Alriiiight, guess I’ll go down the line quickly...
Swole vs. Britt was fun and no qualms with Swole going over. That women’s division is severely lacking in babyfaces with personality. I’m even having trouble recalling what babyfaces they even have that speak half as often as Swole, so good on that.
Bucks vs Jurassic Express. Good showing. Matt Jackson with a Botchamania moment. Great comeback by Luchasaurus.
The subtle heel turn for the Bucks was cool.
Only complaint: the finish was overkill. JBJP eats a big superkick and kicks out. Good.
JBJP immediately eats a big a Superkick party....and kicks out again. Naaah, that should’ve been the finish. A BTE Trigger afterward is
, but whatever....
Sammy Guevara vs. Matthew Hardy: Feud is cursed. What were they thinking in letting dude continue....he could barely stand AFTER being knocked out cold. That was hard to watch. The rule should be that if an X is legitimately thrown up, then you can’t continue a match/angle, regardless of he circumstances.
Aubrey threw it up twice. That should’ve been it...and I’ll say what I’ve said since Matt had that last WWE run: if it isn’t cinematic, hang it the fukk up while you’re still upright.
Battle Royal:
Are they going to run an angle with Sonny Kiss and “ROCK HARD” Jake Hager. Lol...when did that become his nickname? Hilarious.
I like Will Hobbs. Don’t want a push or anything for him. I just get WCW Saturday Night vibes and that’s good.
Jake and Kingston with the “snake” in the bag. Intolerably ridiculous.
Cage and Darby with the tacks and body bag....Almost tolerably ridiculous if not for the fact that they left tacks in the ring. Now you’ve got guys taking tack spots that probably had no intention on doing so. Bad biz....
Sydal...
Hope he’s okay but everything about that was hilarious. Surprise entrant...big “SSP” on the tron video....third-eye open taunt before a HUGE botch.
Bet your third-eye didn’t see that coming...Shockmaster vibes.
Archer wins. Good for him. Familiar with the champ. Jake vs the champ on the mic. No way he wins, but the build has great potential. This match was a mess though.
Shida vs Thunder Rosa. Meh...Shida does nothing for me. Despite this, I expected her to win, but this match wasn’t it, chief. Bad chemistry, struggling to get Rosa up...just lackluster. Right result though....
Cardinals, Scorpio, Dustin, and *sigh* QT Marshall against the Dark Order:
Who gives a fukk....BUT I did enjoy Brodie
SNUFFING Dustin with that lariat. Good Looord...
Also....JR is a wild dude.
FTR vs Hangmane and Kenny Obrehga: Good, solid match with good, solid storytelling but something was missing. Never really got into that final gear that FTR would get into when they were in their DIY/AA/AOP bag or that Hangman/Omega found vs the Bucks. This definitely needed a good crowd.
Post-match angle was kind of awkward...
Right time to drop the titles. FTR shouldn’t lose them to anyone but the Bucks OR without having the Bucks cost them.
Jericho vs The OC: Rough....their only good match was the first one. Glad this feud’s over. Honestly, expected Jericho to go over and then get dumped in the drink, but whatever. Nice to put OC over in the rubber match.
Not sure what Jericho does next...
Mox/MJF: This was actually pretty solid and the right man went over. Could’ve used a big crowd though. Damn Mox...couldn’t sell a little bit harder for the Salt of the Earth after getting the arm worked for half the match though?
Regardless, the finish was cool. Mox/Archer will be fun. MJF comes out of this with a conspiracy angle and will be just fine.
Overall, this was.....noooot great. A lot of great potential fell flat and that Matt Hardy deal kind of took the wind out of things. We shall see...
at letting it continue. Really bad optics now that I’m finally seeing it and poorly handled all round. I love AEW and everything but this was bad and makes them look amateur as fukk
