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[packerbacker180]

Yep.

[Doctor Fate]

The feelings is mutual ...

[packerbacker180]

Man, $50 was a lot for Double or Nothing but luckily I had a buddy come over and split the total with me. Show was a bit uneven, but the last third was fantastic.

Spoiler:

[Doctor Fate]

Man, $50 was a lot for Double or Nothing but luckily I had a buddy come over and split the total with me. Show was a bit uneven, but the last third was fantastic.

Spoiler:

I see that and I did a bit of research and looks like they are really putting WWE on hold and making them sweat. How you grade the overall show?

Just Curious.

[packerbacker180]

I would probably give it a B+/

The feed started late so the battle royal was already going on and it was hard to get really invested not knowing much or being told much about some of the guys in it. The women's matches were decent, but I kind of expected better. The last three matches put it over the top, but the middle was a bit shaky. Too many tag team matches in a row, too. They should've broken that up with a singles match. Overall very promising. Barring a drop in price I probably won't order many of their PPVs at $50. Pretty good chance I skip the next one. Could see myself getting a few people together for the August show. Really pretty excited for the actual TV product, I always thought Ambrose could've had a Stone Cold type run if it weren't for the WWE making him do goofy stuff and the PG format. Seeing him giving the Dirty Deeds to everyone in the ring made me believe that again. It'll be interesting to see if they introduce more belts. Surely a Women's, and a tag team, but I'd think something like the IC as well. A good start, though.

I thought All In overall was better, but they had the ability to pull from NJPW and ROH there, so it's probably an unfair comparison.

[packerbacker180]

The best part was honestly watching it with my kids. It made me think back to my dad ordering WrestleMania 2 when I was 8. It's the first wrestling I actually remember as a kid, though I know I watched WWF before that, including the cartoon, and as you can see, over 30 years later and I'm still watching. Of course, they've seen a ton more wrestling at their age than I had when I was young, but it's so much easier to find these days. I'm not sure it meant much to them, but maybe 30 years from now if AEW is still around they'll think back to me and this night fondly. Who knows, maybe I'll still be around, too.

[Doctor Fate]

I would probably give it a B+/

The feed started late so the battle royal was already going on and it was hard to get really invested not knowing much or being told much about some of the guys in it. The women's matches were decent, but I kind of expected better. The last three matches put it over the top, but the middle was a bit shaky. Too many tag team matches in a row, too. They should've broken that up with a singles match. Overall very promising. Barring a drop in price I probably won't order many of their PPVs at $50. Pretty good chance I skip the next one. Could see myself getting a few people together for the August show. Really pretty excited for the actual TV product, I always thought Ambrose could've had a Stone Cold type run if it weren't for the WWE making him do goofy stuff and the PG format. Seeing him giving the Dirty Deeds to everyone in the ring made me believe that again. It'll be interesting to see if they introduce more belts. Surely a Women's, and a tag team, but I'd think something like the IC as well. A good start, though.

I thought All In overall was better, but they had the ability to pull from NJPW and ROH there, so it's probably an unfair comparison.

I might watch a couple of their PPV's and see how I like it ... according to reading some of the stuff; it is better than TNA/IMPACT and better than half of the stuff that WWE is putting out these days.

Thanks for this rundown ... Packer!

[Doctor Fate]

The best part was honestly watching it with my kids. It made me think back to my dad ordering WrestleMania 2 when I was 8. It's the first wrestling I actually remember as a kid, though I know I watched WWF before that, including the cartoon, and as you can see, over 30 years later and I'm still watching. Of course, they've seen a ton more wrestling at their age than I had when I was young, but it's so much easier to find these days. I'm not sure it meant much to them, but maybe 30 years from now if AEW is still around they'll think back to me and this night fondly. Who knows, maybe I'll still be around, too.

Thanks for sharing this. My Dad hates pro wrestling and my first PPV event when I went to Milwaukee to see Sting pinned Lex Luger to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title. I was 1 of 5,000 attended and went with a friend from College that I visited.

I hope that AEW will last longer than WCW.

[packerbacker180]

I've never listened to the Talk is Jericho podcast before but the Jon Moxley episode that dropped today was fascinating. A lot of behind the scenes info. I was glad to hear he hated doing all the goofy stuff in the WWE because I hated watching it. If anyone has the 90 minutes free it's a great listen. I'm really excited for this version of Jon Moxley at AEW.

[Doctor Fate]

I've never listened to the Talk is Jericho podcast before but the Jon Moxley episode that dropped today was fascinating. A lot of behind the scenes info. I was glad to hear he hated doing all the goofy stuff in the WWE because I hated watching it. If anyone has the 90 minutes free it's a great listen. I'm really excited for this version of Jon Moxley at AEW.

I have to check it out ... the Jon Moxley podcast.