AEW Wrestling Discussion Thread

[cdub6238]

Ok..I think it's time Tony and Kenny and whoever else is in charge of the women's division has a sit down talk with Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne...

Harley Cameron reportedly injured and written out of storylines after the PPV match, that I've seen many say was a train wreck...

This also comes after the botched tv spot awhile ago with them and Thunder Rosa

Edit- my bad...the rematch they just had on Dynamite was a trainwreck...no idea the match on the PPV preshow

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Ok..I think it's time Tony and Kenny and whoever else is in charge of the women's division has a sit down talk with Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne...

Harley Cameron reportedly injured and written out of storylines after the PPV match, that I've seen many say was a train wreck...

This also comes after the botched tv spot awhile ago with them and Thunder Rosa

Edit- my bad...the rematch they just had on Dynamite was a trainwreck...no idea the match on the PPV preshow

https://x.com/WrestlePurists/status/...fBPYi-igg&s=19

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[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by Gurds

https://x.com/WrestlePurists/status/...fBPYi-igg&s=19

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She was injured during the PPV match Sunday...yes the blood on her face was used to write her off tv...

https://wrestlingheadlines.com/harle...le-or-nothing/

[duwal]

really fun episode last night. Can watch Swerve vs Ospreay anytime

[Gurds]

Really excited for this ppv tomorrow. Card is stacked. AEW has been firing on all cylinders for a while now.



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[DrZman]

Yep can't wait for the show! Those top 3 matches plus the Bucks tag all have a chance to tear the house down. Hanger better bring that belt home.

[packman80]

Could AEW do something were Hangman wins he opens up the briefcase and it's empty there is no title in there?

[Gurds]

Adam Cole not medically cleared so TK stripped him of his TNT championship and now the match is a 4 way with Fletcher (his original opponent), Dustin Rhodes, Sammy and Daniel Garcia.

Feel bad for AC. He can't catch a break staying healthy. I think he might need to hang it up or a while and take a backstage or manager role.

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[packman80]

Originally Posted by Gurds

Adam Cole not medically cleared so TK stripped him of his TNT championship and now the match is a 4 way with Fletcher (his original opponent), Dustin Rhodes, Sammy and Daniel Garcia.

Feel bad for AC. He can't catch a break staying healthy. I think he might need to hang it up or a while and take a backstage or manager role.

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AEW should just release him. You can't count on him staying healthy anymore to do any programs.

[packman80]

Watching the pre-show why are people cheering for these Costco idiots? What is there appeal?

[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by packman80

AEW should just release him. You can't count on him staying healthy anymore to do any programs.

Jesus you're a douchebag

[packman80]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Jesus you're a douchebag

Douchebag because I don't like some fat garbage costco tick tok losers? Go back to your cave you troll.

[packman80]

So the last run of E&C now?

[Cracktoast]

so did Page beat Moxley or is this PPV really going 4 hrs +

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

so did Page beat Moxley or is this PPV really going 4 hrs +

Just getting ready to start and it's been on (PPV not counting the two hours of the preshow) for 5 hours so far.

It's been a really good show. Hasn't felt like 5 hours at all.

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[cdub6238]

Originally Posted by packman80

Douchebag because I don't like some fat garbage costco tick tok losers? Go back to your cave you troll.

Nice to see that you can't even keep up with the dumbassery you spew or read quotes...

The guy you quoted said he felt bad for Adam Cole, and that he probably needs to retire or move into backstage role...

And instead of agreeing, or offering some other resolution...your brilliant idea is...nah just release him

That's what makes you a douche, and why your opinions basically get laughed at everywhere you post

But have a good 1 and keep doing you bud

[packman80]

Long PPV but a really good PPV. Seems now we go get Page and Strickland for the title. Which is not bad as it will be a banger of a match.

[Cracktoast]

..... wrong thread

[mossoholic]

All In was so much better than the match quality. This felt like a huge show. This felt like WrestleMania. This felt like possibly the biggest or at least one of the few biggest shows in AEW history.

- This show had a great opening promo for one of the few times to get you pumped for what was to come. The promos and the music were great on this show.
- For only around 25k fans they made it look awesome on tv.

