emo fight started way too late for me to watch it last night
popped it on just now
within ten minutes i already am mad i didn't stay up late to see this.
it is perfection.
a man is wrestling with a chain wallet.
Honestly I spent the entirety of Emo Fight rotating between “this is the greatest thing” and “why on earth am I still here?” The musical acts were just so bad, likely because they’re using the shitty GCW sound system, but then you had 4 perfect wrestling matches so yeah.
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Andy JoeWe claim the land for the highlord!The AdirondacksRegistered Userregular
I've never seen either of those two wrestle before but that match wasn't very good. Both of them are pretty clearly extremely talented, but they wanted to do a match where they told a story and it just really didn't flow, and it really didn't do a lot to highlight Carmelo, at all. Also kinda weird to have Bron give him the sign of respect after he got cheated out of the title, but I imagine that's more because he's done in NXT than because of any story reason.
emo fight started way too late for me to watch it last night
popped it on just now
within ten minutes i already am mad i didn't stay up late to see this.
it is perfection.
a man is wrestling with a chain wallet.
Honestly I spent the entirety of Emo Fight rotating between “this is the greatest thing” and “why on earth am I still here?” The musical acts were just so bad, likely because they’re using the shitty GCW sound system, but then you had 4 perfect wrestling matches so yeah.
Did MAO sing? Please tell me MAO sang one of his weird hardcore band's songs.
emo fight started way too late for me to watch it last night
popped it on just now
within ten minutes i already am mad i didn't stay up late to see this.
it is perfection.
a man is wrestling with a chain wallet.
Honestly I spent the entirety of Emo Fight rotating between “this is the greatest thing” and “why on earth am I still here?” The musical acts were just so bad, likely because they’re using the shitty GCW sound system, but then you had 4 perfect wrestling matches so yeah.
Did MAO sing? Please tell me MAO sang one of his weird hardcore band's songs.
Technically MAO sang, but it was at the beginning of the match to prove his emo cred (Wasted Youth dressed as Fall Out Boy so they were also in the clear).
Janela really used Mania weekend to showcase how good he can be on the indies again. I don't think it will result in a contract for him anywhere because he doesn't really work well in that environment anyway, but it's great that he's getting a chance to showcase why he's good and why there is a show named after him on Mania weekend.
Since Elon messed up and didn't make polls exclusive to twitter blue subscribers I have a very important question that needs answering. I've obviously excluding Pheromones and other wrestlers who expose their ass for offense and just including the ones who end up ass out in matches. I only have four slots or else Jungle Boy would be there too.
Since Elon messed up and didn't make polls exclusive to twitter blue subscribers I have a very important question that needs answering. I've obviously excluding Pheromones and other wrestlers who expose their ass for offense and just including the ones who end up ass out in matches. I only have four slots or else Jungle Boy would be there too.
Chris Brookes, Mizuki Watasem and Shunma Katsumata vs Second Gear Crew was a very good match. Love Legos in matches and the use of the storage containers looked almost as good as glass shattering everywhere.
Chris Brookes, Mizuki Watasem and Shunma Katsumata vs Second Gear Crew was a very good match. Love Legos in matches and the use of the storage containers looked almost as good as glass shattering everywhere.
Regarding the storage containers, the first time I can think of DDT using them as a main weapon was in NY. La Boom is across the street from a Home Depot and Takagi very obviously gave MAO $100 for their weapons rumble match and said "just get whatever the hell you can" and MAO came back with like, a dozen containers. They shattered EVERYWHERE and it was so scary because sharp plastic but also so cool looking.
I tell you this - two or so years ago MAO was involved in a hardcore match against Daisuke Sasaki at Shinjuku and brought out plastic containers as a weapon. At one point Sasaki threw MAO onto a container but instead of crashing through it he bounced right off and flew across the ring as Sasaki jumped back with a wtf look on his face.
MAO then tweeted that he would never use Japanese made containers again.
