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Ozymandius
Got fined anyway. Possibly a Moose
James Franco is the white Donald Glover
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 22, 2024 6:25:03 GMT -5
...Toni threatening to consistently punch Deonna right in the vagina has been one of the best ongoing parts of this
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Post by CeilingFan on Feb 22, 2024 9:26:50 GMT -5
I really hope we get Mone vs Storm at Double Or Nothing!
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on Feb 23, 2024 2:08:13 GMT -5
The lipstick this week my goodness. Toni is killing this. This seems to be her love child and she’s having a blast with it.
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mj0mn0m
Unicron
Watch me or I go Houdini! ✨️
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Post by mj0mn0m on Feb 28, 2024 23:41:38 GMT -5
Gonna read and watch all of this thread tomorrow so I'll be up-to-date with everything.
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UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Mar 4, 2024 1:08:10 GMT -5
So... Match could have been better but the extracurricular business was great around this match tonight. We thinking she loses the title to Mone at the next PPV?
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Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby
Grimlock
Blanket burrito season is back, and I never left the blankets
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 4, 2024 1:14:27 GMT -5
So... Match could have been better but the extracurricular business was great around this match tonight. We thinking she loses the title to Mone at the next PPV? Hard to say. Jamie Hayter would make the most sense for taking Storm's title if she's back in time, but that's not a sure thing. Deonna winning a rematch is probably only viable if AEW does a double turn, which they are probably loathe to do in order to keep a Storm/May build intact. I'm not sure what a good timeline for Storm/May should even be, for that matter. Athena storming back to the main roster for the AEW title would also work, but is also dependent on when the Athena/Billie ball finally drops for good. A returning Britt Baker would be equally perfect for Mone to knock down or to fill out Storm's title reign. Basically, there are a lot of good options, but all of them are on ambiguous timelines.
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A Little Doo Doo
Salacious Crumb
An unconventional man with unconventional methods.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 4, 2024 1:16:15 GMT -5
So proud to call this woman my AEW Women's World Champion. Her 5 star personality and vibes more than make up for the 3 star matches! Bring on the next pretender.
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Post by CeilingFan on Mar 4, 2024 3:45:43 GMT -5
Mariah May managed to fool me tonight
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Post by Mid-Carder on Mar 4, 2024 6:29:01 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
FANatic
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 4, 2024 6:36:07 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again Her Dynamite matches have been good, something about the PPV matches seem a bit more off. Not really sure what it is, I don't even think she's even changed her style up that much from her usual so I couldn't tell you what it is I don't think the women's matches are in any danger of quality with the girls they have and are likely to be getting added and back from injury. I don't envision Toni holding the belt forever
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Facetious
King Koopa
ADAM COLE BAYBAY
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Post by Facetious on Mar 4, 2024 10:10:09 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again Nah you're right. I think she's using the gimmick to take it easy for a bit. She's getting over on character work vs ring work.
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Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 4, 2024 10:14:49 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again Yeah. The gimmick/character work is just tremendous but her in ring work is kinda mid. Lat night's match seemed especially plodding.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Mar 4, 2024 10:16:39 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again I don't actually know how hot of a take this is, but I don't actually think Toni Storm has ever been an especially stellar wrestler. She's serviceable and occasionally has excellent matches with the right opponent (and the hip attack is one of the most brutal looking signature moves in wrestling right now), but overall I find her matches to usually just be alright. But, she's one of my absolute favorite wrestlers going right now. She's insanely charismatic and genuinely funny. I don't think she really needs to be a 5-star in ring worker or anything. The actual matches are sort of secondary to the character work, and I think that's perfectly fine.
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Post by boogie on Mar 4, 2024 12:55:00 GMT -5
Probably an unpopular opinion but much as I love her, I think the gimmick is starting to make her matches less good. I don't want the women's matches to be the worst on the card again I feel she is also not using her gimmick either that much in her matches. She has incredible personality work outside the ring but where is her personality in the ring? She used to be more talkative and do funny things such as "it's time for a titty slap". The fact she isn't doing her character work in this match was disappointing. I thought the match structure was poor for what the performers were capable of.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Mar 4, 2024 13:08:15 GMT -5
I thought they set up going into this match that Toni was going to be more serious and do some technical wrestling to match Deonna's style.
The "problem" (Not Marina Shafir) is that didn't make for a particularly impressive or crowd pleasing match in comparison to all the other crazy shit that we saw last night
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A Little Doo Doo
Salacious Crumb
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 4, 2024 13:12:07 GMT -5
Didn't see the match, but I did just watch the segment from Collision that I missed and laughed harder than I should've at "Deonna Purrazzo, I must speak with you right now, please, come to this ring. This instant."
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asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by asuka007 on Mar 4, 2024 13:43:10 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like we’ve reached an interesting point with Toni.
She’s a heel, but the crowd doesn’t want to boo her. Yet she does all of her heel shenanigans. So it makes her matches feel weird From a psychology standpoint.
Like AEW lacks a true top babyface right now that Toni can play the heel off of.
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jm
Hank Scorpio
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Post by jm on Mar 4, 2024 14:31:41 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like we’ve reached an interesting point with Toni. She’s a heel, but the crowd doesn’t want to boo her. Yet she does all of her heel shenanigans. So it makes her matches feel weird From a psychology standpoint. Like AEW lacks a true top babyface right now that Toni can play the heel off of. If AEW wants a true babyface to play off of Toni, they should be Toni/Mariah sooner rather than later. Have Toni drop the title at Dynasty, and then feud with Mariah.
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Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby
Grimlock
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 4, 2024 14:37:09 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like we’ve reached an interesting point with Toni. She’s a heel, but the crowd doesn’t want to boo her. Yet she does all of her heel shenanigans. So it makes her matches feel weird From a psychology standpoint. Like AEW lacks a true top babyface right now that Toni can play the heel off of. They even more don't have heels, though. Short of probable debuts like Megan Bayne and Kamille, the only actual active heels right now are Storm, May, Hart, Blue, Saraya, and Cameron, with the rest carrying ROH. And it's not as simple a matter as moving wrestlers up from ROH, because Storm feuding with Nyla Rose, Taya Valkyrie, or Mercedes Martinez isn't going to do anything especially interesting.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Mar 4, 2024 14:43:40 GMT -5
I thought the match was fine if not really good last night but I do think the crowd not being super into the match played a part in it. Felt like they tried to wrestle more of a Deonna match which works much better with her as the heel, but I also think Toni's character may have played a part in the match as well
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