Everything I've read is that he is coming back soon. If Darryl can recover than certainly Hiromu can
I subscribe to the observer and love his podcasts, but yes he is weird. I was listening one day and Bryan Alvarez mentioned it was his daughters birthday and Dave just went "OMG I can't believe we never realized your daughter has the same birthday as Ricky Steamboat!" and Bryan was like "yeah my wife was in labor and having a natural birth, Ricky Steamboat was the furthest ****ing thing from my mind" and Dave just went on and on about how he couldn't believe it.
Reminder there is a one hour AEW Special tonight at 10pm on TNT. Guessing it is to promote the show Saturday night and the debut in October.
The get in price for the first AEW on TNT show in DC is $10 despite being sold out. Scalpers grossly over estimated the demand.
At age 60 you wouldn't think he'd still have the best spine buster in the business.
It doesn't matter what anybody says on the internet, if we talk about who's been the best in ring since 2015 around the world It's a Top 3, Orton, Rollins and Styles. All in the WWE, AEW is here and it's seems they are going all in on Cody and how he leads to the company. He IMO has got to get one of those 3 Top guys to make TNT and AEW a true player.
To be fair, if that were the entire show, then this would actually be true.But they've got Arn Anderson dishing out spinebusters! The beginning of the end of WWE is upon us.
The problem with that is Hangman is terrible.
He's Aldo Montoya.But he’s part of the modern day kliq so he will see the upper end of the card.
He's Aldo Montoya.
ll disclosure, I didn’t watch the show at all. But from what I’ve seen from clips on Twitter if you want this to be mainstream wrestling you’ve got to stop with staplers to the head. I get that Joey Janela’s gimmick is he just dgaf, but you’ve got to think of the kids/idiots out there that are going to try that at home.
Also give Orange Cassidy all the screen time. That dude is awesome. I could watch him do that kip up with his hands in his pockets on loop.
To be fair Tony said the ppvs will be more violent than the tv shows. Don’t expect to see that type stuff on tnt.Full disclosure, I didn’t watch the show at all. But from what I’ve seen from clips on Twitter if you want this to be mainstream wrestling you’ve got to stop with staplers to the head. I get that Joey Janela’s gimmick is he just dgaf, but you’ve got to think of the kids/idiots out there that are going to try that at home. Also give Orange Cassidy all the screen time. That dude is awesome. I could watch him do that kip up with his hands in his pockets on loop.
Agreed if it’s every month but I think their plan is 5-6 ppvs a year. As long as the quality is what we got at Double or Nothing or AllOut I think it’s worth it.Speaking of PPV, you’re asking a lot of people to pay $50 these days for a show.
My overall take on All Out: if it wasn’t the ppv of the year it was definitely top 3.
I did think the show started off a bit clunky. The first few matches had some slips and botches but the show took off fast really with the Jurassic Express vs SCU match. I’ve been saying MJF is the biggest potential star in any promotion but they have found another gold mine with Luchasaurus. His pops are huge, he’s massively over, his look is one of the most badass in all of wrestling and he’s Awesome in ring for his size. He’s main event singles material whenever they decide to break up that group.
PAC vs Omega was great match like people thought it would be. Wasn’t match of the year type great but extremely good. I was very surprised at how early in the card it was. Was even more surprised at the finish but I loved it after I thought about it. They’ve set up pac to be a player for the title down the road. Plus everyone expected Kenny to be the chosen one when AEW started. They’ve thrown a curve. Won’t surprise me to see him lose to Moxley either. But he will eventually have a huge comeback and end up with the title.
The Allin/Janela/Havoc match was pretty damn good. The Allin spot with the barrel was nuts. Janela pulling a tennis racket from under the ring and saying “who in the hell would use this” was another great shot at Corny. Again I was surprised at who won. Would have picked Allin followed by Janela but they went with Havoc.
Dark Order vs Best Friends was a solid match but I’m having a hard time taking DO seriously. I think they messed up having their creepers act cartoonish. They’d probably instill more fear if they’d had them act serious. Bad part is the DO are actually good wrestlers and everyone that’s seen them pre AEW evidently love them but I don’t see it yet. I agree with the post above, the more Orange Cassidy the better. He hit a freaking suicide dive with hands in pockets and they NEVER came out.
The Riho vs Shida match was a good match, especially for women. The problem for me is I have nothing invested in either of the women which made watching it kind of a pain. Riho winning sets up an interesting match with Rose for the title. Have to think Rose wins.
Things went balls to the wall from here. Cody vs Spears was awesome. They’ve made Spears into a legit top level heel and I’m far from the only one that thinks so judging by twitter this weekend. And Cody, whether you love him or hate him, has turned himself into one of the best in the world. He’s yet to have a bad match or even average match.
Bucks vs Lucha Bros left me speechless. Like I said before, best ladder match ever and one of the best tag matches ever. You knew it would be crazy when the ref left the ring when the bell rang and they had a ref in each corner outside the ring. I lost count on how many tables were broken. There was stuff I’ve never even dreamed of or thought possible. Nick Jackson diving thru the A frame of the ladder and over the top rope to the outside blew me away. I can’t believe he had to balls to try that and actually pull it off. There was so much in match that you have to watch it if you like wrestling even a little.
Hangman vs Jericho had the unfortunate task of following that match. Page coming out on a damn horse was crazy. Can’t believe he talked them into letting him do it. The match itself was very good. I think it went 26 minutes and there were very little holds and rests. Chris had no trouble keeping up with a 27 year old. Page was already a star in some people’s eyes but judging off what all I’ve seen, he’s now a star in a lot of people’s minds. That Judas Effect that Jericho hit to win came out of nowhere. The one and only bad spot in this match was the ref making the blade handoff too obvious. Camera angles are to blame here too though.
Closing thoughts: there was something for everyone in this show. They’ve managed to really catapult the starpower and popularity of a handful of their guys in a really short time. I don’t know if it’s because they’re something new or if they’re just pressing all the right buttons. I don’t understand how anybody can complain about the booking (Cody winning). He was the only member of the Elite to win. They still made Spears look great in the process. Cody won for a reason. My guess is to make MJF look even better when he turns on Cody and probably wins their feud. This is Vince and wwe where there’s a track record of bad booking. Until they show they don’t know how to book then you have to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Btw this clip of Jericho after the show is awesome. Lol at the shot at Pillman Jr.