Boss Rock

I enjoyed Naito-Tana as well and really appreciated the ending, but wish they hadn't taken it so slow the first few minutes.

Togo is a definite lock. And while I think his NJPW work trumps his Dragon Gate resume, Shingo is definitely in consideration.

Okada-Taichi was really good, but still not as good as their New Beginning match in 2020. CIMA-Goto was also pretty fun. Shame they didn't get the rest of Stronghearts in this tournament.

Hiromu-Suzuki was really good, like the Taichi-Ibushi G1 match but with overhand chops instead of kicks. Unless we have a major upset coming, I'm guessing the semis are going to be Okada-Cobb and Ospreay-Shingo. Thinking Cobb wins the whole thing.

Two recent ones in AEW would be Eddie-Miro and Eddie-Punk. Both only given a few weeks build but were incredibly captivating and entertaining programs.

Couldn't get through the whole show, but Douki-Sabre was a hoot. Ospreay-ELP was pretty good and had a cool finish, but nowhere near what they've done before.

Awesome list! Honestly forgot about some of these matches considering how much good stuff there's been.

MVP vs. Matt Hardy 2007-2008. Terrific year-long chase with the MVP challenge series, the tag title run, and then Matt returning at Mania to cost MVP Money in the Bank. I do wonder if they still intended to have the blow-off match after Mania considering Matt got shoot injured, but it played very nicely into the whole thing.

I'm curious if there's a case for Sting now or at least a re-evaluation considering his current work in AEW.

I dunno what everyone else was watching, I thought this was a really good show.

So far Desperado-Okada and Shingo-Ishii have been the only must-watches of the tournament (big shocker). But Okada being a jerk to Wato was fun. And we saw some flashes of the old Dick Togo before more House of Torture nonsense.

1985: Stan Hansen, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat 1995: Kenta Kobashi, Jushin Liger, Mitsuharu Misawa 2005: John Cena, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson 2015: Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, Kazuchika Okada 2025: Hook, Jade Cargill, Bron Breakker

I saw this pointed out on Twitter and I agree, it's good that this show delivered when you consider last year's is remembered for the dud explosion.

Pretty terrific show. Gonna be really, really hard to top that. Almost unfair how stacked AEW is. I wasn't a huge fan of the finish to Britt-Rosa even if it was expected. But if they do the title change in San Antonio, which is looking pretty obvious, then all will be forgiven.

I remember being blown away by how much I enjoyed Erick vs. Reigns at Clash of Champions 2019. Felt that it ridiculously overachieved.

I've always wanted to get that shirt.

Should be a great show and some matches that are genuinely unpredictable and could go a number of ways.

I also can't imagine TV ratings getting much lower. It seems like those still watching are going to keep watching regardless and will watch the entire show.

Could end up not being related to Cody at all, but naturally folks are speculating.

Cobb is another one who's not particularly tall but carries himself and wrestles like a behemoth.

Oh yeah, I will absolutely pass on those as well.

Really enjoyed the show. Rosa pinning Britt and the fact this feud wasn't given a ton of time makes me wonder if Britt retains and Thunder wins on a later Dynamite.

I can handle and think barbed wire, light tubes, and glass can be done well. I personally really enjoyed Masashi Takeda's BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship run in 2018. The only things I took issue with were: strong style light tube spots (kinda dumb) and anything with knives, scissors, or box cutters. That stuff is just too much.

Yeah, the only real move left for him was to turn heel.

Wasn't my favorite between them, but it was really good. Maybe it was because it wasn't a "big" show, but I hope both Okada-Naito and SANADA-Tana going under 30 minutes (but just barely, ha) is a sign they're shortening main events.