10-16-2021, 06:15 PM | #121 |
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It also happens WAY too often
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10-16-2021, 07:37 PM | #122 |
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Haven't watched the Bryan/Suzuki fight and probably won't because it wasn't on the main show but..... I think Bryan will have done that spot in all three of his AEW singles matches now....
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10-16-2021, 10:31 PM | #123 |
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While everyone else watching and discussing Dynamite, gonna watch this even though have very little desire to....
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10-16-2021, 10:32 PM | #124 |
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Kicking off with CM Punk and he has misplaced his pants again. Make up your mind, dude
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10-16-2021, 10:33 PM | #125 |
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Bourne with the jobber entrance. Not that there was a question who was gonna win, but even less now....
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10-16-2021, 10:35 PM | #126 |
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Seems a bit "weird" to start a tourney for a number one contender the week right after deciding the number one contender in a ladder match...... like take a break, let it breath...
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10-16-2021, 10:43 PM | #127 |
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Probably Punk's best showing so far going on right now, but...... just end the match already
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10-16-2021, 10:45 PM | #128 |
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If you are gonna give Sydal this much offense and look this good against Punk, they really shouldn't have just given him the jobber entrance for this....
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10-16-2021, 10:48 PM | #129 |
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Sydal really getting it in on Punk... but it isn't really making me root for Punk, but for Sydal the jobber to somehow pull out the upset...
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10-16-2021, 10:49 PM | #130 |
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Should just watch Dynamite instead imo... was a much better show than Rampage this week
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10-16-2021, 10:50 PM | #131 |
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And there we go, Punk wins. Definitely his best showing, but match went on too long and Sydal with too much offense and getting "too close" to winning that you started to root for the guy instead of Punk....
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10-16-2021, 10:50 PM | #132 |
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10-16-2021, 10:50 PM | #133 |
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Dark Order intolerable.
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10-16-2021, 10:55 PM | #134 |
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Once again the one who got a jobber entrance in the women's match getting a lot of offense....
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10-16-2021, 11:02 PM | #135 |
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And Ruby Soho "barely" wins vs the jobber
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10-16-2021, 11:02 PM | #136 |
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The Bunny could really use a gimmick/name change.... I like her....
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10-16-2021, 11:05 PM | #137 |
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oh no at Jericho swearing again....
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10-16-2021, 11:06 PM | #138 |
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10-16-2021, 11:06 PM | #139 |
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Sydal got his entrance on the Buy-In bruv
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10-16-2021, 11:07 PM | #140 |
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Dan Lambert so good.... haha
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10-16-2021, 11:08 PM | #141 |
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10-16-2021, 11:08 PM | #142 |
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10-16-2021, 11:10 PM | #143 |
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Only excuse for Guevara beating Miro is if one of Dan Lambert's stable beats him for the title pretty quick here
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10-16-2021, 11:14 PM | #144 |
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Fans swearing.... smh.... somebody think of the children....
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10-16-2021, 11:19 PM | #145 |
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Something just happened that the cameras missed entirely that fans were chanting holy s*** to.....
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10-16-2021, 11:21 PM | #146 |
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This Jorge dude does not look as good as a lot of the others in this stable... dunno why he is being built as the "final boss" of the stable....
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10-16-2021, 11:21 PM | #147 |
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Where is Santana and Ortiz... are they not also in the Inner Circle still...
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10-16-2021, 11:22 PM | #148 |
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Oh here they come after all the damage has been done... imagining them backstage arguing with the sound tech to play their song for a half second... their facepaint still "bad"
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10-16-2021, 11:24 PM | #149 |
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Overall... I only wanted to watch this show for the main event and it was indeed the best part....
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10-16-2021, 11:26 PM | #150 |
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10-16-2021, 11:26 PM | #151 |
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He looks like a right wanker, though
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10-16-2021, 11:38 PM | #152 |
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10-17-2021, 04:15 PM | #153 | |
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There are certain people I can buy it from. Happens with too many guys and too many guys that shouldn’t “let” someone beat them up. |
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10-17-2021, 04:22 PM | #154 |
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People who take Meltzer’s hyper-literal interpretation of ratings and what they mean as gospel really underestimate how much explicit content severely caps your appeal to advertisers. Going PG was one of the smartest moves Vince McMahon ever made. AEW being “edgy” because it thinks it is for big boys leaves so much money on the table.
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10-17-2021, 04:24 PM | #155 |
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AEW is very concerned about what internet fans think. They made Miro a joke for the first few months there because “you can’t push WWE guys over homegrown talent.” They are so obsessed with these online tropes that they are pushing Adam Page into the title picture ahead of Danielson and had Guevara beat Miro. This is so they can have the brag of allegedly creating their own stars. Doesn’t matter if the product is genuinely over or not.
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10-17-2021, 04:48 PM | #156 |
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I seriously wonder about Miro....
Like, the company has a thing where they like to let guys "be themselves" and do "their own ideas" without saying no and telling them it was dumb.... So I wonder if Miro's initial goofy videogame gimmick was his idea, just being himself... to which AEW of course didn't say no to even though it was dumb. Then when it failed they drastically pivoted to make him pretty great (before derailing him for Samy), but only after giving him the "freedom" to be "dumb" at the start. |
10-17-2021, 05:04 PM | #157 | |
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The only thing I really want to see him do is bring CJ in for a feud with Cody & Brandi firmly in the mid-card. After that, send him on excursion. I think he could be great in New Japan with a booker guiding him. |
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10-18-2021, 11:05 AM | #158 |
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I watched the Buy-In and Rampage and Dynamite in one sitting last night. Bryan/Suzuki was good, but I'm with Destor that I didn't enjoy the shoe-horned tit-for-tat strike spot. Maybe if it wasn't so long/drawn out. Junior Dos Santos, Hager, etc. need to work on their punches. Looked like shit. They need to get CM Punk in a major story soon. I also wonder what the story is between him switching between trunks and tights.
Great matches. I really don't like Mark Henry's split screen segments. Always come off corny especially when Henry throws it to the ring in his forced announcer voice. I really really like the 1 hour run time of Rampage. Keeps things tight/succinct. |
10-18-2021, 01:58 PM | #159 |
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Potentially because I haven’t settled it in my own mind; I’m not sure I’m a big fan of “Strong Style”. Danielson/Suzuki or WALTER/Dragunov literally beating the shit out of each other is the exact opposite of what pro wrestling is supposed to be. The idea is for it to look like it hurts, not go away with a beet red chest and welts all over the body. |
10-18-2021, 02:16 PM | #160 | |
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There’s way too much romanticised about puroresu, and people forget the business is basically on its ass there too. A lot of westerners come at it from an otaku point of view and just assume that Japanese wrestling = good. Remember when Luke Gallows and Albert got really good in Japan because they were in Japan and Japan is awesome? Yeah. |
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