root for Jesse to have a happier ending and win a fight for once.

[Lock Jaw]

FTR is so good at tag team "divide and conquer"/"isolate one man" thing....

[Lock Jaw]

And Darby so good at getting beat up lol

[Lock Jaw]

Crowd super hot for Sting

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at Coffin Drop on the apron.... great end to the match, great match in general....

[Lock Jaw]

AEW very good at always giving something to "look forward to".... Miro defending the title next week...

[Lock Jaw]

Sarah Logan should debut to help Ruby take out Britt's lackeys....

[Lock Jaw]

oh no at Baker with the middle finger to the camera....

[Lock Jaw]

Vintage JR calling Britt's cronies jezebelles

[Lock Jaw]

And the match ends with Lock Jaw in Ruby's mouth

[Lock Jaw]

Decent little match.... was kinda burned out by the end a bit....

Really good show...

[Sepholio]

This weeks show was good imo. Not as good as some of the recent episodes though.

Bryan/Omega was an incredible match. But I hate that it ended in the time limit draw. I know it was the right call but damnit it's a non title match and Bryans first match and I really wish he would have won. Have The Elite interference end up distracting Kenny too much and Bryan to get a quick pin. Something. Feud continues either way. Like I said I know the draw was the right call (I went in dreading that it was gonna be a DQ ending, especially when it went on first) but man I really wanted a good finish.

Disclaimer: I was never a huge CM Punk fan back in the day. His mic work was excellent but his matches kinda bored me. Since he's been back his one match was a really good one imo, especially for a guy who hasn't gone in 7 years. His mic work is still great. BUT. I am over him getting an interview every week. They are starting to get that samey feel to them. When I looked at tonights line up and saw the CM Punk promo segment listed I kinda was like uhg. Do something different with him. Please. Do a promo segment with the people he is feuding with. SOMETHING. It was still a good promo and his delivery was fine, but I've just heard it before. This was the low part of the show for me.

Don't have much to say about MJF/Pillman. It was what I expected. Pillman is still a little green but he's improving fast and has a bright future. MJF still the best heel in the business. I enjoyed this segment.

FTR vs Sting/Darby was good shit. I've mentioned before that Darby got a horrible reaction early on in AEW when I went to the original fyter fest. It has been amazing watching him turn that reaction into being one of the most over guys out there in 2 years. He is on fire. I think r/n I probably enjoy his matches more than anyone else. Also amazing seeing Sting still go. Wouldn't have believed he could perform at this level at his age unless I had seen it myself. FTR is a good team. Always put on the good matches and tonight was no different. Kinda wish they had won though but Darby needs to keep on winning after the loss to Punk.

Codys back. Uhg. Why does he still have that tattoo? Awful. Was a good match though. lol @ Brandi going wild. Awkward stuff with Arn, glad he didn't get hurt there. He's getting up there, gotta be more careful. Mallacop Blart is the shit. Loved him when he was in NXT, still loved him when WWE ruined him, still love him now. One of my favorites over the last few years. I'm also a fan of all the macabre/occult gimmicks which make me love him even more. Stoked he went over. Wish the finish was him kicking stardust in the head so hard that his tattoo flew off his neck though.

The Dr. and Ruby. Loved Rubys look tonight. Probably the best gear she has ever had tbh. She has so much energy and charisma; shame WWE never let her really show it. Knew there was no way Britt was losing the title tonight (she should never lose it ever), so I figured her jezebels interfering was coming. Glad it didn't end with the DQ though, would have been very WWE to end the 2 biggest matches in one show with non-finishes. AEW has been better about not using the non-finish too much so far, and I hope they never lean into it. I imagine Lock Jaw is super stoked to end the night in Britts mouth.

Overall a good show. The non-finish in the opener kinda bummed me a bit, as did the CM Punk promo. Cody being there brought it down a little bit too. These reasons, mostly Punk and Cody, are why I didn't like this weeks ep as much as some of the recent ones. Just felt like a step back; a very very small step though.

[Sepholio]

Would like for Cody to say something smart to heel Punk in the future and just have Punk turn around and be like "Shut up Stardust" and walk off. Maybe give him the finger as he walks away without looking back.

[Triple A]

Back home... almost def got COVID-19... could feel every1's hot breath on me...

Show was sweet, esp the Omega vs. Danielson match during which the crowd was freaking insane...

