JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 https://www.gofundme.com/f/cody-rhodes-neck-tattoo-removal?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+exp4vb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Orange Cassidy is the man. That was great (interference aside) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I'm warming to Orange Cassidy, that was a great match. I'll not be impressed if this main event is riddled with shenanigans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Crowd are ready for a Mox win. Personally have no preference as they're both doing great things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Choir was a very nice touch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Oh we're following the modern day Jericho formula with this one. Anything goes and a camera spot early doors . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Pretty solid main event given Jericho’s limitations. 100% the right outcome - they had to strike when the iron was hot with Mox. Really fun show. I’m still not over how good that tag match was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Standard Jericho main event there, nothing special. But good call on Moxley, I assume a rematch will be his first defence. Well it was worth paying for this show just to see that Omega/Page vs Young Bucks match, the rest was a bonus really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I've watched the tag match again. f**k sake. Absolutely staggering stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 That tag match had to be one of the best half hours I've ever spent watching Wrestling. It was absolutely ridiculous. All 4 men are fucking amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 That tag match was just outstanding. There was very little wrong with this ppv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 They were pulling shit from years ago, and paying off so much different stuff. I think if you never knew the rivalry leading to it, it'd still be a great match, but the way that they incorporated so much was really rewarding for folk following AEW as well. I stick by my original hyperbole, but bear in mind I'm a massive mark for good tag wrestling. That was one of the best matches I've ever seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I'm delighted there was no blow off to the whole Elite angle last night. There is still mileage in it and the double tease with Bucks and Omega standing side on to Page at one point as if about to superkick him and then Page teasing the lariat a few seconds later was subtle and brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Also, Orange Cassidy's pyro had me howling. It couldn't be arsed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 A theme of the night seemed to be how smartly worked the matches were. Orange Cassidy vs. PAC was another great example. Having PAC toying with Cassidy in the early going allowed us to get the usual shenanigans while allowing PAC to come off still being the hard b*****d. I was a touch worried about how the match would play out in regards to how PAC would look, but they did it really well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwick-the-unbeatable Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I'm with the lad on here that thought AEW went pretty stale and took a bit of abuse. Until about 4-5 weeks ago when it really started building for last night, I think it'd become pretty flat for the casual viewer. I get that for your hardcore it might be serving up far a better show than Raw & SmackDown, but I don't necessarily think that's enough to draw casual fans back and for me, NXT began to better it with ease (probably benefitting from a PPV being a little closer, too). AEW definitely picked up in the run up to this, and I think I'd go as far as saying last night was the best PPV I've seen, with everyone raising their game as they should. I generally dislike tag team wrestling matches, and don't get the hype behind superkicking a c**t every 3 seconds, hot tags and the like, but every moment felt well thought out in that match and almost as thought it was proving a point that it can be far more than the usual tropes - it couldn't have been any better, really. I didn't watch the women's match but every other match felt meaningful. Guevara v Allin (especially), Pac v Cassidy and MJF v Cody were all great, while Hager v Dustin & Jericho v Mox did what they had to do. Everything was entertaining. Sammy is ridiculously good all round. Personally, I think AEW would benefit hugely from upping the number of PPVs they have. The gap between feels way too long and I think they'd be able to sustain momentum more easily with one every two months. Hopefully the War Games style thing helps bridge the gap to the next one a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, berwick-the-unbeatable said: Personally, I think AEW would benefit hugely from upping the number of PPVs they have. The gap between feels way too long and I think they'd be able to sustain momentum more easily with one every two months. Hopefully the War Games style thing helps bridge the gap to the next one a bit. The only problem I'd have with that, is that I much prefer the slow storyline build rather than the 1 month feud that more regular PPV's seem to encourage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I think the format is fine as it is. A big reason the recent weeks worked so well is that they used the time to slowly build these characters. I don't think you'd get the sort of product that AEW have been throwing out there if you made PPVs more regular. I could see the quality go down big time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwick-the-unbeatable Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: The only problem I'd have with that, is that I much prefer the slow storyline build rather than the 1 month feud that more regular PPV's seem to encourage. I think that's why I'd stick it to once every two months rather than matching up with the one a month model. A happy medium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Orange Cassidy is easily my favourite thing in wrestling at the moment, the guys outstanding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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