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There hasn’t been anything to hook me personally on AEW TV for a good month and a half at this point and I can only say that the whole company feels like it’s oddly spinning it’s wheels and stuck in a pretty cold place. To the point where I’m way more interested in seeing how the ROH rebirth starts

Only started Dynamite now but Lethal, Jarrett and Singh doing stereo struts is awesome. They’re slowly winning me over

I assume you’ve been watching them but did their PPVs from around 2014 or so, that all seemed to have the same theme year on year (World Cup in the summer, the Extreme Rules knock off etc) even tie into the main product? I seem to recall that they’d tape them months ahead of time and I’ve always wondered if they were ever worth watching

Not to be the kind of person who makes assumptions on these kind of things but this has been going across my mind since I heard the news. I understand they were both driving large cars but Christ, the other driver must have been travelling at some speed, especially if they lost control of the vehicle. It seems that the fundraiser has hit over 200K and shows no signs of stopping so I truly hope that’s of some real assistance to his family in the circumstances.

Jesus, this is awful news. Because of how long they’ve been around, I’d assumed he was older than 38. And with a kid in the car too, shocking. RIP to a real one

That main event was wild but someone needed to tell Ruby Soho that, with a face that was caked with blood, she didn’t need to pull expressions that make Matt Jackson look subtle.

They really have to run as many new markets as possible this year. The crowds being so hot have really enhanced the last two weeks

Bill Ding, the evil architect is also objectively very funny

When PIF bought Newcastle United, everything was in place and ready to go months before the final stumbling block (the Premier League concerned about piracy in Saudi) was removed. Once that was done, everything was rubber stamped in about 24 hours. Don’t be so sure that it’ll take a long time

Those two Tag Title matches this week were so great. The Acclaimed are now just a straight up good team but Jarrett can be placed in the Sting bracket of “Perfectly used” and even Lethal, while the lesser part of everything, played his role in executing everything perfectly. Who else can Jeff Jarrett have Memphis tags with? Get Dustin a good partner and we’re off to the races

Crazy fucker probably has a vision of this culminating in Vince vs HHH at Mania

I thought Jericho’s early AEW stuff was fantastic. He did a great job as the first heel champ, showing enough of his ass during the Cody and Moxley feuds and always made sure Guevara, Santana and Ortiz got moments to shine in things like Stadium Stampede. This current JAS is way too bloated and he keeps insisting on cutting all the promos when he’s like the third best promo in the stable.

Hasn’t just about dev who has released games onto Game Pass said that it’s absolutely worth their time from a monetary and exposure POV?

Like, nothing I read in the recap from Canada would suggest that in a fortnight, you’d end up at last nights show. It’s a truly bizarre promotion but still feels pretty exciting, I suppose.

I have 3 weeks of AEW TV to catch up and I’ve been reading the recaps all along with a vague sense of complete bemusement so I can’t wait to actually watch all of this transpire

Watching this after the fact after hearing no spoilers was pretty bastard worrying, I’ll tell you that much. Let’s hope Page takes as much time as he needs

At this point, I wouldn’t be against a brand split. Anchor one show around the tag division and one show around Moxley.

Not the greatest Dynamite but I’ll give them a pass considering the circumstances. Jericho vs PCO absolutely HAS to have crossed Jericho’s mind but this crusade against ROH has to take him away from the BCC so they can move elsewhere. Kind of wonder if the plan was to go BCC opposite The Elite after All Out but situations occurred. I do hope Khan can avoid the holding patterns they sometimes slip into in between the PPVs following this.

I really only have time to commit to WWEs PPVs these days so I’m very happy that Extreme Rules has more of Sheamus and Gunther’s boys dishing out some beatings on each other.

I thought this felt like a slight return to what I loved about AEW at its best. Super hot crowds, great moments, good matches and a fully satisfied feeling. I can see the arguments for Danielson getting the belt but I guess it’s pretty apparent that Khan sees the big money as Moxley/MJF but I do question crowning Moxley if he’s going to lose it quickly again but he does feel like the clear ace. If Saraya can work, it’s genuinely intriguing and is there much value bringing her in if she can’t? The Acclaimed winning the tag titles felt like a bigger star making moment than when Jurassic Express got the belts or even when Wardlow won the TNT title. Just a huge explosion of noise and striking when the irons hot. I assume they go opposite Butcher and Blade until FTR are ready. Also, read the Rampage spoilers and I’m all into the Darby and Sting/HOB match from the sounds of things

All signs seem to point to Jeff Hardy coming back soon after yet another rehab stint so I guess that explains Matt coming back to TV. Wonder if we finally get the Hardys vs Darby/Sting match

Reigns vs Logan Paul is going to be an Attitude era style, overbooked chaos that will make Backlash 2000 look sparse and I’m pretty much ready for that

AEW turning the chip into a MITB rip-off could maybe be the thing that turns me away. I HATE that shit. Especially when you could just have Danielson win the belt, have MJFs crew and the BCC orbit each other and then do MJF/Danielson for the belt at Full Gear or one of the Christmas Dynamites

Part of me did worry that he was jobbing out of the territory on Sunday but I’m hoping that it’s going to play into the longer feud

Yeah, I really hope this is a golden opportunity to pivot towards the guys they have that are catching a bit of fire. Starks really has no complaints considering Hobbs beat him clean but I’ll put that aside if it means them heating up that feud for a rematch. Also, with the way these titles have ping-ponged around, get the strap on MJF and have him and Stoke run the show against a succession of baby faces and get back to some consistency.