DavidB6937 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 It was fine. Maybe my expectations were too high that something amazing was going to happen, or we'd get some new champions etc. But everything was solid enough. I just didn't come away from it blown away or anything. It's tough being AEW as I think they often set the bar really high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetofthedeed Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Credit to aew, that bracket has made me think we're not getting omega/hangman in the tournament..... I know we probably are, but the idea of penta or fenix running the table with help from Kingston, and then you have pissed off hangman and whiny Kenny, that intrigues me.... Maybe even force them to team against the lucha bros and have kenny fully snap at the end. Also aew ending 2020 with mox vs penta in a Mexican deathmatch is what I really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Yeah, i 1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said: It was fine. Maybe my expectations were too high that something amazing was going to happen, or we'd get some new champions etc. But everything was solid enough. I just didn't come away from it blown away or anything. It's tough being AEW as I think they often set the bar really high. Yeah, it's a shame their anniversary show was so average given how good Dynamite has been recently. I kind of wish they'd not put all the titles on the line as it made each match feel very predictable for me and I struggled to get invested in them. Tony Schiavone was the MVP of this show though, his enthusiasm helps carry even the most inconsequential of match. His chemistry with Britt Baker is fantastic too, I really enjoy when they're on screen together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted October 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2020 I thought all the matches were great, even if the rest of the show lacked at times. Jericho & MJF’s segment was good fun, and throw in Kingston on commentary for the main as an added bonus. Good episode but lacked that anniversary surprise I was expecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrasslin Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: I thought all the matches were great, even if the rest of the show lacked at times. Jericho & MJF’s segment was good fun, and throw in Kingston on commentary for the main as an added bonus. Good episode but lacked that anniversary surprise I was expecting You were hoping for former WWE Champion Al Snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2020 Pretty average show, for me. Quite disappointing as an anniversary show. Dynamite is always at it's weakest when it's match-heavy with less emphasis on angles and promos so having one match go to a time-limit draw along with another three lengthy title matches on the same show just made it drag. Ortiz being a bad-ass on the mic was probably the highlight of the show.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 The highlight of a pretty blah show was Kingston cackling like a mad man at Moxley winning. Like he couldn't believe his luck. He looks like shit in ring gear, but I love Eddie on the mic. AEW really seems to struggle to live up to the hype of its bigger shows. The best shows always seem to come out of nowhere. Agreed as ever that it was probably due to the emphasis on wrestling minutes rather than angles. Jericho/MJF could've bombed a few times, and I hate it when a performer pulls up the other when they flub lines when if they hadn't, you probably wouldn't have noticed it. But by the end they'd pulled it around, and it's another example of Jericho knowing his opponent's strengths and building the angle around that. Young Y2J vs Old Y2J chatting shit over dindins. With Hager and Wardlow hanging over their shoulders, of course. Not sure how I feel about tension in the Inner Circle. I'd much prefer a drift off into other feuds than an official split. Trent vs FTR was decent, but too long. I say Trent, because Chuck was his usual blubbery self, either floppy because he's lazy or floppy because he's blown up. Feels like a comedown after the excellent P&P minivan angle. I fucking hate Cody. If I didn't find him disingenuous making out he's one of the boys while giving himself the biggest entrance, the biggest entourage, and nixing his new look as soon as Lee was out the way, he went and torpedoed the last of Cassidy's aura by insisting on having a Cody Match. Sure, tease you're going to lock up with the guy who never locks up. But don't kill that spot by doing it in the opening minutes. After that, Cassidy could've been anyone and it wouldn't have mattered. Plus he needs to decide if he's heeling or not. You can keep your tweener shit, and try to have your mate JR on comms covering it up by saying you have a temper, but you could feel the air go out of the room when he took some digs in on Orange then tried to gee up the crowd again. A fiery Orange Cassidy for 20 minutes doesn't work for me. I bet the time limit draw means the next one goes 30 minutes. