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CI Wrestling Thread #56

Great swerve with Danhausen and a great show. Britt is on fire, they are playing the Wardlow turn perfectly, and that ladder match was incredible. Best Dynamite in a long time.
 
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*They need to stop talking about 4 pillars, it's more like the Bedrock Dozen at this point. Starks, Hobbs, Garcia, Wardlow, Dante Martin, Hook, and Cargill to go with MJF, Guevara, Allin, Jungle Boy and Britt. AEW has gotten in on the ground floor with a lot of talent, and they are developing them into stars.

*I's it just me, or is part of The Acclaimed's "gimmick" somewhat borrowing from The Ambiguously Gay Duo?
 
*They need to stop talking about 4 pillars, it's more like the Bedrock Dozen at this point. Starks, Hobbs, Garcia, Wardlow, Dante Martin, Hook, and Cargill to go with MJF, Guevara, Allin, Jungle Boy and Britt. AEW has gotten in on the ground floor with a lot of talent, and they are developing them into stars.

*I's it just me, or is part of The Acclaimed's "gimmick" somewhat borrowing from The Ambiguously Gay Duo?
The whole scissoring thing is a bit confusing.

Also, Cargill is awful. Just awful. I agree with the rest of your list.
 
*Cargill has huge personality and charisma to go along with an incredible physique, although her wrestling ability is not great...kinda like Hulk Hogan. And she has barely had a cup of coffee in the business. She has picked up quick and should get even better in the ring as time passes. Has fair-to-good mike skills that should also get better. If you don't see either how good she already is, or the potential for how great she can become, I don't know what to tell you.

*I thought about including Bowens and Caster among the young stars with great potential in AEW...glad I didn't, because I found out last night that they are both in their early 30's.

*How do you even practice a spot like that cutter? And make it look THAT amazing? Incredible timing and talent by both Sammy and Cody.

*The fact that Caster has not revealed his sexuality and declares his lust for MJF on social media is kinda what I'm talking about with the TAGD comparison.
 
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Ok, who the hell is Danhausen?
Let’s see…..he’s very nice yet very evil. He likes human monies and collects teeth in a jar. Don’t make him mad or you will be cursed, like Adam Cole last night. Oh, and he’d like a blimp.
 
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Danhausen is just a weird, kind of a Victorian era villain character who has gotten himself way over on social media. He broke his leg in the fall and has been rehabilitating it until his debut last night. I've only seen a little of his in-ring work, it's solid, haven't seen any high spots or anything spectacular.

That jar of teeth? He wants to pour those down your throat so that he can then knock the teeth out of your mouth.

Here's a good article to introduce yourself to Danhausen.

The one thing I didn't like about his debut is that he just seemed to nonchalantly walk away after cursing Cole, like OK, I did my spot, I'll go clock out now.
 
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You know a gimmick I absolutely loved but then got destroyed? The Vaudevillains, I thought that was great. Worked in NXT. May have worked in AEW. Was never going to work on Raw or SmackDown.
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Danhausen is just a weird, kind of a Victorian era villain character who has gotten himself way over on social media. He broke his leg in the fall and has been rehabilitating it until his debut last night. I've only seen a little of his in-ring work, it's solid, haven't seen any high spots or anything spectacular.

That jar of teeth? He wants to pour those down your throat so that he can then knock the teeth out of your mouth.

Here's a good article to introduce yourself to Danhausen.

The one thing I didn't like about his debut is that he just seemed to nonchalantly walk away after cursing Cole, like OK, I did my spot, I'll go clock out now.
His leg is still pretty mangled from what I've read. I suspect it will still be months before he can actually wrestle, so I assume he got out of there ASAP, not wanting to take any chances.
 
Sorry guys if I knew Ryan was gonna go on a 24 hour rant about AA I wouldn’t have brought it up

Looks like wwe wants rousey for RR and rousey/lynch for wm - wonder if they flip lynch to baby face then?
What lmfao? I had one post about him and a reply to someone? That's a 24 hour rant?
 
They apparently lay on their bellies by the monitor like a kid's sleepover watching TV. This is all per Mox's book I've been reading.

