dbsot
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Post by dbsot on Aug 8, 2024 16:15:49 GMT -5
I wonder why they haven't announced Okada's match yet, are they hoping Kenny might be back We might be on the verge of Jarrett VS Hangman and it's a meaningful match. For this Gauntlet, I'm sure we will see some British Guys, wonder if Suzuki is in town that weekend, would love to see him. Okada has a face to face with Claudio next week on Dynamite. Claudio won a triple threat on Collision to be #1 contender for the Continental title. It looks like a pivot since Omega isn't ready. As much as that match will be awesome, it will be thrown together.
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Post by Hayabusa on Aug 8, 2024 16:53:47 GMT -5
Fantasy booking:
Danielson beats Swerve with a majorly unexpected heel turn, aligning with someone we wouldn't expect. His need to follow up on his pledge to win the world title makes him discard his honor.
Moxley wins the Casino Gauntlet.
Danielson beats Moxley at All Out in the Battle of BCC (who were not in on his heel turn)
Danielson beats Darby at Grand Slam
Kenny Omega returns and at the appropriate time is the one to dethrone heel Danielson. Danielson sees the error of his ways and does his full-time retirement later, with all the bells and whistles.
I think this would be a great story arc for AEW that could revive some more interest. I don't think anyone expects Danielson to renege on his full-time retirement pledge and do a heel run, so it'd be very shocking.
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Post by czwvsroh on Aug 8, 2024 17:51:23 GMT -5
Fantasy booking: Danielson beats Swerve with a majorly unexpected heel turn, aligning with someone we wouldn't expect. His need to follow up on his pledge to win the world title makes him discard his honor. Moxley wins the Casino Gauntlet. Danielson beats Moxley at All Out in the Battle of BCC (who were not in on his heel turn) Danielson beats Darby at Grand Slam Kenny Omega returns and at the appropriate time is the one to dethrone heel Danielson. Danielson sees the error of his ways and does his full-time retirement later, with all the bells and whistles. I think this would be a great story arc for AEW that could revive some more interest. I don't think anyone expects Danielson to renege on his full-time retirement pledge and do a heel run, so it'd be very shocking. I would rather Darby or young talent goes over.
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jm
Hank Scorpio
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Post by jm on Aug 8, 2024 19:16:12 GMT -5
PLEASE don't let it be Hangman/Jarrett in a singles match. As much as both men are awesome, it would be such a waste of Hangman at the biggest show of the year. If Hangman is in the Casino Gaunlet though and wins, then that'll be absolutely cool with me.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 9, 2024 8:01:58 GMT -5
Okay, so not because I want to be a downer here, but when I posted this stuff in the All In thread last year, a number of people told me that it was really helpful for them considering going to big wrestling shows, particularly at Wembley Stadium specifically, as neurodivergent people or introverts or just as wrestling fans who have particular viewpoints on what they want the experience of going to a wrestling show to be. I'm never going to a stadium wrestling show again myself, but I'm not discouraging others from doing so if that works for them!
So with that said, here is all the shit that made going to All In a bit of a f***ing travesty for me and culminated in me having a couple of autistic meltdowns over the rest of the weekend! This is not to discourage people to go, this is to make it so that my fellow neurodivergents and disabled folks can go into this situation armed with the relevant information.
- First of all, in case you hadn't already guessed, the entirety of the Wembley Stadium experience is a massively overwhelming from a sensory perspective. It's noisy, there's shitloads of people there, you are not going to be able to find a quiet place anywhere near or around the stadium from the moment you get there until you have left the Wembley area entirely. Not even a toilet cubicle! Queueing to get into the stadium was pretty fast and efficient but required being close to people in a lot of queues, getting security checked, etc. etc. and I for one found myself stuck in a long conversation with the guy in front of me about the show when I very much wanted to be left alone!