My main "criticism" is I wish there were more talking and storyline segments instead of it being like a PPV where it's just match after match... didn't even let MJF talk to shit on Queens and get more heat

[slik]

Back home... almost def got COVID-19... could feel every1's hot breath on me...



Another POTY nominee

[Triple A]

Hope the crowd keeps the energy for Rampage. Lucha Bros, Moxley/Kingston, and Jungle Boy are all super over so it shouldn’t be difficult.

The crowd def started to get a little quieter for Rampage, but were still really hot during the Lucha Bros match, and the Young Bucks/Cole vs. Christian/Jurassic Express match, and the Kingston/Moxley etc match (but there were some quiet points during that)

They were quietest during the Jericho/Hager vs. Men of the Year match definitely... but feel like some of that is because they didn't put any of the match up on the big screens... feel like that always happens at wrestling shows... they always just forget to put the match up on the screen at some point during the show

[slik]

what did you eat at the stadium @ people who attended the show

[Triple A]

Had a pretzel with mustard ($7) and cup of water ($7)

They didn't have any fancy food like oysters...

[Triple A]

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[Jordan]

One of my favorite moments of the night was just how well worked out that Sting & Darby Allin v FTR match was. It felts like classic tag tropes but they worked so naturally. The build up was so f'n good.

Rewatching the show on tv now.

If you guys could have seen the congestion and lines at merch and food stands. Insane. 40 minute was minimum from what I could tell. Pretty brutal.

[Jordan]

I didn't eat because the lines were ridiculous and the halls were sometimes at a stand still there were so many people.

[Triple A]

I didn't eat because the lines were ridiculous and the halls were sometimes at a stand still there were so many people.

Yeah a bunch of guys near me would get up to get food or go to the bathroom and wouldn't be back until like 40 mins later it seemed... not good

[Evil Vito]

Yeah someone left to get beer after the Omega/Danielson match and returned near the end of Malakai/Cody. Missed Punk’s promo and basically 2 whole matches.

Cool venue but Arthur Ashe is in no way equipped for a crowd of that size.

Also most sports venues have 2 mens rooms for every women’s room. Not for a tennis stadium though.

[Jordan]

It was by far the loudest crowd I've ever heard in my life. Especially when Adam Cole gets his entrance, holy shit.

[GD]

@Triple A

Did you get to see Tay Conti or Anna Jay?

[Evil Vito]

The vast majority of the crowd stayed, which was good to see. Did have a few people eventually split with 2 matches left to go though because they had trains to catch.

I went the 7 line which as it turns out wasn’t going to Manhattan like it usually would, so I transferred over to the F and ended up just getting off at whatever stop got me closest to the hotel and walked.

Think I walked like 20 miles today, calves are barking

[Jordan]

Overall I'd much rather AEW try to run Barclays because it's a lot better of a venue. Sure it's not as big of a venue but it's sick and it's the perfect venue for wrestling in nearly every seat.

My seats were in the middle of the tip tier and we really felt quite far so next time if they go to Arthur Ashe and I go I will splurge for closer tickets. But also to be honest I prefer watching at home. There was a lot of retards and burn victims and I saw some shit I never saw before in the attendees of this show. I saw those that evolved from the sewers of NYC.

Ponytails
Replica Belts
Neck Beard
Pasty Girlfriend
Retards
Burn Victims
Lesbians
Some Looney Toons looking people

[Triple A]

Did the Taz segment air on Dynamite?

He came out to a version of his ECW theme... an instrumental of War Machine... was cool...

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[Triple A]

@Triple A

Did you get to see Tay Conti or Anna Jay?

Ya they were on Rampage... hot.....

[Jordan]

I saw a guy who looked like an early day Snapchat filter ... looney toons I swear to God.

[Jordan]

Did the Taz segment air on Dynamite?

He came out to a version of his ECW theme... an instrumental of War Machine... was cool...

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I was assuming that was a Rampage promo because some of the wording he used about time. Plus it was so quick. But that was cool when his old music hit.

[Jordan]

The crowd really hated Cody, very much like John Cena or Roman in their babyface days. He came out looking like Homelander from The Boys. That's gotta be where they go with him, find some way to make him more like Homelander and he will be a great heel for AEW for a long time.

[Jordan]

Also I thought that a lot of the moves I see on AEW that look like shit looked really good live.

I thought that Ruby Soho looked like a baby when she ran and worked really light. Same for Pillman he's working too light at times and still doesn't have a real personality.

[Triple A]

I noticed that Suzuki was also "working really light" it seemed... Like hitting Moxley really softly...

