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Post by THE FVNKER on Sept 10, 2023 8:07:22 GMT -5
In light of the crazy and chaotic recent history AEW has had, I thought it would be cool to see everyone's favorite moments that AEW has provided us to lighten things up a little bit. Feel free to add.
Admittedly, I'm probably the worst person to start this thread as I've missed basically this whole year's worth of events due to some wild personal events and work, but I'll still try to throw a few out.
- AEW running Wembley. Definitely a historic moment, and with AEW still being so young, this is a great feather in their cap for the brand going forward.
- Whatever match it was (Anarchy in the Arena? Stadium Stampede?) where Kingston returned from the back carrying a gas can looking like a bona-fide psychopath. An unhinged, totally off the rails, willing to do literally anything to win Kingston is worthy of a title run in my books.
Yall will probably have better stand out moments but those two are close to the top for me right now.
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Post by CeilingFan on Sept 10, 2023 8:59:47 GMT -5
The ending of All Out 2021.
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Post by Derk! on Sept 10, 2023 9:02:05 GMT -5
Double or Nothing 2021, the first PPV back with a full crowd was special.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 10, 2023 9:19:25 GMT -5
The ending of Full Gear 2021. A long story with Hangman is effectively paid off and gives AEW its first truly home grown world champion. Regardless of how his reign was booked after that, the actual victory by Page was magical.
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 10, 2023 10:16:36 GMT -5
Orange Cassidy winning the International Championship after beating Pac.
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Post by daaave on Sept 10, 2023 10:38:25 GMT -5
Danielson vs Omega opening minute. Stare off. Crowd going wild. 20k people in stadium. Not sure it gets better then that. Felt like the moment AEW officially announced it's arrival as a major player and confirmation they weren't a flash in the pan and were here to stay. People said it was only a minority of hardcore fans who wanted to see this type of wrestling and this moment was one that shut that arguement down forever
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Post by ChitownKnight on Sept 10, 2023 10:38:43 GMT -5
As much as we all like to rag on the guy now, Punk’s return was HUGE.
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 10, 2023 10:41:30 GMT -5
Hikaru Shida winning the Womens World Title in the Main Event of Dynamite.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 10, 2023 11:15:22 GMT -5
Cody/Dustin embracing after their match at Double or Nothing 2019.
Mox's debut at DoN 2019.
The end of the first Dynamite with the wild brawl including Mox putting Kenny through a glass table.
Cody moonsaulting off the cage against Wardlow.
Britt bleeding v Thunder Rosa.
Punk's debut.
Almost all of the Punk/MJF promos.
MJF/Cole hugging after losing to FTR.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 10, 2023 11:36:49 GMT -5
Some of the obvious ones have already been said, so here's another one
The Adam Cole and Brian Danielson double debut was insane when it happened.
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Post by Bo Rida on Sept 10, 2023 11:40:02 GMT -5
A few I doubt many others will say
Jericho unleashing the hounds on Vanguard 1. The last minutes of the first parking lot brawl Hangman taking the Stay Puft head off. Maki Itoh carrying on singing while chaos broke out around her Sammy getting chased by a golf cart/horse Regal's scars vignette and Eddie's pre-ppv promo with Mox Jake Robert' ceaser promo, shame he never hit those heights again Sting and OC's...faceoff?
But personally the entire experience of being at Wembley, singing MJF's theme perhaps being the singular moment.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Sept 10, 2023 12:09:46 GMT -5
Cody/Dustin embracing after their match at Double or Nothing 2019. Mox's debut at DoN 2019. The end of the first Dynamite with the wild brawl including Mox putting Kenny through a glass table. Cody moonsaulting off the cage against Wardlow. Britt bleeding v Thunder Rosa. Punk's debut. Almost all of the Punk/MJF promos. MJF/Cole hugging after losing to FTR. I feel crazy for not putting down Cody and Dustin's actual match. Probably still one of my favorites in AEW. Amazing moment and storytelling. Also, I don't know how much it counts and it's not exactly just one moment but I can't remember a time recently when I was more hyped than the videos leading to AEW actually being on TV/PPV. The Road To videos like when the announced JR would be commentating and all those. So sick to watch AEW form from the ground up.
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Sept 10, 2023 13:50:50 GMT -5
Dark Order/Hangman entrance in the 5 Vs 5 with the Elite.
Still think they should have won that match but....
Hangman's return in the ladder match to enable him to challenge Omega was also great.
Punk's return.
Eddie Kingston's debut promo.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2023 13:55:06 GMT -5
Cody vs. Dustin hit me harder than I ever expected it to...It will always be a huge moment in AEW for me and is still likely my "best" as it's the first thing I think of
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Post by Venti on Sept 10, 2023 14:29:15 GMT -5
The Danielson vs Omega match on Dynamite that ended in the time limit draw is probably my favorite thing that I've seen in AEW personally.
There's been lots of great matches, but that one in particular sticks with me for some reason.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 10, 2023 14:42:46 GMT -5
- Hangman finally winning the big one at Full Gear 2021
- Cody vs Dustin at DoN 2019, which was a sleeper for MOTY 2019.
- The end of All Out 2021 bringing in both Adam Cole AND Bryan Danielson. And that's on top of Minoru Suzuki making his first AEW appearance earlier in the show.
- Omega vs Danielson at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Ending it with a time limit draw made me only want to see even more of it. Arguably one of the best free TV matches ever.
- As much as he's tainted his image with me, that CM Punk debut at the United Center was special.
I don't think it's any surprise that a lot of the moments I thought of were in 2021. That felt like AEW's best year so far and a huge jump from the year before. Granted, it's not like they or anyone else could've helped what happened in 2020.
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Post by bob on Sept 10, 2023 14:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by Cyno on Sept 10, 2023 15:19:55 GMT -5
One more to add: hearing that coin drop and the crowd ERUPTING knowing that Kazuchika Okada was about to make his AEW debut.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Sept 10, 2023 15:26:37 GMT -5
Punk's return and Hangman's title win made me genuinely emotional
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Post by chronocross on Sept 10, 2023 15:46:19 GMT -5
Christian Cage beating Kenny Omega for the Impact Title on the first Rampage show.
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