AEW TV 1/25-1/27 - Mark Briscoe's TBS debut vs. Jay Lethal, Bryan Danielson vs. Brian Cage

[C.S.]

I joined the show in progress, so I missed Jericho and Sammy vs. Starks and Andretti.

In other words, I missed nothing.

[C.S.]

WTH is this badly acted WWE Lite family therapy session? 

[C.S.]

Either someone else already started a thread that's not appearing for me, or no one else is watching this.

[C.S.]

If this was a test for Brian Cage, he failed. He's bland and uncharismatic, and the match was blah. That's really saying something when Danielson and Big Cass had a low key banger.

[Jmare007]

BCC continues to be one of the worst stables of all time in terms of kayfabe. 9 out of 10 times they just let their members get fucking destroyed by whoever they are feuding with

[Timbo Slice]

THATCHER VS. DRAGON. HOLY FUCKING FUCK. 

[C.S.]

Bryan vs. Timothy Thatcher next week.

Should be a great match, but I still LMAO at people on PWO insisting he ever had a future in WWE outside of NXT.

[C.S.]

Beyond emotional main event. None of us are in any position to judge the wrestling, for obvious reasons, but I thought it was great.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I bawled my eyes out during that Mark/ Lethal match. It was fantastic, and it's an example of using the art form as a way to honor someone. It's similar to the Bret/ Benoit match on Nitro for Owen, but to be honest? This match hit me harder in the feels. Like I said, I haven't cried like that for a wrestling show in awhile.

[sek69]

3 hours ago, C.S. said:

Bryan vs. Timothy Thatcher next week.

Should be a great match, but I still LMAO at people on PWO insisting he ever had a future in WWE outside of NXT.

I mean, at least in a Vince run WWE he didn't. Yeah it's stupid but there's no way a guy who looks like him was going to go anywhere on the main roster. 

[KawadaSmile]

I could see Thatcher thriving on a Brawling Brutes-like faction. He would be a better fit than Holland.

[Jmare007]

Lol at Danielson finally getting his match with Thatcher but wanting to make it different by working without 1 arm.

[Embrodak]

Probably a no brainer business decision, but very very nice that WWE allowed Adam Pearce to be on the stage on Dynamite and record interviews for the RoH tribute video.

[WingedEagle]

Mark/Lethal and the post-match were incredible.  A fitting tribute that hopefully gave everyone involved the opportunity to honor a friend and colleague.  

I was 18 when Owen hart died and 25 for Eddy.  A bit older for the Benoit tragedy but still immature.  I'm now somewhat of an adult as well as a parent, both of which undoubtedly made this death hit me a lot harder than anything comparable.  Just an awful tragedy compounded by the loss's impact on such a large and seemingly wonderful family.  Be grateful for everything and everyone you have.

[NintendoLogic]

Dynamite drew over 1 million viewers for the first time since October. Obviously a major asterisk involved, but still heartening to hear. Since it was a mostly regular Dynamite with a tribute segment rather than a full-on tribute show, there's a decent chance some of those viewers will tune back in next week. Hopefully the human sleeping pill Timothy Thatcher doesn't drive them off. In far more depressing news, Power Slap was up big over last week. So much for having faith in humanity restored.

[El-P]

Timothy Tatcher vs Bryan Danielson. HOLY FUCK. AEW remains the gift that keeps on giving.

Big time lump in my throat during the post-match. This was really heart-warming though.

[El-P]

I believe the first time I saw Emi Sakura, then Motokawa, it was on an FMW tape, most probably facing Kaori Nakayama since they were basically the entire FMW women division at this point (this was after the retirement of Kudo). 24 years later (gasp), she's out there in AEW at 46 years old having one of the best matches of the division thus far against Jaimie Hayter. Crazy how some things turn out.