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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: War has always been the bosses’ way, sir
Looking back, I feel like I don’t have a great deal to say about Dynamite; not a bad show by any means, but I wasn’t particularly GRIPPED by it, either. I was a bit worried it was gonna be an endless parade of misplaced ECW nostalgia and was dreading that, honestly… but other than the…
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I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down: And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true
On the whole, Forbidden Door was a better show than All In, but it was still let down by two things: not enough New Japan participation (more on that in a bit) and the absolute scourge of modern wrestling… overwrought, overthought overbooking. This show probably made it to at least 1.2 MegaJarretts on the overbooking…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I’ll take the low road
Feels like football season started early. Did the Zombie Princess come back and we just weren’t told? The last couple of weeks of Dynamite have felt a little… Fed-y? Fedular? Fedtastic? I can’t call a show with a thirty minute FTR / Bandido / Brody King (I refuse to type the other thing) match BAD.…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Vegetable lasagna
As Forbidden Door finally comes into sharper focus, the eternal battle rages… is there too much New Japan content on the show with people the Western audience won’t know? Not enough New Japan? Where are their biggest stars? Why are there no New Japan tag team in the FD tag team tournament? Wither STARDOM? Why…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: There is no god up in the sky tonight
Approaching this a little different than usual this week. Normally, I like to think I’m fairly thick skinned, but last night after Dynamite, someone who I thought I was cool with kept attacking me over hating the finish to the main event. Like, maybe they had a bad day, I dunno… but I was told…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: And the sound of the battle rang through the streets of the old east side
Fuck Cody Rhodes. Well, maybe not LITERALLY. That’s someone else’s job. But seriously, I have NO SYMPATHY for those who are given everything but still manage to cry poor. Boo hoo, he was disrespected. Boo hoo, there was bad blood by the end. Mr. Revisionist History seems to forget that the AEW audience had largely…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Ol’ Chicago, she’s a woman, make a young man a bum
If I liked Toni Storm better, that would have been a pretty killer title. Oh, how I LAUGHED when young Billie Starkz gave the Timeless one a gentle TAPPY TAP with the title belt in order for her mistress, ROH Forever champion Athena to get heat. Just the most GENTLE of belt shots. Athena keeps…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Chicago Transit Authority
The Aragon Ballroom is a venerable location; it’s played host to acts like Nirvana. Metallica. The Smashing Pumpkins. Green Day. REM. Aerosmith. FUCKING KRAFTWERK. And I hope you liked it because it’s now playing host to AEW. For a WHILE. Amongst hardcore fans… they seem to get real excited about AEW and residencies and to…
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I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down: ‘Cause they’ve got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
Well, that’s that. All In came and went. It played host to probably something near 30,000 spectators and apparently is on track to be one of AEW’s most purchased pay per views EVER. So business wise, an absolute smash. And yeah, for ME, the back half of the show delivered. It’s not even that the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: The first time was the charm when you came calling
Some things, maybe of relevance, maybe not, bouncing around in my brain the last day or two: “How are we gonna financially recover from this?” – Nick Jackson “I will never let somebody weaponize a friendship against me.” – Ricky Saints née Starks “Save the performative bullshit for your entrance!” – Toni Storm “Baby, life’s…
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