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2024/10/10 09:06:00
Subject: Re:The DakkaDakka Pro Wrestling Discussion Thread
Hello, hello. Bad Blood was quite something, wasn't it. It's the HHH era good and proper, it seems. They're being very, very smart about how they put PPVs together. Not to mention the smartness in making up that Crown Jewel belt. This way they can give the Saudi money some title change and still keep it basically non-canon.
Punk-Drew surely was the match of the night. In terms of wrestling I really liked the Ripley-Morgan match. I'm becoming more and more of a fan of Liv Morgan, even on an in-ring level. And she can talk and emote in funny ways.
Unfortunately, Bayley vs. Nia was not a good match. Like everybody else, I'm a big fan of Bayley's, and I actually like Nia Jax as well, because she adds something to the women's roster nobody else does.
The host segments I did not get; the Chelsea Green bit was just mean and out of nowhere.
Gunther had a guest spot. Really good to see how well he talks now and how he's being pushed. Unfortunately this seems to lead to a Goldberg match, but okay. Can't do anything about it and it'll go away again soon.
Main event was a Bloodline match, carried out by people who know their craft and are very good at that style of match. I also do like a match-up in which a tag team dominates over two thrown-together main eventers.
Am I the only one who can’t take Dominic Mysterio seriously? Not in terms of wrestling skill. But as a character. Like Liv and Rhea are just mucking him about?
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Am I the only one who can’t take Dominic Mysterio seriously? Not in terms of wrestling skill. But as a character. Like Liv and Rhea are just mucking him about?
Yeah, I mean he is a comedic heel really. Not in the way that he's a cool, joke-cracking dick, but a major-league twerp, and that he is really good at. During the match the people I watched with raised the question whether Liv Morgan is just using him as part of her revenge tour thing, and I would kinda like that, but that would also go hand in hand with Dom basically becoming a de-facto babyface, which would take effort to make work. To be honest though, I'd also like to see Morgan and Dom just be a pair. They look cute together.
Woooahahhahaa, Wrestledream came and went, and what an interesting event it was. I'm still enjoying the differences in PPV booking between WWE and AEW. A super-tight package of purposeful matches (plus lots of advertising) vs. a lovely buffet of loads of different things pro wrestling has to offer, even though one might not like everything presented to the same degree.
Things I didn't enjoy as much: The women's match didn't do it for me. Not a huge fan of Mariah May as a champion and I'm feeling a bit of Willow fatigue and the outcome was rather predictable. Making this the only women's show on the main cards made it a bit more bitter for me too. The Darby Allin match was just that. I'll probably just never become a fan of his, so I'm not too sad about his latest PPV matches all having been very swift and inconsequential (boy, would I like to see the House of Black being presented a bit better. Maybe not as a faction, but just as a tag team or Aleister Black as a singles wrestler.). Also, I was okay with AEW doing 4 PPVs each year. Not hugely into having a PPV so soon after All In and All Out, mostly due to cost.
But that's all minor points. It was a rather lovely show with some amazing matches, and - as mentioned above - just a great mix of different things. Of course the Beast Mortos is 20000% cooler than Hologram. Btw, last night I tried to look up when Angelico had a TV match last, and was surprised that it was very recent. A swift Collision affair in which he put Hologram over. Angelico should be allowed to do more on TV.).
Heel Moxley is great.
Spoiler:
Seeing Castagnoli of all people pillmanize somebody was impactful.
Here's people I'd like to see do more on AEW TV/PPVs: The Beast Mortos, Shelton Benjamin [great fan of his], Angelico, Yuka Sakazaki. I might add Athena to the list as well, because she rocks and the RoH men's champion is mostly on AEW tv as well anyway, but on the other hand it feels like she holds RoH together, and has been doing so for years now. And I heard Penelope Ford is back now, so I'd like to see her do more. I think she's really good at being a mid-card heel lady.
Oh, and the ending was extremely interesting.
Spoiler:
Very sombre, very uncelebratory (well, obviously ), but they made very good use of Wrestledream's status as certainly being a minor PPV in the AEW calendar. Again, impactful.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Am I the only one who can’t take Dominic Mysterio seriously? Not in terms of wrestling skill. But as a character. Like Liv and Rhea are just mucking him about?
Yeah, I mean he is a comedic heel really. Not in the way that he's a cool, joke-cracking dick, but a major-league twerp, and that he is really good at. During the match the people I watched with raised the question whether Liv Morgan is just using him as part of her revenge tour thing, and I would kinda like that, but that would also go hand in hand with Dom basically becoming a de-facto babyface, which would take effort to make work. To be honest though, I'd also like to see Morgan and Dom just be a pair. They look cute together.
It definitely feels deliberate. But, as an arguable Nepo-Baby I just hope it doesn’t backfire on him career wise when the stories inevitably change.
Mind you it’s been a while since I last watched outside of instagram clips, so I accept I’m not seeing his usual in-ring performances, just carefully curated highlights to drive his character.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Am I the only one who can’t take Dominic Mysterio seriously? Not in terms of wrestling skill. But as a character. Like Liv and Rhea are just mucking him about?
Yeah, I mean he is a comedic heel really. Not in the way that he's a cool, joke-cracking dick, but a major-league twerp, and that he is really good at. During the match the people I watched with raised the question whether Liv Morgan is just using him as part of her revenge tour thing, and I would kinda like that, but that would also go hand in hand with Dom basically becoming a de-facto babyface, which would take effort to make work. To be honest though, I'd also like to see Morgan and Dom just be a pair. They look cute together.
It definitely feels deliberate. But, as an arguable Nepo-Baby I just hope it doesn’t backfire on him career wise when the stories inevitably change.
Mind you it’s been a while since I last watched outside of instagram clips, so I accept I’m not seeing his usual in-ring performances, just carefully curated highlights to drive his character.
It's been years since I watched a WWE weekly show, but I see the guy at PPVs and he's doing alright there. I could see him being the cowardly leader of his own heel faction, I could see him as a cowardly manager, I could even see him doing a sort of "unlucky Corbin" thing. I think there's some potential for some sympathetic doofus character in there as well.