Wrestling The Wrasslin' Thread of LetsGoKings

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Thekla vs Kris Statlander - I unfortunately had to p*ss real bad so I chose to miss part of this match since it was going 2 out of 3 falls. I missed the 1st fall that Thekla won but saw the other 2. The match felt okay... Thekla is a good heel champ but I think they need a bigger babyface going for the title and not Statlander.

Mistico/JetSpeed vs Fletcher/Okada/Davis - Great match. These guys always deliver. I love Okada's theme so much and Mistico's theme rules too. I didn't expect the babyfaces to win but once they announced Mistico was All Elite, that explained it. I'm totally okay with the Trios Title and TNT title changing hands quickly. That's how it should be sometimes.

Andrade vs Bandido - This was my 2nd favorite match. They did the silly striptease stuff early on and that's fine but then once they went to another gear, holy crap it was good. Bandido's 21 plex when Andrade was on the mat was perfect! I liked that way better than them holding on to the ropes. Andrade's DM off the turnbuckle was sick too. I'm happy to see Andrade booked well.

Darby/OC/Roddy Strong vs The Dogs - I'm glad this was a Tornado Trios Match. It fits their style very well. I really thought David Finlay would get the win here. OC and Roddy leaving Darby tied for in the corner for minutes was silly. Darby took such a nasty spear to the outside. I think he caught part of the apron which made it look worse. And funny enough... no one bled in this match which was odd! But I think it was because they knew Hangman/MJF was going to have a lot of blood.

Hangman vs MJF - Tough match to rate because it wasn't a match. It got all the sick things we like in a Deathmatch so was fun. From glass to light tubes, to a syringe, and exploding table. What more could you ask for? The "We want fire" chant was unnecessary from the crowd. It goes to show that you really can't please the audience lol. As for the finish, I liked that Hangman's demise was his own fault because he was the one that introduced the Dog Collar to the match.

Tony Khan said in the press conference that Hangman's word on never challenging for the AEW Title again was like Cody. It was by word only and Tony said something that he expects Hangman to honor his words. I'm sure down the line, when Hangman is a heel again, he can go back on his words. But for now, let's keep him out of the title picture. Just wait until Swerve gets it back and he rubs it in Hangman's face.

For now, maybe Hangman should start going for the other titles and put those titles over. What if he won the Owen though? Can he bypass the stipulation then?

 

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Thekla vs Kris Statlander - I unfortunately had to p*ss real bad so I chose to miss part of this match since it was going 2 out of 3 falls. I missed the 1st fall that Thekla won but saw the other 2. The match felt okay... Thekla is a good heel champ but I think they need a bigger babyface going for the title and not Statlander.

Mistico/JetSpeed vs Fletcher/Okada/Davis - Great match. These guys always deliver. I love Okada's theme so much and Mistico's theme rules too. I didn't expect the babyfaces to win but once they announced Mistico was All Elite, that explained it. I'm totally okay with the Trios Title and TNT title changing hands quickly. That's how it should be sometimes.

Andrade vs Bandido - This was my 2nd favorite match. They did the silly striptease stuff early on and that's fine but then once they went to another gear, holy crap it was good. Bandido's 21 plex when Andrade was on the mat was perfect! I liked that way better than them holding on to the ropes. Andrade's DM off the turnbuckle was sick too. I'm happy to see Andrade booked well.

Darby/OC/Roddy Strong vs The Dogs - I'm glad this was a Tornado Trios Match. It fits their style very well. I really thought David Finlay would get the win here. OC and Roddy leaving Darby tied for in the corner for minutes was silly. Darby took such a nasty spear to the outside. I think he caught part of the apron which made it look worse. And funny enough... no one bled in this match which was odd! But I think it was because they knew Hangman/MJF was going to have a lot of blood.

Hangman vs MJF - Tough match to rate because it wasn't a match. It got all the sick things we like in a Deathmatch so was fun. From glass to light tubes, to a syringe, and exploding table. What more could you ask for? The "We want fire" chant was unnecessary from the crowd. It goes to show that you really can't please the audience lol. As for the finish, I liked that Hangman's demise was his own fault because he was the one that introduced the Dog Collar to the match.

Tony Khan said in the press conference that Hangman's word on never challenging for the AEW Title again was like Cody. It was by word only and Tony said something that he expects Hangman to honor his words. I'm sure down the line, when Hangman is a heel again, he can go back on his words. But for now, let's keep him out of the title picture. Just wait until Swerve gets it back and he rubs it in Hangman's face.

For now, maybe Hangman should start going for the other titles and put those titles over. What if he won the Owen though? Can he bypass the stipulation then?

Man you reminded me of so much more. I think that spear Darby took, I forgot who it was, was through the ropes and speared him outside. That was insane. The "please held darby" chant after he was stuck for awhile was classy.

I thought Hangman with the "we want fire" chants mouthed "get me a lighter" or something like that to the crowd. I wasn't sure if he was playing along or annoyed they were giving everything to the match and the crowd wanted fire. I guess there was that quasi explosion and subsequent mini aftershocks and MJF's intro cowboy video and having the announcer say he's not from a POS town like Los Angeles? Classic Maxwell.

I thought Thekla/Statlander was just kind of meh. Maybe we were worn out with some of the matches before. It just seemed a little slow paced and not all that exciting.

We love speedball. That match was a ton of fun. Apparently I don't know CMLL or Mexican wrestling enough, because I wasn't familiar with Mistico's theme song. But the crowd seemed very into it.

On FTR/Bucks - they had change my mind many times on who was going to win. I was thinking with the Bucks family there, it being socal et al, they might come out on top. I thought a few times "this is it" and they kept going. Love that stuff.

We went out to the bathroom and get a water during the cameron/willow tag match, and I think it ended before we even got to the bathroom We at least saw willow in zero hour. I have a running gag with my son on who I have a bigger crush on, Willow or Nia Jax.

Andrade/Bandido was hilarious. Every time Andrade went out to take a selfie with that girl at ringside I cracked up. Andrade always had banger matches in NXT. If you give him time he can put on a great one.

Toni Storm - our section tried to get a "toni storm toni storm" chant to the tune of roman reigns song. I liked it, but didn't catch on. I already forgot about Rousey because I just don't care, but what are the odds Toni gets Carano to show up and help her against Rousey/Shafir? Promotion much?

The TK > TKO sign at ringside was great. AEW so far is doing it right. I had great seats that cost less for 4 tickets than one ticket sitting at the top of the stadium for wrestlemania. WWE really has priced me out which is a shame.

I was sitting right next to the tunnel where ricochet and moxley/shafir came from. Ricochet popped his head out before zero hour started and we noticed, he gave a big smile then ran to the back. Shafir was launching middle fingers before she even walked out

I still am not totally sure who the costco guys are, but my kids ate it up. Rizzler getting shoved down was hilarious. That dude AJ can hold his own in short quantities I'll admit.

I'm still disappointed because I love Takeshita and want him to win more.

There sure seemed to be a lot of biting on last night's show

Hangman can go after different titles, it's just a weird stipulation for someone to lose on if they're not retiring or something. I guess he can always go back on it.