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Crowd finally woke up. Big match feel. Here we go.

Cody vs Gunther in Germany, bah gawd. EDIT: Gunther winning the belt from Drew makes more sense though.

Did Same ever hit the brainbustaaah on Owens in WWE? I legit can't remember.

That was as awesome as I expected it. With a better atmosphere it would've been a classic but I'll take a great David vs Goliath match like that one.

WALTER vs El Generico is a legit dream match tbh.

10°C ain't THAT cold. Hell, one of the ways to keep warm in an outdoor stadium is actually making noise and moving instead of sitting there in silence, lol.

Respect doesn't begin to cover Jade, I mean, my lord.

At least they had better chemistry than Matt and Jeff Hardy. Funny you mention that. I remember the only Hardy match worth a damn was when they used every weapon available in a garbage match, lol.

Aw man, that match was mid as hell.

Now a DUDE advertising. I hope they chose the funniest one for the main event.

Samantha is fucking awesome but what in the name of fuck at her calling Lil Wayner the greatest rapper of all time? Come on now....

Outstanding video packages made by WWE for Mania never get old. This one is outstanding.

He's certainly the most talked about center I've ever seen. Never has a player that played the position had a third of the good press Kelce got, specially the last 5 years

Lane Johnson jumping the top rope like nothing. These linemen are real freak athletes.

Finally watching. That Aguas Frescas advertising is distracting as all hell, lol.

Exactly, I associate green with Philly because of the Eagles. I love how WWE embraced the more simple stage for the PLEs now that they are so hot and sell so many tickets. Places look jam packed and they still figured out a way to make the entrances look distinct/special enough.

Swerve has to win the belt, imo. You kill him if he doesn't beat Joe and then has to play n°2 babyface while Ospreay goes for the belt at Wembley, he just becomes another guy on the roster and I don't think AEW can afford that. Strickland winning would feel important. And him main eventing a 50-60k Wembley as champion against a white hot Ospreay would elevate him and solidify him to a point where you can then start putting him in angles and feuds without a belt and still feel big. Swerve vs MJF, Swerve vs Mox, Swerve vs Cole (well, Cole fucking sucks but I'm talking from what the core AEW fanbase seem to perceive as big deals) would all feel much more impactful if Strickland has a 4 month run that culminates in the second biggest show of the year in all of wrestling (after Mania weekend, of course).

I think he's always sucked as a babyface promo. She makes everyone forget about it as soon as she has a match and once she turns heel. He should win the Continental Classic this year.

Yeah, the Austin stuff is basically dependent on Rock and Roman winning in Night 1. Which kinda has to happen so Rock is guaranteed to be present in Night 2. I think Cody is teflon at this point. Much more than Cena ever was in terms of 100% approval with the WWE audience. A monster pop for Stone GOAT so he can take Rock out of the way and Roman-Cody are finally one on one would be very much worth it. WWE is red hot right now, I don't see anyone thinking "boy this current Era is not as good as the past" just because Austin shows up, lol.

I've followed the feud more this year because of Rock but the fact that the samoans should win the tag match on night 1 and that they have beaten the shit out of Cody all feud long kinda tells me they are going for an "against all odds" win for Cody, like Cena in his prime. I really want Austin to show up and fuck Rock over for the nostalgia pop but Steve seems too occupied chasing chickens in his ranch

Batista beat the shit out of Rey, turned heel and started doing the "put the spotlight on me" gimmick. It was dope.

Hobbs is dope, who thought the match couldn't be good? Morons on Twitter? lol

Batista vs Cena was nicely built. I don't think Bret vs Vince had anyone excited about it, but it was a natural feud and "logical" matchup. And the Legacy match was also a natural conclusion to a long term angle/stable. MITB didn't really need booking effort and sadly the women were still "book them for the piss break" status. Don't really remember if HHH vs Fella had a real build. I just remember me thinking HHH was going to put his protege over and he won

When anyone tries to take advantage of having a moral high ground, they will be judged more harshly when they finally compromise. You can't have it both ways.

I actually didn't think Punk said anything we didn't suspect about AEW by just watching their product and reading basic stuff about how Tony rans the company. He said some hilarious shit, like the guaranteed money stuff, WWE's medical infrastructure or the time he went to say hi to Bailey and others. But I didn't think he went "scorched earth" on anyone, which was a lot of the reaction I was reading before actually listening to the interview.