He also sheds light on Kevin Dunn and just the BS nonsense created by the egos of those in power. Told a story about how when Ambrose was US Champ back in 2014 (?) that he got called into the production van by Kevin Dunn ("the guy responsible for the nauseating quick camera cuts that probably give your kid a seizure"-Mox). Two days after the PPV, Dunn calls him in and shows him video. Ambrose can be heard "Give me my f___g belt" to the ref. Considering the ring is mic'd, you're bound to pick stuff up. Anyway, Ambrose is really repentant, apologizes profusely. Gave a hearty handshake to Dunn who was sooo nice to him and Ambrose left feeling good about the meeting.

Not long after, Michael Hayes passes Ambrose in the hallway and says, "Wellllll, I don't think that was the right kind of apology for the push we want to give you." Ambrose was confused because he thought things were good considering how they left it and how nice Dunn was to his face.

Said one line by Dunn or interpretation by him and he can alter your career and apparently has to former wrestlers. "That's a lot of power and that power breeds ego. Connecticut, old rich boys club ego."

Pretty good insight in why people grow to hate the mothership.
I still don't get why it was such an issue that he cussed. I hate that talented people in WWE are going through that because of how shitty Kevin Dunn and Michael Hayes are.
 
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*They need to stop talking about 4 pillars, it's more like the Bedrock Dozen at this point. Starks, Hobbs, Garcia, Wardlow, Dante Martin, Hook, and Cargill to go with MJF, Guevara, Allin, Jungle Boy and Britt. AEW has gotten in on the ground floor with a lot of talent, and they are developing them into stars.

*I's it just me, or is part of The Acclaimed's "gimmick" somewhat borrowing from The Ambiguously Gay Duo?

*Cargill has huge personality and charisma to go along with an incredible physique, although her wrestling ability is not great...kinda like Hulk Hogan. And she has barely had a cup of coffee in the business. She has picked up quick and should get even better in the ring as time passes. Has fair-to-good mike skills that should also get better. If you don't see either how good she already is, or the potential for how great she can become, I don't know what to tell you.

*I thought about including Bowens and Caster among the young stars with great potential in AEW...glad I didn't, because I found out last night that they are both in their early 30's.

*How do you even practice a spot like that cutter? And make it look THAT amazing? Incredible timing and talent by both Sammy and Cody.

*The fact that Caster has not revealed his sexuality and declares his lust for MJF on social media is kinda what I'm talking about with the TAGD comparison.
Wardlow is 34 - thought he just turned 34 eight days ago so he is a "young" 34
Max Caster is 32
Anthony Bowens is 31
Ricky Starks is 31
Will Hobbs is 31
Danhausen is 31hausen lol
Datby Allin is 29
Sammy Guevara is 28
MJF is 25
Jungle BOy is 24
Daniel Garcia is 22
Hook is 22
Dante Martin is 20

Britt Baker is 30
Jade Cargill is 29

A few notable guys that are younger than at least one person above or equal in age to Wardlow
Kyle O'Reilly is 34
Trent Beretta is 34
Nick Jackson is 32 (Matt is 36 for those wondering)
Adam Cole is 32
Andrade El Idolo is 32
Rey Fenix is 31
Adam Page is 30 - was legitimately surprised by this. Guy has been around a long time
Brian Pillman Jr is 28
Jake Atlas is 27
Brody King is 34
Cash Wheeler is 34
Ethan PAge is 32

And on the women's side...
Allie is 34
Hikaru Shida is 33
Ruby Soho is 31
Penelope Ford is 29
Red Velvet is 29
Tay Conti is 26
Jamie Hayter is 26
Kris Statlander is 26
Leyla Hirsch is 25
Riho is 24 but has 15 years experience 😂
Anna Jay is 23
Julia Hart is 20
 
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Dynamite did 1.1 million viewers and a .41 in the demo, second only to the Suns-Jazz game which did a .43

Also an interesting look at how Peacock is doing.

Peacock making its own streaming network was a stupid move. Acquiring WWE network for the service was an even dumber move. WWE is losing ratings, what makes you think they’d be great for your streaming service.
 
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There's definitely things that kill me in regards to wrestling and this is one of them. That list also includes

- Missing a punch and then staying crunched over to take the next move
- Standing outside the ring to catch the person about to jump into a crowd of wrestlers who then act as if they took a grenade blast.
- A finisher becomes less devastating when you become a heel.
 
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