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Remember when the usual suspects lost their shit when Omega gave a bunch of offense to (I think it was) Alan Angels before he got signed? So many hands being wrung over the AEW champ being made to look weak by having to struggle to beat a jobber, but what was the result of that? Kenny had a bunch of PPV matches that did numbers and the jobber got a contract out of it.

OK, that's brilliant.

Watching Impact for the first time in a while, and I realized based on body type it could be me under the Shark Boy mask.

Yup, Luck hit the lottery having the Vince news break right when the lawsuit was going to hit the courts. I'm sure ol' Jerry just called him and asked how many zeros would suffice on the check.

Orange has been a solid mid to upper card guy until Keith Lee accidently yeeted him halfway down the aisleway and hurt his shoulder. Toru Yano is usually booked as a lower midcard guy who is extra wily and will sometimes steal wins.

Go! Ace!

Sting needs to bring back the Joker gimmick one more time when teaming with Hiromu.

That's how it's pronounced in Spanish.

You know, looking back at the last run of Orton giving a shit I think I would agree. Also I can't think of bigger culture shock than Okada in Wisconsin.

I guess Okada postponed his vacation.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN MAKAAAAAAAAAA

IIRC she's been doing it for a couple weeks? I noticed it last week for sure.

oh shit, Silas Young

I know AEW doesn't NEED another title (other than a trios one), but if this ends up being another belt Miro can make awesome I'm okay with it.

It's just weird to see "this show doesn't have enough stars" to "no not that star, I don't want him on this show". Like I get it, injuries/CMLL being dicks/life got in the way of the super mega card we were hoping for. That's even more reason for them to have anyone who's super over on the card.

Christian Cage: angry college professor

Oh lordy, the Great O-Kahn is back in the US, lock up your strippers!

Why wouldn't they when he's been one of their most over acts?

Also it seems if you read between the lines there, Bryan is fine but probably needs more time to be cleared than most due to his history.

ZSJ vs Shibata maybe? They had a great match not too far back.

Gotta love how TK doesn't fuck around, got something important? Kick the show off with it.

Lana is battling a bad case of covid per the WO update from yesterday, so I wouldn't have much hope for that one happening.

If that ends up happening, that will make 10 matches on what probably will end up being a four hour show. That's not too bad considering WWE usually has as many matches in their shows but ends up cutting the time for each one down so they can air video packages you already saw on TV a million times.

I think people put far too much emphasis on championships, Warren Moon is one of the greatest QB's I've ever seen in my lifetime, but because the Houston Oilers as a team were either marginal or butt most of his career he never gets mentioned. A lot of guys who played in eras either before free agency or pre salary cap (which prompted a lot of players to jump to teams more willing/able to pay them more) get boned because they played for bad teams. Also I hope this is a lesson learned for TK that AEW isn't built to come right off a PPV and then build for another one within a month.

*insert "Always has been" meme here* Funniest thing of the Warriors winning this title is all the people in the Hot Take Industrial Complex deciding now is the time to anoint the greatest three point shooter of all time as Officially One of the Greatest as if that hadn't already been the case for a while now. Also to keep to the topic, anyone else get the feeling AEW is doing a speedrun of 90s All Japan having off the charts matches only to leave everyone involved with them a physical wreck in the aftermath?