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Sanguinia posted:Good old Bill may still be stuck in Vince's money machine, but the Stinger is home where he belongs. And I'll love AEW forever for what they've given him. Sting's run with TNA really killed his mystique for me but AEW has been able to rehab him to the point where he's my favourite wrestledad. The Sting/Cassidy bit did so much to make me fall in love with the guy again because it was this moment where I was reminded this guy really is a team player; he could have been an rear end and said that was going to hurt the business but instead he completely bought in and even brought his own twist to the sequence. It felt like a guy just having a great time while putting one of the best comedic wrestlers over with a couple moves.
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Aug 21, 2021 06:53
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adam cole said britt baker is a big kingdom hearts fan so the wwe are already sending out messages trying to burying aew talent because of punk's return
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Aug 21, 2021 06:57
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Cavauro posted:do you think cm punk and malister black will have a sit-off and kick eachother match-up, or anything of that style? do you think he only wants to fight the kids. i'm asking Malakai doesn't need Punk, he understands that he appeals to a specific type of wrestling fan and can rely on booking to get him over with the general audience. Punk is the guy who is going to bring legitimacy to the fresh faces who haven't been in WWE like the 4 Pillars who can get over on their own, but he can make that journey that much easier.
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Aug 21, 2021 06:58
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it is now 2am and i still cant buy the shirt
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Aug 21, 2021 07:00
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Renaissance Spam posted:Sting's run with TNA really killed his mystique for me but AEW has been able to rehab him to the point where he's my favourite wrestledad. The Sting/Cassidy bit did so much to make me fall in love with the guy again because it was this moment where I was reminded this guy really is a team player; he could have been an rear end and said that was going to hurt the business but instead he completely bought in and even brought his own twist to the sequence. It felt like a guy just having a great time while putting one of the best comedic wrestlers over with a couple moves. That and the interview with Darby where he talked about filming the cinematic match with Sting and said the only spot they hesitated on was throwing the bat down to Sting because they were worried that they might screw it up and could really injure him and Sting was just like "I'm catching that bat."
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Aug 21, 2021 07:00
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JUNGLE BOY posted:it is now 2am and i still cant buy the shirt i just got mine! took almost 4 hours. i absolutely jumped on as soon as he took his hoodie off cause i'm a big ol mark i also got the shida kitty samurai shirt which i'm almost more excited for
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Aug 21, 2021 07:02
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Was it just me, or was Darby extra fidgety in the rafters during that segment? Almost like he was trying to keep himself from grinning.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:02
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Not highest price, the average price  Critical posted:Just checked and the get in price is $351. Vaguely remembering something Dave Meltzer said about AEW setting the record at a previous PPV for highest price "cheapest" ticket on the secondary market.... doesn't this surpass that?
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Aug 21, 2021 07:03
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Punk vs Mox Punk vs Jungle Boy Punk vs MJF Danielson vs Jungle Boy Danielson vs Angelico Danielson vs Daniel Garcia Ruby Soho vs Kris Statlander Ruby Soho vs Red Velvet Ruby Soho Vs Britt Baker Excalibur, Taz, and AJ Mendez-Brooks on commentary. gently caress I'm too high. Motherfucker.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:03
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sticklefifer posted:I don't think I've ever heard a pop that big in wrestling, honestly. There have been ones that loud but not that sustained, and there have been ones that sustained but not that loud. They drowned out the music and commentary, and every single thing he did or said elicited another huge pop. He got a god pop for sitting. That's crazy. anakha posted:Was it just me, or was Darby extra fidgety in the rafters during that segment? Almost like he was trying to keep himself from grinning.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:04
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i can't afford the 1,000 dollar ticket to the show.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:05