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NXT in general has not course corrected from the fuckawful 2.0 era as hard as I like but I do enjoy how nearly every character in NXT is just a different Shawn Michaels. Roxanne Perez did the collapsing after a win gimmick. Toxic Attraction's breakup was basically Shawn superkicking Marty but if Marty were dressed like early HBK biker cap Shawn and also got over from the angle like only Shawn did. Pretty Deadly are two Euorpean Shawns. Carmelo Hayes is a cocky athletic upstart who had to put his midcard championship on the line in a ladder match after a controversial finish. Gargano and Waller are both heavily inspired by HBK to the point where the angle directly involves him and them both growing up as fans of his. Even Big Body Javi is "what if HBK were a jobber."
Pheremones vs Bussy almost would have fit way better on Gay Brunch. Also that is some bullshit that Allie kept stopping Effy from trying to kiss Pheromones, he never stops her when she wants to kiss a lady on an opposing team that I've seen. Just a really fun match.
Radrick fighting a grappling battle with Yoshihiko and then catching them out of a dive and chucking Yoshihiko like 20 feet into the wall out of a razor's edge just was such an escalation out of nowhere that it was awesome.
I didnt' believe it when Dex posted about it since I'm not a fan of Radrick, but he had an amazing match against Yoshihiko and pulled off some amazing looking shit. Radrick throwing himself into the ring was so smooth I forgot it was a doll doing it to him, and how well Yoshihiko getting tossed into the ring from the floor and hitting a Destroyer on Radrick was magical.
Glad the GCW shows added a bunch of MotY contenders outside of AEW for me.
Grayson Waller is out here in the crowd gathering nuclear heat, he rules.
This reminds me of how The Osirian Portal would have breakdancing contests with fans waiting in line before a CHIKARA show. It's always cool to see somebody put in that extra character work.
Wrestlemania operates on a scale that reminds you that AEW is still a pretty young promotion. That's not a diss! It's just a reminder that they've got a lot of ground to make up
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Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
That was a cute thing to have the Make-a-Wish kids
I imagine that he's leaned down a bit to play...you know...normal sized humans. Also the quickest way to get into ring shape for a full length WrestleMania match without doing so much that you risk injury is to just drop the extra 30 pounds of show muscle you're carrying around.
+2
Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
John Cena putting over the kid.
Love to see it.
Also, lol Cena, you've been doing this for 20 years, you'd think by now you'd know the ref bump means the tap out isn't the win until the bell rings.
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I'm just glad she's back. That powerbomb botch was extremely bad.
Honestly I spent the entirety of Emo Fight rotating between “this is the greatest thing” and “why on earth am I still here?” The musical acts were just so bad, likely because they’re using the shitty GCW sound system, but then you had 4 perfect wrestling matches so yeah.
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Rick's already been banned from the rest of WrestleCon, per PWInsider who spoke with the promoter
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Did MAO sing? Please tell me MAO sang one of his weird hardcore band's songs.
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Technically MAO sang, but it was at the beginning of the match to prove his emo cred (Wasted Youth dressed as Fall Out Boy so they were also in the clear).
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Regarding the storage containers, the first time I can think of DDT using them as a main weapon was in NY. La Boom is across the street from a Home Depot and Takagi very obviously gave MAO $100 for their weapons rumble match and said "just get whatever the hell you can" and MAO came back with like, a dozen containers. They shattered EVERYWHERE and it was so scary because sharp plastic but also so cool looking.
I tell you this - two or so years ago MAO was involved in a hardcore match against Daisuke Sasaki at Shinjuku and brought out plastic containers as a weapon. At one point Sasaki threw MAO onto a container but instead of crashing through it he bounced right off and flew across the ring as Sasaki jumped back with a wtf look on his face.
MAO then tweeted that he would never use Japanese made containers again.
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Glad the GCW shows added a bunch of MotY contenders outside of AEW for me.
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This reminds me of how The Osirian Portal would have breakdancing contests with fans waiting in line before a CHIKARA show. It's always cool to see somebody put in that extra character work.
I didn't realize how massive it was until they showed Theory having to cross the stage to even get to the ramp
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This wasn't a dig at him, I just realized its the first time I've seen him wrestle in a few years.
I imagine that he's leaned down a bit to play...you know...normal sized humans. Also the quickest way to get into ring shape for a full length WrestleMania match without doing so much that you risk injury is to just drop the extra 30 pounds of show muscle you're carrying around.
Love to see it.
Also, lol Cena, you've been doing this for 20 years, you'd think by now you'd know the ref bump means the tap out isn't the win until the bell rings.