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King of Suplexes/Oxy
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If wins and losses matter but all the matches are close, I still think that's a vast improvement over WWE's 50/50 booking in the past--I haven't watched lately to know if it's actually any better than it was. Ideally if you have someone that's won like fifteen matches straight versus somebody that's won a few matches and lost a few matches, the guy with the streak is going look better and have more momentum. But, even in "real" sports, there can be close games/upsets even with a lopsided game on paper, so I wouldn't be TOO worried about "even" matches.
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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I do think it's probably wise to have a lot of even matches to start out with as you're trying to establish a lot of folks. |
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AEW's cam shot from the crowd that swing towards the ring is probably the best cam style shot in wrestling in recent years. Looks great whenever they do it and they also don't overdue it like WWE's habit with new and shinny things.
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President of Freedonia
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Wow they aren’t doing rest holds during the commercial breaks! Revolutionary concept.
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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I think they're gonna come pretty close to that 20 minute limit.
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Triple A
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Nice
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It's a blood match!
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JESUS CHRIST THAT WAS A FINSIH
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Great finish to Pac v Hangman. I love that the face doesn't have to tap to lose. They're stuck with nowhere to go and just pass. Great stuff.
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PAC-K wins! Bah Gawd!
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President of Freedonia
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PAC 2-0 with both wins being over important guys due to ref stoppage. That's excellent.
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Resident drug enabler
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PAC 2-0 with two submissions over two of the guys who are supposed to be top stars.
Instantly invested in him now. |
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The Doctor is in.
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King of Suplexes/Oxy
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Pacing of the first hour was pretty wonky. Opening with a match with the crowd white hot because it was the first match and then just a quick match (possibly truncated) between Cutler/MJR... and then everything else was just commercials and promos.
I get it, but given that NXT is throwing out a Takeover basically, I'd have gone a lot harder for the first hour. I'm sure they'll figure it out and refine their formula. The rough product so far has been good in that it has been mostly serious/direct stuff. They had the celeb appearance and stuff, but it's not like Vickie Guerrero projectile vomiting on Stephanie McMahon or whatever. |
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Mrs. Cole makes an appearance.
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Not really keen to watch this one. Going to flip over.
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Would have made the results of this match a lot more obvious and doubt AEW wants their first ever women's champ to pull a Lesnar. |
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Nyla Rose squash coming? She's got great music.
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President of Freedonia
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I have an enormous crush on Riho
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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Sigh, I was most hyped about that match coming in, but that was fairly average.
I know Hangman is one of the Elite, but I think it's time to pull back on the presenting him as a top talent for the time being. He is too bland and if he can't get a barn burner with Pac, something is clearly missing. |
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Trickster Demon
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Let's go Riho!
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It's a blood match!
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I think Nyla is gonna win.
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It's a blood match!
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There is more in the division to challenge Nyla than Riho.
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Going to commercial before a match begins and not like seconds to a minute after it starts is another good thing AEW is doing for their show compared to WWE. Same for not having a bunch of commercials breaking up the flow of a match.
Helps make things feel more enjoyable to watch overall. |
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It's a blood match!
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Imagine after a few years when AEW finds the guy who they want do an undefeated gimmick with. After sticking with the wins and losses that is a sure fire hit.
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President of Freedonia
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Pretty clear Nyla will win and Britt will be her first challenger
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Trickster Demon
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Can that belt even fit on Nyla
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CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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It's a blood match!
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Fatnassy booking Nyla Rose vs Nia Jax
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Lol. Tiny title belt.
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It's a blood match!
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I don't mean to offend anyone but I do think that Riho probably tastes good.
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President of Freedonia
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I just cackled at that double footstop counter, that ruled.
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Don't think there have been any long ass chin locks where the person getting the chin lock just sits still for 30 seconds... glad.......
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It's a blood match!
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Oh man if you can't take Nyla down with high cross from the top to the outside, you fucked!
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Quality Meme Producer
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I love how enthused Kevin Smith is with all this wrasslin' on TNT
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