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Considering he was never *EVER* spoke about at the same level as the Radicals or Rey or Christian (RVD on the other hand, come on now), not then and not at any point, where is the "revisionist history" exactly ? Jericho has a tremendous body of work in the WWE during the 00's, working against, yes, a lot of great workers. For years in the last decade though his work has been mostly panned, including against a bunch of great workers, and it's only when he showed up in NJPW that he enjoyed a true renewal of interest and hype. Jericho has never been considered like this great all-time worker and there was always criticism about his in-ring work dating back to his WCW stuff. No idea what people are talking about here.

If I were Danielson, who was the most diplomatic ever in how he addressed his departure, I would be so insulted. Not a big loss ? I mean, it's not surprising, basically the only guys they care about are Reigns, Lesnar and to an extent I would guess Orton. But really it's Reigns, Lesnar and that's it. And I guess Charlotte & maybe Becky (even that one is debatable since she could not get to Mania's main event by herself). No one else is seen as important. It also sends one hell of a message to their own roster when Adam Cole and Daniel Brian are seen as "no big loss". You're all expendable worth-nothing peons, ladies and gentlemen the WWE "Superstars". No wonder people who left look so fucking happy when they end up in AEW. Prichard probably thinks that since Adam Cole doesn't pass the airport test, therefore he can't be a star... What a giant tool this guy is. Amazing how many people have bought into his shit at the beginning of his podcast because they were enjoying his Jerry Jarrett impersonnation.

Actually when you think about it : CM Punk, Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson. Is it the healthiest main event roster ever ? Punk is straight edge, Omega doesn't drink or do drugs either, neither do the Bucks I believe, isn't Danielson vegan ? That's a pretty striking picture of how pro-wrestling has evolved.

Triple H & Shawn doing the DX redux was a bad case of "How do you do fellow kids ?"

But Jericho already lost the feud. The feud was over. MJF won after the 5 tasks series. Then Jericho asked for one last single match, because he needed to prove to himself that in the end, he could beat MJF, and if he couldn't, he would retire. Pretty simple stuff. And it worked. I mean, I'm strictly being descriptive here.

I think he's just being thrown a bone on PPV because of his good backstage work. Meltz reported that the placement of this match before the main was in case the card would go too long. It was kinda fun but honestly I though Wight looked like his knees are totally shot. I really don't need to see more of him in the ring, unless he's doing a single chokeslam. So, you're going into the last match and segments of the show ? Lucky you. I probably rewatched that post-match a dozen times since yesterday...

The Inner Circle vs Pinnacle was a blood feud. The final Jericho match vs MJF was not about that blood feud anymore. It was about Jericho proving himself he could beat MJF.

Vikingo. Taurus. Please.

That's QT Marshaaaaaall for you. And if you enjoy Tay Conti's work, you can thank him for extracting the Performance Center suck out of her in a matter of a few months.

Yeah, of course, that was understood. Just wanted to get some LUV to the *real* GOAT.

Totally agree. Meanwhile, I still see people jerking off to every Lawler's punches. Sorry, but I take a simple anti-vaxx/MAGA idiot over a guy who "may" (wink wink nudge nudge) have raped underaged girls any day, in term of playing the moral card (which is always dubious when you talk about pro-wrestling to begin with). But again, another matter. Speaking of which, I did not get the "We want Tessa" chants during the show. Well, she's an awesome worker, for sure... Cursed, of course.

He is, but that's also why I love him so much. Maybe because I understand the "being a goof" part (which is deeper than people think, but that's another matter). I can relate. Well, of course but really in singles match he was 0-2. The one brillant things that gets overlooked is that he always talked about "never wrestling in AEW again" if he lost. Which could have meant it was an exit door to still work NJPW or even him thinking he could go back eventually to WWE, which made the stip even more believable. Great use of meta here.

Believe me, Omega will have a great match with CM Punk. He has ways to have a great match with *anyone*. Crazy luchador Fénix ? Check. Up and comer underdog Jungle Boy ? Check. Insane brawler in an Onita-style deatchmatch ? Check. 48 years old Christian Cage who certainly can't go like Okada would ? Check. Omega will have a great match with Punk, because he can. Because he's the GOAT #2 or 1.

I think people take things for granted and if Jericho isn't delivering a billion stars match, he has to be totally useless (like CM Punk, who apparently after 7 years + absence totally sucks or something and already overstayed its welcome). Nuance ? What's that ? Oh, anyways...

You aren't following the product, are you ? The story is "Is Jericho able to beat MJF in a pro-wrestling match", it's not a "blood feud" (which really is an overused term). He lost two times before, he has to prove to himself that he can beat MJF. He's got an injured elbow and MJF's finisher is the Fujiwara armbar, hence the work on the elbow and the focus on submission since Jericho already submitted once to MJF. There is no reason to have a no-DQ match here. It could be Jericho's last match ever, so there's every reason in the world to be methodical, on both part. As far as Jericho's work goes, people seem to forget that he's 50 years old. He's been doing mighty fine for his age and blows away tons of guys who at 50 were washed up shells of themselves, and that includes guys like Flair, who was legit *not good* at the same age. The old-school callbacks were very well executed. MJF is super solid and has improved a lot. The finish was actually brillant. Overall, it was a very good match, really.

