HarmonicGenerator

Sami Zayn’s entrance this week was something special.

I’ll happily have Danielson vs PAC at Wembley please. Ospreay and Swerve for the World title would have been on my card but I’d rather see Swerve and Hangman in a stadium setting, so Ospreay vs Okada will do. That’s a decent triple header. Oh, and Jamie Hayter returning to beat Toni for the Women’s title please. Anyway, I was up for paying for Dynasty as soon as they said Danielson vs Ospreay. Interest confirmed with PAC vs Okada. I’m also keen on seeing Joe vs Swerve, and Willow vs Julia. It’s a great card.

Happy birthday and may the fifth dawn be a real not false one!

Hidden subtext of the whole Rhodes vs Bloodline saga?

This was my wife’s impression too. Her only thought while watching it was that Joe came across really well. It’s more opinion on the actual footage than I have, I mainly just wish they hadn’t shown it. It doesn’t feel like AEW has much goodwill behind it anymore, even though they’re giving us PAC vs Okada in a couple of weeks, because of decisions like this. No need. My wife also very much enjoyed Timeless Toni’s Champagne Reception. She laughed, she loved the colour split screen, she was shocked when Toni tried to remove Rosa’s face paint. Good bit of business all round and I’d so much rather we were talking about stuff like this than that stupid backstage footage.

If you’re 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) “whatever we want”. So where was the Over The Edge 1998 style rewriting the rulebook as they went? Why didn’t they say “in Bloodline Rules, nobody is allowed to hit Roman Reigns ever” or “in Bloodline Rules, Cody Rhodes requires a 20 count to win but Roman Reigns only needs a 1”? Logically if the rules are “whatever we want” 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!

Wondering if they’re 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 I’m buying Dynasty to see it, but if they want to wrap PAC in cotton wool after that until August that is fine because I can’t have him getting injured and missing All In again. ”I’m calling you out, bonny lad!” Yes PAC! This episode also had a great Dustin promo. He never said “bonny lad” and he has zero chance of winning the title but it was great nonetheless.

If I hadn’t 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.

Is that Dasha as in the ring announcer? I hadn’t realised that was her surname if so!

Now now…. But yeah. Absolute nonsense. I had fun but it’s not good.

Where’s this one available? It sounds fun.

Yes! The best choice.

If we’re 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.

It should have been Chung destroying the competition and walking straight into the final. That’s what I wanted to see tonight. I know injuries can’t be avoided but we shouldn’t have an Eliminator in the semi final where I don’t care if either of them wins.

Following his match against all the big lads, Shawn Stasiak gets a singles match in AEW. Meat vs The Butcher.

You’d have thought “no outside interference” would be a standard rule for most matches.

Shawn Stasiak vs. All the big lads. GIVE ME MEAT MADNESS.

We've had threads like this before, but since I can't remember how long ago or what it was called, here's another one. This thread was inspired by the cold I currently have. It is causing me to sneeze quite a lot, quite loudly. While sneezing this morning, I realised that, when I sneeze standing up, my sneeze is accompanied by me slapping my leg with whichever hand is not covering my nose, to intensify the noise, in exactly the same way a wrestler will slap his leg when hitting a superkick, a big boot or a punch. This is the only explanation I can think of for why I might do this - it's not conscious - and I have no idea how long I've been doing it for, but I'm blaming the subversive influence of wrestling. There are other ways wrestling and its inspirations have crept into my everyday life, and all of them are silly. For instance, our shower is more an oval shape than a square or rectangle... so naturally the act of opening and closing it starts to resemble a pod in the Elimination Chamber. That's the sort of thing I'm looking for... how has your fandom of wrestling snuck into your day-to-day existence? The weirder and sillier the better. And if anyone else does the superkick-leg-slap when they sneeze, let me know it's not just me...