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Post by Optimus on May 30, 2021 16:23:11 GMT -5
Any predictions?
I don't have the card in front of me, but off the top of my head from the matches I recall being on it, I think:
Omega will retain the AEW title over Orange and Pac, though I doubt it will be a clean win. I'm sure Don Callis and the boys will be involved somehow.
Miro will beat Archer (clean) to keep the TNT title.
Baker will beat Shida for the Women's title.
Young Bucks will just barely hold onto their tag titles.
Not sure what will happen in the Stadium Stampede but I hope it's at least as entertaining as last year's, which I thought was great.
Also, unrelated: Fozzy's new tune "Sane" is pretty good.
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Post by Optimus on May 31, 2021 3:32:42 GMT -5
Well, my handful of predictions were correct but only because anyone could've called those correctly.
Overall, I thought it was a pretty good show. Low point was the Cody/Ogogo match. It just fell flat, went way too long, and they completely lost the crowd after a few minutes. It was kinda boring. Cody's been kind of weird lately with having basically a two or three week feud with someone, kind of out of nowhere, and then it's over. Seems like he has so much going on outside of the ring that he kind of gives a half-assed effort.
The Miro vs Lance Archer match wasn't as good as it could've/should've been. It was okay, but I was expecting more.
Was pleasantly surprised by the Sting/Alin vs Page/Sky match. Was a lot better than I was expecting and I can't believe that Sting was doing all that, taking those bumps, and doing that dive all at 62 years old. The late-90s Sting fan in me loved it, though. Scorpion Death Lock, Stinger Splash, Scorpion Death Drop. Yes please.
Orange Cassidy vs PAC vs Kenny Omega was very good. Stadium Stampede was decent but not as good as last year's.
If they'd left out the two matches I mentioned earlier (Cody vs Ogogo and Miro vs Archer), it would've gone from a good show to an awesome show.
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Post by robeiae on May 31, 2021 7:43:42 GMT -5
Yeah, you have the bookers' storylines nailed down with those predictions.
My analysis:
Deeb/Riho was almost too good for a buy-in match. Watching those two go, knowing how good Shida, Baker, and Rosa already are, plus Red Velvet, Jade, and Tay Conti??? Pardon my language, but all of a sudden AEW has an embarrassment of bitches. They may need to start some women's tag matches.
Page is Page. He was great against Cage and the long game is him with the belt. But the Cage break from Taz is taking too long. Everyone knows it's coming. Just do it.
The tag team championship was surprisingly awesome. Kingston did far better than I thought he would.
Once again, AEW ran a strong battle royale-style match. Some good moments.
On Cody/Ogogo: you know, I thought Cody worked his ass off to get Ogogo over. Ogogo has some serious upside, but he's not ready for that level of a match. But I think Cody is probably the one who booked it.
On Miro/Archer: Miro is a beast. And he's got too much talent to feud with Archer, who just isn't in Miro's league.
I thought the Shida/Baker match was great. Some people are saying it was weak, but that's bs. It wasn't Baker/Rosa or Shida/Conti maybe, but it was still a strong match.
Sting, Sting, Sting, wtf? I expect he won't be doing that again, anytime soon. But yeah, that was fun. Great finish.
The three-way championship match was probably better than it had any right to be. I was on the edge of my seat thinking Cassidy was going to win several times, everyone sold the action so well. Pac was great, too. And the ending was well played, with Pac refuses to break the submission hold and Omega doing the only thing he could: attack the ref.
Then there's the second coming of the Stadium Stampede: I think it wasn't as "fun" as last year's, but I thought it had some really great moments, including the barge-in on Urban Meyer. I think he was truly shocked at how violent the action was; he probably expected it to be a little more fake. And I loved seeing Konnan show up as the DJ in the club.
Overall, that's a big win for AEW, imo.
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