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3 for 3 on matches with nasty looking bumps. Afraid to see what Ospreay does in a cage if they are attempting to one up each other on trying to kill themselves.

That tombstone and that Angel's Wings in the opening match both looked absolutely horrific.

Been going back and watching some matches from the old PPVs on Max, and good lord Jim Ross should have been fired so early into AEW's run it isn't even funny. He is constantly shitting on the product. Bitching about how long tag partners are in the ring, how long people are on the floor. Subtly mocking Excalibur's calls. Taking little jabs at the workers. His complete disdain and lack of enthusiasm for what he is calling is so noticeable and gets worse with evey show. It's ridiculous. Even if you aren't a fan of the product, and agree with what he was saying. The guy was being paid a shit ton of money to do a job and put over the product. In that he certainly failed Bad on TK for not pulling him way earlier than he did, but bad on JR for being a moody shithead. Then again, we did have a giant thread about him being a grouchy, miserable human being on this forum so I shouldn't be shocked.

Bloodless barbed wire.... LOL and the ring announcer lady using her deep and slow "bad stuf happened" voice to announce the winner... This company is ridiculous

I have read none of this thread yet, and I am currently half way through the KO/Sami match. Here are my current take aways from Elimination Chamber. - Fans grabbing their heads and making over the top reaction faces in hopes of getting on camera is distracting and annoying. - The referee checking on wrestlers after every fucking move continues to be my biggest complaint about modern wrestling. Leave them alone and let them sell. Soooo distracting from what is happening. I should not notice the ref unless they are counting or threatening a DQ or something. - I swear to god if two guys were stabbing each other with swords the crowd would still be chanting "We Want Tables." How has this not lost it's novelty in 27 years. It's wood breaking in half. In an effort to say something that isn't me bitching.... Liv Morgan is the hardest working woman in the company. She was killing herself out there, and that hair whip was disgusting. So kudos to her. Okay, now back to this match where they keep hitting each other in the face with stuff, yet no one bleeds.....

It is is on Max. It's just not listed in the AEW section for whatever reason. Go to Sports, then under a category called "Watch Full Replays" I found it listed as AEW Dynamite - Feb. 15 Replay

I honestly think Mariah cheating to retain, and Harley upsetting Mercedes (even if the reign is short) might be the better way to go. I love Mariah as the uber-bitch heel champ, and don't think her reign should end quite yet.

Alba is a better worker, Dawn has a better look. Probably call it a draw when it comes to promo skills. Just kinda surprised they let one go and not the other. Also, Elektra Lopez was apparently cut too.

Interesting that they've released Isla Dawn without releasing Alba Fyre.

I don't know how to embed Tweets, so credit to @TrevorDame on X or Twitter or whatever it is these days, but he posted this earlier, and I can't help but think that it is one of the best takes I've seen....

Harley Cameron finally got her first win on Collision last night, and man they managed to make it feel like it wasn't a big deal. The fans were going nuts, and she jumped out of the ring to celebrate with them... and they immediately cut to Deonna Purrazzo reacting. Then they cut to Taya reacting in the ring. By the time they got back to Harley she was in the aisle. Then she got about ten seconds to celebrate before we cut to an interview with Ricochet. They've actually been building this, and she is apparently gonna wrestle Mercedes, why would you not put this over?

Dear WWE, We will forgive you Charlotte winning the Women's Rumble if we can please keep the Winged Eagle title and get rid of that 3d printed, hubcap looking fucking giant logo that you call the WWE Championship these days. -Everyone

For a split second, I thought Charlotte was going to dump Nia and then Roxanne was going to sneak up and dump Charlotte, and it was going to be a fantastic ending to a really good match. Then I was reminded what company this is......

That's fucking beautiful. and how awesome would it have been to have that at your school? I always hated having to feel somewhat ashamed of what my favorite past time was because people thought it was fake, or below them somehow. So you just felt like you had to hide it, or only share it with your other wrestling friends. At least back in the late 80's/early 90's when I was in school. (and please don't think that comment is me trying to make it about me. I know I grew up a somewhat privileged white boy, and don't have a clue about the struggle of those kids. I was just simply saying it would have been cool to have a wrestling club!)

The fact that Private Party is getting booed, and Hurt Syndicate is getting massively cheered is exactly the problem with Hurt Syndicate in AEW

To further discuss the ICP wrestling show, if the commentary line "King King Bundy looks like a giant penis in a broken black condom" strikes you as hilarious, you'll love the show. Otherwise, I would probably advise you to stay away.

That MJF/Jarrett segment was painful. There was zero need to try and make Alicia Atout look like a whore. Then the Owen stuff. Just a bunch of cheap heat on top of cheat heat that went on WAY too fucking long. Then after that bullshit, you have the women's gauntlet match end up getting less than 15 minutes. I am usually not an AEW hater, but between those two things, the Hurt Syndicate which I've already commented on, Omega looking rusty as hell, and my continued indifference to Hook, last nights episode was rough.

I'm glad someone else sees Hurt Syndicate as a detriment to AEW. Lashley being twice the size of 90% of the roster and being marketed as this unstoppable monster gives you the problem that he has to destroy everyone he gets in the ring with, so you can't afford to put half your roster in the ring with him. Thus he is stuck in some awkward tag team feud, that no one cares about, and I can't imagine that this is what they saw themselves doing when they signed on.

Booker T is atrocious. He is constantly yelling, every 3rd sentence is "Awwwww Yeah Man", and a good part of the rest is nonsense. I respect the guy and his career, but he is a fucking terrible commentator.

Ahhh damn it. Bart has become one of my guilty pleasure wrestlers over the years. His fired up, ranting promo style never ceases to amuse me, and that legdrop from the ropes always looked awesome for a guy his size. I never got to meet him in person, but a couple years ago he was doing a virtual autograph signing and I purchased one and asked for it to be signed "To Dadgum Bob" and he got a grin on his face and slipped into his promo voice and said "Well Dadgum It Bob, why don't you buy another one!" and it just made me love the guy more. We'll Miss You Mr. Harris

Thank You Both!

Finally able to watch this as I've gotten Netflix back and now that I've finished, I'm hoping someone can help me with some "What Really Happened." Obviously I realize that all of the matches devolving into shoots, and bloodbaths, and the girls really attacking each other with weapons while the seconds scream in horror is all made for TV horse shit. Mostly hoping someone can point me to some reading or give me a brief history of: what really happened with Beauty Pair, Jackie leaving, whether the Chigusa sleeping in the dojo story is true, the Devil's Army split, and Jaguar Yokota being done wrong by the show (got that from reading this thread, but even to me who knows none of the story, they did seem to be trying to make her a shit stirrer.) I was trying to watch the stuff Kadaveri was putting on YouTube that had a lot of these matches, but unfortunately it seems to be gone.

Between Rampage and Collision, it would seem we are in for some more of the never ending Kris Statlander push, because apparently there is absolutely no one else in the womens division....

The throwbacks were nice, but of course they couldn't get out of their own way and do it 100% correctly, because WWE must WWE at all times. The opening of the show should have been simple. Hyped Up promos, Obsession, crowd shot and announcers.... Easy and Simple. But instead we of course had to have the self fellating video package about how WWE invented everything in wrestling. Because if we don't hit people over the head with that at every opportunity they might forget. At least they didn't say smoke filled arenas and bingo halls I guess.

When is AEW going.to realize that they have a huge babyface just waiting to be unleashed in Harley Cameron. She's attractive, she's charismatic, she's hilarious. She sells really well, and her offense is getting better. I truly think there is major potential there for her to get over really well as a babyface, and they certainly need it, cause right now they have two heel champions and almost no contenders.