2 minutes ago, MoS said:

To be fair, his reaction to Archer murdering that jobber was tremendous. 

 

The match was good but went too long. In hindsight, probably a good decision not to make him champ in November. 

I absolutely love how Britt's injury is being used to put her character even more over. I was hoping they would do it because even with a knee injury, she can still do her amazing promos/segments every week. Dr Baker is the best character on pro wrestling television right now and I cannot wait for her promo on Wednesday. 

 

My first thought when I saw the belt.

I popped for the Batman reference.

The commentators outright acknowledging that the belt is incomplete due to COVID was a refreshing acknowledgement of real life in wrestling. 

I thought Ford and Statlander put on a solid match that exceeded my expectations. 

At least that Shawn Spears shit was short.

Shida is great, good to see her get the belt.

Great match, but wow, wasn't expecting that result. 

So it looks like the building on the side plates of the TNT belt is the old Techwood Drive studio, so that was a great call. 

This match had a very weak build but it has been tremendous so far. 

I might be a prisoner of the moment here, but I think it was the best AEW match of Mox's career and also the best world title match in AEW so far.

This show is reminding me of how Takeovers were in NXT's boom period where even if they didn't have the most exciting build, the matches would all knock it out of the park. 

Greatest entrance in the history of our sport

All of this is amazing.

Cinematic wrestling needs to die.

1 minute ago, NintendoLogic said:

Cinematic wrestling needs to die.

It's still essentially a wrestling brawl. I don't think this is excessive at all, like MitB. 

This match is amazing.

"It's long enough, it's deep enough"

This is the best fucking thing I have ever watched.

10 stars

Stadium Stampede was the greatest thing I've ever seen.

Wrestling  needed something fun like that after a really shitty week.

3 minutes ago, sek69 said:

Wrestling  needed something fun like that after a really shitty week.

100000%.  I desperately needed this.  Even outside of wrestling it's been a real shitty week for me and this was just what I needed.

Yeah, not sure how I'd rate that Stadium Stampede match but it was a load of fun. Which I think goes for the whole show after the underwhelming and too long ladder match (and even that had some good bits and a good choice of winner, but didn't hang together). Archer vs. Cody is the one that felt it really would have been taken up a notch with a crowd, because Cody's comeback after the shit kicking he took would have had people losing their mind.

According to Dave, they're doing Fighter Fest again and it was originally slated to be their debut in London. Sucks cause I definitely would have made it to that show but obviously they're staying put in Jacksonville.