General Wrestling XII: If Curses Aren't Real, Explain The Knicks/Hurricanes

[Krandor]

Stat vs Shida in a Lights Out Street Fight for Dynamite.

AEW has never missed with a women's hardcore match so I expect great things

[Krandor]

Some pretty big things happening in Japan yesterday, Bushiroad has sold all their shares of NJPW to TV Asahi and CyberAgent (who owns Noah, DDR, and TJPW). Stardom stays under Bushiroad ownership

[Tomiko]

Since I know there's some in the area:

Collision in Roanoke, VA on July 11th.

AEW Collision is Back Live
in Roanoke

All Elite Wrestling makes its return this summer to turn up the heat in Roanoke! On Saturday, July 11th, an all-new AEW Collision blows the roof off of the Berglund Center. Be there to see the best wrestle live in Virginia!

Premium Seating is on sale NOW!
•Presale: Thurs., May 28th at 10am ET - Sun., May 31st at 11:59pm ET
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•On Sale: Mon., Jun. 1st at 10am ET

https://www.ticketmaster.com/aew-pre...0064B3FA57CDEE

[Delirium]

Kevin Knight raided The Rock's old closet.

[Zealot]

So this is definitely building to Kenny vs. Ospreay at All In.

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[Krandor]

Joe comes back, puts on a quick banger with Ospreay and now he's off to film another season of Twisted Metal.

[NotGreyheim]

Joe comes back, puts on a quick banger with Ospreay and now he's off to film another season of Twisted Metal.

Didn't he say something like how when he retired, no one was going to realize it because one day he was gonna wrestle a match and then just be done? Feels like it's not that far off at this point.

[Krandor]

He's under contract with AEW until at least sometime in 2027.

Also saw the tidbit that Mox has now been with AEW longer than his main roster run in WWE.

[Krandor]

Honestly a little lower then I expected from Meltzer (I figured he would have given both Men's Owen matches a 5), but still obviously an absolutely fantastic show

Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR: 5

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada: 5

Athena vs. Mira Shirakawa: 3

Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly: 4.5

Will Ospreay vs. Samoa Joe: 4.5

Swerve Strickland vs. Bandido: 4.75

Thekla vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander: 3.25

Stadium Stampede: 4.75

MJF vs. Darby Allin: 4.75

Darby's reign as a whole

Ciampa: 5
Brody: 4.5
Knight: 4.5
PAC: 4.75
Takeshita: 5
Sammy: 4.5
Speedball: 4
MJF: 4.75

[Zealot]

I would've given Mina vs. Athena 3.5 and the women's title match 4, but otherwise this is pretty much in line with my grading.

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[Anoat]

Reminder tonight is the AAA show Noches de Los Grandes with the mask vs mask match between the El Grande Americanos. 10pm EST streaming free on YouTube

[Krandor]

https://x.com/AEW/status/2060881932267737218?s=20

[Anoat]

I’m gonna laugh if a suspiciously Gunther looking new luchador debuts tonight to help El Grande Americano. Put the Iron Cross on his mask and everything just full send it.

[Anoat]

That mask vs mask match fucked and I’m stoked they did the whole unmasking ceremony in full

[Delirium]

Forgot Collision was last night. Hazuki won her match though!

[Tomiko]

Just finished watching Mask vs Mask. If that doesn't end up being MotY, I'll be surprised. The only complaint I have with it is that Rey sucks at commentary. He just has no emotion most of the time and it feels like he's reading a script. Aside from that, everything felt perfect.

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet:

https://www.youtube.com/live/ac2uUQ1...keTOYlg&t=4330

[Krandor]

Making people actually care about AAA is a seriously impressive achievement

[Xno Kappa]

I wish I could find the segment where Rey tells Seth “Damn you Seth Rollins!” It was the most hilarious straight off the script no emotions delivery of all time lmao

[Kaslo]

Just finished watching Mask vs Mask. If that doesn't end up being MotY, I'll be surprised. The only complaint I have with it is that Rey sucks at commentary. He just has no emotion most of the time and it feels like he's reading a script. Aside from that, everything felt perfect.

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet:

https://www.youtube.com/live/ac2uUQ1...keTOYlg&t=4330

What I loved most was Rey talking about losing your mask is "something you can't go back on"

[Krandor]

Even though we all know that it's Oscar Gutierrez under the mask, Rey exists in this weird grey area where Rey Misterio Jr (who was unmasked by the NWO) and Rey Mysterio are considered different characters.