- If you're in the upper levels seats (I was on level 5) then the way up involves going up some escalators which have glass walls on the sides and are not attached to any walls. They're free standing. This was a f***ing nightmare for me as someone with vertigo, but I will say, once I got up the first level and saw the escalator I was going to have to be dealing with, I went and asked one of the staff and she let me take the lift up instead without question. I'm not sure all staff would make that same exception!
- If you're a tall person, then the vertigo sensation will potentially continue when you get to your seats if you're in the upper level. When I was stepping sideways along the rows to get to my seats, I felt extremely unstable, as the chairs in front of me barely got up to my knees, so I felt very much like I could fall really easily. There was not a lot of room for my feet to move, and I don't have particularly big feet. No idea how much of that is perception rather than reality, but there we go!
- The sound system in Wembley is f***ing garbage. Too quiet, but also too loud simultaneously somehow, echoey as f***, it just sounds altogether *bad*. It was an absolute nightmare.
- If you're someone who smokes, then you can't smoke in the stadium, and once you're in, you can't go out and come back in again, so if you go in when doors open like I did (which was roughly 3pm if I remember rightly?) you're looking at a whole work day's length of time where you can't smoke until you leave. However with that said, once the sun went down, in the upper levels, I was able to vape without security noticing, and some people were smoking up there too. And not just tobacco! Not that I'm advocating for that. Just saying it seemed like nobody got caught doing it.
- If you're vegetarian, the food options are terrible. I don't think they actually give much of a shit if you bring food in with you really. If you're not vegetarian, then there is food, it's just overpriced and mainly bad - I would say make sure that you do actually walk around the whole of the level though, as it's easy to get the impression that the food stalls repeat, but there actually is more variation than it seems. They don't do coffee, BTW. They do tea, but... it's not tea that anyone would want to drink, I tell you that much.
- If you're someone with chronic pain, like I have in my back and hips, Wembley's seats are f***ing awful. Bring a lot of painkillers with you if you're actually going, you're going to need 'em!
- I was on the upper levels in the nosebleeds, but facing towards the stage, so I could have had a *worse* view, I admit. But that said, loads of parts of the stadium have a much worse view (I eventually moved to sit with a mate elsewhere in the upper levels who had a free seat next to her and her end was blocked by so much of the f***ing lighting rig it was ridiculous) and you just end up watching the screens. I can watch a screen at home!
- They love pyro. The pyro is louder than *anything* else and you almost never get any warning about it. It's horrendous! One of the worst parts of the whole day.
- It's exhausting. It's so so so tiring. As I said above, if you go in when doors open you're talking about an eight hour day here, or longer.
- If you have the ability to leave without taking the Tube, for the love of f***, do that. Leaving the stadium was, again, fairly quick and efficient, but then the crowds going to the tube station were so immense that they literally had a f***ing traffic light system. It was one of the most overwhelming parts of the day - incredibly long day already, and then having to be in close physical proximity to a load of loud, sometimes drunk, often annoying wrestling fans (I had never seen LA Knight's 'Yeah' catchphrase before that night, but I never want to hear it ever a-f***ing-gain), and then crowd onto the tube train to get back. There is a curfew on the stadium so the tube is at least reasonably reliable at that time, but if you leave any other way you can literally just... let the crowds all disperse for 20-30 minutes and then leave at your own pace.
I think that's everything. I'll come back and update if I remember more.
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Post by Deputy Muscle on Aug 9, 2024 12:19:50 GMT -5
If they want a ticket boost they can do one thing to see an immediate uptake....
BOOK THE OUTRUNNERS
Guarantee they'd be over like rover at Wembley.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 10, 2024 16:20:44 GMT -5
All In is now up in Triller, along with a Double Pack with All Out
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Post by Ando9001 on Aug 11, 2024 4:32:25 GMT -5
Just after some advice because i didn't go to last years show - what time should i try to be at the stadium by? Shows at 5pm but i assume the pre show will begin at 4pm. I want to be for the whole show so what time should i aim to be there by?
