Jmare007

Agreed, for as much as he loves wrestling, it's pretty staggering how he's doesn't see the upside of putting 1 guy over big instead of putting as many people over as possible. What makes it more weird is that he saw how that formula work when he did it with Homicide and Kofi.

Yeah, of all the options to delay him challenging Swerve and make him wait till August, an IC Title match was a bizarre move. And if he loses the match then it's just downright stupid.

Caught the angle at the end (thinking I was tuning in to watch the finish of Mox vs Hobbs, lol) and I truly hope they have a decent story to tell with this one because if the The Elite 2.0 become a heel authority figure I'm out. Done seen that fucking shit too many times in my life.

Now that's something I've never thought I'd read. Danielson very rarely uses false finishes compared to most of his contemporaries and can't even compare to the 2010's-2020's guys in that regard. Compared to pre 2000's guys I'd understand but one of the cool things about him is that he saves spamming false finishes for matches like the one against Ospreay. What I do think he's done a lot since leaving WWE is using the running knee more as a set up move (kind of like a lariat for a Japanese wrestler) that needs to be hit more than once to put someone down. But he's far from being someone that relies on a bunch 2,99999 counts to get the crowd going.

Official release: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes I guess we'll see more people not being used for a while before getting released to that can act as a 30-90 day buffer between the last time a wrestler was on TV and being able to work somewhere else?

I had forgotten about this. Danielson been thinking about that Tiger Driver spot for 10 months, lol. Shows how much respect Ospreay has for him that he was not only game for it but went out of his way to "retire" the move so when he finally uses it again, it will mean A LOT.

So fucking happy for Swerve. I hope they don't drop the ball on him and he gets to Wembley as a strong champ and character. We NEED Okada vs Joe for that Continental Belt. Have Okada win via cheating and then a pissed off Joe enters the Continental Classic and kills everyone, Okada included, to get that belt.

Who cares, Swerve can easily turn or work heel for that one match. Everyone knows Ospreay is gonna get an historical level of support in Wembley. No AEW fan is gonna go "oh Swerve was a failure" because Ospreay got a British Bulldog coronation. At the same time, AEW has an opportunity to not only give a black wrestler an awesome moment tonight but also reward a wrestler who out of sheer will and determination got over. A four month reign ending in front of 50-60k people sounds like cementing Swerve's status regardless of how the crowd reacts that night.

BTW, I fucking loved the "cowboy standoff/duel" ending for Danielson vs Ospreay. Has that ever been done before as a match finish?

Yeah, and they got him out of the ring quick. If it's was a legit neck injury they ain't keeping things moving as fast for safety reasons....at least that's what I hope. If hopefully that was a work then I question the decision to have no buffer match in between though because what the hell do they expect this crowd to react now?

They HAVE to do a rematch. They are throwing money away if they don't wrestle again soon.

I think Ospreay winning at Wembley has been in the book since he signed. Swerve getting to main event All In to put bruv over after a 4 month reign is a great outcome considering were Swerve was before the Hangman feud.

Well this is living up to the hype.

Is his gimmick gonna be "past his prime but doesn't wanna accept it" meta bullshit? dear lord help us.

The crowd made it enjoyable for me, but what they did in the ring and outside of it was not very good.