Aug 25, 2022 1:08:11 GMT c said:

And here we go...

aaand done

Punk gets the last laugh on the smarks again. That is fucking hilarious.

Goddamn even Ace in the ring with him...

I can't believe what just happened.

Wonder if Punk is done with AEW. Or just a massive heel turn.

Aug 25, 2022 1:11:40 GMT X-zero said:

Wonder if Punk is done with AEW. Or just a massive heel turn.

Punk is fucking with the smarts and dirt sheets.  By putting Mox over like this, he proved them completely wrong.  

Would not be shocked to see Chicago become title vs career.

30+ minutes for UE vs DT. This is gonna be fucking good.  

So curious who gets Ospreay when his contract with NJPW is up.  That is going to be a fucking knife fight to lock him down long term.

What if Punk had a setback in his recovery, is gonna have to take more time off and AEW booked it this way/bumped up the match because better for him to lose in Mox's home state than lose a unification World title match in Chicago?

Aug 25, 2022 1:13:09 GMT c said:

Aug 25, 2022 1:11:40 GMT X-zero said:

Wonder if Punk is done with AEW. Or just a massive heel turn.

Punk is fucking with the smarts and dirt sheets.  By putting Mox over like this, he proved them completely wrong.  

Would not be shocked to see Chicago become title vs career.

I am sure it will pay out by the ppv but it is a risky play. I assume the rating will take a big hit that quarter.

Punk would not wrestle if he had a setback. Punk would totally troll the smarts though for a laugh though with something like this though.  Did the same shit in RoH with his "final" match being every match he worked for three months.

The foot thing was obvious a work since Mox worked it.

Cue John Cena!!!

Aug 25, 2022 1:24:36 GMT c said:

Cue John Cena!!!

You saw that 'mystery partner' generic wrestler shadow in the Dark Order trios match too?

How many fucking matches does this show have...

What the fuck is Don Callis doing on commentary?

"My time is now." - Jon Moxley

Aug 25, 2022 1:28:04 GMT c said:

What the fuck is Don Callis doing on commentary?

Winner of this match faces The Elite so he's out there.

We're getting Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay stare down tonight, boys. LET'S GOOOOO

Aug 25, 2022 1:20:06 GMT c said:

30+ minutes for UE vs DT. This is gonna be fucking good.  

So curious who gets Ospreay when his contract with NJPW is up.  That is going to be a fucking knife fight to lock him down long term.

With the amount of time Ospreay has spent in the US lately I have to think that he's going to become All Elite as soon as Tony can offer him something.

Aussie Open are locked down on Strong, Jeff Cobb doesn't mind the travel back and forth. United Empire might even expand and actually become a worldwide Empire.

Aug 25, 2022 1:31:15 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

To anyone saying this is a work:

Even if it is.. why? What payoff is better than your champion returning and fighting the interim champion to unify the title? What storyline is worth him looking like a chump in that return unification match?

Off the top of my head? Full heel CM Punk, moving past 'just happy to be here' guy to chip on his shoulder. *Now* he has something to prove; he's still got it, ungrateful fans cheering for Mox over the guy who sacrificed his body to come back too soon for YOU PEOPLE, some combination thereof.

Punk had two options, do something like this or turn heel. He apparently does not want to be a heel yet, and wanted to fuck with the dirtsheet writers hardcore. This gels with the stuff indy Punk would do.

Punk is the type of guy who would lose every night for a year just to fuck with the smarts.

It's been years but I still can't get used to the idea that in Lucha Underground* Fenix and Penta were basically main eventers and headliners of the promotion but in AEW they're just regular ol' midcarders.

* I never finished Lucha Underground so maybe the two went through a major power downgrade before the promotion folded up

Again for people who did not experience it, for three months straight in RoH every single Punk match was his last match ever in RoH. He was only advertised one show at a time.

Aug 25, 2022 1:36:20 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

Aug 25, 2022 1:35:06 GMT Michinokudriver said:

Off the top of my head? Full heel CM Punk, moving past 'just happy to be here' guy to chip on his shoulder. *Now* he has something to prove; he's still got it, ungrateful fans cheering for Mox over the guy who sacrificed his body to come back too soon for YOU PEOPLE, some combination thereof.

And the best way to get there is to job out to Mox?

It puts the chip on his shoulder.

And he gets to keep looking strong, as he came back too soon and was not nearly at 100% when he lost the match. "Jon Moxley beat a one-legged version of me but he never would if I were fully healthy."

The scout in JR coming out hard here.

Aug 25, 2022 1:36:51 GMT c said:

Punk had two options, do something like this or turn heel. He apparently does not want to be a heel yet, and wanted to fuck with the dirtsheet writers hardcore. This gels with the stuff indy Punk would do.

Punk is the type of guy who would lose every night for a year just to fuck with the smarts.

This reminds me, wasn't there a story that Matt Jackson quietly sold a back injury for a year across any and every indy promotion he was booked to wrestle for?

Aug 25, 2022 1:39:02 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

Aug 25, 2022 1:36:51 GMT c said:

Punk had two options, do something like this or turn heel. He apparently does not want to be a heel yet, and wanted to fuck with the dirtsheet writers hardcore. This gels with the stuff indy Punk would do.

Punk is the type of guy who would lose every night for a year just to fuck with the smarts.

He didn’t have the option to go out there and put on a good match and lose?

But how could Punk fuck with the dirtsheets calling him an egotistical bastard all week like that?

Aug 25, 2022 1:41:23 GMT Michinokudriver said:

Aug 25, 2022 1:36:51 GMT c said:

Punk had two options, do something like this or turn heel. He apparently does not want to be a heel yet, and wanted to fuck with the dirtsheet writers hardcore. This gels with the stuff indy Punk would do.

Punk is the type of guy who would lose every night for a year just to fuck with the smarts.

This reminds me, wasn't there a story that Matt Jackson quietly sold a back injury for a year across any and every indy promotion he was booked to wrestle for?

OMG I forgot about that.  Yeah 2018 he sold his back in every match because Cornette or someone called him a spot monkey that cannot sell to save his life.  

And god, I hope the final of this all is Dark Order beating the Elite for the Trios titles.

Oh shit that corner spot!!!

I tell ya, even if Punk was healthy, I'd say this match deserves the main event billing. Incredible stuff.

Crowd's been on their feet for almost the whole match.

PAC vs Ospreay is gonna main event regardless of what else they could try to offer.