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Post by chrom on Sept 22, 2020 19:39:57 GMT -5
That was a Hidden Gem of a match that aired on Dark tonight with two Young Lions looking good tonight as they tore it up.
Ben Carter got his first win in AEW and looks like another potential signee as he's facing Scorpio Sky later tonight.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Sept 22, 2020 19:42:02 GMT -5
Lee Johnson is an interesting case of a guy who's lost so much because he's just too good at it. This felt like a tease of Johnson as a legit competitor, and I am very much wanting to see it.
Also? Ben Carter is great.
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Post by markymark on Sept 22, 2020 20:00:09 GMT -5
Match was like watching those WCW cruiserweight matches.
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Post by toodarkmark on Sept 22, 2020 21:17:35 GMT -5
It was like a 4 star match. Carter is 100% a future star, and I didn't see it at first but this match was a showcase. I also am a Lee Johnson fan, and would love for him to get a spot at some point. Carter though had some Dynamite Kid/face Keiji Muto movesets and speed. Wow, that's the kind of Young Lion match you can't get enough of. I need Lee Johnson to get a win very soon. (Shawn Dean as well.)
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Post by Celgress on Sept 22, 2020 21:19:48 GMT -5
I think it was the second-best Dark match yet. I'll (easily) give it 4 out of 5 stars. For a matchup with no build or storyline, it was very impressive indeed.
IMHO, the best Dark match (so far) was Cutler v. Avalon last week.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Sept 22, 2020 21:44:01 GMT -5
Ho-ly shit. What a match. Being athletically copacetic with one another, Lee’s strikes, Carter’s overall being as a wrestler. Loved the dual clothesline spot, senton spot and I marked for one of the best frogsplashes I’ve seen in a minute.
Match made me feel my age, not gonna lie lol. Two great young bucks. Bring them up as a team or separate or whatever. The future is bright.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 22, 2020 22:47:21 GMT -5
Those two tore it down tonight. Really shows the range of talent they have. Two guys that are not even 24, then right after you have a veteran like Kingston putting on an almost NEVER Openweight style match with Pillman Jr. Very NJPW type of night in all the best ways. AEW has some great talent to cycle in eventually, that is how you suck in the younger audiences.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 22, 2020 23:36:22 GMT -5
AEW needs to let some of these young and hungry kids go more often, more unpredictability and they have a lot to prove
That match rocked, both better be signed. At 22 and 23, they are easy investments
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Post by lucas_lee on Sept 22, 2020 23:54:33 GMT -5
AEW needs to let some of these young and hungry kids go more often, more unpredictability and they have a lot to prove That match rocked, both better be signed. At 22 and 23, they are easy investments Agreed, I can get behind AEW Dark turning into a show for young lions and upper-mid to mid carders to shine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2020 23:56:11 GMT -5
Can we also make this a thread for Carter / Scorpio while at it? This Carter guy rules.
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Post by toodarkmark on Sept 23, 2020 0:15:08 GMT -5
Can we also make this a thread for Carter / Scorpio while at it? This Carter guy rules. Yeah, Scorpio-Carter was amazing as well. Both looked like a million bucks. This kid Carter has "it". This is the kind of guy who can be a breakout star.
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Post by chrom on Sept 23, 2020 0:42:37 GMT -5
They had to have signed him after tonight's performances
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 23, 2020 0:55:24 GMT -5
I think everyone's in agreement sign that mad lad, and sign him yesterday.
I know AEW has a lot of talent but that kid is 22, he is one of those top prospects or top draft picks in sports people talk about... he has had three matches and shown something special in all of them. Both matches this week were absolutely captivating, he is a very special kid, to be that good and that smooth in the ring at 22 years old, that is younger than DOMINICK MYSTERIO, that's special.
You simply do not let something like that walk away, and I assume they didn't, hope for the All Elite graphic soon, and huge props to Britt Baker who apparently told Tony Khan to check him out after being on an Indie with him, she was right on the money.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 23, 2020 1:05:18 GMT -5
Just wanna say Late Night Dynamite got like 1300 Tweets and Ben Carter got 2000 plus Tweets by himself
Everyone was talking about him and it was high praise, that's no small feat to do at like 1 AM on the East Coast.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 23, 2020 4:09:25 GMT -5
I would guess that Carter being showcased twice in one night means that he's probably signed and they haven't announced it yet.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 23, 2020 9:31:23 GMT -5
I love how Ricky Starks was just stunned at points during Johnson/Carter,
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Sept 23, 2020 10:30:15 GMT -5
I love how Ricky Starks was just stunned at points during Johnson/Carter, No cap, really put them over that such a loud mouth braggadocious guy was like “wow”.
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 23, 2020 10:34:42 GMT -5
Carter reminds me a lot of PAC when he was starting out, which is why I'd like to see them wrestle each other in AEW whenever possible.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Sept 23, 2020 13:48:55 GMT -5
I have one problem with Carter vs Johnson... They should have gone another 10 minutes.
It was amazing. It's easily one of the top ten AEW matches I've seen this year, and it was on Dark, and it wasn't even the main event!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 14:54:02 GMT -5
He recently had a banger vs Cage at Warrior Wrestling.
I’d never heard of this guy till a week ago and every match I’ve seen of him he looks like a star.
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