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Iâm off today so got to spend my morning watching.
I really liked PAC vs. Okada and could have happily watched them do another 20 minutes.
Happy Willow won, would have been fine with them having a not-so-short match. Mercedes is losing me each time she appears, hopefully by the time she has a match sheâll show why sheâs a good signing.
Iâm very ready for The Sabbatical Of Jericho.
Danielson vs. Ospreay was incredible. Impossible to follow that. I didnât love the ending and that did take some of the shine off, but right up to the shaky neck injury it had all the stars from me. What a match.
Swerve is champ! Found it hard to focus on the match after Danielson-Ospreay but this is a good move and excited to see where they go next.Â
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I treat Khali as a world champion very differently, because the title he won had only been around for about five years when he won it, and didnât really mean a lot anyway. Jinder won the title, the one thatâs supposed to go back to 1963 as the pinnacle of the company. Thatâs worse.
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I donât recognise the name Soner Durson at all. Who was he? (He?)
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Sami Zaynâs entrance this week was something special.
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Iâll happily have Danielson vs PAC at Wembley please. Ospreay and Swerve for the World title would have been on my card but Iâd rather see Swerve and Hangman in a stadium setting, so Ospreay vs Okada will do. Thatâs a decent triple header.
Oh, and Jamie Hayter returning to beat Toni for the Womenâs title please.
Anyway, I was up for paying for Dynasty as soon as they said Danielson vs Ospreay. Interest confirmed with PAC vs Okada. Iâm also keen on seeing Joe vs Swerve, and Willow vs Julia. Itâs a great card.
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Happy birthday and may the fifth dawn be a real not false one!
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42 minutes ago, JLM said:
My dad could beat up your dad.
Hidden subtext of the whole Rhodes vs Bloodline saga?
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1 hour ago, poetofthedeed said:
We can't overlook that in the midst of all that, Samoa Joe just looked like the coolest motherfucker ever as he walked Perry away like a parent not letting their child gets ice cream.
This was my wifeâs impression too. Her only thought while watching it was that Joe came across really well. Itâs more opinion on the actual footage than I have, I mainly just wish they hadnât shown it. It doesnât feel like AEW has much goodwill behind it anymore, even though theyâre giving us PAC vs Okada in a couple of weeks, because of decisions like this. No need.
My wife also very much enjoyed Timeless Toniâs Champagne Reception. She laughed, she loved the colour split screen, she was shocked when Toni tried to remove Rosaâs face paint. Good bit of business all round and Iâd so much rather we were talking about stuff like this than that stupid backstage footage.
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If youâre going to apply logic to the end of that match, I say you have to apply logic to the rest of it. Heyman said in the backstage interview earlier in the night that Bloodline Rules meant (paraphrasing) âwhatever we wantâ.
So where was the Over The Edge 1998 style rewriting the rulebook as they went? Why didnât they say âin Bloodline Rules, nobody is allowed to hit Roman Reigns everâ or âin Bloodline Rules, Cody Rhodes requires a 20 count to win but Roman Reigns only needs a 1â? Logically if the rules are âwhatever we wantâ they could have done that.
But when you apply logic to wrestling you ruin the magic. Enjoy the cameos. Enjoy the run ins. Enjoy the match and enjoy The Story!
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1 hour ago, The King Of Swing said:
Oh and Ogogo finally returns just to be sucked into the Jericho blackhole. Fucking hell.
Wondering if theyâre planning to drag that bit out long enough that they have Jericho vs Ogogo at Wembley.
Speaking of Wembley, I am very excited for PAC vs Okada to the point Iâm buying Dynasty to see it, but if they want to wrap PAC in cotton wool after that until August that is fine because I canât have him getting injured and missing All In again.
âIâm calling you out, bonny lad!â Yes PAC!
This episode also had a great Dustin promo. He never said âbonny ladâ and he has zero chance of winning the title but it was great nonetheless.
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If I hadnât read this thread, I would have assumed the Bucks releasing exclusive footage from All In would have something to do with the fact that it was announced on the same show where FTR booked a match against them for the Tag Titles and the last time they wrestled was All In.
Which it still could be if they really wanted and that would be preferable. Just be fun, wrestling.
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Is that Dasha as in the ring announcer? I hadnât realised that was her surname if so!
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On 3/29/2024 at 3:03 PM, Hannibal Scorch said:
Godzilla x Kong containsÂ
 Reveal hidden contentsA vertical suplex between the two and Trevor from Eastenders
And thatâs the only positives I have. Woeful.
Now nowâŚ.
SpoilerIt also had Godzilla curling up like a little cat for a nice sleep in the Colosseum.
But yeah. Absolute nonsense. I had fun but itâs not good.
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8 hours ago, Lorne Malvo said:
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The Inventor - A stop-motion animation about Leonardo Da Vinci, voiced by Stephen Fry. I thought this was really charming and lovely. Might be a bit twee for some, but I had a great time with it.
Whereâs this one available? It sounds fun.
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3 hours ago, Frankie Crisp said:
Looks like you were bang on the money!
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/27/jeremy-allen-white-tipped-to-play-bruce-springsteen
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Yes! The best choice.Â
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1 hour ago, TheScarlettChad said:
I'd love to see a reverse of this thread, Like take Benoit for example, and Guerrero. Both were on nothing matches at 19, then main evented 20.Â
If weâre talking reverses, Bradshaw being in a nothing four way tag filler match at 20, followed by going into 21 as the longest reigning WWE Champion in years sticks out.
