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CM Punk made his entrance for the opener, but MJF interrupted it. He walked to the ring, mic in hand, and started to speak, but was drowned out by chants. MJF said Punk ignored his handshake request last week like a "little b*tch." He said that Punk's famous "pipe bomb" promo was his best moment, but every moment is MJF's best moment. MJF said that Punk looks like a meth addict and called him ugly.

When Punk was asked all the young talents he wanted to wrestle in AEW, he'd mention seemingly everyone -- except MJF. That's because he doesn't want any of MJF. MJF said he'd finish Punk quicker than his UFC career. Punk can drop pipe bombs all he wants, because he's MJF, and he drops nukes.

Punk said he was disappointed in MJF. He thought this whole time, MJF stood for "my jealous fan." Punk didn't bring up MJF in interviews because he didn't want to feed into his ego. He's in MJF's head, probably because he's got a poster of Punk on the wall. Last week, he shut MJF up without saying a word. MJF thinks he's revolutionary, but in reality, he's "just a less famous Miz." Ouch.

MJF started to speak again, but was interrupted by "Miz" chants. He said that Punk is just nostalgia, and that he's been kissing rear end since he came to AEW. MJF accused Punk of getting soft, saying he may as well come out here and preach "hustle, loyalty, and respect." He said that Punk wouldn't come back because he was terrified. Deep down, Punk knows he's only ever been second-best, no matter whether it was Cena or Triple H. "I'm better than you, and you know it."

Punk said he's been doing this a long time. He sold out Madison Square Garden when MJF was marking out for Rosie O'Donnell. MJF will make the New York Times again, but "it'll be for the obituaries" this time. Punk said it pisses MJF off that he went after Darby Allin over him. MJF is too worried about the Four Pillars without realizing he's been replaced by Britt Baker. Punk's fine with being no. 2, because Chicago's the Second City. MJF will only ever be #1 if we wait around long enough for Tony Khan to have a daughter for him to marry. He's gonna punch MJF in his "needle d*ck" right now.

MJF removed his jacket and scarf and teased a fight, but rolled up the ramp.

CM Punk defeated QT Marshall (w/ Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solo)

Punk easily out-wrestled Marshall early on, including not falling for a distraction. Comoroto and Solo were sent to the back. Marshall got control after driving Punk's midsection into the corner, but Punk very quickly made a comeback and clotheslined Marshall to the floor, where he landed a diving clothesline ahead of a commercial.

Once back, Marshall hit a Liger Bomb for two. He taunted Punk, who came back with a high kick. Punk landed the top-rope elbow drop and called for the GTS, nailing it for the win.

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Christian Cage and Jurassic Express were backstage. Christian said they have all the momentum in the world, and their confidence is sky-high. Jurassic Express are the top-ranked tag team in AEW, and Christian's going to make sure they win the championships.

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Eddie Kingston was eating backstage and shouted out Jon Moxley. He was interrupted by Daniel Garcia and 2point0. They said that Kingston isn't hungry anymore and offered their help, because "you couldn't help your friend Moxley." Kingston exploded and a dozen people had to hold him back.

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The Gunn Club (Billy Gunn & Colten Gunn) (w/ Austin Gunn) vs. Bear Country (Bear Boulder & Bear Bronson)

Gunn Club attacked before the bell, but Bear Country took control with Boulder hitting a big press slam. The fight moved to the outside, where Gunn Club sent Bear Country into barricades and stairs. Colten hit the Colt .45 out of nowhere for the win.

– After the match, Darby Allin's music played and Sting came out. Austin charged up the ramp at Sting but was cut off with a huge tackle from Allin. Allin and Sting chased off the Gunn Club and stood tall.

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AEW Battle of the Belts was announced for Saturday, January 8 2022 in Charlotte.

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Adam Cole and Bobby Fish were backstage. Cole's heated. He said he and Fish were like "best friends," and then the real Best Friends walked up. Cole ran down the team one by one and offered up a match between him and Fish and Cassidy and YUTA.

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Team Taz and Lio Rush & Dante Martin were about to sign a deal, but Taz got impatient and Rush tried to end it. Dante, however, stopped Rush and signed the deal. Team Taz celebrated.

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Britt Baker said that Hayter would win the match and the tournament.

TBS Championship Tournament: Thunder Rosa defeated Jamie Hayter

They had a long collar-and-elbow tie-up to start. Hayter sent Rosa to the floor but was thrown into the barricade. Upon re-entry, Hayter cut Rosa off with stomps. Rosa came back with strikes and sent Hayter into the barricade once more before landing a running dropkick and a suplex on the floor. She went for a crossbody, but Hayter caught it and sent Rosa into the ring post ahead of a break.

