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Adam Cole is what would happen if you took Triple H to get cleaned at the dry cleaners, but something went wrong and they shrunk him.
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Are they ever actually going to explain who Dexter Lumis is for those of us who didn't watch NXT (which, looking at the ratings, is a lot of people)?
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1 hour ago, Croquemitaine said:
Honestly, if your name is not Goldberg or Rhyno, you should not be using the Spear as your finisher.
I've been saying that for twenty years.
What about Lashley? I always thought his looked pretty good.
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On 9/30/2022 at 3:54 PM, CQI13 said:
The spear never looked believable to me for a guy his size so now that he is (and looks) older it stands out more.
I remember watching one of the WhatCulture videos (not Simon, sadly; his are the best), and it was about the worst finishers. And they listed Edge's spear, and the description was GREAT.
"Edge tenderly embraces his opponent and gently, lovingly, lowers him to the ground" or something to that effect.-
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Pretty sure I met Paul Turner today, so that was fun.
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2 hours ago, The Swanton825 said:
People have always been insane. Jon Kitna suffered a concussion in 2000 so bad that he couldn't remember any of the plays and yet Mike Holmgren forced him to stay in the game just so they didn't have to put their third string QB in, only avoiding what happened to Tua by pure luck. Bubba Ray Dudley got concussed bad enough that he basically completed a ladder match with Christian and Jericho while sleepwalking. In both of these cases and thousands of others across contact sports, people treat these moments as proof of someone's toughness. They never have and never will treat brain and spinal injuries with the grave seriousness they should.
Kurt Angle won the gold medal with a broken frickin' neck!
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6 hours ago, Jaysin said:
Menard and Parker both rule, but man, Menard is continuously maximizing his screen time. It's great.
Someone on Twitter said something to the effect that he looks and sounds like the most awake person ever, and I can't get that out of my head.
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One thing about Menard- after his match last night, he exited the ring area and kept raising his hands like he won, only for Rembsurg to keep knocking them down, much to the amusement of the live audience.
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Wait, which Lee are we talking about?
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You may not think so, but Saraya IS a big name. The only free agents that could have gotten an equal or bigger pop than she did are AJ Lee and Sasha/ Mercedes, and I don't see either one of them showing up in AEW anytime soon.
And the WWE probably did bend the rules for Edge. They bend the rules for lots of people that Vince thinks are draw, like that time Brock tested positive for steroids but wasn't disciplined at all because "something something part time status", or how Jimmy Uso can get his third DUI and then get handed the tag team belts immediately after. But when Naomi would rather DEFEND the tag titles on the PPV instead of getting fed to Bianca, who really shouldn't need any more build at this point, WELL NOW, the WWE has to take a firm hard stand!
Back to the issue at hand- all her issues aside, Saraya is a big name, and her return was the most talked about Grand Slam moment. Of the many issues with AEW women's division, one of them has been that they've not had a Jericho, or even a Mox, someone established and over who can get eyes on the product and elevate talent. Saraya could certainly do the former, and hey, Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue actually got to be on Dynamite! So maybe it will work. Even if she never gets cleared, if she were to act as a manager, that might boost the profile of someone like Willow or Skye.-
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6 hours ago, Makhai said:
So I wouldn't be expecting Maki Itoh or Stardom's loli-cosplayers that don't even do 1,000 horny old dudes in 4,000 seat gyms in Japan most nights to suddenly show up on this program anytime soon.
Aside from all the times they've already shown up on his program, you mean.
ANYWAY, I am going to the show live tonight. *SQUEE!* Just have to remember to pull up my mobile ticket on my phone before I leave, as the Liacouras Center has some of the worst wi-fi I've ever seen. To connect to the wi-fi, you have to go to a website, but you can't get to the website because you're not connected to the wi-fi! -
That was like the 27th shocking return of Edge in 2022.
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2 hours ago, Wrestling Machine said:
HONORARY UCE 😢
That entire segment was pure gold. Everyone involved absolutely nailed what they needed to do.
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Actually, if it's a one-off while the real plan is waiting in the wings (assuming there IS one that's not "Just feed wrestlers to Jade until she's actually over"), I wouldn't mind seeing them bring in Ryo Mizunami again for a match with Cargill, provided Jade doesn't no-sell Ryo's shenanigans like she no-sells literally everything else (good job on undercutting that Stokely reveal COMPLETELY, Jade).
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That match was full of nasty looking spots.
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Still disagree. Even with a lot of build, I don't see the crowds getting behind Diamante the way I see them getting behind Statlander, Willow Nightingale, or even (please God) Maki Itoh should she ever come back stateside.
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24 minutes ago, milamber said:
- Diamante vs Jade (c) - TK should have booked Diamante to win on TV first. LOL Trina. - N/R
Disagree. I think Jade's first loss should come from someone who could be a future fixture of the division, and after two years of only being on TV to job out to bigger names before heading back to AEW Dark, I think we can agree that Diamante is probably not that.
The available choices right now are admittedly slim; the only babyfaces on the roster that Jade hasn't beaten, if I'm not mistaken, are Riho & Yuki, who are never around, Statlander, who's out injured, Shida, who doesn't really need it, Martinez, who has vanished, and Abadon, Abadon would be a solid choice. The crowd likes her, and you can do a bit where she horror movies her way through the Baddies, taking out Leila and Hogan one by one before finally getting Jade with no back-up.
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While I've not been overly impressed with Triple H's run thus far, everyone in the Sami Zayn/ Bloodline storyline has played their parts to perfection. *chef's kiss*
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3 hours ago, djskeemask said:
I hate spoilers. I accidentally came across one for tonight's Rampage. I can't miss the return of a legend. Let's just say Malakai Black isn't the only one that can spit mist. Please, can someone tell me does it still start at 9 central and go until 11, or does it start an hour earlier 8-10 central?
The former, if I'm not mistaken. I'm on Eastern, and I'm looking at staying up til midnight. Tony Khan, I'm not as young as I used to be!
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Yeah, if all that's true, I can't imagine that would play well in the AEW locker room, given how many LGBT wrestlers are on the roster.
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I think the best thing about last night is how #ScissorMeDaddyAss was trending on Twitter, and non-wrestling folks were all "What the [censored]?!?"
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19 minutes ago, The Blonde Bomber said:
Im torn I love that Saraya is there but did not like how she debuted. She just walked to the ring while four people are in their beating up other people, and the four people are like nah we don’t know if we can beat her up yet. But she’s putting herself in harms way. It alll just came off as unrealistic and peculiar. But I’m glad she is there, one of my faves.
I think that's one of those things where the cool factor overrides any logical sense. Because that happens in wrestling all the time. For instance, The Garvin/ Orton stomp. If the person is down long enough for you to completely circle them and stomp them and they don't do anything to counter, then they're down enough to be pinned for a 3-count.
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I think it's also very unfair to judge her by any actions taken by current or former significant others.
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Hopefully, Tony Khan doesn't screw things up this time. After all, we've seen several ex-WWE wrestlers join the Women's Division to thunderous receptions, only to receive slipshod booking and underwhelming storylines.
The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread
in The Dog Pound
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That was... not the finish I would have booked today were I in charge of AEW.