MoS

This is complete speculation but I also think the Hangman-Danielson draw infused some momentum in the show's ratings. That match itself didn't do great but every week since then, the ratings have been great, which imo points to positive word of mouth from the hour draw working in AEW's favour. This coinciding with Punk-MJF picking steam and Jade Cargill clearly having some drawing power has given AEW some real stong momentum going into 2022.

I think AEW fans care about stuff like Cole-Cassidy, power couples, Elite drama, and even Dan Lambert far more than we generally do here at PWO.

Sleepwalking through goose-stepping

Love the product overall but too many interferences and repetitive gimmicks. I love the entire RnR v. Heavenly Bodies feud so much though

Yeah I caught this later. Good on Mox for calling him out. Heckler knew what he was doing, for him to say that to Mox after he comes back from alcohol rehab is just...all I will say is they probably did him a favour if they booted his ass, cuz I see no way the crowd lets him out in one piece. Good on Mox for still cutting his promo, that was the promo of this short year so far. Genuinely made me feel things.

Steve Austin is the reason why I am a wrestling fan, and one of the key reasons was because he would just walk briskly to the ring, jawing and trash-talking, and not waste any time. It would immediately give me an "Oh shit, business just picked up" feeling.

They should really push Archer being from Texas more, really drive home the cowboy angle. It is the exact kind of thing that works only in pro wrestling. Maybe bring out Stan Hansen for a guest appearance, that is a guaranteed pop from this fanbase even if a lot of them have probably never actually seen a Hansen match in their life

Maybe he is injured?? He's on Twitter promoting a music video of his. I sure hope he isn't being punished for publicly confronting TK about the Swole situation, that would more than anything really put the final nail in the coffin on AEW being any different at all from all the wrestling promotions coming before it.

Whatever matches he gets is through MJF. It's why in case he ever wins a title shot match, he immediately has to forfeit his number one contendership to MJF.

Very good main event. Sting is absolutely a mad man. I can't believe they didn't show a replay of Darby's crazy dive until the end though, sloppy work there.

I will not lie, I did pop for that Starrcade 1997 dig from Caster EDIT- Also for Schiavone dropping a Capital Combat reference

Hey guys remember when Kaz was not a jobber but the Elite-hunter, and then he did a job to one of the Dork Brothers. I liked the Archer backstage promo though, and I love Hangman and I am an Archer fan, so I really liked the entire thing. You Americans didn't catch it, but during the break, Archer jawed off with a young girl in the front row, leading the fans to chant "Piece of shit" at him. He immediately looked at the fans and inquiringly pointed at the little girl, which got a massive pop out of me. He continued jawing with the little girl after going to the ring too, which is why the fans also briefly chanted "piece of shit" at him just after the break. God WHY is Every. Single. Women's. Backstage. Segment. the EXACT SAME. It's beyond parody at this point

I just caught up to this segment and this is exactly what I thought too haha

Oh lord spare me this "BPJ has a crisis of confidence" horseshit. Murder this dweeb someone EDIT - Thanks King

Wardlow and MJF are not like HHH and Batista though, that was a very different dynamic. Wardlow in kayfabe is signed only to MJF, he doesn't have an AEW contract. It's more an updated long-drawn version of Shawn-Diesel than anything. That Jade-Anna backstage segment was STRAIGHT out of a modern WWE TV show and it's tired backstage template, stilted contrived "dialogue" included. What's happened to this show in this hour?!

Okay this show took a massive nosedive with this Cody promo. What the fuck is he rambling about

Haha that Punk-Spears-MJF thing was perfect Why are the two fellow less-famous tag team member dads talking in such a passive-aggressive manner

Lol why are we so concerned about the self-proclaimed new Hardcore Legend going through a table. Everyone goes through a table on Dynamite. And of course another no-dq match. It's like TK saw the WWE comment in that newspaper article and delightfully doubled down. Hey nice they finally seem to be breaking the Inner Circle?!?! You are right Santana, Jericho has been holding you back!

I like Britt but I don't care one bit about this power couple. Otoh, I actually care quite a bit about Cassidy-Statlander, I think both of them have a natural charisma, sloppy apron flips aside (just do power moves Kris, that's your strength and appeal!) and they do have some on-screen chemistry.

OC looks positively ripped next to Adam Cole lmao

Jesus fuck what a fucking promo jesus. I need a break after that fuck

LMAO first minute back and he uses fuck?!?! That fan must have said something really shitty

Had a late night emergency at work - love law firms! - catching up on the show now. Nice pop for Mox

Did Arn do the mixed tag at WM involving Cena and Nikki, or had he left by then? That was a smartly laid out match.

Hopefully Dr. Baker can get Adam Cole to work snug