Upon return, Rosa countered a superplex attempt and landed a missile dropkick for two. Hayter hit a big backbreaker for a two-count of her own. They traded forearms in the center of the ring until Rosa escaped a suplex and hit a Russian leg sweep. Rosa locked on the Peruvian Necktie, but Rebel distracted the official and Baker broke up the hold.

Rosa avoided a Baker superkick, who inadvertently hit Hayter. Rosa then dispatched Rebel and rolled Hayter up for the win. Rosa will face Jade Cargill in the semifinals of the tournament.

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Chris Jericho was asked backstage about what's next. 2point0 and Garcia interrupted all happy about throwing coffee in Kingston's face. Jericho advised them to cool it and made fun of one of 2point0's heads, leading to a "square head" chant. He said if they ever interrupted again, he'd knock their teeth down their throat.

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Britt Baker, Rebel, and Tony Schiavone were having Friendsgiving backstage. Baker said that it started off poorly because Thunder Rosa won, but it's okay, because she's still champion. Schiavone went to the video screen, reminding that Riho was never eliminated from the Casino Battle Royale at All Out. If Riho beats Baker on Friday, she earns a title shot.

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Bryan Danielson defeated Colt Cabana

They had a really nice technical exchange to open things up. Danielson laid in some hard strikes. Cabana came back with chops, jabs, and the bionic elbow. He wanted the Flying Apple, but Danielson reversed it into a release German suplex and followed it up with the corner dropkick. Danielson wanted a top-rope back suplex, but Cabana fought off and landed a moonsault for two.

Danielson came back and laid in his repeated curb stomps. He rolled over into the LeBell Lock, posed, and locked it on for the submission. Looked like he knocked out Cabana's tooth in the process.

– After a commercial break, Danielson was interviewed by Schiavone in the ring. Danielson pointed out that when he debuted at All Out, he got a much different reaction. He called the fans "fickle." He didn't just kick Cabana's head in, he kicked his teeth out. Danielson offered to kick any of the Dark Order's heads in. He turned his attention to Hangman Page, and right on cue, Page's music played and he walked out.

Page said Cabana would be the last one to get his head kicked in. He offered to defend the AEW World Championship "right here, right now," but Danielson accused Page of being cowardly by picking a fight after he already wrestled. Page still wanted a fight and offered Danielson the first shot. Danielson slapped him and they brawled. Page went for the Buckshot Lariat, but Danielson escaped up the ramp.

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A hype video aired for Ruby Soho vs. Kris Statlander.

AEW Rampage (11/26) lineup:

Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia
Britt Baker vs. Riho
Adam Cole & Bobby Fish vs. Orange Cassidy & Wheeler YUTA

AEW Dynamite (12/1) lineup:

TBS Championship Tournament: Ruby Soho vs. Kris Statlander

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Malakai Black, Andrade El Idolo, & FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Cody Rhodes & Death Triangle (PAC, Penta El Zero M & Rey Fénix) (w/ Arn Anderson)

This was an awesome main event. Just ridiculously fun.

Cody received a massively negative reaction, and he and Dax started off. He hit the drop-down right hand and then a powerslam before tossing his weight belt into the audience. The audience threw it back. PAC tagged in and he and Dax traded strikes. A back suplex allowed Dax to tag in Cash. PAC regained control and he set Penta up for the diving stomp to the posterior for two.

Penta landed a thrust kick but was flattened with a lariat before Andrade tagged in. Penta escaped to Fénix, who hit a flurry of offense. Death Triangle hit triple buzzsaw kicks and dropkicks on Andrade for two. Cody tagged himself in and was immediately overwhelmed by the heels, who got a big babyface reaction for their actions.

Fénix tagged back in and hit his springboard double cutter. He hit an escalera into a hurricanrana on Andrade and then a flurry of kicks on Black. Tully distracted Fénix, allowing Black to take him down with an STO ahead of the commercial. Once back, Fénix reached Penta for the hot tag, who came in with a diving crossbody. He hit a double DDT on FTR and a backstabber on Andrade for two.

PAC tagged in and landed a missile dropkick follwed by a Fosbury Flop onto the pile on the outside. Wheeler cut off PAC's flurry with a backbreaker, leading to a parade of big moves. Cody went for a thrust kick on Andrade, but Cody inadvertently kicked PAC. Everyone was down until Tully and Arn faced off in the ring. Classic Thanksgiving wrestling.

Andrade's associate José entered the ring, and Tully and Arn both struck him down. FTR cornered Arn, but Fénix took them out with a crossbody and Penta hit Sling Blades. Penta hit a tope con giro and Fénix landed a top-rope crossbody to the outside. Black blinded PAC with the mist and Andrade hit the hammerlock DDT for the win.

