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Post by natureboi on May 22, 2023 7:01:12 GMT -5
please let Jade finally lose. I hate streak angles. Streaks have to end sometime and, when they do, few people are satisfied. |
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Post by Vegas on May 24, 2023 12:28:47 GMT -5
What I read online about tonight's epsiode of Dynamite at the MGM Grand here in Las Vegas (I am leaving fro this show in a little overe 3 hours as doors are at 3 PM PST:)
The Double Or Nothing go-home edition of AEW Dynamite will air live tonight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV with the final build for Sunday’s big pay-per-view.
Dynamite will feature appearances by the Four Pillars in the Double Or Nothing main event. There will also be a contract signing for the Unsanctioned Match between Chris Jericho and Adam Cole.
Three titles will be on the line tonight. AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy will defend against Kyle Fletcher, ROH World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros. will defend against ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta, and AEW World Trio Champions The House of Black will will defend under “Open House Rules” against Metalik, AR Fox and Blake Christian.
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Post by Vegas on May 25, 2023 1:53:00 GMT -5
Day 1 recap
I went to today's show with some friends at the MGM Grand. I had alot of fun even though the show lasted almost 6 hours as AEW filmed ROH for an hour, produced Dynamite for 2 hours, filmed Rampage for an hour, and then filmed more matches for ROH.
It was a long night but I am fine with it as during Mnaia Weekend the last two years I have stayed out going to shows until almost 3 AM and then gotten back up the next morning after just a few hours of sleep and repeated the same schedule so I can watch wrestling all day. But the crowd had really thinned out by the end of the show and many of them even left after Dynamite.
I realize it is a long night. But as a wrestling fan, I just don't understand how so many people can leave when you have matches with wrestlers such as Zack Sabre Jr., Vikingo, Bandido, Katsuyori Shibata, etc still to come later that night. But then again perhaps that is easy for me to say as I am not the one who has to wake up early tomorrow as the school year is over and Summer School does not start until next Tuesday.
From my live attendee perspective, I thought tonight's go home edition of Dynamite was good. But why in the Hell are they doing a contract signing for an unsanctioned match? Some ROH matches in particular that I would recommend to watch when they air include Zack Sabre Jr. vs Rocky Romero, the 6 man tag involving Bandido, Vikingo, and Komander, and Katsuyori Shibata vs Alex Coughlin (although I did miss a little of this match as it was a 6-hour show and I had to use the bathroom at some point.)
tomorrow I am going to 2 shows:
FSW's Legends Rise (a tournament involving wrestlers 25 years old and under from around the country)
and
Micro Mania (a late night midget wrestling show at the Nerd Bar downtown.)
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Post by TTX on May 25, 2023 5:11:12 GMT -5
Have fun at the shows Zeke and hope its full of good action.
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Post by Vegas on May 26, 2023 4:09:28 GMT -5
Day 2 recap
Tonight I went to the Legends Rise Tournament presented by FSW which was a tournament of wrestlers around the country 25 years old and younger.
These were the tournament results:
First Round
Richard King defeated Hunter James
Matt Vandagriff defeated Eli Knight
Jarett Diaz defeated Robert Martyr
Billie Starkz defeated Bodhi Young Prodigy and Starboy Charlie
First Round byes: Titus Alexander, Jordan Oliver, Alec Price, and Jack Cartwheel (replacing KC Navarro)
Semi-Finals
Jack Cartwheel defeated Richard King
Matt Vandagriff defeated Alec Price
Jordan Oliver defeated Jarrett Diaz
Titus Alexander defeated Billie Starkz
4-Way Finals (elimination)
Jack Cartwheel eliminated Titus Alexander
Jordan Oliver eliminated Jack Cartwheel (at least I think it was Oliver who eliminated Cartwheel here)
Matt Vandagriff eliminated Jordan Oliver
This was overall a good tournament with some really good matches with several wrestlers I have never seen live before (but I have seen them all at least through streaming.) I am not surprised Vandagriff won as he is a FSW regular but he and Bodhi Young Prodigy (Sinn Bodhi's son) were the only 2 FSW regulars who were participants in this tournament. Alot of the crowd was also non-regulars/out-of-towners. At this show, I got both my Billie Starkz and my Starboy Charlie cards autographed and I made a couple of signings for the game.
Afterward, I went to the Nerd Bar to see a midget wrestling show called Micro Mania. The show took place inside the Nerd Bar in a very small room with a very small crowd but some of the crowd watching this show included wrestlers such as Vikingo, Taya Valkyrie, PJ Black, and Los Macizos. Micro Mania was only 3 matches and the main event was a midget battle royal. The commentator made some jokes that I probably can not repeat on this board.
Tomorrow I am going to GCW and then to Hoodslam.
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Post by Justin Case on May 26, 2023 11:23:10 GMT -5
I too questioned the contract signing segment?! Means nothing other than introducing Sabu to the match. Hardly worth calling it a contract signing? Something else would have suffice.