Cobb is going to the finals. You can quote me.

There are indeed a few signs since the very beginning indicating that this whole Andrade thingy may not end well... Considering Rush is doing the "Losing my smile" bit in ROH (as opposed to the über-pro Adam Cole who got a short extension on his contract just to end his feud with Roderick Strong because it was important to him) and the fact I doubt Tony K. would give Beastia del Ring a charity paycheck and the fact Charlotte won't leave WWE.... I dunno, as far as Ingobernables goes, I'd rather fly in Naito & Takagi. The guy better have a killer match against PAC (and it's not that hard to have a killer match with PAC), because having subpar performance and a shitty attitude won't fly in this company... Especially not now.

He's an old friend of Gedo, so I guess that's how he got in. Well, I guess we can blame him for putting *himself* at the center of attention now and all these awful EVIL main events. He was a great worker, but his booking ideas are shit and damaging to the company. More EVIL main event push ? Jay White as a babyface (he's only like the most brillant heel worker in the world) ? Send Togo's ass back to some sleazy indy already. What the fuck...

In others news, Ric Flair spotted on BTE. That was pretty funny too. You know eventually he'll show up.

We've reached the Bash at the Beach period. "God I love pro-wrestling" was Schiavone's 2021 version of "Hogan you can go to hell". Because that's what this show was all about. L.U.V. for pro-wrestling. It shows on faces of the audiences, it shows on the faces of the workers (crazy how pro-wrestling is actually becoming more *real*, in every sense of the term, as it matures) and it shows on the face of Tony Khan, just watch the media scrum video, this guy has stars in his eyes when he watches he workers. The one thing that is really great about AEW is that in the long term if they keep up they way they do things, they will change the perspective of the young workers, who may not have this idea that WWE is the ultimate goal in pro-wrestling anymore. That will be the most interesting shift. Of course as far as a mainstream audience, it's another story, you don't dethrone Coca-Cola. But pro-wrestling is made by pro-wrestlers, and if they see AEW as the ultimate destination because the product is a lot better and the company is much healthier (in a personal happiness way), WWE is gonna have trouble attracting the same kind of talent they did during their almost 20 years of monopoly. I mean, you're a 25 years old wrestler today. Where do you really want to go work ?

I wonder if Trip died a little inside when Adam Cole BayBay got that pop at All Out.

Like I said. Coach Tony K. is nuthing ta fuck wit.

And so Mox is the GCW champ. So 2021.

Chase Owens. Yujiro. Tama Tonga. Tanga Loa. Are you fucking kidding me Gedo ? There's no reason why YOH isn't in it considering he's just turned heel. And by that reasoning, put fucking SHO in it too ! As far as BOTH GoD, it's legit go-away heat for me, give me one Bad Luck Fale for the same price, thank you. Great O-Khan looked at least more dynamic during the tag-team match, less gimmicky and using more wrestling power spots, so maybe he won't be as horrible as expected (that being said, he was working against two GOAT contenders). But still. No cool veteran. No outsider. No oddball name. The most boring and worst possible candidates on the roster to fill the gaps. Cherry picking HARD on this one. Night 2 was much better, even the main event was fun. I mean, I knew it was gonna be bullshit and too long, so I might as well find a way to enjoy it since it has Takagi in it. And there was some actual fun bullshit (the revenge table spot, Red Shoes being a douche to EVIL at points). And Takagi is just the greatest, what an amazing worker he is. Best Bullet Club EVIL match, which is faint praise but also a testament to the greatness of Takagi. The three-way I really enjoyed too, despite losing a wee bit of spark near the end. Gotta love the Taue/Kawada tribute spot by Dangerous Tekkers. The way they worked around all those combinations was really cool and compelling. The right team won too. Favorite match of the night for me, and I'm not a fan of three-ways. The tag team scene is SO MUCH better when GoD aren't around. For all the talk about Hiromu's greatness, and I understand why, I always find his matches since his comeback to be a bit unengaging to me. Not sure why. I really like Robbie Eagles, so it's not the opposition. I dunno, something doesn't click I guess. Still very good of course, but not something that struck me as anything special, which you would expect from Hiromu. Maybe the G1 announcement sucked the life out of me at this point. The fact we get another Desperado title match doesn't excite me in the least either. Despi is the definition of *there*. Junior tag-title match was very good but I hope the whole corny loaded shoe bit is over and done with. Again, Gedo's fascination for the shittiest old-school US stuff hurts my enjoyment. Let the juniors work like juniors and leave the stupid gimmicks behind. Watching Kanemaru, crazy for how long this guy has been a good worker (even a great one in his prime). He's just so reliable. Stardom match was super cool too. Am I the only one who find Chris Charlton mildly annoying ? He's really good for facts and stats, but as a straight announcer, he's kinda grating to me especially when he tries to overexplain everything like we're in some overthought anime (who said SnK ?).

Since I fast forwarded it I did not realized Yano vs Owens went that long. Long enough to go longer than a long Okada match (and by that I mean the match, which was excellent don't get me wrong, would have been ever better by scratching a good 5 minutes at the beginning). Totally ridiculous. And yeah, Sho vs Yoh would have been really good at 15mn, shit finish notwithstanding. This has been a real issue with NJ especially since the pandemic, I guess because they book less match per show.