AEW All Out 2024 Discussion Thread (Spoilers) (Updated With Zero Hour)

Tonight, AEW brings us All Out, live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois!

The card for tonight's show will be:

Pre-Show

3-Way Trios Tag Match
Top Flight & Action Andretti vs Undisputed Kingdom vs Shane Taylor Promotions & Beast Mortos

Trios Match
Dark Order vs Bang Bang Gang

Tag Match
Iron Savages vs The Acclaimed

Trios Match
Premier Athletes vs Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Hologram

Main Card

AEW World Tag Team Title Match
The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) (c) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)

AEW Continental Title Four Way Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA

Chicago Street Fight
Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander (w/Stokely Hathaway)

AEW International Title Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. PAC

Singles Match
MJF vs. Daniel Garcia

AEW TBS Title Match
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Hikaru Shida

AEW World Title Match
Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Jack Perry

Lights Out Steel Cage Match
Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana)

And more!

Please check your local listings for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!

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173 Comments

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

When I first saw Garcia years ago he reminded me of my cousin......but I'm getting Randy Orton vibes tonight. Is that just me?

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

I could feel that a few times.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

I see stuff like that with a lot of the younger wrestlers, they're simply imitating what they saw growing up, sometimes even unconsciously.

ParkedInReverse@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Can we stop or change the 'I got a weapon! ...No, I won't use it, I'm better than that.' 3 moves later 'Ah shit I lost.'

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y

also i still say orange's new team should be called "TODO: come up with name later"

Travon333@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Bucks with the heads up play, respect to the EVPs

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y

Fuck Draft Kings, I paid for this keep your shitty ads somewhere else

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y

There's no way those knees didn't hurt Wheeler oof!

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

"shit now i got commit a murder for real" - hangman probably

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

newcastle vs essex battle, eh?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I like this Mortos waaaaay more then I should. And his spear just sealed it. I'm a Mortos fan.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Mortos is a fucking blast to watch, always.

Edit: I also love when he changed his mask he went all out and got like..at least 4-5 colour variations that we've seen so far.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If I was a gambling man I would have lost some money on that match

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Well you can gamble your money away on DraftKings! Lose your money at DraftKings.com!

.........is that not their tagline?

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"once the lights come back on aew will not be responsible for what goes on in the match"

i mean moxley just tried to kill danielson literally like two seconds ago

Travon333@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Faction business, AEW isn't liable for that either

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I'm really loving this match.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Absolute banger of an opener

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

The collective acknowledgement of 'Why the fuck are we putting on enhancement matches first when we should start with a banger?!" was a great thing for pro wrestling.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I really got into it and that scumbag MJF stole it

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

tony really said you can have cool down matches when you're dead what a sicko

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's overdone in WWE but a few announcements or video packages between matches would help.

We didn't even get a Jericho cool down tonight

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

The last match was the cooldown.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That match fucked!

Both these guys are insane. Pac is athletic enough to go counter for counter but Ospreay is relentless

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I need a cigarette after that and I don't smoke

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

😂😂 I was having the exact same thought

They somehow exceeded expectations from me and my brain is on overdrive rn

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Both men understood the assignment! Shit!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That was a long time in a bag

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

but shorter than being in a casket

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My guess is a hole in the bag that he was pinching or twisting closed for the effect. He was holding on to a specific spot in front of his mouth it looked like

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

I would certainly hope it was a prop bag!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

These two are insane

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm Lost_My_Mind, and I confirm this mans statement.

.......now where did I put that corn.....

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Jesus Stat bounced off that table weird

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

This shits stiff as fuck from the opening bell and I lov....did she just surprise some lighttubes out of her butt lmao

Edit: Ok I need more Deathmatch Willow.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Big meaty women slapping meats

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

😲😲

The Bastard Combat Club is here

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

first seth now mox? you can never trust them shield members

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Paul Heyman needs to watch out.....

