MoS

Swole's point about Dark not being booked with weekly logic leading to less-than-great matches was also interesting. I wonder how the YouTube shows are put together.

Happy 2022 everybody!

Ricky Starks should be pushed a lot more than he is. Britt when she was injured was constantly on TV and that helped her get over. Starks shouldn't just be doing commentary.

My thoughts precisely. Also, I think Nyla at this point must be tired of always being named as the trump card every time this conversation happens.

That was a fantastic street fight. Unlike a lot of modern wrestling street fights/no dq matches, which feel like sanitized stunt scenes or Marvel action scenes, even with blood, this felt like a genuine, violent, chaotic fight. Bunny and Tay absolutely murdered themselves for our pleasure. I actually liked it better than the Britt-Rosa match.

Yeah but Cody and Brandi got separated as an act in pretty much the first two episodes of Dynamite. That heel pair evolved into the face Nightmare Family stable. I guess the "face turn" such as it was, was his promo after his match with Dustin at the first Double or Nothing, when he said he needed a brother to fight brothers.

I mean it is several levels above WWE weekly TV programming, but we should continue holding AEW to higher standards.

Some really good stuff on the show but also some bad stuff. Which I guess is the story of AEW in 2021, so it was fitting.

Pillman Jr. is such a geek compared to Black, booking him as a face in this feud is just stupid

Is Sammy doing a smiley cue card promo days after his heartbreaking title loss?? Is he being punished or something lol, this makes him look like a complete dork

That match was really good. Mercedes will only add to the quality of the roster and hopefully helps Jade get some reps too

She is doing an excellent job selling her leg. This is by far her best performance in her short career

I have literally no idea how to react to any of this

God Matt Jackson really is so terrible at acting

r/PoorlyAgedWords I guess And why did Jericho feel the need to wait for Garcia to hit Santana with the ring bell before he came to save his friends? Been watching too much Monday Night Raw now that he can't sing on tour

I love Danny Garcia's presence in the ring. He's got a certain charisma about him

That was a big pop for JR. Crowd also seems their hottest in weeks

Dusty started wearing those clothes because he started out as a heel, and his American Dream gimmick was originally heel shtick. But he was so charismatic, such an amazing promo, that by the time he had come to JCP, that was a long-forgotten memory. It's sort of been the other way around for Cody, who started off as a massive, beloved babyface, but has slowly seen a lot of the audience turn on him.

Maybe Jericho is retiring after his latest illness scare

The last Dynamite of the TNT era! It's been good fun, hopefully TBS is even better.

The fact that more people watched Rampage on Christmas than they have been doing generally shows just how awful the Friday night 10 PM slot is. It truly is the death knell of time slots. If you're up and about on Friday at 10 PM, then chances are you are probably not watching television

HOOK has a literal babyface, but as he gets older and reaches his prime years, that will help him be a great face. He doesn't need to have his dad's personality to be cool and badass.

Do you think he knew, when he cut that promo, that it would lead to some inevitable backlash and his popularity cooling off a bit?

I will have to check the quarters, but from what I remember, his stuff does well most times, but it's never a massive ratings hit (Shaq match excepted) the way Omega-Hangman was, or the way Punk-MJF is right now. But CM Punk is the biggest individual difference-maker in wrestling right now (since Cena left), and for all our criticisms of MJF, the guy has always been a ratings draw.

Yeah I think this Sammy feud has been the first time this new meta Cody character has hit with me. When Cody went to Sammy and talked about both of them being good guys like he is human Mr. Peanutbutter, that was when I felt he started hitting the right notes. I also agree that Cody as TNT champ is a lot more interesting than Sammy as TNT champ. I like Sammy but his win came out of nowhere and his title run always felt stilted and an afterthought. It was probably the first time in AEW that a singles title win and reign didn't feel over or like a good idea.