Zoo Enthusiast

Now that is a take, brother.

For once, a good news story in Hellworld.

Oh yeah, MJF is an easy call. I am hoping we get to see Dustin vs MJF at some point, too. Learning tree stuff.

Hyped as hell. Can’t believe I said that about a Cody Rhodes vs Chris Jericho match in 2019. Or ever. Give me a storyline and double-juice and I’ll give you five stars.

Excalibur is good enough to do it solo and just have someone on the side that tells people what the appropriate hashtags are. In PWG, he’s either by himself or has a wrestler sitting in on commentary with him (most prominently Chuck Taylor). They seem to have about 15 people working there between commentary and interviews and it’s pretty crowded.

I wouldn’t have been surprised if Omega/Moxley had gone on last.

Scarlett and Kross showed up in AAW this weekend during both shows. Cage worked Elgin at Warrior Wrestling yesterday. That was his first match back.

I definitely agree re: Nyla’s work. That match is going to live or die based on what Riho is able to get out of her. I haven’t been impressed by their women’s roster at all to this point, except for the Joshi workers. I think that is one area where they are far behind WWE/NXT talent-wise. That all being said, Nyla and Britt Baker both get really good reactions.

I think they might have a problem with Riho as the underdog babyface vs Nyla, because the fans REALLY want to cheer for Nyla. For how weak the battle royal was as a whole, she got a great reaction when she won.

Taven’s the kind of guy they will sign and pay to do nothing at Full Sail for a couple years. Good work if you can get it.

If you’re into fun indie sprints, I recommend checking out this year’s AAW Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament. Was there for both nights over All Out weekend and there were lots of fun 7-12 minute matches. Spotfests, bombfests, and things of that nature. Plus night two had a really fun Lucha Brothers/LAX match with a bunch of crowd brawling and plunder. Mance Warner is doing a Midnight Rider gimmick, as well. My highlight of the weekend was getting to see Willie Mack wrestle live for the first time.

I had a blast at this show live. Aside from the battle royal, I didn’t find anything to be particularly bad, and that likely has more to do with the format being completely inscrutable. I didn’t love PAC/Omega but it was pretty good. Looking forward to when they get to do Moxley/Omega. Shawn Spears was certainly no great revelation (safe to say he was utilized at a level commensurate with his talent in WWE) but... 2019 wrestler of the year Cody F. Rhodes made that match compelling, along with Arn and Tully. Cody is so wildly over that it’s jarring as someone who has never been in the crowd at a major wrestling show when a company is hot. Two years ago I watched him have a match with Omega in New Orleans that felt like it would never end and I actively hated. Now, his match is the one I most look forward to on every AEW show. Orange Cassidy rules. Aside from Arn, he had the biggest pop of the night from where I was sitting. Ladder match was obviously bonkers (so pumped to see LAX come in) and I enjoyed that, along with the Cracker Barrel match. Darby is going to be such a star. The main event was solid enough but Page just doesn’t do it for me. The standing SSP’s and bullshit like that make me want to gouge my eyes out. I thought Jericho delivered to the level that he can and I loved the timing on the finish. He’s definitely the correct choice to have as their first champion. I can’t wait for the TV to start and for more people to be introduced.

Certainly made in jest considering their respective celebrity profiles. The part about them being wrestlers that are enjoyable (as opposed to Becky and Seth), not in jest.

I was really looking forward to Moxley/Omega mostly because I’m going to be there and I anticipate the crowd energy would have been great for it. PAC is probably going to be a technically better match but given the choice, I’ll take the one with a build/story as a main event of a big show.

I was hoping Dustin Rhodes