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colossal-niamh · 2 months

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A long vent on MJF's world title run shaped like an essay

There's been a consistent debate about the quality of MJF's title run post mortem and I think I fully stand on the side that it was terrible. Possibly even the worst world title run AEW's had yet (aside from CM Punk's nonexistent 2nd run). Overly lengthy, rarely defended the belt on tv (a total of 5 times in 406 days), diminishing returns on title matches (the Double or Nothing and Full Gear matches are especially bad) and I grew more cold on him as he turned more and more face.

In retrospect I fully believe he should have dropped the belt at All In. obviously creative didn't have the booking foresight to plan around Adam Cole's ankle exploding, but I don't think we needed another 4 months of MJF title run. They should have started the big betrayal and new heel faction at the biggest show the company's ever run and not when both sides of the big feud are too bruised and beaten to work an angle. but that's more fantasy booking than proper analysis.

The Length of MJF's run felt excessive and unnecessary considering the lack of anything substantial for several stretches on TV. A lot of the builds for his title defenses were him being challenged by someone and then MJF sets up a bunch of stipulations to get that match like a gauntlet his opponent would run through. This led to some solid TV matches like Bryan vs Rush, but left the show devoid of MJF himself outside of being essentially a talking head. AEW prior had made sure the world champ was on the card and the belt was a hotly contested prize. Without those regular matches on TV it felt the world champion was distant from the product and was what the world title scene had avoided up to that point, avoidable.

The actual matches MJF did have were inconsistent in quality and in particular his pay per view matches steadily got worse as his run went on. I will say up front I like the ironman match with Bryan and the match with Tanahashi is the only title defense I haven't seen, so maybe that one might be some hidden gem I missed. As for the others, they either range from alright like the Mox and Samoa Joe matches where he won and lost the titles respectively, to legitimately the worst PPV world title match AEW's had in the 4 pillars 4-way. A match where 4 guys nowhere near skilled or experienced enough to put on a quality world title match, which also floundered due to the build up being MJF failing to bounce off of 3 guys with sub par promo skills (side note, Sammy Guevara is the worst promo in the company, bar none). I think the main factor for this is a borrowed observation from Joseph Montecillo's review* of the Jay White match from Full Gear

"This match with Jay White is a strange mix of good and interesting ideas shaped into the entirely wrong fashion. It’s an unwieldy uncanny valley kind of creation–all the elements of “good” wrestling are there but in the wrong order, mutated and warped into an ugly whole. Everything about it feels discordant, unpleasant to behold.

MJF knows all the words, but not the music."

MJF knows what a good match looks like, but doesn't know how to pace or structure one. he's like a artist with some cool OCs and a story in his head, but he doesn't get the mechanics of panel flow and puts too many speech bubbles in the panels.

I found his heel work as champion standard practice for him but good, however as he pivoted to being a face I was fond at first but progressively soured on him. He's an excellent chicken shit heel and capable of some absolute bastard behavior, in fact he's too good. Face MJF comes off as disingenuous mainly for two reason. Number one his entire AEW run was defined by how heinous and untrustworthy he was, literally in the same run he turned face he hospitalized William Regal and shoot threw a drink at a kid on live PPV. Number two is that once he was portrayed as a face, he kept doing shit the exact same as when he was a heel, but now with a cheep city pop and a "I'm your sucmbag!" Once he had a friend AEW portrayed him as a loveable scamp for stuff commentary would curse him out for over half a year ago. He kept the sleezy prick routine and the body shaming and the only real noticeable change is his name calling somehow got worse. The big example of how face MJF doesn't work is the Jay White feud. Lizzy Flanagan at The Sportster* makes the point I'd like to make exactly.

"MJF’s go-to tactic to being a babyface has been garnering sympathy, but his sob story about being bullied as a well-off middle-class child in Long Island has been repeated three or four times now. He then resorts to humor, but the best he can come up with is calling Jay White tofu. Then, he tries some crowd work. This usually works fairly well, as the AEW crowd wants to see MJF succeed, but the promos can’t help but come across as cheesy and cliché. You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. You can put a t-shirt and a smile on MJF. MJF is still a heel."