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Rampagethoughts Absolutely insane crowd. They're starting with The Announcement. And they just go right to it. Absolute goosebumps. Cult of Personality and everything. This feels huge. He looks good. And he plays the crowd perfectly. Starting with a Britt Baker gag is smart as gently caress. I cannot remember the last time I heard a crowd this molten. He takes off his hoodie and sells fifteen thousand ringer tees. Linking to Ring Honor was smart. poo poo, he is so loving good at this. There's touches of Shibata, there's touches of Dusty, pure rugged babyface. The Darby bit really worked. Ice cream bars! That went every bit as well as it could have. Christian and Jurassic Express promo. Perfectly decent, but just feels quiet. 1) Private Party vs Jurassic Express. These lads better have their working boots on, following Punk. Thankfully they do. Jungle Boy especially is really great at building and banking crowd excitement. Jungle Boy is so good at picking moments for his comeback. OH MY loving CHRIST! that Canadian Destroyer off Luchasaurus'shoulders was unbelievable. JE win. Hell of a match, and one that won the crowd back. 2) Jade Cargill vs Kiera Hogan. Hogan does scrappy dog well. And she is FAST. But then she runs into inevitability. Kiera gets her shine, Jade doesn't get exposed. Decently done. I could listen to 2.0 promo forever. 3) Jon Moxley vs Daniel Garcia. One of the things I like most about Garcia is that he doesn't look scared when he's facing huge odds. He fights smart and Mox is a great foil. This is a really good physical match. Garcia is this good at the age of 22. He loses but he looked tough as gently caress in the loss. 2.0 intervene. Darby and Sting come out to help. Darby does a coffin drop on two guys. Great way to end a show. Well, that was an experience. There was a real risk that after Punk the show was going to die on its arse, but the excellent tag brought the crowd back, then the main event sealed the deal. This is how you debut a motherfucker.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:09
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I guess it's glaringly obvious the second time watching but Punk giving the signal for commentary to jump in was awesome, I know some people were worried about Jericho hooting and hollering during Punk's debut but it was handled so so well
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Aug 21, 2021 07:10
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StarkRavingMad posted:That and the interview with Darby where he talked about filming the cinematic match with Sting and said the only spot they hesitated on was throwing the bat down to Sting because they were worried that they might screw it up and could really injure him and Sting was just like "I'm catching that bat." Does anyone have a link for this? It sounds awesome.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:12
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Destroy My Sweater posted:I guess it's glaringly obvious the second time watching but Punk giving the signal for commentary to jump in was awesome, I know some people were worried about Jericho hooting and hollering during Punk's debut but it was handled so so well
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Aug 21, 2021 07:15
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Well that was awesome. AEW's not perfect and all billionaires are evil, but man Khan makes a strong run at trying to change both of those things. I feel like we got to see a guy regain his love for wrestling in real time in the span of a few minutes. And he's not even the only person I'd say that about in AEW. Schiavone, Sting, Arn, Black. It's just fun. I'm not even a big CM Punk guy and I was grinning ear to ear. And to think there's more to come. The rest of the show banged too. Just a company focused on making the crowds happy over basically anything else. They started the show with Punk and then ended with just 4 super over faces hitting all their moves. It was like a house show. I love it.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:15
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wrestling is good
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Aug 21, 2021 07:18
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Nick Jr. Face posted:They kayfabed that Jericho wasn't on commentary because he was still nursing his wounds from the MJF match but for all we know TK might have had the forethought that Jericho would've Michael Cole'd the moment, so he had JR sit in instead good point and i think someone in the rampage thread pointed out that JR sounded like 15 years younger tonight thank you straight edge magic for saving JR's brain for a very important night
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Aug 21, 2021 07:18
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Renaissance Spam posted:Does anyone have a link for this? It sounds awesome. https://www.thesportster.com/news/darby-allin-worried-about-breaking-stings-face-revolution/ quote:"I was doing everything and I felt on autopilot. I had an adrenaline rush and felt we could go all night and was on fire with it. The only thing that stopped me was when I had to throw the bat to Sting. I was like, 'Alright, I'm going to throw this down.' Tony (Khan) put it best, 'You know how the laws of physics work, right? That bat is going to come down and we don't know if it's going to break Sting's face.' actual podcast is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darby-allin/id1462095622?i=1000518650476. that quote is about 11 minutes in
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Aug 21, 2021 07:19
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gently caress i can't sleep, i'm just vibrating
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Aug 21, 2021 07:33
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The remarkable thing for me was how simply they did it. They cultivated the rumours, they confirmed nothing, and then they opened the show with something that simultaneously was exactly what everyone expected AND incredibly satisfying. Really smartly done.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:45
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For some reason, Punk vs. Penta is the dream match I most want out of this.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:47
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Do not even ask posted:gently caress i can't sleep, i'm just vibrating My condolences about onlyfans
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Aug 21, 2021 07:47
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Gavok posted:For some reason, Punk vs. Penta is the dream match I most want out of this. Cero Drogas!
