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The first 4 minutes or so of this video is a promo from Darby Allin followed by a promo from JD Drake about their match on Wednesday. I like this and wish they did this for more matches. It also helps because I haven't heard JD Drake before and helps for me to know more about them.

I knew Dusty was a heel earlier in his career, but I had never put 2 and 2 together before watching that video. I wonder if a lot of the weird things Dusty used to do, the dancing and mannerisms etc, were heel things he did to get heat and then kept doing after turning face. When I first saw Dusty as a kid, he just seemed bizarre to me and I didnt get him. Sort of similar to Dustin doing a lot of weird stuff as Goldust to get heat then doing them as a face and the fans loving it.

I think Sue during the main event should have stepped on the gas and ran Miro over with the minivan. That would have been funny. I liked Don Callis' promo towards the Young Bucks. I feel like Omega's character is that he feels he is the coolest guy in the room, and that's because Don Callis keeps telling Kenny he is. The Good Brothers are there as muscle, not just to protect Kenny from being attacked, but to also keep the Bucks and any of the Elite from talking sense into Kenny. Kenny is actually a big geek, but since winning the title is living out his fantasy of being this cool wrestler guy, like a Ric Flair or The Rock or something. Like it is kind of a meta storyline in many ways. I don't watch BTE though so it's possible I am just reading the delusional geek part into what's been presented. I am a big fan of the characters in wrestling, whether that comes through in skits and promos or through the matches. I do feel disappointed when a wrestler seems to have one kind of gimmick and then that gimmick doesn't seem to affect the way they wrestle. Darby is great at this, the way he wrestles looks so fearless and reckless and it fits the kind of character he is outside of the ring. I like Omega a lot more since the heel turn since he has much more of a character now, there is more for me to be invested into.

I saw they have 4 episodes of Lion's Break Collision on their YouTube channel. I watched the first one and enjoyed it. I didnt like how it started with a webcam interview hosted by Kevin Kelly, but that was only the first couple minutes and once they got to the actual matches it was fine. The first match was Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors and I liked it because it had more of a mat based style than I'm used to. The second match had TJP in it whom I like. It's weird they dumped 4 episodes on YouTube at once. It reminds me a bit of current ROH where it's just a couple matches and there is more focus on the in ring and it's taken more seriously instead of having the skits and humor of a lot of modern wrestling.

The build up to Wrestlemania this year has done nothing for me but reading this thread is making me want to re-order the Network just to watch more classic territory footage. This sounds way more interesting to me then Raw recently.

Babyface Eddie Kingston reminds me of babyface Roddy Piper. I hope when this Moxley storyline is done they can put him in some singles feuds against top heels where he can really go off on promos against them because I think he would really get over as a star.

Speaking of Circus, I think if somebody else ever wanted to do a Lucha Underground type of show but not use specifically Lucha as the theme, I think a traveling Circus would be an awesome idea for a fictional show like that.

I kind of thought that in kayfabe,Tully's group wasn't part of his original plan when MJF joined the Inner Circle and that he made some kind of deal with Tully more recently. Like, I dont think he hates the Inner Circle enough to have had a master plan against them for no reason, and that this new group was a late change in plans for him. I do hope that at some point maybe next week MJF has a long interview segment where he explains what his plan was because otherwise it would seem confusing for viewers. I kind of wonder if Tony Khan needs someone working with him on the booking who would be able to warn him when something doesn't make sense like this or the Hangman Page Revolution contract. My guess is in his head it makes sense but he doesnt realize how the dots arent all connecting for the viewers. I like the thought that maybe MJF didn't join Tully's group until very last minute in storyline. Like he actually planned to take over the Inner Circle but found out beforehand they were going to turn on him so made the deal with Tully to save him. They haven't said this on the show one way or the other, but I would find it really interesting if he still had a mole within the Inner Circle. For instance, if one of them did side with MJF and warned him they would all turn on him during Dynamite. Meaning there is somebody still secretly in the Inner Circle scheming against Jericho and somewhere down the road there is more Inner Circle drama to come. It's just a theory, but I would enjoy that.

I knew a wrestling fan who once thought that the clothesline/lariat was a boring move and a stupid finisher (that wrestling fan may have been me).

I'm surprised they never did a Twilight inspired gimmick when that was hot. Although knowing how out of touch and behind the times they are, I wouldnt be surprised if WWE came out with a twilight inspired gimmick tomorrow.

What do people think the best match was tonight? The Fenix match?

Man I had forgotten how long Bray Wyatt has been around. You would think he would have gotten better in that time. I wish they would have just made him into Harper and Rowan's manager who would only sometimes wrestle in 6 man tags.

