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It's three matches now were Dragon makes 30 minutes flew by (Omega, Page I & II). Master of pacing.

"It took one of those clotheslines, as it should!" JR tired of the finisher spamming Very good rematch. Loved the little touches they sprinkled in (the pace from Page, the dual blade jobs, the counters and Hangmayne being able to finally break Danielson's stamina). I'd have to watch it again, I thought the crowd was tame, specially this being the opening match.

Wait for the FITE broadcast tomorrow bubba, no commercial breaks.

We need a grade for Hangmayne's jumping jacks @NintendoLogic did the babyface got a pop from you?

Ok, now I see the point LOL

I like the story of Page wanting to up the pace and get things going quickly but that also opens him up for mistakes that Danielson takes advantage of. I do wonder what's the point of another blade job.

Fuck those judges suck, lol. Were those the first boos for Hangman?

Hideki Suzuki got 'deavored too. I hope he can get back to Japan soon. If not, then sign me up for a random Rampage or Youtube match against Danielson.

Wow at Regal. I hope he continues to be in the business, he could be a great asset to any company, specially without having to tread waters like WWE's.

Yeah, he just started his own promotion.

You are right, I didn't remember the fall from night 1 to 2 was that big in 2020 (though getting 70k for both nights was still a success). I guess the real big draw is the January 4th date.

6.3k for Night 2. Seems like fans were more interested in watching Okada get the belt back (plus Shibata's return) than anything else.

I remember that If Shibata went into business for himself we needed a run in by Inoki or Gedo to stop the match and slap Shitaba while the Dome booed and started to riot.

One would guess this is all kayfabe, but yeah he did.

I don't know how much of it was paid but 12k in attendance is a damn good number all things considered.

If/when guys like Keith Lee and Shane Strickland get to AEW, I think there's gonna be very little room to not justify better booking for black people in AEW. And a guy like Fred Yehi (who is a current better version of Moriarty) is 28 and right there to be picked up.

Very similar stance to @Makai Club #1 There's a good number of wrestlers I'm not that fond of that are very over but I can at least understand why they are so popular and why people like their matches so much. I can't grasp it with Cole, even when people explain it to me I just don't/can't see it.

That was a great sprint. Short, to the point and everyone played their roles great so I can forgive the finisher and big move spamming and no selling. Sad that Big E got such a nothing run. So if Roman is hopefully healthy we are getting an unification match at Mania?

They've been pretty open on social media about it tbh. He made public he broke up, Tay got the backlash for it (fans can be so fucking toxic sometimes) and like a week later she was posting pics with him about going out on dates and stuff. I'm glad they are like "fuck it" about the whole thing.

I'd add: "What's the candidate's biggest weakness? Was he/she able to overcome it (or work around it) and how?"

I feel like WWE has given us more than enough evidence that we shouldn't buy into any sort or redeeming/underdog/comeback feel good story because they either never actually plan for it or they do have a plan for it but change plans before the story is finished. Only exceptions are the handful of people that are truly seen as top stars by Vince.

Gotcha, as I stream most of the stuff I didn't catch that.

I'm not very knowledgeable about this kind of thing:: how has AEW promoted the switch to TBS? From what I've seen it's been pretty subtle, not a lot of GUYS, WE ARE CHANGING NETWORKS" which I think is kind of needed (I remember WWE promoting for a long ass time the "homecoming" to USA Network when they switched back from Spike). Then again, maybe that sort of stuff is not necessary in 2021?

Yeah, I guess it's just backlash to people marking out for dude so hard. He's an awesome prospect, let him develop and then we'll see what he's really made of. Right now I think it's fine to focus on all the positives and enjoy the spark he provides to the show.

No doubt. I guess it feels more of an issue because it came at the cost of Miro's run that was basically perfect. Then again, it does seem Miro got injured either during the November return or before it. It looked like his leg wasn't 100% in the Danielson match and he hasn't been back since. So maybe he was going to drop the title soon anyways?