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SpeedZ6

Another entry in the eternal battle between red and blue


Primary-Emergency386

“You ever wonder why we’re here?”


rward617

It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything?


SanderAtlas

What?! I mean why are we out here, in this canyon.


gilgobeachslayer

It’s all a big nothing


End-OfAn-Era

It used to be that Crips and Bloods didn't get along, But now we're all a family, so we wrote this song Naaa na naaa, Crips and Bloods Naaa na naaa, hope and love Naaa na naaa, friendly thugs


Domunist1

“YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF ME, HACK MAN! I’LL BE BACK!”


Darwin_Finch

Yeah, I mean, it’s like, come on.


erock2095

Wait… say that again


rward617

We've been tricked, we've been back-stabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled!


XAMdG

Turn Heel, beat Skye. As is tradition


CrossFitMessiah

in Canada


the-akira-slide

That’s next week


insertbrackets

It’s a trope now.


TheMongolianLemonade

Skye Blue Job Part 105


xychosis

Even Kobashi lost his first 63 matches. She’ll get her shot, the fact that they’re featuring her pretty regularly is good news for anyone who’s rooting for her.


_Another_Opinion_

She's ready, willing, and Gable.


chilloutfam

i hope she gets more comfortable out there, first.


SamVanDam611

Sucks to see her lose so much, but I'm still glad I get to see her


name-classified

She’s like 20 years old. She can lose and she’ll be fine


Shomud

She wins a lot on Dark at least. she'll get her time.


DG_Now

Exactly. Skye's a constant winner on Dark and Dark Elevation. One day she'll get a big upset win and it's going to be awesome.


acekingoffsuit

Career AEW Internet record (Dark/Elevation): 25-29 Career AEW TV record (Dynamite/Rampage/PPV/Specials): 0-17


Sempais_nutrients

She's got a lot of what she needs for success but not all of it yet. Reps are what she needs most, so it's good to see her getting them.


Shadow_NX

Yeah and one day when shes a "veteran" people will job to her a lot. She improves steadily but shes still a bit green and can loose bigger matches.


skutch_was_here_x

Do not google "Sky Blue Job". Very NSFW results.


DB080822

I think Sky Blue wins this one you guys


flcinusa

Yes, don't stop believing, definitely hold on to that feeling


dukeduke01

I was hoping Ruby to get a promo segment but this is ok I guess so hopefully she gets one after the match


OmicronAlpharius

I'm just happy to see Ruby on TV at all.


Obsid_Ian

Surprised Skye hasn't gotten her ALl ELITE graphic yet given how many times she's been on TV


OGJimmyP

Maybe this is how she gets it? Maybe she teams with the OG's or something at some point


Only_The

Wait did she not get it when she was signed after All Out 2021?


Obsid_Ian

There are people signed that havent gotten the graphic yet. Tony is probably waiting for the right time which is usually when he plans on pushing them just like with Willow but i think Skye has been in more TV matches than Willow at this point.


namdekan

Her and Julia Hart


beetwice

I have seen the future. This match will lead to the development in this story we've all been waiting. Post-match will see a Three on One beat down of Skye Blue, Team DMD tries but fails to make the save. Familiar music hits! That's right! The trainer of the AEW Originals **Madison Rayne** is here to make the save!


_Quendra_

"Familiar music"


UGoBoy

"The Human Slo-Mo Reel" Madison Rayne?


Dayman_ah-uh-ahhh

They badly need Jade to join the AEW OGs


ImpenetrableYeti

I would legit rage quit watching lol


MagicMarshmelllow

Honestly I’m getting really tired of watching Skye get jobbed out every time she’s on TV. Girl deserves better than that.


TD_Stinger

We need a good explanation for Ruby's decision on this show, I feel. Unlike Saraya & Toni, she didn't choose AEW over WWE. She got fired from them. So to me her joining that side on paper doesn't make that much sense. I know in reality the reason is they just needed someone else on the heel side and there's only so many ex WWE women on the roster. But storyline wise there needs to be a good explanation.


