Cope and Christian’s first match as a team in a decade. Good work against Killswitch and Sabian, some odd spots but not a whole lot of rust between them.

I'd wear Hiromu's trunks down the street to buy milk.

Alex Windsor is...not good. I really hope Mercedes moves on to someone else now.

As if there weren’t already enough reasons to hate Excalibur, he just called Oasis “The Greatest Rock & Roll Band of All Time.”

I don’t even mind Oasis, but WTAF.

Aaaah, Oasis. When two contenders for Mr. Puniverse were considered the Baddest Men in Britain.

Having been there for Nigel's retirement match in a dingy, shithole VFD back in 2011..... that was awesome to see. Great match. Love both guys. 

Wait a minute…Excalibur just said that the titles could change hands in this match without The Hurt Syndicate figuring into the decision, but I thought this was an elimination match? Also, I assume no MVP is because he can’t get a Visa due to his criminal record?

And now…they started off by saying this match was going to be under Tornado Rules with everybody in the ring all at once, but now people are tagging in and out, and even the announcers are asking why they are doing that?

Could there be fire to all the "Hurt Syndicate doesn't wan't to job" smoke? Cause all this confusion certainly seems like some last minute bullshit

None of the finishes so far have seemed "big" to me, and that one was just ugly.

4 minutes ago, Blehschmidt said:

Could there be fire to all the "Hurt Syndicate doesn't wan't to job" smoke? Cause all this confusion certainly seems like some last minute bullshit

Yeah, that match certainly doesn’t do anything to dispel that rumour does it? And for the record, that match kind of stunk. Not only was it ridiculously booked with the stipulations changing, the finish was botched. Lame.

Is Callis just going to manage every heel in the company?

Genuine emotion for Ospreay right there. Really hope he can come back on the other side of that surgery.

The TBS 4-way was my fav match along with the tag title match though that botched ending takes it down a peg compared to those 3 women doing their absolute best to give Bozilla an AEW (or WWE) contract in the very near future. 

There wasn't a single bad match on the show but there also wasn't one of those eye popping MOTYC AEW PPVs usually have either. Fun show though, I was entertained throughout and didn't even feel the need to fast forward or skip matches, which I tend to do a lot. 

9 hours ago, Blehschmidt said:

Could there be fire to all the "Hurt Syndicate doesn't wan't to job" smoke? Cause all this confusion certainly seems like some last minute bullshit

What's weird about the rumors is that it's allegedly MVP who is "that doesn't work for me brother"-ing everything. It's not like either Big Bob or Shelton have any rep for not wanting to do jobs, and MVP supposedly turned down losing to top teams like FTR and suggested teams like the Outrunners (who I like, but come on). 

11 hours ago, The Thread Killer said:

As if there weren’t already enough reasons to hate Excalibur, he just called Oasis “The Greatest Rock & Roll Band of All Time.”

I don’t even mind Oasis, but WTAF.

I may be reading too much into it, but I think it was a nod to Nigel using Oasis as his theme music back in the day. 

That fucking main event was metal man. And that PPV ending. Holy shit. Fuck Jon Moxley forever.

Lol at Kota Ibushi having to be the one to tell Tana that going to the top of the cage was too crazy for him to do

I don't care about the Copeland & Christian nostalgia, but the match over-delivered and Christian still being an asshole is perfect. I halfway expected Jack Perry to show up. Which should happen sooner than later.

Fletcher vs Hiromu was everything I hoped it was and more. This is also why Hiromu should be in the G1 and win the big one eventually.

The four way was fun as hell. They sure made Bozilla look special. And Mercedes did that one coming off two terrific RevPro match on the week-end, one of which was better than any women match on this show.

ZSJ vs Nigel was just pure joy. 

The second I saw the Hurt Syndicate walking without fanfare and without MVP, I knew something was up. Then MVP was not mentioned *once* on commentary. And then this complete bullshit cop-out for not doing the job. I hope hey never ever appear on AEW TV again and Coach TK bench them until their contracts end and they are 52 and shit. Or just fire their useless ass. They are everything I said they were,since day one (except MVP was absolutely the worst signing and Benjamin the less worse, all things considered), fuck them. Brodido as champs hopefully will repair the damage done to the titles since the Private Party "reign".

Okada vs Swerve was quite on the very good side of on Okada match, but the fact it was obvious Swerve was not winning (because of the injury talk) hurt it. Warldow coming back got a major *yawn* out of me. I guess as a heater for Callis he'll be fine, but nothing more, please. Takeshita is turning babyface on Fletcher. There.

Hayter coming back on the other hand, was pretty cool !

Toni Storm vs Athena was quite on the very good side of a Toni Storm match. I dunno, I kinda hoped for more but again, the fact they promoted Athena vs Mina for the ROH title next week-end kinda gave it away she wasn't winning. She looked great though.

Hangman vs MJF was great. Damn I missed MJF in big title matches. The bullshit at the end was quite effective, although contrived at points (the leg on the rope spot, ok, oh well), the finish was awesome. And yeah, TK confirmed that as of now, the contracts from Casino Gauntlet have to have a week in advance announcement (which is what they did in Lucha Underground basically), so THERE ! GOOD !

And that cage match. Come on people. Just incredible stuff. Young Bucks kinda stole the show, really, but all were use in the most effective way, including Tanahashi. Him winning at the end was a super nice touch. Ospreay was legit emotional. With that angle ending the show, I'm guessing they are confident to a point he's coming back and he's winning at Wembley next year.

Gotta say though, the second night RevPro anniversary show, purely on an in-ring standpoint, was a better show, and nothing was on the level of Leon Slater vs Micheal Oku. They gotta secure Oku and Amira on a dual contract deal or something (Leon is ridiculously great at 20, but he's under contract with TNA). It was super fun to see him on the pre-show getting the Oku chant from the O2

See ya in the 2300.

I happened to be in London for the show but was way too tired to grab a ticket that night. I saw Shad Khan having a lowkey dinner and he looked to be having a good time, as well as Chris Charlton walking through Heathrow but he was with his family so I didn't want to bug him. Tons of AEW ad wrestling shirts throughout downtown the day of the show. When I finally got around to watching it it was a great show but below the usual AEW PPV standard. That's all I got.