Travon333@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

That one betrayal scarred all of them

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y

OH NOOOOOOOOO

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

so given willow and kris, hangman and swerve are going to murder each other aren't they

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I'm expecting a chainsaw, and cutting off a limb. I mean, I'm exaggerating, but not by much. Thats the messed up part!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y

That counter ddt from the counter was fantastic!

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

aew without cm punk is so much better than with

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

It's real drugs. Cry me a river.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Flashes of friendship from two women who hate each other

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If it was 2002 WWE it would have been a lesbian lingerie match.

Ah. Progress!

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

lesbian lingerie mud wrestling match, they loved the damn pool of watery mud.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Youngboy Yuta is caught between his 2 dad's having a divorce

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

My partner said Juice Robinson is Donnie Thornberry

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I don't know what you look like, or what your partner looks like. Or who Donnie Thornberry is. But now I'm just imagining two guys who wrestle on the indies, both cosplaying as the ultimate warrior, sitting on a couch in their gear watching an AEW ppv together.

I know I'm 100% wrong.......but thats what my brain has decided your life is.

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

No, no, you nailed it

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

daniel garcia did nothing wrong

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Hey, has anyone else had issues with Triller for this and the last few AEW PPVs? It seems like every show day, the app throws a "Poor Network Connectivity" error from the Android TV app. I can cast it fine from my phone, but then I experience fairly frequent buffering.

Honestly, at this point, I'm thinking of going to another provider for the next show. Maybe YouTube?

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm using Triller but just through Firefox. No issues that way for me. I don't know if that's an option for you.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

I'd prefer to keep it on my Shield for ease of getting it on my TV, but maybe I could try the web based version through TV Bro or something.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I could give you a piracy link in private if you want. It's surprisingly good.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Appreciate it, but I want to make sure AEW gets my money. The wrestling scene is better with them in it, and I want to do my part to keep it that way.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

This is why I try to support them in other ways, at least. I attend shows when they're nearby (Lexington on Wednesday, woo!) I've got 10 or so shirts, a couple dozen action figures, and a pair of the Young Bucks' Pumps. Nothing bought on the secondary market. That's not an excuse to justify my sailing of the high seas, mind you, but I try my best to support things I enjoy when I can spare the cash.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y

So much spit in that match

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

two quarters of the bcc? nigel said the bcc is fine

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Oh good. Wheeler and Claudio aren't doing that weird crab walk dance.

It's weird when they do that.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

I don't take them seriously enough for that reason

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

🎶Crab people, crab people🎶

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

This PPV is just banger after banger if you ignore the preshow.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Pac should be someone the BCC scouts to be in the BCC, but then back off when he goes too far even for the BCC. Mox is like "You gotta be cruel, you gotta be sadistic, you gotta crave blood of your enemies!"

And Pac is like "Looks like I finally found my people!"

Then like 3 weeks later, they're like "Pac, we get it, you're a bastard......but maybe ease up a bit? You're scaring us...."

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

HOW THE FUCK DO NOSELL A LEGIT STAPLE GUN???? I once stapled my own finger to see how much it would hurt.......guys. Spoiler alert. It hurt.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Garcia should be suspended indefinitely!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y

He tried to kill our scumbag!

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Does Skye Blue have an ankle monitor on?

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

It sure as fuck looks like it lmao

Edit: it is a super nice ankle brace

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Until Mariah attacked and she went down I was 1000% in the ankle monitor category especially since she seemed to be purposely trying to hide it from the camera's view, but once she was down and we got a little closer of a look it looked like a small ankle brace and a shoe on top to me.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Lol I had the same realization

They didn't have to make that ankle brace look like you're a trouble maker, but they did anyway

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Knew she'd get the babyface-(semi)-return-pop so they had to make her into a bad girl.

..didnt mean that to sound dirty.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wonder how Eric Bischoff will try to spin this show as being "bad".