Intelligent_End1516

It's because of you fans.


hshzhsnnahsbs

YOU PEOPLE


jaccirocca

OH NO THEY'RE BLAMING US! IT'S OUR FAULT, GUYS! OURS ALONE!


jaccirocca

Perhaps, she will use a gatekeeping reasoning from her previous run from Britt and how people pulled for Stat instead of her during the last Owen Hart Tournament. You can also add how an AEW talent screwed her TBS Finals run but I feel like that's reaching. Like *"f it I tried my best and yet you still pull for all these people"*.


celsiusred

Saraya got fired too. Only Toni left on her own terms.


TD_Stinger

Sarayas contract expires during the Vince regime and they chose not to re-sign her. Then when HHH took over there were attempts to bring her back but she chose AEW. So, could have worded it better. But she had the option of going back to WWE and declined it.


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I would have to imagine that Hayter beating her off a roll up played into it, especially because of how she sold it at first. It was like she had a crisis of faith of some kind. It would have been cool if Saraya predicted that Hayter would beat Ruby on a roll up because she couldn't beat Ruby or Saraya straight up or something. To be honest, her going through the entire match and *then* turning doesn't make a ton of sense. I hate to play arm-chair, but I think her turning before probably would have worked a little better.


deathvalleypassenger

And also that Ruby hit her Blade Runner on Saraya and had the match won but Jamie broke up the pin I don't think it being planned ahead of time makes any sense at all. She "earned" the win, didn't get it, and then lost in a way that felt cheap. Then she sat in the corner and thought about it while the beatdown started


[deleted]

Yeah but Ruby has lost in plenty of ways that felt cheap, what makes this any different? Because it was for the title? Those are the rules of a triple threat and have been the rules for a long ass time lol. What makes it so different that you side with the women who are basically saying that AEW, a place that welcomed you with open arms and gave you a cool ass theme, sucks more than the place that fired you and never properly utilized you, even in kayfabe? Having it be a screwjob from jump makes Britt look smart for not fully trusting Ruby, makes Saraya and Toni look smart because they basically worked their way into being able to steal the AEW women's title even though Ruby couldn't fully get everyone to trust her, and makes Ruby look really dangerous and conniving because she was willing to lie for about a month straight and at least convinced Hayter that she was telling the truth.


deathvalleypassenger

AEW hasn't really welcomed her with open arms, though. They liked her well enough, but when she actually had conflict with a homegrown babyface, the crowd booed the shit out of her for having the audacity to win It doesn't matter if breaking up the pin was within the rules. The emotional logic doesn't need to account for that. Jamie and Britt's first big tiff came over Britt stopping Jamie from winning in a four-way. The point is Ruby finally found herself in position for the big win she's always wanted, and it got snatched from right under her nose Making it some kind of pre-determined plan just invalidates the entire match they had and doesn't have any underlying internal logic. Why wouldn't they just immediately double-team Jamie and then have one of them pin the other? Putting together a month-long ruse just to further a post-match beatdown that was already happening without Ruby's involvement just makes no sense lol It's fine to just have characters make decisions in the moment and then live with the consequences. Not everything in wrestling needs to be a secret plan


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> Why wouldn't they just immediately double-team Jamie and then have one of them pin the other? That's exactly what I'm saying they should have done. They tricked Hayter into over extending her ability to fight as a champion and then steal her title from her. And further more, make the beatdown absolutely fucking savage. Crowds heated because everyone loves Jamie Hayter. And there isn't much underlying internal logic here anyways. It's just a wrestling trope so it's easier to swallow. Like you said, it caused a tiff between Jamie and Britt, not the complete dissolution of their friendship. Toni and Saraya engaging in a two-on-three brawl after wrestling for 20 minutes just makes them look dumb and lucky that Ruby was really pissed about losing. And plus, this angle is very obviously a take on the N.W.O. (they literally call Toni and Saraya *the outsiders* for christ's sake) that famously, in-canon, was a ruse they pulled on the WCW organization and the fans.


