AEW AEW CXXVIII: FLEX ON EM

[Boo-urns]

I think Adam Cole and Red Velvet should become a mixed tag team called Primary Colors and Orange Cassidy should join them as Secondary Color.

 

[Blunderbuss]

I get this is kayfabe but I'm not sure if this is the wisest angle to go with while the company is the drizzling shits atm.

Please don't say drizzling shits and atm Rex!

 

[Prelimtapper]

I thought Dynamite was very strong.

The opening 8 man was excellent and the ending was perfect.

I actually laughed at the slow chase between Ishii and Jericho.

Hangman and White's promos were excellent, should be a great match.

I have no interest in this Adam Cole, MJF, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'reilly stuff, but I think MJF vs. Strong will be great.

Mercedes is trying her best making Statlander into something. Its still weird because of the rushed babyface turn. The match will be excellent, Mercedes is at her best when she wrestles somebody large and bumps for her. People are going to be surprised how good their match will be. Mercedes brings it and Statlander is probably the best in-ring worker of all the women in the company. I think the natural matchup is Mercedes vs. Hayter.

Claudio vs. Darby was excellent. Darby's still losing a lot.

 

[Excelsior]

Why are the AEW storylines so fragmented?

Because they reflect the mind that creates them.

And Moxley is actually right when he says whatever AEW will become in the future is up to them. Unfortunately, if the start is any indication, the future is shit.

 

[BEAST]

Well that was a pretty shitty and dull Dynamite.
And I rarely say that.

 

[Max Power]

Man, this Dynamite was quite lifeless. I was waiting for something to get me buzzed for the ppv. Nope! A few good things and that was it.

8 man was the usual clusterfuck. Did lol at Davis jobbing in his first match back. Can't wait for his future TNT title shot.

Heard "what's going on out here" in the background during Mox's promo. Couldn't do a second take?

Lashley's suit game remains impeccable!

This tan thing with Cole is so lame. Feels like he doubled down this week. Great idea to make the babyface look like a tool. I can't think of anything I care less about than him and Kyle's friendship. Some NXT thing, right? No interest.

Shida came out to absolute silence. Man, that was so sad. Match was pretty good though, obvious result aside.

Mercedes segment was rotten. She has nothing on the mic after her catchphrase. The worst of pre-AEW WWE.

Lashley's first match was against two geeks for reasons. At least Excalibur got the MMA record right. Swerve was by a mile the most over guy on the show.

I assume Toni's coming back at the ppv to interrupt Mariah's celebration. Cool.

Darby vs Claudio was the best thing on the show. Great stuff.

MJF promo was awful. Man, didn't think I'd ever type that. By a mile the worst match on the ppv. Even the Costco guy's match against *QT MARSHALL* won't be as lame.

Roddy's promo sucked.

Perry and Garcia have been doing things.

Jericho segment. Skip!

Hayter cut off again. Sure. How many more of these Julia Hart videos will there be? AEW have a habit of overdoing things.

Main event was there. Lifeless and odd aftermath. Not feeling this ppv at all, and Full Gear is one of the OGs.

 

[TKing]

Mixed bag of a show, feels like they had a tough time with ppv build up which they usually nail. OC probably loses but they have done a good job establishing him as someone stepping up. Claudio continues to do well in his supporting role as the muscle. The Death Riders as a group feel like they are losing their strong momentum they had early on and are becoming just another group vs THE group.

I like the presentation of the Hurt Business, suited up and badass looking. The Adam Cole tan has to be a running gag now right? Next week he shows up even more tan but still no tan under the knee pads?

Hopefully Full Gear delivers, still looking forward to OC/Mox, Lashley/Swerve, Jay White/Hangman and Ospreay/Fletcher. Mone and May have halted the momentum of the women's division which was strong, and that's coming from a big fan of May.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

 

[GoldenAzazel]

This dude being ranked above Kyle O'Reilly, Psycho Clown, and El Linderman, then only slightly behind Stu Grayson, Omos, and YOH is hilarious to me This shit about to be a five star classic

 

[Based God]

I'm really glad that's photoshopped and PWI didn't actually try and slide him into the 500 randomly

Also it made me sad the real person at 236 is Pentagon Jr.

How the fuck is Penta that far back?

 

[GoldenAzazel]

I'm really glad that's photoshopped and PWI didn't actually try and slide him into the 500 randomly

Also it made me sad the real person at 236 is Pentagon Jr.

How the fuck is Penta that far back?

Omg I thought that was legit then

 

[Sycho Sid]

 

[Based God]

So he waited 2 days before the PPV to announce it on Twitter instead of on any of the several television shows they air every week

 

[Sycho Sid]

So he waited 2 days before the PPV to announce it on Twitter instead of on any of the several television shows they air every week

Had to promote their "celebrity" match.

Priorities!

 

[The Clinch]

So he waited 2 days before the PPV to announce it on Twitter instead of on any of the several television shows they air every week

He wants to save some of the crowd response via likes for his socials.

 

[The Clinch]

Had to promote their "celebrity" match.

Priorities!

And that CMLL match that was supposed to happen on Dynamite?

 

[Based God]

And that CMLL match that was supposed to happen on Dynamite?

Apparently they put all of the CMLL guys on the Rampage tapings, the excuse after people were like "wtf" has been "they were promoted for "This Wednesday" not for Dynamite".

Because when people see "This Wednesday", they're supposed to think about any possible future tapings that happen to be happening on that Wednesday and figure out which parts of the advertisement are for the 2k people showing up to tapings and for what is actually going to be on TV on Wednesday.

 

[Frank23]

So he waited 2 days before the PPV to announce it on Twitter instead of on any of the several television shows they air every week

Brutal.

 

[The Clinch]

Maybe I was wrong about Jimmy Jacobs.. since he left the storylines/booking has gone to shit.

 

[Max Power]

Takeshita better beat that goof.