@blakeb big nothingburger. It was told what happened and then we saw it. Woopty Doo, in my opinion🤷♂️it was really just pointless to show on tv I think, punks already in a whole other company and there wasn't really anything revelating in that video.
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BeAware :veriweed: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:51 JST BeAware :veriweed:
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:52 JST Blake Bouchard
The footage itself is not particularly damning if you already knew what happened. There was some reporting that Perry had somehow reversed the choke, but what seems to really have happened is Samoa Joe intervened too fast for the fight to escalate beyond the guillotine.
If you had already heard some version of these events, the footage is unlikely to change your mind. If you didn't, because you aren't internet poisoned, this may have actually been illuminating.
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:54 JST Blake Bouchard
And then. WHOAH BABY.
Pundits will be talking about this for a long time, I suspect. It's hard to encapsulate everything that transpired here in one social media post, and frankly, I don't think social media is even the right place to unpack all of this.
What I will say is that the Bucks were finally able to say ANYTHING about the situation, and that feels good. As someone who has found the news cycle around CM Punk to be a bit exhausting, this was cathartic.
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:55 JST Blake Bouchard
As predicted, Jericho begins to plant the seeds for his betrayal of HOOK and totally cementing his heel turn.
Some people were lamenting the addition of Shibata in this angle, but there is a VERY promising outcome here where HOOK chooses to sit under Shibata's "learning tree" instead of Jericho's. But I'll talk more about that after the match!
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:56 JST Blake Bouchard
The post-match angle had Cope getting jumped by Julia Hart and Brody King to build to the Cope/Eddie/Briscoe vs. HoB trios match at Dynasty.
Willow Nightingale, the #1 babyface in the women's division, makes the save for Cope, further proving that Willow is the real top babyface of #AEW.
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:57 JST Blake Bouchard
Either surprisingly or unsurprisingly the best-worked match on the show was Cope vs. Penta.
This was not a fast-paced match, but none of Cope's latest matches have been. Penta is game to slow things down though, and in return, Cope is able to bust out some surprising Lucha Libre of his own. This match had a little bit of everything, and if you're a fan of slow-burn matches, this is going to get you there no problem.
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:58 JST Blake Bouchard
The show started with a... Swerve?? Not surprising since Joe vs. Dustin was more likely going to be the headliner of the show over Cope vs. Penta.
One interesting thing about Swerve is that he is absolutely not a white-meat babyface. He is a babyface in the Eddie Guerrero tradition, someone who got cheered despite being somewhat of a dirtbag. They're leaning into it quite heavily here, and that's smart.
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Blake Bouchard (blakeb@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 13:10:59 JST Blake Bouchard
Hahahaha WOOOOOO
If you can say one thing about #aewdynamite tonight, they put their foot on the gas pedal in a BIG BIG way tonight.
If you hate #AEW then they drove the car straight into a brick wall. If you love #AEW then you were galvanized. But galvanization of their base is probably the best call for #AEW in the post-Mania hangover, when WWE fans are still high on the Cody Rhodes win.
Anyways. Let's talk about Dynamite! (Also I figured out how to spoiler my posts, YAAAYYY)
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