It was interesting on Dark that they really didnt mention the big finale explosion dud during the ppv recap. Maybe that's a hint that they are just not going to acknowledge it being a disappointment and just focus on the match itself.

When Sciavone does his rundown of the card for AEW Dynamite it reminds me so much of 80s Crockett when he would run through the upcoming house shows.

I like the work around the elbow. I found it interesting trying to understand Balor's motivation in this match. Like, it feels like Roddy wasn't prepared in kayfabe for this match and was distracted in his mind by his issues with Cole. To me, it feels like Balor purposely goaded Roddy into this match, as if Balor had been planning to fight an unprepared Roddy this night. As in, he knew what to say to get under Roddy's skin and knew an unprepared emotional Roddy wouldn't be thinking straight and would be an easier win for Balor. So maybe it was to send a message to Cole, maybe Balor doesn't really trust the UE to be really broken up, and as well he may have seen Roddy as a possible contender down the line and it was better to get a win against him now in a "best defense is a good offense" kind of way. I really thought the way Roddy was selling in the first half of the match, it looked almost as if he had been caught. As if he was thinking "oh shit I wasnt ready for this I was too worried about Cole I didnt think about Balor!" These kind of things serve to make a match like this more enjoyable to me than a typical WWE TV main event.

The spear was my favorite part. They need to have a no dq match between him and Drew where they duel with their weapons. Has their ever been an escape the cage match between 2 chicken shit heels where there is no contact between them because when the bell rings it just becomes a race to see who can climb the cage the fastest?

Was this Apollo's gimmick on the indies?

I'm in Canada, so in order to watch the PPV hype special after Dynamite I had to download the TSN app since they werent showing it on tv here. It was kind of funny, because they ran the US commercial breaks even though TSN is a Canadian app. I guess TSN couldn't sell advertisers on putting ads on this special that was only going to be available online. Anyway, I only watched like half of it because I was annoyed with the music running underneath the interviews and that they kept jumping between people. I thought it was ok for a few minutes, like if it was a short ppv hype segment on Dynamite. However, that format seems really difficult to watch for an entire hour. I would have preferred longer interview segments one person or team at a time hyping the specific matches. I did like the tag section though. They seemed to be framing the story Jericho is this legend, like one of the greatest wrestlers who has turned bad, but MJF is not that. He is more like an opportunistic wrestler who is using Jericho and using the Inner Circle to benefit his career. I enjoyed that interpretation of the booking because it adds another layer to the tag match where you wonder if MJF has some ulterior motive or plan and if something else may happen between him and the Inner Circle or if he will turn on Jericho. And when you have the Good Brothers on the other side who act like heels, and we don't know where Sammy Guevera is.... To me, it just gives it more of that feeling that I used to having during the Monday Night Wars, that feeling of "Anything Could Happen."

I am a big Wandavision fan, so whenever I see Randall Park in this, the only thing I'm thinking is "wow it's the FBI guy from Wandavision!" And I'm happy. Also, is Greg Yao a real person? I liked seeing Vince McMahon. Are the action figures they are talking about supposed to be the LJN figures? Because I thought those were the first wrestling toys.

This felt almost more like night 1 of a 2 night pay per view, or maybe like a Clash of the Champions 2 weeks before a big pay per view, like it was a big show all on it's own. I see John Cena is hosting Wipeout on sister station TBS. Any idea when his contract ends?

I liked Jade in that match. Is she going to wrestle full time or is this a one off for her as well? I liked Shaq's power bomb on Cody too. Red Velvet looked bad nearly missing that move to the outside on Jade and having so much trouble setting up the table.

How is that Being The Elite show doing on YouTube with younger people? I don't like it, but maybe that's the primary future of wrestling? Maybe Miro should be doing some AEW/wrestling show on Twitch? Maybe WWE needs to make a deal with Bad Bunny to have wrestling on his social media? I know Quibli died last year, but maybe theres a better way to provide wrestling matches that people can watch on their phones? Maybe people who wouldnt watch an entire episode of Raw or Dynamite might be more likely to watch one or two individual matches on their phones on a regular basis. I already just PVR the shows and fast forward the matches and segments I'm not interested in. One step further is just to let people pick the individual matches they want to watch.

I agree. Britt seems like she is really becoming better and is a highlight of the show for me. I think she really doesnt need the women's belt and it's better used to get over some of the other women. I like El Ps idea of having at least 2 women's feuds going on in the card at once, one over the title and one around Britt. Plus theres the NWA champ as well right now.

What do you think of Lord Alfred Hayes? I like listening to him.

I should have googled it. I always thought it was a reference to the classic 60s TV show The Prisoner. I only saw a couple episodes of that back in the 90s, but Village Green Preservation Society sounded like the sort of creepy name those people on that island would have used.