His face work feels fake and undercooked, so when put in a program with a fully realized and, frankly, better character like Jay White, Face MJF falls flat. The guy who's supposed to be the man of the people who recently turned over a new leaf is the same guy that flipped of a child at a public autograph event and mocked Darby Allen's dead uncle. The only thing that's changed as a character is now he has crocodile tears.

MJF's run as world champion was an abject failure. A spotlight that exposed the weakest parts of one of AEW's most popular performers during a creatively frustrating time in the company's short history. An example of many flaws in the modern wrestling landscape and the creative short comings of the man himself. As I write this I assume once Max recovers he'll take up the vengeful babyface role, chasing Cole and his faction. Do I hope it works? sure, but to I expect it to work? No, the experiment failed and it's inevitable that MJF will turn heel again. He has nothing without the bitter chicken shit heel persona, as a face he's a dog with no teeth. All bark, no bite.

*(Links to articles referenced in the replies below)

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Rebbie's Wrestling Reviews - AEW Dynasty 2024

Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Pac by pinfall for the AEW Continental Championship in 21:55

This match was simply awesome. Two guys who have absolutely all the tools put them to good use in this opener. Pac sold everything amazingly, he is brilliant at what he does, and there were many great sequences between the two men. Some of the specifics of this one were absolutely unreal too. Avalanche brainbuster, that brutal barricade DDT Pac took, an awesome springboard moonsault, a standing Brutaliser, a Black Arrow into the knees: so much brilliant wrestling. Of course, there was also Okada’s rug pull of the Rainmaker taunt. He had us in the palm of his hand and everything about that moment was hilarious. Loved this one.

4.5 STARS OUT OF 5

House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, & Buddy Matthews) def. Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston, & Mark Briscoe by pinfall in 17:46

Super fun! Loved the energy they brought to this one, and the pace was quick which is just what I want from a trios match like this. Briscoe had a pair of great spots on the apron here, first launching himself off a chair to attack Matthews, but then being launched off into a brutal Death Valley Driver by King into the barricade. I also really enjoyed the triple Spears later in the match. Generally just great fun here all executed well, and I enjoyed Black picking up the win after never truly meeting Copeland in the ring until that final moment. That’s fun and I look forward to Black challenging for the belt in the future. Potentially at Double or Nothing? I will say though, maybe Rick Knox could have picked a better position to count that pin, he was looking directly into the misted face of Copeland…

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Willow Nightingale def. Julia Hart (c) by pinfall for the AEW TBS Championship in 6:01

This is not the most revolutionary match on the card, but it was pretty satisfactory. It was pretty short, but I didn’t realise it was quite this short! It was worked sufficiently though and it gave us a big championship win for Nightingale! That’s going to be raising the rating! Mercedes Mone slightly cramps on what’s a lovely moment but I’m excited for their match at Double or Nothing! Feels big time!

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Roderick Strong (c) def. Kyle O’Reilly by pinfall for the AEW International Championship in 17:18

Another brilliant match. Great sells, great strikes, great technical work: what not to love? Some of the transitions and reversal in this one were simply beautiful, there was an awesome ankle lock transition by O’Reilly, there was a tiger driver that became a guillotine hold, there were sweet counters of some of their common offence: I ask again, what’s not to love?! O’Reilly has great facials for a match like this and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! I think the finish was a tad sudden, I’m not entirely sure why Wardlow showed up, but good for him. We also see that Adam Cole can walk post-match!

4.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Chris Jericho def. Hook (c) by pinfall for the FTW Championship in 16:34

Please say sike right now. I will say, I was actually enjoying this one for most of its run. Hook has some awesome suplexes, he wrestles with such a unique form and stuff, he’s just very engaging. Hook sends Jericho through a table off the apron with a T-bone suplex, he suplexes him in a bin, and he kicks out of two Judas Effects! That all went so hard! I don’t particularly remember what Jericho did but oh well. Now, why the hell did he win? Jericho got to dominate, and like he overpowered Hook, in a strike exchange, which should never be happening with Jericho who is not known for anything close. Then, after all their action, Jericho is walking whilst Hook is selling his ass off for Jericho post-Judas Effect, and then he hits him with his baseball bat and wins. WHY?! I do think this “Learning Tree” character can be fun, but it should be a character where he goes in there and loses a lot, and convincingly. No one wants to see Jericho have many long matches, nor do they want to see him win titles. How does this help Hook? He does not need to reclaim the title again from the likes of Jericho, it makes him look like a dork. This should have been a feud where Hook won every encounter. Really stupid finish on a flawed but fun schmozz.

