Jmare007

What a weekend!

No joke, this has to force Tony to make Starks a main player. BTW, Dave is saying the whole Elite/Punk fuckery will be addressed to night, at the very least because belts are involved. I'd laugh if Excalibur does one of his full speed announcements just to get shit over with.

I remember Dylan being one of the first to mention Cabana was not the person he was perceived to be way back when. Don't recall any particular stories though.

Mox and Jericho were not scheduled to appear but will after Tony Khan asked them to. Will they keep harping on this neverending JAS vs BCC feud or do we finally get a big reset with all these people suspended?

I think Punk is pissed off that Hangman (and maybe others?) don't see Punk as he saw guys like Funk, Race, Guerrero, etc. Instead, they see him as Punk saw Tony Atlas in OVW and it probably drives him nuts Saying a former AEW champion hasn't done shit in this business is the exact type of quote that would've drove Punk insane and cause all kinds of trouble if he was in Page's position. It was so evident that it was the main reason I thought it could've been Punk trying to do a work shoot, but alas...

No doubt. Do we get the details of that fall out on a Conrad Thompson sponsored podcast?

So now there's talk of Punk getting injured during this brawl? if true, what a fucking emotional dumbass.

This is flat earth territory to me, but you do you my man.

The leaps in logic in this have me very confused. The people fighting ain't recording this shit so you either want AJ or Ace's wife to leak footage of an embarrassing fight that makes everyone involved (including their husbands) look like shit? And probably go against both their wishes to not make shit more public than already is. Who the hell is gonna upload a CT scan online over a shitty backstage brawl? Then you want who to leak the security camera footage? And who is going to go out their way to get it from the Now Arena? wrestling journalists? lmao.

Cody was incredibly smart leaving when he did, just perfect timing. Him staying would've not helped this situation. He was already kind of isolated and him being in the locker wouldn't have stopped Page from saying a line only Punk and 1% of the audience understood as a reference, he wouldn't have stopped the Young Bucks from leaking shit (they've been doing it for years now) and he certainly wouldn't have stopped Punk from going full Punk during this whole situation. Man, if the first segment of Dynamite isn't the biggest quarter hour in company history then just close shop, lol.

Well shit, if Punk doesn't get suspended then Eddie Kingston is gonna cause major trouble too

There's no empire to crumble though... I think the ROH acquisition should be added too. It's not backstage drama or turmoil but it's another issue Tony has to deal with as long as he refuses to get help and starts delegation booking power to others.

At this point what intrigues me the most is if Punk is aware that all the shit he's doing (if it's a worked shoot) can very possibly make him the HHH of AEW. The asshole heel that beats the younger stars because he knows what's best for business. Him becoming the type of veteran he hated during his 30s is so evident that I wanna believe it's intentional. But he's the sorta guy that could very well be not that self aware.

Really interested on y'all thoughts on Tony's new strategy of declaring out in the open his roster is filled with people that don't like each other, letting them go off outside of AEW's main programming, and basically saying "now, wouldn't y'all like to see them fight each other?". I see the appeal, on paper, but will they be able to pull it off in practice?

I mean, he's called Adderall Man for a reason.

The face he made after that "I have way more fucking money than Crocket and not gonna take this shit" had me DEAD. I need the gif of it.

Even Jericho with a little jab at whoever leaked the details of the backstage meeting this shit was way better than the PPV.

Watching the presser and it' way funnier than just reading his quotes and yeah, work or shoot Tony has to make him work against all these people for the next year. The vitriol towards Hangman is hilariously uncalled for.

Fucking Punk, lol.

It somehow made MFJ more popular in Chicago than Punk (?)

Well, MJF better win in New York, sorry @Matt D

Very good main event. Their submission exchanges were waaay better than what Jericho and Danielson were doing.

Chicago really saved their strength for this match, my respect.

It's García.