MoS

Yeah, having watched the episode, I think the issue more or less is with how the makers filmed the episode. I haven't followed Gage's career, but from everything I have seen from his peers and fans who know him, he genuinely felt guilty for what he did, took ownership, made amends and has now been rehabilitated. The documentary did not focus on that at all. It showed him hit rock bottom, but to go from there to redemption, you need to show remorse and atonement. By all accounts, Gage has done that, but you wouldn't know that from watching the doc. The closest the doc came to showing that was the bit about Gage getting emotional at the support he received in jail, and starting to work out twice a day. Immediately after that, they show he is arrested again, and leave vague the exact details. We then cut to him basically coming out and wrestling David Arquette. There's nothing about how he started making up for his mistakes, and if you want to show someone's fall from grace and subsequent rise again, it is imperative that you show the part where he actually atones. As it is, the episode just came across like a guy who was lying to his friends and doing drugs, went to jail and as soon as he came back, immediately went right back to climbing the deathmatch ladder and becoming the most famous deathmatch wrestler on the planet. Of course he went to jail, so you cannot say they did not show him facing the consequence of his actions, but for a feel-good story, they really needed to show more details than simply doing prison time and going back to what he was doing, as if prison was a blip.

He has been absolutely terrible since that awful Shaq feud started. That killed him. All for one good (not even great) rating that had zero transference to the viewership in general

I hope Miro murders him straight for 10 minutes and then hugs him and says "Thanks man, good talk, love you"

Holy fuck. Didn't he just wrestle like a month back? Rest in peace.

It will be interesting to read the quarter hour breakdowns of yesterday's show. The fact that it did well in overall viewers but terribly in 18-49 makes me think (hope?) that a lot of the younger fans tuned out after Cody's tone-deaf "Rah Rah LUV MURRICA" promo. I cannot really imagine that shit appealing to a lot of 18-49 fans, especially after the year we have had. I am but one fan, but I would absolutely cheer Agogo against Cody in the match now if I were in attendance.

The more and more I read the reactions to last night, the more I agree with @Stiva about strapping the rocket on Darby. Yesterday really feels like one of those times when a losing wrestler actually got more over in defeat than the winning wrestler did in victory. Strong Bret-Davey Wembley vibes here. I know they were thinking of Page as the next top star, but he has lost significant momentum in the last few weeks and Darby has gained a lot of momentum. Maybe it's time to call an audible and put Darby in the spot of dethroning Omega. Strike while the iron is hot.

Yeah if I had not quit watching WWE basically 1.5 years back, I wouldn't have cared much about most of this stuff

Oh yeah that will be a banger. Archer had tweeted earlier that he received a text from someone in AEW that made him happy. Clearly this is what he meant

You are right, but at the same time, I saw this tweet and it made me laugh lol

Excellent match, fantastic finishing stretch, and great finish. This was still the worst Dynamite of the year, but the first and last matches were excellent, and Dr. Baker is always great. But dear God they need to stop getting so cute with their booking and stop overcomplicating simple shit. This is wrestling. This isn't hard. Who knows, now that Fulham has been unceremoniously relegated in the Premier League, Coach Tony K can focus on his wrestling show again and stop letting Jericho ruin perfectly good, even great segments, with his bullshit creativity

Darby and Miro are saving this show. Darby's selling, his bumping, the way he throws his body into his opponents on his topes, everything about him is great. And Miro finally has shed himself of Superdork and is much much better off due to it

Yeah I am not a fan of this booking either

Oh thank God, finally a good segment. I had forgotten what that felt like. Thank you, Dr. Baker, you're the best

Right after Tully cut a promo for the ages too. 2nd week in a row Jericho has impacted my enjoyment of something the Pinnacle were doing

This is the saddest tribute to the beer bath I have ever seen. Please stop listening to Jericho for booking ideas. He is way too cute for his own good and it ends up sucking

Definitely looked like Orange got shoot injured and they were not focusing on him at all, but even so, I am not sure booking a triple threat is a good idea. AEW has been bad this week

Is this an audible because OC got legit injured?

Fuck

Did they need to do the Mox/King angle immediately after the match, when the moment belonged to SCU and they - and the fans - should have been allowed to soak it in? It's a problem with AEW booking: they don't let stuff breathe

Wrestlemania 24. Flair retirement match. Right before Shawn put him away, he said "I'm sorry, I love you" and then superkicked him and retired him (..before TNA came calling)

Matt just mocked the Shawn-Flair "I am sorry, I love you" spot and somehow, someway, he managed to become even more uncool and dorky than he has always been

This is my babyface in this feud, sorry

I don't even get it. How is the American Dream different from the American Nightmare. He's going to throw elbows and I dunno, wear polka dots?

Holy shit this is the most tone-deaf thing I have ever seen on AEW TV ever. I am legit stunned that he is sincerely uttering these words. How on Earth can someone have this little self-awareness? This is surreal. Even some fans booed him