1 hour ago, Blehschmidt said:

Is that Jimmy Rave's coat?

Swerve did indeed come out with Rave's Embassy jacket draped over his shoulders. That's a nice tribute.

Don't want to read the thread, haven't finished the show, but man this entire show from pre show to main show is so many feel good satisfying moments and returns/debuts

Alright Ezio doing the voice over for Ospreay's entrance popped me huge

Danielson is absolutely fucking insane. Getting his bloody face get kicked in right in front of his 7 year old daughter and 4 year old son. Then SCREAMING at them "I love you" while getting his chest kicked in and firing up while Wembley started to come unglued. Bah fucking gawd.

Swerve better get that fucking belt back at Tacoma but holy fucking shit am I happy we get to see the best cotdamn wrestling in the world for another month in AEW TV/PPV.

The vibes on this show are exquisite

Absolutely delightful show, hard to think of such a good vibes show from start to finish including pre show, literally every match had some wonderful heartwarming moment, doubly satisfying if you were a fan in the 00s indie boom. TK is a real one. 

It's amazing that Jeff Jarrett has gone from a guy who had Go Away heat from like 1999 to 2014 to getting deafening pops at 57 years old.

Double J is the only guy that actually benefited from the Conrad network of podcasts on a likeability level, and also he's in perhaps the best shape of his career, very hoping we get a Hangman vs Double J Texas death match soon.

God damn why is Dbry doing a post show presser with his daughter so emotionally touching 

This spot right here is an all timer.

Bloodied up. Screaming "I love you" to his family while getting kicked. Then slapping the shit out of Swerve and Birdie getting all excited at her dad being a crazy old man

 

18 hours ago, WingedEagle said:

Only if worth a damn means not as worthless as Hook/Jericho. That was incredibly disappointing. Are we at the point where we ask what Britt Baker has done other than bleed against Thunder Rosa?

I've been at that point for years, baby.

 

 

Also, Bryan is GOATed as shit. Truly one of a kind. 

Jack Perry shat the bed in hindsight. I still liked the match because Darby is Darby, one of the best workers in the world, but the match was good despite Perry laying an egg in the ring

I loved "Buddy" Danielson hunting confetti - in the middle of the ring in front of 55k people.

On 8/25/2024 at 8:39 PM, KingBoggs33 said:

Good for him and I will say he looks pretty crisp. 

Also I don’t recognize any of these theme songs. lol. 
 

I thought he looked pretty bad to be honest, at least the early stuff with OC and Okada. The segment with ZSJ looked good though, but I tend to credit ZSJ for that.

2 hours ago, Robert S said:

I loved "Buddy" Danielson hunting confetti - in the middle of the ring in front of 55k people.

The follow up with Bryan threatening to piledrive/powerbomb Buddy only for Brie to give him the classic wife "absolutely not" look 

7 hours ago, Robert S said:

I thought he looked pretty bad to be honest, at least the early stuff with OC and Okada. The segment with ZSJ looked good though, but I tend to credit ZSJ for that.

I disagree with you there but hey we all are entitled to our opinions. So we will just have to agree to disagree. 

Maybe I am biased for being a huge fan, but I thought Nigel looked pretty damn good for a guy whose last match was in December of 2011

I thought he did good as well. The only thing that didn't work was the head stand spot he likes to do in the corner. He tried it 3 times and every one felt clunky. But I think it was because the people he tried to do it with didn't understand what they were supposed to do so they just stood there and never put themselves in positions to get kicked.

On 8/26/2024 at 11:01 AM, KawadaSmile said:

I've been at that point for years, baby.

 

 

Also, Bryan is GOATed as shit. Truly one of a kind. 

Literally the king at which all must come from this point forward. Good luck. Odds are someone will surpass him as long as this business continues because that's what happens. But I'm not betting on it happening in my lifetime.

13 hours ago, Blehschmidt said:

Maybe I am biased for being a huge fan, but I thought Nigel looked pretty damn good for a guy whose last match was in December of 2011

Everything he did but looked good, but incredibly slow, to the point that it overcame his mechanics and fluidity. That didn't make it any less of a moment or less fun, but my man was working on 0.5/0.75 speed.

To be fair I would also assume Nigel was probably nervous as shit that his first match in 12 years would be in front of 55k people, he jumped right in the deep end of the pool. He seemed to get better as things went on, and I would expect if this is the start of a mini run for him he'll be fine once he gets some reps in.

7 hours ago, WingedEagle said:

Everything he did but looked good, but incredibly slow, to the point that it overcame his mechanics and fluidity. That didn't make it any less of a moment or less fun, but my man was working on 0.5/0.75 speed.

That's what I meant. yes, the WoS spots looked like slow motion movement, 65-year-old Johnny Saint did that stuff way slicker. And yes, it might just have been a combination of ring rust and nerves, time will tell.

Tbh choosing to do WOS sequences as your first thing to do after 13 years without wrestling and in front of +50K people in your home country is as bald as any choice could be.

10 hours ago, Robert S said:

That's what I meant. yes, the WoS spots looked like slow motion movement, 65-year-old Johnny Saint did that stuff way slicker. And yes, it might just have been a combination of ring rust and nerves, time will tell.

Or not. If he never steps foot in a ring again this was still a memorable moment in a great match on an an all time show. Certainly scratched the itch for me in the best way possible.