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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 17, 2021 21:14:42 GMT -5
This is the turning point for the division, for sure. They shot the lights out in a featured main event match, and it’s with something that WWE/NXT don’t/can’t really do anymore, and that’s with a violent, bloody hardcore match.
Now keep that momentum going.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 17, 2021 21:14:47 GMT -5
Shoutout to Spoiler Guy for NOT spoiling this match btw I can see why he didn't, it was a match worth letting people see. Spoilers Dude said the fans gave everyone a standing ovation, and I think you could see it right at the end where people are applauding what they just saw.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 17, 2021 21:14:54 GMT -5
Yeah, this was about as perfect as a feud blowoff match gets. The sheer catharsis was off the charts - we got, in rapid order, Britt taking a powerbomb onto thumbtacks, Rosa being the first person to escape Lockjaw after Britt got her hand in the mouth by rolling Britt into thumbtacks again, and then a freaking Fire Thunder Driver off the apron and through a table.
Add in the context of this being an AEW women's match that absolutely broke out of the shadow of WWE's women's wrestling by using a level of brutality that WWE hasn't had anyone do in years? And this match just felt great to watch, even through things like thumbtacks that I'm normally squeamish about watching.
Oh, and all of those amazing spots were after a steady crescendo with tight back and forth brawling, as well as Rosa neutralizing Rebel in very fun and logical ways throughout. Going in, I wondered if they would have Madi Wrenkowski come in to take Rebel out of the match, but having Rosa just one-woman-army it was so much the right call.
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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 17, 2021 21:16:27 GMT -5
MOTY for me. Britt Baker is my #1 heel right now. Anywhere.
Baker won every sanctioned match, and only lost an unsanctioned one. Easy to talk around when she demands a match with Shida.
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 17, 2021 21:17:37 GMT -5
It was bloody brawl worthy of Dusty Rhodes.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 17, 2021 21:18:10 GMT -5
Yeah, this was about as perfect as a feud blowoff match gets. The sheer catharsis was off the charts - we got, in rapid order, Britt taking a powerbomb onto thumbtacks, Rosa being the first person to escape Lockjaw after Britt got her hand in the mouth by rolling Britt into thumbtacks again, and then a freaking Fire Thunder Driver off the apron and through a table. Add in the context of this being an AEW women's match that absolutely broke out of the shadow of WWE's women's wrestling by using a level of brutality that WWE hasn't had anyone do in years? And this match just felt great to watch, even through things like thumbtacks that I'm normally squeamish about watching. Oh, and all of those amazing spots were after a steady crescendo with tight back and forth brawling, as well as Rosa neutralizing Rebel in very fun and logical ways throughout. Going in, I wondered if they would have Madi Wrenkowski come in to take Rebel out of the match, but having Rosa just one-woman-army it was so much the right call. Rosa looked so damn animalistic, it was incredible. Just a savage.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 17, 2021 21:21:46 GMT -5
What more can even be said?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 21:23:02 GMT -5
What more can even be said? Abadon is somewhere like "I need to step my game up."
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 17, 2021 21:23:12 GMT -5
What more can even be said? That's not Britt. That's a Siren from the pits of hell.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 21:24:25 GMT -5
Small other thing I liked, the Champion watching, Jade Cargill loving it in the stands. The division having all eyes on this match made it and the division feel like a big deal
Shida knows these are two top contenders for her belt, Jade is on that climb up the ladder. A lot of stuff happened here to move forward, even in defeat for Britt.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 21:26:01 GMT -5
What more can even be said?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2021 21:27:08 GMT -5
I'm seeing a lot of, "I never liked Britt Baker but tonight I get it," on Twitter at the moment. Really feels like a star-making night for her.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 17, 2021 21:29:19 GMT -5
They got this out quick, it’s almost like the match was taped ahead of time: www.shopaew.com/britt-baker-main-event-role-model.htmlAnd again, it’s another thing that WWE can’t really do anymore, and that’s monetise this kind of violent visual for merch (other than maybe that one time Cesaro got his teeth f***ed up, but that was more to, to put it in the style of the shirt, “take the pith”). Like, think of those great shots of Becky Lynch that one time... They never put any merch out for that (but they sure stopped everyone else from doing it).
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 17, 2021 21:30:03 GMT -5
If the division don't sky rocket from here then idk what the f*** cause that shit there was crazy
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2021 21:30:41 GMT -5
Man...it's like...I want to buy that shirt to support that match because it was so awesome, but that shirt's one that would be a bit tough to wear out in public.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 17, 2021 21:31:37 GMT -5
Oh, I am buying this shit. Never mind the t-shirt complaints some have, that is a hell of a wrestling t-shirt.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 17, 2021 21:32:05 GMT -5
Man...it's like...I want to buy that shirt to support that match because it was so awesome, but that shirt's one that would be a bit tough to wear out in public. Yeah, for all that the bloody "Kiss" shirt is going to go down as Britt's iconic t-shirt (if only for the history of it), I still went with the one where the skull's jaw is twisted off. Much more of a "this looks like a cool band shirt and if anyone asks about it I get an excuse to explain it" shirt that I think is ideal for a wrestling shirt.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Mar 17, 2021 21:33:17 GMT -5
Amazing match, definitely echo that this should be the point where they start bringing it more and working harder on the division; feels like a huge waste to ball up this momentum if we don't start to see things get serious.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 21:33:52 GMT -5
Man...it's like...I want to buy that shirt to support that match because it was so awesome, but that shirt's one that would be a bit tough to wear out in public. It kinda looks like an Album Cover... I think that's what they were going for too
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Post by genericusername on Mar 17, 2021 21:33:53 GMT -5
What more can even be said? This image will burn into my skull while I sleep.
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