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Only think I can come up with is that when they ran the segment down before the show there was no interaction between the two. And when Ricky threw that little shot, the veteran didn't like it. No matter how you slice it though, Copeland comes out looking terrible. I don't think the vanilla midget line means anything in 2023 but it just shows terrible judgement from a guy that's supposed to be the reliable veteran.

Btw, PnP is a nice feature but seeing the fans helping Danielson get up so he could be the 10 count and not being able to hear Nigel undoubtedly lose his shit on commentary is a cotdamn crime.

Christian vs Danielson was fucking great. Best outcome too, though I gotta wonder if it was Ricky just being a little shit or if he's actually gonna get a third match with Dragon.

Yeah, I also think TK didn't expect Dynamite to do better than NXT last night either but he wanted to put on a fight and I'm glad he did. I'm happy he cares about this shit. What I believe he completely oversold in his head was the impact Edge could have in his product though. My impression is that he truly thought there was going to be a spark with Copeland in AEW, and there wont be one. The matchup with NXT is whatever, they had to move days, WWE is hotter than in two decades probably? and they put every single needle mover possible except for Roman in their developmental brand. There was no way it wasn't going to be a clear L. The thing he has to worry about is ticket sales, imo. He's so damn stubborn with some of his choices for venues, WWE has Chicago on lock for the last week of November and TK books the NOW Arena for a Dynamite that same week. The result? a market that has already been ran to death has only bought 1,3k tickets so far.

That was an awesome trailer. Only nitpick would be the Ric Flair casting but I doubt we'll get more than 1-2 scenes with him. People are gonna get mad depressed with this film, which is fitting for such a tragic story.

I don't think we have any evidence that Copeland "helped stop the bleeding", the company is in the exact same place as 2 weeks ago but with 1 youtube video that had millions of views. But all that doom and gloom narrative ain't warranted either.

The Dan LeBatard show crew has had Tony a ton of times and they always give him shyt when he goes into full promoter mode when avoiding a question. This time around the drilled him with the Punk situation and it was a great exchange https://youtu.be/JPG_omGXDR8

I like Tony going into desperation mode but I'd hope Twitter wasn't his only tool for promoting. The advances for every single show besides Full Gear are all below 3,000 (there's a Dynamite in Montreal that barely passes it too), I know that when a company is cold there's not gonna be an overnight change unless something huge happens, but more local promoting would probably benefit them.

Yeah, I immediately went to pessimistic mode with this title change. Now the Bucks can win the straps in their hometown against a heel tag team

Well I'll be damned seemed PWO didn't give a shit about this . Didn't see every single match but all I saw was at the very least fun, and there were some standout matches. -Opener was cool. Gotta handed it to MJF, dude knows how to get very simple shyt over. He has a dropkick, a double clothesline and now a bodyslam as new "signature" spots the crowd will react to. Love how he found a way to take advantage over the fact that AEW's fanbase has seen every move on the planet at this point, so why not just have fun with the most basic ones? -Eddie vs Shibata was great. An 8-10 minute match is perfect for a back and forth strike fest with some good submissions sprinkled in. Favorite part was Shibata being in control and Eddie desperately trying to hit a backdrop driver just to get a breather. Those 2 minutes or so were the kind of shyt I fukking love in wrestling. -Only skimmed through the TBS title match. Agreed with whoever said Julia's moonsault looks like it's gonna destroy her knees in record time. Bummer that Statlander retained. -Skipped the tag match. Young Bucks gonna win the tag belts in L.A in Full Gear, bleh. I do wonder if there's gonna be a big stipulation attached to it. -Swerve vs Hangman. I was legit frustrated at how Page refused to actually work the hand and just attack it as a desperation or reset move. But then Swerve fucked Hangmayne's arm up, worked on it like you are supposed to and I loved the contrast between both approaches (and how Swerve's was better). I'll let the Nana stuff slide (lmao at that not being a DQ) because Strickland won and he 100% had to get this W. If Ricky is not the one to dethrone MJF, then Swerve should, that man is fukking ready for a title run. -Skipped most of Ricky vs Yuta, obvious and necessary win for Starks. -Danielson vs Sabre was dope as hell. Would've loved to see even more mat based exchanges but I understand why they took it to more strikes for the second half of the match. Nigel is the best heel hater commentator since Bobby Heenan, the way he was having a damn orgasm when ZSJ was hurting Dragon's right arm had me in stitches, I know he's praying to every available deity that Bryan is healthy for All In so they can have their last match in Wembley. Loved how they protected Zack by making Danielson win with the knee and Sabre being the more skillful mat wrestler in the end. -Skimmed through the 6 man. Holy fukk at some of the bumps those guys were taking, saw Kenny fukk his head or neck up like three times. This got me wanting a Takeshyta/Ospreay tag team, just imagine all the insane shyt those two could do. -I'll watch the tag match tomorrow, is too damn late and I wont put the attention this deserves and I wanted to get to the main event. -After such a long show, I gotta salute both Christian and Darby for making the maint event feel fresh and worthy of that spot. It's impossible to describe the level of crazy Darby is with these bumps, I hope he gets a raise soon. Christian is fukking awesome, lost my shyt at how he looked at Edge and asked him "what do you want?"

