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Yeah kind of but the first match was more of an angle than a match and definitely gave the whole thing a lot more juice, although this is not something AEW should do on a regular basis. The WWE version would be having a full 15-20 minute TV match the Raw before a PPV, then at the PPV, and then a rematch the next night on Raw.

What is this melodrama

Drew is so boring though. It'd be a real shame to have this legendary reign end to a guy that's already been a 3 time champ that also already had a multi-month feud with Roman in the recent past.

Definitely. I think that's always been the case going back to at least the SNES/Genesis days if not the NES/SMS days.

The folklore is stupid. Without the internet mythology, it just looks like a competitive match where Regal put up more of a fight than most of Goldberg's opponent. There was an early match with Jerry Flynn that was worked pretty much the same way and no one has ever said Jerry Flynn shot on Goldberg.

Ok believe Bill Goldberg could not escape a front headlock from Chris Jericho, as told by Chris Jericho, because Goldberg lolz didn't know how to wrestle

Goldberg had been training BJJ and muay thai for years before WCW. It's absolutely ridiculous to think he'd have no idea how to get out of a fucking headlock.

Personally I'm much more entertained by a sudden burst of chaos 2-3 weeks to fill up a PPV than the 10 weeks of the same segment on repeat until the go home show when some real cool shit happens.

I honestly can't believe Ospreay hasn't blown out both knees since adding all the weight

Excellent. Right call, Mox has had the juice since rehab, crowd sees him as more of an AEW guy than Punk, crowd was into Mox more than Punk, shocking finish. Would lol if Punk actually leaves the company.

God damn what an upgrade

The Jerichoverse is worse than the Codyverse

Feel like there should be a mandatory talent meeting before every show

I think the FTR booking is due to Dax's shoulder injury. There was a month of no in ring stuff from Forbidden Door to DBD, and he's only worked two matches since then, both the same week as DBD and for NJPW Strong.

Jericho is the biggest turn off for me as well, but I watch aew to see cool shit with enthusiastic crowds and announcers (except JR).

Really, that position never seemed like it was something Jeff was going to get tied down to considering all the other hustles and gigs he has going on.

I keep seeing talk about AEW being in a slump, and I disagree completely. I've watched Dynamite just about every week this year and am always sports entertained. Yeah maybe the booking has been scattershot lately, but Dynamite is the only show I would even consider watching weekly in the year of our lord 2022.

Smart for Triple H to swerve Double J before Double J swerves Triple H

Schiavone does seem like the perfect guy for that role, but what happened to Chris Daniels being the head of talent relations? All these stories about different guys just getting ghosted, or all these personal conflicts backstage, why hasn't Daniels' name come up in any of them when he's supposed to be the guy taking care of that kind of stuff?

The idea that Punk is pissed enough to threaten no shows or quitting because younger guys aren't taking his advice is incredible

What the fuck could Punk possibly be pissed enough about to make multiple threats of quitting

Could also be that Punk is an asshole who was completely out of the industry for 7 years and came back for way more money with way more hype and killed what had been a 3 year storyline with Adam Page since the very first AEW show. I could see a number of guys that have been around the entire time Punk was gone having a bit of a "fuck this guy" attitude. And I'd say they're right if Punk decided to air his grievances on live TV when Page couldn't respond.

Have you not noticed that Rush also has the tiny trunks

Hoping Kenny wears all the gear and pads for the next 6 months like DDP

Christian as a heel wearing turtlenecks every week is delightful