HOOK! HOOK! HOOK! HOOK! HOOK! 10 Dec 21
 

Hook

Hook debuting and FTR/Lucha Bros starting it off. Wooooo

Starting off with an incredible tag team title match to open up Hook’s show

I can’t believe they’re finally sending Hook!

Cero Miedo

Uno Hook

Excalibur’s voice sounds strained

That opener was fun. Love watching these teams work.

Very fun tag match to honor Hook. A liiiiiiiittle sloppy given the teams involved. But still good.

Hopefully Hook is pleased.

Nyla Rose got a jobber entrance.

Gotta wonder if Hook declared this into existence.

Hook is most definitely pleased seeing TayJay

just got home, glad I have not missed HOOK

#SendHook

#HookersUnite

Did they just say they are having ANOTHER special Dynamite the week after Winter is Coming? At least spread them out a little bit, damn.

FTR cyber-bullying Sting in the backstage area

Taz's continued inability to properly sing along with entrance themes is one of AEW's best running gags.

HOOK!

This is the greatest moment in the history of our sport.

the wild hair of hooooook

Hook is good!

HOOKMISSION!

Incredible debut

Hook looked awesome.

Hook is SEX

Hook is the fifth pillar

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HOOK <a href="https://t.co/7NYKYM6bjk">pic.twitter.com/7NYKYM6bjk</a></p>&mdash; Garrett Kidney (@garrettkidney) <a href="https://twitter.com/garrettkidney/status/1469512627038658566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hook.

Mark Henry’s smile every time the crowd says his catchphrase :)

kick right into the oranges

Yuta is good, I think he’ll finally get some dubs in 2022

2021 TPWW Wrestler of the Year Nominee: Hook

Hook has helped #AEWRampage dethrone Nancy Reagan as the top trend on twitter.

Very fun show

Hook was the best part, "unironically"... Really good debut... "marked out" @ him doing Tazplexes and the Tazmission... Taz seemed very proud. Crowd was great and Fuego did a good job putting him over too

I saw the Hook hype on Twitter and it was so over the top I couldn’t tell if it was ironic or not. Now I’m intrigued.

def ironic.

It was. I don't think it is anymore. Kid looked good.

Needs better ring gear though.

This is pretty promising. Gonna have to seek this out.

Hook is gonna be star, ladies and gentlemen. Idk if he talk (yet), but he’s got swag. Didn’t realize he was the decorated athlete his dad put him over as. And I might in the minority but I love his ring gear.

I love going through these threads and just feed off the energy. Good stuff.

Ok,this made me laugh

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hook got his job because of his dad…<br><br>smh</p>&mdash; NOT ass boy (@theaustingunn) <a href="https://twitter.com/theaustingunn/status/1469527340166402052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I will say, the kid looks good. He needs some weight on him, though.

He looks green, but he doesn’t look bad.

I don’t buy be 200 lbs but he’s got plenty of time to fill out

4.5 star Lucha Bros/FTR match. WAY better than their Triplemania Regia match, which was just a giant AAA style clusterfuck like I expected.

Idk a damn thing about Hook, so we're going to find out

Adam Cole wearing pink and black. He couldn't lace Bret Hart's boots, bay bay

Has wrestlers wearing other wrestlers’ colors always been a thing? Part of me just can’t help seeing a guy going with a really obvious theme and thinking “Stop cosplaying as your hero and be one.”

I wouldn't consider that cosplaying. As long as it's just attire colors and they're not incorporating wrestlersactual attire, moves or quotes, than I just see it as a subtle tribute.

There’s obviously levels to it. There’s a line between a subtle homage and a wrestler making you think of a more talented wrestler.

Why is it a big deal if Cole wears the colors pink & black (but not like he has the long tights with stars down the legs, epauleted jacket, or sunglasses) but Danielson has been rocking the Steve Regal burgundy forever, and nobody gives a fuck? What about Punk's Macho Man attire, or FTR's entire Midnight Express homage? Is that "bad cosplay" too?

I'm just wondering where this line is. Or, more specifically, which guys demark said line.

I can actually buy the weight. Kid is actually in shape. I was (muscle wise) smaller than him in high school and was 190 in peak running shape. My only issue stems from the whole throwing thing. Worked against Fuego, but some of those tosses and suplexes shouldn't be a thing with him because of how it looks. It's like a CAW you make little but bump all his stats to max. They should leave that shit to Hobbs. Like, the judo throws, sure. But reversing a bulldog or a capture Tazplex? Nah. But all the striking and finishing the match via <s>Dadmission</s> REDRUM is fine.

He looks like he just needs time to get completely comfortable in the ring. Lots of visible transitions like he's overthinking step-by-step what to do in the match, but that's shit that comes with time and repetition. He's got the swagger, veteran training, and fortunately not burdened with the "Here, kid- go out there and be your dad" thing that most guys in his position usually get saddled with. Any weaknesses can easily be covered by being in that stable.

Future looks bright, no matter what I think about his chocobo looking hair.

I was thinking about Danielson. He’s fine. I love Regal, but Danielson wearing those colors, which he actually deviated from pretty early into his WWE run, was fine. I mean, Regal himself even moved away from the burgundy in 2002.

FTR I would consider cosplay. Punk is on the line. I can see it as an homage, but if someone thought it was bush league, I could understand that too. It’s a subjective thing in many cases. But I don’t think it is a good idea to remind people of bigger stars in many cases. People remember what they aren’t getting.

I want to see CM Punk cosplay as a real MMA fighter!

Oh wait...

Cole seems like someone who will change his color scheme up every few months ala Cena

It wouldn’t surprise me if it was a one-off thing and I wasn’t particularly aiming my sentiments at Cole. It’s just a wrestler trend that I noticed first…probably with Punk actually.