Mox on commentary for Claudio vs Josh is fucking GOLD

I think it's a case of Tony once again being a yes-man to one of his favorites. Danielson has said he asked Tony to not book him to close out PPVs anymore and in this case, with two other hometown wrestlers having way better feuds leading up to the show (Swerve and Darby) it made sense to not put him in that spot so he got his wish. I highly doubt that after 4+ hours of wrestling, that Seattle crowd would've been able to be engaged in a mat based encounter with some stiff striking. Specially because there's literally no stakes in Dragon vs Sabre. Who ends up as "the best technical wrestler in the planet" means basically nothing. It's not a "title" that fans have ever cared about and it's not like the build up to this matchup had any chance to change that perception either. But if you put that match in the middle or the first third of the show, they are probably gonna be waaay more receptive and into Sabre's inventive holds/counters and Danielson having to react to them.

I wonder if the live crowd is gonna be expecting Edge to close the show.

At this point I don't think there's a possible "MJF heel turn" unless it's a against OC or Eddie Kingston. If Undisputed Era returns and Max joins them, they are all gonna be cheered and be treated as faces. And if they feuding with BCG, then they will be even bigger faces, lol.

My point is that by making Edge debut and "skipping line" (which is something I personally don't care, but a lot of fans love to make a big deal out of) by being the one to dethrone MJF, AEW would be testing that loyalty for no good reason.

It also had WWE having awful numbers and business being saved only because of TV deals, Peacock and Saudis, plust they were the only big promotion in the US. It wasn't unltil they stopped booking to make people mad at the company that they started to gain big steam and having this mini boom they are having. AEW is not in a position like WWE were they can rely on income that's independent of the quality of their own product and pissing off their fanbase will be more costly. Specially when the alternative (WWE) is such a hot product. Only way it would work if Edge has enough pull among WWE only fans to make the jump. And I highly doubt that's the case.

I think it would get "fuck this company" kind of heat. The kind WWE loved to get from 2014 to 2020 and the kind AEW was kind of built on never making the fans go through it. Ricky Starks beating MJF at whatever the new December PPV is (or winning it at Winter is Coming TV episode) would be the best choice, imo. Have Ricky beat Danielson at Full Gear and then challenge Max 1 year after he made the leap to the main event as the first defense to Max. I feel like if Starks doesn't get a big push now, Tony is gonna lose him to WWE like he did Jade (and Cody, who recruited Jade to the E' and is very close to Ricky).

MJF and Roddy arguing about who has the most fucked up neck while Cole tries to do rehab would be funny, I'll give you that.

Considering it's a nothing match, I think they are better off running an injury angle (that MJF might take offense to, considering he wrestled with a fucked up neck) and keeping Cole healthy than risking more damage against The Righteous.

Yeah, that little touch was awesome.

The finish of Dragon vs Starks was brutal, gawd damn from the stomps to the head, to Ricky getting his mouth busted open to getting his head blasted with a knee wrapped up with a chain. I really wanted Ricky to win but I guess Danielson is finally getting the wins and protection he should've had 12-18 months ago. Kevin Kelly continues to be a fucking awful btw. How the hell you sell a "dream match" on PPV by saying the AEW star will be handicapped. The Sabre match has nothing on the line so selling the idea that Dragon will not be 100% (even though it's pretty obvious considering his injuries) just takes away from the match and adds absolutely nothing to it.

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Almost two decades with the company, that's fucking crazy.

That's what it was? I thought he was selling an attack from Joe from last week or something (haven't been watching Dynamite lately)

Claudio using Misawa's tights was a cool touch. Can only imagine how a crowd would react to Eddie winning the AEW world title.