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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: If you think that you’re strong enough
As I feverishly type this missive, wondering what I’m going to say about a show that probably won’t be getting me to buy the pay per view, New Japan fans are presumably gnashing their teeth since AEW is bailing out their favorite promotion… again. It looks like Wrestle Kingdom will have a litany of AEW…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
Before what’s left of my gutshot fandom of wrestling and, indeed, humanity oozes out all over the floor, I’d like to see AEW really STICK IT to WWE somehow. There’s been too many nasty tricks, too many attempts at “counterprogramming,” too many little barbs thrown by persons in and out of the company, too many…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Got a lot of spare time, some of my youth and all of my senses on overdrive
Jesus, it’s time for the next pay per view already? These three week windows SUCK; just no time at all to breathe. I guess it helps the Dynamite TV booking a touch; no chance to overdrive the various angles into the ground, but on the other hand, I feel like there are only a few…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Boogaloo dudes (I want to talk to you, all of you)
I blame YOU. Well, maybe not YOU in the specific, but certainly you in the abstract. Definitely that guy over there, and maybe her, too. Maybe… I dunno, a week or so ago, for some reason, someone dredged up that weird deal from a couple years back where Ricky Starks was sharing a ring with…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Help me lay the renegade to rest
Obviously it was already going to be an emotional show, AEW Dynamite celebrating the career of the stalwart second banana Rebel (not Reba) and her struggles against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gerhig’s disease)… …but then Andy Williams, the Butcher (of Butcher and Blade infamy) only went and passed away on Sunday at the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: That’s the colour of my room
O frabjous day! The clanky sounds of Chairgate (don’t ask) have given way to the sharp, barking sounds of Dogggate (super don’t ask). Sigh. Look, all I require is a decent episode of Dynamite and a star to guide her by. In This Week in Supplemental Material, AEW remembered Will Ospreay is meant to be,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Jump in that water, be free
Editor Convoy here: in between taking notes and writing the column last night, I lost at least part of my draft in a fashion where it couldn’t be retrieved. Frankly, I didn’t feel strongly enough about either the show or what I had already written to reconstruct all of it. If this missive lacks the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
See? BIG DON isn’t the only one with Wu lyrics at his disposal. Episodes like Wednesday’s Dynamite are my absolute least favorite to talk about… nothing was truly terrible, nothing was particularly great. I’m not especially fired up for WrestleDream, which will certainly be fine, but I don’t anticipate it being better than fine. AEW…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Tubular boobular joy
I wonder what the annoying discourse will be today; AEW has too many belts (good lord; look at the other place, then), the Dentist wasn’t there in Pittsburgh, Kenny is a bad guy for sticking up for his protege (oops, that was YESTERDAY’S discourse), ohimgod, FIRE is too dangerous or what. Sigh. Am I thrilled…
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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…
