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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 8, 2022 21:13:26 GMT -5
I saw some folks asking what the point of this show was which confused me. AEW is a wrestling company. They put on wrestling shows like this one. And it was a damn good one. AEW almost always nails the one hour show format but it would be nice to try two hours next time.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 8, 2022 21:14:59 GMT -5
I saw some folks asking what the point of this show was which confused me. AEW is a wrestling company. They put on wrestling shows like this one. And it was a damn good one. AEW almost always nails the one hour show format but it would be nice to try two hours next time. I want two hours next time as well, but it was nice to see this hour fly by with great wrestling content, some of it last minute that beyond delivered. Was a pretty damn good, and in some cases in Fenix and Atlas really lucky week for AEW lol, I'll take that
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Jan 8, 2022 21:16:51 GMT -5
Main event was good I thought. Predictable as hell but I thought they both sold it well enough by the end where they ALMOST had me thinking Riho might pull it off. Britt has had a meh reign for the most part but she's had some decent matches so far. Just wish they'd pull the trigger on Rosa already.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 8, 2022 21:20:36 GMT -5
This is one area where the “slow burn” has not worked all that well.
Hangman vs. Omega it worked great. But nothing they’ve done here has been interesting enough to justify dragging this out for so long.
If it’s going to be Rosa, get to it already.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 8, 2022 21:25:58 GMT -5
Why should I care if the heel can “overcome.” The problem is, Britt is not Kenny Omega. She cannot make it work like he can. She was slow and awkward for most of this match. It doesn’t work if her opponent is noticeably holding back. This booking does no one any favors. Also all of her title are the same now. It’s boring as Hell at this point. The Riho vs. Hayter match was so much better. With the Bucks and Kenny, not only did they have a much higher match quality ceiling, but there was an actual character and story arc for their runs. Kenny and the Bucks' breakup with Hangman led to them all embracing their dick sides and that all had plotlines that continued and developed til the Hangman/Omega match. But like what's Britt's character arc? She's static, she just is "i'm the best, i cheat to win, D....M.....D" and it's going nowhere. She's in the mud narratively and in ring it's looking like she's getting outpaced. Yeah that’s one of the main issues. And it’s not really Britt’s fault herself to be clear. None of her storylines are that interesting aside from maybe the Ruby one. None of her opponents really get to do much after they lose to her, and it’s the same type of interference every time as well. Rosa has gotten much interesting stuff to do either. If they were doing better stuff overall, this would not feel so tedious. That’s why The Elite and Hangman story could get dragged out so long, it was compelling and the matches were better. Same thing with Hayter splitting, hopefully they don’t MJF and Wardlow this, it needs to happen soon.
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Post by prowresblog on Jan 8, 2022 21:33:51 GMT -5
Interim TNT Title - Sammy Guevara vs Dustin Rhodes
They didn't have a whole lot to work with here and Dustin shouldn't have been in this since he hasn't won much. The match was maybe going for some kind of vet vs younger wrestler storyline but they didn't really follow through with it. I hated the canadian destroyer through the table spot not being part of the finish and I don't know why this company wants that move to be seen as not so lethal. I didn't like this one.
Daniel Garcia was at ringside and fought with Sammy in the ring after, teasing that possible match. Daniel Garcia has won one match since October in case you are wondering.
Sammy Guevara was interviewed. He said he didn't care about Daniel Garcia yet said he would defend the TNT Intertim Title against him on Dynamite.
FTW Title - Ricky Starks vs Matt Sydal
The FTW Title hasn't been booked well since it returned. I don't think anyone really bought that Sydal might win this one. The match flowed well but there was no real story to it.
Sydal was getting beat up by Team Taz after but Lee Moriarty tried to make the save then Dante Martin finally made the save as Team Taz backed off.
AEW Women's Title - Britt Baker vs Riho
I don't know how much people were invested in the Riho can't beat Britt storyline, but that's over here as Britt got the win. Britt didn't need to lose here and thankfully didn't. Riho's sandwich double stomp on Rebel was cool and she looked good in this match. Riho took a nasty headplant on a curb stomp and the part with Hayter throwing the belt in and Rebel getting booted out didn't go off too smooth.
Overall thoughts: I seriously doubt the original idea for this show had even one of these matches on it, yet alone all of them. With a lot of people being out and AEW giving away some big stuff on TV lately, something was going to suffer and it ended up being this. I don't really see why the Jurassic Express title win couldn't of been on here and I don't see why we couldn't have had an AEW Title match of some sort. This was just not AEW's best.
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Post by madness50 on Jan 8, 2022 22:33:49 GMT -5
Just got back from the show. Enjoyed Battle of the Belts, although the show was an hour long. The Sammy/Dustin match was my favorite of the night. Saw some fun stuff after the show but I left a bit earlier after some of the squash Dark matches.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 8, 2022 23:47:31 GMT -5
So I completely forgot to set up my DVR for this show. Does anybody know if it's getting replayed at any point? Or if it's going to show up on any On Demand channels?
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