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Post by Vegas on May 27, 2023 5:05:16 GMT -5
Day 3 Recap
This recap will be short as I just got home and it is 2:54 AM in the morning and I have to wake up early in the morning to go to 4 more shows.
Tonight I went to GCW. My favorite matches were the deathmatch between GCW Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita and Cole Radrick, the triple threat between Vikingo, Komander, and Gringo Loco, and Zack Sabre Jr. vs Jordan Oliver. At the show tonight, I gave Titus Alexander copies of his card and he autographed my personal copy of his card. Tonight at GCW, I also made a good signing for the game.
After GCW, Hoodslam took place. Hoodslam is not a show I would go out of my way to see but I had fun staying after GCW to see Hoodslam take place in the same venue tonight.
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Post by TTX on May 27, 2023 5:14:43 GMT -5
4 more shows..you're a machine, Zeke. Hopefully it was all fun.
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Post by Vegas on May 28, 2023 3:48:41 GMT -5
Day 4 Recap
Today I went to 4 more shows, but I got home earlier than last night (it's now only 1 AM tonight compared to almost 3 AM last night.)
first show: Poder Cinco (a womens show.) At this show today for the game I signed a woman who we have tried unsuccessfully to contact online in the past. I had a front row seat from where I could see down the hall toward the front of the FSW Arena and as soon as I saw this women standing there I immediately got up and out of my seat and went to talk to her. She immediately said yes about being in the game and on the release form she signed she gave me some really good contact info which I will pass on to Ty States so he can get in touch with her when it comes time to work on her card.
After this first show ended I asked the promoter (a guy named Ed from San Antonio) if I could talk to Miranda Alize for a second because I had copies of her card to give her and he went in the back and brought Miranda Alize out to to talk to me. Miranda was really cool to see and talk to briefly once again and she signed my copy of her card and I posted a picture of my card that she autographed on the Filsinger Games Promoters page on Facebook.
After this show ended, for lunch I went to the nearby Blue Ox which is a Minnesota themed restaurant. Along with a couple of beers, I ordered the Minnesota Viking which is a really good sandwich consisting of hot roast beef with horseradish and tomatoes. After lunch it was time to go back to the FSW Arena for the next show.
second show: Blackjack Rumble. This was a show consisting of mainly local wrestlers along with a few out of towners such as Jordan Oliver and Billie Starkz who are in town for other shows too during Double or Nothing Weekend. A highlight was Super Beast (who has his own fed in Las Vegas that runs shows at the Nerd Bar downtown) making a rare FSW Arena appearance and the main event which (as the show title implies) was a 21 man rumble with a new entrant entering every minute. Kal Jak won the rumble.
third show: GCW vs FSW 2. GCW won the previous GCW vs FSW show (held during Summerslam 2021 weekend when Summerslam was in Las Vegas.) This time it was a 4-4 tie.
GCW's wins: Rina Yamashita defeating Mazzerati, Alec Price/Gringo Loco/Jack Cartwheel defeating Bodhi Young Prodigy/Damian Drake/Matt Vandagriff (one of the best matches today,) Jordan Oliver defeating Jakob Austin Young, and Starboy Charlie defeating Bad Dude Tito, Nic Zander, Remy Marcel, and Robert Martyr in a 5-way scramble match.
FSW's wins: Bret the Threat/Gregory Sharpe/Lights Camera Faction defeated Cole Radrick/Jimmy Lloyd/Los Macizos, Danny Limelight defeated Titus Alexander (another really good match,) Viva Van defeated Billie Starkz, and Alexander Hammerstone defeated Joey Janela in the main event.
fourth show: "Filthy" Tom Lawlor's Natural Born Killers. Lawlor lives here in Las Vegas and he became the host of the NBK shows after Killer Kross left for the WWE. The NBK shows are very similar to GCW's Bloodsport shows where every match is won only by submission or countout. In the main event, Bad Dude Tito defeated "Filthy" Tom Lawlor.
Tomorrow I leave in about 8 hours to go to another show at the FSW Arena before going to T-Mobile Arena for Double or Nothing 2023.
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Post by Vegas on May 28, 2023 11:29:53 GMT -5
I too questioned the contract signing segment?! Means nothing other than introducing Sabu to the match. Hardly worth calling it a contract signing? Something else would have suffice. yeah, to me it just seems illogical to have a televised contract signing in the center of the ring surrounded by fed officials for an unsanctioned match, I was also critical of it when the WWE recently had a contract signing for the unsanctioned match between Johnny Gargano and Grayson Waller and now AEW is doing the same thing with Adam Cole and Chris Jericho But I do really like the addition of Sabu for this match as it makes sense in a number of ways: he's local/lives in Las Vegas the site of Double or Nothing, he fits as an enforcer for a extreme match (I expect Sabu to do something big in today's match,) and as Adam Cole says he grew up watching Sabu as Cole is from Philadelphia the home of ECW. |
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