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August Wrasslin' |OT| Blood & Guts
- Thread starter Serpentine
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Hey, if you ignore the first half of the match I'd be cool with that. It could have worked well if it revolved around Arisa keeping Kyona off balance for most of the match and struggling to keep her down for 3, with Kyona occasionally getting big moves in that almost instantly ended it. I just don't think that was reflected in what we got.
Much like the finish could have seemed like a more 'epic' moment if it came straight after a Kinniku Buster kick-out and Arisa managing to slide out of the Hammer throw Powerbomb that would end the match as some genuine last chance offence. As opposed to coming after Kyona's mid-match club to the face strike.
I think the finish could have been better, but that's really the only critique I can levy.
I think the philosophy they were going for was reflected very well. It's established in the very first spot where Arisa loses the test of strength and her counter is to just trip Kyona down on the rope run. Pretty much the whole match from there is Arisa having the striking advantage and Kyona having the grappling advantage outside of a select few spots.
It's a little too generic for me. It simply can't stand next to Pandemic Booboo.
Canadin Ninjas were peak US women's indie.
I've always been a fan of Shotzi.
I found a Daizee Haze/Portia Perez match the other day I haven't watched yet
We need to hear them. I too am a fan of original puns.
Bugs Bunny went to the doctor because people had been repelled by him every time he got near them. The doctor also repelled into the corner when Bugs entered the room. He asked "When was the last time you washed with soap?" Bugs said, "What's soap, doc?"
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I'm sorry.
I don't think they've announced if Togo is on this show yet but fuck i hope he is
p i n k s p a r k l i n g
Let them win the tag titles. Misao can go solo and challenge Shoko.
Man, a Kiyomiya/Takeshita singles match would rule so hard. This is a good substitute, though.
It's undermined by Kyona winning the grapple game, injuring the limb with consistent attacks/long submissions/Seth Rollins selling, then fuck all coming from it. Kyona's game going in was the take out the leg which she manages to do, then she eats 500 leg based strikes and loses to 3 more leg based strikes out of nowhere. I don't think anybody misses what they were going for or how it was set up with the test of strength, heck the test of strength was all they needed to set then up rather than the 15 minutes of Seth Rollins knee work, I just think the execution was bad.
Reflecting that story well would require them to set up some genuine consequence to Kyona's grappling. Weirdly enough Miyu Yamashita vs Rika Tatsumi did a much better job of this last year. Setting up the match with Rika choking out the MEGACHAMP with her sleeper, making a fucking huge deal of that and how it was the moment where Rika became a serious contender, the match being all Miyu's strikes until Rika caught her out with her submission game slowing the match down to a pace where it looked like Miyu would actually lose to the Dragon Sleeper when it was used, then having the finish coming from Miyu using a panic strike counter to the move that took her out in the previous round to finish it.
Reika also had visa problems a few months ago preventing Deadlift Lolita from entering America for a convention. Her and a bunch of other idols couldn't get their visas processed in time. Given how close to the wire Shoko was at the last AEW show it might be another headache for AEW to solve.
I think I just have a higher tolerance for selective selling than you do
Also Takeshita's new long tights with the flames suck. Some mid-2000's Kane shit. Go back to the short pants, please.
Yeah, I get that a whole lot of folks like that style. I've chilled on it more than I used to criticise it, I just can't ignore it when it happens and the huge part of match is meant to be built around an injury.
To be honest I think Momo's come a long way on that front this year. She's started to do a really smart little thing where she'll adjust her running with a little limb whenever she's had people work on her legs.
I really need to see what singles Misao can do. Her stint with Miyu was one of my favourite parts of the show. Plus seeing Miu win a title would be cool, it feels like she's managed to overtake Hikarai as the no.1 Up UP Girl.
I'm sorry if you read any of my takes today Matt
That'a very high bar.
I thought it's okay but realizing it's a song by a disbanded Hello! Project idol group that Miu is a fan of made me actually like it more.
No lie, Up Up Girls are very easily a top contender for Most Improved this year. I'm sure people would just vote for The Joker Bray but it is what it is
Hikari is still the GOAT though
Hikari is still the GOAT though
I liked Raku vs Natsumi Maki more than a lot of the G1 matches and I didn't dislike them either.
That sell was so good, even Roman had to flip mid air for it.
They did that for mixed match challenge already
Shame that season 2 fell apart so badly
LOL
Also, Vince got Rick-Rolled was the greatest moment in television.
If you're serious, Roman's currently trying to figure out who is trying to kill/maim him. Old school Who Dunnit. Currently Samoa Joe, Buddy Murphy, Rowan, and maybe Daniel Bryan have been pegged as suspects.
Buddy and Roman had a tiff in the back over Buddy keeping mum over the incident leading to the match tonight even though Buddy claims to have nothing to do with it (and saying even if he did he wouldn't tell Roman), but did finger Rowan as being in the area at the time of the incident. Rowan attacked Buddy on the Summerslam Preshow saying "Keep my name out of your mouth!".
Meanwhile Bryan and Rowan have been conducting their own investigation and say they'll name the culprit next week. As weird as it is this is the most invested in a WWE story I've been in for a good long while. If it keeps leading to matches like Murphy/Reigns then I'm all for it.
not that difficult to imagine the better wrestler, better promo, better look, more charismatic guy to be champion over seth rollins
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