AEW Dynamite - July 28, 2021 - Fight for the Fallen

[MoS]

Very curious about how they book the 5v5 match

JR is also for some reason teasing Ric Flair to appear. AEW already has a reputation of being a promotion that teases and hypes its surprises way beyond they should be, and I hope either Ric comes in tonight or they don't tease his appearance ever

[sek69]

I thought Ric was under some sort of a Legends deal with WWE, so that would be interesting if he showed up. 

[Dale Wolfe]

Flair's legends deal ran out in May I believe? 

[Timbo Slice]

Ahem. NICK GAGE IS FOR THE CHILDREN. 

 

[MoS]

Hahahaha that little girl's parents are going to be mad. I remember my dad getting pissed cuz my 8-year Austin loving ass would keep flipping off people 

[Phil Schneider]

4 hours ago, MoS said:

Very curious about how they book the 5v5 match

JR is also for some reason teasing Ric Flair to appear. AEW already has a reputation of being a promotion that teases and hypes its surprises way beyond they should be, and I hope either Ric comes in tonight or they don't tease his appearance ever

Tony Khan said on my podcast that he and Flair were really close friends, so if he is legally available, I wouldn't be shocked if he shows up. 

 

 

[MoS]

 

[strobogo]

That's the best entrance I've seen in quite some time

[MoS]

VERY surprised that the 5×5 is not main-eventing but THAT pop for Hangman

[MoS]

URGH the Elite are such dweebs. What is this shit

[strobogo]

Lmao at the difference in entrance. The fuck. Corporate Synergy, tho.

[MoS]

Worst product placement since Robocop

[sek69]

I mean of course the Elite are going to heel it up with corporate synergy. They know exactly what buttons to push to wind up their fan base. 

[strobogo]

I think they're just all corny goobers, not master heels working the smarks with a stupid entrance that happens to be corporate synergy.

[MoS]

Did they secretly decide to murder Stu Grayson or something lol. Dropping him on his head, not catching his dives

[sek69]

5 minutes ago, strobogo said:

I think they're just all corny goobers, not master heels working the smarks with a stupid entrance that happens to be corporate synergy.

I mean, their way of heeling on the AEW crowd is to be corny goobers. YMMV on if its effective of course, but that clearly seems to be the plan here. 

[MoS]

You absolutely cannot have a 5×5 without commercial breaks I guess. I have missed half the big transitions of the match

[strobogo]

1 minute ago, sek69 said:

I mean, their way of heeling on the AEW crowd is to be corny goobers. YMMV on if its effective of course, but that clearly seems to be the plan here. 

They were the same corny goobers in NJPW, ROH, BTE, and in AEW as faces as well ,though. That's just them regardless. 

[MoS]

Nick missed that dunk like he's Ben Simmons 

[strobogo]

With that finish, gotta think that means All Out is going to be Omega vs Punk or Bryan all but confirmed 

[MoS]

Just now, strobogo said:

With that finish, gotta think that means All Out is going to be Omega vs Punk or Bryan all but confirmed 

Yeah because anything else will be a huge letdown

[MoS]

Why did JR think a clear nearfall was an actual pin? This was worse than Cole botching the Sasha-Bayley actual pin. God JR is the worst

[sek69]

Tanahashi on AEW? What a world.

[MoS]

Wait is he going to wrestle on an AEW show??

[sek69]

5 minutes ago, MoS said:

Wait is he going to wrestle on an AEW show??

He challenged the winner of the IWGP US title match, so it certainly seemed to suggest that.