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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 17:09:33 GMT -5
They did, just not in the style you probably prefer to see. Should be fun watching the discourse from those that have little or no experience with Japanese wrestling because that was very much your usual high level Wrestle Kingdom match in pretty much everyway. It was the style that put NOAH on the map if we want to go further.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 17:02:15 GMT -5
What I loved about that part in particular is because of how it was set up, the only way it could end was Sting no selling and clotheslining them both and whilst the people watching and in the crowd knew that, it happening got a bigger reaction because it actually happened if that makes sense.
I share the sentiment in the Bucks being the perfect last opponents for Sting and Darby because one of the things that brought them to the dance is being the biggest shitheads and making the crowd desperate for the good guys to beat them up so putting them in front of a crowd there to see Sting do just that and then doing the right moves to add to that reaction is a source for absolute magic that happened on Sunday.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 16:28:50 GMT -5
Come on, we’re just getting silly now. Yes! He was the best thing about Eternals and was a highlight of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He's a scene stealer in everything. His episode of Murderville is one of the best.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 13:43:51 GMT -5
Come on, we’re just getting silly now.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 11:36:00 GMT -5
Going out on your back should only be done if it makes sense. No point in doing things if the only reason is "that's what you do". Like, I know Corbin/Angle was a big talking point before this weekend because Darby referenced it without saying as much but what did it actually do for Baron Corbin? 5 years later, the only thing he's gotten out of it was Drew McIntyre kicking out of his finisher and basically becoming an NXT mainstay for some reason. There was no real reason to do it if there wasn't going to be a benefit from doing it. At least with HBK/Flair and Taker/HBK, those lead to things either at the next PPV (Batista feuding with Michaels getting revenge on Flair's behalf) or the next year (HHH/Taker and the matches after that). Corbin retired a several time champion and basically was Austin Theory before Austin Theory got a developmental deal. If you don't plan on having Darby get revenge on the Bucks for retiring Sting, then you might as well have Sting win and take advantage of the slow build for the tag division they've been doing surrounding all of this.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 11:30:02 GMT -5
"WrestleMania VII was moved out of the Coliseum because of security reasons." They're still holding steady on this one even on last night's Sgt. Slaughter WWE Biography on A&E. They had documents on screen that showed that roughly 12,000 tickets had been sold by mid-February (for a venue they were hoping would hold 104,000), and then showed the press release from when the move to the Sports Arena was announced - and only 16,000 tickets had been sold to that point. Yet they continued to hammer home the company line that because of the exorbitant costs of increased security at the Coliseum, a move to a smaller venue was necessitated. Other thing that makes it weirder is, like, even if that is in any way true, why would you go from a big LA venue to a smaller LA venue? Because if there were people threatening Slaughter and WWF how it was, you're just going to a more cramped space where more damage can be done instead of a stadium where, at the very least, the damage wouldn't be as big. Just go somewhere away from Los Angeles. It'd be like saying you can't use a RV as a transport but instead everyone goes cross country in a Mini Cooper.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 10:57:52 GMT -5
It’s worse than that. Vacant has only worked one match ever. For Progress. In a Rumble. They keep getting given belts like they’re Pokemon cards despite not working as hard. They make Roman Reigns look like 2010s era Dean Ambrose in comparison. It doesn't help the bastard got an AJPW Tag Title run before damn near every World Strongest Tag League. They didn't even have a partner! They can't keep getting away with it! They're almost as bad as Lenny Lane!
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 10:50:02 GMT -5
Without revealing any spoilers, I was re-watching the ending and I just want to say Ichiban may join Arthur Morgan as one of the most noble characters in video game history. I wasn’t too sure when I saw they were replacing Kiryu as the new protagonist but they really knocked it out of the park with Ichiban. He and his supporting cast are very much worthy of following in the footsteps of Kiryu, Majima, Saejima, Akiyama, etc. It's a great approach because, frankly, the best way of replacing a character like Kiryu is to not have him being a carbon copy but keep the stance of knowing what's right and wrong. It's a hard thing to pull off, and basically changing genres (besides the Judgment games obviously), but they did it almost seamlessly.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 10:35:27 GMT -5
I genuinely thought he was dead after that superkick. Was just laying there super still He was crawling up when Darby came back in and pushed Nick to the table, you'd have to have looked in a corner.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 10:24:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm okay with that idea. I'm over Flair, I have zero interest in him doing anything anymore. If you wanna parade him out for a legends appearance or something, sure, I'm okay with that. But no more involvement in storylines please What he said. If he's not going to clear off, just have him pop up in the Carolinas to wave or whatever.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 10:01:03 GMT -5
Both the last 5 minutes of this and Danielson/Kingston had the same effect of "God, I need a nap". I was at a cast party and missed the first 2/3 of the show. So I will revisit and see Kingston vs Danielson because it's one of my favorite feuds right now. Someone described it as less of a AJPW match but a NOAH match which considering some of the blows to each other...extremely accurate. F***ing great, though.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:56:52 GMT -5
It’s worse than that. Vacant has only worked one match ever. For Progress. In a Rumble. They keep getting given belts like they’re Pokemon cards despite not working as hard. They make Roman Reigns look like 2010s era Dean Ambrose in comparison. Eeh...some say it was Vacant under the mask of God on his match against the McMahons Oh, "Vacant is God" truthers. They're the worst, trying to justify Vacant's laziness over the prospect of them being some kind of entity. Pfft.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:46:06 GMT -5
Considering the "Turner" networks are also carrying wall-to-wall coverage of March Madness, I think this is a pretty cool bit of cross-promotion from TK here. I wonder if they'll buy ad time to advertise their own tournament during the games that air on TNT, TBS and any other d-list networks Zaslav owns. Funnily enough, TK actually made comparisons to March Madness during the press conference for the tag tournament so I think that might be an idea.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:31:51 GMT -5
I would love to know the plan for ‘Mania if Ali wasn’t concussed like, if he was actually supposed to win or if someone like Orton was supposed to be involved, something like that. Has anyone ever said anything about it? Owens-Bryan was the working plan before Kofimania took off. Really? That wouldn't have been too bad, actually. Nowhere near as memorable as Kofimania but still.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:30:03 GMT -5
That match was the epitome of "**** I need a cigarette." Both the last 5 minutes of this and Danielson/Kingston had the same effect of "God, I need a nap".