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

It's Eric Bischoff, it'll be bad no matter what lol

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (12 replies)

predictions by moi~

Top Flight & Action Andretti vs Undisputed Kingdom vs Shane Taylor Promotions & Beast Mortos

  • really hope so because i love them and want them to be huge (also i have a soft spot for factions)

Dark Order vs Bang Bang Gang

  • ugH i love them both but i'll go with bbg since juice and jay are my faves

Iron Savages vs The Acclaimed

  • because i'm not a cop

Premier Athletes vs Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Hologram

  • i will always love dustin and i love the nostalgia run

The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) © vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)

  • legitimate going to flake out and say i honestly don't know. i want both to win but i love heels having titles a lot more T_T i think young bucks win because moxley takes out bcc

Kazuchika Okada © vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA

  • okada vs okada's bitches :)

Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander (w/Stokely Hathaway)

  • love kris but love willow long shot? willow wins but goes dark and turns into the three faces of nightingale

Will Ospreay © vs. PAC

  • ospreay then everyone gets nandos :)

MJF vs. Daniel Garcia

  • daniel bc that boy is fine <333333

Mercedes Mone © vs. Hikaru Shida

  • as much as i love and want shida to win bc i am ride or die with her mercedes is definitely going to go over and she needs a decisive win :(

Bryan Danielson © vs. Jack Perry

  • can't see bryan dropping it yet but it won't be clean; mox probably interferes again

Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana)

  • therapists everywhere win
GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y (10 replies)

Top Flight & Action Andretti vs Undisputed Kingdom vs Shane Taylor Promotions & Beast Mortos

  • Via fuckery

Dark Order vs Bang Bang Gang

  • Sad DO noises

Iron Savages vs The Acclaimed

  • Also not cop

Premier Athletes vs Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Hologram

  • They got tech on their side

The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) © vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)

  • Also dunno really, side of caution, Yuta is murdered

Kazuchika Okada © vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA

  • b i t c h

Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander (w/Stokely Hathaway)

  • Stat I think

Will Ospreay © vs. PAC

  • nandos

MJF vs. Daniel Garcia

  • Garcia via facey-fuckery

Mercedes Mone © vs. Hikaru Shida

  • sigh

Bryan Danielson © vs. Jack Perry

  • obvious but it'll be good

Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana)

  • everyone has a firey night
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Am I the only onehoping Jack Perry actually wins? THINK OF THE HEAT!!!

Brain@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Ok I'm in, but they have to make a special AEW Championship out of Crystal and Glass for him, just to add to it.

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Not real glass. We don't do that on Saturdays

Brain@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Now you've added to my fantasy booking, Sunday to Friday he can carry the glass belt but always appears on Collision/PPV Saturday's with the regular belt.

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

That would be funny as fuck

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)

kinda hope jack perry comes out to cult of personality.

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I thought the licensing went with Punk

Brain@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

AEW was using the original master and WWE had to negotiate for the remaster when Punk came back. I don't know if that means AEW still hold a license on it though.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y

jack perry is the scapegoat; just blame him. ;P

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

What I want

Top Flight & Action Andretti vs Undisputed Kingdom vs Shane Taylor Promotions & Beast Mortos

•The best team in AEW/RoH to achieve basically nothing. Kind of an "always the bridesmaid" situation and they need something. Although all 3 teams could potentially benefit from a win here.

Dark Order vs Bang Bang Gang

•RIP Brodie, but the DO needs to get out from under his shadow.

Iron Savages vs The Acclaimed

• also not a cop

Premier Athletes vs Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Hologram

•Another payday for The PA

The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) © vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)

•I just don't see Claudio and Wheeler ending The Bucks' heel run

Kazuchika Okada © vs. Bitch vs. Bitch vs. Bitch

•But if I'm wrong, I hope Okada makes "Bitch" sideplates for the belt

Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander (w/Stokely Hathaway)

•I've made my choice.

Will Ospreay © vs. PAC

•The real winners are the nandos we made along the way

MJF vs. Daniel Garcia

•Boy indeed fine. But I imagine DG will not come out of this unscathed.

Mercedes Mone © vs. Hikaru Shida

•This is what I want, but not what I predict. 😔

Bryan Danielson © vs. Jack Perry

•Jack ain't retiring The American Dragon. Certainly not this early in his championship run, anyway.

Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana)

•This match is gonna fuuuuuuck. I see Swerve taking the W after dropping the championship to Danielson

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I need Okada vs Takeshita in a singles, maybe Okada will not coast for 90% of the match before he decides he's gonna try to win

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

I think Okada knows when the inevitable Takeshita match comes he's gonna need to give at least like..3/4 of a wrestlekingdom performance.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So Nigel is trying to be a heel, saying that Wheeler should leave the group because he doesn't need them anymore.

Except, I actually agree. Wheeler should be in the ROH pure division. And Hook should be in the BCC as the young guy who doesn't take things seriously due to his friendship with Orange Casady (who's NOT in the BCC). But when the bell rings, it's all business, and hook becomes a machine. Which is why he fits in with BCC, but he's still a young slacker which is why he fits in with OC.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If anything, BCC is short for this world and will probably be gone by 2025. Mox is doing his thing with Marina and has been avoiding interacting with BCC so whatever the current story going there it's probably going to take him away from BCC, Bryan will be done within 3mo so he's out. That leaves Claudio and Yuta to go their own way or keep crab dancing as a tag team. From Pac hanging out with em (and the Lucha bros leaving shortly), they'll probably form a new faction with those 3 with a name that makes more sense than the one which became irrelevant once Regal left.

Edit:

Well there we go lol

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

I'm honestly surprised BCC has stayed a thing for as long as it has (probably to sell those action figures lol) but it kinda makes since given how Regal went out in kayfabe, Regal never technically left the group.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Have I mentioned lately how much I absolutely hate Top Flight's new gimmick?

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y

I like it! Gave their entrance a little pizzazz!

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Really? I kinda like it. Although, working at an airport I appriciate the woman ALMOST using the right motions for the flight sticks. Although I question where her OSHA compliant safety vest is. Also, why is she dressed like a flight attendant??? Pick an aviation based career to gimmick and do it right.

But I do like the style overall.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

I like the valet, but the rest of it just feels like a hat on a hat. They don't need this shit. They're Top Fucking Flight.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Wouldn't really call it a new gimmick myself. Same three people, same names, same characters as a few months ago, just a few new sets of themed ring-gear and they added Leila Grey as member of the faction.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How funny would it be if Jack Perry retires Danialson?

ParkedInReverse@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Here? With this heat? I'd hate to see it, but I'd love to hear it.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

He could even get on one knee and yell "BEST IN THE WORLD!!!" as he exits the ring to cult of personzlity.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A man can dream that tonight is the beginning of Takeshita's monster push

ParkedInReverse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

And we continue to wait.

TommySalami@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

Holy shit

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

How do you beat that PPV? If you ignore the pre-show it only had 1 dud match. That may be one of the best AEW shows EVER.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

In a different PPV that would be match of the night. Tonight however? It may get topped. Swerve vs Page is ALWAYS a banger.

But my god was that match insanely good.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Swerve vs Hangman has to top this and these girls brutalized each other

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

There's still a staple in Pages back....

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

HOLY FUCK!!! THAT POWERBOMB ON THE CINDERBLOCK.....

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

MJF stole Jungle Boys ring gear lol

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

He kicked his arm out of his arm!

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So, why would Christian not run back down as BCC were leaving, and Danialson was murdered? How much easier of a win could there be?

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

isn't the rule for cashins that the bell has to be rung when both participants are conscious?

Travon333@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

For whatever reason, when getting first backstage there doesn't seem to be readily available monitors. Happened to Ospreay when MJF tried to end Garcias career

Second Mox seems to want Danielson and just tried to kill him, would you really want to go back out there or let them sort it out and pick up the scraps

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

Ricochet's got his "Staring at the tv at a correct angle" game down quick, good lad.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

Preshow came out late and is now up!

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

This PPV needs Brit Baker. Make it Brit vs Red Velvet vs ThunderRosa vs Ruby Soho.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Pretty sure Ruby is still out for maternity leave.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So THAT'S where she's been! I often asked "Why is Ruby not on my TV???"

