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Badger said:

Sorry but 4 hour weekly shows back to back is not the answer. Honestly watching their mega-long. PPVs is long enough but doing it weekly combining with Collision…nah that’s way too much. I just stuck to watching highlights on YouTube this week.

Getting to be too much filler and even though the in-ring action is generally top notch, the why and how storytelling ain’t great.

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The move is to treat it 2 separate tapings and watch them on two different days

Mazer said:

I was thinking about it. Can Hangman be the face? Does AEW need a face?

Hangman is great. I've been a fan for a while. However, I'm not sure that he's more than a few month champion. He strikes me as more of an "Edge" level at best, than a Cena/Punk/Roman/Brock/Cody. Maybe that's not fair, because of how few guys make that level. And if Hangman's role is of an "original" who protects the company and rises to the top intermittently....I still think that's good.

That said, I'm not convinced AEW presentation is set up for a face of the men's division - for good and for bad. There's almost too many moving parts. The Death riders have had their weaknesses, but its allowed for them to mix in more with various threads, which I think is kind of what you need in current AEW.

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When I say "face," I just mean a guy that is consistently in or near the top programs and can be relied on to be the ultimate hero when need be. I don't think he has the "star power" necessarily to be like a promotional face, but he's a guy that is believable and the crowd loves him, makes everyone buy into the emotion more than most. If we're talking about a guy who makes sense right now to dethrone Mox and usher AEW into a potential new golden era, he feels like the best choice right now. But I agree he doesn't need to be champ beyond a few months. I just want like 3-4 months of consistent defenses against the top guys of the division.

I agree AEW isn't really built to have a single face, and for me it's all about having a strong rotating roster of top draws in the company. Between Swerve, Hangman, Ospreay, Omega, and Mox, you have a strong base to splinter out to.

I think Ricochet is right on the verge of putting himself in that bunch as well

Things I'm digging:

- Hangman and his journey. The match with Ospreay was incredible and the whole Owen storyline and Hangman's growth from rock bottom has been a big part of AEW feeling strong again. He feels like the right guy to beat Mox and fully grow into the Face of AEW role he's kind of always been primed to be

- The 6-man matches and small TV feuds and the group of wrestlers that have usually been involved. People like Speedball, Kevin Knight, Briscoe, Ospreay, Ricochet, The Bucks(back on form), recently the LFI. I think AEW have really caught on with their television product filler. They've always had good random matches but I think they've done a better job of focusing on the same crop of people and making it feel relevant whenever their consistent TV time translates into an actual feud. Whether that's just a couple of weeks at a time or up until a PPV bout. This was a weak point of 2022 to most of 2024. The smaller arenas have definitely helped to add to unique vibes and making the place feel packed with wild fans.

- The Don Callis Family. Ignoring my love for Konosuke Takeshita who has been absolutely tearing it up, I think this unit has built into a believable but beatable force that can take up TV and turn our quality. The backup can be mid to awesome depending on how you feel about each wrestler, but I think the nexus of Takeshita and Fletcher has become a dominant force in the company that always raise the stakes a bit more. We know Fletcher will likely be getting gold sooner rather than later. I'm hoping Takeshita gets the chance to move on to bigger things by the end of this year.

- There's still more work to be done, but the women's division has been feeling like it's slowly heating up. Two major stars in Toni and Mone and a crop that's ready to breakthrough and really make the division special if TK can just actually start giving more time to them.

- Double or Nothing was incredible and I think representative of everything that's great about AEW right now, while also showing how special they can be when they actually stick the landing.

All In feels like a proving ground moment where they can make or break their selves for the next few years. We know the matches will deliver. They already have a trio of major matches that are heavily anticipated. All they gotta do is fill the rest of the card with meaningful matches for stars that have earned it and deliver, and then have Hangman do the deed.

If they can capitalize the follow-up for even 1 to 2 months right, then I think it'll be a slam dunk.

Jitters is waiting for email confirmation of his account, but he also posted predictions in discord earlier if it's not too late to post them here:


MITB Predictions

*Match Double*
Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Rhea Ripley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia vs. Stephanie Vaquer
Winner - Naomi

Women's Intercontinental Championship: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Winner - Becky Lynch via Pinfall

Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Seth Rollins vs. Solo Sikoa vs. LA Knight vs. Andrade vs. Penta vs. El Grande Americano
Winner - Seth Rollins

John Cena & Logan Paul vs. Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso

Winners - Cody & Jey via pinfall

I would also like to add

Dom vs Octagon Jr.
Dom wins via pinfall

Foxxi said:

I've returned to Baldur's Gate 3 -- and finally made it into the third act this time, lol.

Not for lack of it being a good game.... I just started over so many damn times because I wanted to see how different choices or interactions would play out XD

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Totally get this. I've been slowly playing a co-op game with my partner so it's been a pretty slow grind because we'll have weeks where we go hard, and then a couple weeks where we don't touch it. I think we're close to the end? Just trying up some loose ends

I'm about to be balls deep in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. AAA level production for a proper JRPG? Count me the fuck in.

@Handium I'm about to officially submit you as the entrant and me as your backup. You good with that?

Congrats town, by the way. Sorry I dropped the ball, team. That other game demanded so much from me I just didn't have the energy to catch up on things when the phases were over.

Seemed like a fun small setup though. Thanks for hosting, Handium!

Handium said:

Main:
1. Claws
2. Mitch
3. Rock

Backup:
1. Psycho

Sub:
1. Handium


april 19th silly

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What are you talking about, you're the main, silly!

Handium said:

I was just playing a game on MU lmfao

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We were both in it! I didn't realize that was your alt at first lol

VoidKitten said:

@MitchRapp Could be fun to send too.

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I would second Mitch too

Would love to see how rock does there if he ever came back

Handium said:

lmfao

put me as backup if literally no one wants to go because I wouldn't last long

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You'll be the sub and I'll be backup if it's absolutely needed but

I'm always open to someone fresh dipping their toes into MU

Handium said:

hey I'm totally not dogshit at Mafia send me /j


(Probably send claws)

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I'd be happy to send you. Not like we have people lining up for the spot lol

How much time we have left?

Sorry, I've been hella distracted with another game. Gonna try and pick it up today