[Evil Vito]

This won’t air on TV so I’ll post it...

So “out of the loop” with a lot of modern music but especially rap. Numerous people around me were like “what the fuck!” “holy shit” etc over Lil Uzi Vert being Tony Khan’s second in a rap battle against The Acclaimed

Genuinely have never heard of him.

[Triple A]

My spoilers if anyone's interested...

Rampage:

<h2>AEW Rampage: Grand Slam</h2>
This was taped after Dynamite and will air this Friday at 10 PM ET on TNT.

Commentary: Excalibur, Taz &amp; Ricky Starks

- <strong>CM Punk defeated Powerhouse Hobbs</strong> via GTS after Hook got on the apron, but Hobbs accidentally ran into him. Hobbs controlled most of the match. CM Punk was wearing short trunks, not pants.

- <strong>Adam Cole &amp; The Young Bucks defeated Christian Cage, Jungle Boy &amp; Luchasaurus</strong> via the Last Shot by Cole on Luchasaurus, following a Panama Sunrise and BTE Trigger on him. This was an extremely fun match and the crowd was hot.

- <strong>Men of the Year defeated Chris Jericho &amp; Jake Hager</strong> via small package by Scorpio Sky on Hager after Dan Lambert tripped Hager when he was running to the ropes. The crowd was probably the quietest all night for this match. Afterwards, Jericho and Hager brought Lambert into the ring and were going to attack him, but members of American Top Team, including Jorge Masvidal and Paige VanZant came out and attacked Jericho and Hager.

- <strong>The Lucha Brothers, Santana &amp; Ortiz defeated Private Party, The Butcher &amp; The Blade</strong> via blockbuster by Santana &amp; Ortiz on Quen, with Santana getting the pin. Fun match. Matt Hardy was going to cut Santana's hair with scissors during the match, but Orange Cassidy came out and took out Jack Evans, then went backstage after about 10-15 seconds.

- <strong>Segment: Sammy Guevara, Fuego Del Sol, Miro</strong> - Guevara came out with Fuego onto the stage to do his cue card thing, but Miro appeared from behind and totally destroyed Guevara and Fuego. He threw Fuego off of the stage through a table, then locked on Game Over on Guevara. The crowd popped big for Miro.

- <strong>Penelope Ford defeated Anna Jay</strong> via punching her with brass knucks. The Bunny distracted the ref and threw the knucks into the ring to Penelope. They attacked Jay after the match. Tay Conti ran out, but she was also hit with the knucks. The Hardy Family Office then came out, then Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander and The Dark Order came out to clear the ring of the heels. The Dark Order had some sort of disagreement and Uno and Stu Grayson walked out of the ring and backstage to some boos. The rest of the faces in the ring all hugged each other.

- <strong>Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley &amp; Eddie Kingston defeated Lance Archer &amp; Minoru Suzuki</strong> via Kingston putting a trash can over Archer's head and repeatedly hitting it with a kendo stick. Archer and Suzuki controlled most of the match, at one point tying Moxley's hands up with duct tape and beating on him for a while. This was mostly a brawl with weapons. Towards the end, Archer was going to hit Kingston with the Blackout onto two chairs that were sat up, but Homicide came out for the save and took out Archer and freed Moxley from the tape. Eddie Kingston got on the mic after the match and said he loved NY, he loved his mom, and said that NYC is AEW's town and if you don't like it, fuck off.

<h2>Other Notes</h2>
- After Dynamite, The Acclaimed came out and Caster rapped, then said that they had challenged Tony Khan to a rap battle, but Khan was ducking them. Khan came out and introduced Lil Uzi Vert, who got a big reaction. Vert just stood there without saying anything and Khan did a quick rap, which included a line about suspending The Acclaimed again for 30 days. He then introduced the Varsity Blonds, who came out and took out the Acclaimed. Khan came out later and said to all the websites out there, he was just joking and isn't really suspending the Acclaimed, so please don't report that.

- During a Dynamite commercial break, Taz came out and cut a promo saying that Powerhouse Hobbs was going to defeat Punk on Rampage. Unclear if/when this will air. Interestingly, Taz had a version of his old ECW theme, Kiss's War Machine.

Dark: Elevation:

<h2>AEW Dark: Elevation</h2>
These matches were taped before Dynamite and will air on Monday, September 27 at 7 PM ET on AEW's YouTube channel.

