Acclaimed/Swerve/Lee Match

[Natural Born Farmer]

Sept 5, 2022 17:36:33 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I had no idea the Acclaimed were this over and was baffled at the crowd being THIS against it

It really isn't that big a deal

I too was surprised at the extreme negative reaction to the finish.

People on the Reddit thread were justifying the crowd's lack of response to the entire latter half of the show with "they were disappointed with the tag match".

Seriously?  Five star match that made The Acclaimed look strong as hell and people are going to shit on the rest of the show because they didn't win?

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Sept 5, 2022 17:59:15 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

Sept 5, 2022 17:36:33 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I had no idea the Acclaimed were this over and was baffled at the crowd being THIS against it

It really isn't that big a deal

I too was surprised at the extreme negative reaction to the finish.

People on the Reddit thread were justifying the crowd's lack of response to the entire latter half of the show with "they were disappointed with the tag match".

Seriously?  Five star match that made The Acclaimed look strong as hell and people are going to shit on the rest of the show because they didn't win?

Yeah I am completely confused. This wasn't Big Show KOing everyone into a no contest in the main event of the show

[Triangle Lancer]

Lee & Swerve took advantage of Bowens' knee injury; wasn't really a bad thing. Just Keith Lee being Keith Lee made it a smug/arrogant thing to do.

I dig the Acclaimed, but you can't always get what you want.

They looked good!

[Dub H]

Sept 5, 2022 17:36:33 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I had no idea the Acclaimed were this over and was baffled at the crowd being THIS against it

It really isn't that big a deal

How could you have no idea?

They say it everytime

EVERYONE LOVES THE ACCLAIMED. or are you a cop?

[Derk!]

This was a damn spectacular match with one of the hottest crowds I've ever heard. They got me yelling at the damn TV for every near fall.

This ranks as one of my top tag team matches in AEW. I'd say it's actually like maybe one notch below Kenny/Hangman Vs The Bucks. That one narrowly gets the nod due to the story behind it.

[thehottag]

Absolutely adored this match. Best on the show for me. Crowd were incredibly hot for it, & they legit got me on multiple finishes. Never in my life thought I would hear a chant for Anthony Bowens... strap them up ASAP!

["Cane Dewey" Johnson]

MOTN. Never really cared about tag wrestling in AEW but the Acclaimed are 100% on my radar, and I also like the combo of Swerve in Our Glory.

[Mecca]

Swerve and Lee are also great performers that quickly realized what was going on and worked heel for the match.

[Dub H]

Also we got the damn best chant in wrestling story

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

My housemates only occasionally watch AEW with me but just so you all know the members of The Acclaimed are now called Scissor Balls and Jake.

Also, I still think, as they do, the right team won this match

This was one of my favourite tag matches ever, already watched it twice. Joyous throughout. Can't believe the fans reacted this way to a team losing after only being this over for a few weeks

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

I absolutely f***ing loved that match, pure awesomeness. I think Swerve is pure money and should be maineventing, and I’m a fan of Keith Lee but my god did I want them to lose here. The Acclaimed are so f***ing awesome

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Sept 6, 2022 19:54:29 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

I absolutely f***ing loved that match, pure awesomeness. I think Swerve is pure money and should be maineventing, and I’m a fan of Keith Lee but my god did I want them to lose here. The Acclaimed are so f***ing awesome

Seriously, I've been a fan of Swerve's for a while, but the way he handled himself at the scrum made me think, "Man, they need to strap the rocket to this guy."

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Just caught the match and it was incredible. Never would've thought it could be the match of the weekend and it's certainly in the running.

I think we all knew the Acclaimed were over. But I do think there's a fine line between being over as an act and fans clamoring for you to get a push. Danhausen has always been over but fans generally accept him as a lower card goof. But the Acclaimed recently have gone from a fun act that we pop for to a team the fans are invested in. And it follows a pattern I saw live when Kris wrestled Ruby in Vegas. We shouldn't underestimate the power of talent that have worked their way up in AEW over the long haul. There are hundreds of thousands of fans who've followed their journey from the beginning. That matters and TK can't forget that. I hope the rematch does happen at Grand Slam and they win.

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[clifford]

Strike while the iron is hot, AEW. Please. Don't go making this any more convoluted than it needs to be. This has fallen into your lap so take advantage. Strap those boys up. And send Swerve and Lee straight into the main event scene which...might have some openings in the not too distant future.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Sept 7, 2022 5:03:00 GMT -5 clifford said:

Strike while the iron is hot, AEW. Please. Don't go making this any more convoluted than it needs to be. This has fallen into your lap so take advantage. Strap those boys up. And send Swerve and Lee straight into the main event scene which...might have some openings in the not too distant future.

If this is what they do with Swerve and Keith, I am all for it

If they end up barely on TV like swathes of AEW talent then I really do not want them to hot shot this when the Acclaimed have not actually been this hot for very long.

[CeilingFan]

It was definitely Match Of The Night!

[jhbboy198917]

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Sept 7, 2022 10:23:38 GMT -5 jhbboy198917 said:

It's not really a surprise that Seth would want to be Scissored

[markymark]

On his Fightful Youtube show Day After Dynamite Will Washington said Swerve's heel turn was planned from the summer, but they were delayed a bit for the Hardy situation and Swerve/Lee winning the title but it was always still meant to play with the Swerve Heel/Lee Face dynamic as champs and Swerve having a big of an ego in all of AEW's segments. Also said the "audible" stuff was a bit non-sense because what happened is exactly what was supposed to happen to continue the story with the ending of Lee doing the scissor and Swerve being upset about that along with them arguing about giving the Acclaimed a rematch at Grand Slam during the press scrum. For context, Washington is Swerve's cousin so there's probably no one with more insight on this than Tony or Swerve himself.