I just remembered her from the indys with her chicken nuggets. How the fuck did she never gain weight??? Meanwhile I just smell mcdonalds, and my stomach gains 10 lbs.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

She's been away from tv a few months, IIRC, and away from the ring even longer (rightfully so). She married Angelo Parker (shoot marriage, not a work) and I can't recall hearing anything from/about Ruby since then, but I don't have twitter or instagram so don't assume she's gone totally dark or anything.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y

Ruby Soho.

Probably not a good idea since it's not medically advisable to wrestle when you're 5 months pregnant lol

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The iron savages should just be called "The Big Meaty Boys".

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y

As long as we can still go to Titty City

Travon333@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

😂 This match is so unsanctioned we have special security escorts for the competitors

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Holy fucking shit. I think both those guys crossed several moral event horizons in that match.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

These guys are both in hell

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

"OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!! And Aubrey has to check in with Osprey....yep, she's checking in with him now."

"Hey man.....you dead?"

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Wait......is the commentary team Daddy Magic, Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schivone, AND Excaliber???

Or is this just for one match?

Also, Daddy Magic on commentary is surprisingly good. Can he just replace Taz on a regular basis?

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I would bet Daddy Magic is just out for this match. He's Garcia's mentor.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ah. I only ask because he was on the whole pre-show.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Yeah, he usually does the pre-show and Rampage and what not. But he also does all Garcia's matches.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

lmao love it

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Stat is reaal lucky she couldn't get that last degree of extension on those splits lol

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Am I the only one who thought Hologram was just the original Sin Cara under a new gimmick? Turns out it's not.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Naw, Hologram is Aramis from AAA. Sin Cara is wrestling under Mistico, which was also his original gimmick after his initial training. He lost the name for a while so I wouldn't expect him to use any other name going forward.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I enjoyed the show for the most part. Though the end: not as much.

I didn't like the choking Bryan with a bag. I mean he literally tried to kill him. Where is the line? Is someone just going to bring a gun and shoot the other person next? If the bigger blood feud was the next match: Why didn't Hangman just put a bag over Swerve's head?

Other comments on the lights out match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vzKgD89oOE. That looked so painful and miserable. I'm (probs) in the minority but I want them to eventually respect each other and be a tag team, win the tag belts, etc. I don't know how we could get there but yeah.

I literally fell asleep during the Mone vs Shida match so I guess I didn't think there was a chance Mone would lose.

I enjoyed MJF vs Garcia, but thought Garcia should have won.

Ospreay vs PAC was enjoyable.

I really liked the Chicago Street Fight. Lots of fun and good match for a street fight.

Thought there was no chance The Bucks or Okada would lose any of their matches so I wasn't as invested. They were good though. I'm excited to see Okada vs Takeshita. Though my kayfabe is so bad since I thought: "Why doesn't OC or Jay lie down for the other one to bring the title back to their group?" .. they could have another match later to crown the 'rightful champion'. Though then when I thought about that, I thought I sounded like a WCW booker from 2001.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The bag choking.

I'm iffy on the spot personally. Visually its much worse than most other violent spots that occur in the ring, kids legit die doing that shit. It's why we print warnings to not play with plastic bags or to throw em away cause they can be a hazard.

...but from a technical aspect it's as 'lethal' as a wrestler hitting another in the head with a steel chair. You can shoot kill someone with that. As 'lethal' as a powerbomb on a cinder block. You can shoot kill someone with that. As 'lethal as an asaii moonsault', you can shoot kill yourself with that, Hayabusa almost did.

...but a kid isn't powerbombing kids on cinderblocks or hitting other kids with steel folding chairs and shit, least not with the availability that they can choke another kid with a plastic bag.

