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Post by LastCall on Mar 8, 2021 0:37:59 GMT -5
Was Pharaoh in the crowd tonight or something?
I was expecting Cody levels of pyro at the end, even if it was all only on the outside of the ring.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2021 0:39:12 GMT -5
Hoo boy, guess all you can do is roll with it when something like this happens. It's a shame that a damn good brawl is gonna' get overshadowed by a Chamber of Horrors-level botched ending. Really curious how they end up spinning Eddie selling the nonexistent explosions, assuming they even bother.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 8, 2021 0:40:05 GMT -5
Oh man. Just what a massive hilarious botch to an otherwise brutal match.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 8, 2021 0:40:56 GMT -5
The explosions mid match lookes much worse,I gotta assume something went wrong because they had BETTER explosion LITERALLY minutes before it They honestly should have kept it to that. I have literally never seen an exploding ring deathmatch with a satisfying, well, ring explosion. It always looks bad, even outdoor shows where presumably insurance isn't an issue. Maybe they don't want to put anything big under/in the ring in case it goes off mid-match by mistake, or insurance won't sign off on it, but it always looks bad.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 8, 2021 0:42:00 GMT -5
i wouldn't be surprised if the he can't build an exploding ring for shit was a planned statement... but like origianlly to show off that Mox is indestructible... instead of more that the explosion itself was awful
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 8, 2021 0:46:10 GMT -5
He'd be much better admitting it was a botch than this weird "what did you want us to do, kill them?" stance
By all means change the story now but "it was a dud all along" is just complete horseshit.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 8, 2021 0:46:55 GMT -5
Yeah, I feel for Mox and Kingston, they couldn't have seen how poorly it looked; even commentary likely didn't have a good angle, the explosions that seemed to go off were on the side ropes while the hard cam side had nothing, so it might've looked fine to them and shitty to the audience at home.
Gonna repeat what I said in the show thread, but I think you get around this by having Kingston come out on Wednesday and say something like "Mox is an old friend, a dad-to-be, and just went through hell, and next thing I knew I realized I was crying over my friend, thinking I'd have to save him...and I couldn't let people see me like that, not with tears in my eyes, so I stayed down, even if the bomb was a dud." Then have him blame Omega for indirectly coaxing this compassion out of Kingston ("you rigged this thing to be weak, and made me think I was being weak!"), but also threateningly thank him for making him realize that his feelings were real, and his bond with Mox is real, and it's given him a new lease on life, etc.
Basically, the heel built the ring, so blame the heel for it going wrong, use what happened to motivate Kingston's character turn.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2021 0:49:03 GMT -5
He'd be much better admitting it was a botch than this weird "what did you want us to do, kill them?" stance I mean it's still a good spin to sell Omega blundered when he built the ring over nothing imo. They can use that for a lot more while admitting to taking the L in some ways.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 8, 2021 0:50:17 GMT -5
He'd be much better admitting it was a botch than this weird "what did you want us to do, kill them?" stance I mean it's still a good spin to sell Omega blundered when he built the ring over nothing imo. They can use that for a lot more while admitting to taking the L in some ways. They’ll make fun of themselves. They have to lol
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2021 0:52:46 GMT -5
I mean it's still a good spin to sell Omega blundered when he built the ring over nothing imo. They can use that for a lot more while admitting to taking the L in some ways. They’ll make fun of themselves. They have to lol They are, and they're spinning it into a story that works It'll be all gravy for them, they know how to handle this stuff, surprisingly well.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Mar 8, 2021 0:53:21 GMT -5
They’ll make fun of themselves. They have to lol They are, and they're spinning it into a story that works It'll be all gravy for them, they know how to handle this stuff, surprisingly well. They aren't though, he's trying to say the ending went off as planned, which is ridiculous
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 8, 2021 0:55:47 GMT -5
They are, and they're spinning it into a story that works It'll be all gravy for them, they know how to handle this stuff, surprisingly well. They aren't though, he's trying to say the ending went off as planned, which is ridiculous He’s playing into the cheeky “canon” answer he can’t really be like “did you see that shit?” right now.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2021 0:55:51 GMT -5
They are, and they're spinning it into a story that works It'll be all gravy for them, they know how to handle this stuff, surprisingly well. They aren't though, he's trying to say the ending went off as planned, which is ridiculous Man he knows the ending didn't go as planned, you gotta spin it into something that works, he's a businessman. Omega built the ring in canon, it failing in AEW's universe is because Kenny f***ed up If anything it's cool they had a failsafe like that for if and when the explosion didn't work.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 8, 2021 0:56:04 GMT -5
I do think they should break out the first Blood and Guts match to settle this (if Mox can be around for it).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2021 1:01:55 GMT -5
Gonna repeat what I said in the show thread, but I think you get around this by having Kingston come out on Wednesday and say something like "Mox is an old friend, a dad-to-be, and just went through hell, and next thing I knew I realized I was crying over my friend, thinking I'd have to save him...and I couldn't let people see me like that, not with tears in my eyes, so I stayed down, even if the bomb was a dud." Then have him blame Omega for indirectly coaxing this compassion out of Kingston ("you rigged this thing to be weak, and made me think I was being weak!"), but also threateningly thank him for making him realize that his feelings were real, and his bond with Mox is real, and it's given him a new lease on life, etc. Basically, the heel built the ring, so blame the heel for it going wrong, use what happened to motivate Kingston's character turn. This is a really good idea, though even if they don't go this exact route, if there's anyone on the roster who could talk their way out of what happened tonight, it's Eddie Kingston.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 8, 2021 1:02:45 GMT -5
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 8, 2021 1:03:28 GMT -5
Apparently, they are going to address the ending on Dynamite this Wednesday.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2021 1:04:08 GMT -5
Gonna repeat what I said in the show thread, but I think you get around this by having Kingston come out on Wednesday and say something like "Mox is an old friend, a dad-to-be, and just went through hell, and next thing I knew I realized I was crying over my friend, thinking I'd have to save him...and I couldn't let people see me like that, not with tears in my eyes, so I stayed down, even if the bomb was a dud." Then have him blame Omega for indirectly coaxing this compassion out of Kingston ("you rigged this thing to be weak, and made me think I was being weak!"), but also threateningly thank him for making him realize that his feelings were real, and his bond with Mox is real, and it's given him a new lease on life, etc. Basically, the heel built the ring, so blame the heel for it going wrong, use what happened to motivate Kingston's character turn. This is a really good idea, though even if they don't go this exact route, if there's anyone on the roster who could talk their way out of what happened tonight, it's Eddie Kingston. My route would be "I thought I was gonna blow up, so my body went into shock" Pretty real thing to have happen, dude already has pretty canon emotional instability, he could have had a panic attack in that moment and people were checking he didn't like, have a heart attack?
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 8, 2021 1:04:44 GMT -5
I do think they should break out the first Blood and Guts match to settle this (if Mox can be around for it). Moxley has to hate if this is the note he goes out on. Who knows what they’re going to do.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 8, 2021 1:05:53 GMT -5
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