Tony Schiavone, Mark Henry and Eddie Kingston were on commentary.

- <strong>Thunder Rosa defeated Kayla Sparks</strong> via Thunder Driver. Rosa got a huge pop.

- <strong>Eight Man Tag Match: The Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds, Alan Angels &amp; 10) defeated four enhancement wrestlers</strong> via full nelson by 10. This was a fun match and the crowd was hot for Silver specifically.

- <strong>3 on 1 Handicap Match: Paul Wight defeated Rickey Shane Page, VSK &amp; CPA</strong> via double chokeslam. Wight dominated them. The Gunn Club came out on stage to watch the match.

[slik]

would be 'hilarious' if some giant rassler like the butcher attacked Afif in the crowd and bloodied him with a spike IMO!

was the butcher there...

[Triple A]

Ya he wrestled on Rampage and looked as cool as always... didn't attack me...

[slik]

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[Triple A]

I'm watching the show on TV now... though it sounds really loud and amazing, feel like it felt way louder in person... esp during the opening match. Could really barely hear the entrance music over the crowd noise, was "deafening"

[Triple A]

God damn this match ruled

[Sting Fan]

Hyped for heel Cody tbh… fans are shitting on him, elaborate over the top ring gear and entourage while being an EVP… screams heel!

Could even run an angle down the track with him trying to chase the title he promised he would never challenge for.

[Jordan]

I'm watching the show on TV now... though it sounds really loud and amazing, feel like it felt way louder in person... esp during the opening match. Could really barely hear the entrance music over the crowd noise, was "deafening"

It was like runway loud.

[Jordan]

Was just seeing some complain that AEW didn't do time cues on the PA during Omega/Bryan. They did actually I think it was 15/5/1 but the PA system wasn't great and the crowd was so loud that most people didn't know what he was saying unless they watched WCW back in the day.

[Jordan]

The sound was kind of unlike anything I've ever experienced. I was in the top tier in the area the hard cam was facing. By the time sound would get to us (which sounded very jet like) we would already be making our own sound or chant and they would meet up in this symphony of exuberance.

You're at an arena that was designed for a sport that is as quiet as 90's NJPW shows. Designed for everyone to hear the mach of a tennis ball. Very amphitheater like.

Also I really wanted more bass slaps from the Young Bucks theme, hope they add a heavy bass track one day. GOTTA SLAP

[Jordan]

Also the taping started at 7:15 so we saw 3 TV tapings in one setting. Nearly 5 hours of wrestling is just too fucking much. They gotta stop doing that shit right away.

[Evil Vito]

Yeah, the challenge they keep having is Rampage only being an hour most weeks makes it hard to do as a stand-alone show unless the circumstances are right (Britt being mega over in Pittsburgh, Punk’s Chicago return etc), but on those nights they can always do a 2 hour Elevation taping or something

I dunno. I get why they did a 2 hour Rampage this week to maximize their return on the venue but yeah way too long of a show. Crowd was hot the whole time at least but it was clear on the way out everyone was wiped.....one guy tried starting a chant on the way to the subway and nobody a having any of it lol

[Evil Vito]

The guy next to me (who ended up buying my spare ticket for 3 hundo) went for food at like 6:40 and missed the entire Elevation taping.

Not that missing squashes is a big deal but yeah, lines were wild

[Evil Vito]

I remember watching some Wrestle Kingdoms that were so amazing I was stunned when it hit hour #4 because it flew by. I sorta felt that way here, I was so amped in-show that the length didn’t bother me but it was a collective crash leaving the arena. I usually sleep like shit the first night in a hotel and I was out cold lol

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I’m glad you guys had a great time. It certainly translated to tv. That crowd was hot as fuck.

Glad to hear the crowd held its energy for Rampage.

Also lemme say one more time, Sting is fucking incredible. Dude is in his 60s, wrestled in 5 different decades, and is working great matches with guys half his age, hitting cross bodies off the top fucking rope like it ain’t shit.

How the fuck did they not run Sting v Taker? What a missed opportunity. Sting was more than good enough to go.

[Triple A]

Was just seeing some complain that AEW didn't do time cues on the PA during Omega/Bryan. They did actually I think it was 15/5/1 but the PA system wasn't great and the crowd was so loud that most people didn't know what he was saying unless they watched WCW back in the day.