NAG posted:

IcePhoenix posted:

Dacap posted:

dsriggs posted:

Eat My Fuc posted:

Remember when the Acclaimed came out and rapped "Young Cucks you can't beat us you're laughable, Trump really won we gotta storm the capital". Disgusting.

Malcolm Excellent posted:

Hey everyone I made a meme

dsriggs posted:

bebaloorpabopalo posted:

if these trends continue...

fez_machine posted:

Rarity posted:

Dante Martin joines SEX

tweet my meat posted:

That Darby and Sting run in might have been one of the best run ins I've ever seen.

History Comes Inside! posted:

As an act of community outreach so she can stay at home and keep her from crippling innocent workers on the indies like the clumsy piece of poo poo she is, right?

Eat My Fuc posted:

AEW can’t make Tay Conti good

magiccarpet posted:

Jade needs an actual storyline.

Pamela Springstein posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/luchablog/status/1464438677526953992

please Tony, do not sign any agreement with cmll. no one wants to see that.

Wazzu posted:

Hey go gently caress yourself buddy

Lucha Bros vs FTR 4 times in 2 months is a lot of matches. Like it'll be good, but I want to see Lucha Bros face someone else - there's so many tag teams I don't like doubling up defences.

He's growing, he seems like a young angry man trying to fight the whole world at the same time, it's pretty great, and like it will be get greater.

TV Zombie posted:

come on now, you know Rosa will beat Britt for the belt down the line...

Barry Bluejeans posted:

AEW has certainly earned the benefit of the doubt regarding the direction of Punk/MJF, but it's not like the criticisms of Maxwell begin and end with this promo

I think even MJF's most ardent supporters would agree that he can be a bit verbose and sometimes takes too long to get to the point, I would be delighted if being matched up with an old pro in Punk helps him shed those bad habits

mooseinfants posted:

She's probably not legally allowed to wrestle right now

mooseinfants posted:

Maybe she isn't getting paid for that? Idk. I'd be a lot more willing to valet for free than wrestle for free so maybe she is too.

xbilkis posted:

What if you appear on YouTube

Also didn’t Ben Carter wrestle on TV without a work visa

Spiderdrake posted:

Yeah it's really a shame. The dude singlehandledly revived the idea of a super indie and his reward is to be poisoned and mocked by goons who forget just how incredible an idea NXT was.

Shard posted:

I feel so attacked right now!!!

Coaaab posted:

t/f: sammy has been the worst tnt champion so far

Pylons posted:

Wizards are playing in the Capitol One arena on both of those dates apparently.

TV Zombie posted:

I'm now curious in seeing a Steen vs Eddie match.

Quantum of Phallus posted:

they have good matches every week much like AEW

IcePhoenix posted:

between QoP and EMF how do you all even read this thread anymore, jesus

Shard posted:

I was thinking about it the other day and since AEW started I can't think of a single bad Hangman match. And his last 4 or 5 have been great. Hangman is basically my Okada. I wouldn't say he's like the best at any single thing but he is constantly good to great and is super charming.

Kennel posted:

https://i.imgur.com/w1T4JrB.mp4

ChrisBTY posted:

Specifically told him that people only care about Broken Matt.

HFO is just...ugh. TH2 and B&B are whatever because TH2 was used as an enhancement act since they stepped into AEW and B&B are born to be mooks. But Private Party are being extremely, extremely wasted in this group. I started calling Matt Hardy 'sandpaper' because of how badly he scrubbed the shine off of them (and to a lesser extent, anybody he feuds with).

As for Team Taz: they need(ed) more members. There were 3 members and only one of them is actually wrestling. But I don't know if Dante Martin is the right guy for it. The last heel he teamed with was basically turned face by teaming with him and I don't know how much the crowd is going to want to boo a man who is roughly one breakthrough away from being the first human being to double-jump IRL. I can't imagine a Dante/Hobbs team being any more interesting to watch than a Dante/Lio team (if they go that way).

Hoping for a swerve here. Also hoping Darius can come back ever.

rotinaj posted:

My problem with the gum club is that Austen Gunn is the better of the brothers IMO, and his finisher is more convincing looking than Colten’s. Is he hurt, or are they just focusing on his bro?

Malcolm Excellent posted:

I'm at a loss for what this means

ChrisBTY posted:

I'm sure they're great on the Youtube shows but they've done just about nothing interesting on TV since joining HFO.

inthesto posted:

I can't help but feel like Big Swole got done a tiny bit dirty. Her ring work wasn't the cleanest, but she was incredibly strong on the mic.

Almost certainly the pandemic and her Crohn's are the majority factors, but there was definitely a window where she deserved some more shine.

History Comes Inside! posted:

I dunno, maybe because there could be a bunch of reasons that he wouldn’t want to go work for a company where his wife used to work but doesn’t anymore for whatever her personal reasons are, regardless of how amicable it was.