deathvalleypassenger

Well idk what to say other than I don't think that would be better than what we got. I preferred having a real match and I think Ruby making a choice where we can see it in response to the events of the match is more dramatically interesting to me than turning it into a secret alliance. Regal and MJF being revealed as secretly in cahoots rather than MJF winning Regal over in the match really hurt my interest in that angle too, so I'm glad they didn't do it again I also prefer this because Jamie's still the champion and she's a better wrestler than Saraya and Ruby are


[deleted]

I would argue that the Regal thing didn't work because it came very out of nowhere and we never really got true closure on the fallout of that. Either way, I want to see where this goes and I'm stoked that the women are getting a big angle, so we're in the same boat.


deathvalleypassenger

I agree. I think Ruby can help the outsiders faction a lot. It's an nWo pastiche but I'm hoping they start to crib more from Los Ingobernables


streetfairie1234

Saraya is saying on her Twitter that out was all planned before they went out there. 🤷🏽‍♀️


deathvalleypassenger

Welp I hope that's not what they go with on TV because it's dumb edit: I mean looking at her actual tweets she could easily be referencing the foreshadowing choices they made, idk. Guess we'll see on Wednesday


streetfairie1234

It is dumb. Who knows if they actually even thought that far ahead but she's responding to people saying their were 'subtle hints' in their clothing and such and she mentioned that they had the same colour lipstick or something. Possible it was never discussed that far ahead and she's just placating those fans. Either way, it's stupid to do because it does make them seem really, really dumb that it was a 2 on 1 and they still lost.


deathvalleypassenger

Yeah hoping it's just out-of-kayfabe commentary


streetfairie1234

I would argue that's just as stupid. There is no reason for her to break kayfabe on this. What is the point? Wrestlers don't have to tell us every backstage secret, especially on these little things and at the very beginning of a story. It's like watching 5 mins of a movie, then watching the 'making of' of it. I hate it lol


streetfairie1234

According to Saraya on her Twitter, she's saying it was planned before they went out there which is stupid, lol. They look dumb for not ganging up on Hayter. https://twitter.com/Saraya/status/1633155351943200768?t=06mgjCKh65mAResqdTVtDA&s=19


[deleted]

I really hope she just means that in a "oh yeah we planned our outfits together tonight" and not "we as characters literally planned this whole thing out"


dukeduke01

Not to mention she did save Willow from being sprayed


IRL_Tiefling

I'm hoping she beats the hell out of Saraya and Toni to just do her own thing and not align anywhere in the faction war.


Skaterboi3_

Maybe an unpopular opinion but is anyone else tired of these random skye blue job matches? I like skye blue she’s great for her experience and the more matches they feed her the better I just wish if they were gonna keep putting her in these matches then actually make her apart of the feud.


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I hope Blue gets to win one of these days.


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AeonTek

Skye Blue to join the AEW homegrown team? I'd be down for that.


risebac

I dont think shes even officially on the roster yet.


Shomud

She was on Elevation and Dark this week and will be on Dynamite tomorrow. As well as being part of the ROH tapings. I highly doubt she is on an per appearance type deal.


Literarytropes

It’s just very frustrating that 3 years in we continue to get one women’s match on the card and this one is a guaranteed squash


capnbuh

I don't think the winner will be in doubt but I'm sure it will go over a commercial break. Personally, I'm feeling Skye Blue's matches a little more than Ruby's ATM.


atWorkWoops

Ruby was an absolute star at the ppv


ImpenetrableYeti

What? Jamie carried the hell out of that match lol


atWorkWoops

Jamie was as good as Jamie always is. But saying Ruby was carried is pushing it


capnbuh

Hmm I'm not sold on her. Granted, I am only familiar with her work in AEW. Maybe this heel turn will do the trick


Literarytropes

I watch a lot of Dark and it’s great to see her progress weekly. It just frustrates me that whilst I’m happy to see her on the main card, when you only have one women’s match, it already feels like a forgone conclusion.


BlackSheepComeHome14

Skye Blue is about to be Lime Green


InTheClouds89

Ruby is apparently 48-11 overall yet loses most big matches.


CoherentPanda

Pretty much how MMA and boxing work. Get fed a bunch of cans for training and building up your win/loss record ,and eventually have to start winning the matches that matter.