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:27:00 GMT -5
I haven't been an AEW watcher in a couple of years, but it seems to me you could have gotten heat on the Bucks as heel EVPs if they had come out on Dynamite and stripped Darby of the titles since he doesn't have a partner. Tony just announcing it in a scrum seems like a misses opportunity. Yeah but I think that falls too much on a heel authority thing which they seem intent (thankfully) on avoiding. They just seem to want to use the EVP thing as "better than you" thing, like a modern version of a rich person gimmick. But the scrums tend to live outside kayfabe most of the time so they could easily take credit for it. Yeah, that's my take on it, too. I think the EVP characters work because they're acting like they have power and authority without showing it off if that makes sense. Like, threatening to take action rather than actually doing it. So them trying to act like they got in TK's ear to make it happen makes sense on TV especially if they're in an easy first round match or something.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 9:03:57 GMT -5
I would love to know the plan for ‘Mania if Ali wasn’t concussed like, if he was actually supposed to win or if someone like Orton was supposed to be involved, something like that.
Has anyone ever said anything about it?
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 8:57:46 GMT -5
Vacant’s been politicking ever since he stole the title from Hogan, Dibiase and Andre the Giant in 88. Three dudes in one night! He tried to pull the same crap in 1992 before Tunney busted his ass and then Flair beat him in the Rumble. It’s worse than that. Vacant has only worked one match ever. For Progress. In a Rumble. They keep getting given belts like they’re Pokemon cards despite not working as hard. They make Roman Reigns look like 2010s era Dean Ambrose in comparison.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 8:36:13 GMT -5
I was of the opinion that Sting should lose and they can rebuild the new division around the Bucks but as the entrance for Sting went on and the match itself went on...yeah, I can gladly say I was completely wrong and Sting and Darby winning was the right move. Not just because of the story of the match itself but because that crowd was ready, savoring to watch Sting win one more time and giving it to them felt more satisfying not just for the status of the show but for future business in Greensborough. Sometimes the obvious choice is the right one. EDIT: And I'm also someone who said when someone asked "Should AEW sign Sting?", I was one of many who said "I don't know what he'd bring" and man, I haven't so much eaten my words as had a whole buffet of them. Don't feel so bad, even this lifelong Little Stinger doubted thr signing. Not just age but the whole neck issue was something to keep in mind. Then he took a Powerbomb from Brian Cage. And he wasn't hurt. He took the bump. Then slowly but surely the insane dives came in. Sometimes he did look his age but that's alright because every time he did the beating of his chest it was the Early/Mid 90s again. And Sting also played into it as with Orange Cassidy. So yeah, Sting proved the doubters wrong & it was fun to see. And can we take in that Sting ended hos career in the building he got made in, in WCW Territory, with the 2 guys who called some of his greatest moments in a promotion that's on Turner networks? God, that powerbomb still lives in my head only because I remember Cage setting him up and I was thinking "Oh, here comes Darby to stop him because Sting can't surely be taking this move after every-" and then my mind ended up in a default "jaw agape" state as he was left laying. And then, as you said, that was nothing compared to him jumping off stages and platforms like he was ticking off a bucket list.
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Post by eJm on Mar 4, 2024 8:30:52 GMT -5
Get the push, get screwed over at the big show and then have the rematch overshadowed by the champion's famous relative who became a member of management? the champion's famous relative you say? The champion is Samoa Joe, so perhaps there's some kind of Samoan bloodline he could....oh I mean, it's super obvious. Will Arnett. Doy.
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