2.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Toni Storm (c) (w/ Mariah May & Luther) def. Thunder Rosa by pinfall for the AEW Women’s World Championship in 15:08

First off, Team Timeless were absolutely slaying with the looks here. Yes, of course that includes you Luther. This was a pretty good match overall. Rosa hits a great Tornillo, Nigel McGuiness is a hoot on commentary as usual, and the Death Valley Driver on the apron was awesome. Some sweet sequences and combos in there too, like a cool tornado DDT into a Northern Lights suplex from Storm. I don’t particularly care for the Storm Zero kickout as it was done, I feel like it was a bit early for something like that for me. Rosa also had a real smooth transition into a backbreaker late on before Storm rightfully got the win. As I say, good match, just not the best. I feel I’ve never particularly gotten into Thunder Rosa’s work. Like, she’s a good wrestler, but I just don’t feel much about her in-ring skill, and I don’t like her promos. Regardless, they had a decent showing here.

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Will Ospreay def. Bryan Danielson by pinfall in 32:40

I’m going to start by mentioning how brilliant the atmosphere was with this St. Louis crowd. They were awesome the whole night but here was their peak. Everyone was just having a blast it seemed. Now, there’s a lot of hubbub about this one, and I’ll start with this now: No, this isn’t the best match ever. What it is though is really quite great. So many unreal spots here and a solid bit of story throughout. There’s the likes of Danielson fully tying up Ospreay, the tiger suplex off the top rope, the series of counters from an Oscutter to a Lebell Lock, and the staredown with the elbow pad removal. I want to mention the dodging of a Hidden Blade to hit a running knee from Danielson, loved that. All of these moments were great. In my notes though, I did eventually end up writing three things down in all caps. First, “TRIANGLE HOLD STYLES CLASH”. Yeah, that’s awesome. There was also the finishing stretch with “HE JUST HIT A TIGER DRIVER 91 ON DANIELSON”. I think that speaks for itself as something wild. Thankfully he took it as safely as he could, that is to say “I bet his shoulder hurts like hell”. Then, the best of them all: “KNEE OSCUTTER REVERSAL”. This was simply perfect, what a reversal for the Oscutter, and what a running knee it was. Beautiful. Overall, it was a really nice match that pulled me round into loving it, even if Ospreay can be a bit much with some of his style for me. It works for a big match! I don’t love the finish really with the doctors, but it’s not super egregious. It was probably a Danielson idea, but I’d prefer a clean finish here. Maybe there’s a sequel on the horizon. Anyway, on a first watch, I’m concluding that “the greatest match in US history” is not quite that (some people just love a man’s particular style and that’s ok!), but is still pretty stellar.

4.5 STARS OUT OF 5

The Young Bucks (Nicholas Jackson & Matthew Jackson) def. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) in a ladder match for the AEW Tag Team Championships in 21:34

Now, something completely different! There’s plenty of ladder-based fun here, like some fun dropkick spots and one of the Bucks heading up for the belts off of a rope run. A ladder bridge was a large part of this one, first with a moonsault by Wheeler and an EVP Trigger by the Bucks atop it. Wheeler had a great performance here, and he hit a tope onto Matthew that sent him through a table, which I loved. Shortly after, Harwood would take a hurricanrana through one too, which I did like but it was a tad awkward. I really loved the Power and Glory off the ladders, that was super awesome, and the Wheeler tope through a table at the end was wild! He went so fast! There was a scary moment, as Nicholas would 450 Wheeler through a table, but as Harwood tried to piledriver Matthew through the ladder bridge, it would give way. Fortunately, it seems everyone is ok. This was a pretty fun match all-in-all, and I really enjoyed the finish with big shit-eating grin Jack Perry helping the Young Bucks.

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) def. Samoa Joe (c) by pinfall for the AEW World Championship in 17:59

This is the moment I was waiting for! This was a pretty good match, Joe looked like an absolute beast in this one and I loved him for it. Swerve did his part too, selling very well for the big man. I especially loved his sell off the leg sweep, that was great. I do think the kickout from the Muscle Buster came a bit early in this match, it felt a tad flat for me, but it was soon followed by the House Call whilst Joe was in the ropes and the 450 Splash to the back of the head. I absolutely loved that spot. Those final moments were also great though, with Swerve doing whatever he has to do and with a great leap over Joe. That Swerve Stomp had me on my feet! The right man won here and it was absolutely essential here. What a great run from Samoa Joe though. Unfortunately, it is, indeed, Swerve’s House.

