MoS

Maybe. I wonder what the protocol requirements for Cody were in that case. I love Dustin and I like Sammy, but that was a rather weak match.

lmao Dustin might be in a bad condition, but he is a worker, he knows that if you are relying on sprinkled big spots, then you climax with a massive garbage (table) spot

I love how Arn has fully embraced the Armed Anderson meme

Yeah on second thought, Dustin is definitely, if not winded, then not in in-ring condition. It seems to have been laid out to cover for his cardio. Lots of stalling/wandering about/random nothingness with a few big spots sprinkled in between, it's almost an anti-Dustin match

He seems fine now. I really don't like that "rush into the ring at the last second to beat the countout and then lay selling again" spot we see so much these days

Sammy is so much more natural as a heel

Let poor David do commentary at least, JR is at ringside

If they want Hangman to have a long reign, they probably have Wardlow turn on MJF in the Punk match. If I were booking, Punk becomes number one contender after Wardlow turns on MJF, becomes another big star of the past to put over Hangman, meanwhile MJF puts over Wardlow - who can also then be a one-off TV challenger for the world title - and perhaps one more young fresh face before you build him back to challenge for the world title. That means that when MJF wins the title, he automatically has a couple of ready challengers to make sure his reign is off to a good start.

Is Carlito still working somewhere? Given that it is too unrealistic to wish Carlos himself would be asked, I selfishly want Carlito to be a beneficiary of this WWE's forbidden door purely so that Michael Cole or whoever can call him a fiery youngster

I know there's no way it happens anytime soon, but I really want Eddie Kingston to be elevated to the main event scene and have a world title run

Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D v. Riho - AEW women's world championship Dustin Rhodes v. Sammy Guevera - AEW interim TNT championship (I think?) Ricky Starks v. Matt Sydal - AEW FTW championship

What a fucking fight. Much better Rampage than usual, although that is partly due to AEW figuring how to add crowd noise in an organic way, which is cheating

Eddie Kingston is so good at making you feel that in every one of his match, he is fighting for his life

Okay BRILLIANTLY done Mark Henry

HAHAHAHAA I love Eddie Kingston so much

Riho lifts every match she is in. Britt-Haytor has been built well but man that match will be ROUGH

HAHAHAHA perfect use of QT

HOOK might be an ironic meme wrestler, but he is unironically over with the live crowds, and he genuinely has potential. He needs to throw better punches though, his striking looks like Ronda Rousey's in MMA

lol "due to covid medical protocol" just either say he has covid or say he got exposed to someone who has covid lol. Also, they knew this yesterday (my time at least) but waited until the show to announce the replacement match? That's bullshit. It's something we would criticise WWE for, they could've easily announced this with the announcement about the card change.

Fuck man, of all the moves he did in the match, he got injured on a basic springboard into a kick bump. Wrestling really fucks you over on the most elementary of moves.

Guessing Punk v. MJF at the PPV along with Hangman-Cole? Hangman-Cole is a bold choice to main event a PPV given neither of the two were in the national spotlight until essentially a few months ago, but I like that AEW back their young wrestlers. Atlas is actually looking really good, pity he got injured. Really hope it's not serious. Funnily enough, he is actually big for the AEW roster, although that might be because Adam Cole has no definition

I've realized that one of the biggest appeals of watching AEW for me is the feeling that everyone involved is having fun and a good time. I think it's fairly obvious that MJF will be the one to dethrone Hangman, the question is when. They already have a pre-existing rivalry, MJF beat him for the first Dynamite diamond ring

You need a subscription and a VPN if you wish to watch it legally, unfortunately

Speaking of Dave and Shibata, I know this is just Dave being a poor writer and needing editing, and he doesn't actually mean it literally, but good lord that image made me laugh so hard

That's really stupid of him then, I mean he covered Inokiism in real time, as well as all the 80s NJPW scandals