- Opening match was a snoozefest. This was by far shortest match and it was still 15 minutes.
- MJF thankfully won the Gauntlet. Match could have been essentially the same in half the time.
- Adam Cole segment was absolutely heartbreaking.
- Dustin Rhodes winning was the shock of the night. People didn't even cheer because they were so stunned.
-Ospreay and Swerve vs The Young Bucks was the Dave Meltzer special. Ok match that type of crowd will love. Non stop video game wrestling and everyone in the ring the entire match. Why every Bucks match isn't a Tornado tag match I have no idea.
- Women's gauntlet was pretty good. It would have made more sense Athena winning if Mercedes won the women's title.
- 3 Way tag match was way too long. What ultimately mattered and was great was everything after the match.
- Women's title match was the match of the night. One of the best matches of the year. For all the talk of Mercedes Mone's creative control, the match that mattered she lost. As per usual. What was the point of her winning a million matches in a row for well over a year to ultimately lose to the most over women in the company that didn't need the win? Mone could have and should have lost multiple times over the last 15 months and this match could have gone the exact same way and meant exactly the same. Mercedes still winless in the top 10 biggest matches of her career. Mercedes should have won this and whomever she would have lost to could have got over huge. Instead it will be Mercedes and Toni and no one else. No different than it's been.
- Omega vs the most tired man in wrestling was underwhelming. I don't know if in 30 years of watching wrestling I've ever seen during a regular match a ref pulled out of the ring while counting and stomped on not be called a dq. Then O'Sleepy pins Omega clean in the middle 1 2 3.
- I absolutely hate Jon Moxley. I think if you take all aspects of the wrestling business into account he has been by far the worst wrestler in the world this decade. This match started off horrible with all the typical Moxley bs. It got great and fun to watch once all the interference started. Then they somehow topped one of the worst non finishes I've ever seen from their last match with the stomp to the cinder block then Paradigm shift kick out 20 minutes in. 30 minutes into this match Hangman gets curb stomped and Paradigm shift both times on to a bed of nails. 30+ minutes into the match! That isn't the finish. Thankfully Moxley lost but that non finish was as dumb as any I've ever seen.

- 6 hours for a 9 match show is beyond words ridiculous. This could have been 1 1/2 hours shorter and been the exact same show. On runtime, this beats the longest Mania's people used to complain about but those shows had 5-6 more matches on them.
- The returns, announcing, most entrances, music, most things before and after the matches, and everything else outside of the ring was overall excellent.
- All In was overall a fun show to watch. It was so much better than the overall match quality. Only 2 of the matches really stood out. This is why you have to have sports entertainment in wrestling. Match quality wise AEW has had countless better PPVs than this one. Yet this show just felt bigger than most. NXT Takeovers from 2015-2020 were the perfect blend of sports entertainment and wrestling. But All In Texas showed why great story and emotion/sports entertainment will always top just great in ring wrestling that no one is invested in.

[DrZman]

Great post moss, agree with most of it although I enjoy Okada still. I will say I think starting early helped the run time in a big big way. I can take a 5 hour show when it starts at 3pm, I actually started it a hour late so I could purposefully skip around and it flew by. Can't wait for MJF and Hanger to run it back now.

[JustinVerlander07]

It looks like AEW had a great PPV, so before the hounds go at me, wanted to mention that. However the only thing I've seen besides the Adam Cole segment online is Moxley getting stabbed with a fork? As someone who liked Dean Ambrose in WWE, the stuff he's doing just sucks. If he enjoys doing that more power to him, but is that what the AEW audience enjoys? That's not Wrestling at all.

[DrZman]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

It looks like AEW had a great PPV, so before the hounds go at me, wanted to mention that. However the only thing I've seen besides the Adam Cole segment online is Moxley getting stabbed with a fork? As someone who liked Dean Ambrose in WWE, the stuff he's doing just sucks. If he enjoys doing that more power to him, but is that what the AEW audience enjoys? That's not Wrestling at all.

Abdullah the Butcher and Bruiser Brody were stabbing each other in the head 40 years ago. But I appreciate your criticism of a match you didn't watch. *Do want to add I am not a big fan of that kind of spot however it did not hamper my enjoyment of the fantastic match that proceeded after it.

[mmier118]

I think the stabbing with the fork was a great idea with great placement. It seemed like the crowd was losing a little energy, or maybe I was. Most people had been there since the doors opened at 1130 and it was now a little past 7. There hadn’t been any blood or tables up to this point which is a little unusual for an AEW PPV and you knew you were going to get it in this match. I really wanted the death match to be great (which it was) but you were a little unsure especially as I really wanted okada vs. omega to be great and I thought it was a little slow. Plus it wasn’t that long ago that Copeland moxley let a complete wet fart over Revolution.

It seemed like Page holding Moxley in a triangle and stabbing him with a fork energized everyone and let out a ton of negative emotions that had been building against Moxley for a year now. From then on it was an amazing back and forth match that pulled from emotions going back almost 3 years to when Page first lost the title to CM punk. Reflecting back on it now, the Hangman arc has been one of the craziest rides that I’ve ever been taken on and was a great reward for fans that have been watching AEW since double or nothing 2022.

[Cracktoast]

from the highlights I've seen it looked like a good PPV. Only gripes I have are it was way too long at 5+ hrs and the biggest thing is Edge/Cope coming out and doing his full entrance while Christian is about to get his head bashed in. It Just came across as dumb. That said Nick Wayne IMO is going to be a star and future World Champion.

[DrZman]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

from the highlights I've seen it looked like a good PPV. Only gripes I have are it was way too long at 5+ hrs and the biggest thing is Edge/Cope coming out and doing his full entrance while Christian is about to get his head bashed in. It Just came across as dumb. That said Nick Wayne IMO is going to be a star and future World Champion.

In Edges defense Christian the character isn't exactly someone people are rushing to save and he hasn't forgiven him so what does he care if they kill him before he makes it down the ramp haha.