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Overall, this was a pretty good show! Not quite as good or as consistent as Revolution 2024, but another great PPV! This one is getting 4 STARS OUT OF 5 from me!

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danwhobrowses · 1 year

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10 (Subjective) Booking Directions for AEW after Full Gear 22

So Full Gear is in the books, as is my review of it. Normally that'd be that.

But my mood has soured upon learning that an Orange Cult Leader was let back onto a dying social media platform, also the guy who played the best Power Ranger (who also was an MMA fighter and trained to be a Pro Wrestler) had passed away today, so I wanna do something else to boost my mood: Fantasy Booking! ...to an extent at least.

So here's a few things I personally think AEW should do in the aftermath of Full Gear

Spoilers for Full Gear below

10 - Save Powerhouse Hobbs Samoa's Joe TNT title win has come at the great expense of Powerhouse Hobbs. Having assaulted Wardlow having come back from losing to Starks, Hobbs took the fall in the triple threat, making him a double loser since all his attacks meant nothing. Given that Wardlow and Joe look to continue into Final Battle, it leaves Hobbs in desperate need of a win but little places to do it. If he's not winning the TNT title, I believe we should push Hobbs to usurp Orange Cassidy for the All Atlantic title, which will enable him to take on a variety of opponents while also having a big win over a well-booked opponent.

9 - Faction Fixing Not every faction is doing well right now, The Factory continues to be the most undercard of factions, the AFO and Dark Order are in a continued feud for 10 which overstayed its welcome, and The Firm - given that they did legitimately turn on MJF and it wasn't just a play - are kinda lacking in anything outside of Ethan's eliminator run. In terms of the AFO and Factory I feel like a downsize is needed, free up Comoroto to go alone and maybe Ogogo, the AFO should really disband too - since Andrade looks to wanna run out his contract it's harmful to Butcher, Blade and Angelico to continue association without purpose, Butcher and Blade could side more with Kip and Penelope since Allie already is friendly with them, Angelico meanwhile should find a place where his technical mastery is better utilized, either in or out the company. Dark Order can survive losing 10 to RUSH, but I don't think it'd help any of them, honestly I'd love to see Dark Order team with Bandido - having helped him fend off Jose in his eliminator match - and then call on Hangman to help, then they can be a fuller faction again (I call them the Outlaw Stars), if we can pay to get Stu back that'd also be a bonus, Uno needs his tag partner. As for the Firm, it's perhaps the most fixable since there are some lingering things here and there, we can address the Hardy Party stuff properly but I'm most concerned really of finding W. Morrissey something to do.

8 - Finalize the Final Battle card sooner rather than later Following up on these things, ROH's Final Battle card is missing a few matches, all we know feels set is Athena vs Mercedes and Joe vs Wardlow, so it's best to make sure we get Final Battle set so we can build to it. Jericho will of course need a marquee opponent (Eddie Edwards, Nigel McGuinness, Jay Briscoe, Davey Richards are names that have been thrown around before), meanwhile FTR may need more than just The Gunns to face, we could pull a 4-Way given how the Kingdom got involved with them a little and BCC stared them down last PPV. The Embassy could also get a win over Dalton & the Boys while Garcia can meet a technically gifted opponent. The point being is that the sooner we set the card, the more time we have to build to it.

7 - Konosuke Takeshita title agenda Konosuke Takeshita is All Elite, which means now we must look towards putting a belt on this mega talent. Having fought for the ROH title before, Takeshita could be a great opponent for Garcia, he could also down the line be the undoing of the All Atlantic or TNT champion. Having gotten over with strong matches that mainly ended in defeat, it is key that Takeshita gets built like the star he is with the time AEW has him - given that, like the Joshi, AEW share him with another company, DDT.