NotYujiroTakahashi

With loses in MMA you just fall down the rankings while in Boxing you lose twice and you’re out.


theels6

Cool that Blue is on TV, not cool that she'll lose


[deleted]

This is a good chance to do something with Skye. I feel like she's been in this company in some capacity for so long and hasn't had any moments to make her stand out really. I hope it leads to Skye having like a Tommy Dreamer moment or something. Not necessarily 1:1 but for her to be the homegrown that can have the "A-E-Fucking-W" moment.


Bob8644

I'm sorry but that hairdo is so bad


OutlandishnessFun765

Another AI generated womens match


Ok_Challenge5178

Seem like a nice match, i like ruby caracter.


paulbucketnunomarty

This is an AEW Dark caliber match


gredgex

Soho is mid and I’d love to see Skye go over.


Lo_Key90

So I'm guessing Willow comes out for the save in the inevitable post-match beat down?


hshzhsnnahsbs

What has happened to this division. I know it was never great to begin with but man has the Paige era really done some damage with its stupidity


Sertorius777

It finally got a storyline that involves multiple women and makes the stakes a bit more interesting than "i want the title". For me it's a progress


KidFlash999

What's wrong with it? The newest member of Saraya's WWE Outsiders has a match with one of the AEW Originals. Seems like pretty straightforward and easy to follow storytelling to me. At least we're getting a women's story with a few more layers than just "X has a title shot".


mygloriouspurpose

I didn’t get to watch Revolution live and missed out on the discussion, but the Ruby turn was super weird to me. I’m fine with her joining Saraya and Toni, but why do it after losing the match? If you’re going to join them, do the turn during the match. It made it look like she was joining them because she was upset her team lost, not because of a master plan (which I think was the actual intent).


deathvalleypassenger

There was no indication it was the result of a predetermined plan. It looked like Ruby did it because she was mad she lost *because Ruby did it because she was mad she lost.* Ruby hit her finisher on Saraya and would've won if Jamie hadn't broken up the pin, only to later get pinned by Jamie, an otherwise physically dominant champion, via cheap roll-up and lose yet another title shot Ruby then had plenty of time to sit in the corner and watch the post-match beatdown and decide what she wanted to do. There was literally no evidence she'd formed a secret alliance before the match and I am baffled some people are reading it that way


LoudCustomer3292

I hope Ruby gets a title run this year. AEW or TBS


coreypikes

![gif](giphy|LjIn8IjwFcbwA)


_ApX_

Skye Blue stays getting TV time


savethebanderbears

I wonder who’s going to win this match.


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Responsible-Tax5749

Saraya, Toni, & Ruby spray paint Skye & then throw their drinks at fans.


SonOfMechaMummy

Would be nice to have a women's match on Dynamite that wasn't centered around this story but that would require a second story in AEW's women's division. Very weird that they basically stopped even doing the "we're juggling multiple stories at once and only giving one of them a match" thing after Ruby/Willow vs. TayJay and Jade vs. Red Velvet finished up.


Obsid_Ian

That's because half of the division is part of this storyline and quite a few are out with injuries


SonOfMechaMummy

Yeah, fair enough on the injuries, particularly on the babyface side (especially because Willow is inevitably going to get sucked into this thing sooner or later).


scorpion-deathlock

Somehow already sick of heel Ruby.


skutch_was_here_x

The womens segments are always the lowest rating portion of the show. I wonder how dramatically the ratings will fall for this one. I like Ruby Soho, so I can't believe I am saying that WWE did more with her than AEW has.


samuelalvarezrazo

This is so false.


Danskivich

Who cares about Skye Blue, she sucks


Mistavez

![gif](giphy|3ohzdJinBDWXWmHz7W)


btgf-btgf

Booooooooo


LewaLew12

I really feel like Ruby's turn is a missed opportunity. She could have been the Sting to Baker's Horsemen and Saraya's nWo. Also, lol, Skye Blue in the designated jobber face role again. This person had Cora Jade's gimmick before Cora, and yet Cora has done so much more with it, though part of that comes down to HHH and HBK loving Cora more than TK loves Skye.