Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Pretty good card on paper, plus a Memphis tribute. If the tribute makes TV you have to assume some wild angle takes place to pay homage Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Cool, Dave Brown is in the booth Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Ross just called Dave Brown the best color man in the business and he isn't lying. Private Party's theme music is not good. Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Really fun tag to start off the show. I think this is the best that Page has looked in an AEW ring. Less floppy stuff... more kicks to the face. I don't care about a PAC-Omega match. PAC still has that 205 stink on him despite their best efforts to push him. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Meanwhile in the PIP Hangman Page is becoming one of the biggest babyfaces in wrestling by walking through the crowd and being a beer drinking man of the people Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 I really like Statlander. I hope her stupid gimmick ends soon. This match was going along great until the Nightmare Collective interfered. I hate this group. I hate Brandi as evil wife to the most popular babyface in the company. I hate the name. I hate the angle. I hate Luther. I hate that any possible good woman's wrestling match will end up ruined by this stable. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Loved the women's match with everyone in the division being involved and multiple stories being told at once. Great stuff Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Ha, well I know you at least have good taste in old school wrestling, Will Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 I thought it ruined the match. They have been hyping this match for a while. Had to postpone it for a week. Then we get all the garbage in the middle. At least you enjoy it. The crowd seemed to agree with me. Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Christopher Daniels is getting old and slow and needs to adjust his wrestling style to reflect that reality. Quote
hammerva Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 If Dr Luther is a Japanese Deathmatch Legend then Horace Boulder and Crash the Terminator are FMW Deathmatch Hall of Famer. Come on talk about some nepotism or shit like that with Jericho. The Dark Order was an awful gimmick but really good team behind it so the matches should be fine. Brandi Rhodes group is a awful gimmick where the only talent is an aging/hurt Awesome Kong. Okay it is obvious that Arn is turning on Cody. It kind of bothers me that Dustin isn't doing anything to tell him about this Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Cody has taken some crazy ass bumps the last two weeks, my God Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Looks like the Memphis tribute is for YouTube only Oh, but the legends are at ringside and MJF gave the RnRs the double bird Quote
hammerva Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Jimmy Valiant is about 95 pounds and I still would choose him in a fight over MJF MJF tweeting in the middle of DDP's propaganda promo is hilarious Well I guess the Butcher & Blade are near the end since they got treated like chumps to DDP Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 I took an old man nap. How was the brothers tag? Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, goodhelmet said: Christopher Daniels is I took an old man nap. How was the brothers tag? It was good, nothing remarkable Quote
hammerva Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Wow that took so fucking long that I actually thought they did it. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Great angle fitting for Memphis Quote
Gulus Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Nightmare segment maybe worst thing aew has ever done Quote
goodhelmet Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 42 minutes ago, Gulus said: Nightmare segment maybe worst thing aew has ever done Do you mean the Nightmare Collective segment? I want to make sure we are in agreement. Quote
MoS Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 Count me in as one of the haters of the Nightmare Collective angle. The Dark Order angle was no fun either - and I cannot believe it happened right after the Nightmare Collective angle - but at least it happened after the match and did not go on for fucking forever. If this bombs in the ratings, then it's a message as clear as any can be that it needs to go away, since Riho is a proven ratings draw. If NXT aired live here, I would have definitely switched over. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Posted January 9, 2020 Wow, I definitely didnt feel like I was watching an all time horrible segment at the time but apparently I was. I was drinking a large beer when it was on but I hardly had Johnny goggles. Oh well, I guess I'm the only one who didnt think it was Russo TNA level bad. Seriously though, outside of Jericho and Moxley, most of AEW for the last couple months has been totally skippable. The Jan 1 show was a lot of fun but this week's show was back to the uninteresting, lukewarm vibe they ended 2019 with, even if I didnt hate the Nightmare stuff like everyone else. AEW definitely isn't must watch TV. The crowds are getting smaller each week too. I think the "everyone plays their own music" idea was a noble one, but this promotion really needs a booker with veto power and a clear vision before things truly fly off the rails Quote
Stiva Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 I thought the bookends of this show were really fun but the middle really did drag. Jericho ragging on Elvis was fun but he should have really picked a worse band than The Beatles to counter with. It feels like Jericho would have said Ratt were better and bigger than Elvis but it doesn't matter. The women's match has been covered but where the hell did Dr. Luther come from?! I'm not doubting their talent spotting but it seems like the last two pick-ups have been Billy Gunn's kid and Luther when Mercedes Martinez is getting hoovered up by WWE. Quote
SirEdger Posted January 9, 2020 Report Posted January 9, 2020 I think that some (most) of those talent signings come with the connections. Dr. Luther is a close friend of Chris Jericho from his early days in Japan. We know the story about Kenny and Riho. The Dark Order are back in the US thanks to the Young Bucks. And the list could go on and on. They struck gold with guys like Orange Cassidy and Luchasaurus among others but there has been some serious misses as well. This is something that must be addressed at all costs in 2020. Quote
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