6 - BCC in Disarray I never liked the idea of William Regal betraying Moxley for MJF because it meant the BCC lost their linchpin, he was the reason they are a faction after all. Now that it has happened we need to address the status of the BCC, I wouldn't want them to split but perhaps some infighting and uncertainty can move them away from fighting the JAS all the time. Bryan Danielson needs a win too, so an American Dragon rage tour could help, including trying to avenge Mox and also continuing the tension between him and Wheeler Yuta, and maybe having to fight Claudio a bit too to get it out of their system. Moxley though deserves his time off so let him have it.

5 - Best of Seven hits a House Call As a result of the hammer finish, the Trios Titles seem to be put to a Best of Seven series between the Elite and Death Triangle. While this will get the Elite more on TV after their investigation-mandated suspension, it will also serve to cement a heel turn for the Lucha Bros. However, seven of these matches is a lot, even for these talents, so perhaps instead of a hammer we should throw a spanner into the mix, a spanner named the House of Black. Vignettes have shown the House being reborn, so where better to make an impact then to lay out the two Trios champions teams and take the gold for themselves? While DT and Elite killing each other does give time for other Trios to be built up, the House coming back to win the gold seems like the strongest option to go for.

4 - Midcard Feuds Following Full Gear there are other talents not holding titles that need direction, while Swerve and Keith Lee are likely going to clash now, not every winner and loser has something to follow up on. Jungle Boy will need to propel himself to some position to take advantage of his cage match win, whereas Luchasaurus will need to bounce back from it. The same can be said for Darby, Lethal, Eddie Kingston, Bandido, Lance Archer, Top Flight and whoever loses between Ethan and Ricky. Establishing non-title midcard feuds will help AEW in the long run, since it'll provide matches with the stakes of others wanting to climb to a title shot, absent names such as 2point0, Miro (who does have a knee injury but should come back strong), Butcher & the Blade, the Blondes, Iron Savages, Tony Nese, Josh Woods, the Trustbusters (especially Sonny Kiss and Slim J), the former SCU, Dustin Rhodes, Hardy Party, Kip Sabian, the Kingdom, Chaos Project can benefit from getting to show more of their strength in positions where they're not being squashed. The women can also be strengthened by this, while we are waiting on the likes of Thunder Rosa, Leyla Hirsch, Red Velvet, Ruby Soho and Kris Statlander to be healthy (Abadon now more recently), AEW should work towards giving Shida, Riho, Yuka, Emi (and Mei), Skye Blue, Allie, Diamante, KiLynn King, Penelope, Willow, TayJay and Serena Deeb more tv time also.

3 - Depth for the Women's Division Continuing on from the women's part, AEW should look to bolster their division more, not just for depth but also to give tougher opposition for Jade Cargill. The babyface department is plagued with injuries so using the crossover value may be key in this, Jungle Kyona impressed on AEW Dark against Riho and in DPW, she would be a powerful opponent for Jade if Shida or Riho are a bit too above her punching level right now, Nixon Newell and Millie McKenzie are also available while AEW can also consider using TJPW talents Maki Itoh, Miyu Yamashita, and Mizuki or even Stardom talents like Starlight Kid, Utami Hayashishita, and Guilia, or of course others I mean I could probably think of a whole women's PPV with those three rosters like a Women's Forbidden Door but that's another conversation. The point is that AEW's women needs more depth, and Jade will need to fight similar challenges to Nyla as she tries to get 50-0, or however close to 50 she gets before Kris is fit to get the W and title she deserves.

2 - Toni/Hayter III Jamie Hayter as champion is the right call no doubt, however the manner of her winning does mean that Toni was robbed of the title. In a fantasy scenario I could see Rosa stating how she planned to vacate her title to Toni after Full Gear so Hayter technically only won the Interim title, but realistically we can just go to the 'you didn't win on your own' avenue. Regardless, we should build to the rubber match between Toni and Hayter for Winter is Coming or New Year's Smash - ideally in a steel cage to avoid shenaniganry - and have Jamie win clean, cementing her role as champion but also starting the face turn and the inevitable Britt Baker feud.