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On 3/10/2024 at 10:33 PM, Jazzy G said:
I didn't want either of the blokes to win tonight. I'm just waiting for Wes Vs Chung next time. That could be a cracking contest.
It should have been Chung destroying the competition and walking straight into the final. Thatâs what I wanted to see tonight. I know injuries canât be avoided but we shouldnât have an Eliminator in the semi final where I donât care if either of them wins.Â
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Following his match against all the big lads, Shawn Stasiak gets a singles match in AEW.
Meat vs The Butcher.
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Youâd have thought âno outside interferenceâ would be a standard rule for most matches.
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Shawn Stasiak vs. All the big lads.
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GIVE ME MEAT MADNESS.
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8 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:
He was bordering on too geordie for me, and I am good at understanding accents. The septics will struggle to understand him I tellt ya.Â
Whisht! Lad, haad yor gob. Heâs gaan canny and itâs a thing of beauty. Itâs not too Geordie til he changes his music to Blaydon Races. And Iâll pop for that ân al.
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PAC starting his promo with âA tellt ya!â is a beautiful thing.
I hope the trouble heâs looking for leads to a Wembley match with Danielson or something equally good for him.
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10 points - SmackDown: Shut Your Mouth
(the best wrestling games are this, HCTP and All Stars. I could have gone with any of them, but SYM was at the peak of my WWE fandom)
9 - The Last Of Us
(it had to be high. Engrossing story, big time emotional investment)
8 - Tekken Tag TournamentÂ
(the reason I wanted a PS2)
7 - Spider-Man PS4
(itâs very rare I 100% a game, especially in the last decade or so. Iâve done it for every game in this series. I love them)
6 - Pokemon Red
(Venusaur, Vaporeon, Raichu, Pidgeot, Mewtwo. I still remember my team)
5 - Guitar Hero 2
(it should be the Aerosmith one if Iâm completely honest with myself)
4 - Premier Manager 98
(Like with choice 1, this was at the peak of my football fandom and had everything I wanted)
3 - Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fuelled
(My wife and I played this nightly as part of our evening routine for about two years. And then I lost the disc when the PS4 broke. Gutting)
2 - Uncharted
(could have been any of them as I tend to play them as a series, but letâs say the first one)
1 - Star Wars Galaxy Of Heroes.Â
(I hate myself for how many hours Iâve wasted on this bloody game)
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TWC definitely opened my eyes to so much wrestling - itâs probably what made me a wrestling fan rather than a WWE fan. I didnât feel the urge to pay for Sky Sports anymore - not when Rollerball Rocco and Jushin Liger and AJ Styles and Bryan Danielson and Kenta Kobashi and CM Punk and Doug Williams were all there, free to watch.
When it first started, from the Friendly TV tests onwards, I watched everything. I soon figured out what was for me and what wasnât but it was probably the channel I had on most for a good couple of years. We got some really great stuff thanks to The Wrestling Channel. Â
Five matches that shaped your wrestling fandom
in UK Fan Forum
Posted · Edited by HarmonicGenerator
Iâve gone for âthese arenât the best matches and theyâre not my favourite matches but theyâre five matches with a special place in my heartâ as my metric.
Undertaker vs. Mankind, Hell In A Cell
I didnât watch it at the time. For years, all I had seen of it was the clip of the first fall from âdonât try this at homeâ. But as a newly re-hooked fan in late 2000, I read the section of Have A Nice Day Foley wrote about this match again, and again, and again. I couldnât believe it had really happened, that wrestling could be this spectacular.
TLCII, Mania X7
Then I saw this - and it was the ultimate stunt show spectacular. Having been desperate for Summerslam 2000 to be my first âPPVâ (I think it was on Sky Sports, I think you could see the first hour on one of the free channels because Iâm sure I saw at least up to X-Pac vs Road Dogg) I didnât convince my parents in time. So this was my first TLC match. I didnât convince them for Mania either and Iâd borrowed the tape off my friend David. I must have rewound Bubba and Mattâs big table bump dozens of times.
Jonny Storm vs Teddy Hart, TNA
The first match I saw on the first show I watched on the test broadcasts for what became The Wrestling Channel. My first steps into a larger world. Twenty years on, Iâm pretty sure it wouldnât stand up - it was only about three minutes and itâs Teddy Hart, for Bretâs sake - but it was like nothing Iâd seen before.
DâLo Brown vs Sheamus vs Assassin, Dan Fitchâs first show
Iâd been to WWE live before this show in October 2005, but I hadnât experienced just how fun wrestling could be live until this match, where the crowd just LOVED DâLo. Constant âDâLo is a legendâ chants for him, and I donât think it was an ironic hijacking thing, I think it was genuinely an audience who knew theyâd better recognise. Itâs the second most memorable part of that show behind a guy from Gateshead who was booked on the opening cruiserweight six way that was meant to showcase Spud, but who blew everyoneâs minds. From this show he went on to FWA, then within a couple of years wrestled El Generico in PWG, then went over to Dragon Gate, then WWE, and now heâs wrestling Okada on PPV. PAC has been my favourite since this show.Â
Stadium Stampede, All In London
I couldnât believe my wife was willing to come to a wrestling show with me. I had no expectations she would stick around longer than the first match. But her reactions to the cooking skewers, to OC getting beaten up, to SUUUUEEEE arriving⌠she stayed for the entire show. This match didnât make her a fan but I think itâs the match that made her understand the appeal of this stupid wrestling thing.