August 20, 2021 - One year ago today…

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

I imagine if not for current events/rumors this thread would already exist today. Anyway, regardless, it SHOULD exist because it’s still a HUGE moment in brief history of the company so far…

https://www.instagram.com/tv/ChfPWorMSJ4

Loudest it’s been in that building since MJ was killing everyone in his path.

Still gives me goosebumps.

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Putting aside all of the nonsense going on right now, Punk was the reason I started watching WWE/wrestling again, so I was really happy for him here.

[Jindrak Mark]

This is one of the best marketing strategies ever for a return/debut. They never officially announced it but they dropped so many clues that literally everyone knew he was coming, to the point that there would have been riots in that building if they didn't produce Punk.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Aug 20, 2022 13:30:45 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

This is one of the best marketing strategies ever for a return/debut. They never officially announced it but they dropped so many clues that literally everyone knew he was coming, to the point that there would have been riots in that building if they didn't produce Punk.

Very true.

Also, if we take him at his word, he didn’t sign his contract until he walked in the building that day. So…they built this whole thing on the verbal agreement of a noted misanthrope 😂

That’s one of the bigger check marks in my mental list of “maybe Tony really DOES blow 17 lines a day and it’s not just a meme” list 😂

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

How much difference a year can make.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I can't believe it's only been a year, it feels longer than that, that's how much has happened lol

But an amazing night... the live thread was NUTS

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Aug 20, 2022 15:58:04 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I can't believe it's only been a year, it feels longer than that, that's how much has happened lol

But an amazing night... the live thread was NUTS

That was truly one of the better live threads I’ve ever been a part of…up there with that one episode of Raw where we went to the Hardy compound and peak LITDOWN threads 😂

[bob]

that was so cool

I never thought I'd see him come back, what a special moment in the history of our sport

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Incredible, once in a lifetime performer. An genuine game changing moment.

Wish he'd stayed away.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Aug 20, 2022 16:03:37 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

Aug 20, 2022 15:58:04 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I can't believe it's only been a year, it feels longer than that, that's how much has happened lol

But an amazing night... the live thread was NUTS

That was truly one of the better live threads I’ve ever been a part of…up there with that one episode of Raw where we went to the Hardy compound and peak LITDOWN threads 😂

The Whose Line RAW Thread is always forever a classic to me

And MY HOLE.

[LiamMcDuggle]

and one year later he gets heat with what is widely considered one of the nicest human beings in pro wrestling.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Aug 20, 2022 16:56:01 GMT -5 LiamMcDuggle said:

and one year later he gets heat with what is widely considered one of the nicest human beings in pro wrestling.

We have a whole other gigantic thread about this, as OP even mentioned, can we just keep that there and enjoy this moment for what it was?

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Aug 20, 2022 16:19:24 GMT -5 @flaminghalo said:

Incredible, once in a lifetime performer. An genuine game changing moment.

Wish he'd stayed away.

I don't, he had some of the best matches he's ever had in AEW and some of the best storylines

The Hangman drama, from all the directions we've heard it from, doesn't make me regret him coming in, at all.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChgNoAyNQt4

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Aug 20, 2022 17:04:17 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Aug 20, 2022 16:19:24 GMT -5 @flaminghalo said:

Incredible, once in a lifetime performer. An genuine game changing moment.

Wish he'd stayed away.

I don't, he had some of the best matches he's ever had in AEW and some of the best storylines

The Hangman drama, from all the directions we've heard it from, doesn't make me regret him coming in, at all.

Yeah, I've loved his in ring work since his return. He's been a little sloppy at times, but that's nothing new with him.

To be honest, I'm not sure I expected him to still be as good as he is.

[Cyno]

MJF vs. Punk was one of the best feuds I've ever seen in wrestling. That was some special stuff and the feud ender at Revolution is an easy MOTY candidate for me.

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Aug 20, 2022 21:25:07 GMT -5 Cyno said:

MJF vs. Punk was one of the best feuds I've ever seen in wrestling. That was some special stuff and the feud ender at Revolution is an easy MOTY candidate for me.

While AEW does go overboard with the blood, that segment with MJF, Punk, and the dog collar was one of those times that made me glad it's still a thing in wrestling.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

It was smart to go straight into that return instead of waiting until the main event.


That would ensure nothing would get a reaction from the crowd until then.

[Allie Kitsune]

To the point where despite being based in Jacksonville, Chicago might as well be their actual home turf.

[EZ: Brainy Bae]

Still AEW's best moment. Even were he to leave it would still have been worth it