1 - Mr. Beat Your Faves (aka. Year of Maxwell) MJF is the World Champion, so now we must look to how the landscape will change. Let's make no mistake, contrary to the cheers of New Jersey, MJF is still a heel, which means that he should face and beat a lot of popular babyfaces. I am talking going full Roman Reigns with this, because now Max is in the position where he can play Final Boss and throw opponents at plucky babyfaces who want the right to face him. If I were booking it at least, I'd have MJF beating every top talent come what may; Ricky, Wardlow, OC, PAC, Fénix, Dalton, Keith Lee, Bandido, Bryan, Claudio, Mox again, Darby, JB, Miro, Takeshita, Hangman, Kenny, and most importantly, give HOOK his first defeat. We could also give bonus points for retiring Dustin Rhodes I think if we gave him a similar match to how he faced Randy Orton that one time but with his career on the line it'd be a good sendoff for him. But we focus on Max looking and feeling unstoppable all year, even maybe more than a year, if done right we can make him the longest running AEW World Champion, and maybe even build it up to his billed 'bidding war of 24' where he can meet his eventual and emphatic downfall to the people's champion: Eddie Kingston.

But that's just some of what I think, RIP to Jason David Frank aka Tommy Oliver the Green Mighty Morphin/White Mighty Morphin/Red Zeo & Turbo/Black Dino Power Ranger and fuck Trump

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REVIEW: All Elite Wrestling - Double or Nothing (2023)

A Wrestling Pay-Per-View by AEW I have been really bad about doing these wrestling pay-per-view reviews like I used to. Honestly, as you can clearly see, I have been more into local wrestling as of late, but tbhat doesn’t mean I haven’t been watching stuff like AEW and ROH. I need to go back and see what I’ve missed, so don’t be surprised if I start confusing you with old shows popping up like…

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TSC News TV host Fred Richani recaps WWE Night of Champions 2023 emanating from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, featuring The Bloodline imploding after the Usos turn on Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins beating AJ Styles for the new WWE World Heavyweight Title, Asuka finally dethroning Bianca Belair, Mustafa Ali and Sami Zayn getting hero's welcomes in KSA, and much more! Plus: Thoughts on AEW Collision, Double or Nothing, and NXT Battleground! ✅Subscribe for more wrestling content: http://www.youtube.com/TheSportsCourier

WWE Night of Champions 2023 Results:

Seth “Freakin” Rollins def. AJ Styles to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for Monday Night Raw

Trish Stratus def. Becky Lynch with the help of Zoey Stark WWE Intercontinental Champion

Gunther def. Mustafa Ali

Asuka def. Bianca Belair to win the WWE Raw Women’s Championship

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley def. Natalya with the help of Dominik Mysterio

Brock Lesnar def. Cody Rhodes

Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens defeated The Bloodline's Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa to retain the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Titles after Jimmy Uso turned on Reigns! Usos out of The Bloodline!

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The SML Podcast - Episode 873: Double or Podcast

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It's just about time for Double or Nothing and we just happen to have a bunch of wrasslefans on this episode!

The show kicks off with the PartyCast lineup of Tim Ekkebus, Brooke Poole, Chris Taylor, and Pernell Vaughan joining to welcome "Big Adam" Chase and Dave K to the show to chat WRASSLES! We talk about the upcoming AEW Double or Nothing 2023 PPV coming up this weekend and go down the card giving thoughts and predictions and tangents and soundclips and it's just a whole mess of fun. Plus reviews!

0:00 - Intro/WrassleCast 28:34 - HUMANITY - Enhance (Tim) 38:05 - Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo - Watanabe Entertainment, Idea Factory, Aksys Games (Brooke) 52:34 - NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed for All - Team6 Game Studios, GameMill Entertainment (Adam) 1:03:38 - Firmament - Cyan Worlds (Dave K) 1:13:31 - Bunhouse - Reky Studios, Digerati (Brooke) 1:21:12 - Contraptions 2 - Moragami, GS2 Games (Chris) 1:28:25 - Darkest Dungeon II - Red Hook Studios (Pernell) 1:39:34 - Animality - Phat Phrog Studios, Tendokore (Chris)

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Guess who's always going to be bitter about the fact that Jon Moxley (the literal heart & soul of AEW) was nothing more than a transitional champion for a guy who is past his prime & peaked ages ago.

Spoiler Alert : it's me.

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Alexa Bliss || RAW 5-9-22

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MLW Fusion 157 Review/Recap

In the words of Brodie Lee, it’s Friday (well, here in Australia it is), and you know what that means. Time for our first MLW Fusion review on the day it drops. After being caught up on MLW, I’ve been excited for the next episode, I just hope it’s better than the last one. As always, to check out my previous reviews, be sure to check out the tags.