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daaave
Don Corleone
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Post by daaave on Aug 11, 2024 5:54:49 GMT -5
When they say the show starts then that will include pre show. So I imagine 5pm be pre show. If I remember from last year I was filling out of Wembley around 10:30pm. So imagine 5pm pre show. 6:30pm main show
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 11, 2024 6:04:22 GMT -5
Just after some advice because i didn't go to last years show - what time should i try to be at the stadium by? Shows at 5pm but i assume the pre show will begin at 4pm. I want to be for the whole show so what time should i aim to be there by? I think the doors open at 3pm and there'll already be massive queues to get in by then
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:33:22 GMT -5
Just after some advice because i didn't go to last years show - what time should i try to be at the stadium by? Shows at 5pm but i assume the pre show will begin at 4pm. I want to be for the whole show so what time should i aim to be there by? I think the doors open at 3pm and there'll already be massive queues to get in by then Last year of I remember correctly the Zero Hour began at 1700 but beforehand they had a Miro/Hobbs Contract Signing and brawl as well as a Jarrett Crew face off with Paul Wight, Grado and Antony Ogogo
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 11, 2024 13:36:47 GMT -5
I think the doors open at 3pm and there'll already be massive queues to get in by then Last year of I remember correctly the Zero Hour began at 1700 but beforehand they had a Miro/Hobbs Contract Signing and brawl as well as a Jarrett Crew face off with Paul Wight, Grado and Antony Ogogo I think the latter was on Zero Hour. Can't say for sure the Miro/Hobbs confrontation
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:38:39 GMT -5
I don't think we are getting a Stadium Stampede type match. I think they want to load up the Gauntlet.
Is the Gauntlet Pre Show or Main Show because it could be a lengthy match and I can see MJF VS Osprey and Swerve VS Danielson going long also.
Would have thought the Tag Team and 6 Man Championship matches being set by now.
I can see MJF VS Osprey opening the Main Card, I'm guessing MJF will have a OTT American centric entrance that is better seen in daylight
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Eunös ✈
Dalek
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Aug 11, 2024 13:40:19 GMT -5
Will Osprey is going to win, whether he wants to or not.
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:40:25 GMT -5
As it's 2 weeks away now, I've not heard anything about any train/tube strikes, so I think we're safe now
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Aug 11, 2024 13:40:52 GMT -5
Last year of I remember correctly the Zero Hour began at 1700 but beforehand they had a Miro/Hobbs Contract Signing and brawl as well as a Jarrett Crew face off with Paul Wight, Grado and Antony Ogogo I think the latter was on Zero Hour. Can't say for sure the Miro/Hobbs confrontation Both were right before the actual "Zero Hour" show started - Hobbs called everyone "Chavs" as I recall.
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:48:03 GMT -5
Will Osprey is going to win, whether he wants to or not. Unless someone makes his debut aligning with MJF which is such a shocker that the crowd is too stunned to turn. Someone did block in Osprey's locker room door which may not have been Don Callis Here comes the....
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:48:54 GMT -5
I think the latter was on Zero Hour. Can't say for sure the Miro/Hobbs confrontation Both were right before the actual "Zero Hour" show started - Hobbs called everyone "Chavs" as I recall. I think the Zero Hour was longer than a hour but didn't bother telling the crowd beforehand
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daaave
Don Corleone
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Post by daaave on Aug 11, 2024 13:57:22 GMT -5
Not sure why the wiki has the 3way trios title match listed, when it's not been announced yet.
Also just realised Danielson is obviously coming out to Final Countdown and 50k chanting 'Final Countdown' is probably going to be the greatest thing ever
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Post by johncasey on Aug 11, 2024 13:59:50 GMT -5
Not sure why the wiki has the 3way trios title match listed, when it's not been announced yet. Also just realised Danielson is obviously coming out to Final Countdown and 50k chanting 'Final Countdown' is probably going to be the greatest thing ever Looks like something happened on Collision and there could be a 4th team to be added. Got to think that the full card is finalised on the next Dynamite
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