AEW 2022: The year of the bloody bunny

mox getting to unify the title also clearly unlocked something in mox

best friends, dark order and the commentary delivering an absolute gem performance

imo: somewhat messy but fun ppv with dizzying highs, like that acclaimed/swerve in our glory match during which my heart just about stopped

punk apparently going scorched earth on the presser :(

Just watched clips of him going off and think “fair enough lad, get it off yr chest” more than the internet acting all maude flanders about it. It’s pro wrestling, maybe people are supposed to talk shit about each other. Who gaf about how professional it is or whatever, let’s build to a proper Punk-Hangman 7 star ugly ass brawl.

appreciate that punk is still bitter about the penguins sweeping the blackhawks in 1992

In the most unsurprising turn of events, the Elite v the DO was really good.

The ladder match shit the bed though, what a mood killer finish.

Lol at Jade running out of Hulk paint, she just looks mouldy. When cosplay gets embarrassing.

Wtf are they thinking of

The Punk shit is so, so embarrassing. Repeatedly going after Colt Cabana for taking care of his mom(?!); he’s a gigantic fucking baby and it’s pathetic that Tony Khan didn’t pull the plug as soon as things started going off the rails. He should never have been out there

There have been a lot of high points this year still but overall the company is a mess rn compared to where it was

not sure why he is intent on destroying the locker room that made him return to wrestling but it sucks ass

way to poison the air in the room after a good match and ppv too lol, just a great way of making me not want to watch the product

way to poison the air in the room after a good match and ppv too lol, just a great way of making me not want to watch the product

If the yesterday’s 4-way was any indication, the casino ladder match is going to be nuts.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, September 1, 2022 10:25 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol that finish was dogshit

I’m just sad we will never get Punk v Cabana out of it. Tony is a coward if he doesn’t make a Boom Boom main event.

cm punk scrum bullshit has me like: it's stilltoo real tofor me, dammit

God damn Punk, Luchasaurus is the true most evil heel bastard man.

Wait no even worse is the backstreet boy playing AmDrag out

that was prob the only time i yelled “this is horrible” during the show. danielson cornier than i even knew possible

I hadn’t even seen the majority of quotes that Punk scrum, only the headline bits. That fucking PWG dig Christ you cuuuuuunt who do you think you’re working with. Bet Excalibur loved that line

Punk's existence is just kind of a downer to think about at this point, he is doomed to this Groundhog Day of suddenly deciding everyone is a cunt and scorching the earth. How much longer before his ire is turned FTR, Tony, April, Larry, the good folks at Marvel Comics even

The show wasn't bad, the standard now seems to be "you could make a brilliant 2.5 hour card out of it if you have the energy to watch it all". I don't mind screwy finishes to dangerous ladder matches because I'm burnt out on dangerous ladder matches anyway; no problem with them sticking with the Acclaimed losing as long as they recognise they're made now and book them accordingly.

Dynamite is going to be a weird vibe, the MJF angle feels a bit "ehh what's even the point", to say nothing of death triangle vs best friends and such, through no fault of their own

Hopefully the successful completion of the video game isn't in anyway impacted by this ongoing series of venomous public declamations, violent brawls and legal recriminations

lol that finish was dogshit

The whole match was dogshit. Not a slight on any of the wrestlers involved, but who the fuck booked that? The rules didn’t make any sense: it was basically a gauntlet that could be won any time, so if someone from the first two in grabbed the token, then what’s-his-face doesn’t get his stupid moment at the end. Honestly it annoyed me so much. It’s the worst thing AEW has done. Worse than the exploding ring. Worse than the Librarians.

I said on Twitter that I graded the whole show as an A+ for effort but a D for the booking. Someone I follow there suggested last week that AEW is a ‘pop’ promotion compared to WWE being a ‘heat’ promotion but all the booking on Sunday was for heat.

The Punk shit is so, so embarrassing.

OTM. If it’s a shoot, it makes him look like a fucking whiny baby-man. Like, whatever happened between the podcast and that email in 2016, here’s facts: Colt hasn’t said a word about it ever, but Punk won’t fucking let anyone forget it. Then on the other hand, if it’s all part of some elaborate shoot? then they all look like dickheads and I’m out.

*elaborate work, I meant.

that ladder match was not worse than the owen

The more details that come out, the more embarrassing it looks. Like that no one asked Punk about Colt, he made a journo bring up he was friends with him and used that to start ranting about him. Or that Ace Steel seemingly bit Kenny Omega.

Finally getting around to the main event. This is brutal, brutal stuff. It’s not ended yet and maybe the afters will have ruined it for a lot of people, but this is honestly looking like one of my favourite AEW matches since Hangman-Bryan

it was great. i’m so mad at punk

Putting my “the Montreal Screwjob was a work!” hat on, this whole thing reads as sus to me. Until a few months ago, AEW kind of had a reputation as a place where stuff didn’t leak to the dirtsheets. Then from out of nowhere TK makes a statement about putting an end to leaks (which didn’t exist, and which is rich coming from a guy who’s been an Observer subscriber for decades) and suddenly they’re ‘leaking’ like sieve. And then we get this whole… mess. It’s fish four days old, I won’t buy it.

Idk man, making the company look like it's abysmally run and most of its top stars are terrible, unprofessional people so they can randomly start an out of nowhere worked shoot angle at the expense of the major MJF angle they just presumably spent huge money getting a Stones song for?

is someone who believes everything is a work in fact the ultimate mark

It's still kayfabe to me dammit

Didn’t TK say something during a pre-All Out scrum about a good way to settle personal lockeroom could be in the ring? Kinda felt like foreshadowing at the time.

punk is also... injured... again.... lmao

There is no way this is a work, come on.

As has been observed elsewhere, if nothing else TK is no actor. the idea that he was feigning during that presser is ludicrous

is someone who believes everything is a work in fact the ultimate mark

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 18:47 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Goodnight HULKAMANIACS and jabronie marks without a life that don't know it a work when you work a work and work yourself into a shoot,marks.

Sounds like a hell of a show from looking at twitter while walking the dog in the rain. Can’t wait to watch it later.

Idk man, making the company look like it’s abysmally run and most of its top stars are terrible, unprofessional people so they can randomly start an out of nowhere worked shoot angle at the expense of the major MJF angle they just presumably spent huge money getting a Stones song for?

In fairness, I agree with this and it’s the thing that makes me preface my comments with “putting my ‘screwjob was a work!’ hat on” and means I’d never bet money on it.

(Mind you, they did waste the money licensing that song for an ill-conceived bit that fell flat with the live crowd, at best. I don’t understand it, either.)

Sounds like they knocked this one out of the park :)

Mox putting the team on his back. Great reset promo.

that opening promo was such a bounce back from a horrible weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5PgBSbmZM

i want this preserved in the thread

the grand slam card is 1. incredible 2. basically a restaging of all out 3. i'm not complaining

i'm gonna see that shit live!!!

Watching last weeks AEW and Stokely’s job squad is on.

What happened to Shawn Spears?

Also why does one of the ass boys have an arm pit tattoo that looks like he’s gone mouldy?

What happened to Shawn Spears?

Bit early for paternity leave. I think they just cycled him out for a while, especially after the whole MJF deal.

i’m at arthur ashe and i’m soooo happy

the match that opens rampage… just y’all wait

loving jericho's repeated mentions of "no honor" for low-blowing an opponent during the starks/hobbs commentary

that rampage was my favorite aew thing i’ve seen live

Did you stick around till the end? The building looked conspicuously empty on TV (and I know why, it was well after midnight on a school night).

Also, that Julia Hart table spot looked nasty and I’m glad she’s OK.