We get a recap of EJ Nduka vying for the title to start. In terms of new stuff, Taya comes down to commentary, because first up is the 4 way luchadora elimination match. There are some vuvuzelas and lots of fans in the crowd with lucha masks and mexican flags, so I guess we’re bringing that AAA flavour.

Surprisingly, they do entrances for all 4 women in this match. I say surprisingly because if you’ve read my blog in the past, you know I think time management is MLW’s biggest problem. La Hiedra comes down with a title – commentary doesn’t address it, but I’m pretty sure it’s the RGR Women’s title. She’s also the EMW Women’s champ, but one of her belts isn’t here and the logo looked like the RGR one, so I’m guessing it’s that one. A bit odd since I haven’t heard of that promotion so I assume it isn’t that major, but alright.

Hugo from AAA is the ref. They all have a bit of a standoff, but Shani and Hiedra try to hit Flammer, but she dodges. Flammer tries to get the pin on Dorada, but fails. Dorada armdrags both Shani and Hiedra. Huricanrana from Flammer, who then faces off against Hiedra as the other two are on the outside.

Apparently these two are both in a faction in AAA, but here they trade blows – and a kiss! After that, they get rolled up by the other two for a two count. Double Huricanrana on those stablemates, and their foes do a stereo dive.

Ad break, when we’re back its Shani and Hiedra. Hiedra gets a submission, but Dorada breaks it up. Dorada hits Hiedra with some moves, but Flammer breaks it up. Flammer hits a move and pin on Dorada, but Shani breaks it up. Shani then goes for a submission on Flammer, but Hiedra breaks it up.

Hiedra and Shani get in a row, but the other 2 ladies come in to get some hits on them. Flammer gets a pin on Shani, broken up by Hiedra. Shani and Hiedra then go for separate submissions on the two ladies. They then all kick each other, falling down.

They then trade chops. Hiedra and Dorada go for submissions, both a muta lock, but both break their holds. Dorada and Flammer trade inside cradles, then some strikes and a double crossbody. Hiedra goes for a legdrop on Dorada and Shani with a kick to Flammer. Shani and Hiedra then hit an avalanche suplex on Dorada but are downed, so Flammer hits a splash and gets the win.

This was billed as an eliminator match, but no one was eliminated. I guess they meant it in the same way as AEW title eliminator matches, but those are matches with the champion. It wasn’t a bad match, but it felt like some spots were meant to be stereo but were slightly off. It wasn’t as good as I hoped, but serviceable. If nothing else I’m glad MLW gets to show off AAA talent other than the ones we normally see represented on AEW.

We then get a segment Jacob Fatu and the Samoan Swat Team. They’re at a hotel pool. Juicy rips off his shirt. They hype each other up to get titles – Lance and Juicy for the tag titles, Jacob for the world title.

We then see EJ in the parking lot. An interviewer asks why he attacked Hammerstone. Apparently EJ was waiting for a title shot, but Hammerstone kept blowing him off. He says he is “Himmy Neutron” and “Himi Hendrix”. Alright then.

Mance gets another segment. He’s out by some trash cans and is on a phone. He says he’s on the phone with Mads, and again claims he’s Doc Gallows. A plane interrupts Mance again. We get a replay on the video with Shun Skywalker again. However, Myron has a reply, accepting the challenge.

We then cut to the back. Killer Kross has been attacked! It must be the card guy, but we don’t get to see. We then see Alex Kane in a parking lot. He taunts Davey, saying he doesn’t have the Opera Cup – he does! Kross is then put in an ambulance and yep, there was a card near him.

We then get a message saying Davey Boy Jr is coming back to MLW. Well, already its time for our main event. Bandido vs Hammerstone. Hopefully Hammerstone gives us a better performance than last week. He is facing Bandido, so I have high hopes.

Hammerstone whips Bandido into the corner. He charges, gets a big boot and an uppercut from Bandido, with a tornillo for a two count. Then a big right hand to Hammerstone. Now on the outside, Bandido throws Hammerstone into the barricade. Bandido gets him back in the ring for a two.

Bandido then works Hammerstones left arm some – hammerstone tries to toss him, but Bandido rolls through. He charges at Bandido, another miss, but he manages to get two german release suplxes on Bandido and slams him.