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Aug 21, 2021 07:48
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After hogan, and Saudia Arabia I was just done with wrestling. And then especially with #metoo and wrestling. It was just so ugly. Even taking the piss out of WWE is boring because it is so boring. But poo poo. I think I have to start watching this week to week now. I've seen the PPVs. But now I'm just...happy for wrestling.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:50
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Media scrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM8xcyPAxXw
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Aug 21, 2021 07:51
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After tonight, WWE is Batman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdM46G984vw Okuteru fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Aug 21, 2021 |
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Aug 21, 2021 07:52
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It's remarkable to me that AEW is getting so far just on having the brilliant idea of liking their fans and giving them the things they like.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:53
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SonicRulez posted:It's remarkable to me that AEW is getting so far just on having the brilliant idea of liking their fans and giving them the things they like. It's remarkable to me that people don't understand that when they do a talent vs talent comparison when the issue is the structure not the players. https://twitter.com/WinCityPW/status/1428973253905747971 Yes, yes he did. Because all of those people would be great if they weren't in the most toxic and volatile environment imaginable. If they just literally woke up tomorrow and copied AEW and went "well gently caress lets do what people like" they would be hotter than AEW in an instant. But the roots of the tree are diseased.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:58
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Someone sent me a link to some AEW hate twitters that are up in loving arms right now. A big mix of either "What the gently caress how DARE CM Punk choose some pissant loving outlaw mud show over THE BIG LEAGUES, he OWES them EVERYTHING!" and also "HMMM YET ANOTHER WWE LOSER? CODY PROMISED THEY'D BE DIFFERENT ITS TNA ALL OVER AGAIN HURR HURR" Sometimes I wish Cody had kept his dumbass mouth shut because idiots on the internet will never, ever, EVER let the "sports based presentation" or "We're not gonna sign every WWE guy" poo poo go
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Aug 21, 2021 08:01
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Lid posted:It's remarkable to me that people don't understand that when they do a talent vs talent comparison when the issue is the structure not the players. Punk also talked about young talent, all these guys are 35+
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Aug 21, 2021 08:02
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makeing stars and popularizing an entire promotion isn't how you move the needle. you gotta fight people you've fought 50 times as well as people who are also just about to retire
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Aug 21, 2021 08:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZXDqREmaU I'll say it - this is the most memorable promo in over a decade. There probably were a few others between then and now (e.g., during Bryan's magical WM30 run) but for the life of me I can't remember any of them.
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Aug 21, 2021 08:03
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The coolest thing to me was seeing the guy legit happy again. He had this beaten out of him to the point no one ever thought he’d be back…and to see him walk out and you can SEE the moment where he realizes how big this was and he just starts beaming.
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Aug 21, 2021 08:04
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Why did the Tweetman only list one guy Punk "picked over," the WWE roster and not a bunch? I think he might be biased! Also, I still can't order my shirt because the store is dying when I try to check out, but I kind of love the fact that they're very clear the one in the online store has a blank back. Not "I WAS THERE," if you weren't there Internet Fans!
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Aug 21, 2021 08:06
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Bryan’s retirement promo was genuinely great imo
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Aug 21, 2021 08:08
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KungFu Grip posted:adam cole said britt baker is a big kingdom hearts fan so the wwe are already sending out messages trying to burying aew talent because of punk's return Joke's on them, that just makes me think Britt is even cooler!
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Aug 21, 2021 08:09
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Aug 21, 2021 08:12
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sba posted:The coolest thing to me was seeing the guy legit happy again. He had this beaten out of him to the point no one ever thought he’d be back…and to see him walk out and you can SEE the moment where he realizes how big this was and he just starts beaming. Easily my favorite ~15 minutes in wrestling ever, from pre-entrance to exit. Can't change my mind
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Drakkel posted:Someone sent me a link to some AEW hate twitters that are up in loving arms right now. A big mix of either "What the gently caress how DARE CM Punk choose some pissant loving outlaw mud show over THE BIG LEAGUES, he OWES them EVERYTHING!" and also "HMMM YET ANOTHER WWE LOSER? CODY PROMISED THEY'D BE DIFFERENT ITS TNA ALL OVER AGAIN HURR HURR" Who cares, if Cody hadn't said that the bad faith bullshitters would just have found something else to latch onto.
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