The PA system was bad all night, could barely hear or understand anything. In part cause of the crowd noise, but also when they were kinda being quiet, couldn't really make out what was being said in any backstage segments or video packages

[Loose Cannon]

Hyped for heel Cody tbh… fans are shitting on him, elaborate over the top ring gear and entourage while being an EVP… screams heel!

Could even run an angle down the track with him trying to chase the title he promised he would never challenge for.

he even has managers up on the apron trying to help him lol. i'd probably just leave him as is and let the fans shred him when he comes out

[Loose Cannon]

is it me or does Christian seem way out of place in AEW? I kind of wish someone else was in that role he's currently in. Maybe because he's a babyface and he's a much better heel

[Jordan]

Christian's response live was better than what I had expected and better than what I've heard before for him but it wasn't anything special at all. He absolutely needs to turn heel. He will be much more valuable to the undercard babyfaces as a heel against them.

[Fignuts]

I really enjoyed this show. Even with the draw ending, Omega vs bryan was one of the best matches I've seen on Free TV. THIS is the Kenny omega I've wanted to see since aew began, and it's the first instance I can think of, where his performance matched the quality of his njpw run.

I also want to point out a moment that shows what an amazing commentator Tony Schiavone is. When Bryan kicked out of the avalanche dragon suplex, Tony explained he was able to do so because he flipped and landed on his stomach. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS. Any other commentator would have just freaked out and talked about Bryan's resilience despite the fact that it's pretty unbelievable that anyone could kick out of that no matter how resilient they are. Tony's analysis of the kickoff is a small touch but stuff like that adds so much to an already great match. Cornette is right that wrestling is at its best when it makes sense, and Tony helped them have a huge moment while still keeping it grounded in reality.

[ron the dial]

is it me or does Christian seem way out of place in AEW? I kind of wish someone else was in that role he's currently in. Maybe because he's a babyface and he's a much better heel
the two matches with omega showed me the dude hasn't lost a step in the ring, maybe some of his best work. but his character does feel kind of directionless otherwise so i'm hoping he can move on from being jungle boy's buddy soon.

[Emperor Smeat]

is it me or does Christian seem way out of place in AEW? I kind of wish someone else was in that role he's currently in. Maybe because he's a babyface and he's a much better heel

Somewhat although think his "out work everyone" character is the main reason why he feels a bit off or out of place right now as a good guy.

Like if he's meant to be the hardest worker in the ring, there are others in AEW who could take that crown instead. Same for promos.

[Loose Cannon]

yeah Christian is still great in the ring. no problems there. like you guys are saying, the character doesn't feel right, especialy hanging around the jungle people lol. I can't stand them by the way. not my cup of tea. I'd rather another team have that spot feuding with The Elite

[erickman]

yeah Christian is still great in the ring. no problems there. like you guys are saying, the character doesn't feel right, especialy hanging around the jungle people lol. I can't stand them by the way. not my cup of tea. I'd rather another team have that spot feuding with The Elite

he should just do his impact stuff then go back to aew next year.

[Lock Jaw]

Christian should definitely turn heel, citing all these other people debuting and stealing his thunder....

He should then steal The Elite from under Kenny's nose, they become his new lackeys, and Christian uses them to become champion and go on a reign of terror.

[Loose Cannon]

Christian should definitely turn heel, citing all these other people debuting and stealing his thunder....

He should then steal The Elite from under Kenny's nose, they become his new lackeys, and Christian uses them to become champion and go on a reign of terror.

i wouldn't mind that. Or anyone doing that really. I love those type of storylines a la Rock and the Nation.

[Lock Jaw]

A la Kurt Angle stealing the Christian Coalition in TNA!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I think Christian has been fantastic so far and I’ve been surprised to learn that’s the minority opinion here. He has not had a bad match and he’s put out more than a couple bangers.

The Jungle Boy stuff has felt a little out of place. That’s been my only criticism so far. Otherwise he’s been great.

[GD]

That backstage promo on Adam Cole was kinda neat.

[fundiddle]

I think Christian has been fantastic so far and I’ve been surprised to learn that’s the minority opinion here. He has not had a bad match and he’s put out more than a couple bangers.

The Jungle Boy stuff has felt a little out of place. That’s been my only criticism so far. Otherwise he’s been great.


jurassic express is out of place in-general. large dude that is a dinosaur, does lucha things, but hasn't been part of any singles programs yet, much to be seen and not sure if that's good or bad long term. marko... stunt, is there. jb is going to be big no matter what


i would say i am more into christian than i have been in years, he looks fucking great, and he brings legitimacy in everything he's done