Bandido manages to hit a michinoku driver on Hammerstone for a two count. He then goes for a huricanrana – Hammerstone catches him and hits him with a back elbow. He then does a sort of airplane spin/slam combination for a two count.

Ad break. When we’re back, Hammerstone goes for something on Bandido, but he slips through and slams Hammerstone, then hitting him with a boston crab. Hammerstone does a sunset flip for a two. Hammerstone goes for something, but Bandido tosses him up and hits a cutter for a two. It’s a little sloppy, but still looks alright.

They then get in a strike fest. Bandido hits the ropes but gets kicked, though he gets a victory roll for a two count. Hammerstone hits a GTS and a burning hammer. I know if its not your move you don’t have to protect it, but to hit two finishers of legends (one of which was only used 7 times by the guy as an ultra finisher) and not win, that’s a bit disrespectful. Sure, Punk doesn’t deserve a lot of respect now, but still.

They then fight for position, and Bandido hits a vertical suplex, and goes for 2 more. Then, top rope for the Eddie shimmy and frog splash, of course, but only a two count. Bandido then hits the 21plex.

They’re on the outside for a bit, but they get back on the inside and trade cradles. Hammerstone transitions one by picking Bandido up with 1 arm and slamming him. That gives him the win. It was better than his match last episode. Granted, a lot of my enjoyment came from Bandido, but that’s no hate on Hammerstone, he was better here than last episode and when I saw him live.

Focusing on his strength made him look better. He should really focus on being a power guy, at least in my opinion, because that’s where he shines. I mentioned my disgruntlement with the GTS + Burning Hammer spot, I’d like to see less of that, but it wasn’t a huge element in the match, so I’m not too mad.

Bandido says some thanks and sings a song. I don’t speak Spanish so I can only assume its a song of thanks in some way.

Surprisingly, that’s the end of this episode. I thought EJ might come out and attack Hammerstone or something. Well, next week we get EJ Nduka in a match, as well as the Samoan Swat Team vs a team from IWA Puerto Rico. The main event will be Myron Reed vs Shun Skywalker. Man, if Shun is any bit as good as La Estrella, I look forward to that.

Oh, nevermind, there’s a bit afterwards where EJ DOES attack Hammerstone. Alright. Oh, there’s another calling card attack in the back? Cesar walks down to discover it, there’s multiple bodies all laid down a staircase.

Well, with another episode out of the way, time for a rundown of my thoughts. I think most if not all recaps are a waste of time as let’s be real, it’s highly unlikely anyone who tunes into MLW is doing it for the first time, and we live in the age of the internet, we can google stuff. Plus, the commentators can probably explain most storylines. I’m mostly just opposed to the recaps because we only get an hour each week, which isn’t a lot. That’s one of the things NWA is actually good with, even though they have an even more stringent time limit.

The first match went on a bit too long in my opinion. It wasn’t terribly long, but it started to drag a bit, and was the only other match on this show. Like I said, I am glad they got to showcase AAA talents to a western audience that normally don’t get that spotlight, but I’d personally have preferred 2 shorter matches.

EJ isn’t a great promo, but he did well enough. I don’t really know a lot about Jacob Fatu despite him being a title contender and main eventer here. In the first episode I saw, I thought he had decent presence, but he hasn’t really done a lot on these past few episodes. The segment he was in today didn’t really tell me a lot about him as a new viewer.

More Mance is always good, I don’t mind him being on every show. Bomaye Fight Club don’t really need to cut long promos, they can just chant Bomaye and it works good enough for me. I don’t know how long they’ve been running the loss of the Opera Cup angle, but if it was only in the shows I saw, that was resolved fast. The resolution makes sense, though, and I definitely want to see those two square off again.

I’m intrigued with the mystery attacker angle – again, I’m not reading taping spoilers, so unless I see it against my will, I’m going in blind. I hope this has a good payoff, but I just don’t see how it could be. Who could be powerful enough to take out Kross and a staircase full of people that MLW could afford?

Bandido is good as always, but I doubt we’ll see more of him since Court doesn’t play nice with AEW. I made my thoughts on Hammerstone clear. Decent enough episode, better than last week. Again, MLW Fusion is a pretty decent show to keep up with if you have a spare hour a week. I’ll see you next time, very likely with my truncated recap of NWA Powerrr and USA.

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