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, but the Miro thing isn't working, is it? No one wants to boo Angry Rusev. A fucking tombola for a multi-tag. Nothing says deserved title shot like "Bryce Remsburg" pulled my name out of the bingo roller". Props to Big Tone for selling the Bucks' inclusion, but bad arrows to Private Party for going for the giddy noob vibe by eating superkicks they must have known were coming, even if Isiah did his best impression of Montez Ford taking a Stunner. On a show featuring Tully, Jake and Y2J, Matt Hardy feels like an anachronism. I could buy him as a tag-specialist coach/manager, but his in-ring days are done. I swear JR puts picture-in-picture over more than anyone on the roster. Women's bout was the usual. Main was good fun. Loved the angle earlier in the show, and LOVED Archer chucking a random through the entrance way. I still insist there's no one better at using the ringside cams than Archer right now. It was a solid but sparky brawl, as most of Mox's bouts are, with a good show-closing angle. I don't know if it was deliberate, but on my naughty feed, the end titles came on, then cut back to the ring with Eddie yelling "It ain't over til I say it is!" Nice. Now I just need Eddie to wrestle in his street wear, and I'm all in on the Mad King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 16, 2020 I thought it was a solid yet unspectacular show. - I felt more could have been made to celebrate the anniversary. Video packages, a different set or something. - Dynamite is always better when the focus is on angles and promos than matches. - opening tag was dull. Best Friends have already squandered the good will they gained from the amazing parking lot brawl. They just aren't very good. Or rather...Chuck Taylor isn't very good. - really enjoyed Miro stiffing the absolute shit out of people but would rather see him as a loveable babyface than a heel who gets mad when people accidentally break his toys. - Britt Baker is the best. Put the title on her and keep it there. She's a fantastic act and the only thing worth a damn in this lousy womens division. Heel champ Baker cheating her way to victory is what we need. - Cody is great at angles but quite dull in the ring. He should wrestle on TV once a month at most. And Orange Cassidy definitely needs a bit of a break. He's a great act but one they have to be careful not to overexpose. - Not sure why I'm supposed to care about Shawn Spears vs Scorpio Sky. - loved Archer and Mox attacking eachother backstage before their match. Feel like there was more mileage in this feud and it would have been a good main event for Full Gear. - not particularly keen on Hardy/Sammy continuing unless it ends up in Sammy visiting the Hardy Compound for the feud ender at Full Gear. - interesting stuff with Jericho and MJF and keen to see where it goes. It's funny but also veers back and forth into being annoying. Sammy's giant jacket was hilarious. - really enjoyed the main event and following angle. Mox is a great champion and it's refreshing to see a babyface rightly pushed long term on top as dominant, tough and smart. When was the last time that happened in mainstream US wrestling? - hate Archer's new music. - the booking is good but still feels haphazard and muddled at times. To be expected I suppose from a company run and booked by guys who have only been doing it for 1 year. Nothing is ever bad but sometimes it feels like not enough is happening when it absolutely should be. - I get that the roster is stacked but fucking hell to leave Brodie Lee, Omega, Page, Team Taz and loads more great acts off the show to have long matches from Best Friends and Cody is criminal. - there's a lot of depth in the roster and places to go with other wrestlers in the future but sometimes it's frustrating that they just don't seem to be moving things along. Waiting for the booking to go from subtle to exciting is really agonizing sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cutting Edge Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 To me pacing is an issue for them, they need to know when to pull the trigger on some stuff like Omega heel turn or it'll loose it's moment when it happens, Horsemen style group not sure where they are with that. They've got plenty going on and to work with which is a good thing. Said it in previous post but not a fan of Cody, everything seems forced and too ott. Also I read someone say his act is a subtle tongue in cheek dig at HHH with entrances, suits, 80s style, assume it came from him breaking the throne that time. Either way he needs to be a proper heel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Fighting over a video game cabinet? People aren't really into that, are they?  Tony Schiavone remains joyous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 17, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 17, 2020 Fighting because your opponent damaged/defaced your personal property is about as old a wrestling angle as there is, what's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 It's a pretty naff use of Handsome Miro though imo. He seems happy though I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I missed a week (helping myself to all inclusive in Greece in a Covid mask and rubber gloves) but has Miro done any best-manning? Was that arcade cab ringside any other weeks? It looked weird just sitting there socially-distanced from the rest of the world. Something like that is the kind of angle that would've worked better in QT Marshall's garage in early lockdown, when the shows looked like they were on in a pub function room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 44 minutes ago, CavemanLynn said: I missed a week (helping myself to all inclusive in Greece in a Covid mask and rubber gloves) but has Miro done any best-manning? Was that arcade cab ringside any other weeks? It looked weird just sitting there socially-distanced from the rest of the world. Something like that is the kind of angle that would've worked better in QT Marshall's garage in early lockdown, when the shows looked like they were on in a pub function room. Definitely not the 1st week the video game has been ringside. I missed a couple of weeks back but I don't think we've had the stag do yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted October 17, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 17, 2020 Yeah, they have regularly shown Kip and Miro playing the game in the crowd instead of actually watching the in ring action. Makes perfect sense for them to be pissed over it being broken as it seems they are obsessed with the game. Either that or the game is borrowed from Billy Mitchell and they know the King with be coming to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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