So I'm fine with it but I dont wanna see that again lol. Same as the flamethrower from darby and the pizza cutter from Gage and the Vortex. Ok we saw it, no more lol.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

What about a Domino's Pizza commercial right after another pizza cutter usage? :P

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Unsanctioned matches should have no ring announcing. No entrance music. No pyro. The tron/stage should go dark.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I get where you're coming from, but when you're actually at the shows, the entrances/pyro/etc are a huge part of the experience. And them tickets ain't cheap. It'd be a kind of a bummer for the main event to not have all that spectacle.

Now, if it were a purely cinematic match or an empty arena match? I 100% agree.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Alternatively, I think it's hilarious that AEW just accepts no liability while promoting the match, making it the main event and giving the big spectacle entrance and announcements. We're making money off of this but don't sue us for this shit either

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Kayfabe staying alive brother!

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

God I hate Taz on commentary. He just bickers with Schivone now.

ParkedInReverse@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Its always fun how ater a little time they try to talk to each other again like nothing. It's still awkward.

Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

They probably do it on purpose, tbh.

Travon333@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It's definitely two friends giving each other shit

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Wait, WHAT??? TERRY FUNK DIED TODAY??? HOW DID I NOT HEAR THIS???

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

almost a year ago today 23 august 2023 😞

the day after bray died so he got kinda overshadowed

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

:(

Travon333@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Just finished the main,

The cinderblock spots, the needle, the chairshot

Swerve is a sick man and I pray he never gets Mox in a deathmatch.

Hangman is deep in hell and I don't think this accomplished anything. He still technically hasn't beaten Swerve 😢

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (12 replies)

Wait.....Sammy Guevarro has been healthy, and you put him on ROH??? WTF??? I thought he was injured. How long has he been back?

Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

At least a day

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

IIRC, he didn't like the creative plans they had for him, so they put him on ROH until they find another place for him.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y (8 replies)

A couple of weeks. Sammy has no spot on the main rosters.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Only because they bloat it with 200 different 3 and 4 man groups.

Roster is so bloated. They should downsize by like 2/3rds. Concentrate on a core group of about 70 guys/girls, and cut the fat.

And Guevarra should NOT be the fat.

TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

i'm pretty sure they dont have 210 people signed.

TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 1y

Like even this list which includes managers, commentators & Shad Khan only gets to like 200 I think.

https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/aew/

And that's across AEW & RoH and includes people on per appearance contract like Peter Avalon.

TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y

Or Wikipedia's count of just Wrestlers is 167 including part-timers, injured & inactive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All_Elite_Wrestling_personnel

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

According to this list it's ironically exactly 200. Although as I was scrolling I saw a few non-wrestlers, like Tony Khan. So lets just call it 170.

TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yeah, it sounds like a lot but they have 5 hours a week of just AEW, then another 2 hours of Ring of Honor - and a bunch of those wrestlers are exclusive to the latter.

If you had a balanced roster of 70 with Women, tag-teams & men's championships, a couple of tiers of each you're going to get pretty bored with seeing the same people over & over.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Nah. I find a lot of modern wrestling is just "heres 6 guys in the ring. We're building to a spot where 6 guys go diving out of the ring one by one".

I prefer most of the roster are singles, about 6 tag teams, and about 20 single women. I see no reason for the trios division at all. How is it different from the tag belts besides 3 instead of 2?

So that leads roughly 40 singles men. I feel thats enough.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

I would disagree. Sammy is a run of the mill mid card heel.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

He's been back about a month and a half. Sammy was presented with creative (which was speculated to be him returning back to the Jericho Vortex where he was before but I'm not sure if that was confirmed) but it was confirmed he refused the creative as he didn't wanna do the same garbage again so both sides decided to go with a babyface run on ROH for the time being.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Guess Bryan's not too worried about the legal notice from WWE lol

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Goddamn, that match ending.

GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Hangers intro vid just being him drinking in front of the fire just goes hard af.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Soooooo, 3 guys from the conglomeration, and Okada.

Gee, I wonder who's winning. This is gokng to be the 1 dud of the night.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

Takeshita isn't part of the Conglomeration. He's with the Callis Family.

Montagge@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y

Only OC and Briscoe are in the Conglomeration