General Wrestling VII: Beyond Thunderdome

[Anoat]

AEW announced a partnership with Susan G Komen foundation

People bring up all the contentious stuff CM Punk said about them and how awful they are

AEW deleted the tweet with the announcement

CM Punk tweets: We’re working on it

Voice of the voiceless indeed

[Krandor]

AEW finally made it official

https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/...465191430?s=20

Now give me the fucking Daniel Garcia vs Danielson match

[Krandor]

So uh.... Shibata wrestled again, so that's a whole fucking thing I never saw coming.

Also Okada won the G1 after Ibushi hurt himself on a whiffed phoenix splash and they called the match. It seemed likely Okada was gonna win anyways, but fucking hell.

[Tomiko]

Blood Money is starting now for those interested. All I care about is the KotR finals. I want Xavier to get his moment.

[Melena]

Blood Money is starting now for those interested. All I care about is the KotR finals. I want Xavier to get his moment.

I hope he gets his moment, but I'm fully expecting the Prince to become a King.

[Tomiko]

That's kinda what I'm expecting as well, but I'm hoping for the best since we did finally get E as champion.

On a side note, Target has an exclusive Xavier Woods UUDD Funko POP for those into those.

So uh.... Shibata wrestled again, so that's a whole fucking thing I never saw coming.

Also Okada won the G1 after Ibushi hurt himself on a whiffed phoenix splash and they called the match. It seemed likely Okada was gonna win anyways, but fucking hell.

Awesome to see Shibata back.

Glad they called it after seeing what happened.

[Melena]

Ibushi injuring something other than his neck? The world has gone bonkers.

[Tomiko]

I think Hurt Business vs Usos was on the preshow. I didn't turn it on until 9am PST. Matches so far since then:

Edge vs Rollins (Heck in a Box)
Mustafa Ali vs Monsoor
RKBro vs AJ & Omos (Tag Titles)
Zelina vs Doudrop (Queen's Crown Finals)
Lashley vs gOldberg (No Holds Barred & Falls Count Anywhere)
Goldberg vs his gloves
Finn Balor vs Xavier Woods (King of the Ring Finals)
Drew vs Big E (Raw Title)

Results:

Spoiler: show

Edge wins after a Stomp to Rollins with a chair under his head.

Monsoor wins. Silver medal karate champion from Saudi Arabia comes out to attack Mustafa after. I also realized this is the one event where you can count on the hometown hero winning. lol

RKBro wins after Randy counters AJ's flying forearm with an RKO (Then. now. Forever) followed by Riddle hitting a floating bro or something from the top.

Zelina wins with a Code Red! Someone on Reddit clocked it at 5:50 for time.

Goldberg wins after I stopped paying attention. Saw the replay: Spear off the stage landing on a pile of padding.

Xavier wins after hitting the Limit Break elbow drop!

Edit: Will update this post with matches and results as they come in.

[Xno Kappa]

Tuned in just in time to watch the women wrestle in their blankets.

EDIT: Wait this is the queen of the ring final? And Doudrop beat Shayna Bayzler lol?

[Tomiko]

Tuned in just in time to watch the women wrestle in their blankets.

EDIT: Wait this is the queen of the ring final? And Doudrop beat Shayna Bayzler lol?

Yes to both lol

[Tomiko]

Holy shit

[Tomiko]

Heyman says he's going to the ring with Roman but leaving the ring with the Champion.


IT'S TIME BOYS!

Finn making his entrance now. Xavier getting the champions entrance by going 2nd.

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ TAKE MY ENERGY XAVIER ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[Xno Kappa]

Having the crown jewel host the KotR/QotR finals is pretty dope. Surprised they didn’t do this sooner to give the Saudi event some substance to feel more than a glorified house show.

[Tomiko]

FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSS

[Melena]

Jesus christ, they actually fed Lashley to Oldberg.

[Xno Kappa]

Oh shit lets go!!!

[Xno Kappa]

Holy shit Big E kicked out of the claymore!

[Melena]

Thankfully someone saved this post on r/squaredcircle about the Woman's QotR tourney, because well, it's one hell of a hot take among many many many many other things.

Spoiler: show

I'm on twitter and this lady keeps getting upset about the lack of time some of the matches received for the women's Queen of the Ring. Everyone is just rallying around her like it's a travesty. It's like she lacks any common sense and looks at the length of time given instead of why those matches are short.

Most of the women in this tournament had some veteran presence worked at getting over newer wrestlers. (I'm going to dive into what I saw and how I felt, so this could be TLDR warning)

If Zelina Vega vs Toni Storm went the full 5-7 minutes, Vega is going to get lost/overwhelmed. She needs seasoning and she's getting that at house shows.

Carmella/Liv Morgan is more or less a story point and they'll have a segment or two blow off match. It might be a preshow match, but it's building toward that.

Shayna/Dana Brooke is the only match I wish went longer because Dana is underutilized and a very solid worker. Shayna is just a bully and a psycho heel; reminds me of the Heel version of a face version of Ken Shamrock.

Nattie/Doudrop went 3 minutes, it was a surprise win. It was built as that. That's story telling. Who's to say they won't have a 10-15 minute match down the line? Why rush it in this KOTR.

Mella vs Vega went about the length it could have gone. Vega again is green and needs seasoning. Why expose your winner in the semi final...

For Doudrop + Shayna to go longer than 5 minutes, it's probably not going to be a good look for either. Shayna is still very limited unfortunately. Doudrop has a good move pool but lacks ring awareness which comes with time and seasoning in regards to production. Putting together a quick match allows for both to have a platform while not exposing either. Shayna needs some work and Doudrop needs some seasoning.

The finals was Zelina vs Doudrop and it was about what I expected. I mean what more does the audience want? Zelina is too limited.

Every match beside Dana/Shayna was what I thought it would be and I was left wanting to see some follow up matches like a Nattie/Doudrop round 2. Zelina is being elevated by a prop because as a wrestler, she's failed to get herself over with any type of character (as a manager, she's amazing and I want to see that version of her). Highlighting the lack of ring time with a clock is just silly and irresponsible. I'm tired of 'these women don't get enough time' narrative without taking into consideration what's actually being done.

Sasha, Becky, Charlotte, Nattie, and when she returns, Bailey are the best women in the WWE right now. Bianca is definitely getting there. The thing is, they've all had short matches to build them up instead of exposing them when we were introduced to them for the first couple of years. WWE style takes time, so stop being a dumb mark and think about how everything is booked out and built.

[Anoat]

Pretty messed up Zelina Vega got bumped from the 9/11 show in New York, her father died in the 9/11 attacks. People gave WWE shit for it. So they book Vega to reach the height of her career…in Saudi Arabia. Home of the 9/11 hijackers. Damn.

[Xno Kappa]

Pretty messed up Zelina Vega got bumped from the 9/11 show in New York, her father died in the 9/11 attacks. People gave WWE shit for it. So they book Vega to reach the height of her career…in Saudi Arabia. Home of the 9/11 hijackers. Damn.

God damn lmao