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New intro.

Yeah Punk is so right about Drew. lol His obsession with Punk is starting to get uncomfortable.

RE: Big E — As far as we’re aware it’s unknown if he’ll return.

Andrade and Zelina reunited — smart call.

He allowed the Bloodline to help him… We’ve had commentators and Seth Rollins call him a hypocrite… That’s part of the story they’re telling.

Nah, Drew’s a full-fledged heel. He’s full of himself and hypocritical. Bloodline attacking Seth is not his problem is what he would say.

AEW talent are free to comment whatever they want on their own time. To do it on their actual weekly show is not time well spent. Punk is notoriously known for speaking his mind. He’s not someone who typically dodges questions or pivots. When someone asks him questions, he’ll answer them. People tend to appreciate when someone answers questions that are directed at them but when Punk does it it’s a bad thing? Ok. Ah, there you go. The usual ad hominem.

The guy spoke his truth and either fleshed out stuff we already knew, confirmed what is very observable which is Tony Khan is not a very good boss, or actually said nice things about them by saying he’s glad that they exist and his friends get to get paid good money. That off-air drama stuff is not worth addressing on your weekly TV show. Call me crazy but I think time would have been better spent if they opened show with a hot angle for a feud. I know you’re satisfied with Edge listing a bunch of future dream matches and staring at Ospreay but that doesn’t cut it for me. That’s the bare minimum. Yeah, I know I referenced it in my post. lol It’s super corny when WWE does it and it’s super corny when AEW does it. I don’t know what corners of the IWC you lurk around in, but many ppl on Reddit have made the same the critique. It’s usually lame when these promotions do these rah rah speeches.

Nothing was off-track. There was nothing to address. Edge’s promo served no purpose for the show at hand.

Edge’s rah-rah speech for AEW was weird and unnecessary. It came across a bit desperate. It was like WWE’s Stand Up for WWE campaign. Super corny. lol Wth is this Gunn/White match? It’s just guys lumbering around the outside with one guy shoving the other guy into barricades… A DQ?!? That’s the finish?!? What are they doing to Jay White? That match made him look like a total geek. Superb promo from Joe. Joe f’ed him up there. haha

I think they’ve done a solid job building this year’s WM. Both Bloodline main events have been built tremendously. The twists and turns have all been very gratifying. The heavyweight title match build has made Drew into such a bastard. It’s brilliant how they’ve kept Punk involved in the program too, which gives the fans two matches to look forward to in the future. Below those matches, I’m looking forward to the IC, US, both women’s titles, and LA/AJ. All have been serviceable to good builds. All the tag team stuff is meh to me, although I’m interested to see Jade’s debut in the six woman tag. I like the Usos, but I don’t care for their matches and the build has lacked the oomph that I think a feud like this should have, which is probably due to the other Bloodline stuff being prioritized.

I’m fine with it because coming up on RAW/SD I think we’ll get a heated confrontation between the Bloodline and a super pissed off Cody which I think will work just as well. Plus, I think we need at least one more thing with Cody and Roman, in particular, before WM.

Thanks.

The best thing on this show so far was that short interview with Dustin Rhodes. The guy can promo anything.

Fantastic ending to an eventful RAW. Rock is absolutely despicable.

The Gunther/Sami (w/Gable) build keeps getting intriguing each week. I’m digging this. Damn, that rain added drama to the segment. Whoa. Cody cut opened.

Ooooh, this is good! Yeah! Get your bitch ass in the ring! Punk got Drew good there! Oh shit! He can count! Hell yeah! Make these two interesting! *Censored*, that was great. Punk was on fire. That whole segment actually felt like a genuine interaction between people rather than scripted entertainment.

Rehashing the Rey/Dom feud? Hmm… I dunno about that… Ooh, I liked how they presented the LA/AJ segment. No invisible cameras. The cameras had a purpose being there. Nice improvement.

I barely paid attention to the match because it wasn’t a match or feud I was interested in and what I did see (which may have included this spot) I didn’t like. A lot of these No DQ weapon matches are contrived, boring spot fests with the same spots we’ve all seen before. It doesn’t matter which promotion it is. They both do it.

Thanks.

Wish the US title match was a singles with Logan/Orton. Ah well. The other two are decent additions.

Hmm. Gee, I dunno… Gunther, Cody, Punk, LA Knight, Logan Paul, Roman, Rock, Drew, Bron, Ilja, Imperium, Sami Zayn, Orton, Aldis, Pearce, Joe, MJF, FTR — all these guys I constantly rave about. You can easily observe that by going through a few pages of each of the discussion topics. There’s also another dozen or so that I like to some degree beyond the ones I listed.

I thought it was a very weak debut, especially considering the marketing for the event revolved around Mercedes. Her promo was a generic, uninspired babyface return promo that failed to get me excited for what she does next. Her delivery also lacked conviction and flair.

They’re a stale act who seem to be content with where they’re at.

Idk if I would compare AEW to a cult movie. lol They’re not exactly an indie fed with an underground following. They’re a large promotion funded by a billionaire that has multiple shows televised around the whole world. They’re loaded with cash which is probably the main reason why Okada chose go with them anyway. They made the bigger offer. It also helps that he’ll work less too and the environment will be much more familiar to him, so I wouldn’t blame him for choosing AEW. I’d say both Styles and Nakamura have had pretty respectable WWE careers. Neither were “the guy” but that’s ok, you don’t have to be “the guy” to have a nice, fulfilling career.