MoS

Starting with the world title match again wow

Okay what the FUCK was that Tanahashi-KENTA match lmao. That might actually be my favourite match involving any of those two in a few years.

It was rumoured that Mox is making his return on this show. Bryan-Mox if it happens should bang hard

Maybe it will be Mistico and he will again be very confused and annoyed when people are underwhelmed

Clearly a fan of AEW referees' lax attitude wrt rules. Pro wrestling has wimpy rules where you can't even hit each other in the nuts without the referee calling for the bell. Meanwhile, in cricket, the chad King of sports:

The TBS era begins! How long do we think Hangman-Danielson 2 goes? I am thinking 45 minutes

Mox is great but why the fuck would you ever use Terry Funk as a cautionary example lol. Also, Hunter sure loves his Simpsons references doesn't he

They made Regal speak in a posh accent that, if anyone actually spoke that way from where Regal is from, they would get mugged and would be found outside a pub the next morning

Bowens is awesome lol

In hindsight, it really feels like his title win was a last-minute reaction to Dynamite beating Raw in the key demo. They weren't ever planning on actually elevating him to that level. Lashley v. Lesnar should be great though, that match has been on fans' fantasy-booking list since what, 2006? Genuinely feels like a big match-up.

Their solution to this was to no longer require covid testing; essentially, to just bury their heads in sand. It cannot be stressed enough just how irresponsible this behaviour was.

He said on Twitter that he tested positive. Thankfully, I don't want to speculate, but he is vaccinated, and Omicron is relatively mild for vaccinated people, and some experts in the field are even hypothesizing that vaccination+a mild variant like omicron will build super-immunity for future variants. I really hope that is true, and I really hope he is feeling fine. That said, let's not beat around the bush: having him do regular TV tapings (and house shows?) when cases were surging like crazy, knowing he is immuno-compromised, was wildly irresponsible. I mean, people were afraid this would happen for weeks now, including Vince and WWE management. This didn't come out of nowhere.

He is immunocompromised, this was always a bad idea

WTF?? EDIT: Good bubba @KawadaSmile beat me to it

It just shows that while Twitter is great for shitposting, memeing and hanging out with friends, it is absolutely the worst possible forum for any kind of serious discussion. I hope TK learns his lesson from this, and in future sticks to tweeting exclusively to plug his upcoming TV shows.

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